Chapter 21: The Dead Princess of the Saigyoji Family
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In late spring, the night in the mountains becomes more and more lively. It may be during mating season, even in the courtyard, the chirping of the unknown insect can be heard.
In the silence of the hut, there was still a room lit with a lamp. The Enchantress, dressed in the green samurai suit of the day, was kneeling on a cushion with her eyes closed, bathed in the moonlight.
The Soul Family has a very special characteristic - half-human, half-spirit.
She is not human, she has the strength, speed, demonic energy, and longevity that humans do not have. She's not a monster either, she has the weak body of a human.
And compared to youkai, their physical strength is also a little weaker. It has the characteristics of a monster, but it is dominated by the human body, and it is such a magical existence that it has not been treated as a monster by humans.
In addition, the people of the Soul Family have been famous swordsmen for generations, and the special Erjian Stream is their symbol (there is no clear Two-Sword Stream in this era). Just like their strange existence, their unique swordsmanship is also peculiar, which will be introduced later.
Soul Demon Queen, she is the contemporary head of the Soul Family, and she is also a follower of the Xixing Temple Family, a famous demon removal family. As a powerful servant, what she serves is naturally the clan of the Xixing Temple family, the bloodline of the lineage.
Fifteen years ago, the princess of the Xixing Temple clan was born, but she did not inherit the spiritual power of the clan's bloodline, but instead lodged a huge amount of dead energy. On the day of her birth, everyone in the delivery room died inexplicably, including the princess's mother.
It didn't take long for the people of Xixing Temple to finally discover that the power on this baby girl was very similar to the power of the Xixing Demon Tree that they had been guarding for generations, that is, the power to induce death!
Since then, no one in the clan has dared to approach her. The only ones who can get close to her are those elders with profound skills.
But as time passed, the princess's power became stronger and stronger, and the rich death force even the old guys of the Saigyuji family could not resist, and finally when the princess was nine years old, the explosion of death power caused a large-scale death.
Around the girl, there are no more living creatures. Since then, the girl has added a title - the princess of death.
And she was the only survivor who survived that time.
Therefore, the girl was expelled from the most remote place in the family, and at the same time, the seal of the Westward Demon was not far from here.
The Enchantress took the initiative to serve the princess, and since then, she has been the only living creature around the princess. Take care of her diet and daily life.
Recalling the past fifteen years, the enchantress woke up to the fact that the little girl had also become a slim boudoir girl. Looking at the still lit room opposite, the Enchantress felt worried while comforting.
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In the girl's room, a girl in a white kimono is lying on the bed with a complicated expression. People say that the girl's mind is the rain in May, which is fickle. At this time, her face just fulfilled this.
She never had friends, not because she had a bad personality, but because everyone who was close to her died.
As if she was cursed, those who approached her would always die inexplicably, and the time was shorter than killing her. The dead are all drained of their souls, but this is not the will of the girl, that is, the ability that people say is rampant. Completely out of their own control.
What a terrible phenomenon it was, she was like the nemesis of living creatures, and everyone who approached her would die, even her loved ones.
Such a thing, even for an adult, with a firm mind, is unbearable. And she was only a fifteen-year-old girl until this year.
Her abilities are not only that, the sea of skeletons that Yakumo Kaede encountered last night is one of her abilities.
Necromantic ......
Monsters that only appear at night will attack all creatures they come across. Like the curse that induces death, these necromancers are beyond her control.
Such a terrifying power always runs wild in her unconscious, and everywhere she appears, there are dead things. That's why she's called the Princess of Death.
In order to avoid accidentally injuring the innocent, the girl decided to accept the family's assignment and live here, away from the world. Despite her loneliness, she was still strong and alive, and the power of death did not take away her tenderness.
However, just last night, Yakumo Kaede's arrival broke the girl's peaceful life. Just like in the past, Yakumo Kaede, who broke in, immediately received an attack from the necromancy.
However, just when the girl fell into endless self-blame, the dawn at the right time saved Yakumo Kaede, making her the second person to survive by the girl's side.
For him, the girl also has a strange mood, as if she wants to put all the guilt of the past on him.
The enchantress is by her side, which is equivalent to the existence of her sister. And Yakumo Kaede is the first friend she knows, although Yakumo Kaede hasn't woken up yet.
As for Yakumo Kaede's purpose? She didn't care, even if she came to kill her, it couldn't change her mood.
Due to the great mental consumption, Yakumo Feng still showed no signs of awakening, so the girl could only sit beside him and wait.
After nightfall, she could not stay with him, so she had to go back to her room on the other side of the courtyard early.
However, the maiden, like the maiden of her first love, looks forward to the second day and then returns to him to take care of him. With such excitement and apprehension, the girl finally fell asleep.
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In the early morning of the next day, the girl hurried to the room where Yakumo Kaede was after freshening up. As soon as he opened the door, he saw that the enchantress had already knelt beside Yakumo Kaede, checking his injuries.
'Sister Enchantress, how is he?' ’
When the girl saw the enchantress standing up, she immediately asked, and the concern on her face was undisguised. When the Enchantress saw that it was she who nodded to her, she said:
His ability to recover was horrible, but his injuries were healed by the time we moved him in.
And he hasn't woken up yet, because his mental consumption is too great. As long as you have a good rest, it is estimated that it will not take long to wake up.
Miss, you wait here, I'll go get the medicine. ’
The demon queen is a very cultivated samurai, so she naturally has the habit of getting up to practice swords at a very early age, and today she is just boiling medicine for Yakumo Kaede in addition to practicing swords.
'Ah, Sister Enchantress! You just go and get busy, I'll just feed him medicine. ’
After the two of them who live here, those small tasks in life naturally cannot be done by the master's girl, and these things are all undertaken by the enchantress.
Hearing this, the Enchantress pondered for a moment before agreeing to the girl's request. She could also see that the girl was very concerned about this person's affairs, and it was not easy to stop the rare and energetic young lady.
After the enchantress left, the girl glanced back at Yakumo Kaede and left the room to get the medicine in the kitchen.