Before heading to the Sango Palace, Ying meets a shrine maiden named Kazari with a blue exclamation mark on her head, which causes Ying to involuntarily stop and follow her through a series of tasks.

Eventually, at the foot of Shadow Mountain, Ying arrives at a place filled with thunder, and in the center is an ominous purple orb like the upside-down Filthy Idol she had encountered in Liyue, which was larger than anything she had seen before.

"Are we just going to clean this thing?" Paimon asked.

"This kind of atmosphere, it's so strange, why do I have a sense of déjà vu that I've seen somewhere before?" Ying rubbed her chin and looked at the ominous orb in front of her.

Paimon scratched his head and replied, "I guess it was the upside-down filthy idol we encountered last time, right?" ”

"Probably so."

Ying always sensed that something was wrong, but she couldn't remember, the only thing she remembered was the power of this purple ominous orb, she must have encountered it somewhere before, but she could be sure that this was not the power on the upside-down filthy idol that Paimon said.

Paimon pointed to the orb wrapped in roots and said, "Then let's deal with this orb, the Glowing Saint attribute has a strong restraining effect on this power, let's try it." ”

"Okay, then I'll try."

Ying summoned the Divine Body Transformation Sword, and suddenly, two sea ghosts condensed with energy appeared under this sphere, which made Ying's eyes light up.

"Sea Ranch!" Ying shouted excitedly.

There is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there, if I know that there are sea ghosts here, why am I still running around Inazuma for so long?

"Let me try my sword!" Ying excitedly raised her sword and rushed towards the energy-condensed sea rags.

"Let me try the knife."

Kazari: "."

"Traveler, what are you doing?" Kazari asked Paimon next to him with some confusion.

Obviously, the traveler was very strong at the beginning, and the seal was solved with one sword, so that the previous monsters were not born, but this time he was dealing with this monster that was similar to the previous one for so long.

Paimon explained, "Ying is doing a great job, so we'll just have to wait a while." ”

"yes, done!"

With that, Ying's progress is collected to 100%, and with a sword, he will solve these sea chaos ghosts in the energy state that were born.

"Is it done? It's really not easy, and now you can buy a lot of delicious food. Paimon listened to Ying's words and said excitedly.

"Let's get this done now, we're going to the Coral Palace on Watatsumi Island after we're done, and Kokomi is still waiting for us."

Hearing Paimon's words, Ying nodded, jumped up, and plunged the sword in his hand into the filthy and ominous sphere, and in an instant, the Divine Body Transformation Sword emitted a dazzling golden light, and this ominous sphere was like ice and snow, quickly dissolving in the golden light emitted by the Divine Body Transformation Sword.

Ying finished everything, walked up to Paimon and Kazari and said, "Alright, it's done." ”

Listening to Ying's words, Kazari sighed with emotion: "In this way, the pain suffered by Kazukura has finally dissipated..."

"The son of man has done a great job. You are indeed the one who was destined to be. ”

Ying: "."

She had already heard two people say this, one was the Kazari in front of her, and the other was the Heavenly Principle Sustainer she had met in five hundred years.

"As for the original agreed payment, I will stay later, please don't be impatient..."

Hearing Kazari's words, Paimon hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, didn't you say it before?" After the Divine Sakura Purification is completed, Miss Masked Shrine Maiden, you will tell us about yourself. ”

"But." Kazari said with some hesitation.

Ying interrupted Kazari and said, "For the sake of me working so hard to help you complete the task. ”

"It's just, otherwise, I'm so sorry for us." Paimon chimed in.

Kazari: "."

Along the way, I can't see where you're working hard, it's a sword when you encounter a problem, I just need to tell you where your next destination is, how can you say that you're working hard.

Kazari sighed slightly and said, "Before that, there was a fact that was terrifying. Along the way, I haven't had a chance to formally ask for the names of the two of you..."

"My name is Ying, and this is Paimon, an emergency food named White Floating Spirit." Ying introduced to Kazari.

Paimon huffed and said to Yingying, "Hey, don't add so many strange names in front of Paimon!" ”

"Ying-sama, Paimon-sama. What a name, I'll keep it in my heart. ”

"Hey, hey."

Hearing that Kazari was not crooked by the screen, but called himself Paimon-sama, Paimon scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassed.

"As I said earlier, I did inherit the memories of the Fox Palace."

Paimon replied, "I'm curious about that, too." ”

Kazari went on to explain, "Kitsunegu was originally the bloodline of Hakushin, who once walked with the god of thunder and guarded the people of Inazuma. ”

"Until finally, in... I don't know how long ago in the calamity, Kitsunaya Palace fought against the dark calamity in order to protect Narukami Island, and was finally engulfed by the calamity. ”

"But there are many people who are protected by the enchantments she has laid everywhere. Although I really shouldn't have the intention of transgressing the memory as a memories, I am also proud of this memory. ”

Hearing this, Ying asked with some confusion, "Are you her dependent?" ”

Paimon chimed in, "It's like the Sky Fox and Earth Fox before. ”

Kazari heard Paimon's words and pondered, "So, I did notice that the Narukami Shrine on the top of the mountain had a similar fairy fox aura..."

"Fairy fox breath? Is it Yae Miko? Paimon asked, confused.

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be Yae Miyaji." Kazari said vaguely.

Paimon spread his hands and said, "Okay, what you said is the same as what you didn't." ”

Kazari didn't pay attention to Paimon's words, and instead continued, "But that's not the case. I'm not her dependent, rather..."

"The calamity that devoured her was finally cut down, and her thoughts and memories returned to the land of Narukami Island."

"In the process of performing the Divine Sakura Purification, you have killed a lot of fallen warriors."

Paimon asked curiously, "Hmm, do you mean those, are the ghost-like warriors you just met?"

"Yes, there were also other sealing points before, but because Lord Ying's movements were too fast, they were directly overtaken before they were formed."

Ying: "."

The monster that was about to appear before the relationship turned out to be a samurai like the Kairan? Fortunately, I got remedies for the last time, otherwise with the opinion of the Inazuma Sea Ranch on himself, this task would not be completed.

"How did these fallen warriors come to be?" Ying asked.

"Those monsters are condensed from filth. And the form of these monsters is usually influenced by the thoughts and memories of the times. ”

Explaining this, Kazari changed the subject to Ying and Paimon and asked seriously, "If you can, I hope you two can tell me honestly." Is it true that today's Inazuma is shrouded in the flames of war? ”

Paimon: "."

Paimon gives Ying a look and signals what to do about it.

Ying naturally replied, "What else can I do?" You just tell the truth. ”

"Well, it seems like that!" Paimon replied vaguely after a moment's hectic pause.

After listening to Paimon's account, Kazari bowed his head and said, "That's right, that's true." ”

"When you told me that the monster that was forced out when you purified the roots of the Thunder Sakura Tree was a warrior, I was vaguely aware of it. As long as she's on the path she believes in."

“… Straight to the point. I... My flower scatter is the memory of the Lord of the Fox Palace, condensed into filth. ”

Kazari's words made Paimon's eyes widen in disbelief and said, "How could this be."

The light in his eyes flashed, and he said with a flat chin: "I see."

Kazari continued, "I'm really sorry that I couldn't move and fight with the two of you before. Because I am filth myself, I cannot purify the rest of the filthy monsters. ”

"Because her memory is so powerful, even the dark calamity has not been able to completely dissolve it. After the calamity was defeated, it itself flowed into the earth as a fiery filth. ”

Saying this, Kazari paused and said, "So, I was born." ”

"What did you mean by saying before, if there was me by the side of the Fox Palace?" Ying continued to ask, and now she had too little information to make some decisions.

Kazari replied, "Yes, there is such a thing, if there was a person like you by the side of Kitsunaya, maybe she would have survived, and if she had the opportunity to meet you, what a wonderful thing." ”

"But when I think about it, I can't help but selfishly think..."

Kazari glanced at Ying seriously, and said slowly with a hint of amazement: "If, if that's the case, then I wouldn't inherit her memory in this way and be born, and meet you in the end." ”

Ying frowned and continued to ask, "Then I saw you through the photoscope earlier."

"That's right, that's who I used to be."

"At first, I was quite overwhelmed. But as my memory returned, I had mastered my life and understood my duty. ”

"Is it worth it?" Ying can't understand this kind of behavior right now.

Why is it that the birth of a person is arranged with fate, and doesn't it seem sad? It's okay if this person is voluntary, Ying can understand it, but since he doesn't want to, why do he still do it? Is it just for the sake of the so-called fate?

Listening to Ying's words, Kazari said with a hint of regret and regret: "My duty is to protect Narujin Island, eliminate miasma, and carry out the Great Purification of the Divine Sakura." ”

Paimon hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously, "The Masked Shrine Maiden... Kazari-sama is filth herself, and Kamakura's goal is to get rid of filth, which means that..."Paimon paused and continued, "You're going to be wiped out too?" ”

"Elimination. It's a word that's too much, but it turns out to be true. ”

"How so." Paimon rubbed her hair vigorously and said that she couldn't accept the result.

"Hehe, I was a little uneasy when I knew about this result." When Kazari heard Paimon's words, she smiled and said, "However, since I met you and learned a lot about Inazuma through you, I've gradually come to a better understanding. ”

"Five hundred treasures survived. Although he was sealed in stone by the gods, he didn't have a trace of depression, and he didn't seem to have any resentment towards the Fox Palace? ”

"Although it is not as good as in the past, the lineage of Konda and Chaimen in Konda Village has continued to the present; Yari Inagi of Taisha was also a friend of her in the past. ”

"These are the descendants of the people she protected when the disaster happened. She would be proud to know that they were okay and that the bloodline would continue to be passed on. ”

"Although... Although the magic weapon that was given to the head of the cave for the Fox Palace was destroyed, and he was a little anxious..."

Ying complained a little speechlessly: "This is not a slight extent"

Hearing Ying's complaint, Kazari was stunned for a moment, and then continued to smile and said, "Hehe, you're right. It's such a gaffe. In any case, I'm glad to see it come to you in such a tortuous way..."

“… I don't know if this is the mood of Kazari or the mood of the Fox Palace? ”

"Before, I was often distressed because her mind was mixed with mine, and I was something she had to get rid of."

"However, I am relieved now, and I am really happy to have the privilege of walking with you."

"No, it's better to say that it's because of you that I'm here to fulfill my last duty without any shackles."

"Are you really relieved?" Ying opened her mouth and said, directly exposing the hypocritical mask of Kazari.

Kazari: "."

Kazari was silent for a moment, then replied, "Relieved." ”

"But you're really relieved, and you won't bring up this topic many times, you should want me to remember you well, right?" Ying continued.

Kazari: "."

"Even if you are still very unwilling, but because of your duty, your fate is like this, you dare not resist, or rather, you have never had the idea of resisting at all, but you feel the injustice of your fate, you are like this."

"No, no, don't say it, I'm really relieved, I'm really happy to see you." Kazari interrupted Ying's heart-piercing words with some excitement.

"Please, don't say any more."

Ying continued to mercilessly uncover the clothes and said, "In this way, you don't say a word of truth. ”

"No, it's not like that, Lord Ying, what I said is true, and my emotions are also true."

"I don't have time to listen to your lies, and since you want to do your duty so much, then I don't mind giving you a ride, so that the filth can be cleaned up more thoroughly." Ying said indifferently.

"Ying, don't be like this, Miss Kazari is not like this." Paimon looked at Ying, who was a little unfamiliar at this time, and hurriedly comforted her.

"Thank you, Paimon-sama, you're right, that sword can indeed completely clean up the filth, and since you've already decided, let's do it." Kazari said with some sorrow, and finally glanced at Ying through the fox mask again.

Ying had a cold little face, as if she hadn't seen Kazari's behavior at all, and lifted the Divine Body Transformation Sword and walked towards Kazari step by step.

"Ying, calm down, don't do this, you can't do anything to Miss Kazari."

Paimon hurriedly flew over and pulled Ying's other arm while persuading, but how could her strength hold back Ying, who had made up her mind?

Kazari looked at Ying, who was slowly walking towards him with a sword, and said, "Before that, please forgive me for trespassing, Ying-sama, please listen to me." ”

Ying replied lightly, "Say it." ”

"Unblinded and unshaken, always on the path in which you believe in. 】”

Kazari explained, "This is the last proverb that Kitsunaya said before her final separation. ”

"Although I don't feel that I have this qualification, I claim to be in the blood of Baichen. But I believe that if the Fox Palace himself is still here, he will not be stingy with blessings to you. ”

"I hope that her proverbs—no, my proverbs—can resist a few lies and a few evil thoughts for you in the future."

"Well, I see, thank you."

Although I don't know where I've heard the meaning of this sentence from many gods, Ying still thanked Kazari with her head.

Seeing that Ying listened to his words, Hanasari said with some amazement: "Hehe, you're welcome." ”

"In exchange, let me be willful again, she has always preferred the beauty of tanka. Although I have inherited her memories and the 1,111 songs she knows, I don't have the elegance and elegance that she has. ”

"But at this moment, I think of a song that is appropriate..."

Ying: "."

You have so many words, I will say that you are unwilling, you still don't admit it, if you are really willing, you will still talk to me so much? Oh, you women don't have a word of truth in your mouth.

So Hanaga recited this short poem with emotion: "Farewell to you, I don't know when the day is the return date, I am like the morning dew in an instant." ”

"Goodbye." Ying said, slowly raising the sword in his hand.

"Goodbye, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ying-sama, Paimon-sama." Kazari replied.

However, why are you so unwilling now? Is it really as Ying said, he doesn't want to succumb to fate and wants to rebel? No, no, I'm going to complete the last duties of the Kitsune Palace, so it's a good thing for Inazuma, right?

"Thousands of branches, please remove the calamity."

Poof

Saying this, the sword in Ying's hand poked into Kazari's heart, and Kazari only felt that his eyes were dark, and there was a sharp pain in his chest, and his vision began to blur, and the pain that pierced his heart and bones went quickly, and after a while, it was replaced by a warm feeling.

After using up some strength, Kazari continued to say softly: "Here, Xuan Qi is purified. ”

After Kazari finished speaking, she fell directly in the direction of Ying, and after a while, Ying silently pulled out her divine body sword and pushed Kazari to the ground.

At the same time, Kazari's mask is also uncovered due to Ying's movements, revealing Kazari's face hidden under the fox mask.

(End of chapter)