บท 62: Hime-Miko of the Sword
In the narrow gullies of Tokyo, a teenage girl in an ancient witch costume and a spectacled man were dashing through the alleys; from time to time, they looked back to see if any 'enemies' were chasing behind them.
The girl with somewhat fragile yet alluring figure suddenly stopped and asked her companion as she gasped for air:
"Amakasu-san, how much more *huff* do we have to *huff* run?"
The spectacled companion urged as he anxiously looked at other side of the alley:
"We have to be quick, Mariya-san. As long as we run out of this alley, there will be a car waiting for us on the other side..."
"If there is someone ahead who tries to block our path, I will try my best to distract the chasers. Mariya san must quickly board the car that will take you to the Haneda Airport. The plane of the History Compilation Committee is already here... Mariya-san, you just need to fly out of Japan."
As a descendant of a ninja family, Touma Amakasu has an excellent and well-trained physique. Even after running for so long, his was breathing was well-balanced. There was still enough breath to explain the follow up plan to the teenage girl.
"Is it the cruel M-marquis that came to Tokyo again, Amakasu-san?" The petite body of Yuri Mariya shivered while gathering her strength to once again resume their run.
When she was arrested as a ritual witch to the Eastern Europe two years ago, the brutal devil king never cared about the Hime Miko's thoughts and forced her to summon the Heretic God under threats.
During that summoning ceremony, Yuri Mariya also witnessed the tragic deaths of many witches and Hime Mikoes. Even now when she sleeps, she still dreams of the pain and unwillingness in the eyes of those people who died tragically.
Therefore, Yuri Mariya has great fear and disgust for the oldest Godslayer, she hated the entities called 'Campione'; in her view, all Campiones are cruel, bloodthirsty tyrants.
"This time it's not only the Marquis-sama, but even the new king has arrived in Tokyo, and their target is you."
Touma Amakasu clarified with a bitter smile.
As a country without a Campione, other Campiones can arrogantly take their possessions whenever and however they want.
Yuri's face scowled in disgust, she felt more excessively disgusted by her extraordinary ability as a Hime Miko.
How she wished that she didn't have these abilities and could live an ordinary, fulfilling life as an ordinary student; instead of living in trepidation and dread all the time, and even causing others to experience greater difficulties.
"But... If I leave Tokyo, Marquis and the new king will be angered and may take out their wrath on our country."
Yuri suddenly stopped and stubbornly shook her head: "I can't leave, Amakasu-san. If the country suffers a terrible disaster because of me..... this is definitely not what I want to see."
On seeing that Yuri Mariya stopped running, Touma looked around anxiously and hurriedly grabbed her hand and continued to run. He never so hated the stubborn character of this kind girl.
"Trust me Mariya-san, it's safest for both you and the country if you leave Tokyo. Besides, both the kings are already fighting. It can be estimated that one or two districts of Tokyo has already been destroyed, if you depart out of Tokyo it will stop their fight."
'If you continue to stay in Tokyo because of your personal stubbornness. That will be a true catastrophe!'
According to the perspective of the Official History Compilation Committee, it should be difficult for the two Godslayers to finalize the victory or defeat in a short time. That's why they wanted to use this move to attract their attention outside of Japan.
For the History Compilation Committee, the situation they fear the most is that the battle between the two Godslayers will encompass the entire city.
"You actually dared to take her away, bold!"
All of a sudden, an elegant voice overflowing with indignation sounded from behind the two.
"Be careful, Amakasu-san!" The spiritual vision of the Hime-Miko made Yuri Mariya aware of the danger in advance, and she quickly exclaimed to remind Touma Amakasu.
The trained ninja also has sharp senses, but the speed of his avoidance was still a step slower after all.
"Pouch----"
A sharp blade passed through the belly of the trained ninja, and the sprint of the middle-aged man halted, he felt an agonizing pain gaining on his nerves as blood trickled from the wound; before he could look at his attacker, his eyes dimed as he completely lost consciousness and felt on the ground with a thud.
"Amakasu-san! Wake up, Amakasu-san!"
Yuri Mariya mind blanked for a moment when the sword stabbed through Amakasu's body; but 'thud' sound soon pulled her out of her stupor; she stooped down to her's knees in shock and fiercely shook Amakasu's body while shouting anxiously.
"Now you can either take my phone and call the ambulance or try to run away. You may save his life if you obediently leave with me. If you insist on running away, you can only watch him die." The same graceful voice sounded again.
In front of Yuri stood an indifferent, beautiful young girl. Her long silver hair was tied into a single ponytail, and her shoulders were draped with a blue stripped black shawl. The long sword in the girl's hand was still dripping with blood, it was Liliana.
"It's you! The new k-king's knight." Yuri stammered on seeing Liliana's face.
Not long ago, she was like always, working as a volunteer in a nearby shrine. The silver-haired girl and a blonde girl suddenly appeared in front of her suddenly and wanted to "kidnap" her.
Although Yuri Mariya is a Hime-Miko with powerful spiritual power, she has almost no combat power or so to speak of, so she was easily caught by Erica in the first instance.
At that time, more than a dozen people draped in black cloaks coupled with provoking rancid smell appeared to block their way.
Their purpose was also to arrest her, so the two groups of 'kidnappers' started to fight for her, and Yuri Mariya took advantage of the chaos and ran away.
On her way to escape, she ran into an old acquaintance, Touka Amakasu and learned about the news that Marquis Voban and the new king have come to Japan; and then she knew that the two parties who wanted to capture her were the subordinates of the two kings, so the previous scene happened.
"That's right. My name is Liliana Kranjcar. I am the knight of King Roy Crowley. Now, Miss Yuri Mariya, I hope you don't put up any resistance and be obediently escorted by me, so as to reduce the casualties."
Liliana was polite even in the face of her 'hostage'... She is an upright and loyal knight, so she will strictly abide by her King's orders, but her heart also harnesses kindness.
If it is necessary for the task, she can kill without hesitation, but if the enemy has lost the ability to resist, she will also show her kindness to minimize casualties.
Yuri Mariya whispered under her breath, anger appeared on her face: "Campione... again..."
Although Liliana's tone was very calm, if someone paid close attention, one can still see her implicit anxiety.
She was worried about her friend Erica.
The undead servants she confronted with, in the shrine before, each of them was a either a famous great knight or a great magician of the past two centuries. Each one was either a proud son or daughter of an era so they easily blocked the path of the two knights.
However, in order to complete the task their king handed then, Erica single handedly grabbed the attention to draw away those terrible undead servants to engage in guerrilla warfare with them, and at the same time asked Liliana to capture Yuri Mariya.
Therefore, for Liliana, she must be quick to complete the task, and only after capturing Yuri Mariya can she go to help Erica. The slower the task is completed by her, the more dangerous it will be for Erica.
Thinking of that, Liliana abandoned her politeness. The well being of Erica, her best friend, is worth more than her kindness. She immediately took two steps forward and caught Yuri Mariya's wrist under her soft mewl.
"Leave with me now, Miss Mariya! I'm sorry for the rough treatment. But for the sake of my friend, I have to do this."
Liliana apologized while forcibly dragging Yuri Mariya with her.
"If the friend you are taking about is this young lady, then I think we might be able to exchange our hostages."
All of a sudden, a polite female voice came from the front of the road. Liliana looked forward warily, she saw a teenage girl in a girl's high school uniform with long black hair in hime cut and ruby red eyes standing languidly while holding a long ōdachi in her right hand, and in the girl's other hand was the seriously injured Erica.
"It's truly annoying, now Ena has to take this girl named Yuri Mariya. Most probably, the 'blockade' Grandpa mentioned should be this girl."
The girl muttered to herself, although she looked like a well educated and graceful lady from her outer demeanor, her tone carried natural wildness like that of a wild huntress.
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