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Chapter 268: Miko Is Lonely Too · Oct 31, 2026

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251 Chapter 251: Crimson Gold Soul · Complete 2026-10-31
252 Chapter 252: Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual? 2026-10-31
253 Chapter 253: Where Did the Sacred Sakura Come From? 2026-10-31
254 Chapter 254: Who is Kamuna Harunosuke? 2026-10-31
255 Chapter 255: Ioroi, You’re in Trouble! 2026-10-31
256 Chapter 256: Hanachirusato is the Best Shrine Maiden—Who Agrees, Who Opposes? 2026-10-31
257 Chapter 257: Ioroi 2026-10-31
258 Chapter 258: Ioroi: The Score Isn’t Settled! 2026-10-31
259 Chapter 259: O Sacred Sakura, Hiding the Power of Darkness! 2026-10-31
260 Chapter 260: Reveal Your True Corruption Before Me! 2026-10-31
261 Chapter 261: Is Hanachirusato’s Story Over? 2026-10-31
262 Chapter 262: The Story of Kitsune Saiguu Begins! 2026-10-31
263 Chapter 263: The Darkness That Shrouds the Sky 2026-10-31
264 Chapter 264: The ‘Memory’ That Darkness Cannot Shroud 2026-10-31
265 Chapter 265: Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual · Conclusion 2026-10-31
266 Chapter 266: Lucian’s Done For Too 2026-10-31
267 Chapter 267: How Lonely Was She? 2026-10-31
268 Chapter 268: Miko Is Lonely Too 2026-10-31
269 Chapter 269: She Took Off Her Mask 2026-10-31
270 Chapter 270: And So She Was ‘Born’ 2026-10-31
271 Chapter 271: The Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual is Blessed 2026-10-31
272 Chapter 272: Kitsune Saiguu and Raiden Ei 2026-10-31
273 Chapter 273: Seirai Stormchasers 2026-10-31
274 Chapter 274: Neko, the Substitute Shrine Maiden 2026-10-31
275 Chapter 275: Neko is Just a Cat 2026-10-31
276 Chapter 276: Katsuragi Slays Nagamasa 2026-10-31
277 Chapter 277: Takamine the Mistslicer, Asase Hibiki, Ako Domeki 2026-10-31
278 Chapter 278: In the End, It’s Neko 2026-10-31
279 Chapter 279: After Neko, It’s Miko 2026-10-31
280 Chapter 280: Miko’s Story Begins 2026-10-31
281 Chapter 281: Are All Oni Hot-Blooded Shonen Protagonists? 2026-10-31
282 Chapter 282: The Traveler Becomes a Novelist Too 2026-10-31
283 Chapter 283: School Edition Genshin 2026-10-31
284 Chapter 284: The Spirit Summoning Ritual 2026-10-31
285 Chapter 285: Urakusai 2026-10-31
286 Chapter 286: Sending Off the Hundred Spirits 2026-10-31
287 Chapter 287: In Awe of Divine Might, Reverent and Fearful 2026-10-31
288 Chapter 288: Voices in the Wind 2026-10-31
289 Chapter 289: What’s the Weather Today? 2026-10-31
290 Chapter 290: What’s the Next Story? 2026-10-31
291 Chapter 291: Please Spoil It for Me 2026-10-31
292 Chapter 292: Preparing a ”New Work” 2026-10-31
293 Chapter 293: Busy, Being Busy Is Good 2026-10-31
294 Chapter 294: The Show Is About to Begin 2026-10-31
295 Chapter 295: The Show Has Begun 2026-10-31
296 Chapter 296: Does a Person Without Emotions Have a Heart? 2026-10-31
297 Chapter 297: A Person with a “Heart” 2026-10-31
298 Chapter 298: Only a Person with a “Heart” Feels the Weight of Emotion 2026-10-31
299 Chapter 299: Kokoronashi The song continued: 2026-10-31
300 Chapter 300: “Love” Like a Tidal Wave 2026-10-31

Lumine and Paimon had lingered here for a long time, unable to resist reading the manga that followed the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual section.

Hanachirusato didn’t rush them, standing quietly to the side. She had guessed the book’s contents and closed her eyes, waiting.

”Miss Hanachirusato, after cleansing the final filth, you’ll disappear, won’t you?” Paimon asked, panicking, her large tears welling in her eyes.

She had cried, and not just once.

In her heart, she wanted to give Lucian a ’Thai massage’ right now to express her ’gratitude.’

Because they had a guide, Lumine and Paimon had more time and mood to interact and bond with Hanachirusato, making their relationship closer.

This closer bond made the sorrow even stronger. Even the usually composed Lumine couldn’t bear it.

”…” Hanachirusato fell silent for a moment before saying, ”Is that written in the book?”

Her tone was gentle: ”I’ve noticed that whenever you encounter something difficult, you turn to that book.”

While wiping Paimon’s tears, the Traveler nodded. ”Yes, it’s a prophecy book, detailing this story.”

She was wiping Paimon’s tears, but her own face still bore traces of tears.

”Miss Hanachirusato, would you like to read it?” Paimon offered the book to her.

Hanachirusato shook her head. ”No need. I’ve long known my final fate, so why look again?”

”About my identity… I’m sorry for hiding it from you. Please forgive me.”

Hanachirusato placed her hands in front of her and gave a slight bow.

Paimon hurriedly waved her hands. ”Don’t say that! You weren’t trying to harm us.”

”I’m truly sorry. Though I’ve now revealed my identity, I still can’t let you see my face behind the mask…”

The dark filth distorts one’s appearance. Even the stunning Mikoshi Chiyo was twisted into a beastly form.

Hanachirusato always wore a mask, likely to conceal this.

”It’s okay! Aren’t we friends? You don’t need to keep apologizing!” Paimon said.

Hanachirusato paused, then nodded, falling silent.

Lumine asked, ”Miss Hanachirusato, you’ll disappear after the cleansing. Why are you so eager to perform the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual? Isn’t there anything else you want to do?”

”We can keep you company.”

Lumine meant it—if you can live and leave, I’ll accompany you to see the world’s rivers and mountains.

With their connections in Inazuma, they could even take her to Tenshukaku.

No, with Hanachirusato’s identity, forget Tenshukaku—she could treat the Plane of Euthymia like home if she wanted.

Hanachirusato sighed softly, looking up at the Grand Narukami Shrine atop Mt. Yougou. ”That place, I miss it dearly, but I cannot go.”

Yae Miko, following behind, nearly couldn’t hold back from speaking.

’How could you not go?’

That’s your home! How could you not go!?

Hanachirusato continued, ”As you know, I am the embodiment of Kitsune Saiguu’s obsession fused with filth—a malevolent entity. How could such a thing enter a shrine?”

Her voice carried a bitter smile. ”I think the other immortal fox would find it quite troublesome if she saw me.”

Indeed, if that immortal fox weren’t Miko, it would be troublesome. If it were Miko, it would be even more so.

She was born silently in the darkness; let her perish silently as well.

”…” Yae Miko listened in silence.

Uncharacteristically, she fidgeted, pinching the hem of her clothes, betraying her emotions.

Hanachirusato was right. If Lucian didn’t have a solution, it would indeed be troublesome for her.

Knowing the other was ’Kitsune Saiguu’ yet being unable to keep her—that feeling was far too cruel.

Thank goodness for the Traveler. Without them, it might have come to her personally performing the cleansing…

Then, Hanachirusato would likely be satisfied, seeing the little fox in her arms had grown up.

But what about her? She might smile, even if her hands and voice trembled, she would still smile.

She had to let the other know she’d grown, that she was a qualified shrine maiden.

She wasn’t the child she used to be, so the tears… she’d save them for after the other left, right?

”I really don’t want to make things difficult for her, so I’m very grateful to you, Traveler,” Hanachirusato said.

She didn’t do what she wanted because she didn’t want her ’past friends’ to grieve or be troubled.

Even in her current state, she still thought of her friends.

Just like Kitsune Saiguu, consumed by darkness, thinking not of herself but of those she cherished.

Hanachirusato shifted her gaze from the Grand Narukami Shrine to the moon. The moon was far, but they had once tried to ’chase’ it. How nostalgic, the Hyakki Yako.

She remembered Yae Miko saying she wanted to join everyone in a Hyakki Yako when she grew up, but that wish was never fulfilled, and she didn’t even get to see her grow.

How is she doing? Is she happy? Has she grown tall? She hasn’t been ill, has she?

And the friends from that Hyakki Yako—how many remain now?

Hanachirusato collected her thoughts and said, ”I thought of something. In Kitsune Saiguu’s memories, there’s a short poem that fits perfectly. Allow me to borrow it.”

’”The autumn moon I saw last year remains radiant tonight—yet those who gazed with me are now forever parted by time.”’

Paimon and Lumine exchanged a glance, both seeing the sorrow in each other’s eyes.

The mask hid Hanachirusato’s expression, but her voice still carried her sadness.

”Is that so? I thought of one too,” Yae Miko said, approaching gracefully.

’”You have the wind longing for you, enviable. I wait for the wind, but it never comes—how can I not lament?”’

Everyone longs for you, and I long for you, but you never returned.

Hanachirusato stared at Yae Miko, lost in thought. After a long moment, a smile spread behind her mask.

”So, the other immortal fox’s aura is you, Miko.”

”Hm… haha, it really is you.”

Hanachirusato placed her hands in front, her posture elegant, observing this somewhat ’unfamiliar’ immortal fox.

She tilted her head slightly, and even with the mask, one could sense her smile.

”You’ve grown up.”

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Character Voice · Traveler: About Hanachirusato and Kitsune Saiguu

Paimon: ”Miss Hanachirusato is so gentle.”

Traveler: ”Isn’t Kitsune Saiguu gentle too?”

Paimon: ”Uh… it’s not that she’s not gentle, it’s just… hm, how do I put it?”

”It gives me this feeling like, ’Wow, this person really is Miko’s guardian!’”

Traveler: ”Paimon, have you been secretly going to school behind my back?”

Paimon: ”Ugh! What’s that supposed to mean?!”

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