Volume 1, Chapter 115 – The Demon Hound Appeared

Volume 1, Chapter 115 - The Demon Hound Appeared

Translator: Silva

It was fortunate that only Lily could hear the sound of her own heartbeat. It would be tantamount to declaring herself as the murderer if it was audible to someone else!

‘No! That was merely self-defense! That was in order to save Nanako! I did nothing wrong!’ However, regardless of her reason, no doubt she would be in trouble if Dijon ever learned the truth!

If that happened, then her vow to protect senior sister’s soul and wake her up would come to nothing.

She definitely couldn’t let that happen!

Even so, Lily began to panic as soon as Dijon brought up this question. She came to Suruga from Takesh*ta, that was a fact she couldn’t conceal since they would find out right away. Moreover, she was also a woman with a katana...

On the other hand, she was a newbie samurai in the eyes of Dijon’s group, it was impossible for her to kill that many powerful samurai.

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“I went to Suruga along with Miss Saionji Nanako,” Lily said calmly as she forcefully swallowed her anxiety, not a trace of sentimentality could be felt from her words.

“Saionji?” Hojo Dijon puckered his brows even more. He was the one who sent Motoshige’s group to purchase firearms from the Saionji, but who would’ve thought he’d never come back and ultimately ended up dead on this trip! Yet this girl took the same route to Suruga along with the eldest daughter of Saionji house.

Dijon began to think to himself. ‘However, Lily is only Low-Tier Samurai, at best close to Mid-Tier. There’s no way she’s the murderer. But wait... as a Low-Tier Samurai, how can she train alone in Mount Aoame without harm? Is she really lost as she said she was?’

“Kagami Lily, just how strong are you now?” Dijon asked.

Dijon was extremely conceited, and discriminative against women. That’s why he was even more unwilling to accept the fact that there was such a genius among the female samurai. However, it wasn’t as though Lily didn’t feel any animosity towards the opposing party either.

“Oh... hehehe, just relax, Uncle Matsuda. I am only asking if Miss Kagami had seen anyone or if she has any clues,” Dijon answered.

“If Lily had seen or encountered anything, I will definitely disclose it. However, that night was too dark and it felt like we were chased by monsters, so we hastened our pace while feeling fearful all the way. We really didn’t notice anything special en route,” Lily replied.

Hojo Dijon sized up Lily from top to bottom, then his eyes ended up fixing on her katana. As if he just thought of something and was about to question her further, he was distracted by a long, grudging howl that was filled with intense eldritch energy.

His eyes suddenly lit up like a torch, “It’s him! He’s here!”

“What?! What is coming?” Lily acted to be afraid on purpose and cried out like a frightened woman. Her goal was to make a mess of the scene.

“It’s the Demon Hound!” Nagasaki’s expression also became grave, “I didn’t expect our goal to be exposed by his pawns! They are trying to take advantage of our unpreparedness to take the initiative to attack!”

“Did you take care of Master Akira’s and Motoshige’s corpse?” asked Dijon.

“The Fuma Ninja answered, “We have already dispatched some people to watch over them and sent one to notify the master.”

“Even if we go back now, that murderer is already long gone, “Dijon made a decision on the spot, “It’s more probable for us to get a surprise attack from the Demon Hound if we turn back now. We take care of it first! After we killed that monster, we can slowly look for the culprit!”

Dijon cast a cold glance at Lily as he announced his verdict. And Lily acted as though she didn’t know anything and only grabbed onto her collar in fear while hiding behind Nagahide. Rather than having a guilty conscience from being doubted, it looked more like she was scared by the howl of the Demon Hound.

This lessened Dijon’s doubt on Lily. If they were really attacked by the Demon Hound now, they would be confronted with danger as well, he didn’t have time to deal with Lily for the time being. Dijon ordered, “Everyone, come with me! We will go all-out and stop the Demon Hound in its track! Let it be gone forever!”