Volume 4, Chapter 47 – Rescue and Path

Volume 4, Chapter 47 - Rescue and Path

Translator: Aoi

A crimson haze covered Lily’s sight instantly and her vision turned fuzzy, all except for the wound on Mizue’s chest that still remained clear.

Lily had just given Mizue a speech about finding the right direction in life and so on, but she now wondered whether she even had the right to give such a speech when she couldn’t even protect those beside her!

It was impossible for someone to find their raison d’être if they couldn’t even survive.

Lily had a dream to fulfill, but so did Mizue.

However, Mizue’s life was now coming close to an end before she had even set out on the journey of self-discovery, depriving her of all hope.

Lily wasn’t a philanthropic hypocrite, but it was impossible for her to treat an acquaintance as a stranger.

Although Mizue had acquainted Lily just days ago and provided little to no help to Lily because she lacked courage, she had still accompanied Lily through the dangers they experienced in the treasure hunt.

Mizue knew she was weak, yet she had still yelled out the enemy’s position. Lily asked herself whether she possessed the same courage as her.

No! I won’t let her die! I absolutely won’t!

It just took Lily an instant to reflect on everything. She sprinted towards Mizue and opened the Sakura Parasol to cut off the silver thread. As the thread was made from water and spirit power, it was possible to ward off the spirit power and the water with her parasol.

“Sakura Blizzard—Coffin of Wild Blossoms!”

The world turned dark as millions of sakura petal blades shot towards the killing intent’s direction.

The tree’s branches ruptured immediately and forced the enemy girl’s faint silhouette to retreat into the forest while defending herself. Lily knew it was impossible to kill an expert at this level with just her domain, but it still allowed her to restrain the enemy’s movements and prevent the assassin from remaining hidden.

“Protect us, Sister Shimizu!” Lily yelled.

“Leave it to me!” Shimizu arrived in front of Lily, who held the fallen Mizue in her embrace.

Lily tore open Mizue’s kimono and pressed her hand against the small wound on the latter’s chest while paying no mind to her exposed breasts.

Lily’s hand shuddered constantly as she checked Mizue’s condition.

You mustn’t die, Mizue! I won’t let you die!

Lily sighed in relief a few moments later.

“Fortunately, the attack missed her heart by a finger’s breadth cleanly...”

Lily took out the sole emerald-colored magatama she had obtained from Amanojaku and placed it on Mizue’s chest before infusing it with spirit power to activate it. The magatama possessed the ability to replenish an early-stage Permanence level powerhouse’s spirit reserves fully. Lily didn’t need it since she could achieve the same by assimilating the souls of those she vanquished, but it was a pretty precious magatama for those who needed it. Visjt novelbin(.)com for new updates

However, Lily still used the emerald magatama.

The cool and gentle energy from the life magatama suffused into Mizue’s body. The treasure would’ve been useless if Mizue were an ordinary human without spirit power, but she was a late-stage swordswoman at the 3rd-stage Awakened level, so it was more than enough to save Mizue as long as the wound wasn’t fatal.

The spirit defense boost provided by the treasure wasn’t like the defense provided by actual metal armor. It just allowed the spirit defense to rebound attacks and couldn’t reduce the pain and feeling of the blow itself.

Lily even had a feeling that wearing the undergarment had actually raised her body’s sensitivity and made her fear pain more than ever now.

It was possible that this was the work of the enchantment inside the treasure, but Lily’s current level prevented her from understanding it. However, there was one thing she was certain about—the world was fair.

This pain was the price for her to have a defense higher than her level while still maintaining her speed.

Lily sensed Ui leave her domain’s range at this moment and concluded that she wouldn’t injure her or her sisters anytime soon again.

“Mizue?” Lily steadied her breathing to prevent the pain from showing up on her face and sprinted back to Mizue’s side while still maintaining the domain.

Mizue opened her eyes slowly and said weakly, “I-I feel like I saw my husband and son...”

Lily noticed that the wound on Mizue’s chest had vanished without a trace now. The life magatama was really incredible, but it was only effective when assimilated into the whole body of a practitioner.

“How do you feel, Mizue?” Lily held Mizue’s hand worriedly. Although she didn’t understand medicine well, she could still feel that Mizue’s pulse was weak right now. Although the wound had closed, it hadn’t made up for the blood Mizue had lost. However, as long as a practitioner didn’t lose too much blood, it was still possible for them to keep their vital organs functioning by using spirit power in exchange of blood. A practitioner’s spirit power gained a huge advantage once they attained the Spirit Jade level by forming the spirit jade.

“I... I really thought I was going to die when that thing pierced through my chest. I felt so much pain, coldness and fear. I feared that I would be unable to see the different world that you had just mentioned to me even though I had begun to regain my true self a little after hearing your words.”

“Although the wound has healed, the weakness you feel won’t go away that soon. Just stop talking and hold on to me for now,” Lily then carried Mizue in a bridal hold.

Although piggybacking Mizue would’ve been easier on Lily, Mizue was as light as a feather for her considering Yasutsuna’s weight.

Mizue breathed faintly while blushing and wished she could hug Lily’s neck with her hands, but she felt so weak that she couldn’t even move her arms.

Shimizu stood in front of the duo to protect them, wary of running into the enemy again.

However, Lily’s still active domain informed her that there was no threat within a kilometer of her at present since she was able to clearly sense even the movement of insects if she focused.

“I found a cave ahead of us, Sister Shimizu. Let’s head there first so that Mizue can recover,” Lily suggested.

“Alright,” Shimizu nodded.

The faint warmth from Mizue in Lily’s embrace, while they made for the cave, made Lily realize the mercilessness of the world once again.

Although she had escaped danger time and time again, death was bound to come knocking when it was time. Life was that fragile in this world.

“I must become strong enough to protect my kind and innocent sisters! I absolutely cannot let them face the danger of death again!”

Lily’s destination was the most dangerous region in the Heian Empire and even if she were to make it there successfully, she was nothing more than a weak, fledgling samurai woman in comparison to the real powerhouses.

Shuten Doji, Sugawara no Michizane as well as the other ancient existences whose name she didn’t know and even the Jinmu Eight. Any one of them possessed the means to take Lily’s life with ease and she was bound to end up in a state worse than death if she were to fall into the hands of a pervert like Shuten Doji.

“I’m still weak and powerless against the apex existences of the Heian Empire!”

“However, I must still sail these stormy seas on my rocky boat and seek the light of hope that’ll guide me to unravel the enigma behind my senior sister’s dormant soul.”

An ordinary woman like Mizue almost losing her life right before Lily’s eyes had given a huge shock to her and instilled her with awe towards this vast and dark Heian world. It also made her realize that she needed to be stauncher and stronger in order to preserve her honor while traveling this dark and guideless path!