Dustwind Valley was quiet.
Strangely quiet.
After days of gods descending, divine battles, and sect upgrades, everyone enjoyed a calm morning.
Aurelius exhaled.
"At last… peace."
Tien squinted suspiciously.
"No explosions? No gods screaming? No one fainting? Something's wrong."
He was right.
A scream tore across the valley.
"AAAAAAHHHH—MIYU-SAMAAAAA—!! I HAVE FOUND YOUUUU!!!"
Every disciple flinched.
Auntie Bao almost dropped her basket.
Lucina closed her eyes in dread.
Minn's tablet displayed: **Unknown Disturbance Detected.**
A boy burst through the main gate.
About twelve years old.
Messy hair.
Ragged robes.
Eyes shining with unholy determination.
He sprinted across the courtyard and skidded to a stop in front of Miyu, who floated quietly hugging her pillow.
The boy dropped to his knees so hard he cracked a tile.
"MIYU-SAMAAAA!!!
GODDESS OF CLEANLINESS!!
SLAYER OF DIVINE GERMS!!
PLEASE ACCEPT MY LIFE AND LOYALTY!!!"
Miyu blinked.
"…Who?"
The boy burst into dramatic tears.
"My name is RIN—RIN THE ETERNAL DEVOTEE—!!
I SAW YOU CLEAN A GOD OUT OF EXISTENCE!
I SAW THE PILLOW OF PURITY!
MY HEART ASCENDED!
MY SOUL KNELT!
MY FATE SHATTERED!!
PLEASE LET ME FOLLOW YOU FOREVER!!!"
Tien screamed, horrified.
"Oh no. OH NO. A FANATIC. WE'RE FINISHED."
Lucina adjusted her glasses.
"Danger level: catastrophic."
Minn's tablet labeled him instantly:
**Threat: Social Disaster**
ALKA-9 scanned him.
"Brain impurities: extreme."
Rhyona clenched her staff.
"I can fix him."
Auntie Bao gently stopped her.
"No, dear. Let him stay broken."
Rin slammed his forehead to the ground again.
"MIYU-SAMAAA—!!
I WILL BE YOUR SWORD!
YOUR SHIELD!
YOUR MOP!!
I WILL CLEAN THE WORLD IN YOUR NAME!!!"
Miyu floated closer, expression blank.
"…Loud."
Rin gasped—then screamed louder.
"SHE SPOKE TO MEEE!!!
THIS MUST BE A SIGN!!!
I AM CHOSEN BY THE GODDESS HERSELF!!!"
Tien grabbed his hair.
"HE HEARD ONE WORD AND TURNED IT INTO A RELIGION—?!"
Rin leapt to his feet and pointed dramatically at the sky.
"FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, I—RIN THE HOLY FANATIC—
WILL SERVE MIYU-SAMA
UNTIL MY LAST CLEAN BREATH!!"
Miyu blinked.
"…Okay."
Rin fainted from happiness.
Tien collapsed.
"We're doomed…"
Lucina wrote quietly:
"New problem acquired."
Minn added him to sect records under a new category:
**'Uncontrollable Devotee (High Risk)'**
Aurelius sighed.
"At least he's loyal."
Auntie Bao smiled warmly.
"He's cute."
Rin lay on the ground, smiling in his sleep.
Thus…
Dustwind Valley gained a new disciple.
A dangerous one.
A loud one.
A disaster in human form.
But undeniably…
A future source of endless comedy.