Kaede was Kikyo's younger sister, but most of the time, it wasn't convenient for Kikyo to take her along, so in a sense, Kaede was raised by the whole village.
And now, those who had watched her grow up were all falling.
One after another.
Blood flowed all over the ground, and demons were still pouring in.
The last Shikigami was also torn apart.
There was no one left in the village who could fight.
Only the elderly and children remained.
They huddled in the center of the village, surrounded by demons.
"It's over..."
Someone said in despair.
"Kikyo-sama isn't here... we're finished..."
The demons closed in, their inhuman eyes glinting with greed in the darkness.
Just then.
Kaede suddenly broke free from the old woman's hand.
She rushed to the very front of the crowd.
Facing those monsters baring their fangs and claws.
"Don't come any closer!"
Her voice was shaking, but it was loud: "My sister will come back!"
"She said she would protect us!"
The demons did not stop.
Either they couldn't understand human speech, or they did but didn't care.
A wolf demon pounced toward Kaede.
"Watch out—!"
Someone screamed.
Kaede closed her eyes, but she didn't stop shouting.
"Sister—Kikyo-oneesama!"
"And —"
"Kanbe Hikaru!"
She didn't know why she had to shout that name.
She just felt like she should.
That pale, red-eyed big brother, that demon who protected her sister so well.
And her sister.
They would definitely come.
Definitely —
In Kaede's mind, a voice suddenly rang out.
It was.
"Sister, and... big brother!?"
...
A whistling sound descended from the sky.
A white light tore through the night sky.
One beam.
Just one.
But that radiance coming from afar poured down like the Milky Way.
The demons pouncing on the villagers turned to ash the moment the white light touched them.
At the same time — the ground began to shake.
White Bone Spikes burst out from the soil.
One, two, ten, a hundred; it was like a forest suddenly growing.
The Bone Spikes pierced the bodies of the demons on the outskirts that hadn't entered the village yet, pinning them in place; some were pierced through the chest, some through the head, and some through their limbs.
Screams rang through the night sky.
Then, they stopped abruptly.
Kaede opened her eyes.
She saw it.
In the direction of the village entrance, a figure in white robes and red hakama stood under the moonlight.
A longbow in hand, black hair fluttering.
It was her sister.
It was Kikyo.
And beside that figure, there was another person.
Gray clothes, white hair, crimson eyes.
Covered in white Bone Spikes, he looked like an Asura walking out of hell.
Although she couldn't see his original appearance clearly, Kaede knew that it was that handsome demon big brother, it was Kanbe Hikaru.
They had returned.
At the most critical moment, at the moment when everyone was in despair.
They had returned.
"Sister!"
Tears welled up in Kaede's eyes.
She rushed over.
She rushed toward those two figures standing side by side.
Kanbe Hikaru watched the little girl rushing over, his eyes calm beneath the ghost mask.
Then he raised his hand, and another Bone Spike emerged from his palm, pinning the last demon trying to escape to the ground.
He also glanced at the surroundings, which were covered in blood; some people had died, but most were just severely injured, lying on the ground unconscious or wailing endlessly.
They hadn't actually arrived too late.
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