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"I cannot accept Di Nian'er's situation... I absolutely cannot stand idly by!"

With a draft in mind, Shirogane Miyuki, feeling indignant for Ji Nian'er, took a deep breath, his eyes sharpening.

"Even if he can't do it... let him initiate this guidance!"

501. Prejudice and Salvation

"—"

At the resting spot, Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, and Sango all turned to look at Kagome, making Kagome pause in surprise: "W-what's wrong?"

"No, I was just wondering if people five hundred years from now are all as kind-hearted as Miss Kagome?"

Although he can be quite unconventional at times, at this moment, Master Maitreya's praise stems from his aspirations.

The reason he traveled with Inuyasha and Kagome to collect the Shikon Jewel shards...

On one hand, it was a matter of chance. On the other hand, it was because in this Warring States period, where villains were everywhere, it was very difficult to find such a good teammate; they were almost nonexistent.

The two people who came to this world 500 years later, Kagome and Miyuki Shirogane, are both excellent people who are courageous, kind-hearted, and have very positive values.

This made him yearn for the prosperous era five hundred years from now.

"That's not entirely true. There are all sorts of bad people, though... well, it's definitely much better than this era. At least back then, ordinary people weren't as ignorant as they are now."

Kagome sighed. Seeing the way Chinen was being treated reminded her of how sad Inuyasha must have been when he was a child, and she couldn't help but look at him with pity.

Inuyasha, occasionally displaying a touch of arrogance, crossed his arms and pretended to be nonchalant as he turned away... but then, he couldn't help but be drawn to the future.

He wanted to see Baiyin Yuxing succeed, and he wanted to see Di Nian'er's treatment improve.

If Di Nian'er, who is also a half-demon, can live happily with the help of humans, he will be able to find some peace and no longer be bound by his unhappy childhood.

"Go for it, Shirogane Miyuki!"

Inuyasha wasn't the only one cheering for Miyuki Shirogane.

Hachiman Hikigaya, Kyosuke Kousaka, Masamune Izumi, Houtarou Oreki, Julius, and others—all genuine individuals, as gentle and sincere as Miyuki Shirogane—sincerely murmured their blessings.

"There's a demonic aura about you."

"At dinner, Kikyo pointed out this fact, so Shirogane Miyuki didn't hide it from her and explained the matter of the Earth Spirit to her, as well as his own thoughts."

Kikyo's expression suddenly turned icy for a moment, and she muttered to herself in a voice filled with immense resentment, "A half-demon..."

"This...could it be that a half-demon caused her great harm before?"

"Shirogane Miyuki's heart skipped a beat. He could hardly imagine what kind of deep-seated hatred could cause Kikyo, who was as serene and unassuming as a maiden, to reveal such a fierce and hateful expression."

The shrine maiden looked at him and said calmly, "I won't stop you. I know very well that monsters and half-demons aren't all evil."

"No, although I care about this too, but actually I..." Shirogane Miyuki stammered, but ultimately didn't say anything about listening to Kikyo's past.

"Given their current relationship, he is not in a position to pry into such private matters."

"...Shirogane Miyuki"

Beneath the trees, feeling the souls sent into her body by the Dead Soul Worms, Kikyo gradually recovered her health, gazing calmly at the future with a hint of appreciation.

He then stood up and left the place of trouble.

Because of the future exposure, many demons or ambitious humans will surely find this place, attempting to find Kikyo, and Inuyasha will likely be among them.

And right now, she has absolutely no desire to see Inuyasha.

"If you're talking about how to change a group of people's prejudice against someone, Miyuki Shirogane has a good idea, because his senior, Hachiman Hikigaya, has already demonstrated it to him."

"First, he said he would teach the village children to read for free... In this day and age, this is a great favor that can win him the hearts of the people."

"After that, he began to let the villagers discover that he actually had contact with Di Nian'er, and that their relationship was gradually deepening."

"The villagers dared not speak out against their anger. They did not want their children to lose the opportunity to learn to read, so they could not confront Shirogane Miyuki directly. Instead, they could only subtly suggest to Shirogane Miyuki that he should stay away from the half-demon."

"Shirogane Miyuki remained unmoved."

"The adults' attitudes haven't changed much during this period, but the children, influenced by Shirogane Miyuki's words and deeds, and whose worldviews are still immature, have gradually lost their prejudice against Di Nian'er."

"At that time, everything was fine... until a few days ago, Kikyo, who had recovered her health, suddenly said that she saw a demonic aura nearby and had to go and destroy the demon, so she temporarily left the village."

"After she left, the crops in the village were damaged every night, and people were even eaten. The villagers were terrified."

"This must have been done by Jinen! That's right! The incident happened as soon as the shrine maiden left; it was definitely him!"

"Already harboring great prejudice against the Di Nian'er, the villagers, out of fear, shouted, grabbed their hoes, and went in droves to hunt down the Di Nian'er."

"I swear on my honor, this was absolutely not done by Jinen! If he wanted to eat people, he could have done it long before Miss Kikyo and I arrived here, couldn't he?"

"Shirogane Miyuki tried to stop them, but unfortunately, under the threat of death, the villagers had lost their minds. They knocked him unconscious and dumped him in the warehouse."

"—We...are we..."

In the village, seeing them knock out a group of sincere and honest Shirogane Miyuki, the villagers felt a little sorry for them and looked at each other in bewilderment.

During the broadcast, they all saw Shirogane Miyuki's sincerity, and they also saw Ji Nian'er, who seemed simple-minded, harmless, and trustworthy when she was with Shirogane Miyuki.

That prejudice against Di Nian'er melted away partly without her even realizing it.

Just as everyone was struggling, the village chief suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the light screen in the sky: "You, you all look!"

"They are children."

"The children who had been trained by Shirogane Miyuki secretly sneaked into the warehouse to untie him. Before Shirogane Miyuki could even smile, he was already terrified, cold sweat slowly trickling down his forehead."

"There's a snake, a huge python, roaming around the village. Its size makes it clear it's the culprit behind all this recent cannibalism."

"Now that the adults in the village are gone, it appears with impunity and tries to eat the children."

"Shirogane Miyuki was so frightened that his hands and feet went cold. In this situation, he recalled the time when he first entered Shuchiin and saw someone fall into the water, but he was too scared to move."

"However, things are different now."

"Having witnessed Shinomiya's heroic act of saving lives, I'm determined to become worthy of him. I won't be too scared to move anymore!"

"Gritting his teeth and summoning his own courage, Shirogane Miyuki led the children cautiously toward the direction of the thatched hut of the child."

502. Talent Stacking

"In a race against time, Shirogane Miyuki was sweating profusely with anxiety."

"During their escape, their scent was eventually detected by the snake demon, who quickly gave chase. To protect the children, Shirogane Miyuki had no choice but to lure the snake demon away by himself."

"During his stay in the village, he also tried to train and become stronger. Fortunately, after Kikyo examined him, she said he had great talent."

"Practicing spiritual power to become stronger requires talent. You're strange; it's as if you were born with one talent, and then suddenly a second one appeared, so you can learn and become stronger very quickly."

"Of course, the so-called 'soon' is calculated in months and years."

"A normal monk takes decades to grow up from elementary school, but he can do it in just a few years."

"...Shirogane Miyuki doesn't possess any real strength yet, but because he has awakened his spiritual power, he is more palatable than children in the eyes of the snake demon, which is why he is able to attract the snake demon's attention and prevent it from coveting children."

"I see."

Hachiman Hikigaya understood it in half a second.

In fact, having the talent to learn magic in the world of Emilia is the same as having the talent in the world of Kayal. Now it seems that this talent is also the same as becoming a mage in the world of Kikyo.

Miyuki Shirogane was born with this talent, and then because of Hachiman Hikigaya's command to the Philosopher's Stone to "increase the magical talent of everyone in the world," Miyuki Shirogane's talent was stacked.

If Shirogane Miyuki doesn't have any other cheats, then the double talent is his cheat.

Now, Shirogane Miyuki is feeding the python with his own body, using his thrilling parkour to save children with a promising future... This scene makes many people hold their breath and their hearts pound in their throats.

"It's different, completely different from Ayanokoji Kiyotaka!"

At the Nakano family home, all six people could see that this third protagonist was clearly of the same lineage as Hachiman Hikigaya.

He has a strong moral compass, is brave and resourceful, and has true love... Kaguya Shinomiya made him brave. What else could this be but true love?

The four Nakano sisters no longer advocate for Kikyo; they are all deeply moved by the true love between Shirogane and Shinomiya.

As for Uesugi Fuutarou, he was simply quietly watching Shirogane Miyuki in the video.

"Ouch, ouch—it hurts, it hurts so much, Kaguya-san!"

Inside the student council chamber, Kaguya Shinomiya, watching her future president facing imminent danger, was so tense that her eyes turned bloodshot. She gripped her best friend Chika Fujiwara's arm so tightly that Chika was almost crying from the pain.

She shared the same experience as Iino Miko, who was pinched so hard by Ishigami Yu that it hurt.

"Don't run away, don't run away, delicious, my feast!"

"The terrifying oppressive feeling of the monster was getting closer and closer from behind, but Shirogane Miyuki became more and more fearless, and several images were playing repeatedly in his mind."

"One is Kaguya Shinomiya jumping into the water to save people, another is Hachiman Hikigaya being able to fight back even after having all his bones crushed by the Archbishop of Sloth, and the third is Kiyotaka Ayanokoji remaining unmoved in the face of Freya's manipulation."

"All of this sustained his courage... and when he was about to give up, when his vision was blurring, when he could no longer feel his legs."

"Our destination is now within reach."

"In the area around the thatched hut of the village, the villagers who had not yet made a move looked at Shirogane Miyuki and the snake demon that followed him with surprise and fear."

"A sense of sudden realization began to grow in their hearts... In any case, they shouted and brandished their hoes to save Shirogane Miyuki."

"What can ordinary people do with such ordinary iron tools?"

"With a sweep of the python's tail, the villagers were all sent flying backward in agony... In this huge disparity in strength, the only one who possessed the power to stand before the snake demon was Di Nian'er."

"You hurt Yukito... my friend, my only friend... you actually hurt him!!"

"What will the honest and kind-hearted Di Nian'er be like when he gets angry? Will that day ever come?"

"The villagers didn't know before, but now they have seen it. Di Nian'er shouted in grief and anger, and charged forward. He stood firmly on his feet, grabbed the snake demon's tail that it was swinging, and then squeezed it tightly."

"The sound of the snake demon's spine cracking could be clearly heard."

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!"

"With a cry from Di Nian'er, he unleashed all his power, tearing the snake demon to shreds into a pile of minced meat."

"Under the moonlight, Di Nian'er's figure was like that of a demon god, which terrified the villagers... At the same time, the panting children finally arrived here by taking a shortcut, and they described what had happened in a flurry of voices."

"The truth has come out. They wronged Di Nian'er and refused to listen to Bai Yin Yuxing's advice, which almost caused the children in each household to suffer."

"Shirogane Miyuki and Ji Nian'er, they are the heroes of this village, without a doubt."