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This may be what Yaezakura once experienced.

"Superstitious villagers, a dead sister... Is this a sacrifice? But isn't the Frost Blade enshrined here?"

This shrine, like the Narujin Shrine, looks quite old and is an ancient building. It must have been enshrining the Frost God from ancient times to the present.

The Frost Blade is indeed a sword that slays demons.

Even if it is not a complete form, it still has some similar power, and it seems that it can easily shock the ignorant villagers.

It is difficult for Kiana to associate the Frost Blade with sacrifice, and if there really is a sacrifice incident, would Yae Sakura carry the Frost Blade with her?

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Chapter 28: The evil ghost who took over the magpie's nest.

We also eat in the yard.

Yae Sakura didn't go to other areas of the shrine either. I don't know if she was afraid that Kiana would wander around or if she didn't need to go anywhere else.

Because Yae Sakura was always around, Kiana never found a chance to explore other parts of the shrine.

Until nightfall.

Around ten o'clock in the evening, Kiana, who was pretending to be asleep, opened her eyes. After hearing the sound of someone leaving, she carefully opened her eyes and sat up.

Yaezakura left.

In the middle of the night when I thought she was asleep.

Could it be that he was poisoned?

Thinking of the herbs Yaezakura had picked, not for herself nor for her sister, Kiana tiptoed up, thinking that they might be poisonous herbs.

She carefully opened the door, and sure enough, Yaezakura was not there. She hurried out and closed the door again, intending to go out and take a look.

But when she carefully climbed out of the courtyard, it was pitch black outside with only a few scattered candles, and there was no sign of Yaezakura.

In order not to make any noise, she moved very carefully and slowly. It took her a little longer since it was her first time doing this.

"...Look at the Frost Blade."

No one knew where Yaezakura had gone. Kiana thought about it and decided to go see the place where the Frost Blade was worshipped first.

She wanted to see how the Frost Blade was worshipped in this superstitious place, and perhaps she could learn something from the shrine dedicated there.

Although the details are slightly different, the shrine is still easy to identify.

Kiana carefully hid in the darkness and headed towards the shrine dedicated to the gods.

It only took her two minutes to reach the vicinity and confirm that Yaesakura was not nearby but had gone somewhere else.

Kiana opened the door and walked in.

The candles inside the shrine were still burning and had not been extinguished, so you could see things inside and there was light, and you could see everything clearly.

But because of the light, she saw the situation inside the shrine, and Kiana rubbed her eyes in surprise.

"Sakura and Sirin both said that Frostblade is the deity enshrined at Yae Shrine, just like Narugami Shrine!"

Kiana suspected that she had seen it wrong and did not doubt that what Yaesakura and Sirin said was false.

She walked a few steps to the front of the statue, and after confirming that what was enshrined in front of her was indeed a strange statue, and not the familiar frost knife, she fell into a long silence for the first time.

Why isn't the Frost Blade worshipped?

Yaezakura said that her sword, like Narukami, was a deity that was once enshrined in a shrine.

She didn't believe that the honest Yaesakura would lie to her about such an insignificant matter.

And Xilin also verified her statement.

So why is it that this shrine does not enshrine the Frost Blade, but a statue of a green-faced, fang-toothed god, which does not look like a statue of a legitimate god?

Isn't this really a ghost?

This sacrifice is clearly to ghosts and gods, right?!

"This isn't the past at all?"

Kiana looked at the demonic statue that replaced the Frost Blade, and began to suspect that the Stigmata World was not the past in Yae Sakura's memory.

This is not what happened in the past.

But it is the story of the evolution of the stigmata.

If this is the case, it might explain why what Yaesakura and the others said to her was different from the actual situation.

Is this really the case?

Kiana's brows were furrowed.

Looking at the statue in front of him, his eyes were full of inquiry. If this was true, then was Yaezakura in the Stigmata world also just an evolution?

Not the real Yaezakura?

Kiana pursed her lips, and the more she thought about it, the heavier her heart felt. Thinking that the world of the stigmata might not be what she imagined, she realized that they had all died completely due to the Great Collapse.

I can't hide my depression.

"You shouldn't be here."

Yaesakura's voice suddenly came from the door. She looked at Kiana with a complicated expression as she walked to the front of the statue and looked up at it.

Her work is done.

But she found that Kiana had followed her out and found her way here.

Is this a past?

This question kept lingering in Kiana's mind. She turned around and looked at Yae Sakura standing at the door. She looked a little strange and completely different from the person she knew in her memory.

She was calmer than expected.

"Where's the knife?"

The questions asked to Yae Sakura will only affect Yae Sakura's attitude, and will not affect the operation of the entire Stigmata world.

And if the person in front of her is really the real Yae Sakura, then her question will not affect Yae Sakura's attitude too much.

After seeing what was enshrined in the shrine, Kiana decided not to investigate further, being cautious and fearful of anything that might affect the stability of the Stigmata world.

Yaezakura originally thought that she couldn't help her curiosity and so secretly came here to see the things being enshrined.

I didn't expect that she wasn't.

He also revealed what the shrine originally worshipped.

She regretted not watching her complex expression turn into surprise, but Yae Sakura still glanced at the green-faced, fang-toothed statue behind her with fear.

"You're being targeted by it."

Kiana's words let Yae Sakura know that she was not an ordinary adventurer.

But she was targeted by an evil spirit.

Through her observations, she knew that the evil spirit could use this statue to mark anyone who came here.

Then screen the export grain.

"This is not the place to talk, let's go back first."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Yae Sakura reminded her again, and then Kiana walked towards her and left with her.

Yaezakura did not deny the existence of the sword!

Kiana's expression changed again and again. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer and asked impatiently on the way back: "Shouldn't the shrine be dedicated to the 'Frost God'?"

Yaezakura, who was walking in front, was silent for a moment when she heard this distant name. Her voice was a little soft in the night: "Twelve years ago, the shrine was indeed dedicated to the Frost God."

"That was a long time ago. Now everyone in the village worships that evil god."

She glanced at Kiana and asked, "How did you know about the Frost God?"

The shrine here is indeed dedicated to the frost god.

But the magpie's nest has been taken over by the cuckoo!

Kiana couldn't describe the roller coaster feeling she felt. If that was the case, then there was a high possibility that this was a part of the past.

Looking at Yae Sakura with doubt and inquiry in her eyes, Kiana realized that the stigmata world was not as fragile as she thought.

They remained silent all the way. Although Yaezakura had many doubts, she felt that she was a good person, so she was quite understanding and did not speak again, waiting for her to think of the answer later.

Wait until you return to the courtyard.

Kiana finally spoke.

"Do you know the Demon Slayers?"

Yaezakura was stunned, a look of confusion on her face: "Demon Slayer... Sword Master? What is that?"

Sure enough, at this moment, Yae Sakura and Mei were both completely unaware of the existence of the sword group.

Although the shrine enshrines the most important sword, the sword's designated owner and the shrine maiden did not even know about the organization of the Sword Clan in the past.

She thought of something and looked at Yae Sakura seriously: "Do you know anything about ghosts and gods?"

"...Are you referring to that evil god?"

Recalling her first meeting with Yae Sakura, who had kindly explained the situation to her, Kiana said, "A long time ago, eight million gods descended upon this world, killing and bringing disaster to mankind. To save the world, Izumo forged a sword..."

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Chapter 29: Ghosts and Gods that Keep Humans in Captivity.

It's a very subtle feeling to polish up what Yaesakura said to me in the past and then give it back to her.

"I came here precisely to track down the whereabouts of the Ghost and the Frost Blade."

Kiana cleverly used this sentence to end the story. She did not say that she was the Demon Slayer, but she was hinting to Yae Sakura to think in this direction.

As for Yaezakura.

She sounded a little dazed.

Ever since she could remember, Yae Village had been isolated from the outside world. She thought that the outside world was not like that and that the misfortune of Yae Village was just a special case. However, she did not expect that such things had existed a long time ago and were spread all over the world.

Eight million gods...

That evil ghost that killed so many people.

It turns out that all he needs to do is get the abandoned frost blade to completely end all this misfortune.

What Kiana said shocked her, but Yae Sakura did not doubt it and chose to trust her completely.

Because her intuition told her that was the case.

Kiana is right.

That is the ghost.

She immediately imagined a lot of things, including why Kiana didn't tell her purpose earlier. She thought it was because Kiana didn't know if there was anyone trustworthy here.

Most of the people in Yae Village have been bewitched by the evil god, and the remaining unbelievers have mostly become sacrifices.

Those who help the evil.

It was the chief priest of Yae Shrine who discarded the Frost Blade and chose to erect a statue for the evil god.

Her...father!

"If I get the Frost Blade, everything will end?"

It doesn't matter where the evil spirit comes from.

Because killing it has always been Yaesakura's goal, she will not give up on killing it just because of the evil god's origin.

She had been preparing for this for a long time.

Kiana's timing of arrival was very clever. She had been patient for many years just to find a suitable opportunity and then kill with one blow.

"can."