Yes, Lady Funina!

However, Lynette's feelings for Richard were not simply because he was her savior. The emotions were extremely complex, containing elements that even Lynette herself found difficult to articulate.

But the only thing Lynette is certain of is that she likes Richard, really, really, really likes him.

She loved him so much that even if her most respected 'father' tried to take him away from her, she wouldn't give in on that.

"They're gone, I wonder where they've gone to do it." Yae no Miko pouted. "There are two beauties in bed, but instead of trying to keep us from getting out of bed, they just like to run around."

"..." Faced with Yae no Miko's raunchy words, Linette was momentarily at a loss for words.

Since she didn't know how to answer, she decided not to answer at all and wanted to see what Yae no Miko was going to say.

However, Lynette was unaware that Yae no Miko's words actually had a double meaning.

The two beauties not only refer to Lynette and Yae no Miko, but also allude to Yae no Miko and Kage from back then.

Two beauties had clearly expressed their affections for Richard at the same time, especially Yae no Miko. In order to have both, Richard had already made quite obvious concessions, which were almost more than just hints; they were practically saying it outright.

Richard, do you want a wife? Just say the word, and I'll give myself and my shadow to you as your wife.

Even so, Richard eventually left, wandering east and west. For the first few decades, Yae no Kamiko didn't look for Richard out of spite, and in the following decades, even if she wanted to, she had no clue.

After all, Teyvat isn't a huge place, but it's not small either, especially since Richard deliberately kept his identity hidden, making it incredibly difficult to find him.

It wasn't until recent years that Yae no Miko gradually received news of him.

This time, I absolutely cannot let him slip through my fingers again.

Before that, Yae no Miko needed to find another person, her best friend and helper, Inazuma's master, and the meditator devoted to the Pure Land—Kage.

They've already brought the enemy to our doorstep, but that guy is still in an AFK (away from keyboard) offline state.

"Serves him right for being cheated on!" Yae no Miko thought with exasperation.

“I should get up too.” Lynette sat up in bed and looked back at Yae no Miko, who seemed not to be moving.

"Aren't you getting up?"

"I'm not getting up. It's good that you're gone. I can have Richard's bed all to myself now."

Lynette: #

Originally, Lynette didn't care whether Yae no Miko got up or not, but after hearing her say that, she suddenly felt uncomfortable.

She reached out and pinched the pillow that Yae no Miko was leaning against as she lay on her side. Upon seeing this, Yae no Miko couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"

"This is my pillow."

"Here you go, here you go." Yae no Miko sat up and generously handed the pillow she had been using all night to Lynette.

Lynette took the pillow and found a few strands of pink hair still on it. That stinky fox is shedding!

Seeing that Yae no Miko seemed about to lie down on Richard's pillow, Lynette quickly grabbed Richard's pillow as well.

"What are you doing again?"

"The pillow is dirty, I'll have the cleaning staff wash it later."

Yae no Miko understood; this girl didn't want her to continue sleeping in this bed.

"She's really jealous, just like I was back then," Yae no Miko thought, but she also had a plan in mind.

"In that case, should we take the sheets to be washed as well?"

After a moment's hesitation, considering that if the sheets were washed, Yae no Miko wouldn't be able to stay in Richard's bed any longer, Lynette nodded in agreement.

Then, Yae no Miko drew a circle with her finger in the middle of the bed sheet and looked at Lynette meaningfully, saying, "Indeed, you need to take a good bath."

Lynette didn't understand at first, but when she compared the position with her own body, her expression changed immediately. She reached out and covered the hem of her pajamas. Meeting Yae no Miko's seemingly all-knowing gaze, the girl's face began to heat up.

Before Yae no Miko could say anything more, he strode out of the room barefoot.

Yae no Miko's lips curled up, as if she had won a victory.

However, not long after she smiled, Lynette came back, not looking at Yae no Miko, but grabbing the two corners of the sheet, flicking it hard, and then pulling it away.

Yae no Kamiko was still in bed, but the sheets had already been pulled away by Lynette.

Yae Goddess: ???

This time it's Yae no Miko's turn to ask a question.

Without the sheets, Yae no Miko obviously couldn't sleep anymore. She jumped off the bed, transforming into a fox in the process, and swaggered out of Richard's house with Lynette, wagging her cute fox tail.

It is worth noting that Yae no Miko did not have five tails at this time, but only one. After all, showing five tails would basically be equivalent to telling others that this fox is very suspicious.

Although the pink fox is quite eye-catching.

However, perhaps because this was a rest area for high-ranking officials, there were hardly any people in the corridor. Lynette threw the sheets, pillows, and other items into the basket, and then someone would take care of them.

Back in her room, Lynette was about to change her clothes when she caught a glimpse of Yae no Miko sitting on the windowsill, grooming her hair with her tongue.

"What are you following me for?"

"Richard isn't here, and I don't know what to do, so I'll just follow you for now."

"I'm going to change clothes."

"I know."

Seeing that Yae no Miko's bright fox eyes were staring at her without blinking, Linette decided to be more explicit.

Shouldn't you excuse yourself?

However, Yae no Miko clearly didn't think this was the right thing to do. She muttered to herself, "We've already slept together, we all know each other, just switch, what's there to be shy about?"

With no other option, Lynette could only expressionlessly take the clothes and walk into the bathroom next door.

Before Yae no Miko followed, Lynette closed the door and thought about what had happened the night before in the bathroom.

I decided to take a shower first, and then change my clothes.

After a lot of time spent drying her hair, Linette used wind to dry it and walked out of the bathroom, only to find that Yae no Miko had disappeared.

She didn't pay much attention at the time. After getting to know him last night, she had some understanding of the character of this palace chief.

This is a wicked woman who enjoys manipulating people's hearts.

If possible, Lynette thinks it's best to minimize contact with the other person, because you never know when they might set a trap for you.

However, such a thought is obviously unlikely, because because of Richard, she will have to deal with Yae no Miko a lot more in the future.

Thinking this, Lynette wet her underwear with water, then rubbed it with soap to create lather and thoroughly wash away the remaining water stains.

On the other side, Richard first had a brief meeting with Ayato Sato, the head priest of the shrine, at the wooden hourglass tea room, and then exchanged views on the matter of the 'Eye Hunt Order'.

In fact, normally, it would be impossible for Ayato Kamisato to discuss domestic affairs with a foreign politician so openly, especially such a nationally significant event as the 'Eye Hunt Order'.

Moreover, even if they did have a discussion, it would only be a superficial exchange, probably meaningless nonsense like "Lord Narukami must have her reasons for doing this."

But what Richard and Ayato Kamisato just discussed was not just superficial stuff. They talked about deeper things, such as the current situation in Inazuma, its future direction, and the problems it might face.

Ayato Kamisato seemed to treat Richard, this high-ranking official of Fontaine, as one of his own, and spoke frankly with him.

I can't say it was all from the heart, but at least there was a lot of the truth in it.

The reason for all this is not that Richard has such great charm that he could win over Ayato Kamisato in a short time, but that Ayato Kamisato knows that Richard has a close relationship with Yae no Miko.

Furthermore, he has a close relationship with Narukami, even though Yae no Miko only mentioned it to Ayato Kamisato once, saying that Richard was the key figure in breaking the deadlock.

No sooner had they finished talking than Yae no Miko came knocking on their door.

If you were to say that Richard has no connection with Yae no Miko, Ayato Kamisato would never believe it.

Realizing that he was superfluous there, Ayato Kamisato wisely took his leave.

"How are you feeling?" Yae no Miko asked.

"He is an excellent manager and a qualified politician."

Judging solely from the fact that the other party took sides early on, Ayato Kamisato is definitely much stronger than the other two current heads of the Three Commissioners.

"Who asked you that?" Yae no Miko pushed the empty teacup toward Richard. "I was asking you what it was like sleeping with two beautiful girls last night?"

"It's a bit crowded," Richard said, always telling the truth.

Yae no Miko was taken aback by Richard's words, then rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't worry, it will get even more crowded once the Shadow figures it out."

"Tsk tsk, when the time comes, what kind of bed will be able to accommodate these two great gods, Narukami and Mizukami?"

'Actually, there are three.' Richard thought to himself. Although the Water God is technically one person, there are actually two.

Ever since Fucarus split himself in two, Frinina and Fucarus have become two separate individuals.

"Have you thought about how you're going to face Shadow after this?" Yae no Miko asked, transforming her palm into a blade in a threatening gesture and slashing downwards, even adding a 'crackling' sound effect.

"Be careful, she might just... cut you in two." Yae no Miko glanced down.

Clearly, the "severing ties" here does not refer to a severing of the relationship, but rather a physical severing.

“Shadow wouldn’t do that,” Richard said calmly.

Volume 1: Chapter 137 He wants it, so you give it to him?

As the battles on the front lines become more frequent, Kujo Sara, the commander-in-chief, has been extremely busy lately, constantly traveling between Kujo Jinya and Nashiina.

Unlike ordinary generals who always sit in the rear and strategize to control the overall situation, Kujo Sara personally handles everything, whether it's surveying battle routes, formulating training plans, selecting weapons and armor, or rushing to the battlefield to defeat the enemy.

In daily training, she was extremely demanding of herself, and her training intensity far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers. On the battlefield, she was always the first to charge into battle, leading her troops with absolute heroism and unwavering fighting spirit.

Therefore, Kujo Sara enjoyed high prestige in the army. The shogunate army regarded him as a source of pride, while the islanders admired his bravery and regarded him as a major threat.

"Lord Kujo, you're finally back."

Just after Kujo Sara personally led a small force to a victorious skirmish with the rebels, the healing priestess who accompanied her approached Kujo Sara, handed her a letter, and explained that it was given to her by Lady Yae no Miko.

Kujo Sara took the letter. It was not of ordinary size, and besides the letter inside, it seemed to have something else attached to it...

It is a memorial submitted to the emperor.

As the adopted daughter of the Kujo family, Kujo Sara recognized the item in her hand at a glance. But why was the "official document" that should have been on the general's desk handed to her by Yae no Miko?

Moreover, the document bears the clan seal of the Kujo family, indicating that this "memorial" was written by the Kujo family. Besides her, the only person qualified to write a document and submit it to General Raiden is the current head of the Kujo family, Kujo Takayuki.

Kujo Sara has been busy suppressing rebellions at the front lines recently, so she obviously doesn't have time to write official documents. Besides, how could she not recognize the documents she wrote herself?

Therefore, the author of this document is undoubtedly Kujo Takayuki, the current head of state who is currently in the rear headquarters and is the one who enforces the current laws.

What does Yae no Miko mean by giving me this document? And where did she get it from?

With these questions in mind, Kujo Sara opened the letter written by Yae no Miko. Aside from the meaningless pleasantries, the contents of the letter could be summarized in just three words.

—Read official documents.

Kujo Sara put down the letter, picked up the official document again, and after a moment's thought, decided to open it.

The reason for the hesitation is that, in general, official documents written to Lord Raiden are kept strictly confidential. Even Kujo Sara, as the adopted daughter of the Kujo family and one of the pillars of the Kujo family, would not be allowed to know the contents of the documents.

However, since Yae no Miko gave her this document, there must be a reason, and she should know the reason after reading it.

As Kujo Sara pondered this, she opened the sealed scroll of the official document. The first thing Kujo Sara noticed was the official seal on the document.

Alright, now we can be completely certain that this is the official document drafted by our head of the family, Kujo Takayuki.

Kujo Sara turned her gaze away from the bottom of the document and returned to the beginning to read on slowly.

As Kujo Sara progressed through her reading, the curiosity on her face gradually turned into seriousness, and her expression became particularly unpleasant after she was sure she hadn't missed anything.

This official memorial made no mention of the island of Haio or the battles at the front, as if these things had never happened. It even added a sentence at the end of the article: "Today, Inazuma Castle is peaceful and prosperous."

To hell with prosperity.

Kujo Sara held the official document in his hand, and immediately wanted to set off back to Inazuma Castle to confront Kujo Takayuki in person about what was going on.

Why was there no mention of the resistance forces on Hai'o Island in the report to the general, and even less mention of the soldiers who unfortunately died in the fight against the resistance forces these days?

It's as if... all the hardships the people have endured here are insignificant!

Kujo Sara gripped the document tightly, abruptly stood up from her chair, went outside, and found the shrine maiden who had brought the letter to her.

"Please pass on a message to your Lord Chief: I will keep my appointment."

“I understand, Lady Sara,” the priestess replied immediately, “but the front lines…”

"The losses caused by this victory are enough to give the rebels a hard time, and I happen to be returning to Inazuma Castle in a few days to attend the ceremony. I'm preparing to head back to Inazuma Castle tomorrow..."

Kujo Sara originally planned to return just in time for the start of the Hunting Eye ceremony, but after reading the official documents, she changed her mind.

She needed to go back and clarify the matters in the official documents first, and before that, the fighting on the front lines would be temporarily suspended, with a more conservative approach adopted.