Volume 2, Chapter 56 – Shura Field?

Although Tianyin really, really missed Sister Xiaomu. She had even fantasized more than once about the touching, warm, and emotional scene of their reunion.

But still…

She had imagined countless versions of how that reunion would go, but Tianyin absolutely, definitely had not imagined… that she would end up in a Shura field ¹ A situation where several people are vying for the same person’s attention, or a relationship with high emotional stakes .

Just as Samael had said, she had run into the legendary… love triangle. And apparently, it was between her own loli disciple and Sister Xiaomu… a sparring ground of some sort?

“How could this happen…?”

Tianyin was puzzled, her small face filled with confusion. At this moment, it was already the second day since she had met Sister Xiaomu and brought her back.

Originally, Tianyin thought that by the next day, things would have improved a little, no, to be precise, the Shura field should have already ended by now.

After all, everyone here was a girl.

And girls, especially pretty girls, were supposed to get along well… right?

Yes, that was exactly what Tianyin believed. But reality told her that things were far from that simple.

Before her stood a beautiful girl whose delicate features seemed almost too perfect. Her long black hair draped down, covering her pointed elven ears. Her figure was slender, clad in the standard leather armor of a ranger, the breathtakingly beautiful Xingyu Muxi, Sister Xiaomu.

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And facing her stood… a tiny, adorable girl, completely crushed in height comparison, but whose level of cuteness far surpassed Xingyu Muxi, the small, petite Mengyao, Tianyin’s loli disciple.

“So, what exactly do you want, woman? You can’t possibly think you can separate me and Master!”

Hey, hey! I’m your Master, you know! Why does that line sound so wrong somehow?!

“Hmm? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? You’re the one who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I knew Xiaoyin long before you did, you little home-wrecking ² A person who gains the affections of someone already married or engaged, and thus causes the dissolution of the marriage or engagement cat~”

Why does that sound so ambiguous, Sister Xiaomu?! What do you mean by a ‘home-wrecking cat’?!

Tianyin complained wildly in her heart but didn’t know how to jump in.

“Home-wrecking cat!? Who are you calling a home-wrecking cat!? Master and I were doing just fine, why did you have to show up!?”

Doing just fine? What do you mean by that, Xiaomengyao? Say that again if you dare!

“Do I need your permission to show up here, little girl? I didn’t know I needed your approval for that.”

“I’m not a little girl, you old lady! I’m already fifteen years old!”

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“Fifteen is still little. I’m eighteen, you know. Three years older than you. So, stay out of grown-up matters, alright?”

“Old lady, anything that concerns my Master concerns me too~!”

“Little girl, you should know Xiaoyin is your Master. Interfering in your Master’s personal matters like this, do you think that’s right?”

Although their conversation sounded like they were just having a simple argument, in truth, both of them were merely exchanging words, neither had done anything outrageous. However… The problem was that the atmosphere right now was heavy.

Yes, oppressive, so much so that Tianyin felt like the bright world around her had turned dark, so suffocating that even her breathing had slowed down.

She wanted to say something… but didn’t dare to interrupt at all.

It felt as though the very air around them had solidified because of these two.

「…Pfft. I’m dying here, Xiaoyin. Why do things like this always happen around you?」

Samael’s voice echoed in Tianyin’s mind just then.

『What do you mean, ‘things like this’? It’s not like I want them to happen…』

Tianyin could be very sure, she had never, not in her wildest imagination, thought she would ever face something like this.

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But to be honest, if things kept going like this, she would be in real trouble. After all, both Sister Xiaomu and Xiaomengyao were people very important to her. If she took sides, she would inevitably hurt the other, and that was something Tianyin really didn’t want to see happen.

She could explain everything clearly, but she didn’t know how to start. In the end, it came down to the fact that Tianyin Miyue had never experienced anything like this before.

『Samael, Samael, what should I do?』

As the two continued glaring daggers at each other, Tianyin turned to her mind’s resident ancient being, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, a girl who had supposedly lived hundreds of thousands of years, to seek advice.

「Pfft, honestly, I don’t have any good suggestions either. I’m great at battles, but when it comes to this kind of situation, Xiaoyin, even if I wanted to help, I have no idea what to do.」

Her answer was practically identical to what she had said yesterday.

『Eh? Is that so?』

To be honest, Tianyin felt a little disappointed. In the end, even the person she relied on most couldn’t give her any solid advice.

So… did that mean… she’d have to face the Shura field head-on?

Tianyin felt a pang of regret. She was a girl now! How could she be stuck in a situation where two girls were fighting over her?!

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Wasn’t this kind of thing only supposed to happen when two girls fight over a guy?

And just as Tianyin was trying to figure out how to resolve this peacefully, the sky… suddenly darkened.

The light dimmed all at once. It wasn’t an illusion, something was really happening.

As if thick clouds had rolled in to shroud the heavens, the moment she noticed the sudden darkness, Tianyin instinctively looked up.

In that instant, her eyes widened.

Above her, a massive, indescribable silhouette loomed, its presence blotting out half the sky.

That was…

Though her heart was trembling with shock, Tianyin quickly came back to her senses. Her eyes locked on the enormous figure above as she slowly took a deep breath.

“Xiaobing… no, it should be… the Frost Dragon, Ysera…”