Demon Sword Maiden Chapter 74 (Patreon)

Chapter 4 - Name Change

Lily walked toward Chrysanthemum Inn and found Genji Sakiko taking the samurais from the dojo, searching for her. 

“Miss Kagami! Are you okay?” Sakiko was a little touched. She ran toward Lily and pulled her hand, checking her from top to toe to see if she got hurt or not.

“I’m okay… Thank you for worrying about me.” Seeing Lady Sakiko worried about her that much, Lily felt warm inside. “But I turned the Chrysanthemum Inn into this. I’m so sorry.”

“What are you talking about? You’re safe; that’s the most important thing. You’re staying in my Chrysanthemum Inn and you’ve encountered such danger. If something happened to you, how could I ease my mind! From tomorrow, you come and live in the dojo. It’s absolutely safe.” Sakiko was really stirred up. 

“Ah? Really?” Lily was happy. If she could find a place where she could train without being bothered, of course, she would be more than happy to agree. 

“Who did that! Why did they raid my Chrysanthemum Inn!” Sakiko sounded angry. 

“Lady Sakiko, I’m their target. They are possibly the ninjas from Wind Demon Clan,” said Lily. 

“Ah? How did you know that? We checked those dead ninjas and found no clue… Wait a minute, did you kill them all by yourself?” Sakiko was startled. She studied Lily one more time. She knew that Lily was really talented and outstanding. However, she didn’t expect to see the other’s power increase that fast after just several days they hadn’t met. Her practical fighting skill was also intimidating. She wondered if the girl had hidden something. However, Sakiko only appraised Lily’s power-level and didn’t continue to dig up the truth.

Lily nodded obediently. “Lady Sakiko, I captured a female ninja. I got their identity from her.”

“A captive?” Sakiko’s eyes flashed coldly. “Good! Take me there. I want to interrogate her personally!” 

“That’s…” Lily looked a little hesitant. It seemed she wanted to stop Sakiko. “Lady Sakiko, that ninja… can you trust me to handle her? I tied her up and took all of her gears. She shouldn’t pose any threat to us anymore.”

“Ah?” Sakiko was surprised. She looked at Lily skeptically but she didn’t want to ask further. She nodded. “Alright. If you captured her, it’s okay whatever you want to do with her. No matter what, tomorrow, you’ll be a real samurai. Anyway, do you need me to send someone to help you watch over her?” 

“No need, Lady Sakiko, I can deal with her myself.” 

“Alright…” Sakiko nodded, “Tonight, I’ll send my men to guard the entire Chrysanthemum Inn. It should be safe.” 

Indeed, before Sakiko stopped talking, more samurais from the dojo entered the courtyard. They began to check everywhere, standing in guard. 

Lily noticed some people among those samurais. They were wearing black clothes with white prints. Not only were they especially sturdy and muscular, but their auras were also intimidating. They were all junior-level Kengos! They were much stronger than Akira. Even if Lily tried her best to cope with one of them, she wasn’t sure if she could win.

The Genji Dojo was really formidable. They were just some reinforcement sent from the dojo, but they all had terrifying strength! 

Although Sakiko looked like an ordinary person, Lily now knew she couldn’t see through the other. 

“Lady Sakiko, I doubt I will be able to fall asleep tonight, it’s past midnight already. I have to go to the dojo early morning tomorrow, but there is something I need to attend to right now,” said Lily. 

Sakiko followed Lily’s look, gazing at the wood storage, then she nodded and said, “Seems you don’t want to bring that female ninja to the official’s place. Alright… I can understand you to a certain extent. However, Miss Kagami, you’re much too kind. That kindness can bring dangers to yourself in this world.”

“Thank you for reminding me, Madam, I have my own reason,” Lily respectfully lowered her body to give a curtsy.

“Hmph! Wind Demon Clan, they actually dare to attempt an assassination against Genji Dojo’s disciple within our territory! Miss Kagami, just leave this matter to us, we will deal with them appropriately!” Sakiko’s eyes shivered from rage.

Sakiko took her men to check around and guard the courtyard. And two ninjas were found alive since Lily had only knocked them out with the parasol. Of course, they were the most tragic ones here as Sakiko interrogated them herself.

Lily returned to the log storage house. 

Shiu was still hung there, her tears rolling like rain. She was innately sensitive. After she refined her ninjutsu and spirit power, her senses like hearing and smell were much more sensitive than normal people. So, Shiu got more or less what happened outside. 

Her purple hair fell as she helplessly swayed in midair. She lifted her embarrassed face, but her eyes didn’t show any grudge to Lily who tied her up, “Thank you, master… If it weren’t for you, Shiu would have fallen into an end that would be even more horrible and humiliating than death. And yet, Shiu wanted to kill a kind, beautiful, and powerful master like you. Shiu doesn’t have any face to look at you. Please, master, please punish Shiu ruthlessly. Only then will my conscience feel a little better! Besides, this is master’s fetish right… Master Sakura has told me that.”

“What? Sakura, don’t talk nonsense! I’m not like that!” Lily rolled her eyes at Sakura that was standing in the corner and pretending to be a normal umbrella. She walked forward, tilting her head at Shiu and gently combed Shiu’s hair, then she said, “Shiu, I understand well how it is when you were born in the wrong time, with no control over your fate. As you are from the Wind Demon Clan, it’s not wrong that you followed your Chief’s order to do the mission. But since you’ve pledged your loyalty to me, don’t think about anything strange. From now on, you have to be faithful to me from the bottom of your heart. It’s the biggest appreciation to your master. Do you understand?”

“I understand.” Shiu lifted her head and looked at Lily with her glittering eyes.

Lily suddenly remembered something, and said gently, “Ah right, Shiu, since you’re not a member of Wind Demon Clan anymore, why don’t we restore your family name and call you Ryumori Shiu from now on? That way, you can throw away the bygone enmities and begin your new life.”

Shiu was so touched. She burst out crying and nodded her head. “M- Master, are you giving your slave a name?”

“Ah? I just want to restore your family name… If you are not used to it, just forget it…”

“Master, please don’t say that! As a master, if you changed your decision due to a few words from the slave, then you are not qualified to be a master! A master just needs to be beautiful, powerful and dogmatic! Shiu will accept everything! No matter what master wants to give me, I will appreciate them all!” 

*Eh?* Lily felt ashamed that she needed Shiu to teach her how to do her role as the master. It seemed Lily had many things to improve in order to fit into her role.

Right at the moment, Lily was bewildered, the door of the wood house was pushed open. 

“Are you okay!” Nanako was so worried as she hastily pushed the door open. She stood, panting at the door. “Eh?”

Then, she took in the horrible scene in the room. Except for Lily with her blushing face, there was a female ninja with ragged clothes, being hung under the beam. She looked so perplexed. 

“Err, what are you guys playing at?” A layer of darkness shadowed Nanako’s eyes. 

“Eh? No no, Nanako. I… It’s not what you thought…” Lily didn’t expect that Nanako would return at this moment. Perhaps it was the Genji Dojo’s samurai who told her where to find Lily.

“Hehehe… Sorry, I disturbed you guys,” Nanako smiled with glum and dark eyes, stiffly moving out of the wood storage. 

“Nanako, listen to me…”

A flame of rage arose in Lily’s heart. How did these two little girls misunderstand her! Did they really think she was some perverted, S&M older sister?!

“Saikanji Nanako! You come back here at once!”

Lily rarely said something that overbearing besides when she was fighting. Nanako was stopped. 

Half an hour later. . .

Nanako and Shiu were sitting in seiza position inside the wood storage. Lily also sat in seiza position in front of them. 

"Ahem!" Lily looked like an older sister going to lecture her younger sisters. She said seriously, “So, that’s what happened. Do you understand now?” 

Nanako turned to look at Shiu then cocked her head. As she patted her chest, she was soon overcome with depression, “So, this girl is a senior genin. Indeed, my power is the weakest here.”

Shiu’s eyes brightened in excitement, looking at Nanako, “Senior, I- I’ve just become a slave. I don’t know how to serve our master. Please show me more.”

“Don’t call me senior! There’s nothing honorable about being called senior in such a job!” Nanako yelled at Shiu.

Lily felt helpless as she held her forehead. “Did you guys understand my words or not…”

At this moment, cold wind blew from the outside, shaking the oil lamp from time to time. 

Lily looked through the window, and said, “It isn’t safe here. Shiu, since you have betrayed the Wind Demon Clan. It’s only a matter of time before they come after you. From tomorrow onwards, we’ll move to the Dojo.”

Although Lily said she wouldn’t sleep tonight, she still drifted away in her sleep. 

Her head was placed on Shiu’s thighs. Of course, Shiu did that after she fell asleep.

If Lily knew that Nanako awake just to keep an eye on Shiu, thinking that she had some ulterior motives, Lily would feel touched. However, Nanako’s worries were unfounded.

*Hmph! That big-breasted woman belongs to Nanako, me. Although I’m in her service for now, one day, I will take everything back, every bit of pride I’ve lost. I will make her endure ten times worse! That’s why I can’t let Shiu hurt her. Otherwise, to whom should I find to exact my vengeance?*

Nobody knew Nanako had such thought in her head. But even Nanako didn’t know if it were true.