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Yae Sakura couldn't connect these words at all, and couldn't arrange them in any way.
They couldn't understand why this person, who possessed powerful weapons and was clearly wealthy and noble, would come to this small village and genuinely want to help them.
“I know you don’t believe me, but that doesn’t matter. I’m just doing this because you’re the person involved, and I’ll let you know as well,” Jiang Cheng said, his gaze still calm as he turned away, leaving behind a lingering echo of his words. “This is just a polite notification.”
"and many more……"
The girl instinctively reached out her hand.
Welcoming that gaze that has come once again.
The boy, whose profile was partially revealed in the midday sun, with his long hair tinged with cherry blossom pink and fluttering in the wind, and eyes as beautiful as cherry blossoms blooming in the village, was a boy whose only flaw was that he could only be described as having a decent appearance.
"what happened?"
"My notification is now complete."
"If you want to go back to the village and try to stop me, you can try. Let me make it clear beforehand that my counterattacks will have no limits."
The pink-haired shrine maiden simply bit her lower lip and leaned down—
"I still want to know the reason."
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The reason why the boy did such a thing is actually very simple: after witnessing Rin's tragedy, he vaguely sensed that this instance was unusual. Things that originally belonged to the past were presented to him directly as a cutscene.
While killing the god in the most cruel way and saving Rin from the executioner's blade, Jiang Cheng once again felt as if someone else's voice was in his ear.
—It's useless.
It's just these three simple words.
Clearly, this instance is not simply about following the storyline; it also introduces observers. The Herrscher of Corruption is no longer just a major boss that must be fought in this instance.
This means that everything he does may be watched by an observer, and the success of the development of the Stigmata in this instance largely depends on that observer.
If someone knowingly chooses to follow the plot even though they know you are a prophet—in fact, a time traveler who knows the future—then you are likely to be perceived as lacking sincerity.
The conditions for clearing Sakura Samsara remain unchanged; you can still clear it by following the storyline. However, the power you gain might be the same as the bonus you receive for Theresa.
What the young man wanted was never icing on the cake, but a helping hand in times of need. He wanted power. Unlike Theresa, he didn't have many cheat codes to develop. The key point was that he hadn't fused with genes. Therefore, he didn't actually intend to finish the fight in the simplest way. Instead, he wanted to try to learn from Durandal's higher level of utilizing the power of the Holy Mark, like developing the Heavenly Origin, and strive to become as strong as possible in the shortest amount of time.
Being an observer of Erosion is actually a good thing. Perhaps I can use this instance to gain some favor with Erosion, which will increase my chances of killing Otto in the upcoming battle. Anyway, it doesn't matter if I fail; it just means I'll get more attention.
It won't hurt you to take a look; it won't cost you anything.
It's not like I'm peeping at someone taking a bath.
Since that's the case, let's approach this Yae Village instance with our own principles.
At the same time, it's also because I simply can't stand watching one anime after another anymore.
Rin's plight is something we simply cannot ignore.
It's not kindness.
It's simply a matter of disliking ugliness.
I hate the outpouring of this vicious and ugly emotion.
Just as the initial choice to brutally beat the bullies was driven by a small amount of empathy combined with the overwhelming disapproval of the majority, that led to that action.
The boy was absolutely certain that if he really wanted to change the plot so that Rin was drugged, killed by her own sister, and only then did Kallen arrive...
I'll be so angry that I'll die.
Absolutely.
Perhaps because he had witnessed Mei's suffering, he now finds it particularly difficult to accept the tragedy of being imprisoned and trampled on both body and soul, so he finds it hard to resist the urge to throw a punch when faced with such a situation.
He doesn't care whether it's useful or not.
He didn't care whether he succeeded or not.
Even if he couldn't change anything by giving it his all, he wouldn't regret it—as long as he successfully saved the person and felt at ease, that was enough. Inner peace always outweighed a little fatigue, just like there's no need to avoid going to a restaurant further away just to save a few steps.
Ultimately, you only need one reason to choose to do these things, even though they seem meaningless and won't help you clear the dungeon.
—I'd like to.
As for why he chose to be so rude to Yae Sakura, since her personality is very similar to his current lover, why didn't he just copy the plot of saving Mei in the past?
Very simple...
--In no mood.
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Just as some bystanders might think, foresight is indeed an extremely overpowered ability. Even if Jiang Cheng doesn't intend to simply copy the past in the simplest way, he still has enough methods to complete his conquest of Sakura here.
Even someone as clueless about relationships as him could completely solve the problem by simply copying the strategy of winning over the girl's soulmate—Raiden Mei.
Both are trapped in a predicament and unable to save themselves.
They also later transformed into monsters.
Even being saved by the white-haired Kaslana was exactly the same.
Yae Sakura and Raiden Mei do indeed have a great deal of similarity. The time when her sister was about to be killed and the time after her sister's death are almost equivalent to the time when Raiden Mei was bullied and when Raiden Mei transformed into a Herrscher and killed everything in her life.
Both of these moments were marked by a complete lack of will to live and utter silence. The only difference was that the former was driven to the point of despair by the torment that they had no desire to live, while the latter was a loss of everything in their lives that left them with no sense of reality about being alive.
The best, and almost only, way to win over people during these two periods is to lend a helping hand and show companionship.
All you need to do is spend more time with them, say nice things, and chat, and the strategy will be a piece of cake.
If the goal is simply to win someone's heart through a suspension bridge reaction, then this action can be perfectly accomplished in less than a week—similar to how Raiden Mei almost confessed to him the very next day.
But ah.
Do not!
no way!
Even if you know there is a best method, even if you know there is a simplest way, a way to cheat like a prophet.
Having personally experienced Raiden Mei's situation, the boy, who still struggles to understand his own heart, would never allow it.
He might seem like a jerk, but in reality, he still isn't truly certain about this relationship. Just like before, he remains uneasy and insecure, and he can't help but doubt everything. In this situation, his attempts to seduce others are just harming them.
In fact, if Mei hadn't shown that she would have died on the spot if he hadn't agreed, and if that emotion hadn't been so genuine, it would have touched my heartstrings.
Jiang Cheng would absolutely not agree to the other party's confession request. Even if he did agree, he would try every means to make the relationship cool down afterward.
Although he considers himself to have countless shortcomings, the only thing he can call a strength is probably his sense of responsibility/selfishness.
You may not care about strangers or others, but you will inevitably value the people around you and the important people in your life.
When you can't even believe in yourself, agreeing to someone's confession is essentially dragging them into an uneasy environment and putting them in a vortex of doubt with you. Jiang Cheng, who is so self-disciplined that he wouldn't touch someone even if they offered him love for free, is the only person he has always insisted on when it comes to pure love.
Therefore, even now, during the explanation phase, he remains indifferent in front of Yae Sakura, showing absolutely no intention of having a proper conversation with the girl.
He immediately declared, "This is my business. Whether you agree or not, I will do it. You are too weak to stop me."
Anyone in your village who wants to be sacrificed, I will kill, no matter who they are, even your father. If they want to kill your sister, I will kill them too.
I won't accuse you of using sadness to escape Rin's death, because I know you had no choice. You're trapped, on a cliff—a cliff in your own eyes, but one that truly exists. So until you can climb up on your own, you have to accept the thorns others throw at you.
The human heart can indeed become ill. It's not just about dying from depression or being possessed, as mentioned in ancient books. Your current mood is very sick; your heart is sick because you are trapped by the rules instilled in you since childhood and the fact that your sister will actually face death. This is extremely suffocating for you, like someone is choking you and you can't breathe. That's why you are sick.
The eloquent boy didn't notice the eyes that slowly lit up beneath the long pink hair—like a sliver of clear sky suddenly illuminated, a clear, cloudless azure blue, with bright sunlight dancing on the tips of the hair, adding a dreamlike filter to the pure end of the clear sky after the rain.
original……
Does anyone in this world understand me?
There really is someone who understands my complicated and terrible thoughts.
To others, it would just be seen as being possessed or eating too much. Even the respected elders in the village would only say, "Have you been neglecting your health lately? Otherwise, how could you have been infested with pests?"
It seems that it's wrong for humans to have these emotions; only being happy and joyful every day is normal, and any sadness must mean being possessed.
I've never been accepted, never been allowed... I can't even say this to Rin, my most important family member, because I can't bring her bad news.
Rin can no longer see the scenery outside. If I, as the only one who can go out, were to say those terrible things, it would surely worry her.
That is precisely the reason.
It is precisely because of this kind of thing.
She had to keep everything bottled up inside, no matter how damp, cold, or unbearable the sorrow was, she could only swallow it all alone... The girl even thought that there was absolutely no one in the world who could understand what was in her heart.
Until this moment, he met this guy who seemed incredibly arrogant and haughty, who slashed him the moment they met, and who still understands him to this day—
"It's pointless to be too hard on yourself given your current condition; you've already done the best you can."
The color in those eyes remained the same.
That coldness seemed more merciful than kindness itself.
Compared to those seemingly kind and approachable elderly people who always spout various rules and dogmas, this coldness is much more endearing and warmer.
"In a sense, it is precisely because you are so powerful that you get sick, because you will occasionally issue commands that will exhaust your mind and body, while ordinary people do not have this kind of willpower. So stop blaming yourself, and you don't need to feel inferior. Don't think that your ideas are wrong or shouldn't be. You are just not following those rabble."
"Having these emotions is proof that your inner world is richer. If someone is choking you, you should strangle the person who is choking you. Why blame it on your neck not being strong enough, or on not being able to live on just a little bit of oxygen?"
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yes……
Even though those emotions were brought about by them, they kept using various methods to evade and escape these genuine emotions that existed in their hearts.
If they don't attack Rin...
If it weren't for such cruel traditions.
How could I, who could live a good life with Rin, gather herbs and chop wood with her, learn the etiquette a shrine maiden should have, see the cherry blossoms in the distance, and watch the mountain streams, be like this?
There was clearly no evil spirit possessing him.
There was clearly no evil spirit possessing him.
If one must find an evil spirit, and the reason why one has become so sad, it must be because of their actions. If one's emotions are truly due to being possessed, then the source of that evil is also them—unfortunately, such a thing is simply beyond the comprehension of a young girl today.
The pitiful girl named Yae Sakura, let alone from the perspective of a time traveler, even from the perspective of an ordinary modern person, would not be tortured to the point of mental breakdown in such a cruel way.
Even after listening to the boy's words, all the girl could do was resonate with them, as if she felt as if her entire being had been seen through.
Without avoiding those cherry-colored eyes, he had already turned around without anyone noticing, revealing himself as a carefree boy sitting on the ground, completely unguarded.
too long.
Nobody understands.
Nobody trusts them.
No one would agree with that.
It's not just a simple lack of understanding; it's that all her emotions have to be bottled up inside, with no one to confide in. And the root of it all—Rin's troubles only increase every day, accompanied by the loneliness of being all alone, a loneliness that she can't even tell her closest family members.
Compared to any emotion that can erupt in an instant, loneliness is the most painful and enduring. Being driven crazy by loneliness is not a distant thing; there are countless examples in life.
It wasn't a sharp knife, a thorn, or a sudden downpour, but the dampness of countless nights, leaving me completely soaked and still only able to be wrapped in my clothes.
Patience, sustained patience.
Waiting, endless waiting.
This has been the case ever since Rin was chosen as a sacrifice.
I wonder how long this has been going on?
It might be a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or even a year...
The exact timeframe is now impossible to ascertain.
The flow of time is never something that individuals can clearly perceive. Without the prompts of clocks or the guidance of the sun, moon, and stars, time is more of an abstract concept and a pure physical sensation for ordinary people.