After Miyauchi Hikage asked the newly reborn verdant dragon about her future plans, Tohru's gaze shifted slightly.
In the next moment, a colorful light flashed around her body.
Within this light, the original dragon's figure began to grow smaller and smaller.
Until finally, a golden-haired girl who was slightly shorter than Miyauchi Hikage (counting her horns) appeared before them.
"My name is Tohru. You can just call me Tohru," Tohru, dressed in a simple brown robe, told the two humans her name.
Although even now, she still felt that this youth before her could not be fully trusted.
But after all, it was he who had saved her at the last moment of her life.
No matter what kind of person he was, Tohru was not a dragon who would repay kindness with ingratitude.
Looking at Tohru, dressed in this attire, Miyauchi Hikage nodded at her. "Miss Tohru, since you have regained your freedom, although I don't know what other plans you have, we really should be leaving here."
He pointed to the spatial rift not far away, indicating that they were preparing to return to their original world.
"After all, when we were transported to this world, there were other people with us. We have to go back quickly to confirm the situation."
After Miyauchi Hikage's reminder, Honma Meiko also suddenly remembered that she still had a contract with the ley line in the Chichibu area and had to go back to check on the situation there.
She let go of Miyauchi Hikage's arm with some embarrassment, blushed, and nodded at Tohru as a farewell.
Her commission was already completed, and it seemed that no follow-up commission had been refreshed for now, so the commission regarding this Miss Tohru should be over.
But just as she was being led by Miyauchi Hikage towards the spatial rift to return, Tohru called out to them again.
"This should be the first time we've met, right? And I can see that when you first saw me, there should have been a flash of fear in your eyes. This at least proves that giant dragons like me have a lot of bad reputations in your world, right?"
"In that case, why were you still so determined to save me? You must have paid a great price to save me, didn't you?"
Honma Meiko had consumed an enormous amount of an unknown god's divine power to resist the holy sword's divine punishment. She could sense this.
And Tohru's first sentence was actually directed at Miyauchi Hikage.
She had a vague feeling in her heart, as if Miyauchi Hikage had known her before.
It was just that she had indeed never seen such a special human in the past.
But these questions were all taken by Honma Meiko as being directed at her.
So she stopped and told her about her own situation.
"Miss Tohru, I don't know why you and the gods of this world are at war, but life is really precious. This is my biggest feeling from the past five years."
"Actually, I almost drowned five years ago, and for the past five years, my health has not been very good. In a divination by a shrine maiden in my world, she even told me that my fate was originally supposed to have ended five years ago."
"It was Hikage-kun who saved me five years ago, and today, five years later, he completely changed my fate, allowing me to continue living."
"I cherish the life I have now, and I can also personally understand the pessimistic attitude you had just now when facing death, Miss Tohru."
The choice of the commission was never mandatory. Honma Meiko had indeed made this decision based on her own true thoughts, and had spent all her reading value on it.
Although she had gained a three-digit amount of reading value for the first time after completing the commission, and had also received a lottery chance, if Miyauchi Hikage hadn't successfully destroyed and subdued that holy sword in the end, all her reading value would have been for nothing.
She looked at Tohru seriously and showed an encouraging smile. "Miss Tohru, you told us how to leave this place. I believe you are not a bad person, so I also hope you can live happily like me."
"Live happily... Although I seem to have heard similar words before, I don't think I've ever seriously thought about these things?" Tohru looked at Honma Meiko's infectious smile, a wry smile appearing on her face.
"But, the war between the dragon race, humans, and the gods can never end. As the daughter of the Emperor of Demise, where should I go before everything comes to an end?"
She told Miyauchi Hikage and Honma Meiko her story.
Wandering the human world, watching the never-ending wars, and growing tired of such a life.
Recklessly waging war against the gods, and then suffering a humiliating and crushing defeat.
Now, it seemed that there was no place for her, neither in the human world nor on the dragon race's side.
Live happily.
It sounds simple, but where can she do that?
Suddenly, she remembered what Miyauchi Hikage had said just now when he was "comforting" the holy sword he had forcibly taken, about taking it to see his world.
She had lived in this world for tens of thousands of years. Although she had briefly traveled to other worlds for some reasons in between.
But the situations in those worlds were mostly the same as this one, with almost no difference.
But now, it seemed that some changes had occurred.
Although Honma Meiko and Miyauchi Hikage had the appearance of humans, their attire was a novel style that she, a dragon girl who had lived for tens of thousands of years, had never seen before.
Why does she always travel the human world in human form?
Isn't it because she herself also really likes those "interesting things" that humans create with their hands?
And that world can even produce a "demon king" like Miyauchi Hikage. Perhaps traveling to his world will allow her to gain some new insights?
Although this had a feeling of escaping, for the current Tohru, who had been given a new life, she indeed needed a place where she could temporarily escape her responsibilities and predicament.
In a new world where no one knew her, she could calm down, recuperate, and think clearly about her future path.
Thus, Tohru made such a request to Honma Meiko.
"Can I go with you to see your world?"
Honma Meiko was taken aback, not expecting her to make such a request.
She turned to look at Miyauchi Hikage.
Miyauchi Hikage also looked at Honma Meiko.
I did indeed hint at Tohru with the holy sword just now.
But you were the one who told her that you wanted her to live happily in the future. She's asking you now.
Thus, he gave Honma Meiko an affirmative look, telling her to just follow her own thoughts.
Sensing Miyauchi Hikage's support, Honma Meiko looked at him gratefully, and then asked him in a low voice.
"The chief priestess's side... if we want to explain Miss Tohru's origin, do you think she will believe us?"
"It probably won't be easy to explain. She is, after all, a special-grade. In Chichibu, with the power of the ley line, those weaker gods might not even be as strong as her."
Miyauchi Hikage looked at Honma Meiko, and at the same time, did not deliberately lower his voice.
Not all gods were hexagonal warriors. Anyway, from the chief priestess's previous attitude towards those new gods, those new gods who had been artificially created after the spiritual resurgence didn't seem to be particularly strong.
Even if you counted the eight million gods of the past, there was a large bunch of weak gods who could be tricked and bullied by mortals. Only a very small number of gods possessed divine power that was completely superior to humans.
But the Tohru before him was definitely not that kind of watered-down god. At least she dared to fight all the gods in the heavens alone as a single dragon. Even if she was defeated in the end, it wasn't too disgraceful.
Even if placed in the myths and legends of Earth, if Tohru's actions were passed down to the past, her status would definitely not be too low.
Miyauchi Hikage really didn't know how the inner world over there would treat such a super powerhouse from another world if she just went over like this.
Unless... no one knew.
And after hearing Miyauchi Hikage's words, Tohru's side also made a judgment.
It seemed Miyauchi Hikage was worried that her going over would cause them trouble.
Thinking of her identity, Tohru's expression seemed to dim a little again. So, is it this difficult to even find a temporary place to stay?
And in the next moment, Miyauchi Hikage asked Tohru a question.
"Miss Tohru, do you have a way to completely conceal your aura and power?"
He pointed to his own eyes. "Just like now, although you've already turned into a human, in my eyes, I can still clearly see the imposing manner on your body. If you can do that, then I have no problem."
Hearing this answer, a smile appeared on Tohru's face for the first time after her new lease on life.
Then she began to work on herself.
Watching a pile of mysterious magic circles appear on her body, Miyauchi Hikage secretly memorized them, preparing to find time to study them and see if they could provide some new inspiration for his sealing techniques.
And Honma Meiko was a little curious about what she was doing. She's not going to do something dangerous to herself just to hide her aura, is she?
"Don't worry, I know your concerns. I'm just going over to see what your world is like. I won't affect the order of your world. This is a magic circle I'm using to conceal my aura."
"It's not easy for you to explain my matter. I was also worried that as soon as I ran to your world, I would accidentally be found out by the gods of your world, which would in turn affect you. So just wait here for a moment while I adjust it according to your aura. It won't take up too much of your time."
After tinkering for a long time, Tohru, who had been busy for a while, finally held out her hand to Miyauchi Hikage. "Take another look with those eyes of yours. Can you still see my true form?"
At this time, Tohru had retracted her dragon horns and tail. Apart from her attire being a bit strange, she looked no different from an ordinary person.
With a giant dragon with the power of a god deliberately concealing herself, Miyauchi Hikage indeed couldn't see any problem through the Eye of Destiny.
He nodded at Tohru, indicating that there was no problem.
And Tohru looked at Honma Meiko again with inquiring and expectant eyes.
Faced with this dragon girl who looked to be of a similar age to herself, and who had already gone to such lengths, Honma Meiko also showed a welcoming smile.
"Since you don't mind, Miss Tohru, then come with us to our world."
She was thinking that if Tohru could always maintain her human form, it shouldn't be a problem for her to live at her house and sleep with her.
And there was also Miyauchi Hikage's side that could make arrangements. With his status in Asahigaoka, he might even be able to help solve Tohru's identity problem.
Miyauchi Hikage nodded slightly at her, indicating that he could also think of what she was thinking now.
Thus, he said that he would help handle Tohru's identity problem, but if Tohru really didn't want to cause any impact on their world, then when she first arrived, she would have to temporarily follow his arrangements.
She could not be noticed by the chief priestess and the other supernatural forces who would come over.
"That's no problem. I didn't want to get involved with those troublesome humans in the first place." Tohru nodded, indicating that she could temporarily follow Miyauchi Hikage's command, but only for the period just after they arrived.
To be able to achieve this step was already quite good.
As for how to arrange for Tohru after that, it would still depend on her own thoughts before making adjustments.
Just as Tohru could vaguely sense a trace of Miyauchi Hikage's essence, he could also feel her restraint and wariness towards him.
Miyauchi Hikage suspected that this might also be because of his Name Magic.
On the holy sword's side, he had the scent of a dragon on him and was regarded as an enemy.
And on Tohru's side, perhaps also because of the smell of the dragon's blood and dragon's heart on him that were used for the ritual, she subconsciously felt some wariness towards him.
However, this attitude of hers also suited his intentions.
With this life-saving grace, Tohru would not attack him, nor would she get too close to him.
Anyway, she seemed to be quite genuine towards Honma Meiko.
But Honma Meiko's personality is completely different from Kobayashi's. This shouldn't make Tohru develop ○ desire for the frail Honma Meiko like in the original work, right?
It's good enough to be friends who can talk about anything.
But after returning to the original world, I still have to find a way to remind Honma Meiko to always pay attention to whether Tohru will develop any special feelings for her.
Thinking of this, Miyauchi Hikage also nodded at Tohru.
"Alright, since we've decided, let's go. The chief priestess over there is probably getting anxious."
Looking at the spatial rift before her, at this moment, Tohru was actually a little expectant of what this new world she had never set foot in would be like.