Eternal Saṃsāra: The Wanderer of Worlds, Book 1

[155] You Seek Power? I Can Give You All You Want.

Chapter 155: You Seek Power? I Can Give You All You Want.

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I could have elongated the battle. I wanted to bring out the real White Tiger that was lending its powers to that brat and have a chat with it about why its host was so weak. In the end, I couldn't be bothered.

"Sorry, precious time was wasted because of me," I looked at Mai and said. She was walking with a thoughtful expression, and my voice made her blink, pulling her out of her daze.

"Ah, no," she looked at me and said, "I have a hunch that they were here for me, as much as they were for you." That made me pause and look at her. "Well, they weren't here to take me with them, but I think they came here now of all times because it's me who you're on a date with, and not some other girl."

"Hmm?"

Mai and I slowed down our walk under a tree, as a gentle wind blew against our hair and she faced me with a meaningful expression.

"The Shinra Clan is part of the Five Principal Clans. They're the hidden ruling class of Japan, each owning one of the Five Sacred Beasts. The Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise. I'm sure you're familiar with those names. As well as the Golden Dragon, who came from the West long ago and never left the East afterward." Mai explained, taking a short pause before continuing.

"We, the Daiyōkai, ruled Japan for eons until these five decided to pillar themselves here." She said, making me wonder. It would have made more sense for them to do this in China, who knows why they did this here instead? "The Nine-Tailed Fox, the Lord Queen of all Yokai, didn't tolerate them and fought against them many times. Ultimately, to not destroy Japan by their fighting, they decided to take a step back and share the land."

"But you guys have bad blood between each other to this day, I'm assuming," I said and she slowly nodded. I hummed and thought over something for a moment. "I see. I have a better understanding of why those guys came to take me now."

They hadn't come to hurt me, I could tell, except for that bald guy who just wanted to fight me just for the sake of it. And what a disappointing fight that was. That's why he was the only one I gave a beating to and left the others be.

'It's the Shinra Clan again, huh.' It's been three months since I properly heard of their name from Tsubasa's mother.

Even before that, I had heard of them when visiting the black market in Japan to buy some magical items here and there. The Five Principal Clans, I have heard their names before, though I lacked any other information.

I was sure of one thing now, however. The cooking show that Ruby attended, and Ai was a guest at right now, may have more than just normal people. Since it's under the Nakiri Clan, there may be some supernatural stuff going on there too. I need to warn Ai of any potentially dangerous situation there.

'The Clan serving the White Tiger, eh...' I wonder if they have any way to help me check on Nyxondra, to see if she's really somewhere within Tsubasa.

"Let's take a seat," I said and walked to a bench nearby, locking hands with her and dragging her there. "I'm interested in this. What more do you know?"

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Tsubaki Shinra, Sona's Queen, is also from that clan. However, she fled the place due to being bullied by her family because of her Sacred Gear.

It turns out Mai knew about that too. I saw Frill Shiranui with Tsubaki before, that's when that little fight incident happened, and Frill is good friends with Mai. Perhaps these three's relationship was deeper than I knew.