Chapter 136: May I Have Your Daughter’s Hand?
Dark clouds blanketed the sky above Kuoh Town, lightning flashing, and thunder rumbling—a tempestuous scene.
Behind a isolated shrine, before a meticulously maintained tombstone, Akeno Himejima stood, her heart heavy with conflicting emotions.
Torrential rain poured down, soaking her pristine white Miko attire, but she seemed oblivious to the cold, the water plastering the thin fabric against her skin. Slowly, she picked up a shovel.
The tombstone marked the grave of her mother—a grave dug by the father she resented.
And her purpose here today was to unearth her mother's remains.
As Akeno's shovel struck the earth, turning over the first clod of soil, a sudden change occurred in the sky above.
The dark clouds swirled into a vortex, and a bolt of lightning, thick as a tree trunk, crackled down towards her.
A flash of light, a surge of power—unstoppable.
The lightning, mere inches from striking the seemingly defenseless Akeno, abruptly shifted course, blasting a nearby patch of earth.
Black feathers rained down from the sky.
Whoosh!