I was destined to go to work with a broken world

Of course, prayer is useless, and Yae Sakura is just seeking psychological comfort to relieve anxiety and confusion.

If she could have made prayers come true just because she had been a witch, those things wouldn’t have happened back then, and this time, the little curse that broke her heart was naturally useless.

Yae Sakura certainly knew this, and she sighed a little helplessly, completely unable to understand why Orochimaru did this.

In Yae Sakura’s eyes, Karen is an illusory character created by Orochimaru, who should be acting according to the orders left by Orochimaru in advance, and she will have this level of intimacy with Hua Yi, no doubt due to Orochimaru’s instructions.

What does Orochimaru want to do to let himself hurt innocent people out of jealousy?

How is it possible, even if the real Karen empathizes with it, he will not do that kind of thing, five hundred years have passed, Orochimaru still has such a vicious judgment about human nature.

Although, at the beginning, I was indeed induced by Orochimaru to suppress negative emotions in my heart…

When Yae Sakura’s thoughts flowed, he had already walked into the village with Karen and Hua Yi.

The villagers in Yae Village are moving around—setting up stalls, shopping, walking, playing, and while this may seem normal at first glance, it seems a bit unusual when you consider that Yae Sakura enters the village with two definitely new strangers without attracting the attention of the villagers.

Yae Sakura, Karen and Hua Yi all noticed this strangeness, but did not explore it.

The shrine where Yae Sakura lives is located on the back hill of the village, and walking along a stone road through the quirky village leads you to a shrine that has the attachments and decorations of shrines such as torii gates and stone lanterns, but does not have more important buildings such as Kagura Hall and Shrine Office.

The shrine was supposed to be the most sacred part of the shrine as the abode of the gods, and the central main hall, which was not accessible to humans, became an ordinary residence, and the buildings on both sides served as kitchens, warehouses, and living rooms, and did not look like a shrine at all.

Karen looked at what was in front of her and showed a curious expression.

“Is this the shrine?”

The city governed by the Mandate of Heaven, but no shrine exists, instead there is a church, and everything here is new to Karen who has a somewhat vague memory outside of the stage play.

For Yae Sakura, the place in front of him once occupied his entire childhood, but if compared to the five hundred years that were sealed, it seemed very short.

Yae Sakura said with a slight look of memory in her eyes.

“It’s ridiculous that the shrine is not a real shrine, and the belief in gods is not a real god, but a diametrically opposed existence.”

“Huh?”

Yae Sakura’s words that seemed to contain many emotions and stories made Karen who couldn’t react for a while look confused, and Hua Yi saw Yae Sakura’s gaze looking at him and responded.

“It is not ridiculous that the weak who are powerless to resist put their hopes in the gods in the face of natural and man-made disasters is just an instinctive reaction to survive, seeking new hope in despair, or even fabricating hope out of thin air.”

“What if, in exchange for the lives of innocent people, for hope?”

Hua Yi’s words seemed to remind Yae Sakura of something, not only did not play a role in calming her heart, but made her tone gradually become intense.

Karen pursed her lips, as if to help Hua Yi calm Yae Sakura, but Hua Yi naturally would not throw the mess to others after provoking Yae Sakura’s negative emotions, and he responded while signaling Karen to keep quiet.

“Then the original weak become the villain, and the innocent become the new weak, this is no longer the search for hope in despair, but the story of the abuser and the victim.”

“Do you want to listen? The story of the so-called abuser and the victim. ”

“I don’t like tragedy and I don’t use other people’s tragedies as a pastime, but if it makes you feel better when you say it, then I’m willing to be a listener.”

“Well, so am I.”

Ka Lian on the side nodded in agreement with Hua Yi’s words, she found that many of Hua Yi’s thoughts and views were extremely similar, and this tacit understanding made Ka Lian feel very comfortable.

However, now it is natural not to enjoy that feeling of comfort, but to be a listener in awe.

Glancing at Hua Yi and Karen who showed similar expressions, Yae Sakura smiled weakly, looked at the shrine in front of him, and recalled that past.

It was five hundred years ago, a little earlier than Yae Sakura met Karen.

In Shinano, the local village is often plagued by drought due to the lack of rivers, and in Yae Village in Shinano Country, there is a legend that as long as the children of the village are sacrificed to the fox god, the fox god will appear and rain the village.

That year, the witch named Sakura also had a younger sister named Rin, who was weak and sick, and Sakura, as an older sister, naturally took on the corresponding responsibilities.

Sakura’s childhood lacked her father’s figure, and she took care of her food, clothing, shelter, and transportation alone, took care of her sister, did her best, and looked forward to the future with the feeling of a girl.

Let the best doctor see my sister, take my sister to eat the best things, and then go to the mountains to enjoy the most beautiful cherry blossoms in the best season.

But everything changed after a three-month drought in the village.

It is clear that a festival was held a month ago, and a child was sacrificed to the fox god, but the situation still did not change, and the land was not harvested, so some villagers found the god lord, thinking that the blood of the child sacrificed before was not pure enough to satisfy the fox god, and now the situation is so bad, only another festival, let the child with the blood of the witch as a sacrifice, can impress the fox god.

The so-called witch bloodline refers to the children of the God Lord.

The god lord decided to make Rin a sacrifice, after all, she had been ill for a long time, and if she could contribute a little to the village, she would be considered a worthy death.

These are the exact words of God.

A sentence that directly tears Sakura’s childhood, her promise to her sister Rin, her fantasies about the future, and all the beauty apart in the most brutal way.