Lily’s appearance had created a buzz amid the onlookers. There was a reason for this. She had beco quite popular among the people and samurai class of Heian-kyo because of the Yoshitsune morial Tournant. Her influence had long surpassed that of a re junior ranked official now.
Lily’s return made things difficult for the Fujiwaras, as she knew that they had conspired to murder Ayaka and had even colluded with the monsters to achieve this.
Although Lily was so beautiful and sexy that many of the high-ranked officials wanted to make her theirs, they were still willing to beco ruthless in case she touched their bottom lines, which was profit and survival.
However, she appeared so suddenly that they found themselves confused for a mont.
“Kagami Lily… How did you…” A layer of cold sweat ford on Arima’s forehead. Although Lily knew a lot of information and had killed the samurai who the Fujiwaras had dispatched, she did not actually know who dispatched them.
Lily just ignored Arima’s question and stepped on the court trial’s platform with a furious look in her eyes.
“How dare you do this, Kagami Lily!” The Chancellor of the Realm pointed his thick finger at Lily and said imposingly despite feeling unconfident about the matter, “This is a public trial conducted under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. Just what do you think you are doing by injuring the court officials instead of reporting to the Shogun now that you have returned?”
Lily just brushed his question aside and unsheathed her Yasutsuna to execute a slash once she stood on top of the punishnt platform.
Whoosh!
The punishnt device’s screen got sliced into pieces and fell apart.
This caused the ssy-haired Haihi to be exposed outside. Her skirt had been flipped up, and she had been forced to kneel on the platform on all fours right now. As for Igarashi, she had her foot on Haihi’s back and was planning to punish her further with the object in her hand. There were also two zashiki-warashi with hard, huge paddles standing on Haihi’s either side, and based on her condition, it was pretty obvious that they had served her a severe punishnt.
Lily’s eyes filled with fury, and she jumped into the punishnt device without saying anything further.
“How dare you bully one of my sisters!” The spirit power that overflowed out of Lily blew the damaged punishnt device into pieces1 as she charged towards Igarashi with Yasutsuna in hand.
Igarashi was also pretty surprised by Lily’s appearance. She released Haihi, jumped back swiftly to dodge Lily’s blade, and landed in the corner of the punishnt platform.
“Ms. Igarashi!” The giant monk, the gloomy samurai, and the firearm-bearing young man got up imdiately when they witnessed this scene.
Igarashi, however, hinted them to remain in position with a hand sign.
Lily saw tears marks on Haihi’s blindfolded, gagged face, and saw that her spotless butt had been spanked red by these ruthless rogues.
She glared at the zashiki-warashi who held the beating paddles in their hands woodenly on Haihi’s either side and kicked them with force all of a sudden.
“F?u?c?k? off!”
The kick sent the zashiki-warashi flying towards the priestess sculpture at the corner of the punishnt device. Lily had kicked them so hard that it had exhausted the spirit energy keeping the familiars in form and made them transform into tattered paper dolls along with a puff of smoke.
Lily felt a sting of pain in her heart when she saw Haihi and returned her torn, uplifted skirt back into place before taking off the blindfold and gag ball off her face.
“Aah…” Haihi gasped for air with a flushed face and sha-filled eyes.
“Lily…” She felt a little conflicted as she did not want Lily to see her in such a state and wanted to retain her original image in front of Lily.
Lily swung her blade and severed the straps binding Haihi before she employed her domain to break the shackles on her neck and limbs. She then helped Haihi stand up and fixed up the front of her kimono.
Lily then glowered at the Fujiwaras and thundered at them in an icy tone, “Just what on earth is going on here?”
Arima, who had been stupefied by Lily’s appearance, and was about to question her, asked back in an infuriated voice instead when he heard her question. “What’s going on here, you say? Are you blind or what? It’s fine and all that you’ve managed to return alive from the disaster, but how could you interfere with a judgnt trial the mont you’re back and release this demoness who is an accomplice to evil. Are you that tired of living, huh?!”
The chancellor of the realm also thundered at Lily, “Don’t you know it’s a serious cri to interfere with a judgnt trial and release the criminal, Kagami Lily?! I’m willing to forgive you for this offense in light of you not being in a sound mind after surviving the disaster, though. Leave the woman here and fall back at once!”
Lily scoffed when she heard his words and said, “What if I say no?”
“What?!” The Fujiwaras looked at each other.
Arima chided her as well, “How could you act so arrogant after interfering with a judgnt trial so openly, Kagami Lily?! Does the law not exist in your eyes? Or are you planning to rebel?”
“Haihi is one of my sisters and not so demoness. You’re the lawless crooks here and are nothing more than perverts who engage in shady business while dressed in court outfits! Just be thankful that I haven’t killed you openly.”
“Kagami Lily!” Kujou thundered, “Do you know who you are talking to? It’s the chancellor of the realm, the junior first ranked official who leads all officials in the court! It’s a capital cri to threaten the life of the chancellor!”
“You needn’t scare now. I still haven’t settled the debt of Izumo Shrine’s events with you shaless scourges yet!” Lily said icily.
The Fujiwaras lost confidence when Izumo Shrine got ntioned, and even the chancellor had been forced to back down because of her threat.
“I-I’ll pardon your words just now since you just returned from surviving through a perilous disaster, Kagami Lily. This Haihi is the queen of the Land of Hundred Demons. Lord Tokugawa has testified about it, so you better not deny it now!” The chancellor pointed at Lily as he said this.
“Lord Tokugawa!” Arima looked at Tokugawa.
The showily dressed Tokugawa was seated in the corner at the mont. His thick, short neck almost made it seem as if it didn’t exist when compared to his bulky figure.
“Well…” Sweat ford on Tokugawa’s forehead when faced with Lily’s icy gaze. “Although this woman looks a bit similar to the queen of the Land of Hundred Demons, my mory has faded a bit because of my age. I’m not so sure if this woman’s really her now that I’ve taken a closer look…2”
“What?!” Arima glared at Tokugawa and stomped his foot in anger.
‘Crafty scoundrel!’ The chancellor cursed him internally when he saw him change his tune after seeing Lily co back alive. This was not that much of a surprise, though, as Lily had Ayaka’s backing. Tokugawa did not dare to offend soone like her.
Lily pointed her blade at the viewing platform and asked, “Do you all have anything else to say?”
Arima said, “Even if Lord Tokugawa is not sure if Haihi’s the queen of the Land of the Hundred Demons, it still doesn’t clear off her suspicions. Moreover, Haihi admitted that she’s the queen of the Land of the Hundred Demons just now.”
Haihi had caught her breath by now and snuggled within Lily’s embrace as she said, “I was the queen once, but I didn’t do it willingly. Amanojaku had forced back then!”
Lily hugged Haihi’s waist and said, “The East will deal with the matters of the East. You guys don’t have a say in it! Haihi has already surrendered and pledged allegiance to . She is my retainer, and my sister. Feel free to question directly if you have any further questions! I’m willing to accompany you anyti!”
“Let’s go, Sister Haihi.”
Lily tried to leave while supporting Haihi after she said her piece.
“Hey! You don’t think you can just take her away now, do you, Kagami Lily?! You don’t have the jurisdiction to do that!” Arima bellowed at her.
“Since when did you gain such jurisdiction, then?” Lily asked back.
“The court appointed to the position!”
“Hmph3.” Lily did not say anything else and just left with Haihi.
Both the guards and the samurai did not dare to stop her.
“Are you really going to act so unlawfully, Kagami Lily?!” The chancellor thundered at her.
“Do you think this matter will end just because you’re taking her away by force, Kagami Lily?” Arima threatened her.
“Co to the chief advisor’s if you want her, you scoundrels!” Lily said nonchalantly.
“W-What did you say?!”
“How dare you insult the chancellor and minister!”
Lily just ignored them, though.
The old fellows from the Fujiwara clan were helpless against Lily and could only watch as she left after raining curses at them.
None of the Fujiwara officials dared to block her way.
The chancellor, however, turned to Igarashi for help by sending her a signal.
Igarashi smiled faintly and nodded towards the chancellor before saying, “Hold on there, girl. How could you leave just like that after breaking my punishnt treasure and destroying my familiars? I’m one of Yamato’s Eight Legions, you know?”
Lily stopped and turned towards Igarashi, “Another one, huh?4”
“Another one?”
Lily continued, “Since you’re one of the famous Eight Legions, why have you beco the b?i?t?c?h? of the Fujiwaras?”
“W-What?!” Igarashi had retained her beautiful looks even though she was in her early thirties now, but that did not an she was a dissolute woman. Her face flushed in anger when Lily called her a b?i?t?c?h? in public.
“Just where did this vulgar woman co from? How dare she insult the madam like that?!” The young man on the viewing platform took the firearm on his back into his hands and aid it at Lily. His firearm was not an ordinary one and possessed the best characteristics of outlander firearms. It had also been modified by a famous magic weaponsmith and was one of the top three firearms in Western Yamato.
The monk also got up, making the whole platform rattle in the process, and said, “Please calm down, madam. I don’t believe she ant to call you a b?i?t?c?h?. She is questioning why you’ve beco the Fujiwaras’ minion…”
“Shut up, you dunce!” The young man chided the giant.
The Fujiwaras were also left speechless by this exchange, but this was no surprise either, as it was hard for common people to understand the thought processes of geniuses and experts.
Igarashi pulled out the red-handled naginata into her hands and brandished it before saying, “It doesn’t matter what you ant. You better forget about leaving this place alive now. I’ll make you pay the price for looking down on one of Yamato’s Eight Legions!”
“There’s no need for you to deal with her personally, madam! Let do it instead!” The young man rolled forward and jumped towards the punishnt platform. He then loaded the firearm in his arm with a spin and activated his spirit power while in mid-air and fired at Lily with his firearm.
Bang! A dazzling, magical light emitted from the firearm as a 9th-grade bullet engraved with ancient runes shot towards Lily5.
Robinxen: Imagine breaking sothing with your aura.Robinxen: This guy, although slimy, actually made the smart decision for once. With the testimony invalid they can only attempt to brute force through Lily, and he protected his behind by not getting on Lily’s bad side.Robinxen: Wow that reaction.Robinxen: Lily is so unimpressed by this title after killing the previous.Robinxen: THERE’S ENCHANTED FIREARMS! REPEAT! THE SETTING HAS ENCHANTED FIREARMS! THIS IS IT! THE FUTURE IS HERE! IN 200 YEARS THE DEMONS WON’T STAND A CHANCE!
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