"That's great! Then let's go quickly. I can't wait any longer."
Looking at Shion trotting ahead to lead the way, Furina was about to follow when she noticed Uchiha Hikari standing motionless beside her with lowered eyes, seemingly lost in thought.
After their eyes met, Furina vaguely guessed what was going on.
Ever since she came out of the seal, the other party had only had a good relationship with her. In the following time, she had been wandering around the ninja world with her as a slacker and hadn't had the chance to form deep connections with others. At most, they were familiar strangers.
Therefore, after noticing that her only friend was getting close to other people, it was inevitable that she would feel a bit uncomfortable. That was nothing... nothing my ass. No matter how you looked at it, this situation wasn't good.
Moreover, Hikari was from the Uchiha clan. Although Furina had no prejudice against the Uchiha, she had to admit that in terms of emotions, the Uchiha were extremely intense.
It felt like the word "Danger" was slowly appearing above her head.
"No, no." She waved her hand to disperse the ominous thing above her head. At the same time, Furina had a new idea.
Originally, she had only stayed temporarily to prevent Mōryō from devouring the priestess, but now it seemed necessary to stay in the Land of Demons a little longer.
Not for anything else, but to help her good friend from the Warring States era make some friends and establish proper emotional relationships. This way, she could also give the other party more sense of belonging to the current world and reduce the impact of the past on her.
After realizing that it wasn't good to just wander around the ninja world with Uchiha Hikari right after she came out of the seal, Furina couldn't help feeling a bit guilty. These thoughts showed on the surface as:
"Hikari, I'm sorry. I didn't consider things well before, but it's fine now. Because I already know, I'll help you get along well with others. For example, Shion—her personality is really nice. I believe you two can definitely become good friends (^o^)/~. Let's go, let's go. We're going to accept our good friend's gratitude. Don't just stand there."
"Huh?" Before Uchiha Hikari could recover from Furina's sudden apology, Furina had already come behind her and started pushing her toward Shion. Even Uchiha Hikari found this action rather baffling.
However, even though she was somewhat speechless, Uchiha Hikari recovered from her previous state because of this and started walking forward on her own instead of being pushed by Furina.
"At that time, I shouldn't have just stood by and provided support like she said. If I had cooperated and attacked together, maybe we could have completely sealed that monster. That way..."
Although she was no longer constantly thinking about random things that made Furina feel "scared" like before, looking at Shion's cheerful back, Uchiha Hikari still felt a trace of regret in her heart.
"Hey, why are you standing still again? Shion has stopped to wait for us. Let's go."
Hearing the teasing voice from behind, Uchiha Hikari subconsciously turned her head. Furina's smiling face immediately came into view. Even Uchiha Hikari couldn't help but be momentarily dazed by her breathtaking beauty.
"What's wrong? If there's something, we can rest for a bit first."
"It's nothing. I was just looking around idly."