After Tohru learned the magic to transform into a human, she followed her father's wishes and observed humans up close in human form for many years.
During these years, she had seen many humans.
Most humans were foolish. Basically, human history was a history of war, and the reasons for starting wars were so boring and inexplicable.
For territory, for power, for money.
Anyway, even now, she still couldn't understand why humans fought over these things.
However, this did not stop her from still liking to travel the world in human form.
Because there was still a small number of people who could use their clever minds to make many interesting items that even she found enjoyable.
But no matter what kind of person, even those criminals who had committed heinous crimes, the so-called gods rarely intervened personally to inflict divine punishment on these mortals and display their divine might.
Because humans themselves were a race favored by the gods.
Even the heretics who were extremely ostracized among humans could still feel the blessings of those evil gods on them.
Just like the frail-looking girl standing in front of her dying self now, she could feel a special power similar to a god's protecting her.
It should have been that power on her that had blocked the attack of that holy sword for them just now. Otherwise, with their minds, they shouldn't have been able to withstand the holy sword's attack.
Then, Tohru's gaze fell on the youth.
In the human world, this was also a very rare existence.
There was no trace of being noticed by any god on him, including evil gods.
It was as if he was an insulator for gods. From his birth until now, it seemed that not a single god had ever cast even a trace of their gaze on him.
This was indeed rare. After all, even if a god just glanced at the human world casually from the heavens, they could see the entirety of a town in one glance. A person living in this world would, at some point, have entered the line of sight of some god.
And even if they really hadn't been watched by a god, they wouldn't have actively triggered the holy sword's automatic counterattack just because of some peeping.
You know, even she had only been struck by this sword, which was personally thrown by a god, after she had taken the initiative to wage war against the gods. It was the god's will to kill her, not the will of the holy sword itself.
So, this youth, who was detested by the gods and the holy sword, could he be some great demon king hidden in the world, evading the gods' pursuit?
Thinking of the stories of heroes and demon kings she had read in the human world.
Although the "demon kings" in those stories were basically all played by their dragon race, such a thought still couldn't help but arise in Tohru's heart.
So, what did these two people want to do, coming here, to this unstable space caused by the war between her and the gods, to stand before her, a dragon about to be killed by a holy sword?
Did they want to enslave her?
Or did they want to kill her, bathe in her dragon blood, and then forge her body into a so-called "divine weapon" in the human world?
Anyway, she had already reached this point and had no ability to resist. No matter what they wanted to do, she could only let them do whatever they wanted to her body.
But she still had to die with a clear understanding.
Thus, she opened her mouth and asked the youth.
"You disrespectful person, detested by the holy sword, what is your purpose for coming here?"
Being able to hear a female voice meant that she should be a female dragon.
And hearing a giant dragon speaking Japanese in front of him, Miyauchi Hikage didn't really have anything to complain about.
After all, in the Japanese anime universe, there were few other worlds that didn't speak Japanese.
It was the same logic as in the Ultraman universe, where a bunch of aliens were all thinking of occupying Earth, and appearing in Japan, and then those Ultramen who protected the peace of the universe also came to Earth's Japan, one after another.
Even if they really didn't speak Japanese, they could still use reasons like "communication magic" and "telepathic communication" to tell the audience that the other party was not actually speaking Japanese, but was just making people think they were speaking Japanese through some means.
What's more, the moment he saw her, Miyauchi Hikage had already recognized her.
Tohru.
Not the hammer-wielding God of Thunder from Norse mythology, and there was no relationship between the two.
From "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid," she was the daughter of the leader of the Chaos Faction in this world, the Emperor of Demise. A genuine "dragon girl" who had lived for ten thousand years.
The current situation should be at the beginning of the plot—Tohru, tired of the endless wars and the constraints of her identity, after traveling the world for many years, decided to end everything on her own to gain freedom. She went to the realm of the gods alone to wage war, and was then, as a matter of course, suppressed by the gods of this world with a holy sword and fell here.
So, the unstable space between the mountains of Asahigaoka and Chichibu City was caused by the battle between this world's Tohru and the gods?
Just how much alcohol did that Kobayashi drink to be able to ride the train past her stop after work, then wander into the mountains in a daze, cross the world rift, find Tohru, and pull out the holy sword from her body without a second word?
Miyauchi Hikage couldn't help but complain in his heart.
So, where is Kobayashi at this time?
Come and show your drunkard talent, pull out this two or three-meter-high holy sword with your bare hands, and win the heart of this dragon maid!
Miyauchi Hikage knew that the compatibility between different characters was different.
Kobayashi was in a dazed, drunken state, and then just came up and saved her, even had a post-drinking awkward dance with her and shared a bunch of random knowledge, and then conquered this seemingly majestic, but actually very soft-hearted dragon girl.
But at present, it seemed that he would not have such treatment.
His peeping just now, it sounded like it was counterattacked by that holy sword, but Tohru should have also noticed it.
Now in her heart, he had already been labeled as a disrespectful person. Approaching her now would probably just make her think he had ulterior motives.
However, this was also in line with his thoughts.
He didn't know if the Tohru before him was a diary holder yet, but even if she wasn't now, with the strength of the Dragon Maid world and the number of female dragons, there would always be a female dragon who could get a diary in the future.
And raising a dragon at home was too conspicuous, especially since she would most likely lure that loli dragon, Kanna, over.
Two dragons with the true power of gods, and they might even lead more dragons to cross over to his world in the future. In his world, which was also very deep and he hadn't fully grasped, he probably wouldn't be able to live in peace in the future.
If he could make an impression on Tohru now and give her a little help.
After clearing up the misunderstanding, he could also leave a friendship with her and become friends.
In the future, if he or Honma Meiko, or those other girls with diaries, ran into trouble, he could also ask this enthusiastic dragon, Tohru, for help.
This should be the choice with the most gains, without causing too much trouble.
The only problem was, where was Kobayashi? How long would it take for her to arrive at the set?
...
The real world, Chichibu City.
After work, a certain pink-haired, low-budget version of Makima, office worker Kobayashi, who was drunk as usual, had indeed, under the guidance of fate, absentmindedly boarded the train that terminated at the foot of the mountains in Chichibu City.
But because of the appearance of Miyauchi Hikage, this man who was rewriting others' fates everywhere, just one stop before the train reached its terminus, due to Honma Meiko's disappearance, and the ley line no longer being able to sense the aura of the mountain god it had chosen, coupled with the impact of the spatial fluctuation, the ley line had also violently rioted at that moment.
Therefore, the train that had encountered this sudden earthquake had stopped at the station before the terminus.
And similarly, because of the commotion caused by this earthquake, the drunken Kobayashi was also led by the staff, in a daze, to leave the train and go to a safer place to take shelter.
At this moment, the muddle-headed Kobayashi did not know that the moment she got off the train early, her fate had been changed by another person she had never met.
...
Returning to Miyauchi Hikage's side.
Still unaware that the Kobayashi of his world would no longer come here because of him, he responded to Tohru's inquiry.
"We are not from this world. We were transported here by a spatial fluctuation, and we only came here to find our way home."
"My name is Miyauchi Hikage, and this is my friend, Honma Meiko."
As he said this, a blue light once again shone in his eyes, but he was no longer looking at Tohru and that holy sword that disliked him. "This is my supernatural ability. It allows me to see some situations in the distance. I only used this power when I first arrived in this world to confirm my safety. If my peeping just now made you unhappy, I can apologize for my rudeness."
Facts had proven that although Miyauchi Hikage had never thought of trying to win Tohru over, the compatibility between him and her was indeed not good.
After he finished his explanation, Tohru's only reaction was to sigh.
"Forget it. I'm not going to live much longer anyway. I'll take your word for it for now."
She shook her dragon head slightly, signaling for them to walk to the right.
"There's a spatial rift over there. If you're willing to believe me, then go over there. It should be able to take you back to your original world."
After saying this, Tohru once again entered her original EMO state and began to continue reviewing her "short and boring" dragon life.
Miyauchi Hikage naturally believed Tohru's words; there was no need for her to lie to him.
It was just that not only had he not yet waited for Kobayashi to appear, to check in at this classic scene.
But he also felt that it was too heartless to just leave like this.
More importantly, Honma Meiko had no intention of leaving at all.
Looking at the dying green dragon before her, who was acting as if she didn't care at all, Honma Meiko was still clutching her diary, thinking about what she should do.
Originally, when she had called Miyauchi Hikage a disrespectful person as soon as she opened her mouth, she had been a little angry and suspected that she was the one who had attacked her earlier, causing her to lose 10 reading value points.
However, after hearing that she had said that because he had peeped at her, and after he had also taken the initiative to apologize, and she had even pointed out the way to leave for them, Honma Meiko felt that dragons, who were mostly in the role of villains in legends and myths, after truly meeting one, seemed to be not as evil as she had imagined?
She gave Miyauchi Hikage a "please give me a little more time" look, and he also nodded at her lightly.
Only then did she carefully take a few more steps forward, and after confirming that the diary had not issued a danger warning, did she timidly ask, "Um... excuse me, Miss Dragon, is this sword on your body really not a problem? I see that you also look very weak?"
Tohru, who had been interrupted from her reminiscence, opened her eyes again.
Even if she was extremely weak, her dragon eyes still looked very oppressive in front of ordinary people.
How could Honma Meiko have ever seen such a scene? She was naturally a little intimidated.
However, as Miyauchi Hikage stood behind her and patted her on the back, as if telling her not to be nervous.
Seeing that Honma Meiko was not scared away by her, Tohru then briefly explained her current situation.
"I just lost a war against the gods. It's not a big deal. You guys should leave here quickly. Maybe this place will be struck by divine punishment later. At that time, you probably won't be able to leave even if you want to."
The term "divine punishment" was indeed quite frightening, but Honma Meiko also had some misunderstandings because of her words.
Could it be that it was the god in the sky who had warned them earlier, which was what caused her to lose 10 reading value points?
Thinking of that "god" who had not even issued a warning and had directly attacked them, it was indeed difficult for Honma Meiko to have any good feelings for them.
And gods...
Although she was still far from it, as long as she died after returning to her world, she could also directly become a god.
And now the diary's side had not issued a danger warning. So Honma Meiko shook her head and continued, "I feel that Miss Dragon, you shouldn't be a bad person. If we can help you, I can try my best!"
Tohru didn't know that for Honma Meiko, the lack of a danger warning from the diary was the greatest source of trust. She just looked at this human, who was about the same size as her human form, with some confusion.
Are humans from other worlds all this naive?
No, that boy named Miyauchi Hikage doesn't feel naive at all. I don't know why, but he gives me the feeling of being an old fox, and I can't easily believe any word he says.
So, it should just be that this girl in front of me is simple-minded.
She didn't dislike this kind of person.
But she still shook her head. "This holy sword on my body is a weapon of the gods. Ordinary humans cannot pull it out. You should give up this idea."