Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

“Ah! It’s Senior Yunjin!”

“Senior Sister, how do I get to the Treasure Pavilion?”

“Senior Sister, that creep just tried to flirt with me! you have to stand up for us!”

“Senior Yunjin, an elder from the Healing Hall picked me yesterday! Does that mean I can study medicine with you from now on?”

Outside the Wuji Sect’s main hall, a bunch of young disciples around fourteen or fifteen crowded around Yunjin and talked over each other.​

It looked the same as it did a year ago, and she was still the kind of person everyone liked being around, but compared to the sweet, innocent newbie guide Yino remembered, Yunjin had clearly grown up, both in looks and in height.

She was taller now, and she no longer wore a ponytail. Instead, she let her hair fall to her shoulders, and the ends were cut into choppy layers that gave it a clean, lived-in look.

Yunjin’s hair was a pale gray-white, but it picked up a faint golden sheen under the sun and made her look warm and bright. The hair on both sides curved slightly inward and framed her cheeks, which set off her delicate features, and even the little cowlick curl on top of her head added a bit of playful energy.

It had only been a year, but they were all at that age where they shot up fast. Yunjin had gone from 1.5 meters to 1.6, and Yino had already passed 1.78.

Yino stood behind her, and she still had to tilt her head up to look at him.

But for the moment, he didn’t want to interrupt. He just wanted to stand there and quietly take in the sight of the girl he had pulled back from a certain death ending.

Then, as Yino leaned against a corner and stared blankly at her body, someone shouted, “Sister Yunjin, it’s been so long!!!”

A golden-furred fawn sprang into human form and rushed in first, practically launching itself at her.

Right after that, the green-haired girl with a white flower blooming on her chest appeared from Yino’s side.

She didn’t charge in right away. Instead, she gave Yino a cautious look, as if checking his mood.

Yino smiled, and he rubbed her cute cheek.

After that, Lily brightened up, and she ran after Wangxue.

The two little ones were close to Yunjin, only a step below how attached they were to Yino.

In a way, it also explained why Yunjin was so popular with new disciples in the Wuji Sect. She always seemed easy to talk to, and she gave off the kind of warmth that made people relax around her.

“Huh? Wangxue? And Lily!…!”

The white-robed girl who had been introducing the sect to the newcomers was startled by their voices.

Everyone turned to look, and they even stepped aside on their own to make a path so Lily and Wangxue could easily throw themselves into Yunjin’s arms.

“Is that… a deer demon and a flower demon …”

“They’re cute…”

“Stop calling them demons. They’re this cute, so how could they be demon? They’re clearly celestial spirits raised by our Wuji Sect!”

“Yeah, and they look really close to Senior Sister. Maybe, if you go by seniority, they’re actually our senior sisters!”

The newcomers watched, transfixed, and curiosity spread through the crowd.

Being hugged in public caught Yunjin off guard, but she quickly realized something.

“Wangxue, Lily…”

“Does that mean Yino also… Mmh, did your master come back too?”

She patted both of their heads and then hurriedly looked around, searching for the boy she hadn’t seen in over half a year.

She looked for a long time, but the tree girl with the sprout on her head lifted her chin and smiled as she looked behind Yunjin.

Yunjin froze.

She noticed the young disciples around her had gone quiet, and they were staring at her with a mix of awe and curiosity.

Or rather…

They were staring at someone unfamiliar behind her.

Did he come back?

With her heart tight and her nerves on edge, she slowly turned around.

“It’s been a while.”

Yino smiled softly.

“…!”

The boy from back then was standing right behind her, just like he promised.

Yunjin went still, like she’d stepped into a dream, and for a long moment she couldn’t react.

“I… I really thought…”

“Thought what?”

Yino raised an eyebrow.

“I thought that after you and Senior Sister went back to Luo City, you’d never come back to see I again…”

Her eyes reddened, and a few tears gathered at the corners.

Yino looked at her, and guilt pinched hard at his chest, but he kept his tone steady as he smiled. “How could that happen? I told you I’d take you down the mountain to have fun.”

“Mm…”

Yunjin tried to speak, but her voice broke. She didn’t care about everyone watching as she threw herself into Yino’s arms.

She shook as she cried, and all the feelings she’d been holding back rushed up at once, so the tears just kept coming.

Her tears soaked into his clothes, and they hit him even harder because he already felt like he owed her.

“I heard that you and Senior Yuyan are going back to Luo City to get married…”

“So I thought… I should cultivate properly, and later I’ll test into Luo City to be a doctor and open a small clinic. Then maybe, when you and Senior Sister get married, I can surprise you…”

Her voice was wet and unsteady, and her words came out messy as she spoke into his chest.

Even so, Yino listened carefully.

He noticed the young disciples around them were staring like they’d been struck dumb, so he gave them a knowing smile, and then he bent down and scooped Yunjin up into a bridal carry.

“Your seniors haven’t seen each other in a long time, so we’re going to catch up.”

“So today, I’m borrowing your Yunjin for a few days.”

He said it like it was nothing, and he casually summoned a flying sword before flicking his sleeve and leaving.

But the amount of information packed into those few lines still exploded through the group of young disciples.

The girls had never seen a senior brother this bold and this handsome, so they flushed and started whispering excitedly to their friends.

The boys were also stunned. Seeing Yunjin carried off right in front of everyone made a lot of them feel like they’d just been dumped, but it had only ever been a crush on a senior sister anyway. Hardly anyone felt real anger, and most of them were just jealous as they quietly swore that one day they’d become a powerful, handsome senior brother like Yino.