??? |
"ーーIt wasn't this dark forest." |
??? |
"Where is that girl? White hair, cute kanzashi..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"We have located her movement area. I will now activate a limited warding sorcery." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Is the trick over?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The first stage is complete. We will now move on to the second phase. Here we go." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"The darkness has faded. Nice counter sorcery." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I have also limited the range of the enemy's sorceries. It is now impossible to attack from afar. As long as the enemy is aiming at us, we can hit them with most of our techniques." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"But it is a double-edged sword. It also makes it easier for it to attack us." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"A match of techniques, optimal. Makes Maki's blood to boil, soul to sing." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Miyako, begin battle." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Bundle the shadows and play with knots, twirl and tie them together and the butterflies will stop." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Let the sound cut the blade, let it dance and kill. Children's temari that shed tears of blood, take them and release them in front of the spirits of the dead." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Secretly whisper the whereabouts of honey, beyond the haze that even the deceased does not know. Harden the knot, become steel. Beyond the haze." |
??? |
"ーー!?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It hit. Dark Binding is a success. Follow up." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Rejection of the dead. The gate of dawn, the far corridor, the finger's the price." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Discontinuance of the dead. The second gate, stop at the finger." |
??? |
"AAAAAHH! IT HURTS! IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HUUUURTS!" |
??? |
"HELP ME! HELP ME, OSHISHOU-SAMA!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It's been released from the Dark Binding." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Don't panic, Maki's technique is working. No new darkness has been created. You can push it. Form the seal." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I can't use the same move. I will stop the movement with a different technique. We definitely have to hold on until Yuuzen-san comes..." |
??? |
"ーーYuuzen?" |
??? |
"ーーCan I see Yuuzen?
ーーIf I kill you, will Yuuzen come to me?" |
??? |
"If it is... THEN I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOW!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
(Oh no...! I didn't think Yuuzen's name was the condition for activating the curse!) |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Miyako, defend yourself. It's going to consume your magic." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Oh no, it's breaking the sorceries too fast. I won't be able to get the next curse in time..." |
Yuuzen |
"Don't worry... I got here in time." |
??? |
"ーーーー!?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The demon is trapped in the ward..." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"It's a slow-acting ensnaring technique. Was Miyako's warding sorcery used to slip in an undecipherable curse?" |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Brilliant... A beautiful and dark sorcery technique. The caster is quite a skilled user." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Thank ya both for yer efforts. Ya did a great job holding it together." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yuuzen-san!" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"It must have been hard to catch this thingy. It breathes a darkness that is difficult to detect even with sorcery." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"And if ya don't get serious like this, the curse on the forest can't be broken. So I couldn't do it by myself. Thank ya both for yer help." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"You understood the characteristics of monsters and look for a chance to win? It was just as Miyako said." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"I couldn't handle it even though I could understand. But Miyako and ya helped me to make the right moves, so I was able to manage. Well, I guess ya could say we are on target so far." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"This girl feeds on a sorceress's magic. When the target's magic power is supplemented, it opens its big mouth like this and becomes a monster. If ya don't defeat it in this state, that nasty miasma won't disappear." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"In other words, Maki and her were decoys. Maki was bait. A luxury catch." |
??? |
"...... Let me go." |
??? |
"LET ME GO! I'M GOING TO SEE MY FRIEND!" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Got it got it. I'll let ya go when this is over. For now, just stay tied up like a big girl. I have to suck that filthy evil out of yer body." |
??? |
"Save me... Save me, Yuuzen. We are friends, aren't we?" |
??? |
"Yuuzen..." |
??? |
"......" |
??? |
"YOU CURSED CLAN! BURN IN THE FIRES OF HELL AND DIE! YOUR BLOOD WILL CALL FORTH THE PHANTOM MIST AND BRING RUIN! SUFFER AFTER DEATH! CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU!" |
??? |
"CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU!" |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Intense resentment. This cannot be called sorcery anymore." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The miasma is so noxious. I might not even withstand it if it weren't for Yuuzen-san's sorcery..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"It's starting to look like that. I don't think one village will be enough if we let them have free reign." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"But that's okay. I'm sure it must have been hard for you to be forced to come here." |
??? |
"CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU! ETERNAL SUFFERING TO THE YUUZEN CLAN!" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Yer the one's who cursed. Just shut up and spit it all out. I'll wipe it when ya return to yer original form." |
??? |
"YUUZEN......!" |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Yuuzen knows this demon?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Well, yeah. I knew her face before she became this." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"This demon had put a strong curse on Yuuzen-san's name, right? Its magical power swelled by orders of magnitude as soon as its tone changed..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"This girl had a curse on her before she was born. She didn't have any bad intentions, but her powers were misused." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Before she died, and after she died, still used a lot like a pawn. She said she would become a sorceress and save Nishiki, but here she is." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Koroshiya's disciple..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Yes. The pitiful apprentice sorceress who was used by Koroshiya, did you hear that from Mary?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I did. She lost her life because of sorcery." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"It was my mother. She had put a reversal sorcery to protect me. She made it so that anyone who tried to kill me would suffer many times more pain." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"It must have been suffering. It must have been painful. I went out to have fun, and then I was shown a scene that looked like the end of the world." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"But it's over now. I'm going to make things right." |
??? |
"Yuuzen...?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Good night. Ya were a good sorceress. Next time ya'll get a good shishou." |
??? |
"Thank you... Yuuzen. Give my best wishes to your oka-sama." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Yeah, I'll let her know. Farewell." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"That's it. The curse is gone." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"......" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"...... Miyako." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Y-YES! WHAT IS IT!?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Ya can't just dismiss that kind of thing away with just the word 'demon'. They appear in places where there is no Mist, so of course they can't be called Mist Monsters." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Then what should we call them? I've been wondering about that for a long time." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Neither a departed spirit, nor a cursed spirit; Neither a demonic beast, nor a familiar, nor a shikigami." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"In the beginning, they were all living people. Things that used to be people. Without the influence of the Phantom Mist, only sorcery that people use against people can produce such things. Remember this well." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes. I will remember it." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"And one more thing." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Ya two came well together. Ya did not give up and fought well until the end. Honestly, I thought the enemy would be too tough for ya two." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"No... I did what I had to do." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"There is something I can do, Yuuzen-san is waiting for me. I kept on believing that." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I was the first one to cross the 'test line'. I knew that this was my job. I thought it was my mission." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Am I... Of help to you?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"No, not yet." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"......" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"There's still Hone Ningyou left. Help me finish it." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Ye, yes!" |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"Yuuzen. Curse has weakened. With this, isn't there no need for a 'test line'?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Yeah, it's unnecessary. We can all go into the forest now. The rest of you all made a good decision." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Especially Mary, ya did a good job. I do think ya understood my 'stay back' message." |
Mary |
"
I heard you. I hope you're safe there." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Otherwise I wouldn't be able to talk to ya like this. How are ya doing?" |
Mary |
"It's like my bad day's all over. I'm ready to go." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"This voice is Former Knight Commander's." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"They're communicating through sorcery. The test line had an 'ear' in it." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Mary, I'm going to connect the Gate now. If everything is OK over there, y'all ca come over here. I'm going to count to three. Ready? One, two, three." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Welcome, to Jusatsu Forest. It's not a very comfy place, but yer welcome to help yourselves." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"It's been two days, Yuuzen, and you seem to have quite your hands full, but I guess things are going pretty much as planned, right?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Don't be silly. It's been going well from the beginning." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"You know I was worried about you. Now that I'm here, I won't let you do anything rash." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Miyako, glad you're okay." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yoshino-chan..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"You did a great job. You did well. Quite sure Yuuzen thinks you're a big help." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Maki too, Good job. Knew that kijin could be counted upon." |
![Story Maki.png](/images/f/f7/Story_Maki.png) Maki |
"This is Maki's job. Did what had to be done." |
Guided by the Gate that appeared as soon as the evil magic of the Jusatsu Forest disappeared, our main group was finally able to meet up with Yuuzen. |
Seeing Miyako and Maki together, it was obvious that the girls had accomplished their mission well. They both seemed to have done their job. |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Now then, we don't have time to rejoice at this reunion. As long as Hone Ningyou is around, nothing will be solved. Our goal is to deal with her." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Miss Yuuzen, have you been able to locate Hone Ningyou?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"I haven't seen in-person. But I can tell from the magical reaction. If we go a little further, even ya will be able to sense it." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"If ya go straight here, ya will find the burnt ruins. That's where my house used to be. There's a lot of crazy things swirling around there. Stupidly huge magical power is flowing all the time." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Hone Ningyou is in that vortex. She must have cut through the dimension and made her own bed." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Y'all take it to heart. If we fail, everyone here will die." |