We came to the top of Senbon Torii in order to get to Hinayashiki where Miyako is waiting for us. |
Yoshino, who had been unwell, seemed to be in excellent health after drinking that dubious water. Yuuzen's charm must have worked. |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"The magic power is even stronger than when I came here to inspect the house. The master of Hinayashiki may have sensed our movement." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Even if it sensed us, how could it see us from the other side? I think it's difficult because the Gate is closed." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Even if ya can't see through these Gates, ya can still put 'something to replace the eyes'" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
What? What do you mean by 'something to replace the eyes'?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Like a sorcery that allows a living person to attach something to body and grants vision from a distance. Most people use objects, like dolls or hair ornaments. But there are very rare ones that blend in 'inside' a person." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Yes, for example, using smoke... or water." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"You don't mean, there could be something in Yoshino's body?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"I'm talking about the possibility. The curse that Miyako couldn't get rid of may still be in Yoshino's body. I tried to find out when I gave her water to drink, but I couldn't make sure." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Nishiki's curse is really tatty. What an insidious..." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
'It's a matter of the user. At least Miss Yoshino doesn't use that kind of magic." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"What about Miyako?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Miyako is..." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"..." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"She sometimes uses it." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"She uses it!?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"It's not whether you use it or not, but when and how you use it that matters. Miyako will use the art properly when she needs it." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Besides, even Yoshino had used some bad arts...". |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Hey, what was that sound?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"There was a sudden increase in magical activity... I wonder if something happened in the Torii maze?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Everyone, we're in trouble! There's a huge influx of monsters coming from down there!" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"They're boiling over from where there's no Mist. Somehow they're heading straight towards us." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Everyone calm down. Don't panic at this level. Even if there is no fog, Monsters can still be summoned. They probably came out of the torii." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Yes, Putra, here's the problem. How many torii are there in this Senbon Torii?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Well, it's called Senbon Torii, so..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Many, so many!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Yes! That's so smart of you, Putra! That means a lot of monsters are coming from a lot of torii!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Vivienne, it's time to test our original formation." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Let's go with 'Suicidal Putra'. I'll cover the rear and wait for the right moment. Putra will just charge into the enemy line in the meantime." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"That's right! Let's show the monsters we mean business!" |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"--!" |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"----!" |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"------!" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"What's the matter? They're not even looking at me, are they?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Are they scared of my intimidation?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"No, they're not." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Look. The monsters are heading straight for Yuuzen." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"It's true! They don't even look at Queensway or Yakutsk." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"They're only after Yuuzen. They must be reacting to Yuuzen's magic." |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"--!" |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"----!" |
![Story Monster.png](/images/3/30/Story_Monster.png) Monster |
"------!" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
This is what happens the moment I try to open the gate, huh. It seems that the sorceress over there are more skillful than I thought." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"They're only after Yuuzen. They are too smart to be monsters. Probably some kind of shikigami used by the sorceress." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Nah, they're not as bad as shikigami. I can handle this many of them." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yoshino can help too." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"I appreciate the sentiment, but you can't do it. You don't even exist in their dimension." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Rikaibunou. It's a bit too difficult to understand, indeed." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Meaning your magic and sorceries won't work on them." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Understood." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"These are neither monsters nor shikigami, but sorcery itself. It's not reacting to my sorcery, but to the art of breaking barriers." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"The sorceress doesn't want the gate to be opened. She anticipated that I would use magic here. The master of the Hinayashiki must have set a double trap in anticipation of me using said art here." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"What's interesting about this... is that the trap is really malicious. The user doesn't hesitate to kill people with sorcery." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"But this is not so tough. If you think you can beat me with this, you're mistaken." |
A crowd of monsters surrounds Yuuzen, paying no attention to anything else.
In the face of the eerie things that are "neither monsters nor shikigami, but sorcery itself", Yuzen casted a powerful sorcery so rapidly that Yoshino could not react. |
-The power of the sorcery was so strong that it instantly annihilated the crowd of demons gathered on the mountaintop. |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Amazing... All those monsters disappeared without a trace..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"She didn't cast any arts, did she? Wasn't she talking to Yoshino just before the technique was activated?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Regardless if it's magic or sorcery, it's impossible to activate such a powerful art without doing anything. Yuuzen must have already prepared the formation on this mountaintop beforehand." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
'It makes sense, but it's not easy. How many people in this world can use that much arts...?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
'I win this time. This was a lousy deception between two people of bad character." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Where the opponent doesn't like it, there is a weakness. The sorceress' way is to fight so as not to expose that weakness." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yoshino doesn't understand it at all. Yoshino is a sorceress, but I couldn't notice anything..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"The first barrier has been cleared. Now the trap at the Gate has also been dispelled. I will now pave the way to Hinayashiki. Conductor, please buy me some time so they don't get in the way." |
Conductor |
That's of course, but... why do you need us to buy some time? |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"...It's going to be a little while before I can reuse my sorcery. I exhausted a lot of power myself." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yuuzen, did you get cursed?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"What curse!?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Is this an attack from Hinayashiki!?" |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"It's nothing to be fussed about. This level of curse is to be expected." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"But it's affecting you quite a bit..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"I told ya. I risked my life. I'm lucky to have succeeded in breaking the enchantment alive." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"All that sweat... Aren't you on a worse condition than Yoshino?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"What are we going to do? Do we go back and have a look?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"If that's the case, it doesn't make sense for Yuuzen to try so hard. If Yuuzen says she can do it, we should finish it." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Without Yuuzen, Miyako can't be saved. If we miss this chance, there will be no next time." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"The little fox is right. We continue as planned. Things have been going according to plan so far in the first place. There's no need to change strategy here." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Let's give Yuuzen a rest. We'll all go to the black torii gate to prevent bad things from coming." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"But you know what, Yuuzen? Yoshino is still not convinced." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"What did ya say?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Right now Yuuzen doesn't trust us yet. Yuuzen has been fighting alone since a while ago." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"That's not good. Let's make sure that we are all in good relations with each other. Yuuzen is going to fight together with Yoshino and the others from now on." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"..." |
Yoshino said some unexpected words to Yuuzen, who was weakened by the curse. Inside the black torii... in Hinayashiki, an evil presence was still leaking out of that place. |