The distance between the two of them was less than a foot.
Kaede's gaze darted back and forth between the two.
Then—
"I knew it!"
She suddenly jumped up, her little face flushed red.
"I knew that Sister Kikyo and Big Brother were a perfect match!"
"You really did spend the night together!"
"..."
Hikaru and Kikyo fell silent at the same time.
Hikaru thought to himself, how is this little girl's train of thought so similar to his own?
"It's not what you think."
Kikyo spoke up to explain, which was rare.
"It definitely is!"
Kaede put her hands on her hips, wearing an expression that said she knew everything.
"I don't care about adult matters! But Big Brother!"
She pointed at Hikaru, her expression serious.
"You must take responsibility for Sister!"
Hikaru glanced at Kikyo.
For the first time, a slight blush appeared on the shrine maiden's face.
Although it was just a faint layer.
But Hikaru did indeed see it.
"...Alright."
He said.
"I will take responsibility."
Kikyo suddenly turned her head to stare at him.
Hikaru was amused.
It was also very rare to be able to see such an expression on Kikyo.
"Responsible for guarding the shikon jewel, together with you."
He added: "After all, we are companions now."
Kikyo's expression softened slightly.
And immediately, she nodded.
[shikon no tama: naohi: Favorability + 2]
[Current Favorability: 41]
[It conveyed a message to you: Are you doing this on purpose?]
Hikaru looked at the panel, appearing quite at ease.
When he did things, he always paid attention to proceeding step by step.
Volume 1: Chapter 30 Celestial Warning, Famous Throughout the Four Directions
That night, half the sky over Musashi Province lit up.
The Sacred Arrow that blasted the Kamaitachi into smithereens caused such a massive commotion, so big that it not only swept away the Demonic Qi within a ten-mile radius.
But it also incidentally lit a lamp that could not be ignored in this chaotic world.
...
Kyoto.
The center of the world in the East.
Located in the inner city near the palace gates, right in the center of Tsuchimikado Avenue.
This was the location of the Onmyoryo, and also the core of the dark side of the East at this time.
And at this moment.
Inside it.
On a towering observatory.
The morning breeze carried a chill.
An old man wearing a pristine white hunting robe was fiddling with an armillary sphere that had been passed down from the Tang Dynasty of the Celestial Empire.
His hair was gray, and his eye bags hung long; it was obvious they were the result of years of staying up late to watch the stars.
In his hands, the copper beads of the armillary sphere rotated, but suddenly got stuck in one place and stopped moving.
"It's in disarray."
The old man spoke.
Beside him, a young onmyoji holding a book for recording celestial phenomena leaned over and asked: "What is in disarray? Is some daimyo going to war again?"
"What is war compared to this?"
The old man pointed to the northeastern sky.
According to their past observations, that area should have been a dim star sector, but right now it was glowing with an uncomfortable, ghastly white.
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