“Oh. Daji. Show it to me! Show it again!”
“Your Majesty. I might be able to possess you and show you the future, but it will cause a karmic cycle and you—”
“I don’t care. Shut up! And show it to me!” The emperor, blinded by the power and achievement he gained by using the vision of the future, shouted.
“…” The beautiful woman bit her lips, having no choice.
…
“What’s wrong?” The beautiful woman asked in a cold tone, looking at the man whose body was covered with blood. “Still not going to speak? Isn’t the Duke trying to seize the throne for himself?”
“Wow. Look at this man. The lady has been torturing him for several days, but this is the first time someone is so strong-willed that he’s able to endure all this torture.” The guard whispered.
…
“How dare you? Do you think you can usurp my throne? I don’t care if you are my son. I will kill you. If you’re talented, I will devour you. Give me everything!”
“Are you, a mere priest, challenging me, the king?”
…
Tamamo no Mae simply closed her eyes as though she had resigned to her fate. Her life had gone on for far too long. If this was her fate, then she would follow it to the very end.
Nathan waved his hand. “Wait.”
“Oi!” Fenrir frowned, not wanting Nathan to be in danger.
“Summoner…” Even Anubis wanted to remind Nathan how dangerous it would be.
However, Nathan simply looked at the fox before him, asking, “Why did you say you have been waiting for this moment from 3200 years ago?”
“!!!” The five divine beasts widened their eyes, forgetting about that one detail. That was right.
“I…” Tamamo no Mae looked surprised at first, not expecting Nathan to stop these divine beasts whose power was on par with hers.
Nathan raised his hand, stopping her. “I apologize for their rudeness. And it gives a bad taste in my mouth for doing this right away, but I would like to dispel their doubts. I need your power so that I can survive in this world. That’s why… I’m sorry, but I want you to go with this.”
Nathan formed a soul contract.
[For one hour, Party A and Party B are unable to lie to each other and not hide anything.]
That was right. Nathan had a soul contract. With this contract, they could see through her true goal and viciousness.
“Even though this will remind you of that ritual…” Nathan bit his thumb and pressed the contract. “…but this is the only way for me to stop them and also understand you. I don’t mind if you hate me for this. Forgive me.”
Tamamo no Mae looked surprised. The ritual Nathan was talking about was the ritual she had to perform in order to show whether she was a yokai or not.
At the same time, this consideration allowed her to smile. She used her fang to scratch her paw and pressed the contract.
“This is enough, right?” Nathan glanced at his divine beasts.
“Well…” Fenrir looked away.
“Yeah.” Anubis nodded, feeling a bit embarrassed.
“Thank you for your consideration, my master. Please ask me everything.”
Nathan asked, “Why don’t you ask the first question, Fenrir?”
“You’re the summoner, so you should be first.”
“Fine.” Nathan took a deep breath before asking, “Why did you mention you have been waiting for me for 3,200 years?”
Tamamo no Mae paused for a moment as though she was recalling that particular memory.
“Does Master know my life history?”
“I’m not entirely sure. From what I know, you were born around that time…”
“Indeed. It has been over 3,500 years since I was born. It had been so long that I couldn’t remember much of it.
“The only thing I could remember was when I wandered around the forest, I injured myself.
“At that time, a kind old sorcerer saved me. He took care of me. I kept watching him and before I knew it, I became a spirit beast. I ended up learning from him and became a sorceress myself.
“I ended up mastering two types of sorcery: illusion and divination. When my master was on his deathbed, he was the one crying.
“He said to me, ‘A fleeting life brings a smile, a long life brings sorrow. 3,200 years of journey to find a master.'”
Although she didn’t remember much about it, she still recalled the last face of her teacher.
He wasn’t crying because he had to pass away. He was crying because he had to leave her without being able to do anything. 3,200 years of suffering just to find a master.
It was a long journey that one had to take. She never gave up and continued no matter how hard it was. She kept walking forward and escaped death again and again.
Nathan just closed his eyes while Fenrir asked, “Then… about that king…”
Tamamo no Mae shook her head. “It was my fault…”
Fenrir wanted to say he was correct, but the contract still applied. In other words, she had to continue, “I couldn’t stop His Majesty. I had told him that I could let him see a glimpse of the future if I possessed him. However, the price was his life force.
“He was a benevolent king, trying to do everything he could to make the dynasty prosper. However, he ended up seeing his own death again and again.
“No matter how hard he tried to change it, the impending doom never changed.
“I charmed all the traitors and made them hold orgies in the palace in order to use that crime to execute them, but to no avail. I found multiple spies and tortured them for information, but it wasn’t enough.
“In the end, everything was my fault. If he didn’t know about his impending doom, he wouldn’t have changed.
“Because of it, when they succeeded, they wanted to execute me, so I fled.” Tamamo no Mae just closed her eyes, blaming herself.
“Then, Lady Kayo…” Anubis raised his eyebrows, not expecting this kind of answer.
“The king wanted to be on the throne forever. When he saw the vision of his son usurping the throne, he went insane.”
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