After more than a month of instruction, things unfolded just as Yoru Machi had expected. As a member of a priestly family, Chisato Ubuyashiki possessed the greatest talent for Reiryoku.
Once she learned that Yoru Machi did not intend to stay long, Chisato Ubuyashiki withdrew from the training group after mastering Kaidō.
She came from a priestly family rather than the Ubuyashiki family, so she was not afflicted by the curse.
She had little interest in gaining great strength herself. The only reason she wanted to learn Kaidō was to help her husband.
Yoru Machi's time and energy were limited. Rather than teaching her, Chisato Ubuyashiki hoped he would spend his limited time teaching her children.
Chisato Ubuyashiki's actions also made Yoru Machi admire this beautiful married woman all the more.
Unfortunately, aside from Chisato Ubuyashiki, whose talent for Reiryoku was fairly decent, everyone else in the Ubuyashiki family could only be considered ordinary.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki was even less worth mentioning. Although his mother had also come from a priestly family, she was clearly no match for Chisato Ubuyashiki, so his talent was even worse than his children's.
Yet Kagaya Ubuyashiki took it quite calmly. Being able to live a few more years, and having the possibility of changing his children's fate, left him with no regrets.
To be honest, among Kagaya Ubuyashiki's children, other than Kiriya's black hair making him easier to distinguish, the rest looked like virtually identical multiples to Yoru Machi.
Even Kiriya Ubuyashiki, if one ignored his hair color, was nearly indistinguishable from his sisters when standing among them.
When Yoru Machi asked the Ubuyashikis why they did such a thing, their answer left him rather speechless.
"Boys who are difficult to raise are dressed as girls from the beginning." It seemed to be a custom.