At that moment, Samael, standing atop the Spear Body Tower, saw Izanami's unusually agitated reaction and could not help twitching his lips as he pressed the question.
"Fox, what exactly did you do to her?"
According to the Kojiki, Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, the three supreme deities of Japanese mythology, should have been born after their mother, Izanami, had died.
That was to say, after their father, Izanagi, failed to find his wife in the Land of the Dead and fled back to the mortal world, they were born during the Purification Ritual he performed.
As symbols of purity and nobility, they were therefore known as the Three Precious Children and gained supreme authority.
Theoretically, Amaterasu and her mother should never even have met.
Yet these "mother and daughter" were glaring at each other like sworn enemies meeting face-to-face.
Clearly, the truth behind this was far from as superficial as the Kojiki recorded.
"What could I have done? I merely took the initiative to ease Mother's burdens, so she would not have to worry over the world's trivial schemes and intrigues, and sent her early to the Land of the Dead to retire..."
At the question, Tamamo no Mae floated into the air, blinking her charming fox eyes as she looked at Samael atop the Spear Body Tower and Izanami beside him, smiling sweetly.
"While I was at it, I simply let her shoulder a little more of a mother goddess's duties, periodically cleaning up the filth between heaven and earth and guiding the dead onward..."
Yet every seemingly casual word from this Amaterasu Omikami seemed to stomp directly on Izanami's sore spots. The goddess of the underworld trembled all over, her face alternating between green and white as she opened her mouth and roared.
"You despicable outsider! You