{After some thought, the author decided to revive Kallen and Hua's disciple, Cheng Lixue, after Theresa returned from Elysia. It would give Otto something to hold on to, so he would stop causing trouble for the protagonists.}
{Come to think of it, Kiana's mother, Cecilia, would probably need to be revived as well. Also, this wasn't the author trying to be cruel—the Yae sisters' backstory was simply like this.}
As they waited for the body to grow, Yae Rin began telling the story of herself and her older sister, Yae Sakura.
The two sisters had been born at Yae Shrine in Yae Village. After their mother died in childbirth, the gentle Yae God-Lord—their father—became much more distant and cold toward them.
Raising them was more like an obligation. He had never shown them any affection. As the elder sister, Yae Sakura went from feeling hurt at first, to growing used to it, and eventually taking on the duties of a shrine maiden at Yae Shrine out of obligation as well.
By the age of twelve or thirteen, Yae Sakura had become accustomed to caring for her frail, sickly younger sister, Yae Rin. But backward Yae Village had no effective means of treatment.
Thus, Yae Rin's illness, compounded by the primitive era, began to worsen.
It could be said that Yae Rin spent her childhood in bed. She had never experienced the joy of running freely, nor did she have any friends. Only her sister, Yae Sakura, cared for her as she lay sick in bed.
That year, drought struck Yae Village. The small river the entire village depended on dried up after months without rain. Urged on again and again by the villagers, the Yae God-Lord of Yae Shrine needed to choose a girl to sacrifice to Inari, the fox-like