Everyone present immediately turned their eyes to Harutora, waiting for his decision.
The National First-Class Onmyoji, including the Twelve Divine Generals, were no exception.
Clearly, Luo Zhen had already convinced them, and they intended to put Harutora forward as the new head of the Onmyo Agency.
As long as the National First-Class Onmyoji collectively recommended him, with the support of the Kurahashi Family and the Soma Family—and with the Tsuchimikado Family, the head family of Onmyodo, returning to the public eye to support Harutora—then Harutora becoming the head of the Onmyo Agency could practically be considered a foregone conclusion.
The question was whether Harutora himself could get past that hurdle.
The young man had never forgotten just how much trouble he had caused the curse arts world and the Onmyoji in his previous life, when he had been the head of the Onmyoryo.
That was why Harutora still struggled with the decision.
Until...
"Just accept your fate, Harutora."
The one who said this was the oni who served as Harutora's strongest guardian.
"Even if you refuse, it's not like you can retire to some secluded mountain forest, right?"
Kakugyo Ki grinned.
"Yeah." Hishamaru nodded as well and said calmly, "You're the direct heir of the head family of Onmyodo, the son of the Tsuchimikado Family. That was true in both your previous life and this one. Since that's the case, your entire life will proceed alongside curse arts. That is your fate."
That was exactly right.
Other than this path, Harutora truly had no second road to take.
Having awakened the memories of his previous life and realized his true bloodline, Harutora could no longer regard himself as an ordinary person and live an ordinary life as he had in the past. It was even more impossible for him to