"Clan Leader!"
"Clan Leader!"
Seeing Domon Kira actually agree, everyone in Izanagi Style cried out in shock.
But as if to keep herself from regretting it, Domon Kira raised the parchment in her hand.
"The Domon name will forever uphold the principles of yin and yang. It is the backbone of Izanagi Style!"
Domon Kira did not know who she was saying this for. Her voice sounded almost as though she were crying out.
"All my life, I have struggled for the sake of these two names. In this age, when Western machinery began infiltrating the country and running rampant, when foreign heretics constantly sought to replace us and substitute Western faith for the principles of yin and yang, I resolved to stake everything and keep moving forward. All I wanted was to protect Domon, protect Izanagi, and protect my people!"
This old woman had held to that belief. Thus, she had been willing to pay any price, whether it meant becoming the Witch of Roses or the perpetrator of the massacre that annihilated her family.
That was why she could not accept abandoning the name Izanagi. Of all people, Domon Kira was the one who could accept it least.
But...
"Everything that happened today, including the evil omens that never vanished even after the Akaba Clan was wiped out, has told me that everything I did was of no help to the family or our people. I even planted the seeds of disaster!"
At this point, even Domon Kira could not help laughing wildly.
She laughed until tears mingled with her tears of age.
"I was the one who provoked an existence like the Society!"
"I was the one who created a terrifying enemy with my own hands!"
"In the end, all my actions brought us was Izanagi engulfed