The girls raised at Takagami Shrine as future Demon Slayers of the Lion King Organization were, in fact, mostly orphans brought in from the outside world.
Some had been abandoned by their parents because of their outstanding Psychic Ability potential. Some had developed special constitutions after being caught up in certain incidents. Others had learned part of the Demon Slayer skills by chance before eventually being recruited.
Yukina was one of the former. She had been an orphan from the beginning, and the Lion King Organization had adopted her because they valued her exceptionally gifted spiritual medium constitution, raising her into the person she was.
Yuri, on the other hand, was one of the few at Takagami Shrine whose entire family was still alive.
Her parents were employees of the Lion King Organization, and she also had a younger brother around her age. Since her whole family was connected to the Lion King Organization, she entered Takagami Shrine to train under the organization with the goal of becoming a Sword-Miko.
Yuri had talent in this area as well. Although she was only a year older than Yukina, she was one of the top students among her peers. If one compared only their Sword-Miko skills, Yuri was not inferior to Yukina by much.
If that had not been the case, Yuri would never have appeared on the candidate list for the Divine Child's monitor or become a candidate to wield the Seven Style Assault Demon Subduing Machine Gun.
In the end, however, because Yuri's family members were all well-known within the Lion King Organization, the higher-ups took her family into consideration and removed Yuri from the dangerous mission of monitoring the Divine Child.
Yuri consequently missed out on the position, allowing Yukina to become the Divine Child's monitor. Although she had