"Someone else has already been sent over there. I'm here to receive you all."
"Then let's go." Chen Fan followed the person toward the woods. Before long, they also came across Rias and Akeno Himejima, who seemed to be waiting for Chen Fan's group.
After everyone gathered, they headed deeper inside together. It felt as though they had passed through some sort of barrier and arrived in an entirely different place.
The fox woman leading Chen Fan's group smiled. "This is where the Kyoto yokai live... the Inner Capital. Please, this way."
The buildings looked like they were from the Edo period. Low houses lined both sides of the street, and strange creatures poked their heads out from windows and doorways, observing the newcomers.
The space was somewhat dim, as though they had entered the world of an ink-wash painting. Strange creatures wandered the streets: one-eyed yokai, kappa-like yokai, yokai with long hair. Everything felt novel to the newcomers.
"Uga ga ga ga!" A lantern hanging by the roadside suddenly revealed eyes and a mouth, cackling loudly. The timid Aisha jumped in fright, while its laughter seemed to celebrate the success of its prank.
"I'm sorry. The yokai here all enjoy pranks, but none of them pose any threat to you, so please don't worry," the fox woman apologized.
"No, it's all right. I'm just a little timid. But is this really the world where yokai live?" Aisha waved her hands and asked.
"Yes. This is where the yokai living in Kyoto reside. I remember that you Demons have domain spaces used in the Riser Game, so you can think of this place as something created through a similar method. We call it the Inner Backstreet, Inner Kyoto, and so on. Of course, there are also yokai who do not