Warning incantations covered the area around her. Dark ink-colored points of light, visible only to those with spiritual sensitivity, drifted randomly around the room. Each point's power was not very great, capable of killing only a few ghosts at most.
Today, Yotsuya Miko had finally gotten a good night's sleep after a long time, and she had gone to bed early at that. Meanwhile, at the Amamiya residence, two men sat together in silence for a long, long time.
They were father and son, an old man and a middle-aged man.
Amamiya Tengo stared blankly at the man before him. After his anger, all that remained was a faint longing, yet it was difficult to express that longing, and it could easily turn into anger again. He could not calm his heart, especially when he saw his own son.
"...You've changed so much. Ever since you met that woman, you've been changing constantly, Xingqiu."
He did not know what kind of emotion he should use when referring to that woman, his daughter-in-law. After all, that woman had indeed ruined Amamiya Xingqiu's entire life.
"I hate her because I refuse to admit that you brought all this upon yourself."
The old man closed his eyes. After seeing Xingqiu this time, he had already understood this sorrowful truth. The outcome had not been caused entirely by the woman named Shimizu Muxia. Amamiya Xingqiu himself bore part of the responsibility.
"You were supposed to become a calligraphy master, but... why?"
The Amamiya Family's legacy and honor were supposed to depend on the man before him. Once upon a time, Amamiya Tengo had believed that his son, Amamiya Xingqiu, was capable of leading the family to greater heights and restoring its glory. In Xingqiu, he had seen calligraphy talent far surpassing his own. Because