As he watched the unscrupulous onmyoji standing silently before him,
the expression on Kidomaru's face abruptly twisted into delight.
"Heh, so yokai, demons, and humans can no longer satisfy your demands?"
"Then what about the gods of Takamagahara!"
Even as an Asura demon who was slow to grasp anything unrelated to slaughter, he still understood that there was no such thing as a free lunch.
Even his former teacher, Kamo no Tadayuki, had probably only taken him in and raised him to prove his theory that humans and demons could coexist.
Aside from that fool Enmusubi, there might not have been another being in the world foolish enough to disregard personal gain and loss.
Whether they were human, yokai, demons, or gods sitting high above!
And so the onmyoji before him was bound to be no exception.
"Tell me. Aside from the agreement we already have, who do you want me to hunt?"
"Have you still not found a way to deal with it? If you need help, this goddess can come along!"
"Where are you going next? Is it far?"
She was practically an unreasonable old woman from the marketplace!
After completing his errand, Takamagahara did not linger. The cat dashed back to the dried fish he had left halfway along the path and began dragging it again with great effort.
Upon hearing the reason, Enmusubi relaxed as well.
"Anyone but her!"
One wind chime engraved with Higanbana flowers had clearly already been claimed. Written on it were "Arata" and "Peach Blossom Izumi." Not only that, but unlike the other wind chimes, a red tassel cord hung beneath it.
"Here, make your handwriting look nice, or else..."
Even after Arata and Izumi received their Red Matchmaking Cords, hung their inscribed wind chime on the rack, and prepared to leave,