"Those fruits taste pretty good. Kikyo, you should try some too." Yae Sakura took a few fruits from Sirin and tasted them. They were somewhat like cherries, though not quite the same, and their pits were tiny.
"They're delicious."
Kikyo and Yae Sakura sat kneeling on the grassy hillside. Kikyo did not refuse, taking the fruits and eating a few. They were indeed very sweet.
"Now, tell me about your situation, shall we? Kaede and Tanihara Natsu told me quite a bit, but there are some details even they don't know." After finishing most of the small fruits, Yae Sakura finally looked at Kikyo. She cared deeply about Kikyo's affairs.
"My situation..."
Kikyo hesitated before beginning to recall.
It was broadly no different from what Kaede and Tanihara Natsu had said. However, through Kikyo's account, Yae Sakura learned that the reason Kikyo had been infected by the impure power was not simply because her purifying spiritual power opposed it. The Hourai Elixir was also a major factor.
The Hourai Elixir's immortality came from its terrifying vitality. Yet in a sense, it did not merely keep Kikyo herself from dying—the impure power that had infected her was also constantly replenished, making it like cancer cells and leaving Kikyo unable to remove it, with nowhere to begin.
As for that onmyoji of the Harima School, after investigating for all these years, she believed he was connected to the Minamoto Clan of the Heian period. Or perhaps he had found records or inheritances related to the Minamoto Clan, hoping to use their former methods to communicate with the evil god sealed within the gap between the worlds of yin and yang, thereby achieving his goals.
After all, although many problems had arisen within the Minamoto Clan back then, the final outcome had not