"Lady Guuji... no, Lady Yae Sakura, I understand."
Since Lady Guuji did not want to reveal her identity, she naturally had to play along! The shrine maiden answered cooperatively.
"..."
What exactly did you understand again?
Looking at the familiar, suddenly enlightened expression on the shrine maiden's face, Yae Sakura was speechless. Why was everyone like this? They loved imagining all sorts of bizarre scenarios.
But Yae Sakura could not be bothered to explain...
"If you came for an exorcism ritual, there's no need. He isn't possessed by evil. This was caused by losing his Vision."
"Losing one's Vision is equivalent to losing the obsession and dream one has held onto all along. It can leave a person hollow, and in severe cases, even cause a mental breakdown."
Glancing around at the people nearby, Yae Sakura calmly explained Taro's condition.
"So that's what it was! No wonder..."
"The person we encountered last time was like this too, though not as severely as him."
It was unclear whether the others believed Yae Sakura, but this shrine maiden from Grand Narukami Shrine immediately believed her own Lady Guuji's words.
In her eyes, there was nothing in Inazuma that her Lady Guuji did not know—only things she did not wish to speak of.
Since Lady Guuji said he was not possessed, then he definitely was not possessed. Besides, they had actually encountered similar cases several times before.
Some people had specifically gone to Grand Narukami Shrine for help, and the result had been obvious... all of it had been caused by losing their Visions.
"Then... can Taro return to normal?"
Seeing that the shrine maiden from Grand Narukami Shrine also acknowledged Yae Sakura's words, the people around them no longer had any doubts. They looked anxiously at Yae Sakura and the shrine maiden.