"Why don't you go into the shrine yourself? With the ghostly warrior here, it can't do anything to you."
Griseo stared suspiciously at the fox shrine maiden before her. The woman had kept urging her to enter the shrine so she could eliminate the mountain god for good.
Couldn't she go in herself?
The mountain god was being killed over and over by the ghostly warrior now. It had no ability to attack her at all.
In any case, Griseo, who had clearly been colored somewhat by others, did not completely trust this fox shrine maiden. Even if she had acted against her companion earlier, which counted as betraying the mountain god.
But who knew whether it was all just an act to win her trust?
"..."
Noticing Griseo's suspicion, the fox shrine maiden spoke a few more words to her in that strange language. Though Griseo could not understand her, she barely grasped what she meant.
The fox shrine maiden could not enter the shrine. Some restriction existed on her body.
Griseo studied her seriously for a while and confirmed that she was not lying. Griseo could see the colors of lies.
Then she would reluctantly believe her once...
But she did not enter right away. Instead, she summoned another Divine Key, Oath of Judah, and planted it in front of Miko Yotsuya and the other two.
No matter what happened, the cross would immediately unfold and ensure nothing went wrong. Only then did Griseo tightly grip her tachi with both hands and head toward the ruined shrine.
When she reached the shrine entrance, she found that although it was already in terrible disrepair, the door could still barely be pushed open.
But the moment she pushed it, the door collapsed on its own.
The shrine interior was not