"Nora..."
The short-haired girl in a kimono appeared, and Seele recognized her at once. Seele had seen her before and had almost caught her, but she had been rescued by a god.
But a god... Seele turned to the man beside Nora. The silver-haired man wore a mask patterned with eyeballs and looked extremely dangerous. And... he was a god too.
However, Seele was certain he was not the god who had saved Nora last time. His scent was different. If Seele's instincts were right, the male god currently beside Nora... was likely a god of calamity.
"Yato... it's been a long time."
The silver-haired man beside Nora leaped straight down from the balcony and landed before Yato. His eyes held only Yato, as though everyone else around them did not exist.
"You're... Rabo. You're actually still alive."
Yato's expression became even more guarded as he looked at the man before him. No one understood how dangerous Rabo was better than he did, because... during the Warring States period, Rabo and Yato had both been Gods of Calamity who slaughtered countless living beings.
"Yato, who would have thought that a century would pass in the blink of an eye... But now, we can fight together again, just like before!" Rabo looked at Yato with a trace of excitement in his voice.
"I won't do those things again!"
Yato's expression shifted slightly at his words before he firmly refused.
"Yato..."
Hearing the conversation between Yato and Rabo, Iki Hiyori and Yukine looked at the two with confusion, not knowing what history lay between them.
"Hiyori... come over here."
Seele glanced at Rabo and Nora, who had appeared at his side, then called Hiyori over.
"Seele, they are...?"
Hiyori returned to Seele's side. Thinking of what Nora had said earlier, it