Who could it be? Who could it be?
Who exactly would be the boss of the next Memory Battlefield?
Hoshino looked up and saw a startling figure. It was an utterly ordinary four-legged beast, dragging five enormous tails behind it, fluffy, soft, and flowing, their warm crimson color almost gentle.
At the sight of the monster, Hoshino's first thought was, Where did this dog come from?
This monster had a deep connection with Yae Sakura—one could even say it was nothing but a fated enmity. They had loved and fought each other for over five hundred years.
"Higokumaru."
[boss · Higokumaru will join the battlefield in one month. Please prepare accordingly.]
"Got it, got it."
Hoshino nodded, already considering how to arrange things for Higokumaru. She had no ideas for the moment, so she simply set the matter aside and focused on her routine work...
At present, the shrine's most routine task seemed to be counting money.
But counting money was exhausting.
Hoshino felt she could slack off for a few more days, and she was happy enough to take it easy. But on second thought, the current situation did not seem to permit a shrine maiden to loaf around. She needed to find something to do.
"I heard Bagpipe caught a terrible cold? Poor thing."
Hoshino muttered to herself.
The severe cold had naturally been caused by Bagpipe spending too long trapped in ice during the Victoria period. Hoshino felt that she should pay her a visit and help treat her.
Before long—just half a day later—Bagpipe had been revived and reborn. Full of life again, she returned to the Lungmen Guard Department, back to the place where she was needed, and continued working. Like on her first day at work, she awkwardly tried to learn how