Life Beyond the Domain

Asking whether the Aozaki Family were even human might sound like a low-IQ question, but it was actually a sudden whim.

Calling it a whim was not entirely baseless. The Aozaki Sisters' hair would grow redder and redder in the future, a phenomenon similar to Akiha Tohno's.

Akiha Tohno was part human and part life-form Beyond the Domain. She carried oni blood, and by some unscientific speculation, she might have had some connection to the Servant Kijyo Koyo.

Then there was Aoko Aozaki, who had been implemented in Fate/Grand Order. (The Chinese server would be getting the crossover soon—were you all pulling for her?) Her Class was Foreigner, and one of her passive skills was Life Beyond the Domain.

All signs indicated that the Aozaki Family's bloodline seemed to be connected to life-forms from beyond the domain as well.

Aozaki Hachisuke said, "What do you mean by that?"

Yuan Shikai said, "As the name implies, is the Aozaki Family's bloodline purely human?"

Aozaki Hachisuke said, "How did you come up with that idea?"

Yuan Shikai said, "I know another family. Their children seem to have circumstances similar to the Aozaki Sisters, and they carry the bloodline of life-forms beyond the domain."

Aozaki Hachisuke said, "You even uncovered a secret that has been buried for so many years. Impressive. If you hadn't mentioned it, I might have forgotten about it myself."

"Touko and Aoko do indeed have some blood from life-forms beyond the domain. According to the Aozaki Family's secret history, creatures from beyond the domain once ran rampant across Earth."

"They came in all sorts of bizarre forms. Back then, we called them yokai, demons, evil spirits, evil gods—there were too many names to count."

"They slaughtered humans like mad, and it was then that the Four Great Demon-Exorcising Families