Feast of the Mortal World, a Gathering of Distinguished Guests!

After hearing Kurenai's words, Yu thought, Oh? Someone under Kotoamatsukami should have no self-awareness whatsoever, yet Kurenai can recognize that she's under a genjutsu. That really is no simple matter...

But that alone was still within Yu's expectations. After all, Kotoamatsukami only affected the individual; it could not completely alter the attitudes of everyone around them. It was not strange for someone as perceptive as Kurenai to notice something was amiss.

She was still a hundred thousand miles away from breaking Kotoamatsukami! Yu was not worried in the slightest!

Yu reached out and caught a red maple leaf carried over by the wind. In a low voice, he said, "Kurenai, wouldn't it be better to keep living as you are now? Why seek out trouble for yourself..."

Kurenai said complicatedly, "I want that too, but I always have this feeling that the me right now is not the real me! I want to find the real me, the me who was forgotten. This is very important to me—important enough to concern my life!"

Yu raised his eyes. "Why tell me these things? Shouldn't there be someone more suitable by your side to talk to about this?"

Kurenai shook her head. "No... There's no one by my side I can say these things to."

It seemed that even under Kotoamatsukami's influence, Kurenai's solitary nature had not changed.

A dreamy look filled Kurenai's beautiful eyes. "Besides, for some reason, my subconscious tells me that you're someone I can trust! When I'm with you, I feel at ease. Even... even letting you know and see everything about me doesn't make me feel embarrassed at all..."

Yu recalled that time when he and Kurenai had gone out together... Kurenai had desperately needed to relieve herself, yet had astonishingly done so right in front of