"This..." An ominous suspicion stirred in Yui's mind. Could this Evil God be...
A humanoid creature that grew horns-wasn't that exactly what they were? If so, could the Evil God's true identity be...?
Ever since the Evil God Mark had vanished, her memories of Evil God Nami had gradually grown hazy. Even her memories of how Nami had marked her were fading.
A chill touched her fingertip, followed by a sharp pain. She cried out softly, snapped back to her senses, and shook her head hard. "I must be mistaken."
Watching blood seep from the scratch on her fingertip, she sighed. So my horns have already become this sharp? They're as sharp as an ordinary blade.
Whenever she thought about the pair of horns on her head, it all felt a little unreal.
"Yui? What's wrong?" Seeing Yui lost in thought, Nai Hyuga couldn't help asking.
"Nothing. I just thought of something unimportant."
Pulled from her thoughts, Yui turned her attention back to the cult leader a short distance away.
Nai Hyuga was a little puzzled, but when she saw nothing unusual about Yui, she decided not to dwell on it.
The cult leader pointed at the cultist before him and ordered, "You must protect Lord Jashin's skull. Even if you die, you must keep it safe. Do you hear me?"
"This is Lord Jashin's command..."
"Yes. I shall obey the Evil God's instructions." The cultist stopped what he was doing and bowed to the Evil God Skull. Then he resumed his work, untying the blood-red ropes around it before picking it up by its two horns and heading out the door.
Watching him disappear, the cult leader remained where he stood and sighed softly. "Lord Jashin! Please watch over these followers!"
With that, he took one last look toward