Jingle, jingle.
The wind chimes on her headdress rang sweetly with her light footsteps.
Jūshiki followed Ryūshiki toward his residence at Watatsumi Shrine on the banks of the Heavenly Peace River.
She stood 1.7 meters tall. With his height-boosting boots and the long pair of horns attached to his hood, Ryūshiki was exactly her height.
You might ask, wasn't Jūshiki an Ōtsutsuki too? Didn't she have horns?
Of course she did, but Jūshiki's horns were unusual. They twisted through more than one full spiral, with distinct, narrow ridges along their outer surfaces. After emerging from the crown of her head, both horns extended slightly outward, backward, and upward, then curved back down and forward, their tips finally curling slightly outward and upward again to form a pronounced spiral!
If that description was too abstract, picture a bighorn sheep!
Ryūshiki's time was running out. Whether he could find a suitable vessel for reincarnation would determine whether there would still be a Ryūshiki in the future. Jūshiki was so worried about it that she couldn't even eat her grass in peace!
Ryūshiki lingered over the scenery along the way and said casually, "I went down and looked around. There wasn't anyone suitable."
At that, Jūshiki kicked a pebble by her foot into the river. Plop! Ripples immediately spread across the calm surface.
Lowering her little face, she said dejectedly, "If only Kāma could be used on members of our own clan. Then we could make Gōshiki Ryūshiki's vessel..."
If Gōshiki, the Horse, had heard his little sister's outrageous suggestion, he probably would have unleashed his innate ability, Ten Thousand Galloping Horses!
Ryūshiki smiled without answering.
Suddenly, Jūshiki took a few quick little steps and hopped in front of Ryūshiki, the delicate pair at her chest bouncing with the rise and fall of