Kikyo looked at Sirin in confusion.
"Musashi Province's Torigoe... Taira no Masakado's General's Tomb!"
Legend had it that when Taira no Masakado's head was brought to Kyoto to be presented to Emperor Suzaku, the court nobles who opened the wooden box containing it were so terrified that their souls nearly fled their bodies.
Inside the box, Masakado's head wore an enraged expression, its eyes wide open. Its teeth even clacked together, terrifying the entire court into losing control of their bowels and bladders in public. Even Emperor Suzaku was frightened into bedridden illness for months, nearly passing away.
Deeply unnerved, Fujiwara no Tadahira ordered Masakado's head displayed in Kyoto's eastern market. Yet only a few days after it was put on display, rumors began spreading that the area was haunted at midnight.
The commotion lasted for half a month. Then, one day when the streets were crowded in broad daylight, Masakado's head let out a roar and rose into the sky, flying toward the Kantō region and leaving behind a crowd frozen in terror.
Masakado's head flew eastward as though seeking to reunite with its body. When it finally reached the vicinity of Torigoe in Musashi Province, it fell from the sky, seemingly... perhaps because it had run out of strength.
After Masakado's head fell, strange incidents began occurring one after another around Torigoe. It was likely the work of Masakado's vengeful spirit.
Later, in order to pacify Masakado's vengeful spirit, the imperial court of that era built Taira no Masakado's General's Tomb in Torigoe.
When she first came to this world, Sirin had visited Taira no Masakado's General's Tomb once as the Witch of the Fallen, but she had not noticed anything unusual at the time.
But this time, Takiyasha Hime's appearance and the movements of those