"Is it that vicious woman? So that's how it is. Why did she dare come back?" Kaede knew Tsubaki. When she was young, Kikyo would often take Kaede along to exorcise demons.
When Tsubaki cursed Kikyo, Kaede had actually been present as well. However... Tsubaki's curse had been very covert, so Kaede had not understood what was happening.
Later, when Tsubaki went to Kikyo to demand the Sacred Jewel and was taught a lesson by Kikyo, Kaede knew about that too.
"Kaede, do you know that Tsubaki too? Who is she? Why did she attack us?" Yae Rin asked Kaede curiously.
"Tsubaki is also a Miko. I met her during a demon-exorcising mission, but she has already gone down the wrong path!"
Before Kaede could answer, Kikyo took the initiative to explain.
"A Miko? Why would a Miko do something like this?"
"There is something wrong with her character!"
Kikyo then roughly explained what had happened between Tsubaki and herself.
"If I'm not mistaken, the thing that ambushed Xia Ji was a snake—a Curse Snake. It is the medium Tsubaki uses to cast curses. Last time, she used a Curse Snake to curse me, but I broke it beforehand. I never expected her to raise another one now. And I don't know what fortunate encounter she has had recently, but the power of her curses has increased tremendously. Even I can no longer see through this Curse Snake.
"If it had targeted me, I might not have been able to stop it completely either."
Kikyo slung her longbow back over her shoulder, then walked over to Xia Ji and crouched down to examine the leg that had been attacked.
Although there were no visible marks on the surface, two pitch-black fang marks left by the attack could clearly be felt