"You're... Bishamon. You're actually still alive."
Yato looked at the man who had appeared, his expression becoming even more guarded. No one understood this man's danger better than he did, because... back in the Sengoku period, he and Bishamon had both been Vessels of Calamity, slaughtering countless living beings.
"Yato, who would have thought a hundred years would pass in the blink of an eye... But now, we can fight together again, just like before!" Bishamon said excitedly as he looked at Yato.
"I won't do the things I did before ever again!"
Yato's expression changed slightly at those words, but he answered with absolute certainty.
"Yato..."
Hearing Yato and Bishamon's conversation, Iki Hiyori and Yukine beside her looked at the two with slight confusion, unsure what kind of history they shared.
"Hiyori... come here."
Seele glanced at Bishamon and Nora, who had appeared beside him, then called Hiyori over.
"Seele, they are..."
Hiyori returned to Seele's side. Remembering what that Noragami girl had said earlier, it was obvious that she knew both Yato and Seele.
"It's fine. They're both acquaintances of Yato's!"
Seeing Hiyori's curiosity, Seele gave Nora and Bishamon a thoughtful look. She had roughly guessed what was going on. Whether it was Bishamon appearing today or the god who had suddenly appeared before, both might be connected to one person.
That was... Nora and Yato's "father," Fujisaki Hiroto. Of course, this so-called father was not their biological father, merely their adoptive father.
Fujisaki Hiroto was a sorcerer who controlled ayakashi and was regarded by "Heaven" as a forbidden existence. In ancient times, he had entered Yomi and taken a Yomi no Kotoba from Izanami. Though human, he possessed traits of a god and could name Divine Weapons or ayakashi. Using the gods' ability to possess others,