"By the way, Yuna, yesterday someone named Tokui came to the shrine and asked us to deal with something strange at his house. I was planning to go myself, but I don't have time now, so I'll leave it to you!"
Seele suddenly remembered Tokui, whom she had met yesterday. She had actually been waiting for him to come looking for her at the shrine, but... he had not shown up for over a month. Yet he came the day before she was due to leave, which left Seele feeling a little helpless.
"A commission? Yuna understands..."
Asou Yuna took Seele's words to heart. By now, she had already begun accepting commissions from the shrine's followers, and she would take them on whenever she had the time.
It let her train herself while earning money as well. Only when she was at school would Hiyamaru and Kanou handle them, so completing commissions alone was no problem at all.
"Mm. This time, you'll be facing a very special Tsukumogami. It probably isn't very strong, so don't kill it outright after you get there. It would be best to restrain it... and bring that figurine back."
Thinking of the situation described by the fat man named Tokui yesterday, Seele continued giving Asou Yuna instructions.
Normally, Tsukumogami were objects left unattended for a hundred years that absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, accumulated resentment, or sensed Buddhist nature and spiritual power, eventually gaining souls and turning into yokai.
Tsukumogami took a very long time to come into being. Figurines... had only been popular for a few years. How could they possibly become Tsukumogami?
But... the figurines in Tokui's house had become something similar to Tsukumogami.
Seele was very interested in those figurines that had "come alive"... much like the cup she had