The god wore a golden crown binding his hair, with a golden forehead band depicting Two Dragons Competing for a Pearl stretched across his brow. His body was imposing, his features dignified; his eyes shone like cold stars, and his arched brows looked as though they had been painted with black lacquer.
"Is everyone here?"
Ōkuninushi stood before the throne, looking over the gods below. His voice was lofty and spirited, carrying aspirations that soared into the clouds, like a lion descending from the heavens to shake the sky.
"In reply to Ōkuninushi, most of the gods have taken their places, but..."
"Hmm? Which deity is absent again?"
Ōkuninushi looked toward the deity speaking, a trace of curiosity flashing through his eyes.
"Quite a few deities are absent this time..."
"Is that so..."
Ōkuninushi swept his gaze over the gods below with an ambiguous smile, as though he had thought of something.
"Forget it. No need to wait for them. Let us begin..."
"Yes!"
The gods began their meeting, broadly discussing major events from the past year, matters requiring attention, and... the matter of demons.
Yet during this extremely solemn meeting, one deity had simply sprawled across the table and fallen asleep. It was... Inaho-hime.
Seeing Inaho-hime sleeping through the meeting, the surrounding gods seemed long accustomed to it and simply chose to ignore her.
Then... a little rabbit cautiously walked over to Inaho-hime, tugged at her clothes, and woke the drowsy Inaho-hime.
"Is the assembly over?"
Inaho-hime rubbed her eyes with both hands, then looked around in confusion.
"It isn't over yet? What a pain..."
Seeing the gods ahead still discussing matters, Inaho-hime helplessly slumped back onto the table. She hated such boring meetings more than anything.
Staring blankly into space, Inaho-hime suddenly thought of Yae Sakura, and