"Sachiko! Sachiko!!"
After reading the letter, the old man was completely panicked!
The unease and guilt in his heart surged forth without end. Without another thought, he clutched the letter and staggered out of the house, chasing off in one direction.
He was already old, and though he had not shed tears in decades, at this moment... tears flooded his dim eyes.
Why had Sachiko left without him noticing in the slightest...
Watching the old man run out, the God of Marriage returned to human form. She glanced around but did not see Fu Hua or Kaguya. She had no idea where they had gone.
But she had no time to worry about that. Looking at the old man's retreating figure, she immediately chased after him.
She had once treated every bond of fate with sincerity. She had also complained, been humiliated, and given up on herself after losing her Faith Power.
During that time, the God of Marriage had forcibly tied together people who were fated for one another, yet it often had the opposite effect.
What could be lost was not merely fate, but even one's original heart.
But this time, seeing what the two elders had gone through, the God of Marriage swore to help them forge their bond. Even with heads full of white hair and unsteady steps, they still had the right to grasp their fate.
Only... the way she ran was not goddess-like at all. Instead, she looked rather like she acknowledged no relatives.
"Sachiko!!"
The God of Marriage followed the old man all the way into the bamboo grove. But once there, faced with the pitch-black surroundings, he looked somewhat lost and filled with self-reproach.
He kept calling Sachiko's name, but it was useless...
Moreover, his body was no longer what it