However, Yae Sakura had seen Kikyo smile before. It was beautiful!
"On behalf of Daimyo Uesugi, I have come to ask the two of you to undertake a commission..."
Musashi Province could really only be considered a small country, merely one of Japan's sixty-six warring states. But in this world of Inuyasha, Japan had been expanded countless times over, turning Musashi Province from a territory the size of one county into one roughly the size of several counties.
Musashi Province was ruled by the Uesugi clan, which had long fought the Ashikaga Clan for supremacy over the Kanto Region, leaving the region in constant turmoil.
Yet in recent years, the Hojo Clan, which harbored ambitions of unifying the land, had suddenly taken advantage of the chaos to attack Musashi Province. Incredibly, the Uesugi clan had managed to defeat the far more powerful Hojo Clan, though only by a narrow and costly victory.
The Hojo Clan withdrew and began to recuperate.
However, an accident occurred while Musashi Province's soldiers were clearing the battlefield. The entire battlefield became a place of terrible evil, and the corpses of the fallen soldiers drew countless demons and monsters to it.
Ordinary soldiers and samurai were no match for those yokai. Even though Daimyo Uesugi had sent many mages, miko, and even Onmyoji, it had all been in vain.
Instead, they had suffered grievous losses.
"So the daimyo wishes to ask us to clear out the yokai gathered on the battlefield?"
"Yes! Daimyo Uesugi hopes the two of you can drive away the yokai on the battlefield. The daimyo has already prepared generous compensation for you, so... please, I beg you both!" At that, the official suddenly bowed deeply to Kikyo and Yae Sakura.
"Ah! Please get up, sir! I accept! As a member