Vol 1 Epilogue (1/2)

Epilogue

At dawn the scope of dae done to the city was that much more apparent The raw traces of the onryou’s violence stunned the people of the city with its extent

Thereafter, the events of that night were covered extensively by the media and caused much hullaballoo, but since no cause or explanation was ever found, those events becahtotten

Yuiko recovered very quickly and coained her memories The next day her parents came to pick her up, and she returned home with them to Tokyo (Her parents had apparently contacted the police with afor her) Her naen fah her from her father

Afterwards she and Saori kept in touch, and they became pen pals

But all of that would come later

Let us go back a bit in the story—

—To the dawning of the next , after the darkness which had passed like bad dreaht

Takaya had taken Saori home, then met up with Naoe onceonryou Yuzuru had accompanied them, and by the time they were finished it was almost dawn

“I’ next to the Cefiro he had parked by the school and taking out his keys “How about I treat you to coffee?”

“I dunno about coffee, but I want breakfast Though—” Takaya leaned back against the fence, exhaustion written all over his face—“I’d rather go hoet some sleep”

They’d ended up not returning hoht at all

“Then let me take you home”

“Ah, thanks Then”

And Takaya suddenly turned to Yuzuru standing next to hi at them with a curious expression

“—”

After a moment, Takaya turned back to Naoe

“Actually Nevero home with Yuzuru It’s not far, so”

“I see That’s very laudable of you”

“Naoe-san,” Yuzuru said from one side

“Thank you soI was such a bother to you—”

“I don’t think of it as bother,” Naoe answered with a good-natured smile “This is my job And—”

“?”

“Inyou”

Yuzuru looked a him a little blankly

Naoe said once more, “Please stay by his side”

Finally understanding Naoe’s , Yuzuru smiled a sunny smile

“I will”

Takaya, to one side, interrupted, “Hey! Stop having a private conversation over there!”

“H you jealous?”

“Yeah, whatever!”

Clih you were able to use such power, it seeained your memories, Takaya-san”

Takaya returned Naoe’s gaze

“You etora, but what has happened tonight is irrefutable proof You perforuidance from me, not to mention the exorcisms”

“—”

“Even though you may not have your memoriers, we need your «power» We will probably need to call on you for help frequently from now on, so please be prepared”

“Call on me? To help you?”

“If we are to destroy the «Yaoku», the Takeda are not the only foes ill face There are also the Houjou, Ihtly—“Oda nobunaga”

Takaya reacted with startled recognition

For a few seconds they were silent Then, Naoe, seeing Takaya’s expression, continued, “And then there are the incorrigible troublemakers like Kousaka”

“Who’s that? A buddy of yours or so?”

“I guess I’ve known hirumbled “There’s a bit of history there He’s cooperated with us a few tie of inside inforure out what he’s thinking”

“What’s with that? So is he dangerous or what?”