陰陽の血
The Bloods of Yin and Yang
Mikage: Nee-sama------
Nozomi: What is it, Mikage?
Mikage: Regarding Nushi-sama, will you not come to his aid?
Nozomi: I know not a whit as to how I could come to his aid!
How much time had passed since then...?
I had come to accept it, that it was no fantasy, that Nushi-sama had truly been sealed, and if there was no effort made to help him, that he would not be coming back.
Nozomi: ------Oh?
Mikage: Nee-sama, does something bother you?
Nozomi: Did I ever speak to you about Nushi-sama?
Mikage: All day, every day...
Did I really?
Certainly, I must have.
Mikage: So you see, Nee-sama------
I throw a glance in her direction, and let her know that I'm listening.
Mikage: There is a tale I have heard, that when the yin and yang of the Nie no Chi gathers, it is possible to topple the seal of En no Gyouja.
Nozomi: Yin and yang?
Mikage: Fraternal twins, a girl and boy.
Nozomi: Twins------
That reminds me of something unpleasant.
Nozomi: Plain to see that one would be made an oni, anyway...
Although it turns out that both are oni, now.
Mikage: Nee-sama.
Nozomi: Pay it no mind. So what is it? You say it to be in my power to make the lineage of the pillars - the Hatou family - to bear twins?
I don't even know if it's possible for Nushi-sama to do such a thing.
Nozomi: Can we do aught but sleep and wait for such fortune?
Mikage: No.
Mikage: However, Nee-sama, as each flower scatters from the oni tree of the seal, the soul of Nushi-sama is eroded, little by little.
Thus is the seal of En no Gyouja.
At some time in the distant future, Nushi-sama will truly be gone.
Nozomi: You say we can hinder that, at least, yes?
Mikage: As you say------
I see. If that's all that's needed, then surely...
Though regardless, to think it would be Mikage to suggest such a thing.
Nozomi: You're in love with Nushi-sama as well, aren't you?
The same Nushi-sama who gave my life a new shape.
Mikage must be the same way, in which case, the answer is all too clear.
Mikage: Yes------
I smile and nod.
Indeed, the two of us must come to the aid of our Nushi-sama.