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Editor’s note: In a past, following immediately after the ending of the Seitei War..
???: Yura!! Are you still not done? (It smells so good..!)
Yura is written with different kanji now: this time its 由良
Yura: It’ll be done soon, hold on a moment.
???: I had zero clue, you know? Life returning to normal like this again..
Radio: A month had passed since the end of the war, and in those former occupied terratories, step by step, they were getting closer to restoration.. In hopes of future peace, the swordsmith Rokuhira Kunishige dedicates a sword to —
???: I think its good that we show gratitude to those “heroes”..
Yura: You know, I agree.
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Akemura (thinking): Are these.. his memories?
(“That day, I saw the correct answer. I approve of the Malediction”)
Akemura (thinking): So he was one of the citizens living in the occupied terratories..
Yura: From now on, I hope that they protect this country.. And us, for more to come.
???: Ah, I’m really gonna die here. (My stomach’s killing me!)
Yura: Did I not say “It’ll be done soon” just now?
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Kagurabachi Chapter 104: “Heroes”
Yura (thinking): The Shinuchi surpasses its competitors in a excelling “quality”.. This quality allows even those who haven’t formed a Lifelong Contract with the Blade, to use just the tip of its powers. As form of equivalant exchange, the body begins to eat itself from the inside to pay for that great, great price
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Yura (thinking): At that time, the Storehouse began to collapse due to Kyoura’s sorcery nerves being “eaten up” in the process of its use. To draw out the full power of the Shinuchi, the body forcibly starts to reshape itself. And as the encroachment progresses, the power it can push out grows in accordance. But the flames of “Suzaku” revert that nerve-encroachment to what it once was.
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Chihiro: AND WHAT?
(“To bring order to this chaotic world..”)
Chihiro: All of it.. YOU WERE BEHIND ALL OF THIS, WEREN’T YOU?
Chihiro: Everything IS “YOUR” FAULT.
Chihiro: HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS A STRIDE TOWARD GREATNESS?
Chihiro: LET GO.. OF THE ENCHANTED BLADE!