"Oh, it's you — the sister of two brothers."
Sayuri greeted the girl with a smile.
"Lady Sayuri… you look as wonderful as ever."
"You won't believe it, but you're the first person to say that today. Maybe everyone else has grown to hate me. Ha-ha."
"I think your beauty goes beyond words."
"Since you're here, could you spare me a moment? I need these books moved from one shelf to another."
"O-okay."
Before long, they were tidying up Sayuri's chambers together.
"What do you think of the Dojo? The Onmyoji come here to train, and the soldiers learn combat from them."
"It's so huge… And, by the way, what's that tower behind the dojo?"
"Ah, you must mean the citadel. That's the barracks for the guards. At the very top are the chambers of the Mado."
"Chambers of the Mado?"
"No one told you, dear Aimer? The Mado is a sphere of pure void energy. Shugen split away from it long ago — since then, the Mado has been missing one of its fragments."
"I see… that reminds me—"
