Komorebi slowly approached Junichi and asked, "What happened? Who was she? And why was she looking like me?" A perplexed Junichi, who was still trying to process everything that had just happened, replied, "I don't know. She approached me disguised as you and started getting intimate with me. I thought it was you, but then the rest you saw!"
Hearing this, Komorebi's face changed to a peachy-red color. "Okay, I understand that she was disguised as me. I also understand that we had some compromising, unfortunate situations between us, but why do you think I would want to get intimate with you?" Junichi was taken aback a little with this comment, as he clearly had gotten the wrong idea.
As he cleared his throat, "Anyways, so what is this Voltaire bloodline mambo-jumbo and this Black Purgatory realm?"
Komorebi, now coming back to a normal voice tone, "Well, to be honest, I don't know much about that stuff, but as far as I remember, the Voltaire bloodline is one of the ancient bloodlines that existed in this world.According to the scriptures, when God was creating this land, He sent an equal number of male and female beings so that they might mate and build up generations. However, one man decided he was above the rest and started calling himself royalty."
As Komorebi further added, "Every night, men started disappearing into the woods as they went out to fetch water. Slowly but surely, there was only one man left who understood what was going on. One night, as the so-called 'royalty' was sleeping in his tent, the man snuck in and stabbed him.While everyone thought the murderer was dead, the next day he came back to life and started burning down the whole village. God himself had to come down, and he ordered the man to be banished into the Black Purgatory. However, any women who were willing to accompany him were free to join him."
"That is the only information about the Black Purgatory I know about. However, our mother might know more about the matter." As Komorebi finished her explanation, Junichi automatically spoke up, "Mother?"
"Yes, Mother Raito, she is 1000 years old and the mother of all the young witches like us. We were all trained by her before being assigned a territory to protect. She also has immense knowledge regarding ancient magic and history. She will definitely know about this!" exclaimed Komorebi, almost sounding too excited.
With a long sigh, Junichi opens his mouth, "Well… I guess there is only one thing to do then. Let's go see mother." "Well, there might be a little problem with that. You see, Mother lives in the Realm of Just. While we witches are permitted to enter and leave as we may please, regular humans have to go through the 3 righteous trials on the Sacred Ground to be allowed entrance", said Komorebi, interrupting Junichi.
"And where is the sacred ground exactly?" questioned Junichi, with an expression of frustration slowly lingering on his face. "It's in a cavern at the Realm of Sound. While it's only a day's journey from here, it is governed by the Witch of the Red Forest, and let's just say we are not on good terms," answered Komorebi in a soft tone.
"Just show me the way or come with me, whatever, woman. I'm going to the grounds tomorrow! I don't have time to waste around and need to know what the fuck did got dragged into!", as Junichi told Komorebi, he started packing whatever stuff he could find remaining on the ground. "I'll… I… Will take you there…" mumbled Komorebi with a shy look.