Kei: But——
Even if it is the simplest way to prevent a relapse…
Kei: I couldn’t help but feel sorry for them if we broke it.
Senba: But, Hatou-san, these oni have already committed murder.
Kei: Uuu……
When she puts it that way, there’s nothing I can say to respond. It was by Nozomi-chan’s hand, too, that Obana-chan died in that way.
But, even so——
Kei: In that case, like Tsudzura-chan’s ancestors have done before, do you think a seal couldn’t do the trick?
Tsudzura: You are soft! You are too soft, Kei-oneesan!
Kei: Y-you think so?
Tsudzura: You are in fact so soft, that if you saw an invader in your house, you would not only forgive them, but allow them to live with you!
Kei: But, that house wasn’t being used anyway, and I judge a person’s character properly, first.
Not to mention, the reason I’m alive right now is because I accepted that invader into my home.
And just at the time where she might come back with, “but pity should not be spared for the likes of humankind!”—
Tsudzura: I should have expected as much~
—Tsudzura-chan shrugs her shoulders and sighs.
Tsudzura: Well, such carelessness could indeed be one of your good qualities, Kei-oneesan, however…
Tsudzura: I cannot help but worry that you might attract a pest or two. After all, you will be the one person holding the entirety of your family assets, you know…
Kei: Uuu…… But, in that sense, Tsudzura-chan, isn’t the place you’re in even worse?
Tsudzura: Except, I have a proper sense of suspicion, so…
…”that’s why I was able to survive to the last in the Kodoku jar,” except, without voicing such a turnabout, Tsudzura-chan merely stares at the ancient mirror.
Letting her hatred for the oni who took Obana-chan’s life surface upon her fearsome eyes, she drops her gaze——
Tsudzura: I suppose… if we maintain it under the supervision of the Onikiribe, these incidents will not be recurring, after all…
When she lifts them again, her eyes are filled with the same brightness as always.
Tsudzura: So, shall we put it under a seal, then~?
Ahh——
Could it be that I’ve made another mistake? Have I forced Tsudzura-chan to kill her feelings again?
But——
But, I want to believe that I’m not wrong.
If I callously chose to let them be cut down, Tsudzura-chan might have returned to the way she was before she ran away from home.
And I think the Tsudzura-chan I know, with her natural brightness, would probably have been cut down along with them.
If she does become the Onikiri no Kashira, Tsudzura-chan will probably come upon situations with neither the room nor the time for pity, but——
Tsudzura: Is something the matter, Kei-oneesan?
Kei: No, it’s nothing.
—I want to believe that I’m not wrong.
For Tsudzura-chan’s sake, and the sake of the twin oni inside that mirror, as well——
Thus the mirror was sealed, and to prevent it from being mistakenly undone again, taken into the custody of the Onikiribe.
(TN: If you passed through the scene titled “A Multitude of Fireflies” in Yumei’s route, then you just unlocked the route to a new character! Make sure not to turn off your PS2 without saving the system data. There are two ways to do this. You can continue the story until you see an ending, after which the game will ask if you wish to save your system data. Make sure you choose “はい” or “yes” and not “いいえ.” You can also go into the menu (triangle) and select “title screen,” which reads “タイトル.” It’s the bottom selection. Just so you know, saving your system data is different from saving your place in the story using the “save” option (at the top).)