In the world of Type-Moon, it all begins with becoming Morgan's husband!

"Shuten-dōji..."

Ibaraki-dōji pointed at Ian as he walked away, and asked with a worried expression:

Is he going to see that woman?

"..."

Shuten-dōji watched Ian's retreating figure, a hint of confusion creeping into his purple eyes.

"We don't know either."

"after all--"

"We're not human."

[You should temporarily leave Shuten-dōji and Ibaraki-dōji's side.]

You walked past the giant red oni corpse.

You have climbed the cliff that Ibaraki-dōji pointed out.

You saw a familiar figure.

[The Great Yin-Yang Master's Talent++ has been activated: You confirm that the scene before you is not caused by ghosts or external forces, but by real, existing figures.]

You walk towards her.

"Lai Guang?"

Ian looked at the familiar figure gazing out at the sea and asked:

"is it you?"

Upon hearing the sound, the figure paused for a moment, then slowly turned around.

The moment their eyes met, Ian felt every inch of his skin tremble.

The person before me had a face almost identical to Minamoto no Yorimitsu's, the only difference being that her eyes had almost lost all color.

Everything is just as Ibaraki-dōji said.

She exudes a strong aura of ghosts and monsters.

This was certainly not a feeling emanating from her—it was because the blade in her hand was tainted with too much "spirit" from the deaths of ghosts, which then affected her.

However, the "she" in front of him seemed completely unconcerned about such things.

"why you?"

She picked up the sword in her hand and pointed it at Ian in front of her.

"My letter wasn't sent to you, was it?"

"..."

With just that one sentence, Ian quickly confirmed the identity of the person in front of him.

After all, apart from himself and Shuten-dōji, only one other person knew about the letter.

"Ugly Gozen, is that you?"

"Yes, it's me," the other person replied directly.

Ian had to admit it.

Although she looked almost exactly like Minamoto no Yorimitsu, the Ugly Gozen before her exuded an extremely cold and indifferent attitude.

Her sword blade gleamed white in the lightning.

A normal person seeing such a scene would probably only feel fear and worry about being beheaded by her.

But Ian wasn't worried about any of that.

He just wanted to figure everything out.

"Why...do you look exactly like Lai Guang?"

"Because I am her, and she is me."

Ugly Emperor answered Ian's question expressionlessly.

"Since we are the same, we will naturally have the same appearance."

You realize this might be related to the battle at Mount Ooe.

Perhaps it was Minamoto no Yorimitsu's choice back then that led to the birth of the current Ushi-Gozen.

But how exactly was all this accomplished?

You don't know.

"So, you're Raikou?"

The ugly royal in front of him shook his head.

"nor."

"She can become me, but I will not become her again."

"what do you mean?"

Ian looked at the ugly Gozen in front of him, and his expression began to turn serious.

"This has nothing to do with you."

Ugly Gozen returned Ian's gaze with a look that revealed not a trace of emotion.

"I want to see Minamoto no Yorimitsu, not you."

"Make her come to see me."

"..."

Ian was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"No, I can't do it."

"Why?" Ushi-Gozen looked at the man before her. "Didn't I clearly tell her in the letter that I was going to come to Onigashima?"

"But I didn't tell her."

Ian stated his reason directly.

"So she didn't come here with me."

"..."

Ushi-Gozen looked at the man before her, and her expression finally showed some change.

That was just a sign of unhappiness.

"Abe, do you know what you're doing?"

“I know.” Ian was not afraid because of Ugly Gozen’s angry tone.

"I chose to come here without telling Lai Guang so that she wouldn't have to come here."

"Ugly Gozen, tell me everything."

"Why do you know so much about Heian-kyo? And why did you summon Raimitsu here?"

Tell me everything.

[Ugly Gozen is watching you.]

Although she looks almost identical to Minamoto no Yorimitsu, you can clearly sense the differences between them.

Perhaps, as Ushio Gozen herself said, it was just as she did.

[Is there some kind of inseparable, yet distinct, connection between her and Minamoto no Yorimitsu?]

"..."

Ugly Gozen remained silent for a long time.

She seemed to be considering whether or not to tell Ian something.

Finally, she spoke:

"Although my understanding tells me I shouldn't tell you these things."

"But since you've chosen to come here, I think you deserve to listen to all of this."

"you--"

Ugly Gozen looked at Ian in front of her.

"You should still remember why Minamoto no Yorimitsu initially went to find you, right?"

"Learn the art of slaying demons and revive the Minamoto clan."

Without the slightest hesitation, Ian answered Ugly Gozen's question directly.

He still remembers the way Minamoto no Yorimitsu threatened him with a sword back then.

to be frank.

She was the only one who dared to do that.

Although the result was not very useful, it was at least very expressive.

So even today, Ian still remembers Minamoto no Yorimitsu's purpose—and in fact, she has been working towards it.

Now, she is the pillar of the entire Genji clan.

Ian was naturally overjoyed.

"Yes, you are just like she remembers, you remember everything."

Ugly Queen suddenly changed the subject.

But if I say—

"Does this ZTE come at a price?"

[You are silent. 】

Actually, you've already noticed some clues.