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She nodded to Teiei, who had just arrived.
"Let Suzaku fly to every kingdom and quickly find the direction of the shoku!"
"Yes."
"It must be done before the moon rises. Quickly, assemble the nyosen and prepare to open the gate."
"Yes, IтАЩll go immediately."
The nyosen scattered, and Gyokuyou looked up.
No matter how she looked, there remained no traces of the golden fruit on the white branch.

The shoku had begun on the west side of the Yellow Sea and had swept its way east.
On the Five Mountains, which are protected with divine might, and the even more closely guarded Houro Palace, all
the flowers were fluttering about from the crush of the shoku. The shoku brings destruction to any kingdom it arrives
at, but the nyosen of Mt. Hou were not concerned with this result. To them, the most important thing was the kirin.
The question was, where had the shoku taken the fruit?
Shoku are able to travel between this world and another. The worlds outside of this one are called "Hourai" and
"Konron." It is said that Hourai lies on the edge of the world and Konron is situated on the other side where the sun
never shines.
Regardless of whether this is true or false, the people of this world are unable to enter or pry into the other. Only
shoku and the Gogou Gate, opened by the use of moon incantations, are able to connect the two worlds.
This world is surrounded on all sides by the Empty Sea. If the shoku continued east, the Taika would also follow it
over the Empty Sea, until it reached the edge of the world--Hourai.
Though ordinary people are not able to travel to Hourai, nyosen are not ordinary people. On GyokuyouтАЩs
instruction, several nyosen passed through the Empty Sea searching for the Taika. However, the TaikaтАЩs whereabouts
were still not clear.
--This is how the kirin disappeared.
From that day forward, many people saw the shadow of Sanshi, east of Mt. Hou in the Yellow Sea, constantly
searching back and forth.




CHAPTER TWO

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 Youka spotted Sanshi just as she came out of the spirea tunnel.
At the end of the tunnel, there was a small, circular open area covered with soft green grass, and spireas had grown
all over the surface of the crags around the vicinity. One bush was situated right on top of the tunnel with its long and
thin white branches hanging down, as if it were a curtain of beads covering the entrance to the tunnel.
When Youka pulled aside the flower curtain, she saw Sanshi leap down from the top of the rocks.
Youka put down the bucket of water from Kaidou Spring that she had just filled.
Nyokai were able to traverse freely upon the crags, unlike people or horses. Thus, it was not unusual to see Sanshi
jump down from above, but it had already been a long time since Sanshi had made an appearance.
"Sanshi, you're back."
The nyokai had passed through this maze and went to the east to look for the Taika. Whenever she traveled to a
distant place, she would not ordinarily come back within the space of a month.
The nyosen at Houro Palace all knew the reason for her trips. She always searched until she was completely
exhausted and came back with a weary look on her face.
"I just came back from getting some water. You should rest here for a little bit."
When Sanshi heard Youka say this, she obediently bent her four leopard legs and crouched under the spirea flowers
with her snow-white body.
"But you were gone so long this time. Did you go to the edge of the Yellow Sea to search?"