“Inumaki-kun is kind. He doesn’t want to accidentally curse others, so he speaks in rice ball components — words that cannot carry curses. Even today, he helped me out. He tried to keep me away from danger. Even back then, he was showing consideration for my anxiety, wasn’t he?”
❝I wish I could be like you, Maki. I wish I could be so strong and unyielding. If there’s ever anything I can help with, just ask. Let’s crush the Zen'in clan! Or something.❞
“In the past, I was forced to take the lives of eight dear people. And so, to appease the souls of those eight people, I am working as a bodyguard until I’ve saved an equal number of lives.”