Sae-x-Itsuki

Chapter 13: Homecoming (Part 1) A small crowd of people, most of them priests, had gathered at the small garden in front of the Kurosawa house to witness the Ceremony Master's triumphant return. He hadn't actually made it back to his manor yet, but the veiled priests that had been on guard duty at the village's entrance had ran ahead of him to spread the news. They were also spreading warnings that the Ceremony Master had changed in some way. Whatever had happened, they didn't like it. Yae, however, ate the news up when she and Sae arrived at the garden. Perhaps a year abroad really had given Ryokan a dose of respect for his own life, and t