T-That's...

Is it because I'm a youkai...?

You see...

Our ancestors cut down youkai in order to build this village.

That forest you live in... in the past, it was full of youkai, but as you know, now there aren't any living there.

It's probably not something one should say with pride to a youkai like yourself... but to us, it's a blessing, born of the blood spilled by our ancestors.

We inherited a saying from those ancestors:

The meaning is, if you find one, you have to get rid of it or else more will appear.

I don't know how true it is, they also say that youkai don't usually group together. To be honest, even the elders don't believe this story anymore...

But, it has been three months since you came here.