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Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part 6

「…Looks like…you aren’t just a simple warrior. 」

「Correct. Though I’m now a Buddhist, and was given the name Matsunaga Hisahide, I was once a drifting spellcaster. So as to say, the nemesis to you Onmyoujis. 」

「Spellcasters…people who use demonic spells not of Chinease Qimen Dunjia, Shingon Esoteric Buddhism or Indian Vajrayana, but from other countries. 」

「Hehe. Looking at you, one of the Onmyoujis who have dominated this country ever since the Heian era, I can barely control myself. Just because you don’t understand the origins of our spells, you label us as heretics. As demons. Thanks to your prejudice, we’ve been discriminated as if we were evil spirits ourselves. 」

Even Takenaka Hanbei, a genius, knew nothing of the origins of these spells of hers. But from her instincts as an Onmyouji, she vaguely understood one thing: the Matsunaga Hisahide in front of her wasn’t someone she could underestimate.

「Matsunaga-sama. The