Kodoku

A family named Kuina family of excellent sorcerers who have been working behind the scenes in history has lived in the village called Toran since ancient times.
Many knew their names, but only a few knew them in detail.
They were using sorcery to kill a particular person or to give wealth to clients.
It was also said that betraying them would cause tremendous disaster.
The head of Kuina family Enju’s granddaughter named Shisui often practiced sorcery in the forest near their village.
One day she was practicing sorcery in the forest when she saw a carriage attacked by the wolves.
The men guarding the carriage were on the verge of death after being attacked by wolves.
Shisui sowed seeds.
The seeds she sown grew in the twinkling of an eye.
Shisui said “Get rid of those wolves”
The wolves were entangled in the ivy and roots of plants.
When she approached the carriage, a boy and his supposed servant came out of the carriage.
The man who seems to be a servant of the boy said “His Highness, you must not go outside until I have confirmed your safety”
Shisui asked “What are you?”
The man who seems to be a servant of the boy said “The person here is His Highness Prince Tsunayori, who is the heir to the general”
“I am his servant, Sotatsu”
Tsunayori asked “Did you help us?”
Sotatsu said “I do not think this person can subdue the wolves”
Tsunayori said “Do not judge anything by its appearance”
Sotatsu said “A thousand apologies”
Shisui said “Yes. I repulsed them”
Tsunayori said “Thank you so much”
Sotatsu asked “How did you repel them?”
Shisui said “Sometimes it is better not to know”
Sotatsu asked “What does that mean?”
Tsunayori asked “Sotatsu, is not that rude to your benefactor?”
Sotatsu said “I am sorry” to Shisui.
Shisui said “I do not care”
Sotatsu said “Let’s get out of here quickly”
Tsunayori asked “Can we meet again?”
Shisui said “I do not know”
Sotatsu said “His Highness, please get in the carriage”
When Tsunayori got in the carriage, Sotatsu got out of the forest holding the reins and running the horses harnessed to a carriage.
They went straight home, but Tsunayori went to the forest again without Sotatsu’s seeing.
When he wandered around the forest, Shisui appeared from the bush.
Shisui asked “Did you not go home?”
Tsunayori said “I came back because I wanted to see you”
They have held secret meetings in the forest since then.
One day when they were having a secret meeting in the woods as usual, Tsunayori was captured by someone for detection sent by Enju, who was suspicious of Shisui’s behavior.
Shisui saw Tsunayori being taken away, and she thought Enju was involved.
She tried to stop Tsunayori from being taken away, but it didn’t come true.
Shisui asked “Why did you get him capture?” to Enju.
Enju asked “You don’t say you don’t know the rules of the family, do you?”
“The rules forbid people from dating with anything other than clan members”
Shisui asked “What are you going to do with him?”
Enju said “Lock him up in a cave with about 100 species of creatures and do Kodoku”
Kodoku is said that the last living thing that survives by cannibalizing on about 100 species of creatures has supernatural powers and use the surviving creature to curse others.
Shisui said “Release him”
Enju said “If he survives safely, I do not care about him at all”
Shisui asked “Where do you do Kodoku?”
Enju said “I cannot tell you because you will go to his rescue if you know that”
Shisui said “Ok”
Around that time Tsunayori was thrown into a cave and trapped.
Tsunayori asked “What did I do to deserve this?”
Those who captured him said nothing.
Not accustomed to the darkness, he closed his eyes and touched the wall of the cave to find another exit, then he heard sounds like the creatures fighting.
He crouched down and held his breath at once, but warm liquid splashed on his face.
He instantly felt that the liquid on his face was the blood of a creature, but he did not budge because he thought it would be dangerous to move carelessly.
When he opened his eyes, liquid dripped down his head and he looked up.
A monster was staring at him.
He took the horns from the dead body of a nearby creature and used it as a weapon to fight against the monster.
The monster breathed flames, so he hard struggled, and he safely overcame the monster
He could not stand the hunger, so he ate the monster’s meat by cutting the monster’s body with the horns he used as a weapon.
He felt his strength coming in.
His body burst into flames, but he himself neither felt nor burned at all.
He gradually learned to manipulate the flames.
He happened to find the air flow and kept firing flames toward it
Then the wall of the cave collapsed.
When he got out of the cave, Shisui and her fellow countrymen heard the sound, gathered.
Shisui asked “Are you Tsunayori?”
Tsunayori said “Yes, I am”
Shisui said “I am glad you are safe”
Tsunayori said “I feel like I am no longer a human being”
Shisui said “I’m sorry. My grandfather did Kodoku with you and about 100 species of creatures”
Tsunayori said “It’s not that you are to blame” and hugged her.
Enju appeared and said “Capture that fellow!”
Shisui asked “Are you going to break your promise?”
Shisui put the feathers on her shoulders.
Then the wings sprang up on her back.
She flapped her wings hugging Tsunayori.
Enju said “Do not miss him”
“Shoot down”
The servant of Enju said “Shisui will be hit”
Enju said “I do not care about that, so shoot it down quickly”
The released arrows proliferated and flew towards them, but Tsunayori set fire to burn everything.
They flew away and started a new life in a place where nobody knew them.