406 “Soul World"

Seiji was the only one who needed to hang up his fortune. Chiaki, Kaede, and Reo all drew "Good Fortune," while Mika and Nozomi both drew "Great Fortune."

It would seem that the Uehara Family would be quite lucky this year.

Next up was obtaining protective talismans and writing "emas". Emas were small wooden signs to inscribe one's wishes for the New Year's on, placed as an offering to pray for the gods' protection.

After doing all these things, that was the end of their greeting the New Year.

After finishing his lunch, Seiji went to his study and began drawing.

He wanted to finish all the insert art as soon as possible so that "Brother Monogatari" could have an early publication date.

'Oh hey, will the matter of demons harming people in town affect the sales of my book?' Seiji was somewhat concerned about this.