Vol. 3 - Chapter 59

Half an Hour Earlier

Yumi

After Ash and Kaori departed the Grey Chamber, it soon came time for Yumi to do the same. The masked woman stood just ahead of the gates, with Eliza by her side. The Lord of Onyx was watching ahead, looking out to the streets impatiently, almost like she genuinely believed that any moment now, she'd see demons. 

"Where do you want me to go?" Yumi asked. 

"... You're a shrine maiden, are you not?" Eliza suddenly asked her. 

"Hm? Yes." Yumi replied. 

"And yet, you speak to the lord of this city as though she were just another soldier," Eliza said with a raised brow. "You've done so since you arrived here." 

"I apologize," Yumi bowed slightly. "I... I simply have no knowledge of how I am supposed to speak to someone like you."