"I understand."
"Very good. Probably next month, I'll make time to take you back to the Present World for a bit. You can go meet that girl at Kitayama High School."
"No need to rush, really. I can wait until my mother's condition improves a bit more." Bando shook his head.
"Mm, that works too. Anyway, if you need anything, just come to the Divine Cabinet and pray at the shrine. I'll come over."
After a few more simple instructions, Kamiyagawa left with Minamoto no Yoritomo.
Upon the desolate riverbed, only Bando remained standing.
The humanoid vessel, lacking much vitality, gently curled its fingers, gripping the two Soul-calming Candles a bit tighter, feeling the slippery touch on their surface.
"A new job, huh?"
Bando mused to himself, and suddenly a ridiculous thought popped into his mind—
Say, if he sent his water child siblings to go work, would that mean Lord Kamiya was hiring child labor?
But maybe that wasn't such a bad thing.
