June 20, 2021

White Dragon Ring

White Dragon Ring (In Chinese it's called Hakushin Ring, which Hakushin is the tribe that Kosaigu was a part of)

"[Meeting and parting are too quick, the night and the day are like a dream]"

"I truly believe I lived this ordinary life to the fullest potential"

"I once used the body of the Hakushin Kitsune"

"And raced across the plains of Narukami island with my quick-witted followers"

"Hopefully, when everything has ended, they can happily run once again..."

(Torachiyo)

"I once performed the Kagura dance with that fair-faced Oni girl."

"I also cheered for her sword dance."

"I hope that her courage, beauty, and figure will be passed down thousands of years by now."

"Now that I think about her beauty, I can't help but want to use a mask to cover what I look like now..."

(If only Kosaigu knew about what happened to Torachiyo in the end...)

(Ootengu)

"I once raced with the leader of the Yogo-Tengu clan."

"And raced through the training mountain's paths to compare our power and speed."

"In the end, it was somehow me, the Hakushin Kitsune, who won the race."

"Now that I think about it, she probably held back. It's annoying just to think about it..."

(Bakedanuki leader)

"I once tricked the bakedanuki who was obsessed with dueling with me, and made him willingly surrender to Shogun-sama."

"I also shamelessly tricked Shogun-sama to take the insubordinate Bakedankui king under her power."

(Bakedanuki who intruded upon the palace gardens, the one described in Baal's Magatama stories)

"That night the royal garden's moonlight pierced the tree branches and flower petals and fell upon the courtyard, beautiful like a million pearls."

"Even now, that light sparkles in my heart."

"Hopefully she will remember my bold advice after I leave."

"[ don't be tricked, don't be shaken, continue on the path that you believe]"

"I also wanted that advice could shield her against the lies and the malice.

"Hopefully that playful but kind Tanuki won't hate me for what I hid from her in the end..." (Huge tanuki death flag)

(Back to Kosaigu facing the Abyss at the boundary of the seal)

"Now then, at this darkest place, I will hold onto those memories and let them be the piercing moonlight that lights up my weak heart."

"In this life, I've also turned into a human to journey with those short-lived but beautiful creatures."

"Using different identities, I became the greatest friend of so many people."

"No matter if it's the miko who came to Narukami for her studies" (Asase)

"Or the child who was separated from his parents because of the divine palanquin's escorts" (refer to retracing bolide "Summer night's Waterballoon")

"Or the escort boy who eventually went to Liyue to learn the ways of the Adepti"

"No matter the Kanjou who gave everything for the flourishing of his city" (Kanjou Hirotake from the artifact series?)

"Or the blacksmith who was intent on forging the best weapons"

"Or the clan that used their skills to let those man-made bolides bloom in the night sky" (100% Yoimiya's firework factory in the past)

"Everyone was someone who I never thought I could, but eventually became the greatest friend of"

The seal that protects them... hopefully it won't be corrupted by the darkness.

(For some reason, Kosaigu uses the polite and formal "you" against the will of the abyss]

[So now, the dark will that tears at my body]

[Now I have lost every bit of my power]

[Let my Hakushin blood be yours to spill]

[However, even if I'm inferior to you]

[I still hope that you can hear my wish]

[If you can see the ones that I treasure]

[Then please spare their lives]

[If you so graciously can grant me this wish]

[Then I hope that you can give back my radiant memories to this great land that I love so dearly]

[Hopefully then, after your rampage]

[There may still be beautiful things left in this world...]