The more she misses her old life, and the more she feels unable to let go and suffer from it, the better the effect of the sacrifice.

Because these miserable emotions will be transformed into strength, enhancing the effect of the magic circle, so that the distorted part of Erika's soul feels relieved.

Because Erika longed for the first generation of Maekawa - Maekawa Genichiro, the Yomizu shrine maiden who was sacrificed also needed to have a deep love for someone.

This person had better be her guardian Maekawa.

In this way, it would be the same as what happened to Erika.

Therefore, the Yida family's prohibition on love among the underworld miko is just a pretense.

Not only to dispel the idea of ​​marriage between foreigners, but also to deceive the underworld witch herself and her guardian Maekawa to prevent them from guessing the truth.

The Yida family never intended to really ban Yoshiyuki and Erina's love. Otherwise, with their poor cover-up methods, they would have been caught long ago.

The underworld miko who is used as a human pillar will live forever in a dark confined space. She cannot move her body and only her thoughts remain clear.

It's not that easy to go crazy.

I will not fall into madness as I wish, I can only recall the good life in the past over and over again, and miss my lover.

It will last for a long, long time, but it is not endless.

Her memory will slowly become fragmented and blurred due to the effect of the sacrifice.

The Underworld Miko will gradually forget everything in the past until she can no longer even remember her lover's face and name.

After completely losing her memory, she still will not be liberated.

As long as the sacrifice is alive, it will continue to suffer inextricable torture, and the emotions it feels can still strengthen the seal and provide new spiritual food for the distorted part of Erika's personality.

She would begin to experience repeated amnesia, constantly panicking over why she was in such a state where she couldn't move her whole body and couldn't see anything when she opened her eyes.

Trying to call for help, cast spells, and pray, all to no avail.

I can't hear anything, I can't see anything, I can't speak because my mouth is gagged, I can't even move a finger...

Without the support of the happy memories of the past ten years or so, she would soon collapse in this environment.

After that, her memory will be reorganized and the process of collapse will be repeated.

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Because of the requirements of the ritual, the underworld witch who was sacrificed needed to have a happy life, have friends and people she liked, be full of fantasies about a better life in the future, and have many hobbies that made her feel like she didn’t have enough time every day... In addition to being

Except for house arrest, everything must be the same as ordinary girls.

...instead of being trained as a professional sacrifice like the former Huangquan shrine maiden.

They will spend more than ten years numbing themselves to prepare mentally for this day, and they will not have any vision for their future from the beginning.

You may even be afraid of falling in love with anything or anyone because you won’t live long.

You may even be afraid to keep a pet, fearing that you will be too attached to it and will not be able to bear the pain of separation when it's time to go on the road.

Only by hiding it from Erina, the pain after becoming a human pillar can be maximized due to the contrast. If you have been mentally prepared since childhood, the effect of the sacrifice will be much worse.

According to current rituals, the underworld shrine maiden is usually arrested on her eighteenth birthday and prepared to be sacrificed. When celebrating an adult’s birthday, she is suddenly told to use her as a human pillar, which also increases the psychological trauma.

way.

But this time is not fixed.

Occasionally, the seal of the Gate of Underworld is particularly unstable, and it may be necessary to sacrifice it when you are sixteen or seventeen years old. And you won't wait until your birthday.

The Underworld Miko must be kept in the village under surveillance. In addition to ensuring safety, the reason is that she can perform sacrifices at any time.

Because the current Huangquan witch doesn't know that she is going to sacrifice, there is another advantage to letting her stay in the village, that is, when the witch does not cooperate, it is easier to mobilize the tribe to forcibly capture her. It will not cause commotion in the outside world.

Most of the Yida family is opposed to Erina and Yoshiyuki staying in Tokyo, for the above two reasons.

The head of the family is willing to let them stay in Tokyo, which is actually a big risk. It can also be seen that the old man dotes on Erina. Even though he knows that her escape from the control of the Yida family may cause big trouble, he still wants her to stay in Tokyo.

Have fun outside.

This is not to make the sacrifice more effective. Because by letting her spend her whole life in the village, the good memories she will get are enough to make a qualified sacrifice.

He just wanted his poor granddaughter to have more beautiful memories with Yi Xing in her last days.

At this point, Shiuyi felt that it was almost enough.

She told Yoshiyuki that there was no need to figure it out right away, and she could understand that it was difficult for him to accept it for a while, but he had to face the fact: there is no better way to seal it.

The Yida family doesn't want to keep sacrificing the underworld shrine maiden like this. Those are all their flesh and blood.

Therefore, since ancient times, the Yida family has been looking for a solution, but they really can't find a way to seal the gate of the underworld without sacrificing the underworld shrine maiden.

Shigei told Yoshiyuki that Erina was very popular with the old man.

For her granddaughter to be a human pillar, the head of the family would probably suffer no less than Yi Xing. But unfortunately, he had no idea how to avoid this from happening.

Although there are temporary sacrifice methods, you can delay the time by sacrificing other sacrifices that can strengthen the seal, but that will not last long.

And the more sacrifices are made, the worse the effect.

This method can only be used to buy time when the new underworld miko is too young to sacrifice.

Once the new Underworld Miko reaches the minimum age that can be used as a sacrifice - twelve years old, she must be sacrificed immediately, stop this endless substitution sacrifice, and pray that the next Underworld Miko can live as long as she deserves.

Age, and then meet your destiny.

Greed at the Gate of Hell is like a bottomless pit that can never be filled.

Everyone knows that it is impossible to rely on sacrifices forever, but they just don’t know what the solution is.

Shigei reminds Yi Xing that he must face reality and not think too much.

Either sacrifice Erina, or the seal is broken and the Gate of Hell is reopened. He knows the consequences very well.

Due to the massive invasion of the underworld into the ordinary world, the power of the law will be weakened, and the ravages of various natural disasters, strange phenomena, demons and evil gods, etc. are inevitable. All major civilizations will face their own troubles, and it will be difficult to defend their homeland, let alone

How much help can it bring to Japan?

That would be another closed-door battle on a global scale, and humanity might not have a chance of winning.

Even if we barely win, the world may already be on the verge of destruction.

Izanami is doing so much right now, so Erina may have very little time left.

That day may come within the next two years, or even this year.
Chapter completed!