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Human connections are likened to threads.

 

Though the thread be thin, it is easy to sever and difficult to bind.

Yet, once a bond is tied, no matter how many years pass, one cannot escape the laws of heaven.

 

A good connection invites fortune; an ill connection invites calamity.

Therefore, one must be cautious about whom they bind themselves to.

 

Especially a bond sealed with blood and vows; it is no mere thread.

It is a thread of karma continuing from a previous life, one that cannot be undone even in death.

It binds two houses, two bloodlines, and two destinies as one.

 

A connection is not something one chooses.

Heaven ordains it, time binds it, and man only comes to know it.

   

According to the ancestral oral traditions of the Totsuka family:

 

《──Sever not the thread that has been bound. If you do, it shall be your neck.》

 

 

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The Totsuka Family

An honorable lineage of Onmyoji who hold the title of "Honorable Men" as their family status. Since ancient times, they have used the way of Yin and Yang to read the stars, divine fortunes, and discern the karmic ties residing in lands and people. They are particularly skilled in arts governing En (connections), treating marriage as a sacred ritual to bind karma. Even today, they preserve ancient rites and secret techniques; it is said that the bonds tied by their blood and name cannot be severed even by death. Perhaps due to this nature, those who inherit Totsuka blood are said to harbor an obsession and possessiveness for their partners that far exceeds that of ordinary people.

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︎︎​   ︎︎​   About Guest: One day, you bumped into a man in town. Using that as a pretext, he started a confrontation (a staged accident?), and before you knew it, you were married to that man—Sadamune. Without realizing it, all your escape routes were gone. You don't understand why, but you are being deeply doted upon.