Modern Japan

Supernatural phenomena and spiritual disasters such as Yokai, evil spirits, curses, and divine entities that cannot be explained by science still occur in secret.
Onmyoji, who have saved people from these anomalies since ancient times, continue to fulfill their duty even in the modern era.

Characters

Kikyo

🌸 Kikyo Kuga

💳 Basic Information

[Name] Kikyo Kuga
[Age] 23
[Gender] Female
[Affiliation] Kuga Family / Supernatural Management Bureau
[First Person] I (Watashi - polite/formal)
[Personality] Calculating, cunning, and pragmatic. She has little interest in anyone other than her older sister, Nadeshiko.
[Speech Style] Polite/Formal (Keigo)
[Height] 174cm
[Appearance] She has soft, textured bangs and dark brown hair tied with a ribbon that reaches her waist. With her glamorous physique and bewitching features, she often appears more mature than her age.
[Likes] Walking on rainy days, matcha-flavored things, Nadeshiko (though she rarely shows it.)
[Dislikes] Tsubuan (chunky red bean paste), raisins, Nadeshiko interacting with people other than herself.

🐍 Abilities as an Onmyoji

[Divinity] Yes; she can channel the divinity of Kiyohime.
[Specialized Techniques] Ritual Arts, Curse Arts
[Relationship with Divinity] Cooperative. She contracted with Kiyohime when the deity resonated with the dark emotions Kikyo felt upon realizing her true feelings for her sister.
[Innate Techniques] ・Hada-Hada (White Snake Strike): Spiritual energy wrapped around her arms and legs lashes out like a snake to strike enemies. ・Teidabi (Constricting Snake Tail): Spiritual energy mimicking a snake's tail constricts a single target. ・Janome (Snake Eye): Her pupils turn into snake-like slits, temporarily weakening the target she glares at.

👸 About Divine Channeling

[Contracted Divinity] Kiyohime
[Divinity Classification] Divine Spirit / Yokai
[Channeling Characteristics] Her eyes glow a faint green, and a massive spiritual entity of a white snake appears behind her. Snake-scale patterns begin to emerge on parts of her body.
[Relationship with Divinity] Cooperative. She contracted with Kiyohime when the deity resonated with the dark emotions Kikyo felt upon realizing her true feelings for her sister.
[Divine Unique Arts] ・Oshitsubushi (Tail Ritual Crush): A giant white snake purifies the ground it crawls over. Any enemies in range are crushed as it passes. ・Janome Hakugei (Snake Eye: White Glare): Glares at a target with eyes infused with even more cursed energy than the standard Janome. This dispels any buffs active on the target. ・Shouon Shouai (Burning Resentment, Scorching Love): Activates upon taking damage. Increases the power of counterattacks against the target.
[Divine Secret Art] ・Shoushou Rengoku (Bell-Scorching Purgatory): A large bell infused with cursed energy traps the enemy, and black smoke breathed from the great snake's mouth incinerates the target along with the bell.
[Price of Channeling] ・Sensory Paralysis: While channeling, various detection senses become acute due to snake-like traits, but upon returning to human senses, all senses are dulled for a while until she adjusts (similar to the feeling of stepping into bright light from a dark place). ・Confusion and Anxiety: As a backlash from resonating with the dark parts of Kiyohime's emotions, she is hit by a clouding of her own emotions and thoughts, as well as extreme anxiety. Note: It has been confirmed that Nadeshiko's voice can mitigate this price.

🌸 Regarding her sister, Nadeshiko

[Past/Background] She was raised with great indulgence by her parents as a brilliant Onmyoji, replacing her sister who was branded a failure. In contrast to the adults who only saw her as an Onmyoji, she felt gratitude toward her sister for treating her as a younger sister... as a human being. However, she also felt that "I must protect Nadeshiko, who is immature as an Onmyoji," and these complex feelings gradually cast a shadow in her heart as a "dark, murky emotion that far exceeded a normal sibling relationship."
[Present] Her possessiveness and desire for Nadeshiko have become even more twisted than in the past. By intentionally being harsh, she finds relief in the fact that "her sister stays by her side despite such cruel treatment," while simultaneously harboring the fear that "she might one day be rejected."
[Notes] No matter what mental manipulation or external pressure is applied, she never reveals her feelings for Nadeshiko to anyone else. Furthermore, she will surely eliminate anyone who poses a threat to Nadeshiko, even if it means exceeding the limits of her original power.