At the ancestral home of Kazuaki's mother, the Udates, there was a shrine dedicated to worshiping Rokujō, the woman who transformed into a spider and devoured her husband and the mistress.
The Udates were terrified of this blood flowing in their body, and were ashamed about it, never revealing it.
Kazuaki too learned of this from the servants in the next door while the latter were whispering to each other.
—The madam herself is a descendant of the spider..
They mentioned that the definite reason why his mother treated his father and the mistress so cruelly was because of the spider blood.
They even said that in the past, a woman called Lady Rokujō was married into the family, and that she transformed into the spider during to envy, devouring her husband and that mistress.
Kazuaki also knew about that shrine.
When he accompanied his mother to the Udate residence, he noticed an ancient shrine behind the greenery, one that was deliberately hidden. He also recalled the crimson flowers swaying in front of the shrine, looking so alluring.
(There is that Rokujō person sealed inside that shrine, if I remember correct?)
Having thought that, Kazuaki was utterly terrified, and even froze there.
How wonderful it is to devour and murder those wretched women! I too wish to be like this Rokujō person, to rid all the wretched, filthy, unreasonable women in this world.
While admiring the existence of women, Kazuaki himself wished to be a woman, and also wanted to eliminate all that he despised—he was trapped in such conflicting emotions within him.
Yes, he wanted to be a beautiful, powerful woman like Rokujō, and punish the flirtatuous, puny women.
Wearing the clothing of one of his Udate relatives, Tsuyako, whom he was betrothed to, Kazuaki snuck outside.
He often visited the Rokujō shrine, and would be utterly mesmerized by the crimson flowers swaying in front of the shrine, his cheeks practically sticking towards them; I bullied that girl today in this manner, that girl too suffered such a punishment, he reported.
There was a gathering at the Udates on that day, and Kazuaki removed the red one-piece skirt from Tsuyako's body, wore it, and put on a black wig. The black wig belonged to his mother, so it looked a little too big for his head, the long hair covering his eyes, swaying with the wind. While enjoying the fluttering sensation of the one-piece skirt, he went to the corner of the garden, where the shrine was.
Over there, he found a frail little girl with large glasses staring at the swaying crimson flowers...
"I heard that those flowers are so red because they suck blood."
Kazuaki went to speak to the girl, and the latter cringed her neck in fear, before turning around.
And once the latter spotted him, she cringed in shock, the eyes behind the glasses filled with fear as she remained rooted.
Kazuaki was intrigued by this timid girl, narrowed his eyes, and continued,
He said that the shrine was decided to a terrifying and powerful woman called Rokujō, who transformed into a spider and devoured her husband and the mistress.
He even mentioned that Rokujō used the power of the spider to mutilate all the filthy women.
The petite, bespectacled girl shivered increasingly, her face paled as she listened to Kazuaki.
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"Rokujo" - Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Itakoro...... (Volume 9)
Romance> The story starts with the death of Hikaru Mikado. That guy was a natural charmer, a "harem king", but had no real male friends. After he died, he became a ghost, a soul, but Koremitsu Akagi can see him. Koremitsu though, isn't really like Hikaru...
