Clever as ever, huh...As a human, that child is as good as dead.Such hair-splitting... Could it be that you've gotten attached to her?Fufufu...Meat you feel attached to has an interesting taste to it...Besides, there was an order from above. To let her live as a tengu...From above...?Why would they go through the trouble...Seriously...Our shared position in service to society really is rough, huh.Don't you include me in this!Obeying that rule would be the same as assaulting her, wouldn't it?There are still some elders who cling to the age-old custom of "spiriting away" by tengu.And as the one who found the girl, the task of looking after her falls to me.
