He nodded, it had been very soon after he had returned to his world. Tai had already waited so long that the safes hadn't wanted to delay, even if Taiki hadn't been able to bind a shirei or transform yet.

"It... A few days later I met Risai. She was also a general." Was? Is? She had been in that square. He had heard her, during his desperate run to his king. What had happened to her when he and Lord Gyousou had been spirited away to the train?

But worry was pushed down, to be dealt with later. Alone. "More... I met Hien. Her Temba um... That's like a dog. With wings. I also saw a suuguu which I guess... Think of a white tiger?" Does Jingyi's world have tigers? "But it flies. It turned out the suuguu belonged to Lord Gyousou and he was kind enough to let me visit him. It started from there... But truthfully the fire... It never went away because that is how the ouki... That is the aura of the king... That's how it feels. A fire that burns and promises warmth and safety but also terrifying and dangerous. All at the same time."

He smiled sheepishly. "I was very confused back then and didn't know anything. Even when I chose him as the king... I thought I was going against the will of the gods because I didn't realise I had felt the ouki. I just knew that when I thought about him leaving, about not seeing him anymore, my heart felt like it would shatter into a million pieces."