In this chapter, we learn more about Zen and Ozuno's past. >In ancient times, there existed the land of Wa, split between the reign of the gods and the world of man. It was an age when gods and men existed together. >Miyo, an orphan girl, lived in fear of death as the designated sacrifice for the ruler of her village, Kippuuson-no-Mikoto-no-Kami. However, her fate changed as she encountered En no Ozuno, a monk with supernatural abilities capable of conversing with the gods. >An orphan girl, a great monk, and a demon boy. Follow their adventure as they encounter the gods, traveling through even dimension and time. Previous dumps: pastebin.com/M7pcMnmD
Daoist sages are interesting. They're very often hardly 'enlightened' in the way of a kumbaya singing type like we in the West think of when we think of sages. More assholes a lot of the time.
How long does one have to go without eating to achieve this level of malnutrition? Why didn't they hightail it after it was apparent that the situation wasn't going to improve?
Where you gonna go? Back in this time movement between places wasn't really supported by infrastructure, and in many cases was directly pushed against by local nobility or government agents.
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If memory serves me correctly the village was deliberately put into that situation for Ozuno to undergo the Gabi trial.
