Monogatari Series - Volume 26 - Chapter 2.01

Yotsugi Shadow

001

My relationship with Ononoki Yotsugi may have only just begun, but even so, I’ve come to understand a lot about her.

Her appearance was that of a twelve-year-old tween girl.

But her true form was the tsukumogami of a corpse used for a hundred years.

She was expressionless and monotone, yet eloquent.

She enjoyed chilled sweets like ice cream.

She seemed like she would even enjoy eating dry ice.

She was an immortal zombie, and she was a specialist in immortal oddities.

Her personality was whimsical, sarcastic, and condescending.

Her secret move was “Unlimited Rulebook”.

As a shikigami, she served her master, the onmyouji Kagenui Yozuru-san.

And sometimes her master’s senior, Gaen Izuko-san.

I had of course been a bit taken aback when she’d suddenly come in through the window, but after carefully interacting with her, my impression so far was that she wasn’t as incomprehensible as the rumors suggested—if “nonsensical” was her identity, then I didn’t dare try and tear that down. But if I could, I would like to be someone who could understand her, just as she was someone who understood me. That’s what I’d been thinking recently.

But if I said that, she might make a sudden turn and tell me not to pretend like I understood her, acting as cold as ice cream or perhaps a corpse. But no matter. After all, snakes are tenacious creatures.

Like curses.

Now that she’d left the Araragi household, it was inevitable that she would start spending more time in my room. But let’s see, I wonder what will happen next? Stay tuned.