Alas, the samurai perished in the battle, but i swear his valiant sacrifice shall not be in vain:
It is now time to search the Estate mansion for the hidden temple:
This house appears to be empty aside for a few guards. After dispatching them, the slaugther is now complete, and only silence reigns in the house, but as i search each room in turn, i stop in my tracks when i hear a faint wimpering not far from here:
(totally not a retcon because i'm too embarassed to admit i missed it)
As i make my way towards the sound, i sense something strange about this wall:
With caution, i lean on it, and a secret compartment of this house reveals itself to me, within which i find a treasure:
Retracing my steps, i move towards that faint whispering i heard before, and sure enough, it appears to be an old woman, clutched in terror:
Quit your blathering old woman! Where is the Divine Heir?
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Inosuke? Is this the old woman i met earlier (who is now infected with Dragonrot btw lmao). Sure enough, here is her son. So it was here that he recieved the wound in his eyes:
But what is this about illusions?
(btw, this is the reason i don't want to do the butterfly crone right now. I don't know if this means there's some sort of gimmick. I assume not since he gives me a single use consumable, and surely they don't expect you to beat her on the first try, but if there is i want it to figure out on my own first, so i'll be dying a lot i think)
He then laments the end of the Hirata clan, all though i believe not all is lost if the Divine Heir can be saved:
I now enter the last room in the house, when i discover a passage underneath a tatami, which is sure to lead to the hidden temple:
After unlocking the door with the key given by my father, i now see what appears to be a child in the distance, an imposing statue of the Buddha at the far end of the temple, casting an holy aura on the scene:
And behold, it is the Divine Heir!
He appears to be under some sort of illusion, which i dispell with a prayer gesture. Finally reunited, i hold firm of the child:
When suddenly, a mysterious figure calls my name:
I now tell the child to stand back, and steeling myself, i brace for battle against this ominous figure:
Now that the child is with me, i cannot fail! I must prevail, for the Divine Heir's sake, and for the honor of my father! Ho wait shit lmao:
Never fear though, for the struggle has only just begun!