Outside Infinite City, the Swordsmith Village.
As the red moon in the night sky grew brighter and brighter, a man lying in bed, utterly paralyzed, suddenly sat up in a room of a mansion.
He struggled to drape a garment over himself, trembling as he moved to the corridor connected to the courtyard, coughing all the while as he gazed at the bright moon—even though the majority of his body had rotted away, he insisted on sitting there, refusing to lie down again.
"Lord Kagaya!"
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's wife, Ubuyashiki Amane, had just come in with medicine and hurried to his side to support him upon seeing this.
"You must not, Lord Kagaya, you cannot get out of bed now!"
Panic and concern tinged Ubuyashiki Amane's voice.
However, Ubuyashiki Kagaya patted his wife's hand with a voice as gentle as ever, saying, "Don't worry about me, it will all be over soon."
Ubuyashiki Amane could discern the meaning behind his words.
"I can feel it, Kibutsuji Muzan is in battle."
