Legend of the Demon Cat Page #6

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Master.

Goodbye.

The journey tested my pride and confidence.

Aren't you afraid?

With my baby asleep, I'm at peace.

The waves pushed me under. I was terrified.

I struggled to stay alive.

In the face of death,

I forgot every prayer.

But I'll never forget her words.

Why couldn't I stay as calm as her?

Since I survived,

I must seek answers in those teachings.

I found a witness to Lady Yang's death.

Back then, in the palace,

I was Lady Yang's morning maid.

Ask me anything you like.

Were you there when she died?

Yes.

The emperor gave the order.

I wove the silk execution cloth

and gave it to Eunuch Gao.

See?

And then?

When they called us in,

Lady Yang was already dead.

So you didn't see Gao strangle her.

I couldn't bear it.

I'm sorry.

Even the emperor turned away.

So how did you know she was dead?

Captain Chen of the guards checked.

He held incense under her nose.

The smoke didn't waver,

proof that she'd stopped breathing.

How did she look after death?

Like she was sleeping,

even lovelier than when she was alive.

So you wove the execution cloth.

She looked like she was asleep?

That's strange.

If she'd been strangled,

she'd be in terrible pain.

I don't get it either.

Who was Captain Chen?

I told you before.

Yunqiao is a third-generation guard.

Captain Chen was Yunqiao's dad,

the instigator of the mutiny.

It's clear now-

the cat attacks anyone involved in her death.

So then why spare the old woman?

What!

Hurry!

I shouldn't have brought you here.

Bai-

Who else survived the mutiny at Maweiyi?

Catch.

Did any escape?

Chao Heng? Who's that?

A Japanese, like you.

A senior envoy. He was here a long time.

Abe no Nakamaro?

That's the one!

Oh.

He was at Maweiyi too?

Yes, but he died a long time ago.

Because he's Japanese,

he had no records in the archives.

So I wrote "to be completed".

Did Abe have a home here?

Yes, his widow Bai Ling is still alive.

Shhh...

Hurry!

You again.

And who is this?

Pardon us.

I'm Kukai, a shaman from Japan.

This way.

Did Mr Abe ever wish to return to Japan?

He changed his mind at the last minute,

watched his ship sail, and returned.

then returned to Chang'an.

Why?

Because of a woman.

He didn't know if she was alive or dead.

Did he ever find out?

I never asked.

He was here a long time.

Did he leave behind a journal?

Yes. He asked me to burn it.

But you couldn't do it?

No. Regretfully, I read it.

That's how I knew he loved another.

Yet you stayed. Aren't you lonely?

(Here lies Abe no Nakamaro)

Why not give me the journal?

Maybe I can release his soul

and salve his troubled heart.

Thirty years have passed.

I still remember the first line-

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