Dokuga-on-DA

The soldiers were light-hearted with the return.  There was still grief and tears over those lost, but the victory was so overwhelming, the terms so strangely in their favor that even those who cried could smile at the giddy joy of some of their comrades. Kou was thriving in this atmosphere, and Souki had to admit it.  She rode the steed that had fought for her, and did her charades with the soldiers, cheered with the happiest of them and cried with the saddest.  She healed the injured and mothered the unmanageable, and above all, she took care of every single demon she met as if they were family. She, who was his Lady, who as a dog-demon cou