"Izayoi, this is Takemaru of Setsuna, he came here intending to inform me of your capture" her father said, turning his attention towards her. "It appears his fears were unfounded as you had already returned, unharmed, with the news of the caravan"
"Yes father, the youkai was not the one who killed my guards, it was the inugami of legend that saved me from this samurai" Izayoi's voice rang firm through the hall.
"She must have been bewitched by that youkai my lord, she does not recall what it did" Takemaru turned back to the lord, "allow this one to tell of why we were hunting it in the first place"