The Welcoming Party of Mesomeso
4. the fifth youkai
You're a nice guy, all in all, and you think it's a cruel fate that awaits her otherwise and so you give your vote to her. It's not often you agree with Higanbana but you agree this time that the girl has something special – and something missing with which she could have grasped her human soul. But the vote's for something else: for a youkai, not a human, and she can do that, he thinks. She can do that and it'll be good for him so long as the others don't string her along – but knowing them, they will regardless.