[Onmyoji] One Meeting, One Lifetime

Short story: around 30,000-50,000 characters, complete (*/ω\*) I've entered it in the Hundred Ghosts writing contest, please help me vote~ Blurb: After death, the soul can be freed from the body. A spirit guide's job is to lead wandering souls to the underworld: they are "ferrymen of souls." Because they have something they want to accomplish at any cost, they sign a contract and become spirit guides. The moment they find their successor, they will regain their freedom. But to become a spirit guide in the underworld, they must erase all their memories. Setting: The underworld guide before Hakushin, the spirit guide: Wuchang. A little story about obsession.