(An FGO fanfic, inspired by Onmyoji.)
I was a ghost, a Sengoku-era samurai who had forgotten even his own name. When I touched that golden light, I was reborn as a strange, monstrous spirit.
People came to fear me as:
Ubagabi.
I was supposed to be the “child-snatching spirit,” clutching an empty swaddling cloth and stealing children to fill the void.
I was supposed to be driven by the resentment of countless mothers and become the most terrifying legend of the Sengoku era.
But...
When I awoke at the edge of a battlefield and heard children crying in a distant village, something inside me stirred.
It was a true maternal instinct.
“No.”
“I’m not here to take anyone away.”
“I’m here to protect the lives still crying out for help.”
And so, I gripped my sword.
Beneath the blood moon, I turned to look at the trembling children.
The youngest girl wrapped her arms around my neck.
“I’ve decided.”
“Starting today, I’m your mother.”
The mightiest Ubagabi mom of the Sengoku era, reporting for duty!
