Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Maze, Chapter 7

love between members of the same type..."
    "You moron! You're the one who went too far! An idiot like you, you were a complete bastard!"
    Taiki stared absentmindedly at the three.
    "I knew you were reckless, but I didn't think you could be this rash!"
    "You were the ones who suggested it..."
    "I didn't ask you to abuse him like this!"
    "There are limits to everything!"
    Both Keiki and Enki relentlessly yelled at Enki, who shrank back.
    "Then...?"
    King En smiled at Taiki as he was about to ask a question, and said, "Do you understand?"
    Taiki didn't have a chance to ask any questions.
    "Kirin cannot swear false oaths."
    Enki knocked King En roughly on the head, and the latter's expression became much softer.
    "Don't say it as if you can see from the king's position!"

    The wind blew across the terrace. Taiki sat in a chair and Keiki knelt in front of him, their eyes at  exactly the same level.
    "I'm very sorry. I wasn't clear enough before." He gently took Taiki's hand. "When you asked me  about what the revelation was, I should have explained it to you better. I had no idea that it would have  caused you so much hardship. Please forgive me."

    "Taiho... I..."
    "The revelation doesn't take any sort of shape." Keiki smiled. "It's impossible to explain the  revelation in words, because nothing really happens, Taiki."
    Taiki looked directly at Keiki. "Nothing...?"
    Keiki also looked directly at Taiki and nodded. "That's right. The ruler has ouki. However, ouki isn't  something you can see."
    "It's not like a light?"
    Since the time that Keiki had told Taiki that the kirin spirit was a glow, Taiki kept thinking that the  ouki would appear like this as well.
    "The ouki might feel like a light, or it might feel like a darkness. The ouki might also be a burst of  ambition. On the other hand, it might also be something that makes you feel safe."
    "So, the ouki doesn't take a set form?"
    "Actually, it's very hard to describe it in words."
    "But...Kei Taiho, didn't you say before that you used the ouki to find your ruler?"
    "Yes. If the ruler isn't far away, you can feel it very obviously. Then you will know what direction  the ruler should be in."
    "What direction..." Taiki thought back. Before the mountain-climbers gathered at Hoto Palace, how  often did he get that feeling? That overwhelming sensation, if he had to say it, had been a scary and  overpowering feeling.
    "When you encounter the ruler, then you'll know exactly where that feeling is coming from. You'll  have a vague sense that it is the same kind of spirit."
    "...And that's what ouki is?"
    "Yes. The ouki is a very clear feeling. This sort of feeling is very different compared to that of other  people. It's something you can't see, and something that is impossible to explain in words."
    Taiki gently balled his hands into fists. Keiki comfortingly patted his hands.
    "The revelation is much the same way. Nothing will specifically happen. If I had to express it in  words, I'd call it an intuition. When you meet your ruler, you will have that kind of intuition, Taiki."
    "Intuition..."
    Keiki nodded. "I'll be honest with you. When I met Queen Kei, I knew for certain that it was her. But  at the same time, in my mind I knew that she wasn't someone who was suitable to be queen. I also knew that  in order for her to become a good and wise ruler, I had to make many sacrifices, and at the same time, I had  to have a strong perseverance, all to make up for the things that she was not good at."
    "Really...?"
    "I knew that she was not right for this, but I could not defy her. Instinct had told me that I couldn't  resist the revelation. Even if you hated them, there's no way for a kirin to refuse. Because that is what the  Heavens have decided."
    A pair of hands were placed on Taiki's shoulders. He looked up and saw a smiling Gyousou.
    Gyousou knew now. He had already been told Taiki's confession.

    "The selection that a kirin makes, that is the revelation, Taiki."
    "I..." Taiki finally felt a heavy burden lifting from his heart. "The first time I met Lord Gyousou, I  was really scared..."
    "Yes."
    "Before Lord Gyousou climbed the mountain, I kept having this feeling...as if something scary would  come from the Reikon Gate..."
    Had Taiki not felt fear initially, but instead a light, a hopefulness, or a more obvious sensation,  perhaps Taiki would not have been so lost.
    "I knew in my heart that he wasn't the sort of person who did frightening things, but I