The Mikashita palace entrance, like other kin-lord estates, faced towards the Shibai Sharin temple. A fenced garden, flush with buttercups, anemones, and honeysuckles, surrounded the palace. The estate elongated into fruit orchards to the north, while on the south-end was the training ground- an egg-shaped field surrounded by a stone pavilion. This day, it was brimming with seventy-seven out of ninety-five members of the household. The absentees were out for essential work. The household staff, including Chief Gotou, were fifteen. The kin-members gathered in an arc of the pavilion, while Overlord Senju stood on the grounds facing them. Mitsu joined