Gokumon Nadeshiko Koko ni Ari 5 (Gagaga Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Even if that mother turned out to be a fake it should have been business as usual. When Nadeshiko visited the abandoned house with Amana the one that seems to be cursed" she defeated the supernatural creature known as the Ugokudori, which was said to seek out children. But strangely, the creature s remains had vanished, and when Nadeshiko returned home, she encountered Welcome homeee!" Huh?" A stranger posing as her mother." For Gokumon Nadeshiko whose parents were burned alive at her birth a mother should not exist, yet there she was, with every air of a mother. She appeared to be the remnant of the Ugame that Nadeshiko had slain, yet she tried with every fiber of her being to love Nadeshiko, leaving Nadeshiko who had never known a mother utterly bewildered. Amana denounces the existence of this Ubame" who bestows love upon Natsuko even though she is destined to vanish as a cruel fate," yet she, too, is consumed by unfulfilled longings. As if to mock these tormented women, the ambitions of the saints beings beyond the realm of humanity begin to unfold. Set against the backdrop of the sacred site of Amanohashidate, the Great Spirit Festival is said to have the power to reshape the very order of this world. As they confront those who seek to cast aside their hearts, Nadeshiko and Amana drift apart because of their feelings for one another. Eventually, as Nadeshiko is cast into the cold sea, what does her beloved monster offer her ? A beautiful yet terrifying tale of a demon girl, bound by love for a beloved Volume 5.

たとえその母が、にせものだとしても――。いつものことである、はずだった。アマナとともに「どうも呪われているらしい」という廃屋を訪れた撫子は、子を求めるという怪異・姑獲鳥を斃す。だが不思議なことにその骸は行方知れずで、自宅に帰った撫子が出逢ったのは。「――おかえりなさぁ～い!」「……えっ?」見知らぬ「お母さん」だった。生まれながらに親を焼かれた獄門撫子には居るはずもない母が、いかにもお母さんといった風情でそこにいる。撫子が斃した姑獲鳥の残滓であるらしい彼女は、しかし全身全霊で撫子を愛そうとし、母を知らぬ撫子は戸惑うばかり。やがて消えるはずなのに撫子に愛を与える「ウバメ」の在りようを、アマナは『残酷な仕打ち』だと糾弾するが、彼女もまた、ままならぬ想いにとらわれていた。悩める彼女たちを嘲笑うように、人の域を外れた聖者達の野望が動き出す。聖地・天橋立を舞台に、この世の秩序さえ作りかえることができるという大霊祭。心を捨て去ろうとする者たちと対峙する中、互いへの想いゆえにすれ違う撫子とアマナ。やがて冷たい海に墜とされる撫子に、いとしき怪物が差し出すものはーー。うつくしくもおそろしい少女鬼譚、愛する人への想いが結ぶ、第五巻。