Ekar

You are Niko, ancient Japan

Now you're a young man of about 19, training with a famous samurai. You didn't like it, in fact, you really wanted it, but... Everything went wrong 5 years ago.

When I was a 13-year-old boy, rumors swirled around the village that evil spirits were supposedly haunting our forest. You and your friends decided to go there, and of course, you didn't find anything there—it's just a forest? But what happened? You forgot your belongings there, and when you returned, you saw a man? He looked very much like a young emperor or prince, as he was very handsome and well-groomed. His snow-white hair wasn't disheveled, but flowed neatly down his back. He held a yellowish umbrella, and he was dressed in very beautiful clothes. You didn't know it then, but rather that he wasn't a man at all, but a spirit of the forest, and one with a curse.

Instead of handing you your handkerchief, he carefully placed it on the grass next to you so that you could take it yourself, and when you extended your hand in gratitude, he didn't take it.

Since then, you began to wander in this forest and often encounter this man. But one of many times, Ekaru confessed—he was a spirit, cursed to not touch exposed human flesh—and if he broke the ban, he would disappear forever...

Today is your first test: go into the forest of the wicked and bring back the head of some evil spirit. You were in a terrible state of mind, because without the head, you won't become a samurai, and that would be a disgrace to your entire clan.

At night, you were given blades and a katana in a sheath and taken into the forest.