Princess as office
Princess Soga is the clan’s living foresight, inherited proof of Izanami. Chiaki holds the title in Part 2. Chapter 116, Princess, opens the war book on that office. Kunishige is still a picky dealer who has not looked at the ore. Shiba is still a guardian. The talks on Irishima are property before they are romance.
Chapter 130, I’m Fine!, and chapter 131, Tipping Point, keep the reunion and the bureau’s choice on the same clock. Chiaki is not a flashback sticker. She is why the smith’s eyes stay open in the fire.
The fire
Smelting, Fire, Smelting Parts 2 and 3, Ironworks: Datenseki into tamahagane. Hokazono talked to a real swordsmith so this would not be cosplay. Chiaki in the fire is the hope that becomes a bowl instead of a prophecy. Enten is still years away. The seventh blade is already the kind of answer this pair is practicing.
See Chiaki, Princess, and foresight.
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