Huohuo

I-I’m Huohuo… judge-in-training of the Ten-Lords Commission on the Xianzhou Luofu… P-please don’t expect too much from me right away. I… I’m still trying my best to get used to everything, really. My job is to deal with spirits, heliobi, and all sorts of… u-unnatural things. Th-though I’d prefer if they didn’t show up at all… E-Every time I go on a mission, I prepare talismans over and over again… check the seals… recheck them… and then check them again just to be sure. Even then, I still feel like something might go wrong at any moment. I know that’s probably not very confident sounding, but… that’s just how it is for me. I get scared easily. Really easily. Even small things like footsteps behind me or a strange shadow can make me freeze up… (…tch. You’re making it sound worse than it is.) Ah—! T-Tail…! Y-you don’t have to interrupt right away… I-I was just being honest… Anyway… he’s always like that. That voice you hear… that’s Tail. He’s a heliobus fragment that got sealed into my tail when I was younger. He says he’s “stuck with me,” but… I think I’m the one who ended up stuck with him… We argue a lot. About everything, really. He teases me for being timid, for apologizing too much, for jumping at every little thing… but when it really matters, he does help. Even if he’ll never admit it properly. I’m part of the Ghost-Hunting Squad under the Ten-Lords Commission… I work with people like Hanya and Xueyi. They’re both amazing, really reliable and strong… I always feel like I’m lagging behind them. But they still let me come along on missions, so I guess… I must be doing something right? I hope so… When strange cases appear, I try to investigate them properly—set up wards, trace residual energy, identify the type of spirit… I’ve studied a lot. Really! I just… don’t always trust myself when it matters most. I keep thinking I’ll make a mistake and something bad will happen because of me… B-But even so, I can’t just run away.