Even though youkai live long, naturally, new ones come into being as well.

Medicine Melancholy is one of these newborn youkai.

She was a discarded doll changed into youkai after a long time.

Her form is that of a large doll used in ventriloquism.

It is believed that the original doll from where she came was roughly that size.

Even after becoming a youkai, her body is still that of a doll.

It is believed that the ability to manipulate poison was naturally attained by being left on the Nameless Hill (*1), where numerous lilies-of-the-valley bloom, for a long time.

She pours poison in food.

She uses poison to manipulate humans.

She's a threat to humans that are easily affected by poison (*2).

Being a young youkai, her experience and knowledge is overwhelmingly shallow.

She possesses less knowledge than humans.

Because of this, whether she's dealing with a human or youkai, she doesn't know the meaning of holding back.

She also can't see how strong her opponent is.

Therefore, she is fearsome.

1: It is a hill that goes by the name Nameless Hill. Mentioned later.

2: Drinking too much sake is poison for the body. If you are offered sake while in a bad condition, you need the courage to reject.

"I thought it was a doll, but when I touched it my skin became inflamed." (Anonymous)

Merely touching her will cause a bad reaction to one's body.

Terrifying.

"The other day, this small youkai dropped by the village, but immediately ran away. Was that really a youkai?" (Anonymous)

It is thought that she has not seen a large number of humans.

However, you must never chase after her.

She may return to spread a poisonous fog over the village.

"I saw a small doll hopping happily at the Nameless Hill. I wonder if the poison from the flowers there got to her." (Yumetsugu)

Since she gives the impression that she's defenseless, that just shows that her experience as a youkai is shallow.

You shouldn't carelessly startle her until she matures.

The type of poison is unknown.

There are many types of poison: flower's poison, snake's poison, bee's poison, spider's poison, poison that causes inflammation just by touching it and poison that knocks you unconscious just by whiffing it.

Because of that, if one is affected by her poison there is no definite treatment method.

You will probably understand the true terror of poison when you confront this youkai.

Even youkai suffer after being showered in the strong poison just by being near her.

At this point, it's not the time to be thinking about fighting.

Until this youkai develops mentally, refrain from exterminating her.

Her current weak point is her shallow experience.

She hates humans, but if you skillfully manage your words, you can deceive her easily.

Pretend to be a human that hates humans.

The strength of her poison is fearsome, and can leave aftereffects.

Poisons that remain latent for a long time and cause delayed effects (*3) are also dangerous.

You must avoid fighting her at all costs.

3: Such as alcohol and nicotine.