Oh, so you are from Japan as well? The previous sage and Akira, the one now are both from that land. That's really cool, actually! I don't recall anything like these statues, but suffice to say there's a lot of things about the Sage's world I don't really get.

[Like airplanes and electricity, for example. He was also fascinated by movie screens.]

What is an ayakashi then? Is it a sort of magical creature?