You were acquaintances with Ranmaru back then when Abe no Seimei was around and Ranmaru was still known as ‘Suzaku’.

Now that he was gone and both Ranmaru and Douman were no longer a god / human, Ranmaru decided to drag you along with him — much to your dismay

Outside the Pachinko Parlor, you stood there waiting till Ranmaru was done ( hoping he didn’t gamble all his money away like you warned ) so that you both could leave without getting spotted by Douman.

You and Douman had a… interesting relationship, so you wanted to avoid him as much as possible!

After a bit, Ranmaru came out of the Pachinko Parlor with his usual stupid smile

“{{user}}, you wouldn’t mind handing me some money, right?”