The woman hesitated, some lingering trace still owing loyalty to her former master... and, likely, still fearful of the spell that had bound her, and would take her life, if she spoke. Finally, she swallowed that fear, and began to speak. "My... my mistress, Kimindatsu, ordered it. The Amatatsu heir is... is not to find Suishen, and cannot be allowed to reach Minkai."