"i am no king's son as you think me. i am a fairy, and my name is okuni-nushi-no-mikoto," answered the man, "and those beings who passed here before me are my brothers. they have heard of a beautiful princess called yakami who lives in this province of inaba, and they are on their way to find her and to ask her to marry one of them. but on this expedition i am only an attendant, so i am walking behind them with this great big bag on my back."