im pretty sure there's a story with a really similar setting/plot, i forgot the name but the girl in that story was also deemed "cursed" for being touched by a monkey yokai and she was saved by some army general or something
IM SO HAPPY THEY WERE AVENGED IN THE FIRST LIFE, LIKE NO HAPPY ENDING FOR YOU EVIL MONKEYS IN ANY TIMELINE
im pretty sure there's a story with a really similar setting/plot, i forgot the name but the girl in that story was also deemed "cursed" for being touched by a monkey yokai and she was saved by some army general or something