Hanamaru Shrine under construction

Chapter 258

A shrine maiden recognized by the gods suddenly appeared at the Meishin Taisha Shrine, which had never been guarded by a god lord. This news surprised the believers who came and went to worship at the shrine, but before they could react, they were shocked by her fierceness of throwing people out of the shrine. , and those guys who originally wanted to intercede for the obstetrics, all bowed their heads and remained silent.

To be honest, morality kidnaps the shrine and forcibly interferes with the allocation of the priests to the gods. This kind of thing is unthinkable in other shrines. No one dares to risk the anger of the gods and point fingers at the priests.But everyone knows that Iga Myojin Ichimokuren is a god who is willing to sacrifice his eyes for human beings, and Mr. Taro, who is in charge of acting as the palace secretary, is also very talkative, but their gentleness did not get the reward they deserved. Instead, people who entered and left the shrine forgot Fulfilling their duties as believers, bossing around one by one, without any reverence for the gods.

The sound of flapping wings appeared, Xianyu stretched out her hand, and the three-legged Yatagarasu landed on her hand.This is the envoy of Amaterasu, and also the imperial beast that can only be used by Saiwang of Ise Shrine.Xian Yu stroked the bird's feathers, and said: "I have decided to return, report to His Highness for me." The bird got the reply, and flapped its wings and left.

After seeing off the birds of the Ise Shrine, Xianyu turned his attention back to the people who gathered in front of the gate of the shrine because of the crumbs of the maternity house, and said: "From today onwards, the shrine will resume operations in the middle of the year, and the four major festivals will be held normally. Both the Zhongchun New Year Festival, the Jixia Moon Festival, the Midwinter New Taste Festival, and the Ji Dongyue Festival. Since my god is also a forging priest, the Nai Festival on November [-] will be included in the shrine's regular offerings. In addition, open acceptance towns Sacrificial offerings, Shangdong ceremonies, pre-sacred marriage ceremonies and other gods entrusted."

This was something she had discussed with Lord Lian a long time ago, but she didn't expect it to be delayed until it was realized.

These are all good things, especially the aristocrats in Iga showed joy when they heard that they could hold a pre-shrine wedding, but some people worried: "Master, is the shrine still willing to accept the commission of exorcising evil spirits?"

Over the years, Iga's reward seals have been placed in front of the torii of the shrine, and the priests of the shrine will help expel the monsters.

"Yes." Xianyu replied.

"Thank you, sir!" The common people rejoiced.

Knowing that the crowd would not disperse if he was here, Xianyu glanced at Taro Taidao, and entered the gate of God with him, and stopped when he reached the main hall area where the idlers and others could not set foot, and said: "Hello, I It's Yuji, Lord Lian's witch."

Taro, who didn't know what to say to break the tranquility, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "I know, my brother and they often mention you." He had been to her dormitory before, and he knew that the judge was a very young child , it was only after she woke up that he realized that she was thinner and smaller than he had imagined.

"Brother?" Xianyu was at a loss.

"It's Jiro." When mentioning his brother, Taro's golden eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of warm light.

"Ah!" Xianyu was stunned. Although she also knew that Jiro had an older brother, she always thought that Jiro would also be a big guy in women's clothing, but she never expected that Taro would be such a dignified and upright type.Thinking of this, Xianyu was a little embarrassed and said: "I'm sorry, I went to rest without making arrangements for the shrine..." Even though the adults refused to hold any sacrifices while she was asleep, the shrine still had to operate. , Xiaohuwan and the others are maintaining it.

"You don't need to feel guilty, there is nothing wrong with the experience you have accumulated from being enshrined for many years. Besides being enshrined as a knife, this kind of life is not bad." He looked down at the hair on top of the witch's head. Vortex, said: "It's just... Maybe it's because I have been away from the world for too long, and there are always some things that I can't handle properly."

"That's not it." Xian Yu raised his head and said, "It's because he was so concerned about Master Lian's reputation and didn't want him to have a reputation for being indifferent, so he backed down under that guy's pressure, right? It's not that he couldn't handle it, but that he was Worry got in the way."

Taro did not refute, he did have such concerns, lowered his eyes and said: "Is it okay?"

"It's okay, even if this matter gets out, no one will think that we are at fault." When talking about the business, Xianyu's immature aura that belongs to a girl is swept away, even if she thought she was young before. The young Taro, at the moment, can only notice her dignified and solemn side as a god-lord.Seeing that Taro didn't understand, Xianyu explained: "In any shrine, entanglement with the priesthood and force for a talisman is a felony of blasphemy, but the group of fools who were instigated by Mr. Scumbag didn't know themselves. Besides...no one dares to criticize Gao Tianyuan Zhengshen, even if Speaking of it, at most, it will be said that Fengshen Shrine has an extra vicious lord." Just like the world will only say that the Inari Miko Fumiko is tough, but they will not mention the Inari God.

They will hate me, but they will also learn to respect my god.

"It's not indifferent to being said that." Even though Taro is not human, he doesn't think there are any girls who are willing to be called fierce.

"You need to change your way of thinking about this kind of thing, for example...is it better to be hated than to be bullied?" Xianyu spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "It is impossible to be liked by everyone in this world, as long as I It’s good that the people around me won’t be affected.” She paused, then said cautiously: “Will Taro think I’m too much?”

"No." The extraordinarily upright magic knife Fu Sangshen said seriously after thinking about it: "That young master has a wicked mind and is full of resentment and filth, so he is not worthy of God's protection. You did nothing wrong." Xian Yu kept raising his face Talking to himself, realizing the difference in height between the two, Taro immediately took two steps back, opened the distance, so that she could lower her eyes slightly, and said, "Sorry, I have a physique that makes it difficult for you." He kept looking up Very tired look.

Xianyu, who was still smiling, immediately suppressed his smile, and said expressionlessly, "No."

"I'll stand farther away."

"No need." As soon as the other side opened up the distance, Xianyu immediately followed.What are you doing standing far away? It looks like she is very short.

Taro showed a puzzled expression, he didn't understand why the judge suddenly became stubborn, but he was considerate and didn't ask, so he kept such a distance.Considering that the god master will resume sacrifices next, Taro sorted out the information in his mind and was about to explain them one by one, but at this moment, the exclamation of Miteki who had been trailing behind him interrupted his words.

The two of them were taken aback by Mitetsu's sudden cry, Qi Qi turned their heads to look at him, and Mitetsu himself was staring at Xianyu in astonishment at the moment, and said with surprise on his face: "Wait! Isn't the master of this shrine Our god judge? God judge?!"

"It's the former god judge." Xianyu reminded, the reflex arc was longer than Da Baoping.

"Ah, that's right." Yu Techu patted his head, and grinningly rubbed Xianyu's hair with his palm. He had just met each other, but he was familiar with him like a friend for many years, and said, "Haha, what a small one." Ah, sure enough, sleeping too much will delay the growth of your head."

"The seal is static. I'm not yet an adult, so I have a lot of room for growth..." Xianyu tried to keep calm.

"Put your hands down on the miko, don't offend the priestess like this." Taro corrected.

"Oh, you are too serious, because you are really cute, and beside you, Taro, you look even smaller." Mitechu laughed.

"..." Taro noticed that the miko stepped back a few steps, away from him, and stood beside Mitechu.He suddenly realized that she seemed to care about his height, but the tragic situation of standing next to Mitechu did not change much, so he comforted: "Big body...is not a good thing."

"Being tall is better than being short." Xian Yu subconsciously said on tiptoe.When Seimei and Ootengu stood together, the one who was complained was the one in the back.

"But it's useless if it's too tall. It's like a sword that no one can use, so it loses its value." Taro lowered his eyes. In some cases, they are collected and preserved, and most of them are out of the owner's cherishment.But he is different, because it is too large to be used by ordinary people, so it can only be enshrined in the shrine.

"Size 53 shoes are rarely used, so shouldn't they exist? Any pot can be fitted with any lid, and it's not a matter of shoes if they don't fit the size." After Xianyu finished speaking, he realized that he might be talking about himself. She hadn't seen what his prototype knife looked like, so she could only hastily changed her words: "Besides, no matter what the purpose is, each vibration knife was born in the expectation of the knife maker, otherwise he could have remade it during the forging process." The length of the blade. Speaking of which, you are Fusangshen now, so there is no need to worry about it, your own value can be proved by yourself."

Since you can already wave yourself, why bother to rely on others.

Such a statement made Taro startled, and he looked at his hands, which were perfect enough to swing an Odachi of any length.Since he came to the mortal world, he has always been calm, and suddenly an impulse arises. Instead of staying at the shrine as a priest, he also wants to go out and swing a knife like Qingjiang and the others to drive away the evil spirits.

Taro was lost in thought.Seeing this, Xianyu didn't want to disturb her, so she bid farewell and left, continuing to walk aimlessly in the shrine.

Compared with the bustle of the front hall, the courtyard behind the shrine, as a place where ordinary believers can't set foot, looks a bit deserted. Walking on the road, Xianyu only sees the maiden cleaning up the fallen leaves.The small gate at the back also has stairs leading down the mountain, but compared to the solemn and vertical access road in front of the gate of God, this path is steep and winding, with neither handrails nor guardrails, and few people are willing to use it.

There was no smoke and fire in the front hall, and only the humidity of the vegetation remained in the back. Xianyu picked up her clothes and walked down the mountain along the path. As she walked, she stopped and sat on the side of the stairs, holding her arms in her arms. He bent his knees, stared blankly into the distance, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Keimaru and the others who had been following Xianyu closely did not step forward to interrupt, but Tsurumaru looked at Keimaru in surprise, and whispered: "I said, you are not going to cry!" "I don't want to cry!" Yes!" Katsumaru retorted.Just seeing Ji Jun handling the affairs of the shrine with ease, he couldn't help but miss her ignorant and ignorant appearance.She grew up as they wished, but he was not as happy as he had intended, but more disappointed.

Hasebe didn't speak, he just felt that there was no need to follow.

Sitting on the steps, Xianyu was still in a daze, wondering if she really didn't notice that someone was following behind her, or if she knew it and didn't care.

Xianyu actually didn't have a detailed understanding of how many years he had been asleep, it might have been a long period of time, or it might have been a short period of time.Although the gods around her hadn't changed much, the shrine had changed a lot. She felt a little alienated, but when she saw the familiar building, she became friendly again.

The center of the main hall is decorated with plum blossoms, while the surrounding area is full of bamboos, in a dense row, casting a mottled shade of light and shadow.The front of the shrine is surrounded by river water, and cherry trees are planted on both sides, while the handrail of the approach is filled with maple trees.Even if it's not time yet, Xianyu can still imagine the beauty of the cherry blossoms falling on the water, the beauty of autumn red maples, and the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Her father once regretted that he did not take her to see the red plums and fallen leaves in Kyoto, but he brought the bamboos from Arashiyama, the plums from Tenmangu, the cherry blossoms from Kamogawa, and the red leaves from Shimizu...all of them to her.

The five-cracked maple leaves fell from the treetops and hit Xianyu's hair. She stretched out her hand and pinched the leaves in her hands.But at this moment, a butterfly that flew from nowhere lightly landed on the top of the leaf, fluttering its wings with beautiful patterns, emitting a glistening brilliance.

Xianyu was slightly stunned, his eyes followed the butterfly and flew down the stairs, watching it hover and land on another person's fingertip.The man was still wearing a blue hunting suit, his silver hair fluttered so that the red lines on his eyebrows were faintly visible, and his handsome face had not changed in 40 years.Then, he said softly with that familiar voice that belonged to the youth:

"Sister-in-law."

"..." Xianyu opened her mouth but made no sound. She dropped the maple leaf in her hand and slowly stood up from the steps.Then, she saw Qingming below slightly turn her body sideways, revealing the young man in white hunting clothes hidden behind him, and the man stretched out his hand to her with a gentle smile that she was very attached to.

Xianyu, who had just suspected that he was hallucinating, quickly ran down the mountain path, and the air flow driven by it swept up the fallen leaves.Her hug was not in vain, and she was really embraced by someone. The familiar temperature and the tenderness that could contain her everything forever made her unable to restrain her tears.

"Big Brother..."

Did she, didn't sleep too long, and didn't... miss too much.