Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 2
The help after going back and forth temporarily won the trust of the young homeless, followed by successive warmth.

"name."

"Wandering spirit."

"Hesitation... No, what I asked was your name."

In the kitchen of the Kirino family's old house, the boy across the table raised his head.

The long blow-dried hair hangs over her shoulders, and the clothes she just changed after taking a shower are clean and warm, but they don't fit well.

"I?"

The two looked at each other, Kirino Qian nodded, and added: "If it's inconvenient, forget it."

He's a homeless man after all...

"No inconvenience."

He lowered his head, stirred the chopsticks to pick up a ball of udon noodles, and was about to put it into his mouth.

"Soya. Soya Yoshiaki."

"Songya..."

The homeless man on the opposite side was devouring, Kirino Akane silently read his name, and waited for him to swallow the noodles in his mouth before continuing to ask.

"What about age?"

"15 years old." He blurted out.

"Eh?"

Akane Kirino was a little surprised, and Soya also paused.

"What year is it now?"

"The era name has changed." She added for no reason, "After the new year, it will be Reiwa 3 years."

"yes."

Zongya obviously knew the change of the year name, he lowered his head and continued to eat noodles, "That should be 17 years old."

From 15 years old to 17 years old, does it mean that you have been wandering outside for two years without caring about the world?

Akane Kirino guessed, but she didn't ask any further questions because she saw that he was very absorbed in eating.

It's obviously just a bowl of ordinary udon noodles, and the side dishes are only a few slices of green vegetables...

She held her chin and looked at Zonggu again, unable to understand why this handsome boy who was only one year older than her was wandering outside.

runaway?

Or a family misfortune?

"Wandering spirit."

As if feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by her, Sogu suddenly spoke.

Akane Kirino was taken aback, "What?"

He stopped his chopsticks and looked at her, "It's the name of the wandering spirit you just saw."

"yes."

"Because it has experienced too many years, its consciousness has almost dissipated.

There is neither aggressiveness nor offensive ability, only the last sliver of instinct, making it return to the place where it stayed the longest before it was alive, lingering...

That is, it has always been in this house. "

"..."

Kirino Akane's scalp tingled suddenly.

Although she usually lives at home, the number of times she spends the night here alone is not rare.For example, during the summer vacation every year, she prefers to stay here alone.

Turns out she wasn't the only one...

"--and many more."

She suddenly realized something was wrong, "Since it's always been here, why haven't I seen it before?"

"For ordinary people, it's normal not to see."

The bitter cold rain that forced Soya to come back to borrow an umbrella, at this time, as the wind became more violent, it slapped the glass window of the kitchen, briefly attracting the attention of the two of them;

Kirino Akane got up and closed the window completely, and Soya continued to explain after she sat down again.

"In addition to the five basic senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, the ability to perceive spiritual bodies is called spiritual perception. People with a certain level of spiritual perception are called 'spiritual beings'.

Ordinary people's spiritual sense is very weak. Even if there is a spiritual body around them, they can only vaguely sense it at most. They can neither see nor touch it, and they don't know why. "

It was the first time she heard such a statement, and she digested it for a few seconds before asking:
"So... actually, it was because my spiritual sense suddenly awakened that I was able to see that wandering spirit just now?"

Soya shook his head.

"Human spirituality is innate and will not change. Maybe you are special."

Akane Kirino was stunned for a while, comparing her changes before and after, her eyes naturally fell on the amulet beside her.

The red thread that connected it had been broken, which was the main reason why she lost the amulet, and she planned to find a new string to string it with when she got home.

"Is it related to this amulet?"

Soya also glanced at it, but didn't pay much attention.Although in Japan, which is more accustomed to wearing omamori, this kind of wooden amulet is relatively rare.

"Maybe. I've been wearing it all the time. It was grandma a long time ago..."

Staring at the lines on the peach wood, Akane Kirino suddenly remembered what he said before, her eyes widened suddenly.

"—Wait a minute, the ghost is actually the soul of a person, right?"

"Not exactly, but it's okay to understand it this way."

"Did you just say that that wandering spirit called Wandering Spirit would wander in the place where he stayed the longest?"

Zonggu looked up and quickly nodded.

"grandmother!"

"No... Not everyone will become a wandering spirit after death. And according to the speed at which the consciousness of a wandering spirit dissipates, it may take more than a hundred years to become a wandering spirit."

"..."

Akane Kirino was stunned for a while, then got up and left the kitchen.

"If it's not grandma, then it's the other ancestors of the Kirino family..."

Not long after, there was a faint sound of copper exhaustion in the living room outside.

Ding--

Eating half of the udon noodles, Soya thought that the girl in front of the shrine probably had a lot to say to her ancestors who had vanished into thin air;

As a result, within half a minute, she returned to the kitchen.

"It suddenly occurred to me that the Kirino family's land was bought more than 60 years ago."

"……yes."

Putting down the chopsticks, Soya wiped his lips and let out a long breath.

"Thank you for the hospitality."

"Okay, you're welcome."

Akane Kirino looked at the bottomed noodle bowl, saw him looking out the window, and asked, "Is Mr. Soya ready to leave?"

"Ah."

"Continue wandering?"

"..."

Soya nodded, and lowered his gaze.

"almost."

The clothes on his body were a bit loose, still the style of the previous era, but the warmth retention effect was far better than the few pieces of tattered cloth that could barely be called clothes.

"Thank you for your clothes and hot water, and this delicious bowl of udon noodles."

Soya stood up and looked at her seriously, "It's just that I don't have the ability to repay you now."

"No no...Mr. Soya also said a lot of strange knowledge, which opened my eyes, so I don't need to repay you." Akane Kirino waved her hand and looked out the window again, "But it's still raining now."

"Umbrella……"

"No problem—I mean, you can wait until the rain stops before you leave."

Soya shook his head, "Those things chasing me will not stop, and they may have chased here by following their breath."

"Eh? What?"

He hesitated for a moment, considering that since she could "see", she was not an ordinary person, so he didn't hide it.

"Daughter of the Underworld."

"..."

Akane Kirino was taken aback, and quickly remembered where she had seen this name before.

"Is it the daughter of the underworld mentioned in "Ancient Matters"?"

"Yes."

The girl was even more surprised, "You are Izanagi-sama?!"

"No...the target of the daughter of the underworld is far more than the creation god."

"There really are gods... Is everything in the creation myths true?"

"Not quite."

After taking a hot bath and eating a big bowl of noodles, Sogu was reluctant to part with the long-lost warmth, but in the end he didn't dare to delay too long, so he was about to go outside.

"I don't have time to explain more. If you are really curious, you can go to the nearby shrine and ask.

Shrines in the Kinki region seem to have high requirements for priests, the most important of which is the strength of spiritual perception.Presumably they will also be very interested in you. They will not hide too much about things of this level. "

"A shrine?"

Kirino Akane paused for a moment, and Soya had already walked out of the kitchen, looking left and right.

"The exit is on the left."

He nodded with his back turned and turned to the left.

She followed immediately, turned around after two or three steps, grabbed the amulet on the table and stuffed it into her pocket;
After chasing out of the kitchen, Zongya had already stopped and was staring at her suspiciously.

"Hey..." She subconsciously looked down at herself, and there was nothing unusual, "What's wrong?"

"Disappeared."

Kirino Akane was even more at a loss, "What?"

"When the spiritual perception reaches a certain level, you can detect other people with similar spiritual perception in a small area. Just like I just turned my back to Ms. Kirino, but I can still feel your presence..."

As Zongya said, he closed his eyes again, what he saw with his spiritual eyes was as dark as his vision at this time.

"But now, I don't feel anything."

When he opened his eyes again, Akane Kirino stretched out her hand, with the small mahogany amulet in her palm.

"Probably because of this?"

She flipped her hand, and the amulet fell straight down, and she nimbly caught it with the back of her foot, and then rolled to the floor.

"now what?"

"I can feel it..."

Zong Gu looked at her, bent down to pick up the amulet that was still warm.The induction that had just recovered was cut off immediately, and he was in doubt.

"What exactly is this?"

"That...Mr. Soya, Mr. Soya!"

Akane Kirino's voice suddenly became flustered, but his attention was still on the amulet in his hand.

"what?"

"The daughter of the underworld you are talking about...what does it look like?"

"..."

Sogu raised his head abruptly, and followed her straight gaze to look behind him.

There was nothing in the empty corridor.

But in the eyes of Akane Kirino, this is obviously not the case:

"Are you wearing black clothes, with a very white face and long hair..."

Staring at the woman in black robe who was approaching gradually, she did not expect to see this pale face here again.

"She's looking at me..."

The girl trembled involuntarily, not only because of fear, but also because of the cold breath blowing towards her face, covering her in all directions.

She seemed to be in a piece of ice tens of centimeters thick, extremely cold, with nowhere to escape, suffocating...

"excuse me……"

A little warmth from the palm of the hand quickly spread throughout the body, stopping the freezing and dispelling the fear.

"Hold me tight."

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