Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 58 The Begging Ceremony
The old house of the Kirino family.

Jingle Bell--

The landline in the corridor kept ringing.

The only person in the room stood by, arms folded, frowning at the noisy contraption.

"..."

Soya couldn't get through the phone for a long time, so he could only give up.

He completely ignores the possibility that the person on the other end won't answer the phone.

Although it was agreed to stay for one night at most yesterday, the half-hearted god didn't agree directly at that time, Sogu felt that he had to go back first.

"By the way, is there a TV installed in the Social Affairs Office?"

Kyoko shook his head.

"The TV can be installed at any time, but there is no signal on the mountain. It seems that the satellite dish needs to be installed first... I don't know much about this, so let's entrust it to someone else, and the other party said it will take some time."

In short, it means that it is not possible today.

"yes."

Soya had a headache.

In this case, [-]% of Yuedu would not want to come back, and he suddenly understood literally what it means to "please God is easy to send God away".

At this time, he and Kyoko were staying in a corner of the shrine, with a pile of burning papers in front of them.

The hard paper used to identify the qualifications of spiritual perception is very difficult to burn. He originally planned to throw it away. After all, no one would be idle to rummage through the scraps of paper in the trash can;

As a result, when Kyoko came out of the social affairs office, she suddenly felt something when she passed the trash can, and then picked up the piece of paper to observe.

Soya had no choice but to go over and explain.

And she looked at the clear palm prints on the shredded paper and was silent for a moment, then brought him a pile of talisman papers, and brought him to an unoccupied corner of the shrine.

The spiritual fire caused by the talisman paper ignited the hard paper at once, and the first thing to fade away was his palm print;
It will take some time to completely burn, and they can't leave it alone, so the two waited aside.

"I didn't expect Soya-san to choose to join the organization." Kyoko said suddenly.

Zong Gu stared at Huo Miao, "Isn't that what Kyoko planned before?"

"Do not."

She shook her head, "Because Soya-san has a lot of resistance, I plan to hire Soya-san in my own name... From Soya-san's point of view, it's a part-time job."

"yes."

Compared with formally joining the organization, this form of employment is undoubtedly much more free for him.But at the time, he was really conflicted, and he didn't think of it.

"Compared to Ms. Noma, my negotiation skills are still far behind."

Kyoko spoke calmly, and Soya seemed to hear a sigh.

"I don't think this is a difference in means."

He suddenly felt that he was talking too much, but the words had already been spoken, and Jingzi also looked over.

"what?"

"position."

Soya took a breath, and organized his thoughts.

"When Kyoko was negotiating with me, he was representing either the Fuyun Shrine or the Psychic Organization; and Ms. Noma was first Miss Noma, and then she was the maiden of the Fuyun Shrine and a member of the organization."

Kyoko looked at him, rolled her eyes at the end, and looked directly into his eyes.

"..."

Obviously didn't understand.

"Miss Noma cares more about her own interests, and so do I. And in some respects, our interests are aligned."

Soya picked up a branch from the side and pulled the fire.

"I am a person who escaped from the underworld. The things Jingzi wants to represent are too far away from me."

He paused suddenly.

"Bundling each other's interests together... This seems to be a means, if she really has the heart."

When he finished speaking, Kyoko just remained silent.

The pieces of cardboard on the ground were all burned to ashes, Soya got up and stretched his numb legs, preparing to go back to the ancestral hall to sort out the information.

"I can understand Soya-san..."

He turned his head, and the witch took the branch he had dropped, and in a despondent manner pushed the paper ashes on the ground to the roots of the tree.

"That's all."

At dusk, Tamago came to the wooden house of the ancestral hall and called Soya out.

"Brother Soya, the festival is about to begin."

"yes."

He glanced at the sky, and then retracted his eyes, then fell on her priestess clothes and delicate crown.

"I am looking forward."

"..."

Elaborately dressed, it was difficult to conceal the reluctance on the immature witch's face, but it couldn't change anything.

Soya smiled and followed her out.

"This tiara looks very formal."

"Yeah, this is the crown of the sky before, and it will only be worn during festivals and ceremonies."

"It's exquisite."

"Yes. Brother Soya, do you want to try?"

"is it okay?"

"Hey, do you really want to try..."

The place where the ceremony is held is in the atrium of the shrine. There is no special arrangement, but the sweeping is quite clean.

Yuzi called Zongya to make preparations, and he saw Akane Kirino on the other side.

"Haven't they returned yet?"

The three of them also saw Soya.Chao Wuling walked directly towards him, followed by the other two.

"Where's Mr. Noma?"

"The commission has gone."

"Eh?"

"Nothing. I thought you guys had gone back."

Akane Kirino shook her head, "We've been staying in the social affairs office."

"Aren't you boring?"

She glanced at Jingzi who was not far away, and lowered her voice mysteriously: "I'm so bored."

Soya laughed.

"But Soya hasn't come back, so we can't just leave like this."

"Are you going to wait for me to go back together?"

"Eh... can't you?"

Soya shook his head, "It's not impossible. It's just that I went back very late, like eight or nine o'clock."

"Ah, then don't wait."

"Ah."

"Where's Hongzi?"

Yoshikawa was taken aback, he didn't expect that he would need to express his opinion alone.

"...I'm with Akane."

Akane Kirino looked at her.

"..."

The two looked at each other, and Yoshikawa suddenly understood what she meant, pursed his lips, grabbed the corner of her clothes and tugged twice.

"Let's talk about it next time..."

Kirino Akane smiled slightly.

Soya looked at the two of them, "What do you do next time?"

"Hey, tell Soya next time."

When the few people were chatting, the twilight deepened a bit.

At a certain moment, the west-hanging sun disc disappeared into the sky, and the misty forest suddenly went dark.

Following the ringing of a bell, Kyoko, Yuko, and another maiden whose name Soya could not name stood in front of the main halls of the Palace of Heaven, Palace of the Moon, and Palace of God respectively, and danced at the same time.

"here we go."

Shaking fans and dancing bells, the dances of the witches may be unfamiliar or skilled, with different postures.

Jingzi's eyes were slightly closed, with a pious expression, holding the bell in one hand, and the black and white streamer tied on the bell with the other hand, walking slowly towards the center with dance steps that sometimes rotated and sometimes bowed down;

Yuzi and another priestess, although holding a gold and silver fan instead of a Kagura bell, their dance steps are roughly similar to hers, and they also move towards the middle while dancing.

As if worried about disturbing the ceremony, Yoshikawa spoke in a very low voice.

"It's a bit different from other shrine festivals."

"is it?"

"As far as I have seen the ceremony, there is no such part...but the color of the streamer of the Kagura Bell is very consistent, they are all black and white. Generally speaking, the streamer is either red or all colors, right?"

Soya didn't see much, so he couldn't give an affirmative answer.

"The black and white vertical belt represents the world and the world." Chao Wuling said suddenly.

The three maidens moved towards each other step by step.

"The three noble sons are worshiped here, which now means the unity of the three gods."

"..."

Soya and Yoshikawa looked at her and were stunned for a while.

"Does Suzu know the meaning of the festival?"

Yoshikawa asked in a low voice, "I heard from senior sister that because the ancient records were all lost hundreds of years ago, only the form was preserved in the end."

Looking at the field, Zhao Wuling saw that the three witches had gathered together and prostrated themselves on the ground at the same time.

Then Kyoko stood up alone, waved her long sleeves, held up the kagura bell, and spun it rapidly in her hand.

bell bell -

After the dance, she returned to her original place and prostrated herself on the ground with a more solemn gesture.

Chao Wuling spoke at this moment: "Amaterasu begs the mother god to return to the underworld."

"..."

Yoshikawa was at a loss, Soya looked at her all of a sudden, and Yuko then stood up.

Shaking the gold and silver double-sided fan, she repeated her sister's dance steps, and finally returned to her side.

Chao Wuling: "Yuedu begs the mother god to return to the underworld."

Yoshikawa looked at her, and then at Soya who was expressionless.

"Mother God... Is it Lord Izanami?"

"Perhaps so."

He dropped this sentence, and then pulled Chao Wuling to the side.

"I remember Kyoko said... this is a dance from Gao Tianyuan."

She nodded.

"When the teacher left Huangquan, Gao Tianyuan was closed, and the gods could not directly interfere with the world and the next world. In order to let the master of Huangquan return to Huangquan and end the chaotic state, this ritual was taught to the world."

She raised her gaze and looked towards the forest, and Soya followed suit.

The faint mist flowed and gathered, and vaguely condensed into a familiar face.

Blurry and distorted, but he recognized it immediately.

"No matter where you are in the world, the teacher will be affected by this ritual and suffer the pain of splitting the gods..."

Chao Wuling paused for a few seconds.

"every day."

(End of this chapter)