Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 62 She Looks Like This Moon

Soya came to the door for the second time, but the Sugawara couple, who were busy with socializing, were still not at home.

And when she got home, Yuzi couldn't help but lean on his back any longer, and got down obediently.

After a brief reception, Kyoko asked Soya and Asagiri to rest in the living room for a while; she went back to her room to change into her maiden clothes, and when she went downstairs to the kitchen, Soya was already waiting inside.

"Yuzi is already hungry, it will be more efficient for the two of us to prepare together—and I have something to ask Kyoko."

"..."

She looked at him and quickly agreed.

"What do you need me to do?"

Jingzi opened the refrigerator and took out a few ingredients, "Let's deal with these ingredients first."

Soya took it and washed it in the sink.

Jingzi took some water and washed rice aside.

"What does Soya-san want to ask?"

The sound of the water was rushing, washing the tender green leaves, and it took him a few seconds before he opened his mouth.

"It's about today's ceremony."

Kyoko immediately frowned, "Does Soya-san want me to stop this so-called 'unexplained festival'?"

"'also'?"

Soya was stunned for a moment, then looked back outside the kitchen, "Did Suzu say something to Kyoko?"

"Student Asagiri said that holding this kind of festival whose meaning is unclear and only passed down in form violates the original intention of the gods, is an offense to the gods, and should be abolished immediately."

"..."

You're welcome to put it bluntly.

He also intends to proceed step by step, and it is meaningless to think about it.

"Then what does Kyoko think?"

Kyoko looked over and showed him her unshakable attitude with firm eyes.

"This is a tradition that has been practiced by all shrines and temples in the Kinki region for thousands of years. Even if it is a formality, it is absolutely impossible to abolish it."

"That's right."

Soya had expected this result.

If it was so easy for the shrine to abandon its traditions, Izanami would not be in pain until now.

Moreover, there are thousands of shrines and temples in Kinki, but only one Fuyun Shrine abolished the begging ceremony, which could not alleviate her endless pain;
This is Gao Tianyuan's will, and he has tried his best.

【"... When the time comes, don't let me down."】

"..."

Soya clenched his fists.

She is Izanami, Tachibana Tenko is a false illusion... Stop being obsessed with it.

Jingzi looked at him for a while, then turned off the running faucet.

"Songya-san?"

"Feel sorry."

He regained his senses and picked up the vegetables in the pool, only to find that a bunch of vegetable leaves had been crushed into vegetable dregs by himself.

"……Feel sorry."

Kyoko shook his head.

"I want to know why Soya-san and Asagiri-san care so much about the festival."

"There's no reason." This obviously didn't convince her, "Probably because Ling and I are both pragmatic people, and some don't like this kind of tradition that's just about formalities."

"yes."

Kyoko thought for a while, then said:
"Although no one knows the meaning of the festival now, and there are no relevant ancient books handed down, it doesn't mean that they won't know it in the future.

Maybe one day in the future, Soya will find the gods recorded by the predecessors from the stone carvings in the deep mountains to teach the real meaning of this dance to the world. "

"..."

She was probably trying to convince him...or comfort?

Although somewhat reluctant, Soya smiled at her.

"I'm also looking forward to that day...thank you."

The corners of Jingzi's mouth curled up slightly, and he pointed to the pool again.

"Don't vent your anger on my vegetables."

After enjoying a delicious dinner, Soya and Asagiri took a break and said goodbye.

Kyoko sent the two of them to the station as usual.

"That's right." Soya remembered the establishment of the club, "Tomorrow at school, I might disturb Kyoko for a while."

"Because of the new club?"

"Yes."

"As long as it doesn't take too long..."

"No. Kyoko just needs to show up when the students from the student council come to confirm."

"I see."

Jingzi stopped in front of the station, "I'm in Class A, Grade [-], and the classroom is on the second floor."

"it is good."

The two bid her goodbye and entered the station.

The tram wobbled after two stops, without talking all the way, Soya and Asagiri got off at the station near the lake.

Walking out of the empty station, Soya took a few steps down the steps, and when he turned around, he found that Asagiri was still standing there.

"bell?"

She looked down at her feet.

He walked back, "What's wrong?"

"pain."

Soya squatted down and checked it a little.

"Which foot?"

The left foot moved.

He asked her to sit down, then took off the shoe and sock on her left foot, looked back and forth, and found no wound or redness.

"where?"

She pointed at a random place.

Soya pressed lightly, "Does it hurt?"

Her expression remained unchanged, "It hurts."

Putting on her shoes and socks, Soya turned around and squatted down.

She got on her back and hugged his neck.

There was no one on the road, and a crescent moon appeared and disappeared between the clouds.The convenience store not far away was deserted, and the clerk at the counter yawned.

When was the last time you carried her on your back?

Sogu thought for a while, but he didn't think of it, but thought of the memory that she carried her seven or eight-year-old self back to the children's welfare home a long time ago.

Was it because of something... a fight, or something missing?
It's been too long, I can't remember.

He was not walking fast, and the moonlight shone on the places where the street lamps could not illuminate, making the concrete pavement white and cold.

"Did Suzu say anything to Kyoko?"

She didn't speak, but moved her arms around his neck twice.

"I was rejected too."

Soya looked ahead, "However, this is also a matter of course."

"If it was really that simple, Lord Izanami would have gotten rid of it long ago."

Zhao Wuling answered.

The girl was light and light, similar to the elementary school student he had memorized not long ago.

He lifted her up.

"Did Izanami-sama think about killing all the shrines or temples in the Kinki region?"

Zhao Wuling: "The original ceremony was a seven-monthly festival for the Ainu people."

"yes."

It seems that Izanami has already made a similar attempt, and the result is that the religious institutions in the Kinki area inherited the will of the gods, and the frequency of the ceremony was shortened from seven months to every day.

"It's really ruthless." Soya said flatly, "Is there no other way?"

Chao Wuling didn't say anything.

The farther away from the station, the deserted the road.

This is a rural place on the shore of Lake Biwa, and the nightlife is not on the road, but in the izakaya along the road.

The dim street lights in the alley brought back memories from the afternoon.

"At dusk, I remembered something."

Soya stared at the brightest spot among the street lamps, as if he could go back to the moment when he leaned out the window and looked at the sunset.

"Before I saw the teacher 'onset' for the first time, Ling once tried to stop me."

This was only two years ago, and they both remember each other clearly.

"Ah."

"Before that, what was Ling anxious about...or angry about?"

"..."

She looked at his profile, "I don't remember."

"yes."

Soya didn't ask any more questions.If she didn't want to speak, it was useless to say anything.

He was suddenly curious: Has she always looked like this for the past 1000 or [-] years?

"Before coming to the Children's Welfare Institute, what were Suzu and Izanami-sama doing?"

"travel."

"travel?"

"Every 100 years, the teacher leaves Japan and travels around the world."

Soya tilted his head, "Is Suzu coming with you?"

She looked into his eyes, "Yeah."

He looked forward again, "Where have you been?"

"Anywhere."

"That's right... that's right, after all, you have plenty of time. How about the last time?"

As if recalling the cold feeling, Chao Wuling hugged him tighter.

"Antarctica."

"...It's amazing." Sogu couldn't help but marvel, "How did you get there?"

"Planes and ships."

She leaned against his neck, "In the winter of Heisei 21, departed from Japan, flew to Argentina, and then took a cruise ship from Ushuaia Port, crossed the Drake Passage, and landed on the Antarctic Peninsula."

"A cruise ship... how long does it take?"

"About two days." Chao Wuling said, "Waiting for the right landing weather, I waited for three more days."

"After landing, the teacher took me out of the team and wandered around the Antarctic continent for more than a year."

"..."

Soya was speechless, listening to her continue to tell how Izanami landed in Antarctica with a large ship of spirits, and then built a snow castle on the unparalleled ice field, hunting all kinds of Antarctic animals, and monopolizing that area ice and snow...

"Later, the teacher felt tired and returned to Japan."

People walk, clouds drift, and the moon hides and appears.When Soya returned to the courtyard of Kirino's old house with Asagiri on her back, the trip to Antarctica she was talking about ended here.

"Where will you be in 100 years?"

"do not know."

Pulling open the sliding door and walking into the entrance, Sogu put her down.

"How is your foot, does it still hurt?"

Zhao Wuling shook his head.

"Yes, that's fine."

Zongya was about to take a bath, but only when he heard the sound of the TV coming from the direction of the living room, he remembered that there was a god waiting at home.

"..."

Tsukiyomi was lying on the ground, and when she saw him, she stretched out her hand weakly, looking extremely weak.

"Why did you come back..."

Zongya was startled, and hurried over to help him up.

"what happened?"

Tsukiyomi opened her mouth, her voice was weak, and her chest shrank.

"I haven't eaten all day...so hungry."

(End of this chapter)