I'm a ghost story witch in Tokyo

Chapter 28 28. Bloodline Origin

Not long after, the owner, Mrs. Yoshino, brought a dilapidated cardboard box from the bedroom, which was full of old photo albums with a sense of age.

The first photo studio in Japan was opened in Osaka in 1865, and it gradually became popular later. The witch who opened the photo studio also became a pioneer of Japanese photography.

The first photo album started in 1866, recording the living conditions of the Yoshino family for more than 100 years.Several of the photo albums have photos of family members wearing goddess festival costumes and participating in the festival in the square in front of the town.

"This is a commemoration of our family's participation in the Goddess Festival more than 100 years ago. It was taken by a witch who likes to take pictures. I can't remember exactly which generation she is from my wife."

The background of the black and white photo is a large group of uniformed witches. The scene is quite grand, at least thousands of people.

"When it came to our generation, the family suffered many misfortunes. My wife is not a person who is content with the status quo. She yearned to live in a big city. I lived with her in Tokyo for a period of time. She later became a strange witch. You guys I also know that a ghostly witch is a high-risk occupation, and that idiot has no skills, and within half a year, her body was sent back to Asahina Town in a coffin by the Witch Association."

Mrs. Yoshino's attitude is very free and easy. Even when talking about the death of her partner, she just said it lightly, and even used a slightly joking tone.

Rui Ji and Yue listened quietly.The content has not yet reached the critical point, so it is right to gossip, and there is no need to interrupt others' narration.

"It happened in 1970, when my twin daughters were 18 years old, I kept them by my side and stopped them from leaving Kansai. I told them that the outside world was dangerous, and their other mother died in a war with them. In the battle of ghost stories. It is difficult to raise two children alone, they have reached the age of college, and there is no way I will let them be trapped in Asahina for the rest of their lives."

Turn the pages of photos and turn to a new chapter.

Two beautiful high school witches stood in front of the high school affiliated to Shiga University, with a sign "Celebrating Graduation" beside them. Mrs. Yoshino, who was not so old at that time, stood behind them. The faces of the family of three were full of satisfaction and happiness. Smile.

But since then, there have been no new photos, and the back of the album is full of blank pages.

Rui Ji had a premonition that the key point was coming.

"In order to earn more money for my daughters to go to college, I went to the shrine on the mountain to ask for an errand to help prepare props for festivals and rituals and sacrifices. My wife turned out to be a carpenter witch, and passed on her craftsmanship to I, and then it was my turn to do carpentry to support the family, and started taking orders from surrounding villages and towns, including Asahina Shrine."

The topic was finally pushed to the climax, and a locked photo album was revealed.It is much thinner than a photo album of daily life, and there are only a dozen photos in it, all of which are of the same object.

A large rectangular wooden box of light brown, with many intricate patterns carved on the surface, depicting in detail the contents of the goddess' descent.

"This is... a coffin?"

There is also a matching lid next to the big wooden box, which looks like a container for burying the dead.No matter how gaudy the pattern on the surface of this thing is, it is still an unlucky thing in essence.

People in the Celestial Dynasty are more taboo to pass the coffin through the door of the house. When other people go to the funeral, they try to stay behind closed doors to avoid bad luck.

"There is no cemetery in the shrine. Shintoism believes that death is impure. This coffin should not be buried in the shrine."

Moon found a blind spot.

Since it cannot be used, why does the shrine order such a large coffin?It is impossible to use it for sundries.

"It can't be buried in the shrine. Its final outcome is to sink into the sea behind Asahina Town together with the offerings to the Goddess of the Mountain, in order to obtain the blessings of the Goddess for the next three years."

Mrs. Yoshino's voice became low, with a little anger in it, and her chest heaved more and more violently.

"Those superstitious bastards really believe in the so-called Goddess, that Goddess...is just a weak witch who was defeated in the Battle of Anegawa and fled to the deep mountains for fear of being hunted down by the Oda Army.

At that time, Omi recruited a large number of soldiers, and weak witches who were not considered in the first place were also recruited.Seeing the defeat of the coalition forces, she knew that Oda Nobunaga was a ruthless person who hid in the dead end of Enryaku Temple, so she came to Asahina Town by mistake and was taken in by the then mayor. "

Strong emotions reverberated in the old man's chest, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Even though Rui Ji knew that she was a ghost, and had already merged with the regional ghost, she could still feel the same emotion.Emotions are real, it's not deceptive catharsis.

After Mrs. Yoshino calmed down, she continued with the topic just now.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I just can't understand that such a stupid thing can last for more than 400 years. In Asahina Town during the Warring States Period, the townspeople were all ordinary people without magic power. The continuation of future generations is through internal digestion. The same is true for the offspring. The arrival of that weak witch has changed the stable structure of Asahina Town for hundreds of years."

"She won't be the daughter of the mayor's family... After all, witches form families with ordinary people, and even if they seek the blessing of the tree of origin, new witches can be born, even if they are weak witches."

Rui Ji thought of some indescribable pictures.

In the middle of the night, the injured witch and the ordinary girl who took care of her stayed together to discuss big plans, and then discussed an extremely noble and sacred topic, which changed the blood of Asahina Town...

As dramatic as it is, nothing is impossible.

The hazy kindness made the weak witch want to repay the daughter of the mayor who took her in through practical actions, and distribute her weak witch blood to these poor people who have no magic power. After that, the whole town became a weak witch.

From ancient times to the present, there is no rule that each witch can only combine with one person or one witch.

Then, Rui Ji's bold guess was confirmed.

"You are right. Asahina Town was closed beyond imagination at that time. Witches were introduced to Japan between the Asuka and Nara eras, and the people of Asahina Town have sealed themselves in the mountains for generations until the Azuchi-Momoyama era. Later, I learned that there are witches in the world.

That weak witch knows some magic. The people in the town are all illiterate and illiterate. They worship her as a goddess. Every household wants their daughter to get the blood of the goddess. Therefore, the guest room of the mayor’s house is lit all night long. Bright, not extinguished until the early morning hours. "

At this moment, Yue put down his teacup and asked, "How did you know such details, madam? It's as if you experienced it yourself."

(End of this chapter)