After we broke up, my ex asked me to attack her

Chapter 337 Funeral
The stepmother got the answer she wanted - Kagura Hikaru didn't care about her previous rudeness and left with a sigh of relief.

Kagura Hikari closed the door and sighed towards the wall.

During that period of time, he hadn't been with his mother for a long time, which made him recall many "old things" and the resentment that was originally suppressed in his heart.

No matter how peacefully he and his stepmother had lived together in the past, there was still a stubborn contradiction that weighed on the minds of both of them and they could not let it go.

To this day, Kagura Hikaru still doesn't know how to get along with her father's cheating partner and remarriage partner.

Silent all night.

The next day, Kagura's family began preparing for the funeral.

Human funerals have been a very complicated matter since ancient times, especially in rural areas where many past traditions are still preserved.

When Kagura Mitsuru got up early in the morning, she saw her grandmother, father, and stepmother tidying up the house, sweeping away the dirt, and making room in preparation for the funeral.

After breakfast, Kagura Hikari was sent by his father to the clothing store in town to rent a black suit for the funeral. It was mainly for his own use. His father and stepmother brought their own black clothes when they came, but Kagura Hikari didn't have any.

The solemn black suit is the designated attire for funerals in the island country and is basic etiquette.

The town is not big, and Kagura Hikaru walked to the store on foot and successfully rented a black suit.

When I got home, I found people from the funeral company at home, putting makeup on my grandfather who was lying in the coffin and arranging his appearance.

This was the first time Kagura Hikaru saw his grandfather's body after returning to his hometown.

His expression was peaceful and his posture was smooth and natural. It seemed that he passed away without any pain. Just as grandma said, he passed away in his sleep.

Wreaths, candles, portraits, mourning halls - everything needed for a funeral soon appeared at home.

The funeral officially began at seven o'clock in the evening.

Funerals are not uncommon in this rural town in Wakayama. Many people living in the village are elderly and have long been accustomed to the death of others.

Because of this, funerals are particularly important. After all, this is the last dignity of the deceased in the world. Even if you originally had a bad relationship with someone, you should be more tolerant at this moment.

After seven o'clock, people from the town came to visit one after another.

Everyone who comes in will bow before the coffin, and those who are thoughtful will place a bouquet of flowers under the coffin as a sign of respect.

Grandma and stepmother kept bringing out tea and snacks to entertain them, while Kagura's father chatted with the guests.

As more and more people came, the bouquets of flowers near the coffin piled up into a pile, as if surrounding an old man who had passed away.

As a 'little kid', Kagura Hikaru didn't need to entertain the guests and just stayed in the corner and observed quietly.

This is his own family funeral, so of course he will take it seriously, but at the same time, he also has another mission - to find the murderer seen in the prophecy, the suspicious middle-aged man.

Kagura Mitsuru remembered his face clearly. If he was from this town, he would most likely come to the funeral. By then, Kagura Mitsuru would have a way to make him reveal the location of the body and bring the murderer to justice.

Unfortunately, he didn't see anyone who matched his impression until the funeral was over and all the guests had left.

This made him a little disappointed.

It seems that we can't take the easy way out. After the funeral is over, we should find a way to get a list of the villagers.

The guests left and the house became empty.

The Kagura family began to clean up the mess.

"Mr. Guang, you must be very tired." The stepmother passed by with a teapot and said to Kagura Guang with concern, "I have prepared hot water for you. Go take a bath first. There will be a farewell ceremony tomorrow morning. Don't stay up too late."

"Ah."

Kagura nodded, tied up the garbage, and walked away silently.

His stepmother kept looking at him with an uneasy look in her eyes.

Kagura's father walked out of the living room with a stern face, glanced at his back, and said to his wife: "Youji, don't worry about him. He has this kind of personality and you can't tame him."

"Don't say that, father." Stepmother Youji held her cheek worriedly, "Guang-kun, probably wants to live with his biological mother more."

"Humph, that woman is already married to someone else. No matter what, she won't tolerate a burden in her home."

"Speaking of which, what kind of person is he? Is he easy to get along with?"

"It seems his last name is something like Kiryu, a rich man."

"Is that so?" Kagura was indeed exhausted today.

I have been busy tidying the house and preparing for the funeral since the morning, and entertaining guests in the evening.

Most people in the town know Kagura Hikaru's grandmother and are very curious about his grandson. From time to time, someone will come and talk to him.

And Kagura Hikari even had to devote part of his attention to paying attention to the people coming and going, to see if there was the 'murderer' that he had seen in the prophecy picture. His mind was always in a tense state, which was extremely tiring.

After taking a shower and blowing his hair dry, Kagura Hikaru fell into a deep sleep immediately, earlier than usual.

This also caused him to wake up very early the next day.

He woke up naturally at 4:30 in the morning.

Some people will have low blood pressure when they wake up early, which causes them to feel drowsy and habitually take a nap.

But Kagura Hikaru is not like that. He always wakes up quickly and briefly, just like a soldier. It is a habit he acquired from his previous life. He does not deliberately maintain this seriousness, but feels that sleeping in is a waste of time. The one or two hours of nap are enough for him to read half a novel.

He grabbed the phone beside the bed, checked the time, then rolled back the covers and got up.

The air in the room is much colder than before going to bed. Just by taking a deep breath, you can get close contact with the cold air through your nasal cavity, which makes you feel the arrival of winter very intuitively.

Maybe it will snow again in another month.

Kagura Hikaru's mind was briefly dragged into that snowy night, that falling apart Christmas Eve.

He shook his head, pushing the memories away.

When she walked out of the room, Kagura Hikari was surprised to see that the light was on in the living room. She walked over and found that it was her grandmother. She woke up earlier than her and was sitting at the table, looking through something.

"Grandma." Kagura Hikaru greeted her.

"Guang, you got up so early." Grandma said with some surprise.

"Yeah, I went to bed early last night."

Kagura Hikaru wondered, "What are you looking at?"

"Photo album." Grandma stroked the black photo album in her hand.

Kagura Hikaru immediately understood that she was missing her grandfather, and she also discovered one thing: her grandmother did not change her clothes, she was still wearing the same black dress she wore at the funeral.

It's not that she woke up early, I'm afraid she didn't sleep at all.

"Grandma, you should go and have some rest."

"Haha, Guang has grown up and knows how to care about others."

"grandmother."

"Okay, I'll listen to you and go to sleep." Grandma stood up, tapped her stiff back, and smiled palely, "The abbot will be here in the morning, and I really can't go to see him in a daze."

The 'abbot' she mentioned is the monk who presided over the farewell ceremony today.

Kagura Hikaru silently made way to let grandma pass.

But when she was about to pass by Kagura Hikari, the old man suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "Hikari, can I ask you a favor?"

"Ok?"

"If you have time, when it gets light outside, go to the shrine on the mountain and pray for your grandfather."

"shrine?"

Kagura was stunned.

He had come to his hometown so many times, but had never heard of any shrine.

Then, a decayed figure flashed through his mind like lightning.

The female corpse that was dragged out of the well was wearing a shrine maiden's costume.

Could she be the one from the shrine that grandma mentioned?

(End of this chapter)