Yae Sakura!Beep!

"Let's go."

Glancing briefly at Sakura with her head down, the Divine Lord stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the village.

Following the god master step by step into the village, Sakura held the sword tightly in both hands, without saying a word.

Hitomi, who was hiding aside, hurriedly followed the pace of the two.

Walking into the village, there was no one to be seen along the way, it was deserted, and walking further inside, an open space not far away was crowded with people.

There was a space in the middle of the crowd, and there was a raised platform, which looked like a small altar.

A little girl who was only ten years old and looked even younger than Rin was kneeling in the center of the altar.

She was wearing a plain white kimono, and her hands were bound by a bunch of cloth scarves woven from black and white strips, making her seem unable to move.

When the villagers saw the priest and the priestess approaching, the noisy voices disappeared immediately, and everyone fell silent, and then consciously parted a road to let the priest and the priestess walk to the altar.

Looking at the crowd in front of her, Hitomi didn't dare to squeeze in, but she was too short to see what was going on inside the altar from the outside.

Looking around, Hitomi finally found a big tree and managed to climb up.

At this time, Sakura, already holding a sword in one hand, walked up the steps of the altar, and she stood in front of the little girl.

"Sister Miko, are you going to dedicate me to God?"

A slightly trembling voice sounded, it was an immature voice that sounded not much bigger than Hitomi, the little girl raised her head, and under the backlight, she looked at the God Master and Miko who seemed to be high above her eyes, with those ignorant eyes, focused on Looking at Miko-sama's face under the shadow.

"In this way, will the gods send blessing rain?"

Words and expressions were full of deep trust and piety, which caused Sakura's eyes to fluctuate, and she tightened her hand holding the handle of the Taidao tightly, and a little bit of sweat oozed out of her palm.

She remembered that Rin was about the same age, she remembered that Hitomi's eyes and Hitomi's voice were as immature as her.

"..."

No one spoke, and the silent scene was as if everyone present were dumb.

"……yes."

After a long time, the little girl lowered her head and seemed to smile.

"Witch, it's time to start the sacrifice."

Standing indifferently behind Sakura, the divine master seemed not to want to wait any longer.

"Um……"

Responding softly, Sakura pressed the scabbard, and slowly pushed the sword with the thumb of one hand.

"Sister Miko, will it hurt? Nana is afraid of pain..."

As if it was an illusion, the moment Sakura pulled out the knife, she heard the "sacrifice" in front of her, and made a faint, trembling question, with a hint of crying.

"Nana, Nana doesn't want to die..."

"锃—!"

The sound of the sword being unsheathed seemed to cover the voice of the 'sacrifice'.

"If you go to God-sama, Nana will never see her father and mother again, Nana don't do this..."

The standing sword trembled, unable to swing it no matter what, as if something was holding Miko-sama's hand, preventing her from moving.

Sakura knows that the name of that thing is intolerance, sympathy, guilt, and conscience.

"Sakura! The time has come!"

The Divine Master put his hands behind his back, fixed his eyes on Sakura, and shouted in a low voice.

Sakura clenched her silver teeth, her eyes wanted to close, but she had to stare wide, tears even flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Bah—!"

The moment he swung it down, Sakura felt that she had exhausted all her strength.

…………

After the sacrifice, the little girl's body will be moved to a place called Zhuquepo to be buried behind the mountain, and there will be no name left. All the buried there are unnamed "sacrifices".

No one will remember her name except for a priestess who heard her say "Nanai doesn't want to die" before the 'sacrifice' died.

This may also be counted as one of the duties of the Yae Miko.

The girl named Yae Sakura, from her birth to just now, has never felt a deep disgust for the five words and seven syllables of 'the duty of a shrine maiden' as she does now.

and fear.

PS Late update, what a pinch~

Chapter 6 The 6th little fox who is afraid of heights

The red blood spilled all over the ground, and it gave off an unpleasant smell under the scorching sun.

Holding the Taidao, Sakura barely collapsed, her body was also covered with spattered blood, her hands and feet were trembling non-stop, as if she would fall to her knees on the ground at any moment.

The villagers present spontaneously turned to the direction of the altar, bowed their heads, and bowed devoutly, praying that after accepting the sacrifice, the gods would rain heavily and protect Yae Village from drought.

After a long time, the villagers who finished the worship left here one by one quietly. It seemed that everyone had hope for a stable life in the future.

And during this period, Sakura just stood on the altar, neither moving nor saying a word, she lowered her head, clenched her teeth, closed her eyes tightly, and couldn't stop shedding tears.

"The sacrifice is over, Sakura, for the first time, you have done well enough."

It wasn't until the villagers had completely disbanded that the god master came up. He held Sakura's arm and took over the blood-stained sword and scabbard.

"From now on, you will be in charge of the priests in the village, and this Sakura Fubuki will be entrusted to you."

He took out a white cloth and wiped the blade. After wiping off the blood on it, he put the knife back into its sheath, and after explaining a word, he put Sakura Fukixue in Sakura's hand.

"..."

Sakura stood firm, lowered her head, and took over Sakura Fubuki without saying a word.

"Here, I can clean it up, Sakura, you go back and rest first."

Looking around the altar, the girl's body was lying in the center, and under it, Da Tan's blood was still flowing. The altar was still indifferent, and he patted Sakura on the shoulder, motioning for her to go first.

"...Yes, God Lord... Your Excellency..."

Clutching Ying Fuxue with both hands, Sakura replied with difficulty, she turned around, and walked slowly towards the direction she came from.

…………

He didn't come back to his senses, until now Hitomi is still in a state of being overwhelmed.

How is this going……?

Since the morning, Hitomi felt that something was wrong. If it was an ordinary sacrifice, Sister Sakura and Sister Rin's reactions should not be so weird, and when asked about the sacrifice, Sister Rin refused to say anything.

Aren't the sacrifices used for sacrifices generally replaced by raised cattle and sheep?

But what is this?

For the first time, Hitomi began to doubt the authenticity of the knowledge that emerged in his mind.

human sacrifice.

In my mind, such a word suddenly appeared.

In the age of ignorance and some periods of tyranny, a very cruel kind of sacrifice will appear, which is the sacrifice of using living people to be buried with them or serve as sacrifices.

Probably because of being influenced by Sakura and Rin, even though she is a fox, Hitomi's thinking still tends to be human.

Understanding the meaning of the word, Hitomi started to feel sick.

But at the same time, she felt deeply worried, worried about her sister's mood, shook her head, Hitomi forced herself not to think about those unnecessary things, she looked at Sakura walking back step by step, I want to follow up quickly.

However, at this time, Hitomi looked at where she was - on a branch three or four meters above the ground.

"..."

God knows how she climbed up just now, looking at the ground now, Tong felt dizzy and even fearful.

Fear of heights.

Unfamiliar words appear again, but this time the timing is not very appropriate, and it can even be said that they don't know the atmosphere at all.

It didn't help the current situation at all, and it even made her feel even more scared.

Rubbing anxiously on the branch, Hitomi looked as if she wanted to hurry down but didn't dare to jump down.

The two little paws wanted to jump vigorously, but they clung tightly to the branch in fear. The little head raised up unnaturally, but the eyes kept looking down, and the little white hair was twisting and twisting there. Tangled.

And over there, Sakura has gone farther and farther, and it seems that she has no intention of stopping to wait for her. Of course, Sakura doesn't know that Hitomi is here, so naturally she won't stop.

Hitomi who witnessed this situation became even more anxious, but when she mustered up the courage to look down again, she still felt uncomfortable dizziness.

It was this dizziness that caused Hitomi to lose her balance, and she accidentally fell off the branch.

"Wow!"

The terrified Hitomi was so frightened that her heart was about to pop out of her chest. She closed her eyes, and a few tears were squeezed out of the corners of her eyes.

no, do not want!I don't want to fall like this!

In an instant, a certain strong thought rose from his heart.

The invisible fluctuations seemed to appear for a moment, but never appeared again.

At this moment, it seems that something has been rewritten.

At the same time, Hitomi felt as if she had lost something, but it was like an illusion.

A feeling of tiredness occurs at the same time.

After a while, she carefully and slowly opened her eyes.

He was floating, only a paw away from the ground.

Eh?

Just as she confirmed this reality, the floating feeling disappeared.

The body suddenly fell.

Landed safely.

eh?

The confused little fox stood on the ground, completely unable to understand what happened.

Just now, was it a hallucination?

Wait, what happened just now?

How did I get down?

eh eh?

A leaf slowly fell and landed on her little hair, and then was pushed up by the elastic hair, bounced off, and flew to the side again.

Hitomi, who was in a state of confusion, was awakened by the touch of the dull hair on his head.

She looked up at the few branches that she had stepped on before, swaying and scattering leaves, and then looked down at her little paws, well, they were still pink and tender, and the hair was as white and beautiful as ever, not a little Abnormally, raised a paw and patted the ground, it was solid and safe.

What happened before that?

Am I really hallucinating?

"Chirp!"

A gust of cold wind blew over, and the faint smell of blood on the altar in the distance mixed with the wind and sand rushed towards her face and rushed to her little nose, which made her sensitive nose itchy, and she couldn't help but sneezed a little.

Shaking her head, she remembered that her sister might have gone a long way, and she had to catch up quickly.

Don't waste time thinking about things you can't figure out. This is one of the principles she has learned in the past half month.

Looking at her sister who could hardly see her back, Hitomi put all those messy thoughts behind her, and tried her best to catch up with her short legs.

But what about this familiar feeling of tiredness?

Hitomi, who was panting after just two steps, had another question in his mind.