The Hundred Stories of Miss Ghost

Chapter 12

"Oh, I thought you didn't let me wander around the shrine because you were worried about my safety, or there was some secret you couldn't let me discover. It turned out that you were afraid, so you wanted someone to accompany you. Just say no. All right?"

"Who's scared!"

"Then who the hell asked me to play flower cards with her in the middle of the night?"

"It's just that I haven't been back for a long time and I have insomnia..."

"Okay, if you say insomnia, then it's insomnia. But... what happened just now? Why did your aunt come into your room? I thought she would hang under the tree and not move?"

"How do I know, I...haven't seen her wandering around before."

"Maybe it's just that I haven't seen you for several months, and I miss you to see you."

"I think... in the state of my mother's spirit, she probably wouldn't have such complicated feelings. Whether she still recognizes me as her daughter in her subconscious is a problem. I have encountered such a thing before. Someone asked me to call back his dead father through a psychic, but that spirit was also unconscious and couldn’t recognize his son at all, because he had passed away for ten years, and his subconscious mind only remembered the appearance of his own child when he was a child. If my mother's spirit could still recognize me, wouldn't it come up and use the ghost press on me?!"

"Ghost press... How did you do this? Coach, I want to learn this too."

"It's obviously a horrible thing, why did it become inexplicably obscene when you said it out of your mouth."

"What I said is obviously normal. Is it Xiaotong, your own thoughts are filthy?"

[The Japanese word for ghost press is "gold binding ri", which also means "tightly bound". 】

"Hmph, Wuguang! Zhuludie! One cup for the moon! One cup for the flowers! I won!"

"Excessive! You are bullying novices, so this game should be the game that Oppa-chan likes to play!"

"Hmm... is that so? I only played with my mother when I was very young, and there weren't many things to play with when I was young."

"Pity each other. When I was a child, I didn't have much fun in the old house. I have been studying. Ah, by the way, Xiaotong, I just saw a mural in the room of the shrine. That mural is even enshrined The room with that mural is exactly the same in the old house of the Mochizuki family. Hey...the Sankayue family and the Mochizuki family, don’t they have anything to do with each other? I just thought before that your surname represents the new moon, and my surname It is a strange coincidence to represent the full moon. Looking at it now, isn't it a coincidence??"

"I'm afraid, it has something to do with it...Sister, when I visited your home alone, I saw a photo of you when you were a child. It was a photo taken on the Seventh Five-Three Festival. You still have the impression ?"

"Seven-Five-Three Festival...that should be Nemu..."

"what?"

"Ah no, I mean, I was only three years old at the time, so I've pretty much forgotten it a long time ago, and I don't have any memory at all."

"Is that so... What I want to say is, senior sister, I also have a photo that is almost exactly the same, and it was also taken on the day of the Seventh Five-Three Festival."

"Eh?!"

"Because the child mortality rate was high in the past, there was a proverb in the past, which said, 'Children under the age of seven are the children of gods and Buddhas'. So there is also a saying in our family, saying that when girls reach the age of three, boys reach the age of three." At the age of five, it is considered that she was born without dying, and at the age of seven, she finally became a member of the family. And our family is quite special. Girls usually become shrine maidens after they become adults. Therefore, when the girl is three years old On the Seventh Five-Three Festival of the year, in order to celebrate the real birth, there is a ceremony called 'worshiping the moon', that is... to kneel down and worship the murals in that room, and then, in that room, sit quietly all morning."

"...So it seems that there is such a thing. I remember Mian... I seemed to be sitting in a room for a whole morning. It seems that even the customs in the family are the same , Could it be that... Sanriyue's family and Mochizuki's family were really a family in the past?"

"Who knows, but look at the mural on the wall, surrounded by Tsukiyomi, there are symbols of the new moon and the full moon. And... When I called my father before, he seemed to mention it In a word, the Mochizuki family are traitors or something."

"Betrayer~ People are more and more interested in exploring. Indeed, apart from the 'worshiping the moon' ceremony, Mochizuki's family seems to have no other customs related to 'moon'. Neither does Mochizuki's family. I believe in Shintoism or Buddhism too much, but I prefer Western things. You see, my mother is a very devout Catholic."

"When it's dawn, you can ask my father about the two families, but I think...he probably won't be able to talk about it."

"Ah, why?"

"Because he always has an inexplicable hostility towards the Mochizuki family. Usually on the local TV station, when my father sees Uncle Mochizuki, that is, uncle, he will suddenly say some unpleasant words, such as 'a man who married into a family'." , 'unclean blood' or something..."

"I see. Therefore, it can be inferred that the Sanriyue family and the Mochizuki family were probably still a family tens of hundreds of years ago? At least they were clans of the same origin, and then they had similar customs. It's just that in modern times, the Mochizuki family abandoned the past. Those traditions have turned to embrace Western things, and they may even be the "leading party" who lead the way for the West, so they are said to be "betrayers", right? I have to go back and check to find out what is the specific situation. .”

"Probably, that's it. But senior, wouldn't it be nice for you to say that your family is a 'leading party' or something like that?"

"What's the matter, I don't have any feelings for that family."

"Hmm... by the way, senior, after the Seventh Five-Three Festival and the 'Moon Worship' ceremony, do you feel any changes in yourself?"

"Different changes, what do you mean?"

"That is, the ability to control objects that you use when playing cards, did it appear after 'worshiping the moon'?"

"Hmm... not too obvious. But, it is true that the 'soul spirit phenomenon' began to appear gradually after that. Is there any relationship between the two?"

"As a person, I have a pretty good memory, so I can remember some things when I was very young. So I remember that before I was three years old, I actually...couldn't see anything non-human. I can really see things like spirits. ...It was after the 'worshiping the moon'. In our family, this ability is called 'God's Fate'."

Chapter 13 Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

"'God's Fate'... So, you mean, my ability is also the so-called God's Fate?"

"Well, that's probably the case. From what my dad said, it seems that Mochizuki's family has abandoned the tradition, so even the knowledge about 'God's Family' has not been handed down, so my aunt thinks that is 'devil possession'... ...This should be a relatively rare ability in the past. At least in the Sanriyue family, not everyone will have a "divine favor", and the degree of "divine favor" will also be high or low. I heard that people like me who can People who can clearly see and easily attract the undead are extremely rare. You see, there are so many undead in this shrine, and most of my former relatives turned a blind eye to them."

"In that case, I'm still a very strong type of gods? Because I died quite early, and I seem to be the only one in Mochizuki's family who has this phenomenon. Hehe, I am the chosen one and the only one!"

"........."

"What's the matter, why this expression? I'm just bragging, don't you need to be so sad?"

"If possible, I'd rather not have this kind of 'God's Blessing'. To be honest, it really doesn't feel like a good thing."

"Why do you say that? I think this ability is very convenient? I want to write another paper later, and explore the hundreds of applications of telekinetic power. I feel that this ability is really the most versatile and practical ability~ "

"...Senior, you are really active. Although it is not good to expose people's scars, but the psychological shadow of your childhood, senior, is also caused by this ability. I even think that your death, senior It has an inseparable relationship with this ability. This thing...is like a curse. Didn't I say before that the abnormal death rate of the Sanriyue family is very high? In fact, it is often the stronger the "sacred" , the higher the death rate, and even... the earlier the time of death. If we were not born in such a family, maybe you and I, senior sister, could live a more ordinary but happier life."

"Little Tong, you are so sad tonight. You see, I feel sorry for my own death~ Isn't this becoming a ghost? Becoming a ghost also has the fun of being a ghost. As the saying goes, human beings have limits! Rather than thinking that "God's Favor" is a curse, I want to understand the principle of God's Favor. Is it really like the literal meaning, is it the favor of the gods? Or is it just a kind of inheritance that can be inherited from the blood? superpower?"

"...I haven't thought about that."

"Studying problems only from the appearance of things can easily lead to big problems. You see that the death rate of people with gods is higher, so you think that gods will cause death, which is a curse. This is society. One of the most common mistakes in surveys is that 'correlation does not equal causation'. For example, you will find that the sales of ice cream are significantly positively correlated with the number of drowning deaths. Is it because eating ice cream causes people to drown? In fact, it is only because ice cream is selling well, which means that the temperature rises, and the number of swimmers will increase accordingly, so more people will drown. Therefore, it is also possible that the gods are not the real cause of death, but just a factor related to it. We have to find the real cause and effect behind it~"

"... Only at this time will I realize that senior sister, you are not a sand sculpture, but a top student. Senior sister, are you this kind of person... Why do I feel that you are a bit like another Nemu..."

"Well...we were originally different personalities, but now we have merged~ So now I am Nemu who represents intelligence and wisdom! Besides, this is just the basics of social surveys. Since you joined the Folk Culture Research Society, Hitomi, what if If you want to do folklore investigation and research, you should master these basic knowledge points!"

"No... I don't want to conduct club activities so professionally... Is our club such a serious club?"

"Of course it's a decent club! Speaking of which, I'm still your senior in the club activities, Hitomi! Ah, I kind of recalled the time when I was doing club activities with Asahi-chan~ At that time we were quite serious , are rigorously conducting folklore investigations and research!"

"Senior Chaoyan... By the way, I have always wanted to ask, what is going on with Senior Chaoyan?"

"do not know……"

"Huh? Don't you know?"

"Yes, the origin and whereabouts are unknown. No one except me has memories of her, which makes people doubt whether she really existed. In the future, I want to investigate things about her carefully. I sent my men down to collect the strange stories in our school, and I want to see if there are any strange stories that may have something to do with her."

"My subordinate... Senior sister, do you still have this kind of thing?"

"Well, it's one of my subordinates. Next time, I can introduce you to Xiaotong. It's all very kind and friendly ghost stories."

"...I always feel that senior sister, you have the potential to become the mastermind behind all the supernatural events in our school."

"Sounds very interesting, I think this can be the goal in the future, hehe~~ Where is Hitomi? Have you thought about what you want to do in the future? Do you inherit the shrine after graduating from high school? Or go to university? Direct employment? Your progress What did you fill out in the road survey?"

"When I was a junior high school student, I took a break from school for a period of time, and I didn't fill in that thing... and I didn't think about it..."

"Then, how about taking folklore research as an option first? In fact, there are many interesting customs in various places, such as religion, funeral, sacrifice, festival, mythology, divination, witchcraft, nursery rhymes and singing and dancing, etc.~~ I think Hitomi may be very talented in this aspect~ She can even investigate the folklore of this Tsukiyomi Shrine in detail and write a report as a starting point on the road of folklore research!"

"Well... let's try hard first... I've always been a person with little motivation, and I don't know if I can really go down this road."

"Then, since you have decided to go to higher education as your goal, let's set a small goal first and pass the final exam! Let me tell you in advance, I won't do it for you."

"!!!!!!"

"What's your frightened look like? Could it be that you've been counting on me to help you cheat in the exam from the very beginning? Hmph, I have the integrity of being the former student council president! Cheating in exams is prohibited!"

"Too much..."

"It's not too much at all, this is my love for you~ The kind of love that a kind-hearted senior expects a cute junior to reach a new level in life with her own strength."

"Okay... Tsukimijiu, Ikacho, Chikuan, たね, たん, a total of 38 essays, I won again."

"Excessive!!"

"This is also my love for you, senior. The kind senior is eagerly urging the junior to improve her poker skills."

"I don't need such a hypocritical love!"

"...Sister, thank you."

"Well, what?"

"No, nothing."

Chapter 14 The Miko Kitchen

Xiao Tong and Ning Meng played flower cards for nearly a night, until the sky turned pale, and Xiao Tong was too sleepy to lie down and sleep.

When she woke up, it was already high in the sun.

Mochizuki-senpai is not around, and she doesn't know where she went.

Wait, that's not right.That guy was originally an earthbound spirit, and the reason why he was able to leave the school was because he was attached to himself. Logically speaking, he couldn't be too far away from himself as the possessed person.But why, she can run around here as if she has arrived at her own home?

Without thinking too much about this principle, she walked out of the room rubbing her sleepy eyes, but at this moment she heard the sound of "rustling" sweeping the floor from the front yard of the shrine.

Xiaotong was still muttering in her heart, how could her father be so lazy to get up and sweep the floor so diligently in the morning, and when she went to the yard to take a closer look, she realized that it was the witch she met yesterday, whose name... It's called blowing snow.

Fuxue, who was wearing a priestess costume, saw Xiaotong, approached and bowed slightly to Xiaotong, and greeted, "Good morning, senior."

"Good morning." Xiao Tong hurriedly saluted, and then realized belatedly that there seemed to be something wrong with the other party's address.

"Why do you call me senior? You are also a student of Holy Trinity, right? You don't look younger than me..."

"Ah, no, no." Fubuki quickly waved her hand, and emphasized again, "I'm referring to the seniors on the path of being a shrine maiden! Aren't you, Mochizuki-senpai, the professional shrine maiden of this shrine? I'm just an assistant maidservant, so Of course you can be considered a senior!"

"Don't call me that...just call me by my name."

"So... Hitomi-sama?"

Xiaotong suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the person in front of her. She shook her head and said, "Forget it, you can call me whatever you want. Speaking of which, I wanted to ask yesterday, why did you come to such a person?" Be a shrine maiden in a shrine where no one comes? My dad shouldn’t be the one who will give a high salary, right?”

"High salary? I don't quite understand. I've always dreamed of witches. My ideal career is to be a witch. Hmm... Then I saw from the flyer that this shrine has a priestess experience event. I want to pay to experience it, but... I don’t have much money, so I begged Lord Daoman, saying that I want to come here for a long time to be a witch, and asked if it would be cheaper. Master Daoman said, as long as you come here Doing some chores such as cleaning and tidying, you can not charge me at all, Lord Daoman is really very kind!"

Xiaotong raised his forehead, it turns out that this is a witch chef, is this place specially for witch cosplay?

And... that old bastard who cheated!

"...Wait a minute, I'm going to beat up that old capitalist right now!!"

"Ah, senior, what are you doing, wait a minute!"

Hitomi who was held back by Fubuki turned her head and stared fiercely at Fuyuki and said, "Where are you from, Missy? It's also a kind of part-time job to work as a part-time priestess at a shrine. In other shrines, you have to pay hourly wages! You You have to be grateful to that old bastard for free work, you're out of your mind!"

"Huh? Is that so? There is still a salary for being a witch? I thought it was a profession dedicated to the gods, so the threshold is very high."

"Where did you get this strange misunderstanding? Most of the assistant maidens in shrines are girls from the vicinity of the shrine who used to work? Listen to me, if you really want to experience witches, you might as well go to those big shrines. The salary is high, and you can actually do some tasks that a maiden should do, such as receiving worshipers, granting wards, writing censor seals, etc. When you come to our place, the only work you can do is cleaning, right?"

"Huh? Are these the jobs that witches should do?"

"??? What do you think the witch should do?"

"Shouldn't it be communicating with the gods, conveying the will of the gods, and eliminating spirits and demons?"

"Blowing Snow Sauce..."

"Ok?"

"It would be better to watch less weird anime. Miko is just a job. Besides, where in this world do you get rid of demons and evil spirits? They are all fake."

"Then, is the ghost following you, senior, also fake?"

"When... wait, can you see her?!"

"Long black hair, wearing the same uniform as senior, a very good-looking spirit, right?"

Xiaotong's expression became serious in an instant, and only then did she really start to look at the girl in front of her carefully, and asked suspiciously: "You...can't your surname also be Sanriyue? Or...a distant relative of Sanriyue's family?"

"No, no, no." Fubuki quickly waved her hands, "I just have some inspiration, that's why I want to become a real witch!"

"If this is the case, then I advise you to stay away from this shrine in time. If you have inspiration, it will be even more dangerous here! There are really undead in this shrine! Inspiration will attract their attention! "

"But, if you want to talk about danger, didn't senior always talk and laugh with that ghost? Isn't that ghost dangerous?"

"That ghost...is quite special. In short, most spirits are extremely dangerous! Even if you see it, you have to pretend you didn't see it! Can you see other ghosts here?!"

"Eh? Others? I haven't seen them yet, because I only stay here during the day. Ghosts probably come out at night, right?"

"Huh? Can't you see..."

"What can't you see?"

"It's nothing. Listen to me, leave this shrine early, some things are not as you imagined..."