The scene of the Hakurei shrine maiden killing the famous youkai and cow ghost under the gaze of the villagers is indeed an indelible mark on the souls of the villagers. However, the shrine maiden who killed the cow ghost has not been able to appear in the villagers' field of vision since the war, and has received respect and offerings from the villagers, which makes the villagers, who are still only interested in Hakuri Shinagi, begin to wonder if their new guardian died of serious injuries before he could even complete the ceremony.www.biquge.info

Despite the suspicion that the Shrine Maiden is dead, the villagers do not talk about the Shrine Maiden's ill health. Previously, Hakurei Shinagi showed his physical body to fight against the famous youkai, and he has always had the upper hand in battle, and the power that surpasses the villagers' worldview makes the villagers fear the shrine maiden of Hakurei. Even the villagers who are protected by it have difficulty finding anyone to come into contact with for a while after learning about the location of the Hakurei shrine maiden. In the past, the person who communicated with the yokai was the head of the barnyard field, and when he went to the monster residence not far from the village, he still had enough physical strength to support the now old head of the barnyard field. But if the old head of the barnyard field was asked to carry tribute over the mountains and mountains, it would be no different from murder.

As for the new person to communicate with the Guardian ...

"Whew... Call... Hakurei Shrine。。。 Is it really in the back mountain peak? It's the first time I've known that there is a road to Hakurei Shrine in the back mountain. ”

With a blue stone brick on his feet and a rough hemp rope behind his back, he led Murasaki, who had volunteered to come to Hakurei Shrine, towards the peak of the back mountain. Although the food of humans during the Divine Era was usually not very good, brown rice mixed with wild vegetables, a lucky diet with some meat, and a lot of physical labor, but every human who struggled to survive during the Divine Era had quite good health. At only twelve years old, Ari Field, who is considered weak among his peers, and Purple, who has just turned four, are able to run for long periods of time on bluestone paved roads. After about half an hour from the foot of the mountain, the two girls, one tall and one short, finally caught a corner of the shrine covered in cherry blossoms with the naked eye.

"Sister Barnyard Field! That must be the shrine where the shrine maiden lives, right? To be able to teach such a powerful shrine maiden-sama, presumably the people who live in the shrine must be very powerful gods! ”

Purple's pupils glowed with excitement that made Ari a little helpless, and from the moment she began to climb the mountain, Murasaki kept babbling in her ears about her conjectures and longings for Hakurei Shrine. If it weren't for the fact that he was really bored along the way, Arry would even want to drive the noisy purple back to the village.

'Purple is still too small.,If I didn't already know the general situation in the Hakurei Shrine beforehand.,You must not step into the realm of gods and monsters without permission.。。。 ’

As he pondered, he sighed leisurely at Murasaki's slightly rude behavior, and then turned his gaze to a sacred place not far away, with the falling cherry blossom petals as the background, as if cut off from all the suffering in the world.

Speaking of which, are there any trees in the mountains behind the village that fascinate me? I'm afraid this is a Hakurei shrine maiden planted on her own, no, thinking from the position where the Hakurei shrine maiden and Mr. Amada talked to his father at that time, Mr. Amada is the owner of Hakurei Shrine, right? ’

Recalling the scene where the village chief of the barnyard field talked to the two before, the Hakurei shrine maiden was always half behind the heart-seeking position, and even if the Hakurei witch expressed her opinion, she would never go beyond the position of the heart-seeking. Barnyard Ari gradually began to wonder about the status between the two. But no matter what, just unfounded speculation in the same place could not come up with a definite answer, and the girl clenched her fists lightly to cheer herself up. Determined to make up his mind, Ari walked ahead, and Ling Zi stood behind him and walked into the Hakurei Shrine, which was deified by the villagers.

But unexpectedly, Ari and Murasaki did not notice the presence of humans in the torii gate of Hakurei Shrine or near the main entrance of the shrine. Only a wooden box with a large offering box written on it is particularly conspicuously placed in the center of the shrine entrance.

"That... Anyone? ”

Looking around but not finding any life, the young purple couldn't resist the curiosity and confusion in her heart, and shouted to the shrine in a childish voice. However, before Murasaki could say anything, Ari raised her hand in panic to cover Murasaki's mouth to stop her from shouting at the sacred shrine that would be punished by the gods.

"Purple !! Don't disturb the gods! Do you want to be punished by the gods? ”

Barnyard Ari scolded softly, making Zi immediately realize that his behavior was a great disrespect to the gods, and he quickly covered his cheeks with his hands and made an apologetic appearance. Facing Shi, who is just a child, Ari is not good at blaming the other party in front of the god's residence. At this moment, the sound of footsteps from inside the shrine stiffened the bodies of the two for a moment, and then immediately returned to the solemn posture that they should have when worshipping the gods.

"Welcome,Since the establishment of the Hakurei Shrine,,It's the first time someone has come to worship... Hey, hey, you don't have to put on a bad look, do you? Just take it personally! ”

Walking out of the shrine was a man with a sturdy figure beyond human imagination, and although his face was not pretending to be majestic, for some reason, the moment they saw the man, the two of them couldn't help but have respect for him.

"Amada-sama, this is Purple, and on behalf of all the villagers, we would like to meet the Lady Hakurei Shrine and present our carefully prepared tribute to the gods of the shrine."

Of course, during the period of the gods in the Far East, even the smelting of bronze was problematic, and basically the tribute offered to the gods was mainly the meat of wild beasts and cakes made of grain. The poorer villages even looked for a little green fruit to pay tribute to the gods, such as the kingdom where Suwako was located, which was rich in iron tools, and it was considered a luxury to use a good dagger as a tribute to the main god. However, although the tributes prepared by the villagers were not much, mainly food, the amount and fineness of the offerings had been done to their best. Through the tribute, he understood the villagers' awe of the Boli Shrine, and Xun Xin took almost hundreds of catties of food with one hand, and cut the space around him and sent it into a different space for temporary storage.

For Xun Xin, cutting the space to create a different space is an act that is free and convenient for life. It's just that, in the eyes of Barnyard Ah Li and Purple, this is exactly a miracle that only the gods can do. In particular, the world view is still as purple as white paper, and her black pupils clearly remember the process of seeking the heart to open the space, and remember it in the depths of her memory... (To be continued.) )