The girl under the cherry blossoms, her smile is like a flower

Hakusan Shrine was built in 948. It is not large in scale. It is considered a small shrine and is located near Hakusan Station.

It's a short walk to the west from Hakusan Station. Since there are several schools nearby, there is still a lot of traffic here.

When the hydrangeas are in full bloom in mid-June, there will also be a hydrangea festival held here. By then, the colorful hydrangeas will be crowded together and competing to bloom, which is expected to have a unique flavor.

Different from traditional shrines, the torii of Hakusan Shrine is not the vermilion that people usually think of, but a black and gray that has been tempered by time, making people feel very dated at first glance.

A stone tablet was erected next to the torii gate with the four characters "Hakusan Shrine" written on it.

Legend has it that the torii gate is the door from this world to the other world, and the other world is where the gods live. For example, in Weathering With You, Hina stepped over the torii gate and gained the power to make the weather clear from the other world. In many literary works or There are many descriptions of torii in film and television works, which also makes this door that is not really a door surrounded by a lot of mystery.

It was still early in the day, and there were not many people here. Half of them were students from nearby, and there were a few old ladies sitting on the stone steps of the shrine talking.

"There are quite a lot of people," Rina looked left and right, and made eye contact with the stone inu in the courtyard. "It looks a bit like the shrine where we do our first pilgrimage in the New Year, including this big dog."

"This is not a big dog."

The miko lady sitting nearby spoke.

"This big guy is called a Komatsu dog. It originated in Tianzhu and was later introduced to Neon along with Buddhism."

The miko lady is wearing a red and white miko uniform, with wooden clogs and snow-white footbags under her feet. She looks very dignified. On the table in front of her are magic fortune sticks and ema, as well as some amulets for academics, love, and luck. It has everything.

"But doesn't the shrine belong to the Shinto religion? Why is this Koma Dog from Buddhism guarding the shrine in a Shinto religious place?"

Rina took out her hand and poked the open-mouthed Komatsu dog, a little puzzled.

"Um..." Miss Miko's smile faltered. Apparently she didn't know, so she could only change the subject, "This classmate is very cute. Do you want to work part-time as a miko at Hakusan Shrine? The hourly salary is very high~"

Rina shook her head. She usually took on illustration assignments online. She was somewhat famous in the illustration world and had no shortage of pocket money.

"What a pity." Miss Miko turned her eyes to Qing Gongfeng, "What about this handsome guy? Are you interested in coming to the shrine and becoming a priest?"

"It still doesn't work," Qing Gongfeng also waved his hand, "Besides, the shrine doesn't need so many clergy."

The miko lady sighed.

"Originally, there was no need for it, but recently Mr. Palace Secretary has become seriously ill. In addition, the hydrangea festival is coming soon, so the manpower is really not enough."

"Stop talking about this, do you two guests need to buy sacred ema or amulets? They are very effective."

Qing Gongfeng picked up an academic amulet. The texture was soft and the workmanship was pretty good. He didn't know if it was really useful.

After all, the world's systems have come out, and there is no guarantee that there will really be gods, and maybe even monsters.

"If you don't believe in the Eastern stuff, Western divination is also acceptable."

While talking, the miko lady took out a set of tarot cards from under the table to show that she was not just talking nonsense.

Unexpectedly, this shrine maiden's association was quite mixed. Qing Gongfeng looked at Rina and found that she had been looking at the Ema on the table.

"Let's have two ema. As for the rest, what else does Rina want?"

"Nothing."

"Okay~1000 yen, Seimei."

The shrine maiden handed over two emasses. Qing Gongfeng took them in his hands and found that there were patterns painted on the back of the wooden emasses, which were clusters of purple hydrangeas.

"Sister Miko, may I ask who drew the pattern on this painted horse?"

Rina pointed to the hydrangeas behind Ema.

"Um, it's me."

The miko lady scratched her face, a little embarrassed.

"What? Doesn't it look good? I think it's okay."

"It's very beautiful!" Rina's eyes were bright. "The colors are very bright, but they don't look tacky."

"Haha, I was shocked." Miss Miko smiled naively, her previous dignity completely gone. "I thought I was going to say that my paintings were not good-looking."

"Can I buy another one for it to take back?" Rina looked at the miko lady hopefully.

"Of course! I also have a new painting here," the miko lady took out a new Ema from the box under the table, "I'll give it to this classmate."

"No, no, how can I do it without paying?"

"It's okay, it's okay. This is the first time someone likes my painting so much. This classmate just accept it!"

The miko lady stood up in a hurry. She was quite tall, probably almost 1.7 meters tall.

"Then...Okay then, thank you Miko sister."

Rina had no choice but to take Ema over.

"Hehe, that's right," the miko lady touched her head and giggled, "By the way, there is a pen here."

There are still hydrangeas on the back of the newly painted Ema, purple and red, and there is even a tabby cat painted on the side, which looks lifelike and very cute.

Qing Gongfeng picked up the pen, thought about it, and wrote on the painting: "My family and friends are in good health, my work is going well, and this is true for my studies and love."

After writing, I hung up the Ema.

"Has Rina finished writing? Can you help me?"

Rina first wrote a few strokes with a thick pen, and then switched to a thin pen. This time she wrote a lot more words.

"No need...I can just hang up myself."

Rina carefully hung up the ema and hung it together with Qing Gongfeng's ema.

"Brother Feng, don't peek!"

Realizing that Qing Gongfeng was approaching her step by step, Rina blushed and quickly pushed Qing Gongfeng away.

"Okay... I just won't look at it."

Qing Gongfeng, who saw through his intention and was pushed away, curled his lips and glanced over there without looking.

"Brother Feng!"

"Do...what?"

"Eye!"

"Eyes? What happened to the eyes?"

Qing Gongfeng looked at the patterns on the stone slabs under his feet with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hmph! Ignore brother Feng!"

Rina snorted softly and pushed Qing Gongfeng away from here.

Seeing the two people arguing, the miko-san smiled like an aunt. Both of them were very good-looking, and the surrounding environment was also beautiful. This gave the miko-san the feeling that she was watching the male and female protagonists in an idol drama spreading sugar. .

"Sister Miko, let's exchange contact information."

Rina pushed Kiyomiya Kaede to the miko lady's stall.

"Huh? Okay."

The naive miko agreed without any hesitation.

"Although I cannot be a miko, if my miko sister needs my help, please feel free to give me your orders."

"Really?" Miss Miko stood up excitedly and hugged Rina, "My sister is so cute, please give her a kiss."

"Hey hey?"

Qing Gongfeng couldn't stand it anymore. I haven't kissed her yet. How could I let you kiss her? He quickly stretched out his hand to hold down the head that Miss Miko was trying to get closer to.

The miko lady who was separated by Qing Gongfeng didn't have any displeasure on her face. She was still smiling, which was completely different from her dignified appearance at the beginning.

"My sister comes here often~"

"Goodbye, miko-sama."

Under the watch of the miko lady, the two stepped down the stone steps.

A gust of breeze blew by, and the two pieces of Ema tied with the rope touched each other gently, like lovers clinging to each other.

Qingfeng also saw clearly the words on the painted horse. After that, Qingfeng left with a whirring sound. She passed through the torii gate and flew into the sky, as if she wanted to convey the wishes of the young girl to the gods in the sky.

Young Ema:

Family and friends are in good health, work is going well, studies and love are the same.

Girl’s Ema:

Big words: I wish my family and friends good health and success in their careers.

Small print: Brother Feng has many beautiful girls around him. Please, God! I hope Brother Feng can always look at me.