The Story of the Miko

Kagome got off the long-distance bus, dragging a big suitcase behind her, because the suitcase was half as tall as her body.Kagome dragged the suitcase to the bus stop, and took out the note from her backpack that her mother had put in her pencil case in advance, which described in detail where to take the long-distance bus and where to get off when going to another province , and where to take a few buses to Shikoku.Kagome carefully read the words on the note, while silently reciting in her heart.Under the scorching sun, she set up a tent with her hands and looked around on the dusty road.

There was no one on the road, for the burning air could almost be seen on the melting asphalt.Kagome kicked the stones on the side of the road and tried to stand in the shadow next to the bus sign.At this time, a bus kicked up dust all the way and stopped in front of her.

"Go, go to Shikoku." Kagome grabbed the car door and looked at the driver.The man showed an impatient look: "Don't go there, don't go there, the road there has been broken for several years, and every time I go there, there will be bad luck, and now I don't have a car to go there anymore."

The driver swung Kagome back and closed the car door with a bang.

"Just take me to a place where you can go, and I'll get out of the car when I get there." Kagome knocked on the car door and ran after the car for a few steps. The car stopped in the smoke and opened the door again.Kagome ran back and dragged the suitcase with both hands to catch up with the car step by step. The door closed behind her. She turned her head to look at the car. The scorching sun made half of the seats in the car pale. The drowsy man in different clothes, Kagome picked up a seat and sat down, opened the car window, and the breeze flowed into the car through the curtains.Putting her head close to the window, the green fields outside the window seemed to be jogging past her eyes one by one.

Her name is Kagome Higurashi, she just graduated from elementary school this year, and she lives with her mother in a bustling city, but her mother has to stay abroad for five years because of work, and she will return to Shikoku to live with her grandmother during these five years.Kagome has never seen her grandmother since she was sensible, and only knows that she lives in a place called Shikoku, the farthest border of the country.She didn't know her grandma, but her mother said that when Kagome was a baby, grandma rushed over from the farthest place to take a look at Kagome, and she stretched out her wrinkled hands like bark to caress Kagome's face and eyes.

"Can I not go?" Kagome asked her mother. "I can take care of myself. I can already do my own laundry." Kagome leaned against the door of her mother's bedroom, with her hands behind her back, shaking her body.

"Gagome has just graduated from primary school, how can it be okay if no one takes care of her?" Mom stopped packing her clothes, walked up to Kagome, and pinned her bangs in front of her back, showing a warm color: "Mom is really in a foreign country." What's more, there are very important things to do, and when mom is done with this period of time, I will go back to pick up Kagome, okay?"

Kagome showed an awkward look: "Then mom has to come back quickly, come and pick me up quickly."

"Okay, let's pull the hook." Mom showed a look of relief, and stretched out her little finger.

The bus ran from noon to dusk. Kagome woke up from a few times of drowsiness, and the passengers on the bus got off the bus during the pause. After several consecutive times, Kagome was left alone in the whole car. In the approaching night, The driver opened the car door and said to Kagome: "Get out of the car, I can only drive here. No car will go on the road ahead."

The car turned a corner in the dark, turned on the road lights and slowly swayed away.Kagome looked at the bus that was gradually disappearing, and took out the note left by her mother from her backpack: If you can't arrive after dark, go to Ju Lang's house to stay overnight. Stay" board and lodging hall.

Kagome dragged the box vigorously, looking at the courtyard-style tile-roofed house with a red lantern hanging on the opposite side of the road.Kagome dragged the box to the door of the boarding and lodging hall. A big red lantern was hung on one side of the tile-roofed house. The dark red light made the photo of "retaining" on the door plaque seem to be concealed, and it looked miserable at first glance. , people can't help but feel a sense of fear.Kagome carried the box up two steps, pushed open the door, and saw someone eating in the room directly opposite.The tables and chairs were all in one place, and there were only a few guests, and they all looked up at her.

"Are you here to stay?" A man came out from the innermost part of the dining hall. He held a long cigarette pipe in his left hand. He was wearing a smoke-colored long suit with a gray belt around his waist.He looked at Xiao Mo, pinned the cigarette pouch behind his waist, and showed a pleasant expression: "Is this little girl here to stay?"

"Yeah." Kagome nodded.

"Alone? It's very unsafe here. A little girl living here alone is easy to be targeted by greedy people." The man said, with a pleasant smile on his face.

Kagome unloaded her backpack, took out the note her mother left her from the pencil case, and handed it to the man.The man's fingers were slender and fair, and his gesture of answering the note was elegant and decent.

"Is it Anhui's, daughter?" He read the note and then looked at Xiaomo. "What is your name?"

"Kagome Higurashi."

"Is it Higurashi?" The man stared at Kagome, and Kagome looked embarrassed: "Have you not eaten yet? Come, uncle will take you to dinner." He beckoned, fingers stretched in the air, and bent down.A girl wearing a restaurant logo poked her head out from behind the man: "Hi, are you a guest here? This way please."

"Put her luggage in the guest room first, and prepare a meal for the little girl."

"Yes, boss." The girl replied crisply, and quickly ran to the side carrying the box.Kagome looked at the cheerful girl in surprise, and the man put one hand on Kagome's shoulder and led her to the opposite lobby.Moving the seat for her, Kagome sat on it.

"You mean, your mother has gone abroad now and left you in the care of your grandmother, so you showed up here so late alone."

"Ah."

The girl named Kagome carrying the box suddenly appeared in front of them without Kagome not noticing, and served her a bowl of rice, two dishes, and a bowl of soup. "You are already very hungry, eat quickly."

Kagome looked at the green vegetables and said softly to the girl: "Thank you." Then she turned to look at the man smoking a pipe: "Thank you for your hospitality."

The man waved his hand, sparks burst out from the cigarette pipe, and green smoke slowly rose from the pipe pot.Kagome looked up at the man opposite while gobbling. The man smiled at her with the corners of his mouth turned up. He took a deep breath and then let it out slowly. The little white rabbit ran and disappeared.

"Woo!" Kagome's mouth was full of rice, and she couldn't make any other sounds, so she had to clap her hands non-stop. "It's amazing, it's amazing, uncle, are you a magician?"

"Uncle will change a lot, what else do you want to see?"

"Ugh, tiger!"

The man took a deep breath of the cigarette, but when he exhaled it was a tiger with teeth and claws. "Wow!" Kagome clapped her hands, her eyes opened wide: "Uncle is the most powerful person I have ever met, and he is the best at magic."

The man smiled, sucked on the cigarette slowly, and spit out a thin line, as straight as the green stitches on a homework book. "Go to bed after eating. I'll contact your grandma tonight to see if she will pick you up tomorrow or we will send you back home."

"Thank you uncle." Kagome sat on the bench straight after finishing her meal.

"Are you dozing off? Let my sister take you to sleep if you are dozing off."

"Yeah." Kagome nodded, the girl put her hand on her shoulder, poked her head out from behind and said, "Okay, okay, my sister will take you to bed." Kagome turned around and was startled, the woman He took Xiaomo's hand and led her away from the seat.

"Goodbye uncle."

"See you tomorrow."

The sky was as black as ink, red lights were hung on the eaves of the corridor, and the girl led Kagome to walk under the red lights. "Sister, was uncle a magician before? Because he made a lot of money doing magic tricks, he built a hotel here."

"Why would Kagome think so?" The girl laughed, revealing a cheerful voice and a moving timbre.

"Because he wears weird clothes and smokes a big pipe that turns out animals."

"Boss, he is a very amazing magician. Not only can he use smoke to conjure animals, he can also conjure people out of animals."

"Really?" Kagome showed an unbelievable look: "I've only seen a magician make a rabbit out of a hat before, and he put his hand into the hat." Movement "When I came out, I grabbed the rabbit's ears and put it on the ground, and it was still jumping and running."

"Kagome likes rabbits very much."

"Yeah, I begged my mother to raise one for me before, but my mother didn't allow me to raise it. She said that if you can't take care of the animal like a human, there is no way to raise it. She said that Kagome is still a child. There is no way to take care of children younger than her."

"Your mother talks a lot," the girl showed her dimples and raised a finger and said, "Animals need to be cared for carefully, but children's love is too short-lived. When they know how to love and have the ability to continue loving, they will love you." There are pet rights.

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