[Ghost Slayer] Thorns and Flowers

In order to worship, I had to wear the formal clothes that I only wear twice a year, and I almost didn't bother the women who helped in the village and Aoi herself. I put on the scarlet hakama that I thought was too big two years ago, and finally put on my own. Crane Songmon Chihaya, the witch picked up the Kagura bell and the gold and silver double-sided fan that were placed in the home of the old village head of Zaomen, and slowly put on herself the former Tianguan that has been passed down for countless generations.

Then I felt like I was about to be crushed to death by this heavy golden crown.

The old lady at the kitchen door smiled when she saw Miss Miko grinning slightly, and she reached out to help her up with a gossip expression: "Xiaokui, is that man the noble young master you picked up?"

"Huh? Mother-in-law, you mean Mr. Wu Mi?"

"You told us not to be afraid of his red eyes, tsk tsk, anyway, Mr. Wu Mi is really good-looking."

"Xiaokui, can you marry someone as a witch? If you can, I think it would be nice to be picked up by you."

Listening to the group of married women talking in her ears, Miss Miko spread her hands after thinking for a moment, and said in a rascally way: "I don't know if I can get married, anyway, I can't leave the shrine, don't you know?" .”

Miko cannot leave that shrine in the forest, ever since it existed there.Every shrine maiden can find a successor, and if nothing else, so can Aoi.

The unknown baby girl who appeared within a hundred steps of the shrine was brought up by generations of shrine maidens, and then became a shrine maiden. Seeing the baby girl again, raising her and inheriting the position of shrine maiden, the previous generation of witches can leave the shrine without heavy responsibilities ——This has become the tradition of that shrine, even if this tradition is strange, but it is true.

Guiwu Tsuji looked around and didn't have any special thoughts about the villagers who were obviously just watching him secretly. After all, these people did not pose any threat to him at all.Even the old man who looked very annoying, just being wary of whether he would cause harm to the priestess would not let him have any other thoughts.

As long as it doesn't touch his bottom line, Oni Wu Tsuji thinks he is a very peaceful person.Although the peaceful and inexplicably accustomed life in the shrine did not let him dispel his thoughts, but at least in this festival, he would not do anything to embarrass the priestess.

The festival was quite lively as the priestess said, and this kind of excitement was sometimes too loud and noisy, which made him want to quiet the group of people, but it was not a troublesome thing to endure for a while.

Just wait until she says...

"Well, it's been a long wait."

Turning her head to look in the direction of the sound, Oni Wu Tsuji looked at the shrine maiden who was dressed in costume but still didn't smear anything on her face. She was speechless for a moment. The Tsurumatsu pattern Chihaya and the golden former sky crown on her body made her already thick Spiritual power becomes stronger.Such a witch seemed to be able to communicate with the gods in the sky, and her smiling face was covered by a translucent veil, making her look a bit unreal.

"Is there something wrong with my face?"

Raising his hand to hook off the veil hanging behind her ear, Gui Wu Tsuji paused for a moment as he looked at the slightly shy face in front of him, and then withdrew his hand after helping her put on the veil again: "Aren't you going to sacrifice ?”

"Ah yes, but I want you to see what I look like first."

Standing on tiptoe and turning around a little, Miss Miko waved to him with a smile, and it can be said that she jumped up and down to the slightly raised "high platform".The moment she came on stage, all the noise disappeared, and the four corners of the high platform were lit with torches at the same time. Tan Yan, the son of the old Zaomen village chief who made people feel bad before, stood beside the taiko drum, using the drum The mallet struck sharply.

The witch's wrist shook slightly, and the Kagura bell made a crisp sound, and at the same time, it seemed to summon a gust of wind, which made people's hair shake for a while, then swirled into the air, rolled up the fallen leaves and calmed down.The moonlight in the sky became clearer and brighter, to the point where it seemed too bright.

Is this what she said, "sacrifice"?

Onimai Tsuji looked at the miko on the stage, he didn't like her dress very much, she was a bit too divine, not like the Aoi in the shrine, but more like the existence of that god alone.

She should belong to him.

Slowly clenched and let go of her hands, a subtle smile appeared on the face of the ghost master, watching the witch on the stage bend her hands and bend her body, the bell rang slightly as her steps moved, the veil blocked her expression, but he Can feel that she should be smiling.

Aoi can feel the spiritual power flowing in her body like water, slowly gathering on the kagura bell in her hand and then communicating with the whole forest, as if she can feel the breath of the whole land and exchange them for the next year stable.After receiving the same response as in previous years, she opened her eyes, looked in a certain direction as if she had practiced countless times, and saw those familiar red eyes.

She didn't want to look at him, but it seemed that she couldn't move her eyes away, and she only wanted to look at that person.

What is this feeling called?

I would be happy to see him looking at me, and I would feel a little angry when I saw the knowing smile on his face, but I didn't hate it.

Why did such complex and contradictory emotions appear at this time?After closing her eyes and opening them, the first thing she does is to look for this person, so what will she do in the future?

He stopped dancing to announce the success of the sacrifice. When he heard the cheers from the villagers, Aoi stepped off the stage to watch their upcoming song and dance. He took off his former Tianguan. He trotted a few steps before realizing it. He coughed lightly and then slowly He walked to the side of Oni Wu Tsuji Mucan and raised his head to look at him.

"What did you want to do by taking off my veil just now?"

"..."

Looking down at the Miko lady who seemed to have a strange light in her eyes, Onimai Tsujimu paused and picked up the mask that was stuffed by the villagers at some time, watching them dance with the mask on and stretched out their hands The mask was put on the Miko's face, and she lowered her head before she could react.

After a long time, he let go of his hand, looked at the flushed Aoi who could be said to have torn off the mask and veil with his teeth and claws, and chuckled as if he was in a particularly good mood.

"Don't you know?"

As if she froze her movements suddenly, Miss Miko lowered her head as if muttering something before grabbing the sleeve of Onimai Tsuji: "How would I know."

"Ok?"

"I said, if you don't tell me, how would I know."

The girl's eyes were clear, as if there was moonlight in them.Although she didn't smear anything on her face, but because of the bright red color on the corners of her eyes, her beautiful appearance looked more charming than before: "Wu Mi, do you like me?"

She was bold, and he'd known it from the beginning.

The place where they were was gradually becoming quiet due to the departure of the villagers, and others would not bother them on purpose.The flames rising not far away looked so hot that the sky began to glow red.

Oni, who was so watched by the miko, held her raised hand, and he knew what the tingling sensation when he touched Aoi meant.Amaterasu's priestess, the priestess named "Aoi", who represents the sun's priestess is an existence that he must never touch.

However, she wanted to touch herself.

"Let's go back."

He opened his mouth and looked into her eyes with a very flat expression: "You should go back."

The author has something to say: Xiaokui is of course Amaterasu's maiden... You see, I have said it before, it is "Kui" and "sunshine" and it is a bit subtle to beg for rain...Of course it is Amaterasu who represents the sun Witch =. =

As for whether there is any other meaning, you guess [funny