This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Maybe I can really rely on him...

When Shifang Kaguya thought of this, he temporarily stopped his thoughts.

She glanced sideways at the two bodyguards beside her and confirmed Beichuan Temple's question: "Yes, as Master Beichuan said, the place I ask you to go to this time is related to Huangquan."

After Shifang Kaguya said these words, Master Haneda and Master Onodera became a little unable to sit still.

Of course they had read the name 'Yellow Spring' in the temple books, and the conclusion they came to in the end was very simple.

The places involved with Huang Quan are undoubtedly very dangerous.

If the Sifang Family’s Sifang Shrine is really related to these places——

Master Onodera was the first to speak: "Miss Kaguya, you just said that the place you went to this time is related to the underworld...right? But as far as I know, the places where the underworld is located are very dangerous. Yes. Firstly, I have to guard against the erosion of the underworld's aura, and secondly, I have to guard against the unknown things that emerge from the underworld... I'm afraid my abilities are not quite up to the task..."

Shifang Kaguya smiled and said: "Ten million yen is just a reward for asking you to take action. If the Shifang Shrine is successfully reopened, we will remit another 10 million yen to your account."

After hearing these words, Master Onodera pronounced the Buddha's name with a solemn expression.

He looked like he was going to give Shigata Kaguya a hard scolding.

After all, if you don’t even have your life, what’s the point of thinking about money?

only--

"Excuse me, where is the specific location of those 20 million in... the Sifang Altar?"

Master Onodera surrendered.

Sometimes if you add too much money, you can really do whatever you want.

At least when Kaguya Shigata said "Ten million more", Master Haneda, who originally wanted to stand up with Master Onodera, also dropped his butt firmly.

no way.

Master Onodera didn't know what the situation was, but the situation on Master Haneda's side was very serious.

Recently, the number of pilgrims has been getting smaller and smaller, and there have been no commissions for exorcism recently. The tuition fees for the children in the orphanage may not be enough for next year. Master Haneda can only find a way in this aspect.

And 20 million yen was an amount he couldn't refuse.

As for Beichuan Temple on the other side?

He actually didn't care too much about the 20 million yen.

After all, Kitagawa Temple now has enough money every month, and with people like Sugiharaki, Akishino Foundation, and Nakajima Mika standing behind, it is impossible to be too sad no matter how you think about it.

It’s already at this level, and getting 20 million yen is just the icing on the cake.

The reason why Kitagawaji planned to go with them was just to see Master Haneda and their methods of exorcising spirits.

In addition, this time may involve the "Yellow Spring", Beichuan Temple certainly does not want to miss it.

These three people all had various ideas, but without exception, they all agreed to go to the Sifang Altar.

"Now that everyone has agreed to accompany us, I can reveal deeper things to you."

Shifang Kaguya held up the sacred mirror again and said softly: "As mentioned before, this time's commission is about the 'Yellow Spring'. The location of the Shifang Family Shrine is near Tenkawa Village, Nara Prefecture. But there’s something special about it…”

"Spiritual realm?" Beichuan Temple added at this time.

This made Sifang Kaguya move his mouth, and then nodded: "Yes, it is the spiritual realm."

Kitagawa Temple seemed to know a lot, and she understood some things just by mentioning them to the other party.

"The so-called spiritual realm is actually a place composed of the resentment of the dead. They are mixed with the hidden world. Generally speaking, they are not touched by ordinary people and can be entered. But these hidden worlds will occasionally appear in the hidden world. It appears at dusk when the devil encounters it, swallowing up the living and hiding the gods. And the place we are going to this time is actually such a spiritual realm."

Just as Kitagawa Temple knew the concept of the spiritual realm, Shifang Kaguya had no intention of hiding the concept of the spiritual realm from them.

"I have a question." Master Onodera raised his hand.

Sifang Kaguya stopped talking and turned to look at him:

"Please say."

"As Miss Kaguya said, since the spiritual realm cannot be sensed, touched, or even entered...then what should we do to enter the spiritual realm? We cannot wait until dusk when we encounter the devil. Time, right? Besides, even if we enter it, how will we get out later?"

The words spoken by Master Onodera are logically clear.

After all, this is a life-threatening job, and it is definitely impossible for him not to ask these basic questions seriously.

It's impossible for any of them to tear apart the spiritual realm with their hands and come and go freely, right?

Shifang Kaguya was obviously well prepared for Master Onodera's problem.

I saw her picking up the round mirror that had been lying idle on her legs: "This is an heirloom handed down from the Sifang family, called Yuehui Mirror. It has the most intuitive connection with the Sifang Altar hidden in the spiritual realm. It guides us into the spiritual realm, and it guides us out.”

Sifang Kaguya gently stroked the frame of the Yuehui Mirror with his hand, and continued to explain in a lowered voice: "The Yuehui Mirror has been worshiped by the Sifang family for many years, and has accumulated a lot of good thoughts in it. Use this good thought to guide, Open the Four Directions Altar. Then let it lead us out of the spiritual realm. This is probably the process."

This was considered a clear explanation, and Master Onodera retracted his hand without any doubt.

But then came the problem of Master Haneda.

He asked without hesitation: "Miss Kaguya said just now that the formation of the spiritual realm requires the resentment of the dead. So what exactly happened to the Shifang family's shrine? Why did so many people die there? Really want to say If so...can we deal with the level of resentful spirits inside?"

good.

This is what Beichuan Temple has always wanted to know.

Master Haneda asked him in front of Beichuan Temple at this time, which was a shot of reassurance for him.

Sifang Kaguya did not explain this question as simply as Yue Huijing just did. She hesitated for a while, and finally sighed deeply.

After sighing, Shifang Kaguya raised his head again: "Do you still remember what I just mentioned, 'A family that is under certain threats will use some means to deal with those threats'? That is also the answer to your question now, Master Haneda. .”

Sifang Kaguya took the Yuehui Mirror into his hand again, with a slightly solemn expression: "After listening to what I will say next, there is no room for withdrawing from this commission. I hope everyone can understand this."

"So, if there are still people who want to withdraw, they can withdraw directly now. In the name of the Sifang family, I promise that I will never harm that person."

Master Haneda and Master Onodera remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Beichuan Temple on the other side didn't care at all, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Seeing their acquiescence, Sifang Kaguya also began to talk about the long history of the Sifang family.

Sifang family. The 'four directions' mainly refer to the four states of the moon phase.

They are New Moon, First Quarter, Wang, and Last Quarter. These four states correspond to no moon, gradually waxing, full moon, and gradually dimming respectively.

I don't know since when, the Sifang family has been living in the Nara Tenkawa Village area, responsible for suppressing the 'threat' in this area.

The threat to this area is the Gate of the Underworld hidden near Tozawa Mountain in Tenkawa Village.

"The Sifang family is close to the underworld, so they are familiar with the underworld... There are also many members of the Sifang family who have learned spells, believed in Tsukuyomi Mingzun... and established shrines." Sifang Kaguya raised her head: "But even if Even in this way, we still cannot prevent the tragedy of the Dark Moon."

The so-called dark moon hour refers to the time when the moonlight is at its weakest every year.

New moon.

At this time every year, a lot of underworld energy and some terrifying indescribable things will spew out from the Gate of Underworld.

There are many types of this indescribable thing.

On the one hand, there are monsters, on the other hand, there are resentful spirits... Coupled with the surging Qi of Huangquan at this time, the Fang family suffered heavy losses.

Because the people who have been severely eroded by the underworld's energy will be assimilated into the hidden world, and will eventually be pulled into the hidden world unknowingly, and their gods will be hidden in the vast mountains.

"For this reason, we established the Four Directions Altar. This is the Four Directions Altar of Shuo, Shangxian, Wang and Xiaxian mentioned earlier."

Sifang Kaguya's eyes flickered: "With the moonlight accumulated in this Sifang altar, we can finally completely suppress Huangquan during the 'dark moon hour'."

She hesitated for a moment, then held the Yuehui Mirror in both hands and showed it to Beichuan Temple and the others for inspection.

"The Moonlight Mirror is a spiritual tool condensed from the accumulated moonlight. The moonlight accumulated over the years has long been concentrated on this mirror engraved with a special curse seal. Therefore, it is different from the mirror in the Four Directions Altar. Yuehua feels something."

Sifang Kaguya sensed the kind thoughts condensed in Yuehui Mirror, and then said in a deep voice:

"With the help of the Sifang Shrine, the Sifang family no longer has to endure the torture of the dark moon, and no longer has to worry about it - at least that's what the head of the family thought at the time."

Sifang Kaguya continued: "But driving the Sifang Altar actually comes at a cost. After all, if you want to release all the moonlight to suppress Huangquan, you will definitely need a medium. And this medium is the moonlight every year. A witch who reads orders and respects gods.”

Although the amplitude was very small, Beichuan Temple still saw Sifang Kaguya tightly holding the frame of the Yuehui Mirror.

Is it possible that the final result of being a medium is sacrifice...disappearance?

Master Haneda and the others couldn't help but think about it.

"Actually, the shrine maiden does not need to sacrifice." Shifang Kaguya seemed to understand what Master Haneda and the others were thinking. She raised a finger and said: "Guiding Yuehua is a very important task. Therefore, you must maintain a pure body and concentrate on it. , without any distracting thoughts. If there is even the slightest distraction, the huge moonlight may dissipate as a result...or even inversely aggravate the situation during the dark moon, making the originally unstable Huang Quan even more restless."

Having said this, Shifang Kaguya sighed again.

There was no need for her to continue talking, everyone actually understood it.

It was nothing more than the last miko being distracted at the moment when she was concentrating her mind, which eventually led to the worsening of the situation in the dark moon, and the restlessness of the underworld broke out, dragging the whole clan into the abyss.

"As you can imagine, the Sifang family suffered heavy losses. If the backbone of the fighting force was not still there, it is estimated that the entire clan would have been devoured by the monsters and resentful spirits in the dark moon."

"After this time, the Sifang family was no longer able to suppress Huang Quan. In addition, the family finally decided to close all the Sifang shrines. The weak moonlight that was quickly discharged when the altar was closed formed a barrier to completely isolate the Sifang family shrine from the real world. , at the same time, our Sifang family members were scattered in pieces, and it was only in recent years that things improved."

Shifang Kaguya finished all the words she wanted to say in one breath.

Seal the Sifang Family Shrine in the spiritual realm, forever isolated from the real world.

This is a completely new approach.

It's no wonder that the Sifang family has been hiding it. Such an incident about the failure of Huangquan's suppression is something that can't be said to others casually, no matter how much you think about it.

"Now that the Sifang family has made some progress, of course we want to get the Sifang Altar back, because restarting the Sifang Altar is exactly the mission of our Sifang family."

Kaguya Sifang said with a solemn expression.

Her expression was serious and there was no trace of pretense.

This made Master Haneda and Master Onodera nod: "If that's the case...it's indeed easy to understand."

It is reasonable and reasonable for a family like the Sifang Family to care about things like family glory, which has been handed down from ancient times.

But... I believe, I believe, and the two of them will not be so foolish as to believe.

"Do you have any insights from Master Beichuan? You're welcome. If you have any good ideas, we will accept them."

Seeing that Master Haneda and Master Onodera had no big problems, Shifang Kaguya turned to look at Beichuan Temple.

Any insights?

Beichuanji raised his eyebrows.

There are really many problems on his side.

Beichuan Temple would not simply believe that the Sifang family went to war just to regain the lost glory of the Sifang family.

After all, everything is about profit first.

If there were no benefits, would the Sifang family be so keen on the Sifang Altar?

They must be looking for something later.

But the current Beichuan Temple is still unclear.

Of course, he wouldn't ask stupidly.

As long as the Sifang family doesn't play tricks on him, he is actually willing to spend 20 million yen to help them solve the problem of the Sifang Shrine.

But there are a lot of things I don’t know now.

The Sifang family's true thoughts are still hidden under the ice and have not been revealed...

Thinking of this, Beichuan Temple also shook his head and confirmed: "The departure time is June 1st, right?"

"That's right." Sifang Kaguya nodded: "It's okay after this time, but it depends on Master Beichuan's preparation time... How about it? Do you need me to give you more time to prepare? Because this time It’s a family matter, so I want to be as prepared and perfect as possible.”

Master Haneda and Master Onodera were the first to express their stance:

"There are actually not many things that need to be prepared. Three or four days is enough."

After getting their answers, Shifang Kaguya looked at Beichuanji, then glanced at his shoulder bag thoughtfully and asked:

"Where is Master Beichuan? Does Master Beichuan need more time to prepare?"

Kitagawa Temple noticed Shifang Kaguya's gaze.

He lifted his shoulder bag back and replied calmly:

"unnecessary."

Thanks to Yi Yongheng Yi and Lazy Maomao for the tip! Thank you so much!