This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Kitagawa Temple followed Asamiya Eise's words and came under the second short red pillar inside.

"It's the row in front of you. The tenth is the one." Asamiya Yongse reminded again.

"Yeah." Kitagawaji took off the tenth Ema with one hand and glanced away.

Marriage ema, most of them record who the other party hopes to have a good marriage with, and pray for God's blessing.

The content on this Ema is no exception, but unlike those Emas that leave lengthy content, the content on this Ema is unexpectedly simple.

‘Pray, hope to marry Si Fang Wangyue. Prayer: Sifang Wenzhi. ’

Sifang Wenzhi...

This should be the real name of the male grudge Beichuanji saw in the wooden cage prison just now.

And the Sifang Wangyue here should be the person Sifang Wenzhi likes, and she is also the 'her' recorded in the blood-stained document.

and...

"There is another piece of ema connected to the bottom of this piece of ema..." Kitagawaji pulled the red string of the ema and took off the ema connected to it.

The content of this ema is basically the same as that of Sifang Wenji's ema.

‘Pray, hope to marry Sifang Wenzhi. Prayer: Look at the moon in all directions. ’

Juanxiu's tiny words remain on the surface of the painting.

This is exactly the Ema left behind by the one who looked at the moon in all directions as mentioned earlier.

The content is the same. It seems that Sifang Wangyue also likes Sifang Wenzhi very much, and the two of them are in love with each other.

So why did the Sifang family forcefully separate the two? Just falling in love won't lead to being imprisoned in a wooden cage prison, right?

Kitagawaji repeatedly played with the two pieces of Ema wood in his hand, and then, as if he noticed something, he turned the flashlight in his hand and turned his gaze towards them.

There is also a small round table placed at the very end of this wedding hall.

There is a vermilion record book placed on the small round table in the innermost part.

Behind the record book, there was an elderly woman sitting with a withered face and atrophic arm muscles.

This elderly woman was wearing a black kimono and looked very much like Nakato who was introducing the marriage.

Beichuan Temple subconsciously opened the vision of death, and then groaned.

There was no resentment lingering on the old woman in front of her, it was just the shadow of a person's longing.

The person who can write the vermilion record book in this kind of wedding hall... I guess she should be the person in charge of the Sifang family's civil wedding affairs.

Just as Kitagawa Temple was thinking, the afterimage of the old woman raised her head and looked towards Kitagawa Temple as if she was aware of it.

No...no, it shouldn't be looking towards Beichuan Temple.

Instead, he looked at the door behind Beichuan Temple.

A trace of sadness flashed in her dark and turbid eyes. A faint sigh also came out: "Wangyue...poor people...if your affairs are discovered...oh, why are you here?"

full moon?

Beichuan Temple's expression changed, and he turned to look behind him.

Empty front door.

The sparkling waves of the lake reflected on the gate.

Beyond that there is nothing.

When Beichuan Temple turned around again, the old woman had completely turned into resentment and disappeared.

Why bother...?

What did Sifang Wangyue do to make the old woman sigh like this?

From the point of "your affairs", it can be seen that the old woman probably refers to the love affair between Sifang Wangyue and Sifang Wenzhi.

Is it possible that Sifang Wangyue is not allowed to fall in love because of his noble status and Sifang Wenzhi's humble background?

Kitagawa Temple couldn't figure it out for the time being. He reached out and picked up the vermilion record book placed on the desk. He held the flashlight with one hand and pinched the footer of the record book with the other hand and opened it.

In the old wedding book that has been stained with a lot of dust, it says:

‘The legend of Ema and Magatama on a moonlit night in “Yueyou Wedding Book”:’

‘The moon connects that world, and the moon is the final resting place of the human soul. Therefore, there is also the legend of Ema on a moonlit night. As long as you come to the Yueyou Marriage Hall at night when the moon is high, and connect the Ema wood pieces with the Ema wood pieces of your loved one with a red rope, the souls of the two people will be connected with the red rope by the moonlight. ’

It turns out that this is what the connection between ema and ema is all about.

Beichuan Temple nodded secretly and continued to look down.

‘The legend of Sifang Magatama. ’

‘Yueyoushan has always believed in and admired the moon. The square magatama is round, which represents the shape of the moon and also symbolizes the 'complete soul'. ’

"The man gives the woman a full-moon magatama that he has polished with painstaking efforts, which represents the entrustment of his soul to the other party. After a woman accepts a man's magatama, it means that the woman agrees to accept the man's love. Even the daughter of the head of the family cannot repent. ’

Seeing this, Beichuan Temple understands.

He took out a very rough polished square magatama from his pocket.

It turns out that "wanting to find the other half" in the system notes means to find the other half of the soul.

Then the other half of the magatama should stay with Sifang Wangyue, right?

and...

‘Even the daughter of the head of the house must not repent’.

This sentence is somewhat intriguing.

Beichuan Temple's idea just now was self-defeating because of this.

Perhaps Sifang Mochizuki has a noble status, but since she accepted Sifang Wenzhi's magatama, her family should have no room to break the contract.

After all, the traditional customs recorded in the "Yueyou Marriage Book"...even the head of the family would not dare to violate it.

Even if he forcefully breaks the contract, it is impossible to force Sifang Wenzhi into the wooden cage prison. After all, the other party is in the wrong in this matter.

But this creates a contradiction.

Sifang Wangyue and Sifang Wenzhi are in love with each other. They each hold magatama, so no one should be able to interfere with their love affair.

But the reality is that Sifang Wangyue didn't know where he was imprisoned, and Sifang Wenzhi was escorted to the Wooden Cage Prison, and finally his body was torn apart by the evil things pouring out of Yueyue Lake.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Temple turned back to look at Kagura Bell and called out: "Eternal Life."

"What's the matter? Temple-kun?" Asamiya Eise emerged from the Kagura bell, looking a little confused.

"I have a question I want to ask you."

Beichuanji put down the vermilion document with a serious look on his face.

As soon as she saw Kitagawaji's expression, Asamiya Nagase's originally confused expression disappeared. She straightened her body and looked at him seriously: "Please tell me."

The serious appearance of the two of them made Kamizumi Maki, who had been huddled among the Kagura bells, come out with some curiosity.

On the other side, Nishikujo, who was lying on Kitagawaji's shoulder, quietly raised his ears and listened carefully.

Under their behavior, Beichuanji's face showed no hesitation, and he spoke simply and neatly.

The content is very simple.

It was so simple that Asamiya Yongse didn't even think about it and answered subconsciously.

"Is your virginity still there?"

"Still."

quiet--

The air suddenly fell into dead silence.

Kitagawaji asked decisively.

Asamiya Nagase answered with concentration and seriousness.

but...

Um...?

Um? ? ? ? ?

Well...

Asamiya Yongse's face trembled rapidly, and even though her face as a good spirit didn't blush, it could be seen that she was extremely shaken now.

What did Temple-kun ask me just now?

Is chastity still there?

Asamiya Yongse felt that his mind was in a state of turmoil, and his mouth opened and closed.

According to the easy-to-understand translation of Kitagawaji's question, it is actually equivalent to asking Asamiya Eisei, "Are you still a virgin?" ’.

What's your answer?

How could I be so confident... and say such rude words in front of Mr. Temple? !

She said "Ahhhhh" for a long time, then she lowered her head suddenly, and her soft and gentle voice became panicked: "I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I actually said such disrespectful words in front of Mr. Temple. ..No...such vulgar, such unpalatable words...ahhh! Please forgive me, Temple-kun!"

Asamiya Eternal's face was filled with shame. She hurriedly lowered her head and bowed again and again to Kitagawa Temple.

The look on her face stunned Maki, the god on the other side.

Kamizuki Maki opened his mouth, and it took him a long time to react and muttered: "Isn't this what Kitagawa asked you himself? Do you really want to say that the problem shouldn't be Kitagawa's problem?"

"How is that possible!" Asamiya Yongse tilted his head and asked naturally: "How could Temple-kun have a problem?"

"...I..." Kamizaki Maki's eyes widened in shock.

What Asamiya Yongse said was so confident that she couldn't think of any words to refute him.

Then she heard Asamiya Yongse's natural words: "Since there is no problem with Mr. Temple, then the problem must be with me."

"..." Kamizaki Maki's mouth twitched.

Asamiya Yongshi kept talking in such a way that she almost fainted.

What does it mean that Temple-kun’s problem is my problem?

Only when you have this idea do you really have a problem, right?

Asamiya never paid attention to the confused Kamizaki Maki, and turned to look at Kitagawaji who was deep in thought: "I wonder why Mr. Temple suddenly asked this question?"

"I just thought of something. I remember... a miko should maintain a pure body, right?"

Beichuanji asked a question.

"...That's right. A miko needs to remain pure and must be an unmarried woman. This should be a prerequisite for any kind of sacrifice."

Asamiya Yongshi thought for a while, added something and then replied.

Is that really the case?

Beichuan Temple picked up the vermilion document.

Since the daughter of the head of the family cannot violate the legend of Shikō Magatama... then what if she serves the Tsukuyomi Order... that is, the Moon Miko?

If she accepts someone else's Sifang Magatama, can she marry him?

Just a little thought will give you the answer.

These legends of Yueyou Mountain are all based on the belief in the moon, and when it comes to the taboo of 'moon', what does a mere marriage matter?

From this we can roughly deduce that Sifang Mochizuki should be the last Moon Miko of the Sifang family.

However, no key evidence has yet been found to prove that the person looking at the moon in all directions is the Miko of the Moon, so Kitagawa Temple can only make a rough guess.

But the only thing that is certain is that all the previous clues are connected together.

Is it because the Shifang family imprisoned Shifang Munji that this term's Tsuki Miko Shifang looked at the moon, and was so disturbed that the ritual failed?

There is still some doubt in this.

Beichuanji took out the blood-stained document from his backpack.

This is a document written by Sifang Wenzhi, and the top handwriting is clearly visible.

'Why do you treat her like this? Ah...ah...the Sifang family...why do they treat her like this? ’

‘I must get out of here, out of the wooden cage prison. She's still waiting for me... Yes, I can feel it... She's still waiting for me...'

As the witch of the moon, Shifang Mochizuki's status should be very noble.

For such an important person, what exactly did the Sifang family do to her?

And why did you do those things to her?

Beichuan Temple is indeed a little curious.

It's just that there's no point thinking about these things now.

Beichuan Temple scanned the wedding hall again and found no trace of the moon mirror.

"It's time to leave." Beichuan Temple moved his feet and walked towards the door.

He has been investigating for almost four hours, from eight o'clock to now, it is already past midnight.

The meeting time agreed with Shifang Kaguya was at one o'clock in the morning.

Beichuan Temple can also go to the spreading building complex on the left hand side in advance to check out the spots.

But this only stops at the check-in points, after all, they are also going to gather.

It would be inappropriate if he returned late and was suspected by Sifang Kaguya.

Kitagawaji took a rough inventory of what he got.

Magatama of unknown purpose, two pieces of Ema wood, "Yueyou Marriage Book", one of "Yueyou Documents", a blood-stained document...

Putting aside things like magatama and ema, Kitagawaji is more concerned about the next content of "Yueyou Document".

Since the Yue You document in his hand is the first volume, there must be a second volume, a third volume... and there should also be several so-called sacrificial halls.

I don’t know what the contents of the documents in the ceremonial hall are.

Thinking of this, Kitagawaji took a bite of the compressed biscuit on hand, picked up the kettle and drank some water, then changed the battery of the flashlight, then raised his feet and planned to continue walking forward.

And just as Beichuan Temple was moving forward, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled one after another.

It was as if the entire spiritual realm was trembling with this vibration.

"Earthquake?" Beichuanji frowned.

This is the spiritual realm, why would there be an earthquake?

He stood firm, and it took a while for the inexplicable shock to dissipate.

Everything became calm again, as if nothing happened just now.

"..." Beichuan Temple.

strangeness...

Beichuan Temple raised his head.

Is this sudden change a common phenomenon...or is it caused by something else?

He secretly thought about it, then took a step forward and continued walking forward.

But... before Kitagawa Temple could reach the place, the sound of a flare rising into the air was heard from behind him.

The fiery red light forced Beichuan Temple to stop.

This is the gathering signal sent by Shifang Kaguya.

After getting this signal, you must exit the shrine in time.

But...

Kitagawaji took out his cell phone and took a look.

It's only half past twelve now, why did Sifang Kaguya send a signal to assemble right now?

Kitagawa Temple shook his head expressionlessly.

The spiritual dagger Kanesada shot out, directly piercing the head of a resentful spirit hiding in the dark, and then returned to the original route without any delay.

Thanks for the reward for feeling like this and giving such a long name! Thank you so much!