Chapter 121 - Shrine Festival

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Saagiri Mountain.

Shang Quannai was sitting on the roof. Dawn had just broken in the sky, and the sunlight was like a sharp sword cutting through the clouds and striking the ground.

The fog shrouding the Misty Mountains seemed to be peeled away by the clear sunlight, revealing in the distance the sedan chair walking down the bluestone steps.

The sedan with red lanterns is wrapped with white ropes, and the gilt red and black roof stands out in the sun.

Bang! Bang!

Kanroji Sakuracake stood in front of the main hall of the shrine. She held a Kagura bell in her hand and was shaking it gently and rhythmically.

Every time the Kagura bell is shaken, Kanroji Sakuramoji will make a leisurely and slight movement accordingly, and the steps will move forward slightly.

There are three layers of Kagura bells, with small golden bells hanging on each layer.

The handle is tied with five colored threads, and it sways and blows in the sunlight as the Kanroji cherry cakes shake.

Her white wrists swayed slightly, and the golden bells sparkled and collided in the sunlight, making a sweet sound.

Bang! Bang!

Although the bell swayed slightly, the sound spread far and wide from Mount Sagi to the entire town.

The clear sound makes people immersed in body and mind, and the breath of dawn makes people want to close their eyes comfortably.

On the street, people coming out of their houses closed their eyes and lowered their heads piously, listening to the clear sound of bells reaching their ears.

On the shrine in front of the main shrine.

The sun shines through the gaps in the trees around the shrine, reflecting on the shrine.

Kanroji Sakuracake was wearing a red and white miko uniform, holding a Kagura bell in both hands, and her white fingers looked very dazzling in the sunlight filtering through the forest.

Under the white sunlight, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes were lowered to look at the golden Kagura bell in her hand.

She gently shook the bell in her hand.

Bang!

The scarlet in his eyes flickered slightly.

[Vampire Art·Qingming]

[Vampire Art·Blessing]

Dang clang————

The sound of the bell immediately spread within the boundary of the barrier until it touched the barrier of the barrier.

With every shake of the Kagura bell in Kanroji Sakuramochi's hand, the shrine sedan that was slowly being carried down from Mt. Saagiri would take a step forward.

Shangquan Nai looked at the shrine on the mountainside of Samagiri Mountain in a daze. At this moment, a beam of light just broke through in the sky, shining there.

He squinted his eyes and watched the somewhat inconsistent red sound waves spread from the mountainside of Mount Samagiri.

"It's amazing! Sound can travel so far!"

Purgatory Jinjuro put away the wooden sword in his hand. He stood in front of the doctor's office, listening to the sound of bells coming from Mount Samagiri, and closed his eyes with a smile:

"Oh! I feel more energetic!"

But after taking a look at the crowd gradually crowding both sides of the street, Purgatory Jinjuro turned around and suppressed his inner desire to pull out the wooden sword.

He raised his head and looked at Shang Quannai sitting on the roof, smiled and shouted:

"Sir Shangquan! Thank you very much for what happened last time!"

Shang Quanna was attracted by Purgatory Jinjuro's voice. He lowered his head slightly and glanced at him with some confusion.

What happened last time? What's up?

Purgatory Jinjuro seemed to notice Shang Quanna's confusion. He scratched his fluffy hair and explained a little embarrassedly:

"Last time, I almost fell into a knot in my heart and couldn't cheer up. Fortunately, you woke me up directly!"

"thank you very much!"

"...Hmm." Shang Quannai was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

Was it during the last Zhuhe meeting...

He didn't pay much attention, and continued to look at the Samagiri Mountain in the distance from the roof, watching the sedan carrying the small shrine slowly walk away towards the street.

"Big brother!"

At this time.

A short-haired little girl holding a small carp streamer tugged at Purgatory Jinjuro's haori.

Purgatory Jinjuro was stunned for a moment, and quickly lowered his head and looked to his side, just in time to look into the eyes of the curious little girl with wide eyes.

"Big brother! Are you a swordsman?"

The little girl pointed at the wooden sword on Purgatory Jinjuro's waist. His bone sword was placed in the doctor's office. For fear of accidents, he only carried the wooden sword with him.

Purgatory Jinjuro smiled when he heard this, bent down slightly and rubbed the little girl's head. His voice was a little softer than the loud one just now:

"Yes, the eldest brother is a swordsman!"

"Oh——! So handsome!" The little girl suddenly lowered her voice and exclaimed. She clenched the carp streamer in her hand tightly, and her eyes suddenly burst into light when she looked at Jinjuro Purgatory.

"I will also become a swordsman in the future!"

Facing the little girl who suddenly lowered her voice, Purgatory Jinjuro's outstretched hand was a little stiff for a moment. He looked at the little girl in surprise for a while.

This is when several urgent shouts came from the crowd behind the "little girl":

"Where have you gone? Xiuya! Xiuzai!"

"Hey-whoop!"

Then, in the reflection of Purgatory Jinjuro's pupils, a woman wearing a green kimono and green pupils struggled to squeeze out of the crowd.

After seeing the "little girl" standing in front of Jinjuro Purgatory, she shouted in surprise:

"Ah! Here it is!"

She hurriedly ran over, took the "little girl"'s hand, and then nodded apologetically to Jinjuro Purgatory:

"I'm very sorry. I didn't take good care of the child. Didn't I cause you any trouble?"

The woman in a green kimono spoke softly and apologetically to Jinjuro Purgatory:

"This kid is quite naughty."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Purgatory Jinjuro waved his hand to express that it's okay: "He's a very energetic child! He's very cute!"

"That's it, then I'll be relieved." The woman in green kimono said to Purgatory Jinjuro with a smile:

"He keeps running around and it worries me."

Because of the difference in pronunciation of "he" and "she", Jinjurou Purgatory was slightly taken aback.

"...Isn't it a girl?" Purgatory Jinjuro was stunned for a rare moment. He turned his head in surprise and glanced at Hideya whose hand was being held.

"No, Hideya is a boy." Hideya raised his head and looked at Purgatory Jinjurou with his green eyes. His young voice didn't seem so suppressed.

"That's it!"

"Very cute!" Purgatory Jinjuro nodded, then crossed his arms, smiled and walked through the crowd, looking at the slowly approaching sedan in the distance.

Due to his height, Purgatory Jinjuro stood at the end of the crowd and could easily see the slowly moving sedan.

The woman picked up the "little girl" and stood there with peace of mind, looking at the approaching shrine sedan not far away.

on the roof.

Shang Quannai looked at the approaching sedan in the distance with an expressionless expression.

In his arms sat a group of rooks, with one crouching on his head and one on his shoulders.

The crows seemed to feel that the nest built for them by the doctor's office was not comfortable around Shang Quannai, so they all came closer.

Shang Quanna was fascinated as he watched the waves of sound that continued to spread and the joyful crowds on the street making way for the sedan. For a moment, he felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart.