"It's really because I didn't expect the priest of the Kibune Shrine to suddenly come here, so I don't want to be welcome, I hope you'll forgive me."

Because the black-haired little witch cried just now, it caused a lot of commotion

A moment later, the little witch retreated, and in her place, an old priest with white hair stood in front of Emiya Shirou.

"She's just a trainee shrine maiden. She wasn't very good at dealing with this kind of scene, especially now that it was an important sacrifice to the gods, her nerves were even tighter than usual. I'm sorry to make you laugh. ”

There was a kind of loving smile on his face, as if a grandfather was talking about his grandson, showing that the old priest's love for the little witch just now was not a little bit, and the old priest nodded lightly to Emiya Shirou.

"No, you're serious. The so-called human beings need to go through experience to grow. This is especially true of children who are qualified for divine virtue. After an incident, I am wise, and this incident is not a good thing for that little witch. ”

Although I don't know how to distinguish the classes of the priests, judging from the respect of the people next to the old priests, even if it is not certain whether it is the chief priest, the old priest must be an important figure in the Ise Jingu.

Seeing the old priest nodding to him, Emiya Shirou nodded hurriedly to the former on the surface, but secretly he was quietly observing the old priest in front of him.

Unlike Emiya Shirou, who was born with silver hair, the old priest's hair color was diluted by the years. However, he was already full of gray hair, and he looked to be at least fifty or sixty years old, but there was not a single wrinkle on his face, and his complexion was as ruddy as a child, which fully showed the proper state of a person who had been in the place of aura for many years.

In addition, if it is said that the little witch just now has the qualifications of divine virtue and can be said to be an unpolished rough stone, then the old priest in front of him is a gem that has been polished to the edges and corners!

It was no longer a problem for the divine pure qi to break through the body, and more importantly, Emiya Shirou could feel that the other party's body was full of surging spiritual power.

Even if the qualifications don't seem to be as good as the little witch just now, it seems that she is also a good person, but with the hard work of the day after tomorrow, she can still bloom with dazzling brilliance! If you put him in the clock tower, at least he has to be crown-level strength!

There is no doubt that this old priest in front of him is a manifestation of the divine virtue of the concubine palace Xue, the great god of Amaterasu, to the extreme!

"Oh? He really deserves to be the priest of Kifune Shrine. I was able to see the child's talent the moment we met, and this eyesight was not as good as even the old bones. ”

Hearing Emiya Shirou praising the little witch just now, the old priest's face couldn't help but show a smile that was happier than when he was praised.

"Then again, what the hell is the matter with the priest of Kibune Shrine suddenly coming from afar? There should be some time before the date on the invitation to the god sacrifice."

"Ahh Actually, I was ordered by the dragon god to come here to report to Amaterasu. ”

Since Ai gave Emiya Shirou such an identity, he didn't mind following this fake identity to make up the story.

Seeing that the identity of the priest of Kifune Shrine seemed to be unable to allow him to enter the inner palace, Emiya Shirou hurriedly moved out his current nominal boss, Ai.

Anyway, it is also a fact that he came to report at the request of Yi Ai, and it is even more true if there is a lie, with eight points of truth and one point of knowledge not to report.

Even though the Amaterasu god enshrined in Ise Jingu is superior to Kifune, it is also a matter between the gods. He didn't believe that the old priest in front of him would have the courage to thwart the imperial order from the dragon god.

"Huh?! I was ordered by the dragon god to come to report on my work?!"

Sure enough, after the old priest heard Emiya Shirou's words, his face immediately became solemn.

"If it were a normal day, I wouldn't believe it lightly, but," After a pause, the old priest glanced at the interior of Ise Jingu, and then continued, "After all, not long ago, Amaterasu Daigomi sent down a miracle, and my old bones were healed by Daigojin in a dream." Since this precedent is here, I can't deny the possibility that Lord Ryujin will also send down the Imperial Order, but why do you always feel that the number of times that Lord Kami has been in contact with us has been increasing recently? Do you know something, Ship Priest?"

"No, actually, I don't know. After all, Lord Ryujin only gave me this jade pendant and asked me to come here to report on my work, but I don't know what the gods are thinking."

"When a kingdom is about to perish, there will be demons. In the same way, it is impossible for a god to come into contact with us mortals for no reason. Do you think something big is going to happen? Let's say there's some thousand-year-old demon that's about to wake up?"

"No, I don't think that's necessarily the case."

Seeing the old priest's worried look, Emiya Shirou's heart couldn't help but feel empty, and he could only respond a few times.

He didn't know that the country was going to die, there would be demons and the like, because he hadn't personally experienced the demise of that dynasty, but the gods were idle, and he knew it all too well

The concubine sister is a publicly-funded travel all day long, and Yi Ai, who is named as the dragon god of the noble ship, is even more bored and runs to the deep mountain town to open an antique shop.

As for him, the god of the army and the god of storms, sweeping the floor, cooking, doing housework, reading newspapers, drinking black tea and other small things, not only will he go to the housework master (housewife) exchange meeting regularly, but also every market price reduction will never be missed, and occasionally he will record TV dramas while biting on pancakes while watching replays and the like

If the old priest in front of him is not, if all the above things are exposed, presumably many Shinto believers will be so frightened that their jaws will fall to the ground, and then they will have a heart attack and go to the hospital, right?

"Well, no matter what, I'm afraid my old bones won't be able to survive until then. Then it's up to you young people," patting the shoulders of Emiya Shirou, who had already flowed like a waterfall in cold sweat on his head, the old priest said earnestly, "To be able to become a rank priest at this age, you naturally have your own advantages. If something happens, in the future, Hotaru, the kid you just met, will ask you. ”

No, no, no, there's really nothing special going on

In other words, why does it always feel like this old man's tone is as if he is entrusting his granddaughter to her in the future? Is it a delusion?

Looking at the old priest in front of him with a solemn expression that didn't look like a joke, Emiya Shirou vomited in a cold sweat in his heart

P.S.1: Well, as a celebration of an acquaintance's successful surgery and a friend of mine who did well on an exam, today I decided to take out the festival and burn it. This is the first update.