"Hey, did you go wrong in the end?"

Mu Yue rubbed her forehead and looked at Sachiko who fell on the altar and couldn't cry or laugh.

"Really, Tsuki-chan, it seems that Sachiko is finally relieved."

……

"Hee-hee-hee......"

Sachiko stood up and stuck out her tongue cutely, and everyone cheered for her. I wasn't annoyed by the accident.

"That kid ......"

Saeko lowered her eyelids slightly and sighed in a low voice.

“…… Again. ”

Again?

"Saeko, you mean...... Again? Had she fallen unexpectedly before? ”

nodded, then said, "Every year." ”

Annually?

"On purpose."

Deliberately!?

Mu Yue seemed to understand something, and raised her eyes to look at Sachiko on the altar.

The girl regained her spirits and danced again. However, the solemn and mysterious atmosphere just now is gone.

Sachiko dances hard, but it makes people feel deeply that it is not gods who dance, but people.

Even so, Sachiko's hard-working dancing successfully conveyed her gratitude to everyone's hearts.

"Ahh

"Hey! Sachiko! Jump seriously! ”

After seeing Mu Yue and them, Sachiko, who was dancing, even smiled and waved at them.

The audience burst into laughter again.

Although she was a little embarrassed, Mu Yue still waved to Sachiko on the stage and cheered.

Receiving encouragement, Sachiko continued to dance energetically and cheerfully.

[Deliberately, does such an accident occur every year? 】

Judging from Sachiko's Kagura dance, she is very skilled in this dance, so skilled that she should not accidentally step on her skirt and fall.

So, why would she do it?

Bite!

After the final bell was waved, the dance ended.

Sachiko bowed her head and saluted, and the venue resounded with grand applause. Nodding to the audience and waving her hand, Sachiko returned to the background.

Although there were some minor accidents, the Kagura dance starring Sachiko was easy to understand and fun.

Her awe-inspiring expression, sad expression, and posture that she usually can't see all remained in Mu Yue's heart.

Moreover, the smile at the end is particularly cute.

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"Ah Yue, that kid looks like this, and he also looks like someone is worried."

"However, it seems to be very smooth, and it is great to be able to do this."

"Shun lì? I said Sword Master, didn't they all fail and mess up in the end? ”

"This is like the Sachiko we have known in the past few days, hehe, is the master moved?"

Bang!

knocked on the head of the fish intestines, and Mu Yue glanced at her angrily.

"Ah, everyone~!!"

At this time, changing back into her previous yukata, Sachiko waved her hand and ran over.

"Good work."

Seeing her sister, Saeko nodded and said.

"Thank you so much for coming and seeing, I'm a little embarrassed."

"Well, it's just a matter of acting very hard." Gong Xingyun clasped his hands to his chest, and Mu Yue looked down at Xiao Daojun, "Xingyun, when will you also dance the Kagura Dance for us?" ”

"Cai, Cai, don't deliberately jump to show you the meow!!"

"Oh, I'm talking about jumping to show us, not to me alone, so nervous that even meow fetish comes out?"

"Long-winded!!"

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Although the festival was still going on after the Kagura Dance ended, Mu Yue and his party, who had already visited the venue before the ceremony began, also felt a little tired, so they decided to go home.

Longquan Qixing also planned to continue to run his own prize-winning shooting shop, but was forcibly taken away by Mu Yue.

When I returned to the Kashima family's mansion, it was already around 11:20 p.m.

The moon is bright and the stars are thin, and the wind blowing along the sea swayes the green trees in the courtyard.

Sitting under the verandah outside the room, Mu Yue leaned against the wooden pillar alone, quietly listening to the sound of frogs and insects in the courtyard.

Da, da, da......

Footsteps rang out.

"Huh? Hasn't Mu Jun slept yet? ”

Sachiko's voice sounded behind her.

Looking back, under the moonlight, the girl was still wearing a cherry-colored yukata, revealing a slender collarbone that was white and attractive.

Around her neck, the pendant given to her by her sister Saeko sparkles.

"Sachiko?"

Sitting next to Mu Yue, Sachiko turned her head and looked at Mu Yue with a smile.

"Long night, Mu Jun has no intention of sleeping? Are you thinking about your sister? ”

“…… Saeko? No. ”

"Really?"

"Not really."

Sachiko pursed her lips and suddenly leaned forward.

"That, Sachiko...... It's too close. ”

The girl's face was almost pressed against Mu Yue's face.

"Mujun, you ...... What do you think of your sister? ”

"Saeko? Very nice people. ”

"It's gone?"

“……”

Is it really gone?

Mu Yue couldn't admit it-the yukata he was wearing now had been cut by Saeko himself.

"Na, Mujun, sister, she ...... It's hard. ”

"I know that Saeko studies too weekdays."

"Not about that."

Shaking her head, Sachiko sat down again.

"When I was younger, my sister was seen as the best person to inherit my grandmother's status as a spirit witch—whether it was my father, uncle, sister, or I thought so."

"For this reason, my sister has been learning the necessary knowledge of spirit witches from her grandmother since she was a child."

Under the moonlight, by the edge of the corridor, Mu Yue quietly listened to Sachiko tell about Saeko's past.

"However, on the most critical day, the day when I checked my sister's qualifications, it turned out that my sister fell from heaven to hell."

Mu Yue already knew about this.

Saeko's qualification inspection is unqualified, on the contrary, Sachiko has a talent that far surpasses that of her sister.

"I've been following my sister like a little tail. I will do whatever my sister says. ”

"I still remember that my sister when I was a child was not what she is now, and my sister was a very cheerful person when I was a child."

Is it like the state of a text chat?

"But since that day I announced that my sister was not qualified, and I inherited my grandmother's status as a spirit witch, my sister has completely changed."

"Become reticent and then ...... It's like studying like crazy when I was in school. ”

"Finally...... He even went directly to China with his father. ”

"Sakiko—"

"Na, Mujun."

Interrupting Mu Yue's words, Sachiko suddenly asked.

"—Did you know that I fell on purpose while dancing Kagura?"

“…… I know, Saeko told me. ”

"Say? Sure enough, my sister will tell you everything. Sachiko smiled a little slyly, "Then you know, why did I fall on purpose?" ”

“…… Why? ”

"Because, that way, I can let my sister treat me gently, very gently, very gently, like she did at the beginning! Did you know that the first time I danced Kagura, I didn't fall on purpose, but after I fell, my sister, who had become silent, suddenly regained her original appearance and taught me carefully...... At that time, I decided that I would do this every year in the future. ”

What an awkward pair of sisters.

Mu Yue looked at Sachiko, and the girl's eyes were full of memories. (To be continued.) )