"Is there anything I can help me with?" Megumi Kato smiled slightly at Qin Heqing's praise, and turned to look at the furnishings in the shrine.

"No, I'll take care of the menial work, you better continue to practice Kagura Dance, after all, dancing with Chihaya in geta is not the same as dancing in a shrine maiden costume and straw sandals, and you probably need a little getting used to it." Qin Heqing shook his head and said.

"Practice...... Alright then, I'll go practice, you come on. ”

"Hmm."

Then Megumi Kato returned to the side hall and danced again under the guidance of Tsuki'er, who had practiced many times before, but had never danced in a formal festival such as a regular festival.

And after eight o'clock, I could have rested today, but I was asked by Qin Heqing, and used the reason of doubling today's hourly salary to the part-time witch who was summoned to help, Rumina Takamori, also came to the shrine, said hello to Qin Heqing, and found the shrine maiden costume from the cabinet in the sales house by himself, and took the clothes to the side hall where Kato Megumi was.

"Ah, Kato, you're here too." Rumina Takamori greeted with some surprise.

"Hmm. Have you also been called by Heqing? It's really hard. Megumi Kato stopped dancing and said hello.

"No way, who called him the boss, if I don't want to wear small shoes or even lose my job, I can't resist his oppression." Rumina Takamori sighed with a long sigh and said in a joking tone. Then, he looked at Megumi Kato with surprise and envy, "Are you wearing a festival costume?" ”

"Hmm." Megumi Kato nodded.

"It's beautiful."

"Don't you?" Megumi Kato said unexpectedly.

"No, I don't know if it's because I don't like me, or if the festival has special requirements for dancers." Rumina Takamori shook her head and said, turning her head to look at Yue'er on the side-

She also knows who she is. After all, Qin Heqing didn't hide it at all, and Yue'er did sometimes follow Qin Heqing as an ordinary person to carry out activities, so Takamori Rumino had seen her occasionally, and she understood the status of the other party, but she wouldn't joke with Yue'er casually.

"This ceremony has special requirements for the selection of dancers." Yue'er, who understood what the other party was looking at her for, glanced at Rumina Takamori lightly and said lightly.

"Do you have any special requirements?" Megumi Kato's eyes looked a little surprised when he heard this, and he stretched out his arms and looked down at himself - it doesn't seem to be anything special, how can he meet the special requirements?

"Alright, let's keep practicing." Yue'er, who didn't want to talk about these anymore, said.

"Oh." Then Megumi Kato bowed slightly to Rumina Takamori to express her apologies, and once again danced from the beginning under the gaze of Yue'er to worship the gods.

And Rumina Takamori looked at it for a while, then retracted her gaze, consciously stepped aside, and quietly changed her clothes.

……

Seven or eight minutes later, Rumina Takamori, who had changed into a shrine maiden costume, reappeared in the divine court.

At this time, workers from the Chamber of Commerce who came to help also arrived at the shrine one after another, and began to set up a sacrificial stage according to Qin Heqing's command-

It's not big, it's just a temporary small stage, about 30 square meters square, the platform is about a meter above the ground, supported by four logs the thickness of an adult's arm, and a white cloth is hung around it, which acts as a curtain and hijab to cover the whole stage and make it look more formal.

The platform is made of all wood, and the floor is polished, except for the temporary altar and ritual items placed near the main hall of the shrine, and there is a blank space about one meter wide, on which a middle-aged man dressed in an old-fashioned short kimono sits upright, fiddling with instruments such as drums, flutes, bells, and koxun, adjusting the tone and level of the tone, making final preparations for the next performance.

The rest of the workers, who had already finished their work, stayed aside, resting and waiting, waiting for the beginning of the sacrifice and the work that followed – the lifting of the gods.

"I heard Yue'er say just now that the candidates for this ceremony have special requirements, what are the special requirements?" At this time, Rumina Takamori took the opportunity to come to Qin Heqing's side, lowered her voice, and asked softly as if she was discussing some confidential matter.

"You want to know." Hearing this, Qin Heqing glanced at her and asked rhetorically.

"Hmm." Because she was too curious, Rumina Takamori, who resisted the urge to pinch him, grinded her teeth secretly and nodded in affirmation.

"It's simple, virgin." Qin Heqing smiled, put her head in her ear and whispered.

"Huh? Virgin?! Rumina Takamori was stunned and subconsciously exclaimed. Suddenly, the eyes of the staff members who were close to them turned and fell on them.

Rumina Takamori turned red when she saw it, pinched Qin Heqing's waist hatefully, turned her head and went into the sales house.

"Hiss......"

"Hahaha......" The staff members then let out a good-natured chuckle.

Then the time slowly passed again, and in a blink of an eye, it was half past nine o'clock.

"It's almost time, let's get started." Qin Heqing looked at the time on his phone and said to the people around him.

"Okay."

"Rumina, help me go and call Megumi."

"Got it."

followed Rumina Takamori into the side hall and called Megumi Kato out.

"Are you ready?" Qin Heqing walked up to Megumi Kato and asked.

"Hmm."

"Then let's go up." Qin and Qingdao. Then he took Megumi Kato's hand and walked up the stairs of the stage to the stage, took off his shoes, and walked to the center of the stage.

"Let's get started." Megumi Kato took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and rushed back to Qin He Qingdao beside him.

"I'm sorry everyone." Qin Heqing nodded, looked at the musicians next to him, and asked.

"You're welcome."

Then, the musicians played their instruments, and the rhythm of melodious, long-lasting, strange and medieval-style Japanese music resounded in the shrine.

Qin Heqing and Megumi Kato started the stage, like two marionettes, dancing in unison on the stage, stretching their arms, stepping, opening fans, and rattling bells, presenting the dance with religious beauty in the eyes of the surrounding onlookers.

Until the end of a song.

Then Megumi Kato walked to the temporary altar placed on the stage and knelt down, according to the previous Yue'er's teachings, took the half-cooked rice grains in the box with clean hands, put them in his mouth and chewed carefully, until he felt that all the rice grains were ground and crushed, then he covered his mouth with the sleeves hanging down from his arms, lowered his head, and spit out the saliva-filled rice grains into the empty container beside him.

And so on and so forth. Until all the rice grains have been used.

Then Qin and Kiyomai walked behind Megumi Kato and stood still, reciting the prayer to the gods with solemn faces......