Yamanashi Prefecture is at its most vibrant in early summer, and the city that was once called Kai in the past has lost its coat of war and gradually revealed its own beauty in modern times.

Every year, countless people visit the world-famous Mt. Fuji in Kofu City, Honshu, Japan, and is home to a wide range of mountains and lush forests, surrounded by cherry blossoms on the other side of the Edo River.

There is a little-known legend in Yamanashi Prefecture that in the southwestern part of the prefecture, at the end of the Alps National Park, there is an isolated town called Inamitsu Town, which is said to have been born in the night of the thunderstorm during the summer battle in Osaka at the end of Japan's Warring States period and at the beginning of the Edo shogunate. They are all immortals, and if they can come into contact with them, they will be like Urashima Taro who does not know the sun and the moon.

However, this is only a legend after all, the real Inamitsu Town does exist in the mountains, although it is not widely known, but it is not so cloudy, and the town itself has its own legend, that is, their leader himself.

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Sitting alone in a Japanese-style room of about six and a half stacks, Owen felt a slight chill, the time had entered late spring, and it shouldn't be like this.

This time I came to Japan on my own initiative, and Yui will go home for about a month at this time every year, and I heard that it is because their family is not only the leader of the town in the local area, but also leads the activities of festivals, kagura, witchcraft, etc., and Yui seems to be an important part of this.

Although it was clear that the Hemao family belonged to the Soul Killers, and Owen was already prepared for a chance to run into ashes when he came, he ......

Yui's father went to Hokkaido, and Yui herself didn't know the specific reason, and her mother didn't show up until now in order to prepare for the annual large-scale festival, and Yui herself was an important part of the event.

Owen was completely unnoticed.

"I didn't expect that the president of my church of saints would one day end up in a situation where no one wants to look at it." There was tea on the tea table in front of him, and Owen took a sip to warm his body slightly.

Isn't this like a fool, what is the purpose of being here?

Just when he lamented the fate of his fate, there was a sudden sound of gurgling water in the courtyard outside, and it sounded as if someone was watering it with a kettle.

It's very peculiar, because his room is specially arranged by Yui, unless he deliberately calls, ordinary servants will not come here, and after more than a week of events here, Owen lives almost every day with the sound of birds, and the rest is to flip through the books in the room, and he is bored to the point where he is beginning to be interested in Natsume Soseki.

Walking out of the room, in the middle of the courtyard is a cherry tree that looks like it has some years, but I don't know what kind of tree it is, Owen hasn't studied it, but occasionally there are cherry blossoms falling with the breeze, and there are also crimson cherry blossoms on the ground, but it doesn't seem to be as romantic as in the books.

Looking around, Owen frowned slightly, and saw that in the courtyard, a young girl was squatting on the ground, her black kimono was outlined with snow plum patterns, her long hair was draped behind her indifferently, and she was holding a worn-out kettle in her hand with her back to Owen, and what she was watering seemed to be a broken branch that was broken off from a cherry tree and inserted into the courtyard land.

Owen had the impression that the kettle had been kept under the cherry tree when he first arrived, but the rusty appearance was supposed to be unused...... However, Owen did not pay attention to this, the girl's back was all too familiar to him.

Walking into the courtyard, Owen put on the clogs placed there, walked up to the girl and looked at her: "Hey, Yui, do you know how miserable I am?" Thrown here like a rag doll that no one wants. ”

As if hearing a voice behind her, the girl's watering in her hand stopped.

"But after so many days, you finally know how to come and see me?" Owen was still whining, "You'll have to think about how to compensate me." ”

The girl put down the kettle, reached out and gently brushed the dirt from her white socks, stood up, and then turned to face Owen.

Sure enough, I still felt that something was wrong, but after seeing the appearance of the person in front of him, Owen felt a little inexplicable when he stepped into this town, and it seemed that he was ......

However, the inner interaction was not over yet, and the corners of Yui's mouth in front of him suddenly raised slightly, revealing a weird smile.

"Well, it looks like you're the Sherlock Holmes?"

The girl's response made Owen's face change slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, he forced a smile and said, "Yui? Are you kidding? ”

"You're dangerous, Mr. Detective, if you can't even tell my sister apart, something embarrassing might happen in the future."

Listening to the girl's slightly playful words, Owen's eyes widened in shock.

Sister? Could it be that she is Yui's sister? But why did I never hear Yui mention it?

“…… That's right, I'm the Sherlock Holmes, but it doesn't have anything to do with what you know to be Sherlock Holmes. However, Owen also quickly accepted the facts in front of him, "My name is Owen, and I am a friend of your sister Yui, and I suddenly came to visit, and I took the liberty of it. ”

"Our family is called Uniyi." The girl's hand was gently placed on her chest, "Do you want to see my sister?" ”

"Huh?" The girl's response in front of her was always out of Owen's common sense.

"Looking at the way you look, I think I want to?" Yui smiled like a little devil and turned to wave at Owen, "Then, follow me." ”

United's back gradually moved away from sight, and Owen reacted at this time, and it was too late to ask too much, so he had to follow.

Inamitsu is a quaint country town, with a few stone streets that are now rare, forming winding and undulating roads, surrounded by wooden and bamboo houses, and even the most prestigious Kamo family, which covers an area of 1,000 acres of large traditional Japanese buildings, is only made of stone with high walls on the perimeter.

Following UNII, through the illuminated streets, through the tall torii gates, and up the stone steps, the crowd around them is endless, and there is little laughter and laughter, and their faces are solemn, as if they are on a pilgrimage.

If I had known that I had secretly come to such a place, maybe I would have come by myself, Owen thought to himself.

But...... Yui said not to come to her deliberately, if you do it yourself, will it make her angry?

"Here we are."

Yui's voice brought Owen back to his senses, and when he looked up, the simple and majestic shrine was bathed in the drizzle of cherry blossoms, and the shrine was surrounded by residents who came to pay their respects. Dancing to the melodious and solemn music.

His daughter, that is, Yui Kamo.