Within the Spiritual Master Association, a series of activities such as sacrifices are completely forbidden.

Is it the blind obedience of human beings to gods and ghosts, the fear of the unknown, and the act of giving all the help of the heavens in order not to fall into the abyss, such a concept runs through the teachings of the spiritual masters, worshipping the gods? Stupid, if so, what's the point of killing them?

Having been exposed to the Guild in the Church, Owen naturally had this philosophy as well, and of course, he had never seen the activities of the gods with his own eyes.

This time, it was the first time he had seen Kagura.

Dancing lightly in the breeze and accompanied by the melodious sound of bells, the long sleeves and streamers of the shrine maiden costume flutter and bathe in the cherry blossoms in the sky.

Is that Yui? Owen was sure, it was for sure, but it was the appearance of Yui that he had never seen before, the solemn, determined expression, the solemn atmosphere that was the same as the two of her in the association.

The pink color of the cherry blossoms seems to have dimmed at this moment.

"Hooked?"

United's voice sounded in his ears, and Owen reacted at this time, and was suddenly a little embarrassed when he saw United's playful smile.

Damn, can't handle this kid.

"Is this a tribute to the gods?" Changing the subject, Owen's gaze fell back to Yui on the stage and asked.

"That's right, that lord blessed Inamitsu Town, from Nara a thousand years ago, to Kai a hundred years ago, and then to Yamanashi today." Uniyi talked eloquently, "It is the relationship between the He Mao family and that adult, so that they can continue in the war to this day. ”

"But aren't the Kamo family spirit killers?" Owen turned his head and frowned slightly, "Actually, I've always wondered why the Spirit Killers are quite aggressive in their strategies towards the gods, and why they would use the gods as totems to turn into power. ”

Uniyi tilted her head slightly and smiled: "Why don't you just ask my sister about this kind of thing?" She is the inheritor of the totem. ”

Owen wanted to ask something, at this moment, there was a sound of bells ringing from the stage, accompanied by the echo of Qingyue, only to see that on the side of the high platform, surrounded by a group of people wearing black robes, a young man in a dark gray witch robe stepped onto the high platform step by step, holding a sword that looked quite old in his hand, and his eyes looked directly at the Yui on the stage. At this moment, Yui also stopped dancing, stretched out his hands and gracefully waved his sleeves, and sat on his knees upright.

The young man stepped onto the high platform, and everyone around him bowed their heads slightly, walked to Yui casually, and sat down on the ground with the same kneeling, holding the sword in both hands, and pulling it out of its sheath.

"Whew!"

Holding the knife in both hands, swinging it once on the left and once on the right, although the movement is very gentle, you can still hear the sound of the blade tearing the air, and you can see that this sword, which looks very old, should be a famous knife, and at the same time, this young man is extraordinary.

Putting their swords into their sheaths, the two men stood up, turned to face the crowd, folded their hands over their chests, and bowed their heads slightly, while at the same time, what had stood behind the high platform from the beginning, hidden by a red curtain, was lifted by two priests dressed solemnly.

"That's ......," Owen frowned slightly, and what he saw was that under the curtain were three lifelike foxes carved out of wood, in different postures, and before the three foxes, there was a copper plate containing rice piled up in a cone.

"Uga's Imperial Soul God! Inari Daimyōjin! ”

"Uga's Imperial Soul God! Inari Daimyōjin! ”

At the same time, the surrounding crowd suddenly prostrate on the ground, making a neat sound of worship, and the object of worship was the sculpture of the three foxes.

Inari ...... This name Owen has heard of, and it is a god belonging to the Takamagaha God line, and according to the records, there has been no conflict with humans, so it is ......

Suddenly, Owen's face changed, and when everyone was prostrate on the ground to worship the statue, there was only Yui and the young man on the high platform, but Yui ran up at some point, with a mischievous expression on his face.

"Hey......" Owen stretched out his hand to say something, but at this moment everyone had already gotten up, and it was too late to get her down!

"Su~"

The abbot stepped forward and announced in a deep voice, and everyone's eyes fell back to the stage, everything was going on in an orderly manner, the only thing that was abnormal was.

No one seemed to notice Unii on stage.

After a series of processes, the next step is the final step, and after you have completed it, you can rest today.

With a slight sigh of relief in her heart, Yui turned around with an elegant posture as usual, and at this moment, the corner of her eyes suddenly swept away, and she stood on the stage, smiling at her Yuyi.

"United?" The figure stopped, Yui was stunned to meet Yui's gaze, and at this moment, there was a sound of bells, Yui reacted suddenly, turned around and saw that he was already one step behind the young witch priest, and hurriedly followed.

All this, Owen saw it in his eyes, strange, Yui noticed Unii so he was stunned, that is to say, it was not because Uniyi was the daughter of the He Mao family that everyone didn't care, so why, no one else noticed Uniyi?

……

"How can there be such an accident in the ritual of the Great Myojin Inari?"

After the ceremony, the shrine was still full of people, and after the main hall where everyone worshipped, the abbot of the ceremony was sitting cross-legged on the floor, talking with a serious face, and in front of him was Yui, who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed and not saying a word.

"You've been through it many times, how could you go wrong?"

Yui cautiously glanced up at the abbot, and bowed her head with her hands in front of her knees: "I'm sorry, uncle. ”

"It's not a matter of apology, you are the heir of our Hemao family, and there is a contract between Inari Daming and us, this kind of sacrifice is not ambiguous!"

Yui can't refute it, although she saw Yui like this, but that's also her own problem, but in the end, Yui, who has never been interested in this kind of sacrifice ceremony, why would it ......

"Uncle, don't blame Yui." Sitting aside, the young man who was on the same stage as Yui moved over at this moment, "During this period of time, Yui has been busy with the sacrifice every day, maybe she is tired, this is something that cannot be helped." ”

"The He Mao family has been wading through the mud for thousands of years, and now it can be regarded as a little peace, this kind of thing, what's tiring!"

"Sanada-kun." Seeing that the young man seemed to have something to say, Yui lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you for your concern, this matter is my fault, uncle, please rest assured, I will not do it again." ”

Looking at Yui, who gently bowed his head, the young man known as Sanada-kun pursed his lips and was silent.

……

"However, you are in a daze that I did not expect."

Walking out of the shrine, Sanada looked at Yui and said with a smile, "It's been really hard for you these past few days." ”

"No, Sanada-kun has been working on it too." Yui shook her head and smiled, "Thank you Sanada family for supporting our Kamo family for so long. ”

"Haha, there's no need to suddenly extend here, I'm only willing to come because of you, otherwise I'll push it to my brothers."

"Sanada-kun is obviously the eldest son, and he can't shirk it......"

"Don't worry about this, how about it, why don't you go to the other ceremonies together in the next time?" Sanada held out his hand towards Yui and smiled.

Yui hesitated for a moment, and returned a polite smile: "That, I'm sorry Sanada-kun, we have other things to do tomorrow, I think it's better to prepare first......"

"You're rejecting me again." Sanada stared at Yui, the smile on his face did not dissipate, "Yui, after you went to that spirit master's association, I think there seems to be a layer of estrangement between us. ”

“…… No. Yui's hands were gently entangled, "That's because ......"

Unable to look directly at Sanada-kun's line of sight, Yui was very entangled in her heart at the moment, and when she was about to find an excuse to leave, suddenly, a small figure threw herself into her arms.

"Wu ~ find my sister to provoke!"