“...... This is the place of exile of Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Go-Daigo......"

The tour guide explained in a voice that everyone could hear, and the waves crashed against the cliff and made a clattering sound.

On the coast, there are strange rocks, including 200-meter-high skyscrapers, one-kilometer-long sea cliffs, and lizard rocks and candle rocks that are free from the main island.

This is the Oki Islands, located 50 kilometers off the coast of Shimane Prefecture, and has been used by Wakuni for the exile of prisoners since ancient times.

On the third day of the school trip, Minejo High School arranged it on the Oki Islands.

Surrounded by the sea, walking on such an island makes you feel more lonely and lonely.

"The cell phone signal isn't very good either."

Qiao Qiao looked at the waves crashing on the shore and said.

Even now, a place like Oki Island is probably a torture for the exiles.

Life without the internet is so hard.

After helping Sayoko take a sufficient number of photos, Qiao Qiao found a secluded cliff to sit down and opened the information he had obtained from Miss Sakura last night.

This is a sufficiently high level of secrecy for information about Izumo Taisha.

Shrine personnel are required to register for both joining and leaving, especially in places like Izumo Taisha, where even temporary shrine maidens who work part-time on weekdays are registered.

What Qiao Qiao got was the personnel information about the Amber River.

Opening the file, Qiao Qiao only looked at it for a few minutes before realizing the problem.

The Amber River lineage inherits the branch of the Izumo Taisha Shrine's belief in Daikokuten, which has been passed down from generation to generation.

But the lifespan of each shrine maiden is very short.

At first, Qiao Qiao also suspected that it was because he often dealt with youkai and the existence of the guy who coveted the jade of the Yaqi Great Snake Soul in the paradise, so these witches were often in battle, so they were easily injured and died.

But according to another document, for a long time, about two hundred years, there was no peace, and there was no fighting.

Even so, the shrine maiden of the Amber River lineage did not live past the age of twenty-five.

Shiva is a deity of destruction and creation, and its powerful power is probably like a flame that destroys the world, burning the body of the shrine maiden.

In addition, there is a special record in the document that once the bamboo in Paradise blooms, it means that the shrine maiden of the Amber River lineage will pass away, and a successor must be found immediately.

It is conceivable that the young shrine maiden, who had no blood relationship with each other, stood alone in the shrine on the top of the verdant mountains, watching the earth, humans, and youkai, alone, and die alone.

He can also understand why Rain seems so rough-headed, carefree, curious and expectant about everything.

Because life is short, one issue may be just an artistic conception for ordinary people, but for Shi Yu, it may be the truest portrayal.

The bamboo flower is in full bloom, and the soul jade of the Yaki Orochi is lost, and this series of events is connected, as if to indicate some kind of fate.

Qiao Qiao didn't learn divination and didn't understand it very well.

"Sure enough, Qiao San still cares a lot."

Sayoko asked, sitting beside Qiao Qiao.

"Hmm."

Qiao Qiao didn't explain much.

Shi Yu was picked up by the spring rain and grew up in Paradise since he was a child.

If it weren't for the spring rain, maybe the rain would have died of illness or accident.

was picked up, as the inheritor of the Amber River, Shi Yu's life was destined to die early because of this fate.

He is not Shi Yu, so naturally he doesn't know what this girl thinks.

Afternoon.

Returning to the mainland from the Oki Islands, the students took the train and finally arrived at the last leg of the journey.

Izumo City.

Izumo is the second largest city in Shimane Prefecture, with a population of only 80,000, and its urban landscape is more depressed than that of Matsue City, where the prefectural government is located.

With mountains to the north and south, Lake Shinji to the east, and a coastline to the west, Izumo is surrounded by autumn leaves.

Izumo Taisha Shrine is located on Mt. Yakumo on the north side of the city, and the whole city is bustling with activity during the Kambatsuki Festival, and from time to time you can see people walking in traditional hunting clothes or clean clothes, and you don't know if it's a real soul slayer or just a simple cosplay.

Tomorrow is the ritual of the gods' sacrifice, and the time from afternoon to evening will be left to each other.

The residence is naturally an inn in Izumo, and Qiaoqiao and Sayoko are still arranged in a double room, but this time there is no such luxurious private bath as at the time of Tamazo Onsen.

Just put down his luggage, and before he could confirm the arrangements for the afternoon, Qiao Qiao's mobile phone rang.

The ringing of Kagura Bell is clear and pleasant.

Qiao Qiao looked at the caller ID and was the boss.

"Boss?"

Qiao Qiao picked up the phone, not quite understanding why the boss would call at this time.

"Qiao Jun, are you dating a girl lovelove?"

Hearing this, Qiao Qiao subconsciously glanced at Sayoko, who was humming an unknown ballad.

"There's no such thing."

"Then I'm relieved, by the way, the things you said last time, my classmates have already assembled the infrastructure, and they are going to be shipped back from abroad in the next two days, and I guess you will be able to see it when you come back."

There was some noise on the boss's phone.

"Boss, aren't you in the store now?"

Qiao Qiao's sense of hearing has also become quite acute, and he can naturally hear that the location where the boss is now is not a late-night cafeteria.

Not to mention, in general, at this point, the boss did not wake up at all.

"Yes, I went to my classmate's place to help you get it, hehe, the girls here are so cute."

"Boss, what you just said is a little inappropriate."

Qiao Qiao reminded.

"Alright, don't disturb your school trip."

Someone seemed to be calling him from the boss's side, and he said a word, as if remembering something, and spoke.

"Oh, there's one more thing, isn't there a festival going on at the Izumo Taisha Shrine, it seems that there are many priests and shrine maidens."

"yes, yes."

Qiao Qiao nodded.

"I heard that Ya Lizi-chan seems to have been called over, and then she just said that she seems to have found Qiao Jun's address, and she should be going to visit you soon."

“？”

Qiao Qiao felt as if a dangerous word appeared on his head.

Knock Knock Knock –

There was a knock on the door of the hotel, and Sayoko ran to open it.

Qiao Qiao, who hadn't hung up the phone yet, saw the figure outside the door.

"Huh?"

Dressed in white and scarlet hakama, Ariko was a little puzzled when she saw that it was Sayoko who opened the door.

"Am I going wrong, isn't this the teacher's room?"

She asked, tilting her head.

"Well, this is Jossan's room."

Sayoko turned slightly sideways.

Let Yariko see Qiao Qiao, who was still standing with his mobile phone.

“？”

The question mark on Yariko's head quickly turned into an exclamation point.

Qiao Qiao was suddenly glad that there were no torpedo tubes on the battleship Yamato.