291. The Transaction of Faith

Ewen heard the words of the old woman and the old man, "Mayor Mare, the spirits here are well-meaning beings. ”

In just one sentence, the old man showed joy, his face was full of anticipation and worry, and he watched the old woman come to the no-man's land that everyone had just seen, and fell to her knees heavily, closing her eyes and praying.

Ewen sighed softly, and next to his ears, there seemed to be another slight sound, which formed a double echo with the pleading voice of the old woman in front of him.

The old woman's words were eloquent, and there was an endless stream of all kinds of obedience and reverence, and in these words, the other party's request was also revealed.

Coming from a ruined town, they were chased and slaughtered by youkai along the way, and they asked to be sheltered by Ewen here, and they were willing to give everything they had to do with it.

"Transactional faith." Ewen shook his head slightly, and then smiled, isn't any kind of faith all transactional?

Even if there are a few people who are very suitable for the gods, it is also a saint-level existence, I don't know how many people will appear in one, and more people still have something to ask for the gods, so they will give their faith to the gods.

"Yes." Ewen said this softly, and then he felt that something was wrong, didn't they hear what he was saying?

But then he found that the old woman was prostrating with a joyful expression, apparently hearing his words.

"It's funny to be able to hear what I'm saying in such a situation." The corners of Eun's mouth tugged slightly, "So, can they still hear me now?" ”

Ewen spoke, "Go ahead, the mountain in front of you is my shrine!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ewen saw the unconscious people talking to each other, and the old woman was also talking to the old man, apparently not hearing his voice.

"Well, Orange, will the spirits here protect us?"

The old man asked anxiously at the old woman who had returned.

"Yes, the spirits here are very kind and willing to shelter us to live here." The old woman whispered, "And there are no other strings attached, no blood sacrifices, no intimidation, and there should be no evil spirits or anything like that." ”

The old woman's words made everyone around them breathe a long sigh of relief and smile excitedly: "Finally, we have another land to live on. ”

"So Orange-sama, where should we build a shrine?"

"Which noble being should we worship?"

For a moment, the crowd spoke, as if they wanted to know more.

"Don't worry, we'll have to wait until later." The old woman kindly stroked the hair of the little girl beside her, and said to everyone, "After all, I once worshipped the Yae God, so I can no longer be the shrine maiden of this existence, and Sakura has not officially worshipped the gods, so she can become the shrine maiden of this god, so that she can talk to the gods more clearly and understand more about the needs of the gods." ”

"When we find a suitable place, I will perform a ceremony for Sakura so that she can fulfill her duties as soon as possible."

The old woman's words made the people around her agree, and Ewen was also curious.

From the old woman's mouth, Ewen knew a few things.

First of all, there is a kind of person called a shrine maiden who can communicate with a god like him, so the old woman and the little girl can vaguely perceive his existence before.

The second point is that the shrine maidens seem to be more single-minded and can only support one god, and the old woman used to worship a god called Yaegami, but now she can't support him, so she can only let a little witch who has not yet worshiped the god to support him.

Thirdly, it seems that worship is not casual, and what rituals need to be performed.

It seems that after receiving permission to live here, the crowd began to live, and they began to look forward to a stable life in the future.

Eun watched as they continued on their way, their steps much lighter.

The shrine was not far from here, and soon they saw the existence of the shrine, and the old man and the old woman in front of them immediately understood that this was where the owner of the shrine was.

"This shrine is uninhabited." The old man looked at the shrine in front of him with some hesitation, and said to the old woman Orange, "I don't know what happened here, maybe there will be some danger." ”

"I'll go in and take a look." Orange left the little girl Sakura in place, let the old man watch, and walked towards the shrine with a few strong men.

The old man didn't say much, as a shrine maiden, the old woman Orange has a certain strength, and there are a few powerful samurai, and following the past can also play a certain protective role.

The old woman who walked into the shrine looked left and right, and could see that the inside of the shrine was very clean, and there was not much dirt, and even very little dust.

The room of the shrine was tightly closed, and there was not a trace of breath.

Looking at the surroundings, the old woman and the samurai opened the room of one of the shrines, carefully examined the environment inside, and found that it was empty and there were no items.

After looking at the entire shrine, except for the stone statue of the god in the middle of the main hall, everything here seems to have been looted, and nothing is left.

Even the statues of the gods in the main hall are very vague, and the specific images cannot be seen clearly at all.

At this moment, Eun was sitting in front of the idol, looking at the old woman who knelt on the ground after entering the main hall, with an expectant look: Go on, what kind of information can you bring me?

Accompanied by the old woman's prayer, Ewen received her request.

The old woman asked if this was the shrine that had saved them just now, and wondered what had happened here before that had caused the shrine to be empty.

How did Ewen know that he was here like this, he didn't even have a bed quilt, he slept on the cold ground all day, and he was depressed to death.

Impatiently, he gave the old woman a positive answer, and then avoided the rest of the question, and then sent it away.

He also saw that no matter what, this group of people seemed to be able to only take refuge in themselves, so he didn't have to worry about them leaving.

The worried old woman walked out of the shrine and said to the old man, "There is no danger found inside, but what happened to this temple before, the gods here have not explained in detail, I am a little worried." ”

"It's good that it's not an evil spirit." The old man shook his head, "Even if there is any secret, it's not something we should worry about, now the mainland is full of this damn appearance, just be able to live in peace." ”

"Clean up as soon as possible, let Sakura perform the worship ceremony, and become the shrine maiden of this god."

The old woman's words made the old woman sigh deeply, she was very worried about Sakura, this shrine does not have any name, which means that the god is also nameless and not known.

This means that everything is unknown and the future cannot be seen.