Everything in front of me was so real, a shrine maiden passed behind me, walking in one direction, I looked around and rubbed my eyes vigorously.

No matter how hard I could believe it, the reality was in front of me, and I had to believe it.

"Yuri-chan!"

The cry of the shrine maiden drew me away, and I got up from the ground and chased after me.

I saw the witch walk to the other witch's side, and when I saw the witch's face, I froze in place.

The girl's face overlapped with that of the girl in the yellowed photo.

She's Yuri Kurosawa!

I was taken aback, wondering if I could be seen by these people, but just in case, I hid behind a pillar.

It seems that I was really brought to the time of Yuri Kurosawa by an unknown force.

I should be at the shrine at the time.

It's just that what gives me more headache is their conversation.

I don't know Japanese, so if Yuri Kurosawa wanted to send me some information in this way, even if I saw it, I wouldn't be able to receive the exact information.

Because I don't understand!

It's embarrassing!

I stood behind the pillar, and I didn't care about the three, seven, twenty-one, but listened first, and saw what they were saying.

Just when I was still worried about the language barrier, the red jade bracelet on my hand lit up, and even though my ears were still hearing unfamiliar Japanese, when these conversations reached my brain, it was as if another voice was helping me interpret them.

"Yuri-chan, the priest-sama is looking for you."

Yuri Kurosawa was kneeling in the room, her hands folded in her witch suit, she slowly looked up, and when she saw the visitor, she had a shallow smile on her face, and two lovely pear vortices bloomed at the corners of her lips.

But before her smile could fully bloom, the smile on her face froze instantly.

"Maki-chan...... What is the priest looking for me? ”

There was an uneasy look on her face, and the witch who came to inform her shook her head innocently: "I don't know, you better go quickly, I see that the priest's face is not very good, I should have something urgent to find you." ”

Yuri's face was even more ugly, but at Maki's urging, she got up and left the room in a hurry.

The priest is looking for something to do, it looks like it's getting late, and there must be nothing good going on at night.

Just as I was about to quietly follow Yuri away, Maki at the door looked at me as if he had spotted me, and startled me!

When I realized that she just glanced at me casually and then walked away like nothing, I knew I couldn't be seen by them.

That's right, if you can see me, it means that my entity has traveled into history, which means that my every move, any small behavior, will cause a change in history, and in the end, it will be like a butterfly effect, and the future world will change because of my change.

The rules absolutely do not allow me to behave in such a rebellious manner.

I watched Maki leave, but the look of pity in her dark eyes made me feel refreshed.

Sure enough, something happened.

Through a door, I could clearly hear the conversation between the two men inside the door.

"Yuri, it's going to be a ceremony soon, how are you preparing?"

After a long silence, Yuri suddenly cried: "Lord Priest, why me, why did you choose me......"

The sound of sobbing came, and I listened to her cry of pain, and my heart was not good.

"This is God's direction, and I have called you today to inform you that there is no room for you to refuse."

As soon as the priest's decisive words fell, the sound of the door slamming followed, and it was clear that after he had said this cruel word in a menacing manner, he left, coldly leaving Kurozawa Yuri alone in the room.

Suddenly, I heard hurried footsteps coming from the other end of the door, and hurriedly flashed to the side, only to see the door quickly opened, and Yuri covered his face and ran out of the room, crying as he ran.

It seems that this should be the reason for Yuri Kurosawa's escape.

She did not hesitate to travel long distances, far from her homeland and homeland, to a neighboring country, probably to escape the disaster.

As for the "God's instructions" mentioned by the priest, it is probably that Yuri Kurosawa should be used as a human pillar to perform a sacrifice ceremony at that ceremony.

I guess my reasoning and guesses are certainly not wrong!

It seems that now, as long as I follow Yuri Kurosawa, I will uncover everything that has happened in the Sun Moon Mountain.

I trotted after Yuri, and by the time I knew people couldn't see me, I was emboldened.

Yuri finally ran to a tree behind the shrine crying, it was already dark, and only a few fires along the way slightly illuminated the entrance to the woods, and she was huddled under a tree in the shadows, holding her knees and crying.

I know her end, and I know the tragic fate of those girls who are human pillars, and her cry is full of despair and depression, so that I can't help but want to come forward and comfort her.

Just as I was slowly approaching her, step by step, a mother-in-law who came out from behind the shrine interrupted my movements.

The mother-in-law, dressed in cloth clothes, carrying a lantern, and moving her legs, which were not very bright, ran out with an anxious face, looking for something.

"Yuri-chan! Yuri-chan! ”

She pulled her hoarse voice and anxiously called out Yuri Kurosawa's name, but Yuri, who was indulging in grief, did not reply to her.

After a while, she found Kurozawa Yuri under the tree, walked over quickly, put the lantern aside, and bent down to hug her.

"Kid, why are you here?"

Yuri raised her head at this time, and when she saw her mother-in-law in front of her, tears flowed down her eyes, and she hugged the white-haired mother-in-law tightly and cried: "Mother-in-law, why is it me...... Woowoo woo ......"

The mother-in-law's face showed a distressed expression, but it was more helpless and sad.

She hugged Yuri, who was crying into tears, and she couldn't hold back herself, shedding two lines of tears.

"Child, it's all fate."

When I heard this, my brows furrowed, and I felt very unhappy in my heart.

I hate to talk about "fate", which is not helpful at all for the person who is going to suffer, except for a kind of self-consolation, self-deception.

It will only make them more desperate and make them give up on themselves.

"Child, do you want to know why?"

The mother-in-law spoke softly, and when Yuri Kurosawa heard her words, her crying instantly became much smaller.

It seems that this old man knows something important!

I was excited in my heart, and I thought to myself, maybe everything she said next was the secret of Sun Moon Mountain!

Yuri nodded, and the sadness in her mother-in-law's eyes intensified.

"Your mother, who was also a human pillar at the beginning, was sacrificed to the gods here......"

Syllable!

I seemed to hear a huge thunder slashing directly on Kurosawa Yuri's head, her eyes widened, the tears on her face had not completely dried up, but the person could no longer stand, her legs were weak, I saw her plop and sit on her knees, looking ahead with dull eyes.

"Impossible! That's impossible! Mother-in-law! You told me that my mother died of illness! You said it! ”

She held her head and shouted, her voice sharp and piercing my eardrums.

Her jet-black hair floated in the air, swaying like a devil's claws in the night.

The mother-in-law hugged her at once and told her everything.

"I can't live with you, I can't live with you mother and daughter, I really tried my best...... But now, not only have I not saved your mother, but I am going to lose you. ”

She wiped her tears, recalled the past, and said slowly: "Before you were born, your mother was the most famous shrine maiden in this shrine, she was light and beautiful, and with the shrine she guarded, the people in the mountains lived a stable life. ”

"She has been dedicated to rescuing the shrine maidens who were used as human pillars, and she, because of her high status in the shrine, has not been reduced to sacrifice."

Yuri's crying gradually weakened, and her mother-in-law slapped her on the back to comfort her.

"But that summer, everything changed."

She let go of her hands and freed Yuri from her embrace.

"The farmers in the mountains have not harvested any grains of food, their houses have become extremely fragile due to the heavy summer rains, a large number of houses have collapsed, and what is even more strange is that all the buildings have been destroyed for various reasons shortly after they were built."

"The mountain people had no food rations to survive and no shelter to live, so they attributed all this to the gods and went to the shrine to pray for blessings."

I listened quietly, carefully recording every word of her, and the voice in my head translated their conversation to me.

"However, even so, their lives have not improved in the slightest, but have become more difficult, and even after the dedication of one person, the status quo has not changed."

Yuri immediately grabbed her mother-in-law's clothes and said excitedly, "So, because of this, you gave my mother away?" Why! Do you want us shrine maidens to take on this responsibility? ”

The mother-in-law said that she was emotional, wiped her tears with her hands, and said helplessly: "Your mother doesn't want to, but your mother loves this place, and she knows that someone must be a human pillar, sink into the lake behind the mountain, and dedicate her strength." ”

She grabbed Yuri's shoulders with both hands and said word by word: "You must know that the witches of Sun Moon Mountain have spiritual powers, and your mother is the best of all witches, so she must do this, otherwise she will only sacrifice more innocent witches in vain." ”

Yuri looked at her mother-in-law in a daze, unable to say a word, and the whole person was stupid.

"After your mother became a pillar of man and sacrificed herself, the phenomenon of the gods of the Sun Moon Mountain disappeared, and in the days that followed, the wind and rain were favorable, the fields became richer, the food began to be abundant, and the houses built by the people became stronger."

I've figured out the whole story, so if Kurosawa Yuri's mother has strong spiritual powers, then her children must have inherited her physique.

I looked up at the black hill and felt uneasy.

Now that the priest-sama wants Yuri to be a human pillar, it seems that the peaceful life maintained by Yuri's mother has been broken, and the gods in their mouths have begun to haunt again.