Chapter 30: Shikijin and the Sacrificial Text
Looking at the butterfly resting on Chiya's finger, whether it was the "Banana Man" or the members of Nogizaka 46, or the staff in charge of filming around them, they all had stunned expressions.
A young girl who was still alive just now, turned into a butterfly in the blink of an eye, which is undoubtedly a subversive thing for these people who have received scientific education since childhood.
Even with the many years of experience in hilarious hosting, he didn't know what to say at the moment, looked at the butterfly on Qianye's fingers in surprise, and said with some slurring: "Chiba-san, what the hell is this?" ”
Chiya smiled, shook her fingers, and made the butterfly fly, and explained, "As you can see, a butterfly is a butterfly. It's just that he injected spiritual power into it and turned it into a Shikigami. As long as the butterfly does not exhaust the spiritual power injected into her body, she can continue to exist in Shikigami form. ”
With Chiya's explanation, the butterfly flew around the members of Nogizaka 46 who were sitting in the dojo, causing the members to widen their eyes and look at this beautiful blue butterfly. After flying around, the butterfly landed at the door of the dojo and turned into a butterfly again.
Looking at the reappeared Ruodie, the members couldn't help but applaud.
At this time, Yuki Himura asked Chiya, "Chiba-san, are these servants the same as Miss Wakadie?" ”
Chiya shook her head and didn't explain, just waved her hand. I saw that with the wave of his hand, the servants who were originally standing on the side suddenly turned into paper figures, stacked on the desk in front of Qianye, and Qianye pointed to the paper people and said: "These servants are just the lowest-level Shikishen summoned with white paper under the Xia, they don't have their own spirits, they just rely on the spiritual power given by the Xia to move." So he can only execute some simple commands, and he doesn't even have the ability to speak. When the spirit is depleted or the spell is interrupted, it will turn back into a blank piece of paper. And if the butterfly is originally a butterfly with spirituality, after being injected with spiritual power, it can have its own consciousness, which is no different from a human. It is even possible to learn and accumulate experience, as well as use spells. As long as the spiritual power injected into it is not exhausted, it can exist for a long time. And with Ruodie's current ability, she can already cultivate on her own to replenish the spiritual power she needs, so as to maintain her existence. ”
"Huh! Chiba-san, what about those famous Shikigods of the legendary Onmyoji Abe Harumi and Kokaku Master? After listening to Qianye's explanation, there is a new problem with the music system.
Qianye watched everyone look at him with curiosity, so he had to continue to explain: "The so-called Shikigami is actually divided into three types. One is the simplest low-level Shikigami, which is just a temporary summoning of materials such as white paper and leaves that can store spiritual power and maintain it for a period of time. This type of god does not possess a spirit, so it has no sanity and can only carry out a few simple commands. Onmyoji are usually just summoned to do chores and handle simple things. Of course, an onmyoji as strong as the great onmyoji Abe Harumi has great power even if he summons a kigami at will.
And the second type of Shikigami is a Shikigami summoned from an originally spiritual object like Wakadie, which is also the main Shikigami served by the Onmyoji.
All things are animistic, and when the spirituality of an existence is sufficient to support its spirituality, the onmyoji can transform it into a shikigami that can exist for a long time through rituals. These beings who possess spirituality and even have sanity of their own have been called monsters or ghosts in the past. In the past, one of the main tasks of the Onmyoji was to subdue or seal these beings called 'demons'.
As for the famous Shikigami that you mentioned about the Great Onmyoji Haruaki Abe and the Daiko Kokaku Daishi, they are the third type of Shikigami and are often called oni gods. ”
"Ghosts?" The members of "Banana Man" and Nogizaka 46 were puzzled, waiting for Chiya's explanation.
Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Qianye did not sell it, and explained: "Gods or beings with the same powerful power as gods are collectively called ghosts and gods. Onmyoji makes a contract with the ghosts, borrows the power of the ghosts, and even summons the incarnation of the ghosts, which is the third type of god that the onmyoji can serve. ”
After listening to Chiya's introduction, the members of "Banana Man" and Nogizaka 46 all had surprised expressions. For some reason, Nanase Nishino suddenly asked curiously, "What is the teacher...... Can you serve ghosts and gods? ”
Hearing Nishino Nanase's words, Nana Hashimoto raised her eyebrows, and after glancing at Nishino Nanase with a meaningful look, her eyes were fixed on Chiya. Senya looked at Nanami Hashimoto who was staring at him, frowned, a wry smile appeared on his face, shook his head, and finally chose to ignore Nanase Nishino's question.
Nanase Nishino saw Chiya ignore his question and lowered his head in some frustration. However, he secretly glanced at Nanami Hashimoto with some caution, and found that she was staring at Chiya covertly, and immediately understood why Chiya ignored her own problems. Nanase Nishino tilted his little head, thought for a moment, nodded, and bit his lip with his teeth, as if he had made up his mind.
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After breakfast, after Senya recast the spell and summoned the servants to clean up the utensils and tables, the members of Nogizaka 46 began to transcribe the ritual texts to be used in the ritual under the guidance of Chiya.
"Casual copying is a sacrificial text, and careful copying is also a sacrificial text. The gods don't blame you for not being serious, but the way you copy and convey to the gods is what you want. Careful copying conveys a serious wish, and casual copying conveys a casual wish. What do you want to convey to the gods? Senya asked them with a smile as she stood in front of the members.
Hearing Chiya say this, all the members secretly decided to copy the sacrifice with a serious attitude. After all, this time I prayed for the whole of Nogizaka 46, and everyone on the team hoped that this prayer would be successful and that their debut single would be a big hit.
After Ruodie finished distributing the pen and ink, all the members sat down on the cloth ball seriously, copying the sacrifice with serious expressions. Looking at the members who were carefully copying, Chiya nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, Qianye didn't finish what he said just now. A casual attitude will not attract the blame of the gods, but it will also not be blessed by the gods. After all, if you yourself are not serious about yourself, how can you ask the gods to be serious about you? It was precisely because the members of Nogizaka 46 understood this that they carefully copied the memorial text. Even the youngest Asuka Saito was clumsily holding the brush and carefully copying it stroke by stroke.
Walking among the members, Qianye watched the memorial texts copied by the members from time to time, although the handwriting was not good-looking, but every stroke, every drawing, was poured into their seriousness and heart. The faith condensed in the sacrificial text exudes dazzling brilliance in the special vision of Senya's right eye.
Chiya nodded with satisfaction and walked behind Nanase Nishino. Chiya looked at Nishino Nanase's desk with some curiosity, and saw that Nishino Nanase was skillfully using a brush, leaving lines of juanxiu handwriting on the paper. Looking at Nanase Nishino's handwriting, Chiya couldn't help but feel a little familiar, looking at the juniper fan she placed on the corner of the table, Chiya already knew in her heart what had happened to Nanase Nishino.
For some reason, Chiya didn't expose Nishino Nanase's little secret, but just tapped Nishino Nanase on the forehead with two fingers.
Feeling the touch on his forehead, Nanase Nishino raised his head and looked at the smiling Qianye in the corner of his eyes in front of him, Nanase Nishino suddenly lowered his head in shame. Nanase Nishino, who lowered his head shyly, felt that his cheeks were a little hot, and hurriedly covered his cheeks with his hands.
Chiya looked at Nanase Nishino, who blushed with shame, shook his head and said softly, "Don't be distracted. Then he turned and walked away.
Nanase Nishino, who lowered his head, reluctantly restrained his shyness and continued to copy the sacrifice, but the little thought in his heart could no longer be contained.
Nana Hashimoto, who was sitting in the corner, lowered her head and copied carefully, and she didn't notice Chiya's movements, but Mai Shiraishi, who was sitting next to Nanase Nishino, had a full view of Chiya's small movements.
Looking at the small movements between Chiya and Nanase Nishino, Mai Shiraishi couldn't help but feel a little angry. I just hugged Nana Min yesterday and made love, and today I have a small move with Nanasai! How can Chiya-san be like this! I must remind Nanami to be careful of Nanasai! Mai Shiraishi thought so in her heart.
Chiya felt Mai Shiraishi's gaze and turned her head to look at Mai Shiraishi. Seeing Qianye turn around, Mai Shiraishi hurriedly lowered her head and continued to copy the sacrifice text.
Looking at Mai Shiraishi, who quickly lowered her head, Qianye frowned, her eyes were a little puzzled, but she didn't delve into it, and walked to the side and talked quietly with Yuki Shiraku and Yuki Himura.
"Chiba-san, everyone is very serious about copying." Yuki Himura looked at the members who were carefully copying and said with a look of relief.
Qianye nodded and replied with a serious face: "Yes, everyone's serious mood can definitely be conveyed to the gods." ”
At this time, Shile Tong asked Qianye with a curious expression: "Chiba-san, I'm a little curious, is the god enshrined in the Taisha here?" Why didn't I see you sacrificing to the gods in the morning? ”
Chiya smiled and explained, "The shrine is dedicated to Amaterasu, one of the three noble sons. As for why you didn't see the gods worshipping below, you are actually wrong about this. You've already seen it when you sacrificed to the gods. ”
When Shile Tong heard Qianye say this, a trace of surprise appeared between the corners of his eyebrows, and he asked curiously, "I've already seen it?" When? ”
Chiya showed a strange smile, pointed to Nanami Hashimoto, who was sitting in the corner of the side, and said, "The dance of Miss Hashimoto and Miss Shiraishi last time when Tianyu was betrayed was the sacrifice of the main shrine. ”
"Huh? Amaterasu is the god of the sun, right? Chiba-san, you actually worship the sun god at night? And it's been almost half a month since that incident, right? Yuki Himura asked with an exaggerated expression.
Senya nodded, acknowledged Himura's words, and continued, "The shrine's rituals are different from other shrines, and Onmyoji is not a person who serves the gods, so the rituals and etiquette of the festival are different. The reason for this is inconvenient to disclose. ”
Although there was no movement on his face, in the heart of Qianye, a memory that had been sealed for thousands of years inevitably came to his heart because of the words of Shiraku Tong and Yuki Himura.