Chapter Seventy-Seven: Old Friends (Part II)

"Woo, what a great smell, Na Na Kanako, do you smell it~~" The gods sitting in the temple should be extremely dignified waiting for the mortals to worship, but at this time, the two in the Shouya Shrine look like more than the solemn gods next door, and there is no way who makes them too approachable...... Fortunately, those mortals can't see it, otherwise the collapse of faith is a certainty.

"Indeed...... It's very good~~" The smell of roasted sweet potatoes and the aroma of sake wafted from the air, and Kanako, the god in charge of the wind and rain, naturally noticed it one step ahead of Suwako, "The smell came from the back mountain, and it seems that a great guest has come." ”

The person who came was not malicious, this was something that both of them could judge, and the power of the gods in their own divine domain was infinitely amplified, although Ye Yu hid it well, but under the deliberate search of the two, some basic things could still be detected...... Besides, you've ever seen an intruder who would roast sweet potatoes and drink wine in someone else's house.

"I always felt like he was inviting us to a banquet in a veil...... "After a pause, Kanako said to her friend, "but to entertain the gods with roasted sweet potatoes...... It's a weird taste, but if you have good wine, everything can be forgiven. ”

"Banquet~~ It's a banquet, Kanako, let's go!" The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes Suwako has been hungry for a long time, and even Kanako, who has lived with her for thousands of years, probably won't know that the former Tsuya Daimyō would prefer such a simple food, and there is no way for Suwako, this represents her original origin and the memories left behind back then......

"Don't you even watch Kagura Dance? Yes...... Okay, okay, don't pull me...... "Kagura dance or something, you can see it whenever you want." But the food thing is afraid that it will be difficult to meet a second time after missing this time, and she is not free to walk around the land as she was back then. There is no way, this is the price that must be paid after the failure of the vain attempt to unify all the faiths on the earth......

It's still okay to walk in your own realm, but even so, it's still difficult to find someone or two who can talk. As a god, except for the same level of existence or the shrine maiden who completely surrenders her body and mind to the gods, the rest is not visible at all...... Or to discern their existence.

That's why...... Loneliness has become an emotion that has been with the gods for a long time, and compared to those unrestrained monsters, they have too much to carry...... It was a covenant from ancient times that was convenient for mankind – humans gave faith, and the gods provided protection.

The mountain behind the shrine has always been a favorite place for Suwako, so it was easy to follow the scent from there along the way, but after a while, the two gods came from their own shrine to such a desolate, but quiet place.

By this time, the fragrance had reached its limit, and through the flickering light of the fire, they also saw the person who invited them to be a guest in this way. Just sitting there with a withered branch in his hand, he looked like he was one with the starry sky behind him...... This also explains why he and the others did not even find out about his existence before this.

"You are ......" It is not an ordinary person who can have such an atmosphere, in fact, the fact that he can escape the inspection of the two gods and enter their god domain is enough to prove his extraordinary, but before Kanako can say anything to ask about the origin of the other party, he was interrupted by his companion first.

"Leaf ...... Ye Ye?! Suwako's eyes widened for sure that it was a friend she had been away from for thousands of years, and she stumbled a little even when she said the words of inquiry, and she was disappointed so many times that she felt timid even when she faced hope again......

"That's me, who else but me remembers that you like to eat this kind of thing...... Eh, don't pounce suddenly, it's really how come you still cry so much after so many years......" Ye Yu, who walked from behind the fire to the front of the stage, tried to put on the brightest smile in his life to greet his old friend, but he didn't expect Suwako to throw herself into his arms and cry loudly without even looking at it, how could she still look half a god at this time. It's no different from a little girl who has been wronged.

Well, she does have the right to cry, not to mention the hardships of so many years, but what is even more unbearable than this is those days of being alone...... Although they often got together happily back then, in the final analysis, it all relied on Ye Yu's bond. After his disappearance, his former friends went their separate ways, and when Suwako came back to her senses, she was the only one left.

But even so, Suwako is still trying, based on the insignificant small tribe at the beginning. Gradually, she spread her faith throughout the kingdom, though she fell short at the end of the day and had to lay dormant...... But Suwako, she really worked hard. It's just because of the insignificant agreement she had with Ye Yu at the beginning.

Suwako, who was crying in Ye Yu's arms, looked really distressing, Ye Yu rubbed her hair and then raised her head to look at the woman who was pulled by Suwako. The other party seemed to be still immersed in surprise, and he didn't come to his senses for a while, until Ye Yu waited for her to look at it for a long time before turning his head and signaling to Ye Yu slightly.

Suwako is actually very coaxing.,As long as she just holds her for a while, she won't cry anymore.,Think about it, it's after all, even if it doesn't seem to have changed much on the outside.,But on the inside, it's become a high-ranking god who has been in the world for a long time.,Just now it's just a sudden outpouring of emotion.。

But even so, after she finally calmed down, she was still reluctant to leave Ye Yu's arms, so tired of being by his side and slowly enjoying the wine he brought her.

"I'm Ye Yu...... Suwako's friend, but we haven't seen each other for a long time. Leaving aside the Suwako who started eating after crying, Ye Yu turned his gaze to Kanako and introduced her, "Actually, it's a bit of a coincidence that I can find her today, I said Suwako...... Where have you been all these years? I've been looking for you for hundreds of years. ”

Ye Yu didn't lie about this, although he was later found by himself and appointed those monsters who were attached to him, it can be calculated that a long time has indeed passed, and when he heard the name of Shouya Shrine today, he even felt that this place seemed to appear out of thin air...... This is clearly not normal.

"Did Ye Ye look for me?" Suwako stuffed a piece of sweet potato into her mouth and tilted her head and asked, "So that means Ye Ye has been back for a long time?" Yes...... That's a shame. ”

I don't doubt what Ye Yu said, Suwako, since he said that he had looked for his traces, then there must be such a thing, Suwako thought for a while, "My recovery is actually a matter of recent years, and I was also asleep before that...... The shift in faith is so annoying......"

Because of the defeat at the beginning, Suwako had to merge her faith with Kanako, and then accept the faith in another capacity, which caused her a lot of damage during this period...... Otherwise, the Moriya Shrine will not be the only one enshrined on the surface.

"I told you at the beginning, don't put your center all on faith, the power that can only be used by relying on external forces is always unreliable......" Ye Yu was a little annoyed by her incompetence, with Suwako's qualifications, it is not difficult to use the priesthood as a springboard to fully comprehend the law, if she succeeds, she will get rid of the shackles of the priesthood like Ye Yu, or at least it will be similar to the previous moonlit night to merge with the laws of this world and become a subordinate of the will of the world.

Suwako pursed his lips and ignored him, Ye Yu sighed slightly and tapped his finger on Suwako's head twice, and then asked the god on the face of the current Shouya Shrine, "Then Your Excellency the Yabandai Myojin, can you explain it to me...... What was the story of the war about Suwako back then, and the fact that her aura has been completely hidden in recent years? (To be continued......)