"Naoki-kun said there's a place I'd like to come to anyway, is that here?"

The two men stood in front of the red torii gate and did not go inside.

In the legend of neon, it is believed that the torii gate is the gate connecting the two worlds, and stepping through the torii gate is equivalent to entering the other side, so many neon people who are exposed to the old people will subconsciously stop in front of the torii and will not enter easily.

It's like you won't easily step into a temple for no special reason.

Naoki Natsume nodded, "Yes, I have something I want to ask the priest at the shrine anyway."

He looked at Mio Izumi, "Doesn't Mio-senpai want to go in?" In that case, I'll be able to come back later on my own."

Mio Izumi blinked, smiled slightly, and asked, "Why didn't Naoki-kun ask me to go in with you, or let me wait at the door for a while?" No matter what you say, I'll definitely say yes."

Naoki Natsume also smiled when he heard this, "It's because I know that as long as I open my mouth, Senior Sister will definitely not refuse me, so I won't ask you to do anything."

"Naoki-kun, that's weird." Mio Izumi tapped his cheek with her finger and said happily, "But as long as you're with Naoki-kun, going anywhere can be considered a date!" I also think it's a very happy thing to pray for our future relationship at the shrine."

When she said this, the senior sister's face flushed, so that Naoki Natsume couldn't help but poke back.

"Let's go, then."

He took his senior sister's hand, stepped over the torii, and walked up the steps.

The magpie that had landed on the torii flapped its wings and flew away.

Senpai is like a child entertaining herself, jumping up the steps with her feet together, Naoki Natsume comprehends and holds her hand as a support point.

This kind of "I know your weirdness, you know my cute love" way of getting along makes Mio Izumi very comfortable.

Is this what it's like to be in love?

She turned her head to Natsume Naoki, who was playing with her, and smiled slightly, "If there is snow, you can have a snowball fight with Naoki-kun."

Naoki Natsume also looked at the pine trees next to him and nodded, "I have the impression that Hokkaido without snow does seem to be missing something."

"Remember when you helped me pack my bags on my day off?" Mio Izumi asked.

Naoki Natsume smiled, "Of course I remember, and that painting."

Being able to draw a person so abstractly is very rare for adults.

It's hard to forget.

Mio Izumi said with some abruptness, "I was chatting with Megumi that day, and I wanted to come to Hokkaido to see the snow, as well as the amusement park and the Ferris wheel, and I wanted to ride the Ferris wheel!"

"If you want to do it with me, then ...... next week."

Naoki Natsume was halfway through his words, and suddenly paused: "Maybe I can take my senior sister to the amusement park on Teine Mountain before school starts next week."

He looked up at the towering mountain range in the distance: "It is said that there is a ski resort on Mt. Teine, but in the past few years, the ski resort has been expanded, and the owner has money, and many amusement facilities have been built on the original basis, and now the ski resort has become an amusement park."

"Really?" Mio Izumi's eyes lit up: "Is there snow, is there snow?" Can I see snow in Hokkaido?" ….

Seeing the expectant look on her face, Naoki Natsume smiled and scratched her nose with her fingers: "Then Guess why the ski resort is called a ski resort?"

Realizing that he had made a stupid mistake, and realizing that he had been molested by his junior brother, Mio Izumi pursed his mouth, and quickly got angry to regain his image: "It's rude to offend senior sister!"

"It's outside of school, and it's Hokkaido, which is more than 1,000 kilometers away from Waseda." Naoki Natsume spread his hands and smiled, "Senior sister, you can't control me."

"The school rules can't control you, but I order you, in my capacity as the head of the sports association, to accompany me to the amusement park before the end of this holiday, and you are not allowed to refuse!"

Mio Izumi squinted at Naoki Natsume, and Naoki Naoki stretched out his hand to signal that it was okay, shaking his head helplessly, revealing his favor

A drowning smile.

"I didn't expect that Senior Sister would also abuse her private power."

Mio Izumi put her finger against her lower eyelid and made a cute grimace: "Who told you to tease the senior sister first?"

When the two of them walked up the long stairs to the side of the clean hand pool, they found that someone had already stayed near the shrine before them.

Elderly people walking in groups of threes and twos poured water on their other hand in front of the hand purifier with the words "Sailor's House" written on it.

Mio Izumi waited for them to leave, and also went over to try it, but the water was not cold.

The water is cold in summer and warm in winter, because the temperature of the water below the surface changes very little, and the contrast is obvious compared to the outside climate.

"The shrine here is very popular with the elderly." Mio Izumi said as she cleaned her hands, and then asked, "Is there anything going on next week?"

"Why does Senior Sister ask that?"

"Because when you talked about the amusement park, you wanted to go there next Monday, right?" Mio Izumi put her hands behind her back and playfully bent over him to look at him, "Then she changed her mind again."

"Because I'm not sure if I'll be available next week." Naoki Natsume looked at the approach and the shrine at the end, "Next week is the festival at this shrine, and our family has made an appointment to come to the festival together."

"Will there be fireworks?"

"Maybe," Naoki Natsume thought for a moment, "the residents of the neighborhood might set off fireworks to celebrate, it should be beautiful." I'll take a picture of my sister when the time comes."

Mio Izumi jumped up and down happily.

The road leading from the sailor house to the shrine is called the approach, and most of the more formal roads are stone roads, but Teine Shrine may be a gravel road due to its small size and uneven surrounding mountains.

The old people walked on both sides of the approach and supported each other, and when they came to the merit box at the entrance of the shrine, they stood still, threw coins, rattled bells, and then clapped their hands twice.

"This scene reminds me of Mai." Mio Izumi and Naoki Natsume lined up in the back, whispering to each other.

Naoki Natsume thought for a moment, "Daily"?"

"I didn't expect Naoki-kun to watch such a heartwarming drama." Mio Izumi was slightly surprised.

"What a warmth, it's obviously a battle."

He smiled, and didn't say that after he knew that the senior sister was an anime nerd, he put a lot of effort into watching it.

When it was her turn, she took a five-yen coin and threw it into the merit box, shaking the knot with the word "bonna" on it, and a light bell rang in front of the shrine.

"The rumored hand of Inayama, who guards Sapporo, please bless me and Naoki-kun to achieve positive results." Mio Izumi clasped her hands together and prayed sincerely in her heart.

Finally, she looked up at the shrine maiden standing in front of the shrine, "Excuse me, is the priest there?"

Mio Izumi looked back at Naoki Natsume, and then added to the shrine maiden, "We have something to do with the priest."

The shrine maiden only owed her a debt, but she didn't talk to her.

"That...... Hello?" Izumi Mio asked again, but the shrine maiden still didn't reply, just stood next to the merit box and watched her quietly.

"Little girl, don't waste your efforts, she won't answer you." At this time, the old woman next to her stopped Mio Izumi with a smile, "This is the rule of this shrine."

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