"Was this a shrine before?"

I stepped out of the car and looked at the moss-covered stone staircase, which was lined with evergreen bamboo, with a red torii gate towering at the top of the staircase. It stands to reason that most hot spring inns don't have this thing in front of their door.

"Well, in the past, this was called Hakurei Shrine, and it is said that it was the place where the world of humans and monsters was linked, and it was responsible for the stability and peace of the passage between the two worlds. However, two hundred years ago, the Furukawa family took over the shrine from the Hakurei family and transformed it into a place to receive distinguished guests, and at the request of the Hakurei family, the shrine and torii gate were preserved, and the inn was moved to a forest 200 meters away from the shrine."

Furukawa Toe helped me carry some of my luggage, and walked up the steps with some difficulty, while introducing me to the history of this place with great interest:

"Although the shrine is said to be the place where the gods live, according to the head of the Hakuri family, the gods they worship are very money-loving and lazy by nature. As long as incense is served regularly, there is no need to worry about attracting divine punishment when opening a hot spring inn. Even if the environment is very beautiful, put a cloudy sake next to the hot springs, and the god Hakurei will personally go down to earth to drink with others."

…… Why have even the gods become so disdainful now...... Uh, more human, huh?

It seemed that my expression was a little distorted, and Furukawa Du Jiang, who was panting for air, hurriedly waved his free hand at me again and again:

"Kawakami-san thinks this god seems to be a little ...... Pyrotechnics, right? In fact, Japan's claim of 8 million gods is not without any basis, after all, in this small place, a small grass that can be seen everywhere can also be a god, so we can't be sure that the gods must have no shortcomings, right?"

I didn't say anything about Furukawa Dujiang's words, and turned my head to look at the two people behind me who were supporting each other to climb the stairs:

"Are you all right?"

"Stupid brother...... Come and help me with my uncle...... On a sunny day, she seems to be about to faint~~!"

"Huh? Is it that serious?!"

I put my luggage on the ground and walked cautiously in front of them, only to find that Qingtian's eyes had turned into mosquito coil eyes that kept turning, and there was even a little foam at the corners of my mouth.

"Yu ...... Make...... Heavenly...... That's a lot of stars......

Although it is true that there are many stars in the sky...... You can even see the beautiful sky dome where you can see the bright stars. It's just that she always feels that what she sees is the yellow pentagram that keeps spinning in front of her eyes.

"Didn't give her motion sickness medicine?"

I took the pill out of my sister's pocket, only to find that the pill hadn't moved.

"It's okay for her to say herself...... I'm also borrowing my phone to play games."

I slapped my head, and my blood pressure went up, why is this guy always so confident in himself, dare to ride in the car and play with his mobile phone on the rugged mountain road, and the things he ate yesterday can be shaken out for her.

"Mention the little worry about luggage, it's not worrying about such a big person......

Hurriedly stuffed the motion sickness medicine into her mouth and poured a sip of water into it, I carried the sunny day who was about to faint, fortunately she was not very heavy, otherwise I don't know if I could make it to the hotel.

"Miss Kawakami, let me help."

"No, Mr. Furukawa, I'm grateful that you helped us get here, not to mention that you're already carrying it for us, aren't you?"

His sister politely rejected Furukawa Dujiang's proposal, and walked the steps step by step with some difficulty carrying things.

"Sister Ling is really admirable......

"Xiao Wei is this character, he doesn't like to let others help, but he becomes a little lazy in the face of his own family."

Fixing my legs on a sunny day, I smiled casually and followed the steps of Furukawa Toe to the torii.

「…… Well, for a shrine, it's a bit shabby."

I looked around, there were only some simple decorations, such as the common pond, bells, worship ropes and other common things to worship, and there was only a wooden house in the shape of a bucket arch in the center, and a wooden money box was placed in front of the house.

"Actually, this is already what we have repaired, and before we arrived, the shrine was on the verge of bankruptcy, so the head of the Hakurei family accepted the request of the Suwa Shrine and built a branch of the Suwa Shrine next to the main hall. But we dismantled it when we arrived."

Furukawa Due carefully put our luggage on the ground, solemnly walked to the money box, took out ten Fukuzawa Yuji from his wallet, and stuffed it.

"100,000 yen?!"

I suddenly had the urge to run away, I couldn't have strayed into some MLM organization and been forced to pay 300,000 yen in the entrance fee, right?!

"Huh? Oh...... I'm sorry."

Furukawa Du Jiang bowed deeply to the money box, turned his head and saw a few of us moving our steps and planning to escape, and immediately hurriedly explained:

"I'm really sorry, every time we come to this place, we Furukawa family have to offer 100,000 yen to the god of Hakurei to pray for good weather and happy events in the future, and outsiders only need to invest a copper coin~ Ah, by the way, this is a family expense, and we can go to the master's house for reimbursement when we divide the family. Copper coins are also provided by us, so there is no need to worry~"

He took out three copper coins from his wallet and handed them to his sister, and I leaned over to look at them, looking very old.

"Where does the money go after that?"

With some curiosity, her sister threw the three copper coins into the money box, folded her hands and pretended to pray.

"Hmm...... Who knows? Maybe Lord Hakureshin will really come down to get the money."

Furukawa Dujiang smiled lightly, and grabbed all our luggage in his hands without saying anything:

"Please follow me, the forest is a little dark, and you may get lost even if you have a lamp......

It turns out that if you really don't follow in the footsteps of Furukawa Dujiang, it's really easy to get lost...... There were four or even three bluestone slabs that branched out, and his head became dizzy just by following him. Just when I was about to take it anymore, a soft orange light shone on my face.

"We arrived, I just contacted the owner of the house, and I have already helped you with the check-in information, the room is 304,305, please be careful not to go up to the fourth floor, and please don't disturb the guests on the second floor. The hot spring is only semi-enclosed, so please be careful not to go to the other guests' baths when you go, we have a room size in front of the bath, and you have to swipe your card to enter, so you don't have to worry about being peeped at......

After taking us up to the third floor, Furukawa Dujiang, who had entered the working state, finally stopped chattering and helped us put our luggage in the room before retreating.

"If you're bored, why don't you take a walk in the forest? The big beasts have been driven away by us, so we can go on an expedition with confidence...... Of course, if something happens, we will compensate 100 times the amount of the insurance!"

If you hadn't said the latter sentence, I would have almost believed it......