On the morning of the festival.

Jiang Yuanshen walked into the bathroom, there was a small bathtub inside, and he had already helped him put the hot water in the air, and the clothes outside were carefully folded.

Bath towels are neatly spread out on small poles, and even men's skincare products are meticulously placed on the shelves.

The warm water flowing through his body flowed through the white tiles, and he couldn't help but think to himself that shaking the apricot in the air might already be a qualified adult.

Jiang Yuanshen raised his hand and pushed his wet hair back, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It was like an equal, a mixture of love and renunciation.

Even if he wants to render some beautiful memories that are beneficial to him, Kyoko alone makes his brain a little redundant.

After nearly five years of good life, those pictures have already clearly and correctly outlined the portrait, and it is even more troublesome to clean up.

Jiang Yuanshen is well aware that his choice has made the world more complicated.

However, he is not a gentleman, and even in the dead of night, he will regret that he did not clear up the relationship with Jinghai Shenyue.

What would have happened to Jinghai Shenyue if he hadn't found him at that time.

What would happen if I had a relationship with Kurosawa and returned to Tokyo.

What would happen to her if she knew everything from beginning to end.

Wouldn't I have fallen to where I am today?

In the constant repetition of "if" and "if", Jiang Yuan carefully washed his body, changed into clean clothes, and walked out of the house.

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The sunlight thinned the gaps in the clouds, shooting out thin rays of light that fell on the narrow stone steps.

Stepping up the stone steps, surrounded by greenery, stands Chitori Shrine, a vermilion torii gate that sparkles with the gurgling water in the golden light.

As soon as Jiang Yuanshen entered, he saw many elderly people wearing light blue uniforms, and they were carrying paper lanterns of uniform specifications.

The sky lantern was released tonight, but there was no cumbersome process, and there was no heavy pen and ink on it to write the names of certain people.

Because it's just a sky lantern, it doesn't represent someone.

"Jiang Yuan."

Just as Jiang Yuanshen was walking in the small courtyard, a voice came from beside him, and Igarashi was walking towards him.

"Igarashi Miyaji."

His body is slender, and his face in his thirties is covered with the intellectual brilliance of a man.

"Do you want to change into the Emperor's kitten costume today?" Igarashi smiled slightly, looked at him with a gentle look from his glasses, and said, "It's not a very cumbersome process, but if you can wear it."

"I don't want to wear it, it's too bulky." Jiang Yuanshen interrupted him, even if he was unhappy, it didn't matter now.

Igarashi stared at him with a blanket of paper, and the corners of his mouth curled up and said:

"You came so early today, I thought you were here to change clothes, of course we won't wear them if you don't wear them, and we won't force them."

He often spoke in such a calm and gentle tone, Jiang Yuanshen always felt that he was very rude to his perception of himself in his mind.

Looking around, everyone except himself has something to do, and judging from the pace of walking, they are all urgent.

"I'm here to change clothes." Jiang Yuanshen said.

A hint of astonishment flashed across Igarashi's paper-stealing face, but then he shouted to a shrine maiden:

"Tachibana! Take Jiang Yuan to change into a chick doll costume! From now on, no one can see him. ”

"Good!"

Just as Tachibana Igarashi walked over, a fiery figure ran over quickly.

"Wine! Wine! Wine! ”

An old man with a rosacea nose who was over half a hundred years old wore a number coat, strode up to Igarashi who stole paper, and said hurriedly,

"Miyaji! The chewing wine is gone! ”

Igarashi's face changed, and he frowned tightly and asked, "What?" I went to see it in the morning, why was it suddenly gone? ”

"I don't know, it's gone in a blink of an eye!"

"Anyway, look for it, be sure to find it before the evening."

"We've been looking for a long time! Who knows if it's already drunk! ”

The old man went away in a panic, and from time to time he gathered the people around him to look for him, whispering and hurriedly that it was not good.

Jiang Yuanshen didn't know if he needed to frown, but he didn't feel confused at all, but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Before the festival, the clergy select a few beautiful girls between the ages of 12 and 18 on the island, after which they are fasted for five days and are not allowed to eat big food.

On the day of making chewing sake, after bathing and changing clothes in the shrine, the girls chew the raw rice roughly, and then carefully chew the steamed rice and spit it out in the container.

It is then mixed with a small amount of water, mixed with a stone mill to thicken, and finally poured into a pottery to complete the fermentation.

Ten days later, the bottle will be fermented and taken out, and at today's festival, Emoto will drink it as the "Emperor".

In the past, the "empress" made the chewing sake herself, but Emoto Shin was exempted as the "emperor" and let the girls on the island make it.

And in the future, it is not surprising that the future queen of Zhitori Island will also be selected from these girls first.

At first, Jiang Yuanshen felt disgusted, facing the smell of rice wine enclosed in the bottle, combined with the saliva of the girls, he always had to be mentally prepared before drinking.

But after that, he needed to drink it at the festival every year, and slowly he became numb, and even savored the taste.

But if you can't drink it, it's better not to drink it.

"If you can't find it, forget it, there's no need." Jiang Yuanshen put his hands in his pockets and said, "Whoever wants to drink it, just drink it, you don't have to find it out of your way." ”

After listening to him, Igarashi didn't take the paper seriously, but just nodded slightly:

"I'm sorry, but I put the chewing wine in the main hall, someone should have taken the key from me, and I didn't keep it safe."

"It's fine."

What does it have to do with oneself if there is no chewing wine?

And what does he mean by that? As the emperor, he also has the key to the main hall, did he think that he didn't want to drink it and got rid of it in advance?

Jiang Yuanshen didn't think too much about it, which pervert stole it and drank it, could it be that he forced him to spit it out, and then poured it back into the bottle to let himself drink it?

At this time, Igarashi Tachibana clasped her hands in front of her and said respectfully to Jiang Yuan:

"If it's convenient for you right now, let's go change now, right? The Emperor's changing of dolls is not as complicated as that of the Empress, but it takes a lot of time. ”

"Okay."

Jiang Yuan walked to the social office with a light car, and Tachibana Igarashi behind him followed.

"Have you chosen someone to hold my umbrella?" He asked.

"Well, it's already chosen, it's the child of the Azusa family, the daughter of the previous queen, Azusa Chuan Shenyue." Tachibana Igarashi said.

Jiang Yuanshen's pace suddenly stopped, and Igarashi Tachibana behind him almost collided, but fortunately stopped in a hurry.

"What, what's wrong? Do you think this person is not good? Tachibana Igarashi asked confusedly.

Jiang Yuanshen's eyebrows were slightly raised imperceptibly, and he continued to walk, saying in a casual tone:

"No, how is Hua Sha's recent studies?"

Tachibana Igarashi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, although it is not as good as your sister's grades, it is not satisfactory." ”

"Oh, I'm going to build a small playground on the island, where Hana can play with my sister."

"Really? Where to go? ”

"It's not decided yet, I'll mention it to the mayor today."

"That's too much to look forward to, although the island is getting better and better, there are very few places for children to play."

"It's that I haven't thought too much about it."

"No, how can this be your own problem, after all, you have to take care of the adults first, so that you have the strength to make the child live well."

Jiang Yuanshen's eyes flickered, and his heart near his left chest was also pounding.

As if he couldn't express this emotion, he subconsciously quickened his pace, and the speed of the clogs behind him was also forced to speed up.

(End of chapter)