"In Liuli's book, there is an inconspicuous painting called "Home". It depicts a corner of a dry landscape-style courtyard, and you can still see the temple wall in the background. So I thought she might be from a certain temple.

Miss."

"While I was studying in college, I went to many temples. Until I came to Ibaraki and came to Yoshikoji Temple."

"When I got here, I understood. I finally found the place I had been looking for. It was a wonderful feeling. It blessed my soul. When I got close to Yoshikoji Temple, I could feel that Liuli must have lived here.

.”

"Sure enough, I found a corner in Yoshikoji Temple that corresponds to that painting. Sure enough, it is here, my pure and beautiful colored glass, and this is her home."

"I told the people of the Tsurumi family in the temple that I was a friend of Ruri and came to worship her. At that time, the people of the Tsurumi family looked at me very strangely, as if they were looking at something... annoying

Flies. But they still told me the location of Liuli’s tomb.”

"Tsurumi Aoi, do you know? Your family is really outrageous. Instead of burying Liuli in the temple cemetery, you buried her alone in the mountains and forests behind. How could you do this?

What? After all, Liuli is also a part of your family."

"That day, I remember it was raining lightly. I went to the mountain forest behind the temple and found Liuli's tomb. She was really pitiful. No one worshiped her tomb, and she was crying alone in the wind and rain."

"Of course I felt sorry for her. I sat in front of her grave for a long time. I helped her pull out weeds and tidy up the grave. That was my first date with Liuli. When we parted, we kissed in the rain.

. I kissed her tombstone gently, and finally stuck out my tongue to lick it. The cold, moist Yuying Stone left a very soft touch between my lips and tongue. I can be sure that from that moment on

, Liuli and I both fell in love.”

Listening to the painter's continued narration, Tsurumi Aoi felt a chill.

At the same time, she seemed to vaguely remember something about her great-aunt.

By the way, the elder in the family was not buried in the cemetery, but buried in the back mountain.

"No...it's not..."

Tsurumi Aoi suddenly shook her head, she finally remembered.

Regarding my great-aunt, it seems that when I was very young, I accidentally heard the elders in the family talking about her.

When it comes to this elder in the family, people in the family seem to be ashamed.

Tsurumi's great-aunt, Tsurumi Ruri, was once the eldest lady of Yoshikoji Temple. Because she did not need to bear the responsibility of inheriting the temple, she lived a relatively free life, and she did study art in Tokyo.

But my family said...

Said that this great aunt was a dissolute woman.

She said that while studying in Tokyo, she also contracted bad habits and became an addict.

In addition, my great-aunt did not commit suicide by taking sleeping pills in the snowy mountains.

She died accidentally due to an alcoholic orgy and overdose of drugs in a certain boyfriend's apartment.

So, are the pure white and flawless perfect lover described by the painter, like the blooming and withering edelweiss on the high mountains, and the great aunt whose family did not want to bury her in the temple cemetery really the same person?
Chapter completed!