After walking out of the social affairs office, Kyoko took Tsukuyomi to the small house next to the Moon Palace.
This is where the shrine sells wares, ema and other things to worshipers. Kyoko said hello to Mayuri Hanai, the miko inside, and explained the situation.
"Eh...are you here to help? At this time?"
Hanai was a little older and was one of the rare spiritual awakeners willing to stay at the shrine during the holidays. After seeing that Tsukuyomi was not an ordinary person, he directly ruled out the possibility that he was a part-time shrine maiden.
"Which shrine? I don't think I've seen you before."
"..."
Tsukuyomi kept Soya's words in mind and didn't say even a word.
"Miss Yuezi came from a very far away place." Jingzi explained for him, and then added, "She was born aphasic and cannot speak."
"ah."
Hanajing's face was immediately full of sympathy, "What a pity... She is obviously a beauty."
Tsukuyomi smiled and said nothing, which in her eyes became a reflection of his physical disability and strong will.
"Yuezi...that's your name, right?"
She looked at Jingzi again, "What's her last name?"
"..."
Jingzi was speechless.
How can Tsukuyomi have any last name?
"——Kirino."
She turned around, and Soya also came over, "Tsukiko was abandoned by her parents since she was a child, so she doesn't know what her surname is. But she is temporarily living in the Kirino family, so let's assume her surname is Kirino."
"..."
Hearing that she had been abandoned by her parents, Hanai suddenly felt even more sympathetic to Tsuyomi, "Then let's call you Tsukiko-san."
What Tsukuyomi could say was that he could only nod.
Sotani came frequently, and the shrine maidens at Fuun Shrine, especially those who belonged to the same organization, all knew him, and Hanai also chatted with him for a few words.
"I was away a few days ago, and Sogu seemed to have gone on a date with Kyoko."
"We are camping by Lake Biwa. On the other side of Otsu."
"How romantic." Hanai said, looking at Kyoko who pursed her lips and said nothing, "But we can't take her away today. As you can see, these are the only people left in the shrine now."
"Won't."
Zonggu smiled and said, "I just sent Yuezi here to help."
Without further ado, Soya and Kyoko took turns telling Tsukuyomi what they needed to pay attention to. Mayuri Hanai felt that they were too worried.
"Miss Yuezi probably just can't speak, right?"
"No...she also has some difficulty understanding what others say."
Hanai looked at Tsukuyomi with affection in her eyes, saying that she would help take care of her.
While a few people were talking, there were always worshipers here choosing guards and paying their bills. When there were more people, there was a waiting situation;
Hanai handed the change of two hundred yen to one of them. Seeing that Soya and Kyoko had almost finished explaining, Hanai pointed to Tsukuyomi next to him.
“You can also check out here.”
Several worshipers came to Tsukuyomi with money and the guardian. He was stunned for two seconds, then took the banknotes and started to give them change.
Although he didn't move quickly, he didn't panic. Sogu and Kyoko watched for a while and both breathed a sigh of relief.
"elder sister--"
From the Palace of Gods, Yuzi's shout suddenly came.
Jingzi had been away from her post for too long, and the number of worshipers who came to ask for signatures gradually increased, and she finally couldn't handle it alone.
"Sorry." Kyoko looked at Soya, "I have to go."
He nodded.
"I'll go back first..."/"Sotani-san is at the Social Affairs Office first..."
They both spoke at the same time and stopped at the same time.
"..."
Soya looked at Kyoko, and surprisingly, she didn't change her tune according to his words.
"It's okay to go back."
He changed his mind.
"...Just stay here for a while. Don't worry about me."
Jingzi curled her lips, nodded slightly, and turned around to go to her sister.
...
Sitting alone in the spacious Japanese room of the Social Affairs Office for a while, Sotani had nothing to do. He was so quiet and thoughtful that he walked outside again.
The low period at noon had passed, and he was slightly surprised by the number of worshipers in the shrine. It seemed that Kyoko's "very busy these days" was not just talk.
"Sure enough, it's good to be close to the station..."
Wearing casual clothes, Sotani came out of the social office, which led many worshipers to think that there was a place to visit inside. When they wanted to go in, they were stopped by him.
He pointed to the "Social Affairs Office" sign next to it.
After settling the little commotion here, Zonggu was going to go to the wooden house of the ancestral hall behind the main hall to pass the time by looking through the information on the activities of spiritual bodies.
——If you don’t feel hard work, then it doesn’t count as working overtime on rest days.
When passing by the lottery-asking office next to the Palace of Gods, he saw Jingzi looking over from a distance, so he turned back and walked over there.
She was busy and just nodded.
The elementary school student Yuzi next to her had a harder time standing on tiptoes to get the signature due to her lack of height, which made unsuspecting people want to contact the police.
But after all, there are only two lottery tubes. The two sisters can handle one side by themselves, so they will not be overwhelmed.
Soya looked around and stood at the end of the line in front of Kyoko.
While queuing, he turned his head and looked to the other side.
The God's Palace is on the left side of the shrine, the Sky Palace is in the middle, and the Moon Palace is on the right. Looking through the atrium surrounded by the three halls, Soya caught a glimpse of Tsukuyomi.
He's much busier over there.
The tall shrine maiden with stunning appearance is very attractive to both male and female worshipers, not to mention she also possesses some special attributes.
"..."
The distance was a bit far, so Zonggu squinted her eyes and saw the sign in front of her clearly.
"'The silent one in the world, the witch who can only talk to the gods'... What are these?"
It's probably a gimmick thought up by Mayu Hanai.
But in a place like a shrine, many people do this.
There was an endless stream of people buying Yushou. Tsukuyomi took the money and became more and more skillful in making change. It was impossible to tell that he was still a homebody more than an hour ago.
While waiting in line, Zonggu occasionally glanced over there. The line in front of him asking for signatures was getting shorter and shorter, and soon it was his turn.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Jingzi nodded slightly, took the hundred-yuan coin from him, and handed the lottery tube to him.
"I'm sorry, Soya-kun, are you feeling bored being alone?"
"So I came out."
Zonggu shook the lottery tube and said, "I plan to go to the wooden house to read the information for a while."
"Yeah……"
A bamboo stick popped out.
"twenty five."
He glanced at the number, raised his head and asked, "Is it a good fortune?"
"..."
Jingzi looked at him helplessly.
"It seems not."
Zonggu put the bamboo stick back and shook it twice more.
Another bamboo stick popped out.
"Thirty-two."
Before Soya could ask, Kyoko turned around and went to find the signature.
When he opened it, he found that what he got was the signature of the first signature.
"Only the first draw is accurate," she explained.
Looking at the "good luck" on the signature, Zonggu smiled, turned around and left without disturbing her any further.
After greeting the busy Tsukuyomi with his eyes, he walked straight to the back of the hall.
"Sorry, this place is not open to the public."
"Huh……"
After turning away the curious worshipers who tried to follow him into the wooden house, Soya closed the door of the wooden house and walked into the archives alone.
With the signature folded unconsciously in his hand, he glanced at the bookshelves on both sides as he walked.
When the signature was folded into shape, he stopped.
"Heisei 11... records of spiritual body activities at the end of the last century? Forget it, it's just to kill time anyway."
Pulling out the thick stack of spiritual body information, Soya walked behind the desk in the back and sat down. He put the origami paper on the table and started reading from the beginning.
"Is the first incident the evil spirit hurting people? It's really a bad start to the year..."
...
It was not until the sky was getting dark that Zonggu, who was awakened by the news, came out of the wooden house.
Kirino Akane and Yoshikawa went to his old house to walk the dog with him, but found that he was not at home, so they sent a message to inquire. Seeing that it was getting late, Soya prepared to go back.
There are far fewer worshipers in the shrine.
He told Jingzi that he wanted to go. She was silent for a while, and then asked him if the door of the cabin was locked.
"……I gonna go see."
"No need." Jingzi stopped him, "I will check it again when the company is closed."
Tsukuyomi naturally wanted to go back with him.
When he changed out of his miko uniform, Kyoko handed him the wages from today's work.
"Six thousand yen?!"
Tsukuyomi, who had been pretending to be mute all afternoon, screamed uncontrollably, his excitement beyond words. Fortunately, Hanai had already gone back first.
Soya felt that Kyoko should have given a lot more, but he didn't ask in detail.
"Tsukuyomi-sama, can you come by yourself tomorrow?"
"No problem, no problem -"
He looked at Jingzi again, "Then I'll leave it to Jingzi tomorrow."
"Um."
Watching Soya and Tsukuyomi walking down the mountain, Yuzi turned to ask her sister: "Brother Soya, won't you stay for dinner today?"
Kyoko was silent.
After more than half an hour, it was time to close the company.
After checking the main hall in front, Jingzi walked to the ancestral hall in the back in the dark and found that the door of the wooden house had been locked.
After pausing for a few seconds, she opened the iron lock and went in to take a look.
Everything is business as usual.
Only one thing was left on the table in the deepest part of the archives.