The setting sun gradually sets, passing through the surrounding cedar trees, illuminating the atrium of the shrine with shadowy shadows.
Climbing the stairs, Sugawara Kyoko welcomed the few people who came to worship, and then went to the social office to change clothes.
Soya followed Kirino Akane and Yoshikawa Anko, watching them talk about various things in the shrine while paying homage; Asagiri Suzu followed him, occasionally glancing at the setting sun.
"By the way, the person worshiping here is Sanguizi..."
Yoshikawa glanced at the three main halls of the Heavenly Palace, the Moon Palace and the Divine Palace, "I couldn't think of it on the way."
She walked to the Moon Palace and looked at the statues inside.
"The Takako of the Moon enshrined in Fuun Shrine is a female figure."
Kirino Akane felt strange, "Tsukuyomi is the sister of Amaterasu Omikami, isn't she a woman?"
"No, in some myths, he is the younger brother. There is no difference between the two versions."
Yoshikawa said and looked at Soya again, "right?"
"..."
He was silent for a few seconds.
"Is it possible that he is both male and female...that is, a hermaphrodite?"
Kirino Akane was stunned for a moment, while Yoshikawa frowned and looked around again.
"What are you talking about...be careful of being kicked out by people from the shrine."
Zonggu only shook his head.
The four of them stayed in the shrine for a while, and then Kyoko, wearing white sleeves and scarlet hakama, came out of the shrine.
"Sugawara-senpai's temperament and the miko uniform really match..." Yoshikawa whispered, "Just like a real miko."
"She is indeed a real miko."
Soya smiled and said, "Don't forget, this shrine belongs to her family."
"I'm talking about the fictional witches in comics or novels."
Yoshikawa searched for a suitable term in his mind, "It's that kind of... psychic?... In short, a miko who can see ghosts and monsters."
"Kyoko can see it too."
"..."
"If you don't believe it, Yoshikawa can ask her."
She squinted at him and said, "You will be regarded as a fool."
Zong Gu looked back with sympathy and envy, "That's great...an ordinary person."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry." Kyoko walked over, "Kirino-san, Yoshikawa-san, and Asagiri-san, do you want to sit in the social affairs office?"
Kirino Akane looked at the only person who had not been mentioned, "Where is Soya?"
"Sotani-san still has a job," she explained.
Soya shook his head, "Let's wait until Miss Noma comes over."
Jingzi was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"That's right."
She took the four of them into the social affairs office, rested temporarily in a Japanese-style room where no one else was, and served them snacks and tea.
"When does the festival start?" Soya asked.
Jingzi looked out the window, the slanting sunlight had not completely changed its color, "There is still more than an hour."
"Does Okja have to participate too?"
"Um."
"After postponing it for a few days, you still can't escape it?"
The corners of her mouth curved.
"Um."
...
Arriving at the shrine and walking into the social office, Minami Noma immediately discovered several people in the Japanese room due to the mutual induction of spiritual awakeners.
"Teacher Noma."
Yoshikawa had already learned from Sotani that she was working as a miko here, so he was not too surprised at this time.
"Oh, you are from Class A..."
"Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa Anko."
"I remembered that beautiful first place...but Yoshikawa-san is an ordinary person."
"Eh?"
Yoshikawa was stunned, not knowing why, "I'm an ordinary person... right?"
She looked at Soya and saw him standing up with a strange smile, and then left the room with Minami Noma.
"I have something to do, see you later."
After walking out of the social affairs office, Noma Minami took him to the ancestral hall behind Tennomiya.
"How long have you been here?"
"About half an hour."
"Really? It's so early."
"Miss Noma came back too late."
She glanced at him and said, "I went to Kyoto and came back."
"The spiritual awakener organization is established in Kyoto?" Zongya guessed.
"Well, Liuliguangyuan."
"...It's too luxurious."
"That's where the institution was."
Arriving at the wooden house next to the ancestral hall, Noma Minami stopped in the front hall and rummaged in the cabinet next to it.
After a while, she came to him holding a piece of thick-looking cardboard.
"I should have taken you directly to the institution..."
Noma Minami put the blank cardboard on the table, pressed it and smoothed it a few times, "But you probably won't be happy either, so I can only go there by myself."
"Miss Noma actually cares about my feelings."
"How rude."
She glanced at him and took out a small seal from her pocket.
"Take off your amulet first."
Noma Minami pointed to the table in front of him and used instructions instead of explanations, "Open your palms and press them on this piece of paper."
Zong Gu took off the amulet, and the cardboard in front of him also changed, and some words that he could not see just now appeared.
"'Kinki Spirit Awakened Persons Organization Qualification Test Paper'?"
"Press it."
He pressed it on the paper and raised his hand, leaving a clear palm print, with fine lines visible.
Noma Minami was stunned for a moment, then muttered again, "I said, don't take it too seriously."
"What?"
"This piece of paper is used to test the strength of your spiritual sense. The clearer the palm prints left behind, the stronger your spiritual sense... If you hand this piece of paper over to an institution, you won't be able to feel comfortable in the future."
"..."
"Although the strength of your spiritual sense is not the same as the ability to eliminate spirits, the stronger the better. With your spiritual sense strength, if there is trouble not only in Kinki but also in Tokyo, the agency will send you there.
"
"Test again."
Zonggu didn't hesitate, picked up the cardboard and tore it up.
"It's useless."
When he had almost torn it apart, Noma Minami picked up a piece and said, "It's useless. The palm prints are so clear, even if there is only a small piece, you can still see it."
"...Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I want you to have a longer memory."
"Actually, you just forgot, right?"
"Anyway, I'll take it out and burn it later."
She returned to the cabinet and found another piece of cardboard for testing.
"This is the last one. Just click it casually, don't take it too seriously."
"...How can I do it casually?"
"I don't know, I just feel it!"
"..."
Zonggu lowered his palm again, and raised it just half a second after touching it, leaving only a palm print that was much blurrier than before on the paper.
Noma Minami looked down for a while.
"I have to say, you're quite perfunctory."
"Perfunctory is one of my few strengths." Zong Gu was also modest, "Is this enough?"
"That's it."
She took out the seal she had prepared just now and put it directly on his palm print without touching anything.
【Fuyun Shrine·Noma Minami】
"Done."
Noma Minami picked up the cardboard and blew on it even though there was no dust at all, and then put it into the prepared envelope.
"Okay, I'll go to Liuliguangyuan again."
Zonggu was startled, "Now?"
"This is equivalent to your file in the institution. It is useless to keep it here. You have to use it to create a file."
She held up the envelope and said, "Stamped with my seal, it means it is the person I recommended."
"Others can't assign me?" he guessed.
"No...that's not the case."
Noma Minami glanced aside, "If I introduce spiritual awakeners to join the organization, I can get a little reward... just a little bit."
Zonggu opened his mouth.
After collecting the torn cardboard, the two of them left the cabin together.
Noma Minami planned to drive to Kyoto by herself, and Soya walked her to the car.
"Miss Noma."
"Why, are there any other questions?"
"This is something that suddenly occurred to me: the higher the qualifications of the spiritual awakeners you recommend, the more rewards you can get, right?"
She was startled for a moment, then smiled, lowered her head and fumbled to buckle the seat belt.
"That's right."
"In that case, why did you remind me just now?"
Noma Minami looked at him, "Because Soya wants to hide his stupidity, and I also want to keep Soya by my side."
"What I just said is not an exaggeration. With the strength of Soya's spiritual sense, the evaluation by the organization will probably be four or five grades higher than mine. This means that you cannot continue to hibernate at Fuyun Shrine."
"Rather than letting Soya go all over the world to save the world, why not leave you at Fuyun Shrine, and rely on you to save us at critical moments - just like this evil spirit incident."
"..."
Soya shook his head, "Miss Noma is a bit too selfish."
"Is it the turn of Soya, who is pretending to be an ordinary person, to say this?"
"That's right."
"gone."
"Be careful on the road... By the way, won't Ms. Noma attend the next festival?"
Noma Minami was startled and quickly shook his head.
"I have never participated, and I have no interest in watching Kyoko dance with her flat figure."
"..."
"By the way: at the Shiromaru Shrine festival, you can see the shrine maiden's futonya."