It was dark at night, the lamp was lit in the empty Japanese room, and the two of them sat around the low table.
The miko, who was only an elementary school student, was lying on the table with her arms pillowed on her head, looking motionlessly at the other person in the room.
"..."
The girl she observed at close range was like a wooden sculpture, with a motionless body and no expression on her face. She looked not much older than her - even though she was wearing the same high school uniform as her sister.
After sitting down in this Japanese-style room, the two of them had almost no communication. The latter held a clay tea cup and occasionally took a sip, paying no attention to the long gaze of the little miko.
It wasn't until more than half an hour later that the arrival of the third person ended the strange calm in the Japanese room.
"Okja."
Kyoko Sugawara opened the sliding door and walked into the Japanese room. When she saw her sister's strange posture, she paused.
"What are you doing?"
"elder sister……"
Yuzi immediately sat up straight, "It's nothing."
Jingzi didn't pay much attention to it and just thought she was resting.
"I'm sorry." She sat down at the low table, "If you don't mind, Asagiri-san can have dinner at my house today."
Chaogiri Ling looked at Kyoko, waiting for her next words.
"Of course, Soya-san will also stay."
She nodded.
Afterwards, Kyoko also stayed in the Japanese room.
Tamako can no longer observe Asagiri Suzu like before, but she can't be calm like her sister. Children can't hold back their words.
"Sister, it's already closing time, why don't you go back?"
"Miss Noma went to Kyoto and hasn't come back yet."
"Kyoto?"
"Liu Liguangyuan. There are still some things to do after you come back. If Yuzi can't wait, you can go home first."
"don't want."
Thinking of the dark staircase mountain road, Yuzi immediately shook his head.
"Can I go find Brother Soya?"
"no."
"Why?"
"Sotani-san is working."
"Brother Zongya will definitely get bored if he stays there alone. I'll go see him."
"wait……"
Yuzi didn't give her sister a chance to stop her and ran out of the Japanese room quickly.
Jingzi stood up and sat down again, feeling helpless.
It's just that Yuzi performed pretty well at today's festival, and nothing went wrong. She allowed her sister to be a little willful.
"I'm sorry." She said to Asagiri Suzu.
The latter put down his teacup and looked at her for a while.
"There is no need for a festival with unknown meaning to continue to exist."
...
After parking the car and turning off the engine, the lights went out and the shrine outside the car window fell into darkness again.
Noma Minami unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, closed the door, and stretched.
"It's already this time... This can be considered overtime."
There was still light at the social affairs office, and it seemed that no one had left. She did not go directly, but turned around and went to the wooden house next to the ancestral hall.
"Sogu is indeed here... Huh?"
Soya, who was at his desk, raised his head, while Noma Minami looked at the little miko lying next to him, "Why is Tamako here?"
"I came here just now."
He leaned back and rubbed his eyes, "We talked for a while, and without noticing, he fell asleep on his stomach."
"He is a child after all."
Noma Minami smiled, gently touched Tamako's head, and handed the stack of documents he brought back to Soya.
"What?"
“You’ll know after you see it for yourself.”
He opened it and saw that there were several documents inside, as well as a hard card with the same pattern on both sides.
"What is this? It's like a bank card."
"It's a bank card." Minami Noma said, "This is the account used by the organization to pay Soya, remember to keep it."
"But it's not safe for a child to take so much money. The teacher can keep it for Sogu first. When you go to college..."
Zong Gu ignored it and put the card away directly.
Opening those documents again, there were not only proof of his formal joining the organization, but also the organization's relevant regulations and remuneration mechanism. There was also a document that was not for him.
"This file is for Kyoko. After giving it to her, Soya will be officially affiliated with Fuyun Shrine."
"Yeah."
Minami Noma pointed to his pocket, "There is also the bank card just now, which is also the identity certificate of the organization members and may be used on certain occasions."
Zonggu took out the black card again, turned it over and looked at it.
"This pattern is actually the logo of the institution?"
"That's right."
"As a member of the Spiritual Awareness Organization, do you enjoy any privileges in the society of ordinary people?"
"You think beautifully."
Noma Minami glanced at him sideways, "At most, when you are interrogated by the police during late-night operations, you don't have to be taken back as a potential criminal."
"……Yeah."
Soya put the card away, secretly praying that he wouldn't use it for anything other than withdrawing money.
"anyway……"
Noma Minami glanced at the spirit information on the table, and then looked at him, "When I was running the procedures for Soya at the agency, someone asked me if this was the child who eliminated the evil spirit a few days ago."
"Really?" He paused, "How did Miss Noma answer?"
"Tell the truth."
"It's really unreliable..."
"——Kyoko was the one who destroyed the evil spirits. Soya was the pursuer who chased me to the shrine. I discovered him and became a member of the organization by the way."
"..."
So "truthful".
Zong Gu glanced at her and said, "The middle section is too redundant."
"This is the real thing."
Noma Minami smiled and said, "I'm about to get off work, and Soya can almost go home."
He responded, clipped the bookmark, and put the spirit information back to its original place.
"How is the arrangement going?"
"It's just useless work."
She was stunned, "Why?"
"Because the spirits that have recently appeared in the Kinki area and need to be researched to deal with the information have been wiped out in the past two months. The information going forward is probably not needed."
"Ah, that's right."
"It will probably take some time for the surrounding spirits to return to their previous appearance."
Of course, being adjacent to Kyoto, there will be no shortage of spirits passing by here.
"It sounds like we have destroyed the ecological environment."
"It's you."
Noma Minami laughed, turned and left.
"It's us now, juniors."
Sogu shook his head and found that the little miko on the table was still asleep, so he went over to wake her up.
"Well... my legs are numb from sleep..."
As a last resort, Zonggu squatted down and carried the sleepy-eyed Yuzi out.
When we arrived at the Social Affairs Office, Minami Noma had already finished saying hello and came out.
"That's it." She waved her hand and walked to the stairs alone, "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Carrying Yuzi into the Japanese room, Jingzi immediately stood up.
"Okja!"
"Her legs are numb from sleep."
"...I'm sorry, Soya-kun."
"fine."
Zonggu shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and gestured to the girl behind him.
"Tamako, give the documents to Kyoko."
"Yes~"
Lying on Zonggu's back, she was much taller than her sister, looking like she was enjoying herself;
After taking the document, Jingzi glanced at her sister who still refused to come down, and then flipped through the pages.
The above is some basic information that she already knew, but when she saw that the organization's evaluation of the strength of Soya's spiritual awareness was not as good as hers, she felt a little complicated;
The clear palm prints left on the pieces of paper that were burned before were enough to explain everything.
"Is there any problem?" Soya asked.
"no problem."
Kyoko shook her head, "I accept the spiritual awakener files of classmate Soya Yoshiaki."