Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 78 Prayers
Separated from Naruse and Takikawa Hikaru in front of Midoju, Kaixing wandered around the shrine aimlessly for a while, and when he found the two again, they were drinking tea and eating snacks in a teahouse.

"It's free."

"Eh?"

"If you buy a ticket."

"...That's really free."

Hai Xing pointed to the other side, "Sister Yue and the others seem to be coming."

"It's almost time, let's go visit."

After leaving the tea house, Naruse soon saw the third graders coming from the parking lot.

And the three of them standing on the side of the road are also very eye-catching, especially the starfish with long golden hair, Takikawa Yue quickly came to join them.

"Did Hikari go into the Mitu Residence and see the maple leaves?"

"I've seen it, it's beautiful."

"I also want to go in and have a look..."

"Okay, let's go shopping again later."

Following the flow of people, the four entered the main hall of Tianmangong through the middle gate, and went up to pay their respects.

After all, it is a place where the god of learning is enshrined, and Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is also the headquarters of Tenmangu Shrine in the whole country. The third grade students who are about to take the exam all worship very sincerely, and Takikawa Tsuki is of course no exception.

Naruse was much more casual, stepped aside after paying respects, watched Haixing ringing the bell and praying, folded his hands, closed his eyes and kept chanting.

I usually try my best.

When she finished praying, he also looked away, looking away.

On both sides are places that sell items such as guards and painted horses, and the level of excitement is no less than that of the hall of the God of Learning.

"I'm going to buy an academic guard." Takikawa Hikaru greeted him, "Won't Harumi come?"

"Then I'll buy one too."

Naruse walked over and saw that the shelves were full of various types of omori, not limited to studies.

There are also different types of academic guards, including light blue and pink, and each one is [-] yen.

He picked up two school guardians, one blue and one pink, thought for a while, picked up two more, and settled the bill together.

"I charge you [-] yen, this is change~"

After accepting the [-]-yen bill in change, Naruse just turned around when Hai Xing also walked towards him.

"starfish."

"...what are you doing?"

He handed out two academic codes, "Give this to Morimi for me."

"..."

Hai Xing was stunned for a moment, but still took over the guard, "Two?"

"There is also a thank you gift for Starfish, please be sure to send Omori to Morimi."

She froze for a moment again, squeezed the guard in her hand, and nodded slightly after a while, "I see."

After choosing the Omori, Takikawa Hikaru came over, "Has Harumi also bought an Omori for Ichiyo?"

"Yeah." Naruse also saw the two Amulets in her hand, "She should be happier when she receives one more Amulet."

"I think so."

She smiled, "I always feel that Yiye was under a lot of pressure a while ago, I hope she can relax a little bit."

After the two bought the omori here, they went to Takikawa Tsuki and found that she bought an ema on the other side and was writing.

[Northeastern University qualification prayer

Takikawa Moon



Reiwa four years]

After writing her wishes on the ema, she folded her palms in her hands and prayed for a while, then came to the back of the main hall, planning to hang the ema on the wooden frame on which she had entrusted countless wishes for further studies.

It's just that the bottom is already full, and she has nowhere to start after turning around. It was my sister who came to help her hang it to the top.

Looking at the wooden signs hanging all around, Takikawa Hikari felt a little emotional, "I don't know how many students come to Tenmangu every year to pray for a smooth exam...how to deal with so many emas, find a warehouse to store them? "

"Burn it," Naruse said.

"Burn it... eh, will it really burn?"

Hikaru Takikawa was taken aback, thinking he was joking, and Hai Xing also looked over.

"of course it's true."

Naruse briefly recalled the information he checked last night, "Every April [-]st is the ema-yaki ceremony at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. It is said that more than [-] pieces of ema will be burned at one time."

"Wow..."

Hikaru Takikawa was even more emotional, and then regretted, "It's a pity that it's not at this time, I really want to see it."

"There is a video on the Internet, I will send it to you later."

"Okay."

After a while, Takigawa Tsuki was suddenly called back to the class, and then all the students of Class A of the third year entered the main hall.

"Ah, it's started, Yue's class will have a special prayer for the ascension hall." Takikawa Hikaru said.

"Special... what?" Hai Xing didn't understand.

"Special worship and prayer at the Ascension Hall, that is, entering the main hall and conducting a more formal worship under the guidance of the priest." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Probably it will be more effective."

"Is it more effective..." Hai Xing looked at the main hall, feeling a little moved.

"Five thousand yen once."

"..."

The heartbeat subsided immediately.

The special Shrine of Ascension Prayer is carried out in units of classes. After waiting for a while, the prayer of Class A ended. When Takikawa Tsuki came out, he still had a few souvenirs in his hand:
The guardian of Kitano Tenmangu, a qualified pencil, three bookmarks, and a plum tea.

The three of them passed it around and looked at it, each giving an evaluation in their hearts whether it was a good deal or not.

"It will take a while before we go to Arashiyama, let's go shopping again."

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa pointed in a certain direction, "There is water divination over there, I want to try it."

So the four of them came to the place she said, and each spent [-] yen to get a label that needed to be put in the water to reveal the text.

There is a round stone trough next to it, with water accumulated on the top, and three sets of plum blossom holes are placed on the water diversion bamboo slices on it.

Naruse dipped the tag into the water, looked down, and the words appeared on the piece of paper very quickly.

"Moji..."

At least not fierce, he comforted himself in his heart.

As far as the lottery is concerned, the most important result has already appeared. He casually glanced at the other words that appeared next to him and ignored them.

"What about Nakayoshi... a little bit of a subtle sense of being in the same place." Takikawa Tsuki stared at the signature, and his expression also became subtle.

"Mine is Zhongji too." Hai Xing was quite satisfied with the lottery he had drawn.

Hikaru Takikawa took out his own tag from the water, rolled it up, and smiled at Naruse who was looking at him.

"Shh..."

She drew a lucky draw.

"Okay, let's go to another place to see." Hikaru Takikawa put his arms around his sister's shoulders, "Ah, yes, I just said that I would go to Midoi to see the maple leaves."

"Um……"

After staying at Kitano Tenmangu for half an hour, the third grade team regrouped and set off for Arashiyama, west of Kyoto.

The three of Naruse went one step ahead, got on the train from Kitano Hakubaimachi Station, and got on the Randen.

After nearly half an hour, the tram stopped at the terminal Arashiyama.

The third-grade students had a fixed arrangement. They had to visit Tenryuji Temple first, and the three of them followed them all the way until it was time to move freely.

Walking on the path of the Sagano Bamboo Forest, Takikawa Hikaru stopped several times, always hesitant to speak, and finally Naruse expressed her thoughts.

"Don't look for it, there is no place where no one is here."

"What a pity……"

She couldn't help but sighed, "Today isn't the weekend, why are there so many tourists besides the students from Jin Gao?"

"There are also those who play truant."

"Well... we don't count."

Looking at the towering bamboos and trees above her head, and at the endless stream of tourists on the trail, she muttered, "Not every place needs to be lively."

Hai Xing nodded again and again, Naruse didn't speak, but he felt the same way.

Song Qianqiu came to Kyoto to relax, and he especially liked Arashiyama. He has been to the bamboo forest path in Sagano several times, and every time he saw the scene in front of him.

"Are there fewer people at night?"

"When it's too late, after all, the lights are turned on here at night."

"Ah." Takikawa Hikari responded dryly.

Coming out of the bamboo forest path, Naruse walked ahead and led the three of them to the pier of Hozu River.

Arashiyama's famous sightseeing trains are difficult to book, but cruise ships are different. You can also enjoy the maple leaves in the mountains when you go boating on the water.

It's just that when the four of them arrived at the pier, the big boat that could take more than a dozen people had just set off, and the only thing left was the hand rowing boat that could take at most three people.

"It doesn't feel good to leave anyone alone..."

Takikawa looked at Naruse and Haixing, "Why don't I take a boat with Yue, and Harumi and Haixing together?"

Among the four, she and Naruse were the only ones with boating experience.

Naruse didn't have any objections, even if he rowed alone, it would be fine;

And Hai Xing touched the guard in his pocket, then looked at Sister Takikawa, and agreed after hesitation.

"OK~ Let's arrange it like this then."

Putting on life jackets, the four rented two rowing boats and each sat on them.

"It's very simple." Hikaru Takikawa rowed the boat and quickly moved away from the pier, which seemed to be going smoothly.

Naruse didn't row far, so he had to concentrate on maintaining the balance of the boat.

"You don't move."

Starfish was restless, very restless, the swaying boat was too small to support her sense of security at all.

"But the boat tilted sideways just now..."

Naruse rowed the oar, "It's just shaking a little bit, don't move around, it won't turn over, and you don't need to adjust it."

Hai Xing did not speak, looked at the icy cold river water close at hand, grasped one side of the boat with both hands, the feeling of nervousness was still lingering.

After another slightly violent shaking, she almost collapsed on the boat.

Looking at Naruse who was standing still, a thought suddenly popped up in her mind.

"You want to shake me off..."

"...Are you suffering from persecution paranoia?"

"You've done it before!"

Naruse was startled, and suddenly there was a sound of falling water in his mind.

thump!
【"starfish!"】

(End of this chapter)