King Solomon's Road to Righteousness[Comprehensive]

Aiba Shrine, located in the east of Kanagawa, Japan, is a well-known local tourist attraction and the most effective shrine for local residents to make wishes to God.Whether it is seeking wealth, fate, or peace, as long as you sincerely pray and sincerely believe in the gods enshrined in the shrine, you can get the results you want in the end.Therefore, it has been widely circulated among adults and children in the Kanagawa area that "Aiba Shrine" really enshrines gods.

The night has already fallen, and the vermilion torii gates stand neatly on the rugged mountain road, layer upon layer, densely, as if they will never reach the end, which makes people who have just arrived here feel a burst of excitement from the depths of their brains. Vertigo almost like being lost.

"There are so many torii gates. It seems that when the shrine was built, many rich people really donated merit."

Wuxiang took Yedidia to stand on the first torii gate leading to the main hall of the shrine, and took advantage of the dark night to look towards the top of the mountain.

The Aiba Shrine is located in a very remote location compared to the central city. When the two of them rushed all the way here, they felt that the surrounding lights were slowly becoming less and less.When they finally stood at the foot of this "Wuye Mountain", looking around within a radius of three kilometers, except for the shrine on the top of the mountain, there were still sporadic fires flickering, and there were no lights in the rest of the place that were lit by electricity up.

At this time, Japan is approaching the season of deep winter, and there is a rustling wind blowing the cedar branches and leaves on the mountain.The slender branches at the top of the trees fell down and stood up again with the direction of the cold wind, one after another, wave after wave.Occasionally, the shrill cries of crows are mixed in, making the atmosphere of the whole wild mountain even more desolate and gloomy.

"Jedidiah, what do you think?"

Wuxiang turned his head to look at the trembling child for some unknown reason: "Do you think there are really gods enshrined in this shrine?"

He held the other's hand tightly, and tried his best to comfort Jedidiah, who seemed a little restless now, with silent movements.

"I have no idea."

Jedidia shifted her steps a little at the top of the narrow torii gate, and moved closer to Wuxiang.

He pressed his cheek against the other's sleeve, and said softly, "It's very uncomfortable here."

"You think so too."

Wuxiang turned sideways slightly, and stretched out his hand to pull the other person into his arms.Although he has made up his mind not to continue to run around with each other in his arms, but if it is just a general hug to this level of intimacy, he is still very willing to do it.

"In the Aiba Shrine, there are indeed gods enshrined."

He lightly patted Yedidiah's back, who was still a little sour, and then embraced him with one hand, leading him to leap forward, and landed lightly from the top of the tall torii gate to the stone steps below. superior.

"Remember what I was going to show you earlier?"

"...a sword?"

"Yes."

Wuxiang smiled, he put Yedidia down steadily, bent down and straightened his clothes, then took the other's hand again, and led him step by step up the stone steps to the top of the mountain .

"In Japanese culture, spirits born from utensils are called fusangshen. They are ranked at the bottom of the 800 million gods. They are also among the many gods in Japan, and they are the most likely to degenerate into demons."

When he said this, he suddenly sneered.

"Will the fallen Fusangshen still fulfill the wishes of human beings? This is really a very rare situation."

After finishing these words, Wuxiang fell silent completely.He led Yedidia along the long and winding mountain road slowly, the heels of the leather shoes on his feet stepped on the stone panels, making crisp sounds again and again.

The sound of regular footsteps in the strangely whistling mountain wind is the only thing that can calm people down.Jedidia carefully discerned the rubbing sound of the heels of the person beside her against the ground from the ambient sounds surrounding her, "Tap, tap, tap—".

The child, who was a little nervous because he was in an unfamiliar environment, slowly relaxed his tense nerves. At the same time, a question that had been brewing in his heart was also raised casually.

"Are gods the existence of fulfilling human wishes?"

The footsteps stopped suddenly.

"Why do you think so? Ah, yes, you don't know anything now."

Wuxiang stopped on the spot, squatted down, held the child's hands, raised his head slightly to look into the other's eyes.

"Listen, Jedidiah."

He said to the other party very seriously: "The first of the Ten Commandments of Moses, 'You shall not worship other gods but me', the god you believe in, from the beginning to the end, is the only one."

Jedidia showed a blank expression towards Wuxiang.

In history, Solomon ruled Israel into the most powerful country at that time because he was close to God and asked God for wisdom. It can be seen that Solomon was indeed a very devout believer at that time.Although the current Jedidiah has lost his memory and has no three views, he will eventually change back to the Solomon who fears his god.Therefore, if this kind of problem is really unavoidable, Wuxiang still hopes that he can create for him a worldview that belongs to the original Solomon before the other party understands it by himself, including his views on belief.

but……

Wu Xiang looked at the bewildered expression of the child in front of him, and suddenly wondered whether it was too early for him to instill these religious concepts in him.He himself was originally an atheist, so he naturally didn't know how those families with beliefs educated and guided their children.He has read a lot of religious classics, but not many can really resonate with him.

If prayers worked, why did Solomon die like this?If wishes can come true, why is his work needed to recreate the Magic King?

Wuxiang only believes in himself, because the only miracle he has ever seen is the child standing in front of him created by himself.

"Just remember that the things we may encounter later are not gods."

Wuxiang sighed lightly, and patted Yedidiah's head helplessly.He stood up again and led the other party forward.

"According to my understanding, those fallen Fusangshen are evil spirits, but according to your understanding, they don't belong to the concept of 'God' at all... So, don't get too entangled in this issue."

"……it is good."

"good."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Wu Xiang squeezed the opponent's little hand, and curled the corners of his mouth in the night.

The two continued to walk on the mountain path silently facing the night wind, until Wuxiang sensed something, and suddenly stopped before passing through the steps of the 140th torii gate.

"Ah, here we are."

He pulled Yedidia back, and then concentrated a small amount of magic power in his eyes, and looked up at the spells suspended in midair.

"Fortunately, it's not that there is no possibility of a breakthrough."

Wuxiang murmured something to Yedidiah's strange eyes, and then suddenly pulled out a piece of black cloth from the void beside his hand, swished it, and used the piece of cloth to hold Yedidiah Wrapped tightly from head to toe.

"I'm not cold."

Jedidiah was wrapped a little tight by the cloth, he struggled to get out of it, but Wu Xiang stopped him in time.

"This is the cloth that I borrowed from Gilgamesh to hide the breath."

While explaining, he picked up Jedidiah and carried it on his shoulders with a "hey".

Just when Jedidia was struggling, the light green pattern on Wuxiang's coat disappeared, and a scarf of the same fabric as the child's was added around his neck.He clamped Jedidiah's knees with one hand, and patted Yedidia's butt with the other, signaling him to calm down quickly.

"There is an enchantment around the Aiba Shrine that removes strange spirits. Although I have now switched to an assassin job, I can pass through this barrier, but you still don't move around, it will be troublesome if you are discovered."

After hearing Wuxiang's explanation, Yedidia stopped the previous uneasy twisting very cooperatively, and obediently lay on the opponent's shoulder without moving.

Sensing the child's aura finally gradually dissolving under the cover of the invisibility cloth, Wu Xiang took a deep breath, closed his eyelashes, opened them after a while, and suddenly a pair of dark red eyes flashed A faint blue light.

With force on his toes, he leaped high from the stone steps, and his figure shuttled through the rows of torii gates like a ghost. through.With the eyesight blessed by the assassin's job, he can clearly see the spider web-like barrier lines between the vermilion wooden structures at night, and his nimble and light body can ensure that the two Safely pass between those dangerous steel wires of spiritual power.

As it got closer to the top of the mountain, more and more light was revealed from the branches, until at last a cornice protruded from the treetops, Wu Xiang was secretly relieved in his heart.

He has led Yedidia through the most impenetrable defense set up by the Aiba Shrine. As long as he enters the interior of the shrine complex, the rest of the defense facilities will be fearless.

A place dedicated to Fusangshen, a place dedicated to Fusangshen...

Wuxiang held his breath and dodged the priests who were patrolling at night, and finally touched the gate leading to the backyard of the shrine before Yinshi's watch sounded.

"Then next..."

He put Jedidia down, and gently closed the door with one hand.

"Who?!"

A stern voice came from inside the door, and the second the other party's voice had just finished speaking, the vermilion door covered with talisman paper was opened from the inside.

There were not many lighting lanterns burning in the courtyard, and the figure of the person who opened the door was vague, and he could only be distinguished from the shadow reflected on the ground. He was not like an ordinary person.

"What is it..."

Before he could utter a complete sentence, Wu Xiang, who took Yedidia to one side at the moment of opening the door, made a sudden move, and hit the back of the opponent's neck quickly and hard with a hand knife.

"Okay, don't look, just go in."

After confirming that the other party had temporarily fallen into a coma due to his surprise attack, Wuxiang covered Yedidiah's eyes with one hand, and dragged him with the other to rush towards the inner courtyard before the gate automatically closed.

"Turn left, turn right, and pass through here..."

Wu Xiang held the stunned child under his arm like a sack, silently recited the route, and ran across the huge courtyard with the fastest speed and the fewest steps.

He thought his actions were foolproof, but for some reason, when he passed the tall cherry tree in the atrium, the tree suddenly shook crazily. The sound of "russling" quickly attracted more people on night duty. They showed their figures from every corner and shadow of the courtyard, and slowly gathered towards the cherry blossom tree with cautious steps.

To suffer!

Wuxiang had already heard the sound of a knife being drawn from the surroundings.

He bit his lower lip and turned his toes in several directions. After hesitating for less than a second, he immediately decided to follow the path from memory to reach his destination.

The second Wuxiang made his decision, his body quickly executed the plan.

"The intruder is here!"

Wuxiang's movement of moving his body was quickly discovered by those people, and several silvery blades were quickly drawn out under the moonlight, and they were neatly brushed.

"Where did you go?"

"It seems to be southeast."

"You two go to the lord's room, and the rest of you will chase after me!"

"Yes!"

The movements of those people were quick and orderly. Wu Xiang had just closed the window door behind him with his front foot, and before he could hide Jedidiah in the closet on one side, there was a knock on the sliding door next to the corridor on the other side .

"My lord, my lord?"

One of them called softly, "Are you still awake?"

Wuxiang tightly covered Yedidia's mouth, tensed his nerves and watched the person on the bed in the middle of the room turn over and slowly sit up.

"what happened?"

The fuzzy moonlight leaking in from the translucent paper sliding door coated the other party's long silver hair with a layer of hazy color.

"Slept well, suddenly..." The man's voice was soft and vague, obviously he didn't wake up.

Sure enough, the two figures outside the door became visibly stiff after hearing the man's reply.But they obviously still remembered the purpose of their coming, but after a short moment of stupefaction, another person spoke.

"Because there are invaders invading Honmaru, we are very worried about you, my lord..."

"Before you came, everything was fine here."

The silver-haired young man uttered a word coldly. After a moment of silence, he softened his tone again and said again: "I just fell asleep and I'm very tired. There's nothing wrong here. Go and look elsewhere. Let's see."

"...Yes, excuse me."

"Well, it's okay, let's go."

The sound of the two people's footsteps walking away, there was no other sound in the room except for the breathing of that person.The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

"Okay, come out, uninvited guests."

After a long silence, the man spoke.

He turned his eyes to look at the shadow where Wuxiang and Yedidia were hiding. Under the hazy moonlight, a pair of extremely clear and sleepless translucent eyes were reflected...

And, a delicate face that is exactly the same as Wuxiang.