early morning.The sound of birds chirping, the sunlight falling on the branches, and the quiet and peaceful atmosphere enveloped the shrine.

The attendants of the shrine, who got up early to sweep, began to clean up the fallen leaves from last night.After autumn, the vegetation gradually withers.Following the laws of nature, they will re-germinate their greenery in the early spring of the next year.

After sleeping until he woke up naturally, Bai Shu half-opened his hazy eyes, watching the light coming in from the wooden window in a daze.After a while, he sat up from the bed and tidied up the quilt and bed.

The quilts and beds are Japanese-style, and to prevent moisture, the bedrooms in the shrine are covered with wooden floors.

The wardrobe was as high as two white pivots. After opening the door of the wardrobe, there were four neatly arranged shrine maiden costumes.This is a new suit sewn according to his height, with a white top and a scarlet hakama, and a girdle embroidered with golden inari patterns is particularly delicate.

Bai Shu picked out a set of witch clothes from the closet, and put them on slowly.After getting dressed, he looked at the matching red headband, his ears were slightly red, and he stretched out his hand to tie his hair into a low ponytail.

The girl in the bronze mirror was cute and shy, Bai Shu looked away, rubbed his burning ears, and walked away from the mirror.

Last night, I made an oath to Lord Hiuya to become an apprentice priestess, and today I should practice with the sisters of witches.

Bai Shu was stepping on clogs, just opened the door, and found that the girl next door also came out of the house.

Arino-san once said that besides him, there were apprentice shrine maidens selected from other villages.It seems that their residences are all arranged in a large courtyard.

The girl was wearing the same miko costume as him, with long hair reaching to her waist and a ponytail neatly tied with a red hair rope.After seeing Bai Shu, she was not surprised, but greeted him friendly, "Hello, I am also this year's apprentice priestess, and my name is Kikyo."

"Banciferon?" Bai Shu was slightly dazed, looking at the girl who was about the same height as himself, and asked suspiciously, "Is it the bellflower from the Bellflower flower?"

"Yes. What's your name?" Kikyo nodded, looking at Bai Shu curiously.

"My name is Bai Shu." Bai Shu replied, for some reason, the Inuyasha anime in his childhood flashed through his mind, and he was a little surprised that this girl's name was the same as Kikyo.Other than that, Bai Shu didn't think much about it.

Today, the trainee witches will go to the front hall to listen to the teacher's lectures.Baishu and Kikyo walked to the front hall while chatting. Kikyo knew a lot about the witches and was very talkative on the way.Bai Shu, who is not an aborigine or a girl, can only smile gently and listen, and the relationship between the two seems to be pretty good.

"I also have a younger sister named Feng. If she hadn't been too young, she would have come to Chiba Shrine with me to be a priestess." Kikyo thought of her sister, with a longing smile on her face.

"That's great, I don't have brothers and sisters. My sister must be very cute." Bai Shu admired with a bit of envy, no matter in the original world or the current world, they have only one child in their family.

Seeing the flash of loneliness in Baishu's eyes, Kikyo probably guessed something.She was delicate and thoughtful, and said immediately, "Sometimes it's cute, and sometimes it's very naughty. We're going to the front hall."

The front hall is a semi-open room, with red knotted ropes and bells hanging around it, which look like delicate tassels from a distance.

There were only three apprentice priestesses selected from the village this time, except for Shirashu and Kikyo who had arrived at the front hall early, the last child nearly fell when they ran over.

"Yes... I'm sorry, I got up late in the morning..." The girl had tears in her eyes, bowed to Arino and apologized.

"It's okay." Arino touched the top of her head, and straightened her messy hair from running, "Now is just the time to start, and Jacaranda is not late."

"Thank you, sister Aruno Miko." The girl stopped her tears and put down a stone in her heart.She looked up at the two apprentice priestesses who arrived earlier than herself, and whispered hello to Bai Shu and the others, "Hello, this is Jacaranda."

"Hi, my name is Kikyo."

"Here is Baishu."

The three of them exchanged names, and then sat in a row on the cushions, listening to Aruno give them their first tutoring lesson.

Arino's voice was gentle, like the wind blowing through the mountains in spring.In addition, she was the one who brought Bai Shu back from the village, so Bai Shu was no stranger to her.

"Do you remember? As apprentice witches, what you have to do every day is to cultivate yourself, pray to the gods, and practice the sacrificial dance." You Nao put the emphasis on the last and told Bai Shu and the other three again.

"Remember." The three replied obediently.

"In addition to these things, the shrine has a sweeping of the shrine every half a month. If the witches are busy, you will be responsible for the sweeping. The sweeping of the shrine is very particular. I study together."

Arino told the three children a lot about what they were going to do now, and the class didn't end until the middle of the day.

The lunch was brought in a food box by an attendant from the back kitchen. The combination of meat and vegetables was appropriate, and the dishes were quite attractive.Bai Shu was about to gulp down the rice, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the other two authentic girls eating slowly... His hands holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and he tried to eat as slowly as possible.

After eating, the food box needs to be cleaned and handed over to the back kitchen.Although the back kitchen will clean it twice, it is obviously impolite to return the oily bowl.

The three went to wash the dishes together.The ginkgo leaves in the backyard are falling, shining brightly against the bright sunshine.

Today is really a beautiful day.

Just as Bai Shu was thinking, some whispers came from his ear.It wasn't just Bai Shu and the three who came here to wash the dishes, there were also other attendants and witches.

"Have you heard? Something happened in Kyoto last night."

"Huh? What happened to make you such a fuss?"

"It is said that a big monster broke into Genji's house in Kyoto, causing an uproar, and the fire burned for a long time before it was extinguished."

"What?! Genji is the most prominent nobleman, how could he be defeated by monsters. Did you say something wrong?"

"Impossible. Some people in Kyoto fled to us overnight, and everyone in the town is talking about it."

"Huh? I didn't expect Genji to be defeated by a monster. What kind of monster is that?"

"..."

The sound of discussion disappeared as they left, and Bai Shu always felt familiar when he heard the words "Kyoto Genji", Genji?Have you seen it somewhere?

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