[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Shanggyo District, Kyoto City.

The sky was sporadically flying snow, Tazi held Zi's arm, looked up at the long winding stairs, and let out a breath of white air: "It's really spectacular! It turns out that Kyoto is like this, if it wasn't for Guizhi Come to worship, I am afraid I will never see such a scene in my life."

Zi stretched out his right hand from his pocket, and took off the snowflakes that fell on the head of the tower: "What are you talking about, when Guizhi becomes independent, I will soon retire, where can we not go?"

"Yeah, time flies, two years have passed in a blink of an eye. I still remember when Guizhi first came here, he held the cat Ji with his whole body dirty, and asked me carefully if I could raise it. Guizhi at that time Zhi is like a piece of fragile glass, if I refuse, he will shatter all over..."

"...everything is over." Looking at the tall and straight young man walking in front with a cat on his shoulder, he gently embraced Tazi's shoulders, "Isn't Guizhi living well now? In another month , he is about to take the entrance examination for a public university, and he is about to grow into an adult."

"It's good, but when I think that Guizhi will leave home soon, I... and he is always injured..." Tazi also looked at Guizhi's back, a little relieved, a little sad, and even more irresolvable. Worry.

"It's okay." I shifted my gaze to Seimei and Reiko who were chatting and laughing with Natsume, "She will protect Takashi."

"Here..." Tazi asked hesitantly, "Do you know something?"

"Don't you know too? Guizhi is a good boy, he won't lie. But since he doesn't want us to know, let's just pretend we don't know."

The boy and girl with the same hair color stood together, talking and laughing in low voices, and there was an invisible tacit understanding in their gestures.When people passing by saw this, they would all sigh with emotion about the wonderful relationship between the "siblings".

After the Yamata no Orochi incident ended, Seimei lived in the courtyard for a period of time, and after recovering from his injuries, he accompanied Reiko back to Yahara, where he lived as a distant relative of Natsume.

At the very beginning, Zi kept frowning, staring at Reiko, wondering what he was thinking.

When I saw Reiko squatting down to talk to "air" one day, I figured it out, and gradually I could treat Reiko as an ordinary elder.

Trust and love don't mean to get to the bottom of it. Sometimes being confused is the best way to maintain this relationship.

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"Grandma Reiko, have you really seen Sugawara Michizane 1000 years ago?" Natsume looked at the vermilion torii gate above and asked curiously, "Is he a very elegant and charming old man?"

"Not at all!" Reiko broke Natsume's fantasy very simply, "If you think too much, he is just a sloppy old man."

In Natsume's mind, the cat teacher with an old man's face appeared, he was holding a wine bottle, rolling around on the ground: "Natsume, I still want to drink..."

Madara raised his paw and hit Natsume on the face, narrowing his eyes with a dangerous expression: "Natsume, are you thinking about something bad?"

Natsume smiled awkwardly, turned his head away, and continued to look up at the tall torii gate.

If Michizane Sugawara is really what Grandma Reiko described, people who come to visit the shrine will probably be disappointed, right?Thinking about it this way, seeing is also a kind of happiness.

It is New Year's Eve, and the shrine is full of festive atmosphere.

The college entrance examination in Japan is generally concentrated in February and March, public universities enroll students in February, and private universities enroll students in March.Therefore, during this period, Tianmangu Temple was at its busiest time. Candidates from all over the country came here to pay homage and want to be admitted to an ideal university--Natsume was the same.

As soon as you enter the shrine, you will be greeted by the aroma of plum blossoms. In the courtyard beside the road, red plums are planted one after another, blooming proudly in the white snow.

"It's spectacular!" Natsume stopped under the plum tree and looked up. "It is said that Mr. Sugawara Michizane and the Plum Blossom Demon have a romantic love story. Grandma Reiko, is this true?"

"Well, how should I put it? Mei Yu and Sugawara Michizane don't have that kind of relationship. If I have to describe it, it's the relationship between you and Madara."

"What, what? Is it the relationship between the master and the servant? It's a disgrace for a monster to become a servant of God." Madara said on Natsume's shoulder, "Listen, Natsume, if you don't give me Buy three...no, if you buy ten buns, I'll eat you! The great Madara-sama will never tolerate the rude behavior of servants...uh..."

Natsume punched Madara very smoothly, successfully making it shut up, and then began to scratch Madara's neck.

"Bastard Natsume, you must have learned badly from Reiko, I will punish you well... Gulu Gulu..."

Seimei glanced at Madara with lingering fear, how long had passed, and Natsume took care of him, did he really deserve to be Reiko's grandson?

"Qingming, are you thinking of something bad?" Reiko's voice came over with a smile.

The strong desire to survive caused Seimei to instantly switch to the seductive state of Hei Qingming: "I was just thinking, if I can also be touched by Reiko like this, I will definitely feel very happy."

Reiko looked at the Adam's apple on Seimei's neck, showing an expression of caring for mentally handicapped children.

"If the east wind blows, the fragrance of the garden will come by the wind. My plums are lost from the owner, and don't forget the spring..." A burst of music came from nowhere, and the elegant waka lingered in the plum blossoms with the music middle.

All the pedestrians around disappeared, as if someone had drawn a line on the ground, dividing the inside and outside of the line into two worlds.

One after another, scarlet witches in white clothes lined up neatly on both sides of the road, as if welcoming some great existence.

Amidst the fragrance of plum blossoms and the music, an old man dressed in hunting clothes walked slowly, followed by a beautiful woman with plum blossoms between her eyebrows.

"This is really a historic meeting." Michizane Sugawara said in a melodious manner, "Plum Blossom told me that an old friend came, but unexpectedly it was a friend from thousands of years ago."

Natsume looked at all this in a daze. Sugawara Michizane's image at this time was infinitely tall in Natsume's eyes, which made him have an uncontrollable urge to kneel down.

"You look like a dog right now!" Reiko's words completely shattered the solemn atmosphere.

Michizane Sugawara's smile froze instantly: "Don't think that I really want to see your nasty face! You are obviously a human being, and you are still alive and kicking after living for 1000 years. Is this called a disaster for thousands of years? Abe Seimei hasn't killed you yet. Dumped?"

Qingming raised his head and nodded the plum petals on the tree. He didn't hear anything, and he would never take the blame.

"I should give this sentence to you, right? Mei Yu hasn't disliked your face yet?" Reiko replied without showing any weakness.

Natsume looked numbly at the "tall" god of learning who started arguing with Reiko like a rascal in the market, and felt that the image of the god was broken into pieces in his heart.

"That's enough, Michizane-sama! Please show your demeanor as a god!" Mei Yu, who had an aura of [-] meters, stopped her god from continuing to embarrass herself, and then bowed respectfully in front of Seimei and Reiko, "I'm glad to be able to Seeing the two benefactors again, please let me entertain you."

Inside the shrine, which was hidden by the barrier from ordinary people, Mei Yu elegantly brought the brewed tea to Seimei and the others, and then stood aside like an ordinary maid.

Michizane Sugawara took a sip of tea and looked at the nervous Natsume: "Want to make a wish to get a good grade in the exam? It's very simple. Tell me, do you want to study at Kyoto University or Tokyo University?"

The two best prestigious schools in Japan, is it like picking cabbage and let yourself choose?Natsume felt a little unreal.

"Dissatisfied? So you want to go to a private university, so Waseda? Or Keio Gijuku?" Michizane Sugawara casually mentioned the names of two prestigious schools, feeling like a domineering president who "take the card and swipe it casually". .

Natsume was already numb at this time: "Don't go private..." The cost of private schools is much higher than that of public schools, so I can't trouble Aunt Tako and Uncle Zi to pay such expensive tuition for myself.

"Hurry up and decide, there are countless believers waiting for me outside." Sugawara Michizane urged.

"Then, that's Tokyo?" I've been to Tokyo once, and I'm relatively familiar with it, and the monsters there seem to be organized and disciplined, so they shouldn't be chasing me casually.

"I have received your wish, then I—Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning, wish Natsume Takashi to be admitted to the University of Tokyo."

"That's all right?" Natsume didn't feel baptized at all.

"Be content, this is a blessing from the gods." Michizane Sugawara looked at Reiko and began to wave his hands away, "The work is done, can you go now?"

"Please wait a moment." Seimei spoke for the first time after arriving at the shrine, "I want to know where Yamata no Orochi is resurrected."

"Why do you think I know about this kind of thing?" Sugawara Michizane withdrew his frivolous expression.

"It is impossible for a god who has lived for thousands of years not to know this kind of thing."

Sugawara Michizane frowned, but seemed to suddenly think of something interesting, and smiled: "That's not necessarily the case, I only know one god, and he definitely doesn't know about Yamata no Orochi."

"Who?"

"A god named Yato."

Qingming was somewhat familiar with this name, and after thinking for a while, he remembered an unpleasant face: "You mean that disaster god?"

Seimei didn't like Yato who stabbed Reiko at all.

Sugawara Michizane shook his head: "Now Yato is no longer the God of Misfortune. He has successfully changed his job, followed the trend of the times, and became a takeaway god."

"What?" Even Seimei's thinking was temporarily confused. He remembered Reiko asking Yato to deliver food. Could it be that Yato got the inspiration from this?

Michizane Sugawara showed a mischievous smile and called Yato.

Yato, wearing a blue sportswear, appeared instantly: "Here is Yato, the fast and cheap takeaway god. Whether it's a set meal, ramen, or sushi, it's always on call without delay! The best takeaway service, No 998, no 9.8, just 5 yen!"

Reiko: "..."

Qingming: "..."

Natsume:"……"

It seems that the gods of the new century are still down to earth.

The author has something to say:

Obviously I want to write a side story about Yamata no Orochi, but at the end of the first chapter, Yamata no Orochi’s disappearance has completely become a daily routine...

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After the college entrance examination, Yayuan's college entrance examination champion was released.

Nishimura/Kitamoto (looks at Natsume full of resentment): So you are such a Natsume, you actually pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger!

Natsume: I am not!I don't!This is all the power of the gods (:з"∠)_