Natsume's Book of Friends

Xiangnan didn't notice that her hair didn't grow, maybe she didn't think it was such an important thing, so she forgot about it not long after.

Since falling out with Takahashi, it was almost a falling out, and it could be said to be a cold war in disguise. Shonan spent most of his time at school with Natsume, but weekends were boring.

Ask me how my girl spent the past few weekends?

The girl does not have a house here, so she always rests in the shrine, so there is no TV or computer, only a statue enshrined in the shrine.So the Xiangnan girl hangs out every weekend.Today, the girl finally remembered that she didn't seem to have taken a good look at her place of residence, so she decided to take a good look at this shrine.

Nodding secretly, Shonan began to enter from the torii gate in front of the shrine. (I don’t know if everyone knows, Yahara is a fictitious place name, but it is described with Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu Island as the stage background, so you don’t need to look for this shrine, because it is fictitious.)

There is a wooden sign on the stone torii, which says "Sanqiuqian Shrine".Walking in, the first thing you see is the stone lions on both sides, with stone balls in their mouths.But I don't know what the names of these two patron saints are.

Then, outside the red building, there is a temizu house for guests to purify.But accidentally, this place is also where Xiao Xiangnan washes her face every day.Ordinary guests should wash their hands and mouth here before entering the main hall to wash away the uncleanness brought by the outside world.So, today, Xiangnan also operated seriously like a tourist.Scooped water with a ladle, cleaned his hands slowly, poured some water into his palms, and rinsed his mouth.

Then I turned around and took a look. There was no stage in my impression, but there were 3 small platforms like maple leaves. Xiangnan went up from one, down, and up again, and walked through the 3 stages, but I didn’t feel anything, just compared to the ground. A taller table...

Moreover, this shrine is indeed quite bleak, and there are no people. The brown paint on the ema used to paste the wishes of worshipers is almost peeling off.Shaking his head, Xiangnan bit his little finger, but thanks to no one caring, he was able to live here without being disturbed~

Then he walked to the donation place in the main hall. Xiangnan Lala, who had no money, tied the rope of the bell. After the bell made a hoarse sound that had been accumulated for many years, he said silently: "Master God, I'm sorry~" and bowed deeply twice, Clap hands twice, bow again and pray.What is the prayer?It won't work if you say it.

So I entered the shrine seriously.Inside the shrine, it is also quite bleak.Many things here are covered with dust, but the statue in the middle looks quite new. It looks like a female god... Xiangnan raised her small neck and observed with great effort, not knowing that the head of the statue was really far away from her Far away, squint your eyes, overall, this god-sama always feels very kind... so strange.

Before I fully understood why it was a kind feeling, I heard the sound of running footsteps.

Looking outside the door, I saw the boy who ran to the main hall of the shrine, bent over and panting, and kept giving himself comfort with his little hands.

"Guizhi?" Looking at the boy with some doubts, Xiangnan asked.

"Eh?" When Natsume raised his head because he heard a familiar voice, he saw such a scene.

The familiar girl stood in front of the shining golden statue, her whole body was enveloped by the light from the window, and her whole body became very sacred. For a moment, Natsume thought she saw an angel with white wings and a halo, no, in the shrine , should be a god in a kimono.

"きれい (beautiful)." Natsume said unconsciously.

"Huh?" Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, wondering if he heard it wrong.

"Nothing!" Natsume reacted, waved his hands hastily, his face was already red enough to bleed, but then he felt impolite.But... such a shy thing... Shaking his head, Natsume decided not to talk about it.

"Guizhi, why are you here? You're still out of breath." Xiangnan didn't care, walked out of the main hall, and arrived in front of Natsume.

"Uh... oh, I was scared by monsters just now." Natsume scratched her hair and said embarrassedly, "Come to the shrine to escape."

"Hehe, but no one visits this shrine, so can it be effective against monsters?" Xiangnan asked suspiciously.

For a moment, Xiangnan seemed to hear someone sighing weakly.

"Should still have some effect." Natsume smiled innocently.

"Then Kishi, shall we visit this shrine together?" Shonan suggested, remembering what he was doing before.

"Oh, okay." Natsume nodded.

Continuing with the previous trip to the shrine, after seeing the tall statues, the two of them walked to the depths, and of course passed the place where Shonan slept.At this time, Xiangnan was extremely thankful that he had the habit of hiding things well every time he left, otherwise the fact that he slept in the shrine would be known.

Behind the shrine, there is an old and dirty library, or a grocery store.

Afterwards, there was nothing to go shopping. When it was lunch time, the two said goodbye to each other. Shonan pretended to walk away and walked home. Natsume didn't think much of it, and waved away.