My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 212 Marriage Ema
"Furthermore, you can take me to see the forbidden areas at other shrines here."

Seeing that the two were still hesitating, the girl directly increased her bet.

"Isn't that inappropriate?" Shoko hesitated even more. "Wouldn't that be blasphemous?"

"..."

Tsuna wanted to tell Shoko to believe in science, but he seemed unable to say it; he himself was a miracle…

He also somewhat understood Shoko's hesitation.

Because of the fact that the main hall of the Neon Shrine, where the deity is enshrined, is usually not open to the public and is only accessible to priests.

Worshippers can only perform rituals in front of the prayer hall.

There are also things like forbidden areas or barriers, which are areas or paths of certain shrines that are considered sacred domains and are off-limits to tourists.

The area where tourists are prohibited from entering is the back mountain.

"Trust science."

The atmosphere fell silent immediately after the priest said that, and Shoko was speechless for a moment...

A-Tsuna looked at her speechlessly; her words were practically blasphemous.

And he was the highest-ranking person at the shrine...

"Let's go, let's go."

Seeing that the two were still hesitant to agree, the girl directly took Shoko's hand and led her inside, promising:
"Don't worry, there are only some fallen leaves left to sweep up in front of the shrine. You two will be able to take care of it quickly."

"Alright." Shoko looked back and saw that Tsuna had followed, then nodded in agreement.

As for the broom, the palace attendant had already taken it back and tossed it aside...

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Tsuna followed behind the two, turning left and right several times, until they arrived at a tightly closed Eki door.

"We're here. Who wants to push open this door?" Miyaji released Shoko's hand, making room in the doorway, his gaze sweeping over the two of them.

"Tsuna, why don't you do it?" Shoko turned to look at him.

"Either is fine." Tsuna walked forward and reached out to push open the wooden door.

It's just a door anyway, nothing special.

Pushing open the weathered cypress door, the scent of aged wood mixed with the aroma of incense wafts out.

In the dim light, the imperial chef, his gold paint peeling off, stood silently on the high platform, the curtains hanging low like a veil of mystery.

The faint aroma of burning sandalwood wafted through the air.

A-Tsuna observed that the interior space of the main hall was a single rectangular room, with a relatively small area of ​​about 10-20 tatami mats (i.e., 15-30 square meters).

Deep inside, there is a sealed lacquered wooden shrine, decorated with gold maki-e (traditional lacquer painting), and covered by a white curtain (gocho).

The palace attendant at the door, seeing that both of their gazes were fixed on the imperial chef, spoke up to explain:

"At the deepest part is where the divine body is enshrined."

Seeing that the two still didn't understand, I explained it in a way that was easier to understand:
"To put it simply, they are the incarnations of gods. Shrines usually display mirrors, swords, magatama, natural objects, or sacred seals."

"Then those things placed in front of the royal chef must be offerings, right?" Shoko asked directly without pointing.

"Hmm." Miyaji nodded, and seeing Shoko about to go inside, he reached out to stop her, shaking his head to explain:

"I'll just stand here and watch. I don't want to kneel down and scrub the floor again."

Upon hearing this, Shoko quickly withdrew the foot she had stepped out with.

Tsuna stood to the side, feeling somewhat speechless.

When I first heard the first half of her speech, I thought she was afraid of blaspheming the gods, but I eventually realized that she was just afraid of trouble.

She still respects those Japanese deities, but not much...

"Let's go, we've seen everything, shall we move on to the next place?" Gong Si waited for three or four minutes, until the two had observed carefully, before speaking. "Mhm."

"it is good."

Under her guidance, the two then toured the entire shrine, inside and out, and even peeked into her temporary residence.

"Are all the other staff members resting?" After walking around, Shoko didn't find anyone else and asked in confusion.

"Hmm." Gong Si nodded, reached out and pushed open the door to the storage room, and explained, "I sent them all home on Saturdays, as they are off work."

"And on Saturdays, if other tourists don't see the sign, I'll remind them and ask them to leave."

After saying that, she turned back to the two of them, raised her eyebrows, and said in a cheeky tone, "So the reason you can stroll around here on Saturday is because I've taken pity on you."

Her words were full of the intention that the two of them should be grateful to her.

The innocent Shoko gave her a slight bow to thank her, and she just smiled and waved her hand to indicate that it was nothing before walking into the storage room.

"I'll leave this to you. Just come to my room and call me when you're all done."

The priest took a broom from the storage room and handed it to Tsuna, saying, "There's another broom in the front yard, so the only place left to clean is the front yard."

After saying that, she waved to the two of them and left the storage room, saying, "I'll come find you later."

"This woman is really carefree; she's not even afraid that the two of us will just run away."

As Tsuna watched her leave without hesitation, he couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"Let's go, let's finish cleaning quickly so we can go downstairs sooner and play somewhere else." Shoko looked away and took his hand.

"Ah."

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The morning glow had just brushed past the windowsill when the midday bell cast a short, slanted shadow on the asphalt road.

"Thank you both for your hard work, you've cleaned very well."

Upon hearing this, Tsuna turned around and looked at the priest who had appeared behind the two of them at some point: "Are you here to inspect?"

"A quick glance is enough, there's no need for any inspection." Miyaji shook his head with a slight upturn of his lips and reached out to take the brooms from the two of them.

"Sister Miyaji, if there's nothing else, Tsuna and I will be going now."

"Don't rush off, I haven't paid you yet," she said, stopping the two from taking a step.

Tsuna turned around again when he heard her voice, wanting to hear what kind of reward she was talking about.

Then she pulled out a wooden ema (votive plaque) from behind her back, which had a pentagonal roof-shaped top and a rectangular bottom, and handed it to the two of them.

He reached out and took it, and before he could finish his question, he heard her explanation:
"This is a marriage ema (votive plaque), which we plan to launch soon."

You are still the first ones. As long as you write down your matters concerning marriage on it, you will receive the blessing of the God of Marriage.

Tsuna handed the ema (votive plaque) to Shoko: "Didn't you just say not long ago that you wanted to believe in science?"

"Then do you want it?"

"Yes!" Shoko answered quickly, "But is there only one?"

"Otherwise, how could you say I'm number one? Only one of you can write that ema (votive plaque)." The priest handed Shoko a black watercolor pen.

"You can make your own decision. After you've written it, give it back to me and I'll hang it up for you."

“This…” Shoko took the pen and began to hesitate.

"Shoko, you write it," Tsuna said, noticing her hesitation.

He doesn't really believe in this kind of thing.

"May I……?"

Seeing that she was still hesitant, Gang persuaded her several more times before she finally accepted it with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)