Becoming a god in a low-key way in the supernatural world

Now I've finally seen just how restless this girl's sleeping posture can be.

Mikazuki Haruka, experienced in "dodging," squeezed closer to him, and finally simply threw off the covers and hid in his arms, giving up the entire bed.

Then, only about twenty minutes later, Yujia was already tossing and turning, lying sideways on the two mattresses.

Kotekawa Kami suddenly chuckled softly, "She's exercising even in her sleep, no wonder her metabolism is so good at night... that's probably why she has to get up early."

"Hmm? That makes sense!" The girl in his arms' eyes lit up, then hesitated and whispered, "But just to be on the safe side, let's keep watch all night."

"Um……"

Under the covers, Kotekawa Kami didn't do anything out of line. He wasn't the kind of person who would do anything reckless. He said softly, "I'll watch over you. You go to sleep. Goodnight."

Mikazuki Haruka wrapped her arms around his chest, nuzzled his ear, and then closed her eyes.

Fearing that she would get bored, Kotekawa Kami thought for a moment, then moved her to a different spot, turned off the light, and let her sleep peacefully.

As night deepened, Kotekawa Kami lay back on the bed, closing his eyes to rest. As long as Yuka next to him didn't get up to get a drink of water, he didn't need to worry about her.

Yujia, who was lying at a 45-degree angle on the other side, suddenly rolled over, tilted her head, and leaned on his shoulder, sleeping soundly.

Now, Kamiko Kotegawa can finally sleep peacefully.

His consciousness sank, and he gradually drifted into sleep, but he always remained vigilant.

...He didn't know how much time had passed when an unconscious murmur woke him up. He rubbed his eyes, turned his head, and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

On Mikazuki's bed, Yuka, who had wrapped herself up in the blanket like a flower roll, had her eyes tightly closed, her chin raised high, and a look of pain on her face. She was talking in her sleep, but something was being swallowed.

"No, no, I... I can't drink anymore."

Kotekawa Kami sat up straight abruptly, staring at her with wide eyes, then gradually narrowed them.

Although it wasn't what I guessed, I really did drink water in the middle of the night.

What is causing this?

Chapter Seventy: The First Time Singing

In the middle of the night, Kotekawa Kami put his hands in his pockets and looked at Yuuka thoughtfully.

"She drank fourteen sips of water in total, like someone was feeding her from a distance? What kind of operation is this? A tsukumogami? Or a curse?"

Yuka, who had been mumbling in her sleep, was now fast asleep again. However, Kotekawa Kamimi roughly calculated the time and figured that Yuka would have to get up to go to the bathroom in about half an hour.

After a moment's thought, he closed his eyes and continued to rest. As for the rest, he would deal with it after dawn.

Soon, half an hour later, Yuka, who was fast asleep, suddenly frowned, her eyebrows moving up and down, as if she were struggling deeply.

When Kotekawa Kami opened his eyes, he reached out and shook her to prevent her from being locked in the picture frame again, which would be like the flood washing away the Dragon King Temple.

Yujia woke up abruptly, frowned, stood up, and staggered toward the bathroom.

After a while, when she came back with a furrowed brow, she glanced at the time on the wall and saw that it was not yet five o'clock. Frustrated, she lay back down, closed her eyes, and went back to sleep.

Sleeping is the most important thing right now; everything else can wait.

Kotekawa Kami, who had originally planned to talk to her, closed his eyes again for a while after seeing this. After five o'clock, he quietly got up and went to the second floor to meditate.

It had been raining all night, and he hadn't slept well. He needed to meditate to recover his energy.

……

At eight o'clock in the morning, at the dining table, Yuka looked at Kotegawa Kamimi with an anxious expression: "Did I get up to drink water by myself last night?"

Kami Kotekawa shook his head. Despite his terrible sleeping posture, he wasn't sleepwalking.

Youjia's mood suddenly sank: "Then it seems I really need to go to the hospital to see a doctor."

"Don't worry," Kotegawa said. "Although you haven't gotten up, I can assure you that there's nothing wrong with your health, and the reason you got up at night is something else entirely."

"what?"

Yuka and Mikazuki Haruka, who had just come out of the room, were both taken aback. Yuka tentatively asked, "Really? You found the reason?"

Kami Kotekawa nodded and said, "More or less, but I can't tell you right now because I'm still missing a little evidence."

"Evidence? What exactly happened?"

Kamiko Kotekawa asked her, "Have you come into contact with anything supernatural lately?"

“No.” Yuka thought for a moment and said, “I haven’t been to the club since the Ghost Stories Club’s collection was moved to the library.”

"Hmm, think about it, when did you first start getting up at night? Before or after high school?"

"How would I know..." Yujia muttered.

Mikazuki looked at Kotegawa, his eyes filled with thought: "When I went to Nagano last time, Yuka didn't have the habit of getting up at night yet."

"Oh, it wasn't there back then? It seems it's this month..." Kotekawa Kami nodded and asked Yuka, who looked surprised, "Think carefully, have you been in contact with anything dangerous? Or any strange people?"

Yuka's face turned serious as she stared intently at Mikazuki, asking, "Seishoku, do I have one?"

Mikazuki Seisakusho rested his chin on his hand, thought it over carefully, and then hesitated slightly before saying, "Thinking about it carefully, it seems there really is one?"

Kotegawa stopped looking at Yuka; she was useless. He looked at his girlfriend and asked, "What is it? Tell me in detail."

“Yes, yes, tell me in detail,” Yujia quickly chimed in.

He couldn't help but glance at her sideways.

Mikazuki Seisaku said, "About half a month ago, Inumori, a classmate of mine, said that she knew of a Jizo Bodhisattva shrine that was particularly efficacious. She said that as long as you worship sincerely, Jizo Bodhisattva will definitely grant your wish."

"Oh! I remember now! Inumori-kun did say that!" Yuka said, slapping her forehead.

Mikazuki continued, "Yuka joked that she was thirsty every morning when she woke up, and wished that Jizo Bodhisattva could let her drink her fill of water while she was sleeping."

Kotekawa Kami turned his head and looked at Yuuka with surprise.

Yujia was also stunned for a moment, and after a long while, she said awkwardly, "So, I actually said something like that?"

Mikazuki looked at Kotegawa Kami with disbelief in his eyes: "She got up at night because of this?"

"Most likely? Ask that Inumori-kun when we get to school, and see if he made that kind of wish to Jizo Bodhisattva on Yuuki's behalf." Kotegawa Kami continued, "If so, go buy some offerings, and have Inumori-kun lead the way this evening to fulfill the wish."

Yuka and Mikazuki Haruka exchanged a glance.

Is that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva really that efficacious?

Ten minutes later, the three of them went out together, each holding an umbrella.

Little Bird Flower Dance was waiting at her doorstep. After the three people came over, she greeted them and muttered, "The rainy season is here, the moldy season is here."

If there's one time of year she doesn't like, it's undoubtedly now! At this time, clothes and bedding are damp and uncomfortable, musical instruments don't sound as good as usual, and they're troublesome to maintain.

For someone like her who loves to stay indoors, it was pure torture.

"Be patient," Mikazuki comforted her.

Many people dislike the rainy season, and she dislikes it quite a bit too.

"What else can we do if we can't bear it?" Takanashi Hana sighed, looked at Kotegawa Kami, and asked, "Kotegawa, have you mastered your drumming?"

"It's alright, I should be able to make it to the school festival."

He only has two melodies, which are quite simple.

"Really? Good luck then. Now there's another problem!" Takanashi said with a serious face, "Isn't it time to practice singing?"

Her mother asked her to teach Kotekawa Kamimi to sing the school song, but Kotekawa refused to sing no matter what and was a little disobedient.

"Oh... then this afternoon." Kotekawa Kami said reluctantly, "You'd better be prepared, or I'll scare you to tears."

Takanashi Hanamaru rolled her eyes: "Don't underestimate a singer who can compose, write, and compose their own songs! I don't know how many awful songs I've heard!"

"Then you just haven't met me yet."

If I had met you sooner, I wouldn't be suffering like this now... Takanashi hummed twice and didn't say anything more.

The four of them walked south along the commercial street. They did not encounter the Shirakawa siblings on their way to school. When they arrived at the school, a car suddenly sped up from behind and stopped directly at the school gate.

Under the watchful eyes of Kotegawa Kami and the other three, Shirakawa Kurumi and Shirakawa Nozomi climbed out of the car, with the former greeting them with a smile: "Good morning."

Kotekawa Kami saw it clearly: the handsome middle-aged man driving, and the Shirakawa siblings' father, gave him a rather unfriendly look.

Chapter Seventy-One: Singing for the First Time (Part Two)

After school in the afternoon, unusually, no drums were played in the exorcism club behind the school building.

There were very few people today.

Yujia and a girl from her class named Inumori left, and Kurumi followed them, saying they were going to fulfill a vow to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. For this, Yujia even reluctantly took out half a month's allowance.

Mikazuki Haruka followed along, but she was just going back to work at a coffee shop on her way.

The young priest also went home to practice rapping, saying that he was in better shape when practicing at home.

Glasses-kun hadn't gone on a date with his beloved Ogasawara-senpai after school for several days, so he made a special effort to spend time together today.

In the end, only Furudegawa Kami and his mentor Takanashi Hanamai remained in the exorcism shrine.

Kami Kotekawa sat calmly on the sofa, his eyes revealing an unprecedented tension.

"Relax." Birdsong Flower Dance's lips curled slightly, her breath sweet as orchids. "Sister will guide you gently... Now try singing one of your favorite songs, and let me see what it's like."

Kotekawa Kami's throat bobbed slightly. He had been somewhat absent-minded all day because of this damn school song choir practice... It was really too much to ask of a child who neither could nor liked to sing.

He cleared his throat. The girl opposite him had bright, clear eyes, like a sunny sky. Being looked at by such eyes made him even more uneasy.

"We're going to sing!"

Xiao Niaoyou Huawu nodded, turned on the recording function on her phone, placed it on the table, and waited quietly to begin.

Kotekawa Kami decided to go all out, walked to the center of the house, and took a deep breath.

Sitting with her legs crossed, Little Bird Swims and Flower Dance looked at him with a hint of anticipation.

"Sis~! Sis~! You~! Daring! To! Go!"

A tremendous roar erupted, instantly creating a storm within the exorcism guild's room. Though it was only a few words, it seemed to possess an extraordinary magic—its strange emphasis completely stunned Takanashi Hana.