Chapter 144: Bad Wish

This resulted in only three buildings in the courtyard.

They are the worship hall directly in front of the gate and located in the center of the courtyard.

The social office on the right.

And, the shrine maiden’s residence on the left.

The so-called worship hall is a building specially used for worship.

Larger shrines also have coin halls, which are specially used for throwing incense coins.

Normally, all shrines have a main shrine. The location is directly behind the Coin Hall and the Worship Hall. Also in the deepest part of the yard.

In the main hall, the gods are enshrined, such as tablets, tablets, tokens and other things that symbolize the gods. Unlike temples, shrines only rarely have statues of gods.

Only clergy are allowed to enter this temple, and tourists are strictly prohibited from entering or opening the door to peek. That's a very disrespectful behavior.

Small shrines usually combine the worship hall and the main shrine into one, and use the main shrine directly.

But Hatsuyuki Shrine is special.

It does not have a main hall, but it has a worship hall.

The end of the courtyard opposite the gate was originally where the main hall should have been. But here, there is only the Sakura God Tree.

Yoshiyuki guessed that this was because the Sakura God Hatsuyuki's true form was this giant tree, and Hatsuyuki Shrine did not enshrine other gods, so there was no need to set up a main shrine to accommodate the god's body.

The Sakura Goddess Tree, like the worship hall and the shrine maiden's home, is surrounded by a mahogany fence called "Tamagaki".

That was to isolate the residence of the gods from the secular world and ensure the purity of the divine realm.

As priests who serve the gods, witches are naturally allowed to live in the residence of the gods.

Looking specifically at Hatsuyuki Shrine, Sakurayuki Chiai even lives beside the Sakura God day and night. Everything she did at home was watched tenderly by Chuxue.

Thinking of this, Yi Xing also felt warm in his heart.

Sakura Snow Qianai must be a good child with a pure heart.

If it were people like him and Erina, they would probably be disliked by Hatsuyuki very quickly - as a miko, she actually indulges in messy things every day!

Gods may be too ashamed to look at it.

The three of them walked to the worship hall.

Now that you are here, of course you still have to pay homage to the Sakura God.

He looked around and found no special notices. This means that the worship method here is no different from other shrines.

First, bow gently towards the front of the hall.

Then, ring the bell that is used for blessings and hung with a rope in front of the temple to let Lord Sakura know that you are here.

Then, throw incense money into the merit box.

Most people throw five yen more because it is already very auspicious.

But in order to support the operation of Hatsuki Shrine, Yoshiyuki opened his wallet, looked at it, picked out three 500 yen coins, and handed the remaining two to Hime-chan and Erina.

Xiaoji didn't have any money, he knew.

As for the eldest lady, she probably doesn't have such small denominations of money on her, just a stack of 10,000-yuan bills and bank cards.

He must remember to remind Erina to bring more small denomination coins to school, otherwise it will cause trouble to the canteen and cafeteria staff.

There is no need to throw coins one by one. So the three of them invested their money almost at the same time.

After this, it is the formal worship.

There is a formula for the process of worshiping the temple, which is "two salutes, two claps, and one bow."

That means bowing twice, clapping twice, and praying with your hands together.

The difference from going to a temple to pray is that there is no need to clap in the temple. Just put your hands together and pray.

Yoshiyuki didn't know what wishes the eldest lady and Xiao Ji had made.

But what he promised was very simple - he just hoped that such happy days could last forever.

As long as this was the case, he wanted nothing more.

Of course, he also made a rather shameful wish with a little embarrassment, hoping that Lord Sakura would not blame him and would consider helping him realize it if he had the spare capacity.

That is, I hope to be trampled and humiliated by the little feet of the eldest lady every day.

If so, then he is really living in the kingdom of heaven.

Of course, after mentioning this wish, Yi Xing still felt a little regretful.

After all, if Master Chuxue finds it too disgusting, it would be terrible if his wish is not fulfilled.

Fortunately, Sakura God Hatsuyuki is said to be very gentle and kind.

Then even if the wish doesn't come true, at least it won't curse him.

Yoshiyuki was thinking about these things uneasily. After finishing the worship ceremony, he bowed slightly to express his gratitude according to the custom, and then left the worship hall.

He looked up at the canopy of the Sakura God Tree, which was covered with pink cherry blossoms as if it were covering the sky. He took a deep breath and felt the sweet, soothing aroma of sober flowers.

Cherry blossoms fall from time to time.

One of them swayed lightly and fell towards Yoshiyuki's eyes.

He stretched out his hand to block it, and the next moment, he saw Xiao Ji raising her head as if eating snow, letting the cherry blossoms fall naturally into her mouth. Then he lowered his head and took a small bite.

The eldest lady, on the other hand, flashed from the side and appeared in front of him with a smile, just blocking his view of Xiao Ji.

"Hmph~ Servant Tan, did you make a wish?"

"No way!" Yi Xing calmed down and lied without changing his face: "It's just a common wish."

"Oh~ Really? It's just ordinary astringency! Tell me about it!"

"My wish doesn't work when I say it! And even when I say it, it doesn't work!"

Since he hadn't seen Sakurayuki Chiai yet, Yoshiyuki decided to take a stroll in the shrine and approached the social office to see what was sold here.

The first thing I saw was the lottery tube.

The price for signing a petition here is very cheap, only 100 yen per visit. But you can only ask for a signature once a day. If you ask for it a second time, you are not sincere and it will not be accurate.

After putting the money into the merit box, you pull out a folded white paper sign, and when you open it again, you can see the signature written in black characters.

There are five types of fortunes: great auspiciousness, medium auspiciousness, minor auspiciousness, inauspiciousness and great inauspiciousness.

It will also contain some analysis of your fortune and suggestions on what you should pay attention to.

There are many strings hanging on a wall near the social office. There were a lot of knotted paper tags tied to it.

Those lots are all bad or very bad.

Because if you draw such a bad lot, according to custom, you can take it away as a warning, or you can leave it in the shrine and tie it in a place specially used for tying the lot. I hope the gods will protect you from bad luck. This is at no extra charge.

If the shrine you visit does not have a place to bind your signature, you can also go to another shrine to bind it. It’s okay to keep it for a while and then do it again. However, it should be noted that if you choose to take the lottery to another shrine to resolve the disaster, you need to say hello to the god enshrined in that shrine to attract his or their attention.

The so-called "He" is the third person specifically used for God. Regardless of gender. It's useful when you don't know what god you're praying to, or don't know his gender.

No matter what, if you get a good draw, there is no reason to stay here and you will be taken away.

Because lucky numbers are rare and very lucky to draw, you can even make them into amulets and wear them with you, hoping that good luck will come soon.