Chapter 129 It’s Not Him

Chapter 129 It’s not him...

The morning sun slowly rose from between the mountains, and the birds by the Itoshou Lake flew up in fright, their wings passing over the lake. The calm water surface suddenly rippled, shining brightly in the morning light.

The short black hair fell from her ears, covering her fair face with a slight blush. The corners of the still sleeping woman's mouth were slightly raised, wondering what kind of sweet dream she was having.

A little foot stuck out of the quilt at some point. Fortunately, the sun was warm enough and she didn't get cold. The round and delicate toes look so cute in the white sunlight, making people want to play with them for a whole year.

Didu~~

The sound of a mobile phone suddenly rang in the quiet room, and the smile on the sleeping woman's face seemed to have stopped for a moment. The long and thick eyelashes suddenly raised upwards, and the closed eyes suddenly opened. Those black eyes that seemed to contain countless mysteries were now filled with intense surprise.

"Hojo-kun!"

Xueye exclaimed in a low voice and sat up suddenly. Ignoring the glimmer of spring light exposed when the quilt fell off, he reached for the mobile phone placed on the tatami beside him.

"Want to have breakfast together?" - Mitsuha Miyamizu

No honorifics were used, it was Hojo-kun! Although she didn't seem very polite to Mitsuba, Xueye couldn't help but cheer happily in her heart.

"Yes!" There was no politeness, no greetings, Xueye was like a child facing candy, and he immediately followed his inner voice and answered.

"Then please wait at home for a while. I'll let you try my cooking today. I'll make breakfast for grandma and Yotsuba and come back to you." - Mitsuha Miyamizu

"Um!"

Although she wanted to say that she could just cook the food and take it to the mountain, this docile woman still just agreed softly.

"See you later." - Mitsuha Miyamizu

"see you later."

After sending it out, Yukino Momoka added in her heart, "See you later, Hojo-kun."

On the other side, Miyamizu Shrine

Hojo Kyosuke put away his phone and rubbed his shoulders again.

I don't know what Mitsuha Miyamizu did yesterday and why she is so tired. Regardless of the difference between men and women, Hojo Kyousuke quickly used the muscle relaxation technique taught by Beichen Itto Ryusetsu on Mitsuha Miyamizu, and then he felt much better.

What was equally strange was the cell phone alarm clock. This was the first time Hojo Kyousuke had used Mitsuha Miyamizu's body so many times that he was not woken up by the sun but by the cell phone alarm clock, and the alarm time was still very early. After looking at the memo, Mitsuha Miyamizu didn't explain what he was going to do when he got up early.

In the past, Mitsuha Miyamizu would think that girls were shy and made some behavioral rules for him, but later it became less and less, just like him.

Standing up, taking off his pajamas, and looking at the bright yellow bra that was the same style as the shorts, Hojo Kyousuke shook his head in amusement. She is obviously a revered shrine maiden in the eyes of the townspeople, but the things she likes are all cute, which is a bit of a contrast to her cuteness.

Ignoring the underwear, Hojo Kyousuke quickly put on his safety pants and school uniform.

It was also thanks to Mitsuha Miyamizu's alarm clock that he had time to ask Yukino Momoka to have breakfast. Otherwise, according to someone's habit of letting Taiyang and Yotsuba urge her to get up every day, let alone time to find Yukino, it would be good if she is not late.

Opening the door to the corridor, the door to the living room was already open. Hojo Kyosuke walked over and took a look, and sure enough, his grandmother Miyamizu Kazuyo was already sitting there. The door facing Itomori Lake was also opened. She was enjoying the view with a cup of strong tea.

"Grandma, good morning." He greeted respectfully.

"Good morning, Sanye."

As if he heard the difference in tone, Miyamizu Kazuyo turned around, looked at his granddaughter's single ponytail for a while with cloudy eyes, and then turned around again with an inexplicable smile.

"What's wrong, grandma?" Hojo Kyousuke felt uncomfortable with the old man's look.

"It's nothing, Mitsuba is also very energetic today." Miyamizu Kazuyo said with a smile.

"Oh, because I slept very well last night. I have to go out later, so I will cook in advance." After saying that, Hojo Kyosuke walked into the kitchen when the old man didn't react.

There is never a shortage of ingredients in the Miyamizu family's kitchen, but there is always more than enough to eat. Often, the first town citizen who came to worship at the shrine would give two cabbages, and then Miyamizu Mitsuha would give another cabbage to another town citizen who came to worship, and then accept the two bags of potatoes from the other town...

Because he was considering taking it to eat with Yukino Momori, Hojo Kyosuke decided not to make stir-fries, but planned to make some rice balls. Anyway, the Miyamizu family is used to eating rice directly in the morning, so it’s not a big deal to switch to rice balls now, just consider the taste of the elderly.

Turning on the rice cooker and cooking the rice, he began to prepare the side dishes for the rice balls. In fact, rice balls are just like sushi and tempura. Everything can be made with rice balls. As long as it has mayonnaise and mayonnaise, it will still be delicious no matter what you add.

I boiled eggs and fish fillets, made two pieces of thick egg-yaki that are necessary for rice balls, cut some fresh vegetables such as cucumbers and carrots, and made a bowl of sauce with soy sauce mirin and other seasonings.

While doing this, the quick-cooking rice cooker already indicated that the rice was ready, and he spread the rice in a large bowl and began to let it cool.

…

"Grandma, I'm going out first. Later, tell Siye I'm sorry that she has to go to school alone today."

Although other children also go to school alone, Hojo Kyosuke has been going to school with Yotsuba since the body swap. Today, he suddenly let the little girl go alone, and he always felt a little guilty.

"Yeah."

Miyazu Ichiba smiled and responded. On the table in front of him, the rice balls made by Hojo Kyosuke were already placed. There was still some warm rice with the aroma of ingredients floating up, but the old man didn't even look at it, and still stared at his granddaughter Miyamizu Mitsuha who was walking farther and farther away.

Although he is the head of the shrine, he is also an old man. Every morning, watching the two granddaughters, listening to their bickering, eating the food they cook, watching them go to school, and watching them grow up slowly, is the greatest pleasure of the head of the Miyamizu Shrine.

After a while, Miyamizu Yotsuba, wearing a large nightgown, came to the door of the living room.

"Grandma, where is my sister? She is not in the room or in the kitchen." The little loli looked sleepy, and from her words, it can be heard that she had searched for her sister just after waking up.

"She has something to do and left first. She said sorry that you have to go to school alone today." Miyamizu Ichiba turned around and looked at her granddaughter and said with a smile.

"But isn't she going to clean the shrine and office building this morning?"

Could it be that she wants to pass this job to me! As soon as this terrible guess appeared in her mind, thinking of the terrible workload of the huge shrine and office building, Yotsuba's little head was frightened and woke up.

"Hehe, I can't bear to let my granddaughter work so hard. I have asked others to clean up."

Miyamizu Ichiba said with a smile, and the long-lost memory emerged unconsciously.

Before her daughter Miyamizu Futaba married that bastard son-in-law, she was responsible for cleaning and offering tributes to the gods every morning.

No matter how many times she saw it, Miyamizu Ichiba felt that the daughter in the shrine maiden's clothes seemed like a goddess who was not stained by the world. She looked more like a member of the Miyamizu family than anyone else. Oh, and now Mitsuha is the same. She is also slowly becoming what a daughter of the Miyamizu family should be like.

Even when cleaning, she hums a song that sounds like birds singing in the mountains with a happy face and enjoys doing it. After cleaning, she will place the high-seat lacquer trays with various offerings in order in front of the altar in the front hall.

Rice, wine, salt, water, kelp, eggs, and small round watermelons, sweet potatoes and pears offered by believers. After being removed from the altar, these offerings will be enjoyed by the Miyamizu family. In the teachings of Shintoism, the offerings to the gods must be eaten and digested by mortals in the end, which is an important part of the sacrifice.

Then, Futaba will make tea and accompany herself to quietly look at Lake Itomori and everything in Itomori Town, waiting for the townspeople to come up the mountain to worship.

But everything changed after the arrival of the bastard son-in-law. The daughter who had always been well-behaved seemed to have become a different person, and she was actually going to marry the man she had not met many times.

Bastard son-in-law!

Looking at his granddaughter Miyamizu Yotsuba happily eating a bunny-shaped rice ball, the old man showed a trace of pity on his face, and stretched out his skinny hand to remove the rice grains on the little face.

"Eat slowly, I'll go prepare some miso soup for you."