Seeing Yae Ji's unhappy expression, Yae Sakura asked carefully from the side.
"No, Sakura, you should go to bed early today. Father asked me to take you to the sacrifice ceremony tomorrow."
"Sacrifice ceremony?" The obedient Yae Sakura, who was kneeling on the floor, frowned slightly: "But I heard that Brother Daisuke and Sister Ryo have already done something, and the sacrifices offered to the gods should not be pure girls.
?"
"I don't know either." Yaeji shook his head. He didn't think Daisuke was lying. It was impossible for the village to identify another pure girl for sacrifice in such a short period of time. The reason for this was probably because of the inspection.
'Is it the virginity of the old lady?
On the other side, Yae Rin carefully stroked the back of Sakura Fubuki's sword, and the entire spiritual sword was placed on a wooden stand.
In the hands of Yae Rin, this peerless beauty did not reveal its edge at all. Instead, it exuded a faint cherry light on the blade, making it even more gorgeous.
There was a trace of undetectable anticipation in Rin's eyes, and her little hand gently held the handle of the knife made of special material.
It was not as cold as the blade, but there was no reaction. The disappointment in his eyes was easily concealed, and Rin's little hand moved, as if he wanted to forcibly lift Sakura Fukiyuki on the knife holder.
Perhaps because she was too weak, Sakura Fukiyuki didn't move at all on the knife rest.
Yae Ji saw Sakura's eyes glancing at Sakura Fukiyuki from time to time, so he smiled and said: "If you want to try it, go ahead and try it. I brought it for you to see."
Sakura's petite body trembled slightly, her knees moved slightly, and in a blink of an eye she calmed down again: "Is it really okay to take the enshrined spiritual sword out of the temple? My brother will not be punished by my father?"
Yae Ji recalled the scene of him holding Sakura Fukiyuki and releasing the 'Ron Dance', and said with a smile: "If nothing happens, I will be the master of Sakura Fukiyuki of this generation. In normal times, there will be no problem if Sakura Fukiyuki is not taken out of the shrine."
"Wow! Brother is so awesome!"
Just when Yae Ji raised his head and was about to accept Sakura's praise, Xiao Nizi didn't even look back and ran directly towards Sakura Fukiyuki, who was glowing with a cherry-colored light!
"Well"
Yae Ji was speechless. He didn't expect that the sister he had raised for so many years would be abducted by a knife.
"Sister, can you try to pick it up?" Rin's voice was full of expectation.
"Um."
The petite Sakura was also very excited. She took a not very standard horse stance and held the handle of the knife tightly with her two little hands.
"Hey~"
The cherry blossoms on Sakurabuki Snow Sword are getting thicker, and the blade is shaking slightly.
"Sister, how do you feel? Do you feel that you have become a powerful and outstanding miko?"
Rin was very excited, while Yae Sakura struggled to reply: "I feel it's so heavy, and, besides, I can't seem to control it!"
Yaeji, who was sitting far away, raised his eyebrows slightly, stood up and wanted to step forward to help his sister.
"Hey! Hey! Why can't I control it?"
There was even a hint of crying in Yae Sakura's childish voice, "It, it's running with me!"
Yae Sakura held Sakura Fukiyuki's wrist tightly, the cherry blossoms were bright and intense, and the whole spiritual sword trembled slightly, as if guiding Yae Sakura to do something.
Side chop with a knife!
"not good!"
Yae Ji immediately pulled out the bladed sword from its sheath, and instantly performed the sixth stage of [Falling Cherry Blossom Slash].
Flash!
The cherry-colored sword light brought up collided with the sword wave emitted by Sakura Fubuki!
"Bang!——"
After successfully countering Sakura Fukiyuki's 'Ron Dance', Yaeji himself was not feeling well either. The sword in his hand was still humming softly, causing Yaeji's hands to go numb.
"Clang~"
Fortunately, this blow successfully knocked Sakura Fukiyuki away from Yae Sakura's hand.
Yaeji let out a long sigh of relief and threw the sword directly to the ground.
Among the three brothers and sisters of the Yae family, excluding Rin, who was born weak, Yae Sakura is the strongest in terms of swordsmanship talent. He Yae Ji only relied on some weird things in his dreams to greatly increase his strength.
Obtained approval from Sakura Fukiyuki.
But Sakura is different. The first time Yae Sakura picked up Sakura Fukiyuki, the spiritual sword actually led her to perform [Falling Sakura Slash]!
This is something unheard of!
However, with Yae Sakura's current physique, using Sakura Fukiyuki to forcibly swing the [Falling Sakura Slash], not to mention how much damage it would cause to the surrounding environment, she would be unable to get out of bed for several days.
Yaeji ran to Sakura, held her little hand that was red from the shock, and comforted her: "Does it hurt?"
Yae Sakura shook her head, but crystal eyes were spinning.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it's okay~" Yaeji hugged Sakura and comforted her softly.
Seeing that Sakura's mood gradually stabilized, Yaeji went to comfort the frightened Rin. Rin had been sitting in the bunk, and Sakura was closest to her.
"Don't be afraid, my brother is here."
"Um"
Yaeji kissed Lin's forehead, gently laid her down, and then covered her with the quilt.
"Have a sweet dream."
Yae Ji sent Sakura Fukiyuki back to the temple where she was enshrined. The two little girls never wanted to see Sakura Fukiyuki again.
Early the next morning.
Yae Ji put on a layer of black clothes, while Yae Sakura put on the costume of a candidate miko.
Yaeji put the fox mask distributed in the shrine on one side and would not wear it completely on his face until the ceremony officially started.
Glancing at my sister who was not very interested, I didn't know whether she was worried about what happened yesterday, or whether she was feeling uneasy because of the depression caused by the sacrificial ceremony.
He placed his palm on Sakura's thin shoulder and patted it gently.
Sakura raised her head and looked at Yae Ji.
"elder brother?"
"After this is over, I will start training your physical fitness. When your physical fitness catches up, you can try to control Sakura Fukiyuki."
"Really?" Sakura was excited for a moment, then lowered her head and said in despair: "I can't control it at all. I will never be as good as my brother. I"
"What are you thinking about, little fool?"
Just as he was about to put his sinful hand on Sakura's little head, Yae Ji thought that today is the day to sacrifice to the gods, but he couldn't let Sakura go to participate in the sacrifice with a chicken coop on her head, otherwise, what would the older generation of villagers say?
A generation of eight-fold ignorance of etiquette
"You have to know that Sakura Fukiyuki is obviously more attracted to girls like Sakura than to men like me."
"It's obvious that it already recognizes my elder brother as its master."
"How can a miko not be worthy of a spiritual sword? Sakura will become a shrine miko in the future. I remember who said yesterday that she would surpass me and become a miko who protects everyone?"
"I said it." Sakura's face turned slightly red, and her shyness made her a little less confident.
"That's right, I will rely on Sakura to protect my brother from now on!"
"yes!"
Yae Sakura couldn't help but put her two clenched fists on her chest, apparently to cheer herself up.
As for what Yaeji said, she didn't feel there was anything wrong at all.