"Eight-inch, originally refers to the container for holding these dishes, the eight-inch square flat plate, but now it mostly refers to the cold dish platter.
This is the seasonal horse dung sea urchin, which has a rich and sweet taste. Just scoop it up and eat it with a small spoon."
The small bowl contains the orange gonads of sea urchins, surrounded by a circle of milky white soup.
Kamaba Yui pushed the bowl in front of Aoi Keisuke, placed it, opened the sake brought from the shrine, poured a glass and placed it next to the Demon King.
"You can eat it yourself, why bother?" Qing Keisuke said.
"Kaiseki cuisine pays attention to the "one building" method of hospitality in the tea ceremony. It refers to the hope that the host will treat the guests wholeheartedly and the guests will be sincerely grateful, emphasizing the resonance of the spiritual worlds of the two.
So don’t bother me, every word I say contains my deep feelings for Qinggui-kun?"
She poured herself a glass and said with a smile: "Of course, please forgive the little girl for being presumptuous and greedy for wanting to have a few drinks with adults."
Qing Keisuke didn't say anything else, he just pushed some dishes back to Kamaba Yui and gave them to her.
Kamaba Yui also accepted it happily - isn't this a kind of communication?
It's a pity that every time I want to feed Qinggui-kun, I always get a glare from him, which makes the miko lady deeply regretful.
The wine shop was in full swing, several eight-inch cold dishes were shared, and soon it was the turn of the "hard dishes".
"There is still soup in the food box, please wait a moment."
The light green soup contains golden sea bream, sweet shrimp, and green bean kernels, which is refreshing and appetizing.
After that, there is sashimi, three or two pieces of bluefin tuna belly, large horse mackerel, buttered scallops...
Part of it went into yuki's belly, making the kitten roll around on the ground with joy.
Kamaba Yui took out a towel, handed it to Aoi Keisuke to wipe the corners of her mouth, and finally started to talk about serious matters that were not convenient to mention in chat or phone.
"Regarding the matter at the Garden Shrine, after investigation by the Shrine, several suspects have been temporarily identified. They may be the unknown Onmyoji who appeared near the Shrine that day.
In addition, there is currently no investigation into you and Mr. Shiraishi, and the protective force we assigned near Dr. Shiraishi has not discovered any hidden prying eyes.
Ah... Don't worry, the ones responsible for protecting Teacher Shiraishi are all shrine maidens."
Qing Keisuke snorted lightly, it didn't matter if he didn't add the last sentence.
"The last thing is about the situation of Hanazono Shrine. Although the top management quickly intervened, no possible flaws within the shrine have been found so far, and no tampering has been found.
However, it has been confirmed that the chief priest of Hanazono Shrine and the sister of the priest were killed. The priest Fujita had a high fever and only woke up in the afternoon.
At the same time, the proposal to temporarily close the shrine completely was rejected."
"Oh...?" Qing Keisuke digested the news and silently put down the towel: "Completely closing the shrine must be very detrimental to him as the shrine owner... Hello!"
Kamaba Yui snatched the towel from the table with lightning speed, and then elegantly tapped her lips with the towel.
"You..." Qing Keisuke covered his forehead speechlessly.
Kamaba Yui smiled slyly, her manners still elegant: "There is nothing we can do about it, because there is only one towel in the food box."
Aoi Keisuke was too lazy to talk to her about this. He waved his hand and motioned to Kamaba Yui to analyze the situation of Hanazono Shrine.
"Hanazono Shrine is also a shrine with a long history in Tokyo circles. It has a very important position. In the past dynasties, the 'Fujita' lineage has been in charge of the shrine and worshiped the three main gods, namely Kuradao Soul, Wu Zun and Hoshokami.
There are quite a few people worshiping.
But the previous generation of Lord Fujita did something very taboo..."
Kamaba Yui paused for a moment before continuing: "He is secretly usurping the power of Inari Kamikura's soul life!"
Qing Keisuke perked up after hearing this - he likes hearing this.
"To be precise, it is to seize the trace of divine power that belongs to the soul of Kurama in the Hanazono Shrine."
"The breach of trust by those who serve the gods." Qing Keisuke said.
"Yes, originally the entire Fujita lineage was going to be liquidated, but with the help of this generation of god master Fujita Shimaji, the officials discovered his father's conspiracy in time, without more serious consequences.
And in the end, he personally carried out his father’s disembowelment and the punishment of wrongdoing, so no matter how strict the leader is, it is impossible for him to criticize Hanazono Shrine any more.”
Qing Keisuke couldn't help but say after hearing this: "That night, I couldn't tell that he was a man with such courage."
Kamaba Yui was speechless when she heard this: "This..."
"In short, even though Fujita Shimaji has done a lot, it has made the Fujita family more fearful and disgusting, and there are many people who want to seal the shrine.
Fujita Shimaji is worried that if he listens to the official this time, Hanazono Shrine will really become history.
So on the grounds that he wanted to personally hold the funeral for his sister and the chief shrine maiden, he only accepted the semi-closure and decided when to lift the ban."
"What a pathetic man!"
Under such circumstances, it is really sad and pitiful to use the dead to survive for oneself.
The Demon King is not being sarcastic, because he already knows the nature of power.
If there is no strength, pain will always be unavoidable.
Even he, didn’t he taste the bitter fruit of failure and death in the end?
"Cheers." This toast is for the weak.
"Since it's only semi-closed, then there will probably be a follow-up to what happened this time?" he asked next.
"Well, some people are waiting."
We are waiting to see if the Shenyi Sect will take action, and we are also waiting to see if the Fujita family will make a mistake!
In the past, various groups tried hard to take away the name "Inari" of Hanazono Shrine and deprived it of the shikigami that originally protected Hanazono Shrine. Now they are trying to take away the existence of the shrine itself.
Even in these official circles, there is competition visible to the naked eye.
After all, when it comes to gods, it is worth talking about how to divide the hodgepodge of reality...
Even Meiji Jingu Shrine might be happy to see Hanazono Shrine closed.
But no matter how these official internal competitions are, before that, people from the Shenyi Sect will definitely not be allowed to get a taste of the soup first!
"It sounds like the mysterious side of Neon is not a good thing either."
"After all, the gods they serve all follow different doctrines! It's just because they have the most basic understanding of human beings and to avoid unwarranted fights that they can form an alliance-like relationship based on this." Yui Kamaba said.
He introduced: "Internally and externally, the name of the alliance is 'Holy Shinto Main Hall', which includes Shinto, Kendo and other schools. It is essentially a very bloated organization."
She refilled the glass for Aoi Keisuke and said in a naughty tone: "But no matter how bloated you are, respecting strength and fearing God are the truths that will never go wrong."
"That's right!"
Qing Keisuke really has no interest in this kind of organization. If he is strong enough, he will only leave the voice of his family.
But if the great powers are independent and lack external pressure, the so-called alliance is likely to become a place for wrangling.
But fear God...
Aoi Keisuke showed a smile that made Kamaba Yui's ears turn red and her heart beat——
When you are strong enough, it will be their turn to respect your power, right?