The Shaman Wants Transcendence

53 – What a Festival Needs

Rise Saigo.

She was the medium she had known since her childhood, and the medium who was her own great pastime whenever she went out to her regular gatherings.

‘With a man?’

Lise was coming to the shrine with a man in a suit.

The man had a rabbit-like, gentle-looking face, and a tall, strong body that would only be seen in sports clubs.

‘No way?’

Could it be Rise’s lover?

Such thoughts passed through her head.

But she soon erased the comment.

The Lisse she knew was a ignorant child pretending to be innocent. There was no way that she would have made her lover.

Besides, if she had brought in her son-in-law, the story would have reached her ears.

‘It must be a coincidence.’

She raised her body and moved in front of them with her quickness.

She then pretended to be nice to Rise.

“Oh, Lisse! What’s going on here?”

It was a smile that seemed unnaturally bright, like an empty bowl of pretense.

Lise looked at her expression and frowned at her for a moment, as if disgusted, then she said.

“…I’m here because I have work.”

I came because I had a job.

Day.

Work?

Recalling the conversation she had had with her mayor a moment ago, she looked at her with a feeling of hopelessness.

“What do you mean by that?”

“You must have been in touch?”

“Oh my. Do you have one or two calls? These days, there are so many people visiting the shrine, and the festival is right around the corner… Haa. You say you’re so busy that you don’t think you can remember what kind of contact you’re getting? At times like this, I want to enjoy peace like you. .”

“Isn’t it because you’re getting older?”

“Whoops. I’m still young. Look. Maybe I’m still growing, or the clothes don’t fit me? The clothes I’m wearing now were made a few months ago, but they’re tight on my chest… Besides, my pants have become loose in a few months, so I can’t wear them without a belt. It doesn’t fit. The cost of the clothes is not cheap… It would be great if I had a well-groomed body like you.”

“Is that so?”

Jin-seong, who had been quietly watching the conversation between the two, smiled harmlessly at her and took a step forward to shake her hand and open her mouth.

“Hello, Mr. Narumi Kishimoto. I’ve heard a lot from Rise.”

“Uh, huh? Yes. Hello…”

Narumi put on a puzzled expression for a moment at the sight of the man smiling brightly as she shook her hand. Then she looked up at Rise with an expression of disbelief on her face, and Rise looked elated. Or she made an expression of pity for Narumi.

‘You said you got a lover with this?’

Narumi was taken aback by the fact that Rise had a lover of hers, and she took his hand.

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“I am the son-in-law of the Saigo family. Now that I am being called the next priest, there will be opportunities to have many exchanges in the future. Oh, when you call me, I would like you to just call me Saigo. It was decided to abandon the name and follow Rise’s surname.”

“Daryl… Son-in-law?”

hahahaha. That’s right. Oh, it was a sudden decision, so you probably didn’t hear about it. So originally, I was planning to make a big announcement at the regular meeting…I came here because I had to tell my sister the news. Just because the festival is coming up, and I wanted to help.”

“Yes?”

Narumi, who was being swept away by Jin-seong’s friendly attitude toward her, suddenly came to her senses after hearing what he said sounded right into her ears.

“At the festival, help?”

“Ah, yes. hahahaha. She says she’s a close sister to Rise, but I need to be able to stay still. So I brought some supplies like this.”

“The supplies…”

Narumi smiled brightly and saw numerous workers carrying her luggage behind Jinseong as she spoke.

All of the workers had muscular bodies, as if they had been engaged in manual labor all their lives, and on top of that, they had many scars on their bodies, as if they had been engaged in harsh work. However, it was not particularly strange since muscularity and scars are common among military men.

“Isn’t a festival supposed to require a lot of materials? So, I’ve prepared these materials.”

“…There are a lot of supplies. Didn’t it become a burden?”

“It’s a burden? Don’t say that. I’m not proud of that… But I have enough money, so it’s not too much trouble. However, it was a bit difficult to prepare the supplies in a short time, but fortunately my close friends helped me. I was able to prepare it safely. Oh, by any chance…”

Jinseong smiled brightly and asked.

“Did it bother you?”

Of course!

Narumi barely swallowed the words that were about to jump out of her throat.

She then curled the corners of her eyes, putting a bright smile on her own lips that was different from her heart.

“No! I was just worried about the lack of supplies… Thank you so much.”

hahahaha. Thank you so much for saying that. Oh, would you like to take a look at the supplies I brought?

Narumi’s stomach was burned at the sight of Jin-seong acting like she didn’t notice.

However, the former mayor’s request for trust as a ‘precious person’, Jin-seong boasting that she has a lot of wealth, and her personal connections with which she can prepare enormous supplies in a short time with the help of her close people.

The man in front of her was someone Narumi wouldn’t treat her carelessly.

‘Where did the b*tch who was ignored at gatherings ask men well…’

Instead, Narumi turned her grudge against Rise.

Every time she went to a meeting, she was treated like a missing person by the participating shrine maidens, to Rise.

‘A bastard who looks down on the shaman’s job.’

Narumi began to suspect that this situation was caused by Rise’s influence.

Every time she went to a meeting, she felt resentful that she had been ignored and not properly included in her circle of friends, and that she had asked the man who came in as her son-in-law to take her, she thought.

And she had something to convince her doubts.

That’s the expression Rise is making.

When Rise looked at the man, she had an expression of intimacy and respect, but when she glanced at Narumi, her expression changed to pity, sympathy, and regret. That expression was so mean that Narumi bit her lip without realizing it.

Compassion and sympathy.

Is it cool there?

It is a feeling that cannot easily coexist.

In order for them to coexist, something very special had to be added.

Narumi said that the ‘special thing’ was about Rise’s revenge.I thought it was an impression.

“Come over here. I’ll show you.”

Jinseong, knowing or not knowing the inside of her seething Narumi, led her to one of her piled luggage. As they approached, the scent of a large pile of luggage or something stung her nose, and Narumi felt her head, which was going mad with rage, calm down a little as she smelled it.

Narumi was curious about the baggage that gave off her sweet smell. So she called one of the nearby loaders.

“Hey?”

However, her worker just glanced at her when she called her, and she ignored it and went on with her work, which made Narumi feel angry again.

To the market, to Lisse.

Now you’re being ignored by even the most insignificant worker?

She couldn’t contain her anger and almost yelled at the worker.

However, Jinseong came out at the right time.

“The person carrying the luggage there. I’m trying to unpack this for a moment. Could you help me?”

“All right.”

When Jinseong said with a smile, the man actively unpacked her luggage, contrary to the attitude he had shown Narumi earlier.

“I guess he was a shy person.

“…Is it so?”

“On the contrary, it is said that there are many cases where people who look manly like that get restless when they are in front of a beautiful woman. Don’t be too upset.”

Jinseong said that and took Narumi’s hand.

He then placed a chunk of wood from the unpacked bag in her hand and said,

“This is called sandalwood. It smells refreshing and sweet. It’s a popular scent among women, so they say it’s also used as an ingredient in perfume. I bought it because I thought it would be perfect for use at festivals. How do you like it?”

Narumi stared for a moment at the true nature of her affable self, then brought the sandalwood stick she held in her hand to her nose.

“It smells nice.”

“I’m glad you liked it.”

She found the scent of her sandalwood to be fragrant.

“Would you like to see the other luggage? There are fresh dairy products and spices for cooking tofu. I also brought a lot of other food ingredients in case I could use them for cooking. Oh, that’s right. I also brought a present for Mr. Kishimoto.”

Jinseong smiled and unpacked the small luggage next to Sandalwood.

As he unpacked, he saw a mirror.

It was also a bronze mirror decorated with jewels.

The mirror was buried in a flower using a rose as a wrapping material.

A beautiful decoration was carved on the back of the bronze mirror, as if it had been made into a gorgeous flower by gathering sparks. And red-colored jewels were attached as decorations, and their splendor was indescribable.

Jinseong picked up the bronze mirror and put it in her hand, and she turned it over as soon as she picked it up as if possessed. Then, the surface of the bronze mirror, smooth and free from scratches, reflected Narumi’s face as it was.

Jinseong took a peek at her satisfied look in the mirror and took out a rose from her box and held it out to her.

“Mirror and flowers. How do you like my present?”

“Oh.”

It’s like saying that Narumi reflected in the mirror is like a flower.

Narumi until nowI felt the anger I felt disappear.

“Oh, wait a minute. I’d like to show you this luggage too. This is a present for Yoshiaki Kishimoto, the priest of this shrine. It’s a set of cigars he got from Thailand, and he said it smells so good. I heard rumors that Mr. Yoshiaki is a smoker, so I asked It’s something I’ve been doing.”

What took the place of anger was a crush on Jin-seong.

There is no woman who dislikes a handsome and well-mannered man.

In addition to her wealth, her personal connections are great, her cute appearance and her words and actions that seem to be considerate of her.

There were no flaws.

So, instead of following Jin-seong as she unpacked her luggage and watching her, she chose to stand there and watch the beautiful mirror and her luggage being unpacked.

“Employer. The outskirts are over. 」

He doesn’t even know what kind of report the worker is using his smartphone to Jinseong.