High Priest in Japan

v1 Chapter 15: doll

   Soon after Qin Heqing acted in the shrine, a young woman dressed in red and white muscle clothes and dressed as a witch and a middle-aged man walked out of the side hall used by the shrine to entertain visitors.

   "My Lord God." Seeing Qin Heqing, the witch immediately stopped and bowed to him.

   God Lord is also a priest, just the name of the shrine head of the shrine served by the witch, that is, the owner of the shrine and the priest who presides over the specific affairs of the shrine.

   In addition, the name of the gods enshrined in the shrine is also the god.

   But that refers to the situation where the gods will appear, otherwise, the gods usually refer to the highest-ranking priests in charge of the shrine.

   "My lord priest." The middle-aged man also saluted and said.

   Obviously, he knew Qin Heqing.

   "Mr. Kakuda, it's been a long time since I saw you. I don't know if you are here this time..." Qin Heqing replied to the two of them, and then looked at the middle-aged man next to the witch with doubts.

Just as the other party knew him, Qin and Qing also knew each other. They knew the other party’s surname Kakuda. They ran a grocery store called Kakudabo in a nearby town. They were also members of nearby commercial organizations and village groups. One of the main contributors to the shrine's annual worship.

   Even more bluntly, this is his "God"!

   A touch of embarrassment appeared on Kakuda's face, but the shrine maiden on the side Liu Mina opened her mouth to help him answer Qin Heqing's question.

   "Mr. Kakuda is here to see the figure at home."

   "Human form?" Qin Heqing was stunned.

The so-called human figures are dolls made by imitating the image of human beings. In island culture, human figures are considered to be spiritual objects. They cannot be handled arbitrarily after getting along for a long time, otherwise they will cause disasters and harm family members. Generally, when there are dolls that you want to throw away at home, they will be delivered to nearby shrines for disposal.

   Next is to wrap it in a plastic bag and discard it in a normal recycling point.

   And in the process of discarding, be pure in mind, pray and apologize constantly, so as not to anger the spirits of the puppets and let them come back to trouble the owner.

   In short, it is a very mysterious thing.

   But even so, it wouldn't make Kakuda's face show embarrassment, or even stop talking, right?

   "Has it been dealt with?" Qin Heqing didn't take care of his business, after all, who knows if there is anything unspeakable here? Nodded, and asked Liu Mina, the hired maiden.

   "Already sent to the vice hall." Rumina replied.

   The so-called auxiliary hall is the small house on the side of the main shrine. It is generally used to enshrine the second god, or a place that specializes in special items like humanoids that need to be purified by the gods. It can be regarded as a special spiritual item storage room.

   "Then I'll go and see." Qin Heqing nodded, and once again bowed to Mr. Kakuda, and passed away with Rumina, moving towards the sub-shrine of the shrine.

  As for Kakuda, who was the victim, even though he turned around and looked at him with a hesitant expression, in the end, he didn't say anything, and left the shrine after being sent off by Rumina.

   "There is a breath of spirit on that person's body." At this moment, Yue'er, who followed Qin Heqing in the form of a spirit body, suddenly spoke.

   "Well... as expected, the figure he sent to the shrine to deal with is not very simple." Qin Heqing curled his mouth slightly, and said softly with an expression like that.

   "Did you notice it?" Yue'er asked unexpectedly.

   "That's not it, it's just that it's not simple from his performance. As for whether it was a spiritual incident or something wrong with the family, then I don't know." Qin Heqing calmly said.

   If he can't even notice such obvious performance, then his practice for the past six months will be in vain.

   Then, Qin Heqing entered the temple and first paid a salute to the three statues of Emperor Qin Shihuang, King Xiaowu, and King Gongman enshrined in the main hall, before turning around and stepping into the auxiliary hall for storing human figures.

As soon as    entered, some inexplicable coldness rushed over.

   Qin and Qingling opened up naturally, looking at the few figures in the room.

Yes, several. Although the human figures in the shrine are waiting to be processed in a centralized manner, occasionally the shrine will also sell the so-called purified human figures as merchandise. This is also the case in some island shrines. The reason for the sale. So if you don’t really like it, try not to buy dolls in shrines.

  Similarly, don’t buy dolls from the island’s second-hand market and street stalls.

   After all, there are not only so-called scavengers in China!

   It can even be said, but it’s better not to buy mortal dolls. After all, according to online statistics, supernatural events in the form of puppets are the most frequent and prone to occur.

   Qin Heqing glanced over the figure enshrined in the auxiliary hall one by one, and finally fell on a very tidy doll that was well taken care of, both face and clothing, and stepped forward and picked her up.

"The grievance is very serious. Is it because you have been abandoned?" Qin Heqing looked at the human figure in his hand and whispered ~lightnovelpub.net~ The shrine is the palace of the gods, the kingdom of the gods on earth, and the enchantment domain, although I don't know Does this world have the existence of gods, but as long as it is within the shrine, unless it is a monster with a certain level of strength, the field of force formed by people's beliefs for hundreds of years is sufficient to suppress the struggle of any humanoid resentful spirit Revolt.

   Not to mention that there is still a shikigami beside him now. As an ancient spirit body, it is not comparable to a new spirit.

   At least it is impossible until she really becomes a pure grieving spirit and begins to harm people's evolution.

"Although there is a fate, but unfortunately, I am not interested in raising ghosts for the time being. Therefore, just like the ghosts I have encountered in the past, you will become a resource for me to become stronger." As he said, Qin Heqing summoned out. Refining the demon pot, with a thought, opened the lid and activated the capture function.

  At the same time, the human form noticed the abnormality, and the originally half-clear and half-turbid aura on his body became more and more muddy, rapidly changing to a pure resentful spirit.

However, no matter how fast she could surpass the power of refining the demon pot, she saw the smoke floating in the pot, and the human form was forcibly dragged up, shrinking rapidly in a magical picture, and finally being Income in the demon refining pot.

   Qin Heqing then put away the demon refining pot, turned and left the temple.

   Now that the business is over, it’s time to ask about the condition of the shrine.

   After a while, Qin Heqing and the witch Liu Mina fell down in the side hall.

Miina, female, 24 years old, full name Takamori Miina, is a university student, currently studying at the nearby Tobunko Gakuen Women’s University, studying for a master’s degree in food and nutrition. She is not a virgin, so she is not an official Miko. Just because she needed a simple and easy part-time job, she was hired by Qin Heqing as a maiden.