My destiny is to go to work in a world that is collapsing

Of course, praying is useless. Yae Sakura is just seeking some psychological comfort to relieve her uneasiness and confusion.

If her prayers could come true just because she was a miko, those things would not have happened back then. And this time, the little curses she whispered in her heart were naturally useless.

Of course Yae Sakura also knew this. She sighed helplessly, completely unable to understand why Hijamaru did this.

In Yae Sakura's eyes, Kallen is an illusory character created by Higomaru. She should be acting in accordance with the orders left by Higomaru in advance. There is no doubt that she would have such a degree of intimacy with Hua Yi. Due to the instructions of Heigomaru.

What does Hijamaru want to do, let himself hurt innocent people out of jealousy?

How could it be possible? Even if the real Kallen fell in love with someone else, he would not do that kind of thing. Five hundred years have passed, does Heigomaru still have such a vicious judgment on human nature?

Although, the negative emotions that were suppressed in my heart were indeed induced by Hei Jia Maru...

When Yae Sakura's thoughts were flowing, she had already walked into the village with Kallen and Hua Yi.

The villagers in Yae Village are active - setting up stalls, shopping, walking, and playing. Although it seems normal at first glance, if you consider that Yae Sakura entered the village with two strangers who were definitely new arrivals, they did not attract any attention. The villagers' attention seemed a little strange.

Yae Sakura, Kallen and Hua Yi all noticed this strangeness, but did not explore it.

The shrine where Yae Sakura lives is located on the mountain behind the village. After passing through the village with a strange atmosphere and walking up a stone road, you can see a shrine that has the accessories and decorations of a shrine such as torii gates and stone lanterns, but does not have the More importantly, it is a shrine with buildings such as the Kagura Hall and the Social Affairs Office.

It was supposed to house the gods, offerings, and coins. As the residence of the gods, the most sacred part of the shrine, the central main shrine, which humans cannot enter, became an ordinary residence. The buildings on both sides served as kitchens, warehouses, living rooms, etc. The function of the shrine is completely different from what a shrine should be.

Karen looked at everything in front of her with a curious expression.

"Is this a shrine?"

There are no shrines in the city governed by Tianming. There are churches instead. For Kallen, whose memory outside of stage plays is somewhat vague, everything here is novel.

But for Yae Sakura, the place in front of her is... It once occupied her entire childhood, but compared to the five hundred years of being sealed, it seemed very short.

There was a hint of memory in Yae Sakura's eyes, and she said

"The shrine is not a real shrine, and the gods you believe in are not the real gods. Instead, they are the complete opposite. It’s ridiculous."

"Eh?"

Yae Sakura's words seemed to contain many emotions and stories, which made Kallen look confused, who couldn't react for a moment. Hua Yi saw Yae Sakura looking at him and responded.

"It is not ridiculous for weak people who are unable to resist to place their hope in gods when faced with natural and man-made disasters. It is just an instinctive reaction to survive. It is not ridiculous to seek new hope in despair, or even fabricate hope out of thin air."

"What if the lives of innocent people are exchanged for hope?"

Hua Yi's words seemed to remind Yae Sakura of some things. Not only did they fail to soothe her mood, but instead made her tone gradually become more intense.

Kallen pursed her lips, as if she wanted to help Hua Yi soothe her. Yae Sakura, but Hua Yi naturally would not throw the mess to others after provoking Yae Sakura's negative emotions. He gestured to Kallen to stay quiet and responded.

"Then the original weak person becomes the villain, and the innocent person becomes the new weak person. This is no longer a search for hope in despair, but a story of the abuser and the victim."

"Do you want to listen? The story of the alleged abuser and the victim"

"I don’t like tragedies, and I don’t take other people’s tragedies as entertainment, but if speaking out makes you feel better, then I’m willing to be a listener"

"Yes, me too. Kallen on the side nodded in agreement with Hua Yi's words. She found that many of her and Hua Yi's thoughts and opinions were very similar. This tacit understanding made Kallen feel very comfortable.

However, naturally she cannot enjoy that comfort now; Becoming a listener with awe.

Glancing at Hua Yi and Kallen who showed similar expressions, Yae Sakura smiled feebly, looked at the shrine in front of her, and recalled that past.

That was five hundred years ago. This is a story a little earlier than when Yae Sakura met Kallen.

In Shinano, due to the lack of rivers, local villages are often troubled by drought, and in Yae Village of Shinano Country, there is a legend - as long as the village The child was offered as a sacrifice to the fox god, and the fox god would appear and bring rain to the village.

That year, the shrine maiden named Sakura also had a younger sister named Rin. She was frail and sick, and Sakura, as the elder sister, naturally took on the responsibility Responsibility.

As the priest who manages the shrine, her father always seems to be very busy. Sakura lacked her father's presence in her childhood. She mostly took care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation on her own, took care of her sister, and did her best, with the feelings of a girl, Full of expectations for the future.

Let the best doctor treat my sister, take her to eat the best food, and then go to the mountains to enjoy the most beautiful cherry blossoms in the best season.

But everything happened in the village for three months Things changed after the drought.

A ceremony was held just a month ago, and a child was sacrificed to the Fox God, but the situation remained unchanged. There was no harvest from the land. So some villagers found the god and thought it was the blood of the child sacrificed before. It is not pure enough to satisfy the Fox God. Now that the situation is so bad, the only way to impress the Fox God is to hold another festival and use children with the blood of the witch as sacrifices. The so-called witch blood refers to the children of the god.

The god. It was decided to make Rin a sacrifice. After all, she had been ill for a long time. If she could make some contribution to the village, it would be a worthy death.

These are the original words of the god.

This sentence directly combines Sakura's childhood, her promise to her sister Rin, and her fantasy for the future. , words that tear apart all the beauty in the most brutal way.