As it was getting late, Xu Shenxing and the others did not leave the village in a hurry. Instead, they stayed in Otohime's house for the time being. Besides, Otohime also needed time to say goodbye to Urashima Taro.
At night, Wu Yejin felt someone shaking her awake.
She opened her eyes and found the parrot dancing samba on her quilt.
After smashing the parrot down with a pillow, she was about to go back to sleep.
However, the parrot persevered and ran to her bedside. "Wake up. I have something to show you."
"Hmm..."
Wu Yejin felt that she had not been able to sleep well since she came to the Age of Mythology.
The last time she loaded the file, the whole village was destroyed by Orochi. Even if she killed Orochi with the help of Xu Shenxing, the banquet in the village lasted until quite late. The next day, because Xu Shenxing was burning with anxiety, she did not have enough rest at all.
Now that she could finally sleep well, she was disturbed by the parrot.
Although she was somewhat dissatisfied, Wu Yejin still yawned and forced herself to get out of bed.
"What the hell is going on?" The girl rubbed her eyes and followed the parrot out of the house. She asked in a daze.
"Girl, don't you think you are too weak as a magical girl?"
The parrot said righteously. "How can you fight against the tentacles like this?"
"Has the opponent been limited to that kind of thing? Apologize to all the magical girl anime in the world! "
The girl ridiculed the parrot in a daze, and then yawned again. "And the magical girl you made did not have any powerful moves in the first place."
"That's why I asked you to come out now... You will know the reason in a while. Now just shut up and come with me."
The parrot flapped its wings and flew in front.
Wu Yejin had a lot of questions, but since the parrot said so, she could only follow it in confusion.
The two kept walking, left the village, passed through the coconut forest outside the village, and finally came to a beach.
Facing the sea, the sound of the tide could be heard. The sea at night was different from the beauty of the day. The darkness gave a different kind of profound and mysterious feeling.
There was a person on the sea.
Wu Yejin narrowed her eyes and could barely see the figure of the other person. It was Otohime.
However, unlike the civilian dress during the day, Otohime had changed back into the dress of a dragon god. Although her clothes were still kimono, they were gold and silver thread, full of beautiful patterns, and long sleeves. She wore a crown made of coral and tortoiseshell, and in her hands, a flute and a bell inlaid with various gems.
At this time, Otohime looked solemn, dancing on the sea.
The sea breeze did not lessen because of the arrival of night. Instead, it seemed to grow stronger, and the waves became even more turbulent.
However, the young girl was walking as if she was walking on flat ground, and the waves did not affect her in the slightest.
Her dance was so beautiful that after looking at her, all other sounds in the world seemed to disappear, leaving only this beautiful person spinning and jumping on the surface of the sea, performing one stunning dance after another.
She did not know when, but the wind and waves calmed down.
The thick clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and strands of silver moonlight hung down from the sky like the highest grade of silk, making the originally dark sea sparkling like a stage.
Jinx suddenly discovered that there were specks of light that looked like fireflies floating out from the surface of the sea. These specks of light were of different colors, and they slowly revolved around the girl. As the number of specks of light increased, they decorated the surface of the sea with a dazzling beauty like the Milky Way. At the same time, the entire scene was filled with a dreamy aura. It even made Jinx wonder if she was dreaming.
"Those dots of light," the parrot's voice brought Wu Yejin back to reality, but the beautiful scene still took away her gaze, and she could not bear to look away. "Every one of them is the soul of a creature that died in the sea during this time."
"Huh?"
After her brain understood the meaning of the parrot's words, the girl turned her head in shock and looked at the parrot.
"Although it is not something to be proud of, Japan's reincarnation system is mostly based on the existence of the underworld in Huaxia." The parrot laughed self-deprecatingly. "Do you know why there are so many gods in Japan? The reason is simple. If there were not so many gods to send the souls of the dead into reincarnation, the human world of Japan would soon be filled with the souls of creatures. Finally, it would be eroded by the Kingdom of the Yellow Springs and become a country of only the dead. In fact, even if there are so many gods, the souls that have just died here occasionally do not enter reincarnation in time. In the end, they rely on some messy things to become the so-called '99 gods'. "
"In other words, Lord Otohime is now sending those souls into reincarnation …"
Wu Yejin understood the meaning of the girl's actions.
"Then, the question is … Why is it that after modern times, the number of gods in the world has sharply decreased, but Japan has not become a country of the dead?"
The parrot first nodded to confirm Wu Yejin's words, then raised its wings and asked.
"Why?" Wu Yejin did not want to guess at all. She just looked at the parrot and asked.
"Because there are others who perform the duties of the gods on behalf of the gods." The parrot didn't intend to keep them in suspense, so it answered straightforwardly, "Although there are no gods in the modern world, their shrines still exist, and their agents, the priests and witches in the shrines, will perform a blessing ceremony or divine music dance. Even if they do not understand the meaning, it does not matter if it is purely for commercial purposes. As long as these two symbolic acts are completed, those souls will be sent to reincarnation. "
"Then why did you ask me to get up? To watch Otohime dance? "
Wu Yejin did not understand the parrot's explanation and could only ask in the end.
"Of course not …" The parrot suddenly flew up and shouted at Otohime. "Your Highness Otohime, although I am a little sorry, I have something to ask of you!"
Probably the ceremony was coming to an end, Otohime finally jumped two steps, and the surrounding lights all disappeared.
She looked at the parrot curiously. "What is it, Lord Eloquence?"
"If it is possible, can you teach the divine music dance you just performed to this girl?" The parrot pointed with its beak to Wuye.
"Eh? Eh eh eh — — —?! "
Wu Yejin felt as if she had been tricked again.
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