Shiro's POV. Grand Narukami Shrine.
Yae: Ah, Shiro. What brings you here today?
I approached the fox envoy who is standing in front of the Sacred Sakura.
Shiro: Why? Am I not allowed to visit the shrine because I wanted to meditate and to rest from the busy city and noisy world?
Lady Miko laughed at my response.
Yae: Hehe.
Yae: Well, if that's your intention then, I guess it can help us with this issue.
Shiro: Hm? What do you mean?
She began explaining something that is very unusual to happen, especially to a place like the Grand Narukami Shrine.
Yae: The shrine maidens have sighted a "ghost" standing under the Sacred Sakura.
Shiro: Okay.........?
Yae: The other shrine maidens thought that it could probably be a visitor.
Yae: Some of them said that no such visitor exists during that time.
Shiro: Wait, first let me ask. What does this "visitor" looks like? When was this mysterious visitor spotted in front of the Sacred Sakura?
Yae: The visitor is said to be wearing a long white veil and a white kimono. They couldn't make out the face because the veil prevents them from uncovering the identity of the said visitor.
Yae: As for the time it was spotted, they say it was around midnight.
Shiro: Midnight, huh? Most common in haunting stories.
Yae: And to think I've seen that cliché in books that were published in my publishing house.
Shiro: So, this mysterious visitor visited the Grand Narukami Shrine at midnight. A visitor wearing a white kimono and a long white veil.
Shiro: Did this incident happened yesterday?
Yae: Yes.
Shiro: Huh? Strange..........
Shiro: A visitor that visits the shrine when midnight falls. The shrine maidens have claimed to have saw the visitor, while others said that the visitor doesn't even exists.
Shiro: So, you want me to catch this "ghost" or something?
Yae: As perspective as always.
Shiro: *sigh*
Yae: I guess you can use the same scenario when you first met Ei.
Shiro: Oh........yeah, right. But that wouldn't work. If the visitor really is a ghost, that ghost might even possess me or something.
Yae: Do you still have the omamori that I gave you before you and the Traveler confronted Ei in the Plane of Euthymia?
I put my hands on my pocket and pulls out the omamori.
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The Meaning of Eternity
Fanfiction"In the secluded land of the Immortal Shogun, the Bakufu rules Eternal. But what do mortals see of the eternity chased after by their god?" What do we see the eternity the Raiden Shogun is chasing for? What is the reason why she began chasing it? ...
