A man with no background at all makes his way to the closed off nation of Inazuma. He's escaped his past and wishes to take a peaceful vacation, of course things don't go as planned. Elias, ends up having to deal with many problems that occur agains...
Looking up at the seemingly endless staircase littered with Torii gates ahead of me I let out an exhausted sigh.
"This is going to be a lot of effort... I wish I just had wings.." I muttered to myself as I recalled how I even ended up at the foot of Mt. Yougou.
After admiring the statue of Kather- I mean the omnipresent Goddess I made my way to a comfortable Inn, it was around 12am at the time. Luckily, they had a room available, a comfortable one at that. It came with its own bathroom and shower, kitchen and double bed.
Oops my bad I got side tracked. Anyway when I was in the room I saw a beautiful painting depicting a majestic shrine blanketed by a mystical cherry blossom that excused a magical aura, beanthe said painting a few words were written.
(Ignore Miko, Ei and Makoto)
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Mt. Yougou, Grand Narukami Shrine.
And in that moment I decided where my next destination would be. Looking back up the staircase I thought of the painting to motivate me, I took a deep breath and then my first large step of many to come.
My motivation was clear in my mind, I had retired from my previous official position, and while the others may not know that they did not need to. My goal now was clear, I wanted to find a serene environment where I could enjoy the finals years of my life, and as I said before maybe write a novel.
I continued to treck my way up the staircase of Mt. Yougou and with every step I took I felt more resistance, my legs became gradually more exhausted and the air became thinner and thinner the further I went up the mountain.
Eventually, my exhaustion caught up with me cussing me to stop and take a rest on one of the stairs, I dropped my backpack onto the steps next to me and rummaged around for the water I had taken with me.
It wasn't much but water is water. Opening the lid I took a small sip, the sensation of the crisp, cold water felt like a blessing on my tongue. The sensation acted as a double-edged sword causing me to realize how thirsty I actually was. Yep... I accidently drank the whole thing.
Oh well... I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere you're not meant to try make water last anyway, pretty sure they said you should just drink it straight away... It's not like I'd die of dehydration anyway the hike could only last a couple more hours maximum, the worst consequence I could forsee was a bad headache at most.
I hoisted my backpack off the ground and slung it back onto my shoulder, before continuing my hike I looked off the mountain towards Inazuma city. The view really does get more beautifully the higher you go. I wonder how it looks from the top of the mountain?
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Finally, I had done it. I had made it to the top of Mount Yougou! The first thing I spotted was a little area to pray right by the entrance of the shrine, next to that was a shrine maiden whose attention was focused on me, she had a gentle smile plastered onto her face.
