❝ Why did you do that? ❞
❝ Because I love you. ❞
Mizuki Kirara could never say that she had a normal life. Losing her parents by an accident at the age of four, then growing up in a orphanage and then moved in with her best friend, who later becam...
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MIZUKI KIRARA
❝ UMM... KIRA, Usagi? That's your name, right? I apologize. ❞ The maiden's calm voice broke me out of my trance. "I was mistaken and thought you were an evil spirit, I was sure I had sensed one but I was wrong..." She continued speaking and made me frown in confusion. "An evil spirit?" I asked. "You see, my crows Phobos and Deimos don't usually attack humans." Does they have supernatural powers or something?
"Of course Usagi and Kira can forgive anyone as beautiful as her!" Usagi spoke, still looking in love at the shrine maiden, which made me shake my head in amusement. "I pray that my daughter Mii comes home to me soon." We suddenly heard a voice coming from the entrance of the shrine. Two woman walked past us, but before they could enter the shrine, the maiden stopped them. "Ma'am, did something happen to Mii?"
The woman stopped walking and the woman, who spoke, turned her gaze to the black-haired one. "Oh Rei. You probably have already heard it on the news, but Mii went missing. Haven't you heard the kids gossiping about the "Devil's 6 O'Clock Bus"? Mii got on that bus from right in front of this shrine, and this neighborhood is a little bit dangerous since it's a bit secluded, so... Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that your family's shrine isn't safe, that's not the case at all. I'm just worried." She smiled and the continued walking with the other woman, but while she did so, we heard what she was saying to the other woman.
"Have you noticed? That shrine maiden's facial expression never changes, she has like no emotions!"
The other replied, "Grandpa Hino and the shrine maiden Rei are so strange. They chant odd prayers, keep crows as pets, and it seems the girl has a strong sixth sense." Sixth sense?
As the two woman left, the maiden, whose name was Rei, explained, "Sendai Hill is where five slopes all come together. The geography of this place is very unusual and according to legend, there is actually a phantom sixth slope that also intersects here. And that is where the "Devil's 6 O'Clock Bus" drives off into, its passengers being lost in the vortex of the phantom sixth slope. At least, that's what the rumor is. Did you know that?" Rei began to walk away without waiting for an answer. She looked back at us and added, "Do you know what they call that? Being "Spirited Away"."
"Spirited away?" Usagi asked as we both left the shrine. "It reminds me of "Kamikakushi". My favorite movie as a child. It was about Chihiro and her parents, who moved near Tokyo. On the way there, they ended up in a strange world. It was deserted. Chihiro's parents suddenly turn into pigs after eating food from a abandoned restaurant. And then Chihiro had to work in a bathhouse."
Usagi frowned as we both were standing at the bus stop, waiting for our bus to come. "Doesn't explain anything." I sighed. "Spirited away means carry off mysteriously; as if by magic."
