(POV-Shin)
I teleported me, Shira and Hikari to the location.
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"Onii-chan?"(Shira)
"Yes?"(Shin)
The place looked like a ghost town.
"Did you bring us at the correct place?"(Shira)
"Yeah, I did…"(Shin)
"This is the place of Munechika and Kuramiku families…"(Hikari)
Apparently, as miko, she is required to visit important families that maintain the religious tradition around Japan. Mom is Munechika and dad is Kuramiku. I casted [All map Exploration] spell to survey the area and collect data of the territory. The village contains 604 people. Most of them are members of two families. The economic income is agriculture, poultry and dairy livestock.
"… Why our parents have different surnames though?"(Shin)
"We will know that today."(Shira)
We step our foot toward the entrance if the town.
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The residents we asked pointed us to the most isolated area in the town. There are two large old traditional japanese style Meiji era manor. There are telephone, electrical, water and fiber optic lines showing despite being in the extreme rural place, they are also following the modern age properly.
"Eh?! Heian Era?"(Shin)[A/N: Heian Era=794 to 1185]
"W,What?! Is that true?!"(Shira)
"Yes. Though both mansions are renovated and remodeled through the years, Its foundation reach up to the Heian Era. You must be the children of my daughter, Yuika. I'm Ikane, her mother."(Ikane)
We bowed deeply to her.
"It is an honor to meet you, Mistress Akane. I'm Sengaku Shin, her eldest child. This is my sister, Hiroyorozu Shira, and my fiance, Kamijou Hikari"(Shin)
She nodded in approval.
"You rwo are well mannered. Unlike your parents. It seems they become good example of what not to do."(Ikane)
The two of us could only smile exasperatedly unable to refute the truth.
"Head princess miko of Ouhirume, is it fate or virtue?"(Ikane)[A/N: Other name of Amaterasu]
"Both, I suppose. I never expected myself to fall in love in such a young age. tooting my own horn here but I should be very level headed."(Hikari)
I could only made an affectionate smile. We meet her husband, Sorano, and father's parents, Seiji and Sanya. We also met our aunts, uncles and cousins. And some nephew and nieces. We told them what happened to us and our parents and made a grim faces. We cannot reveal the other important facts so we only accepted their encouragement.
"It's truly peaceful in here."(Shin)
"You're always welcome to move here."(Sorano)
"Indeed. You can marry your cousins here or the others."(Seiji)
"Unfortunately, even I want to stay, I have lots of things I need to do there. To protect this place our parent thinks as home, we need to protect the world out there. The world is actually more fragile than you could imagine."(Shin)
I just smile vaguely and look at the horizon filled with golden fields of rice. Hikari and Shira and other village girls dance a traditional thanksgiving harvest dedicated to Amaterasu and Inari. The next day, we decided to leave at the dawn. We told them we will visit next time with more companions on tow