Endless Stories: Beginning with Type Moon

Chapter 304 Yukata Clogs River Fireworks Occasional cicadas - fireworks festival.

The Obon Festival originated from the Chinese Ghost Festival.

After it was introduced to the island country during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it gradually became one of the most important festivals in the island country, which is basically equivalent to the feeling of Qingming in China.

In the early morning of August [-]th, when Shen Er came back from going out to exercise, he saw Sakura who was preparing a Buddhist altar. He was very confused and couldn't figure out why Sakura made such a thing for Zouken.

Old girl, what did Zouken do to you, have you forgotten?

You even celebrated the Obon festival for him?
Do you have a fever?

"Brother, it's time to invite the soul."

"No...does our family still need this kind of festival?"

Shinji's expression was a bit subtle, since as far as I can remember, my family has never celebrated the Obon Festival, even if the Tohsaka family may celebrate it, they will not celebrate this kind of festival.

Although the Tohsaka family's heart is towards the Western Magic Association, and even all the burial customs of relatives are based on the Western set, they still have the roots of the island country anyway.

So it may be lively and lively during the Obon Festival.

But Matou is different. Since Shen Er can remember, his family has never celebrated any local festivals in the island country. Only when he was a child, before Tsuruno passed away, that cheap old man took him to the celebration of the Obon Festival. played.

Of course, it's just for fun, festival customs and the like will never have anything to do with Matou, not just because Matou completely maintains the foreign customs that Zouyan insists on.

It is also because of Zouyan's own particularity.

The dead people in the family don't even need to be buried, they are all fed to the bugs, so there is no need to mention the funeral.

Anyway, I went to the Matou family's cemetery. In addition to the tombstones of Shenji's cheap father and Zouyan, counting up, there are scattered tombstones before the fifth generation of Matou.

That is to say, for a long, long time, the dead of Matou's family were all fed to worms by Zouken, as were the maids, relatives and even Shen Er's mother in this life.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura put her hands on her hips, and reminded angrily: "Didn't brother say that? Matou is already an ordinary person! Then as an ordinary person, Matou must also integrate into the customs of ordinary people." Only in the middle!"

"That's not what I mean by ordinary people..."

"Anyway! I've already prepared everything for my brother for sweeping the grave!"

Looking at the young, old...cough cough, the adult's tone is undeniable, just like a little housekeeper Sakura, Shen Er finally gave up the resistance helplessly.

After receiving the sacrificial offerings prepared by Sakura, Shinji, who didn't even eat breakfast, honestly left home to visit the grave in the cemetery.

……

In the cemetery, looking at the Matou family cemetery, which was so neat and tidy that someone often came to tidy up and clean it, Shen Er realized it.

Ganqing, this younger sister took the initiative to take on this responsibility.

I can only come once a year during the Qingming Festival, to sweep the grave of my cheap father who clearly wants to be a wild crane.After all, apart from denying that he wanted to learn magic, Tsuruno treated himself very well in other things.

From an ordinary person's point of view, Tsuruno's role as a father is quite qualified. He is serious when he should be serious, and he is not lacking in the care and tenderness he should have.

After cleaning the tombstone for Tsuruno, offering flowers, lighting a few sticks of incense, and pouring him a glass of whiskey that Tsuruno never got tired of before, Shen Er was just about to leave when he suddenly discovered something.

A new tombstone!

Looking at Kariya Matou's name on the tombstone, Shinji instantly understood that Sakura probably added it later.

After some similar operations, Shen Er looked at the remaining items, and then at Zouyan's tombstone. After thinking about it, he thought it would be troublesome to take it back.

Simply put the rest of the tribute to Zouyan.

"This epitaph... was written by you, Shinji?"

Hearing Saber-chan's words, Shinji nodded silently, then turned around with the bucket in hand.

"Let's go back."

"Hi."

……

The Obon festival usually lasts for four days.

Every year from the [-]th to the [-]th of August in the Gregorian calendar, the soul fire is lit on the [-]th to invite the souls of the ancestors to return home, and the soul fire is lit on the [-]th to send the souls of the ancestors back to heaven.

In the past few days, Saber-chan has been watching Sakura and Shinji's operations with great interest, and she can obviously feel her curiosity about this traditional festival.

Of course, there was one thing that made Saber a little dissatisfied.

That is, in the past few days, all vegetarians!
The four-day vegetarian diet, the so-called shojin cuisine, made Saber quite miserable.Because it is a custom, there is no way to express complaints.

During the four days, Saber-chan could only hope for the night festival, hoping that he could eat and drink at the festival site to get his mouth full.

……

Light the soul-sending fire and bid farewell to the ancestors.

Beside the Weiyuan River, looking at the countless burning lanterns in the river and the citizens with lanterns on the river bank, Shen Er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The troublesome Obon festival is finally over.

"What a magnificent sight, Shinji."

Looking at the countless lanterns that lit up the river surface like stars, and followed the river slowly away, Saber-chan, who was wearing a white flower-patterned yukata with a foundation that Sakura personally chose, sighed from the bottom of her heart.

On the side, Sakura, who also had her hair in a bun, held a lady fan, and was wearing a fish-patterned bathrobe with a white background, flicked her hair on the side of her ear, and answered softly.

"Yes…"

As far as Shen Er could remember, this was the first time Sakura didn't wear that ribbon, maybe letting go of that ribbon had some special meaning for Sakura, but Shin Er found it troublesome to think about it and didn't think about it any further.

"here we go……"

Standing behind Sakura, Rider, who was wearing a purple yukata that seemed to be carefully selected, suddenly reminded him in a low voice.

Hearing the sound, several people looked up at the same time tacitly.

Except for Rider, a small light spot that few people notice is trying to rise into the sky.

With a bang, the fireworks lit up the entire night sky.And most people didn't look up until then.

The last fireworks display of Obon begins.

It was the first time that Shinji felt that the fireworks blooming in the night sky were not too bad.

"Let's watch it together next year, brother."

"Ah."

"Oh! You are here too!"

After hearing the voice from behind Rin, Sakura, who was holding Shinji's arm and was secretly moved, froze, but then returned to normal.

"It's a beautiful yukata, sister."

"Sakura and you too."

Rin in a white and pink petal yukata on a red background replied, and then realized that Sakura didn't bring the hair tie she had given her when she was a child, although she was puzzled, she didn't ask further.

"Where's Archer-san?"

"Set up a stall to work... cough cough, no, he has something to do."

"Archer's booth? Where is it?"

Saber-chan froze and asked curiously.

"Go, find him, eat him up."

After receiving Shen Er's instructions, Saber-chan turned around without thinking and walked towards the long queue behind the stall.

cold:……

……

In front of Red A's Okonomiyaki booth, Saber-chan met Saber who was wearing a yukata chosen by Taiga.

Just looking at each other, the two of them are fully open.

Within a radius of five meters, no one can approach!
Seeing that because of the relationship between the two of them, she was in a situation where no guests came to her door, Hong A, who was wearing a headscarf and turned into a wage earner tonight, frowned and spoke.

"Please go to other places, both of you, so as not to affect my business. The customers are afraid to go forward because of the aura of the two of you!"

"You misunderstood, Archer. I am the guest."

Saber sauce opened his mouth, and then grabbed the edge of the table with his little hands, tiptoed to glance at the menu, from bottom to top, and finally locked on the most luxurious Okonomiyaki with two extra slices of bacon and a slice of high-grade snowflake beef on the top.

"Ten of the most luxurious Okonomiyaki first!"

"What... what?!"

Saber was shocked, staring blankly at Saber sauce with a small body and big appetite, and said in disbelief: "I actually ordered ten of the most luxurious Okonomiyaki directly! It is completely beyond the nutrients needed for a whole day! You bastard ...Haven't you calculated the nutrition you need?!"

"My master said that as a servant, don't just think about how much you need to decide the food intake, but you need to look to the future. Because you don't know when the battle will take place, so it is very necessary to store excess nutrition! "

"Is it the so-called planning for a rainy day?" Saber nodded with her chin propped up, and analyzed: "It does make sense in this sense."

"You, who don't even know this, are really unqualified as a follower, so hurry back and leave the rest to me."

"Big, boastful! I know this kind of thing too! Archer, give me..."

Saying that, Saber suddenly remembered the reality that she had just ignored - the pocket money she got from Da He seemed not enough!

Seeing Saber showing a troubled expression, Saber-chan slightly raised the corners of her mouth, and was about to sneer when she heard Saber continue at this moment.

"No! As a Servant, you should consider the actual situation of the Master, and you can't let this kind of thing become a burden on the Master! For example... daily cooking expenses or something! You are the one who is unqualified!"

After receiving the first Okonomiyaki handed by Red A, Saber sauce just took a bite with a puzzled face: "Does it mean that if you eat such a small amount of food, it will cause an unbearable burden to your Master?"

Seeing Saber-chan with a somewhat surprised expression, for some reason, Saber suddenly felt a strong sense of frustration.

Yes, in terms of economy, it is really incomparable!
No, I can't just admit defeat so simply!

"Indeed, Shirou is indeed inferior to Shinji Matou in terms of economy and other aspects, but in terms of heart, he is definitely several times better than your Master!"

"Where's the magic power?"

"Magic power?" Saber frowned, "What do you mean?"

"You, like me, were summoned by an incomplete summoning ceremony, so has your magic power problem been solved? That is the master's responsibility! Sorry, my magic power has always been sufficient because of Shinji's relationship! Compared to your Master who can't even replenish your magic power, Shinji is a qualified Master!"

"you…"

Saber, who was poked at the sore spot, couldn't speak, so she didn't notice the shy blush that flashed across Saber-chan's face.

Because of Saber-chan's words, Red A, who realized something, scolded Shen Er's hooligan nature in his heart.

He didn't even spare such a small follower!
What a beast!
Then again, has Emiya Shirou not made any progress for so long?It's too useless, right?

……

Not far away, Shinji, who was standing by a certain tree, looked at the inexplicable dispute between Saber-chan and Saber for some reason with a speechless expression.

"Master, is this really okay? Will it really not be seen by others?"

Rider leaned on the tree with one hand, pointed at the invisibility cloth that surrounded himself and Shinji on the ground with a blushing face.

"Of course, no one will find us, but..."

Having said that, Shinji raised the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned into Rider's ear and continued softly, "You can't hide your voice and smell~"

In an instant, Rider's eyes widened.

This Master... is indeed a pervert!
"Are you calling me a pervert in your heart?"

Shen Er asked, and before Rider could explain, he leaned into Rider's ear again, and continued in a very low voice: "Then you who pulled me here in a yukata but no underwear should be a pervert, right? And...you The sound of breathing is messed up, is it because of excitement? Rider..."

"No...not!"

"Really? If not, then forget it. Maybe I blamed you, so you can't accept this kind of thing. Then I'll go first. After disappearing for such a long time, Sakura may also be suspicious..."

Seeing that Shen Er turned around and was about to leave, Rider, who felt as if he had been played by him, became furious, and dragged Shen Er back again!

Let the thief go!

Such insults and teasing, I... don't accept it!
　Rest day, two chapters in the morning,
　　
　
(End of this chapter)