I'm having fun in Tokyo

She sighed and said to Morikawa Yu, "Morikawa, I know you don't like Masao, but don't worry about him for now. I've already punished him."

“If he continues to make mistakes, then you can execute him at that point, and I will absolutely not say anything.”

"Yes." Morikawa Yu nodded.

Since Liangzi has already made amends and punished the other party for what they did, he shouldn't bring up the past.

It's not too late to deal with them if they make another mistake.

He stopped looking at Kondo Masao and looked at the other heads of the family, while continuing to talk about Yoshiko handing over the position of Shinto priest to him.

Because of the significance of this matter, the content of the regular meeting was changed, and it became about how to handle the "afterlife affairs" of Yoshiko Shrine.

One of the heads of the household suggested that a funeral be held for Yoshiko's memorial tablet as soon as possible.

Because the previous head of the Shinto family would pass away and disappear without leaving a body during the succession ceremony, this funeral was naturally a cenotaph, where the body was placed in the burial ground of the head of the Kondo family.

Kondo Masao didn't object; on the contrary, he seemed to support it.

Morikawa Yu was even more curious about Ryoko's reaction, wondering how she felt watching these people seriously discussing her "funeral".

As a result, he became engrossed in the Goshuin-chō (a type of official residence) and discovered that Ryōko seemed to find it quite amusing.

She shook her head: "Over the years, I've always wondered what would happen after I pass away. I never thought I'd get to see it with my own eyes."

"It would be good to bury my cenotaph in the Kondo family cemetery."

"More than sixty years ago, I married into the Kondo family and changed my surname to Kondo Ryoko. Since then, I have no connection with this surname and am only called Ryoko."

Morikawa Yu nodded, then suddenly realized that this might be one of the reasons why Ryoko wanted to give him the position of the head priest first, and at the same time hold a "funeral".

Because of her medicine, she returned to her childhood, which was equivalent to having a chance to live again. Of course, she had to cut ties with the Kondo family, the family that had caused her so much pain, and embrace a completely new life.

Fourteen years from now, the current head of the family may have to be replaced.

She must have been more comfortable back then when she regained her position as the head of the gods than she is now.

I'm essentially acting as her god for a while.

After understanding this, Morikawa Yu thought about it for a moment, but didn't feel anything more.

After all, during his fourteen years as the chief priest, he only exercised power without bearing any responsibility or obligation. Liangzi handled all the affairs herself, so he benefited more from the situation.

Moreover, as the discussion of the "funeral" ended and the topic of the succession of the deity's private property came up, he discovered that the deity actually had a large amount of assets.

Besides owning Asada Shrine, a famous shrine, the Shrine Headquarters under the Four Great Shrines governs more than 80,000 shrines throughout Japan. Nearly one-third of these shrines have to pay annual tributes to the Headquarters, which is equivalent to "paying taxes" to the Headquarters.

He also owns 5% of all the family assets within the Xia Pavilion.

Although these shares are involved in the operation of these families' group companies and are not convenient to use directly, and they are generally only used for dividends, if he really wants to use them directly, the families cannot refuse him.

In addition, the shrine holds an annual festival every year.

Unlike the monthly meetings, the annual festival is quite important, and each family must offer one billion yen as a festival donation to the shrine during the annual festival.

If one family has 1 billion yen, then the dozens of families in the Kasumigaseki family have tens of billions of yen, which is close to the size of a small listed company.

What's even more terrifying is that the private property of successive gods has been accumulating, and when added together, it has become an extremely frightening number, so much so that he almost thought he had misheard the unit.

After regaining his senses, he focused his mind on finding Yoshiko in the Goshuin-chō space.

Liangzi looked at him with a smile: "I haven't told you this before because I wanted to give you a surprise."

"Half of these private properties are yours."

surprise?

Morikawa Yu hesitated for a moment.

Although he wanted to say that a little money was no surprise, she had given him far too much.

"Ryoko, aren't you going to give some of this money to the Kondo family?" He hesitated for a moment before asking.

Ryoko shook her head: "No, this money is the shrine's private property and has nothing to do with the Kondo family. We won't give it to them, not a single penny."

Morikawa Yu looked at the family heads sitting in the main hall square: "If we are given so much money every year, are these family heads willing to accept it?"

Liangzi chuckled softly: "Why wouldn't they want to?"

“They should be afraid if we don’t take their donations.”

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Ryoko paused for a moment, then continued, "At least Tokyo is better than Kyoto, and better than Ise and Izumo."

“The entire Ise and Izumo region is the private property of the shrine.”

Morikawa Yu frowned.

He only just found out about this; Ryoko had never told him about it before.

He looked at the family heads who were still discussing.

His conversation with Ryoko just now took place in his mind and was completed almost instantly. The heads of the family were still discussing the details of Ryoko's "funeral" and waiting for him to speak.

But he noticed a priestess walking briskly towards the intersection of the plaza in front of the temple and the plaza in front of the main temple.

The priestess bypassed the group of family heads and approached him. After bowing, she whispered to him, "Your Highness, there is a man outside who claims to be an envoy of the priestess of Ise Shrine. He wishes to receive you."

The messenger of the Priestess Hime?

Why come at a time like this?

Morikawa Yu instinctively sensed something was wrong and frowned: "What did that messenger look like? Was he a demon?"

If it's an oni (demon) clan, it should be that guy Daitamaru.

The priestess shook her head: "Not a demon, Your Highness. You look like an ordinary human."

Did she say why she came?

The priestess shook her head again: "No, Your Highness."

"She only said that she wanted to convey some things to Your Highness on behalf of Princess Hime, and that it was not appropriate for others to hear them."

Morikawa Yu frowned again.

He nodded: "Let her in."

Although it's unclear what this so-called messenger is up to, Ryoko is right here with me, so even if the shrine maiden herself comes, there's no need to worry.

If all else fails, I can call in my wife and the big fox; I don't believe I can't keep them here.

Chapter 380 The Priestess asked me to pass on a message to you

The priestess bowed, turned around and returned the way she came, heading towards the plaza in front of the temple.

A short while later, Morikawa Yu saw her leading a person from the entrance of the worship hall square towards the square in front of the main hall.

She was a girl about the same age as Ootamaru, with delicate and pretty features. She was wearing a fitted sailor top and a white midi skirt. She didn't look like a divine messenger at all, but rather like a cute and youthful high school girl.

But she just looks like a human girl.

In short, they are definitely not real humans.

Because besides her smooth black hair, she had a pair of bright red eyes, like swaying rose wine, captivating and enchanting.

Most importantly, Morikawa Yu saw the system's rating status above her head.

Level 17.

A very high level.

The threshold for becoming a high-ranking great yokai is level 7, while mid-level high-ranking great yokai are only level 11, and even top-ranking great yokai like Asaka are only level 15.

Level 16 and above surpasses the level of a high-ranking demon and is close to that of a god.

When Qingluo became a demon of evil desires, she reached level 17. Thousands of years ago, Daitamaru, who was also a demon of Ise, was also level 17. However, due to her divinity, she gradually weakened to level 13 or 14.

The other party has no divinity, but possesses power similar to that of a god.

Morikawa Yu couldn't help but frown.

Soon, the two arrived in front of Morikawa Yu.

The red-eyed sailor-uniformed girl bowed slightly to Morikawa Yu: "Your Highness Morikawa, my name is Miyu, and I come from Ise Grand Shrine. I have some words to convey to Your Highness on the orders of my lord."

Princess Shrine Maiden of Ise Grand Shrine.

Morikawa Yu frowned and looked at Wei Meng: "She has something she wants you to tell me?"

"What?"

He sized up Wei Meng.

Wei Meng was also sizing him up.

She first learned about Morikawa Yu because of Ootamaru.

Ōtamaru was her good friend, and they had been friends for a thousand years. At that time, she and the first priestess came to the Ise region and established the Ise Grand Shrine. The first person they subdued was Ōtamaru, the demon god of Ise.

Then, she and Otamaru followed the priestesses of each generation, and more than a thousand years passed, their relationship growing stronger with each passing year.

As a result, some time ago, the priestess left her at Ise Grand Shrine and took Otamaru to Kyoto.

When the priestess returned, Ootamaru was nowhere to be found.

She asked the priestess and learned that her lord had abandoned Otamaru in Kyoto, sending him to stay with a human named Morikawa Yu, who said that the human could help Otamaru get rid of his divine troubles.

She felt uncomfortable about her best friend being with a human, but since her lord had said so, the other person must really be able to help Ootamaru.

However, she soon discovered that Otamaru had secretly slipped back.

The priestess told her to send Otamaru back.

Having no other option, she sent Otamaru back to Kyoto, while secretly protecting it.

After all, this guy's strength has declined significantly over the past thousand years, and she really doesn't feel comfortable letting him wander around outside alone.

But not long after, the current priestess changed her orders again, sending Otamaru back temporarily to prepare for a human kendo tournament, saying that she saw the possibility of Otamaru shedding his divinity in the tournament.

She obeyed the order, took the large jade ball back, and made careful preparations.

In the end, she secretly followed Otamaru, watching him win the match and fight Morikawa Yu in the semi-finals, successfully erasing his divinity and thus getting rid of the shadows of the past.

This made her feel more favorably toward Morikawa Yuya.

Although Morikawa Yu might not know, she didn't mind.

She said softly, "These are some things that my Highness wants to say to His Highness alone."

"Can't we just say it directly?" Morikawa Yu frowned.

He felt a sense of resistance when he thought about how he had almost been taken away by a shrine maiden in Kyoto.

Wei Meng shook her head: "No, Your Highness."

“These are the words that His Highness wants to tell you, and they are not suitable to be spoken to others.”

She glanced back at the heads of the family who were seated in the square in front of the main hall.

"If Your Highness really does not wish to move, then please forgive my overstepping and allow me to arrange a place where Your Highness can speak alone."

Before she finished speaking, her long black hair floated up behind her, the ends turning into deep red starlight that gradually began to extend.

Behind her, a large tree with a red canopy also appeared, and at the same time, a deep shadow, as dark as night, gradually enveloped the surrounding area, about to engulf the entire square in front of the main hall in the blink of an eye.

This bizarre change is very similar to the God Lord's Domain and the Free Realm of the Demon of the Age of Gods, yet it is also somewhat different, seemingly capable of influencing the present world.

The family heads sitting in the audience all changed their expressions and looked at Morikawa Yu.

Inside the golden space of the Goshuincho, Ryoko smiled and looked at Morikawa Yu: "So, she's here to cause trouble, Morikawa."

Morikawa Yu frowned slightly.

His mind sank into the Goshuin-cho (a type of domain), and his consciousness quickly communicated with Ryoko: "Is this a domain?"

“No.” Ryoko denied it outright: “Her power is not much different from that of an ordinary god, but it is not enough to support a domain or realm. This should be an illusion that is integrated with the real world.”

"The effect of this illusion may be similar to that of a domain, but there is a fundamental difference between them."

"You only need to release your domain to suppress her."

Morikawa Yu nodded, then suddenly realized that he could only release his domain through the golden amulet as a medium, which was far inferior to Wei Meng's ability to release a real-world illusion without making a sound.

He couldn't help but communicate with Ryoko again through his consciousness: "Ryoko, release the domain."