My youth romance is always confusing

“That!…That is!”

What Hachiman can see, Shiodome can naturally see as well, and even see it more clearly than him.

An island can be clearly seen not far in front of the left side of the ship.

Looking across the sea, there seems to be no signs of human life there, like an uninhabited island.

Chao Liu excitedly steered the boat towards that direction.

But soon, she realized that she was not alone on the boat.

She turned her head and looked at Hachiman and Yukino.

"Wouldn't it be nice to go ashore and take a look? It shouldn't be a problem if it's just for a while."

What’s more important is that my seasickness symptoms are getting worse and worse, and my head is buzzing.

If the boat hadn't been rocking I probably wouldn't have noticed I was seasick.

After obtaining the consent of the passengers, Chao Liu happily moored the boat to the shore, then he put on a raincoat and went off the boat alone to check the situation on the shore.

"Is it really okay? You're going to the island in this situation?"

Yukino was very cautious about this. In her opinion, there was no need to take such a risk that could be avoided.

I shook my head.

"Indeed, you are right. It's just that I am getting more and more seasick. If I don't find a place to stay, I'm afraid I will pass out soon, which will be even more troublesome."

Having said that, I looked at the island again, "Also, I have some guesses about this island."

Guess? Did he know something?

Seeing that Hachiman already had an idea in his mind, Yukino didn't plan to stop him.

Besides, his current physical condition is really worrying. If he really faints, there will be no doctor on the sea to treat him. It would be better for him to stay on the boat for a while.

I walked out of the cabin with Yukinoshita and arrived at the island.

Before leaving, everyone put on a plastic raincoat, of course a thinner one, to keep away mosquitoes.

In addition, we each took an umbrella, so we were fully prepared.

As soon as my feet touched the ground, the feeling of connection with the earth and blood made me feel very safe, especially for someone like me who suffers from seasickness.

As far as the eye can see, there are messy grass and irregularly growing trees all around, of various shapes, twists and turns.

In front of us, there was a barely recognizable road, but it was now covered with mud.

The overseas student who just got off the boat was getting farther and farther ahead. If we didn't catch up, she would soon disappear from our sight.

I led the way and let Yukinoshita follow behind.

"I actually learned about this island from Zaimokuza when I came here before."

While walking along the path, I shared the information I had obtained with Yukinoshita.

"If I'm not mistaken, this island should be the rumored 'Wanjin Island'."

"Watsujima?"

Yukino was a little confused.

"Yes, there used to be a group of people living here. They admired the sea, depended on the sea for their livelihood, and considered themselves the people of the sea."

"Here, they believe in the god who controls the ocean and pray to him."

"So they established shrines, and some of them became priests."

“We sang praises to His name day and night, and even named the island after Him.”

"The name of the deity is 'Owatonatsumi-no-kami'"

Yukinoshita and I walked and talked, and now we have entered deep into the island.

As if in response to what I said, a dilapidated shrine can be vaguely seen in the distance of this road.

"Ohwatatsumi-no-kami? But I remember the god who ruled the ocean was Susanoo."

Xueno has some understanding of this aspect, but not too deep.

Although I think this is normal, for some reason, I always feel a little weird.

Snow under the sky, is this how it should be?

But the focus now is to answer her questions, not to ask her why she doesn't know.

I pretended to cough.

"It is true that Susanoo is the god who rules the ocean, but the one who ruled the ocean before him was this 'Owatatsumi-god'."

Having said that, I paused for a moment.

"According to records, Omitsu-mi-no-Miyazu is the child of Iyanagi and Iyanami, and he ruled the ocean from birth."

"However, one day He suddenly disappeared. No one knew where He went. The oceans in the human world were left without God to look after them, and they became turbulent again. That's why Susanoo later took over the oceans."

I looked at the ruined shrine that was getting closer and closer, with a serious expression.

"According to legend, the Great Minato Tsugumi God is dead, and even the people on this island believe so."

"So, on this Mianjin Island, the gods worshipped from the very beginning were dead gods."

"Dead God..."

Yukino was also shocked by this unknown secret.

"Of course, the death of the gods is just a sleep to the people on the island."

"So, from then on, this place was also called the place where the gods sleep."

This information was not obtained from a single place. The blogger made the conclusion after conducting research from many sources. He also visited unknown shrines and clergymen in various places to learn about the records of the year. Only then did he roughly deduce the truth about "Miatsujima" that had been covered up by history.

Gradually, we approached the dilapidated shrine.

Although it is called a shrine, only traces of its past can be seen from the remaining frames.

The platform originally used for worshiping gods is now rotten and surrounded by broken pillars. The door that originally protected the house from wind and rain has long disappeared, leaving only half of the roof hanging there alone.

Nothing could be more true than this: things and people have changed.

"The story just now has not been finished. The family that originally worshipped the gods on the island suddenly left the island one day for unknown reasons."

"After that, they continued to watch over the gods they had originally worshipped on the coast. Some generations even wanted to return to the ocean, but they were troubled by the fact that they could no longer find the islands they once lived on."

"The name of that clan is——"

"Shiodome."

Shiotake, who was originally there carefully observing the ruins of the shrine, turned around and said the name on behalf of Hachiman.

"What? Senior was just looking for something. How come you have time to pay attention to us?"

Before we knew it, Yukinoshita and I were only a few steps away from the shrine.

"You're just being too loud. You're so close to me, it's hard to pretend you can't hear me."

Chao Liu spread his hands, indicating that he was also helpless.

But since both of them are here, there is nothing to hide from them.

"I can tell you about that so-called accident."

"Oh? What was the accident?"

I'd really like to know why the Shiodome family withdrew from Watsu Island.

Shioto closed his eyes and thought back to the things his parents had told him when he was a child.

"It's not a complicated matter, actually. It was a war at that time, and there were planes flying over our heads from time to time, so air raids and the like happened all the time. We were just an island, with nowhere to hide, so someone suggested migrating out. Of course, making a decision back then was definitely not as easy as I'm saying now, after all, I only heard it from my parents."

Shiotomu smiled at the two of them, then looked towards the ruins of the shrine in front of them.

"After peace, many people wanted to return to the island, but they had no choice but to settle down by the sea due to lack of conditions. At that time, our ancestors drew a sea chart to appease everyone, hoping that one day their descendants would be able to set foot on the land they had abandoned again."

"So Miss Chao is doing this because..."

"That's right. Our family's economic conditions have improved over the past 20 to 30 years, and we can finally realize our ancestors' wish. So when we were engaged in the tourism industry, we also followed the original sea chart to search, but we didn't find any clues. I didn't expect to finally see it today."

Chao Liu had never expected that this was really a case of searching for something in vain, but finally finding it without any effort.

The words of the overseas student Chao finally solved the mystery that had troubled me all night. It turned out that this was the follow-up of the incident.

I pondered for a few seconds, "Could it be that the trajectory map for going out to sea is the one that my senior sister's ancestors left behind?"

"Ah, indeed."

——Is that why you can’t find it? It’s way off.

I have nothing to say about the Chao Liu family's decision, but that picture is too misleading.

"you say....."

Seeing that Sister Chao was immersed in the work of inspecting the ruins again, I swallowed the second half of the sentence.

With Yukinoshita, the two of us didn't want to continue to be in a daze, so we thought about finding something that looked useful.

"What did you want to say just now?"

Although Hachiman's voice was very low, Yukino beside him still heard it.

Without stopping what I was doing, I said to Yukinoshita in a relatively concealed voice: "Do you think there is really no problem with that sea chart?"

"The one of Chaoliu's ancestor?"

"Correct."

I glanced at Chao Liu, who was still searching for something. "I think it might be because Senior Sister's ancestors didn't want everyone to return to the island, so they deliberately made a fake picture."

"Also a possibility."

As Yukino was talking, she seemed to step on something hard.

She picked it up and saw that it was a piece of wood. It looked a bit like a chess piece, neat and tidy, with words engraved on it.

"Senior, look at what this is?"

If you find something on someone else's territory, you must let the owner take a look first.

Chao Liu came over upon hearing the noise and looked at the piece of wood left and right.

His brows frowned and then relaxed.

"Oh! Maybe it's just a charm like the one in the shrine back then. Just take it."

Amulets, also known as talismans, are not very valuable things, and Shiotoshi didn't expect to find anything valuable here. He just wanted to see if there were any souvenirs he could bring back to make the elderly people at home happy.

Yukino wiped the amulet and threw it to Hachiman.

"You hold it, my clothes don't have pockets."

I could only take it and put it in my trouser pocket together with my mobile phone.

After searching for a long time, Chao Liu returned empty-handed.

"It looks like there's nothing meaningful here. Let's go back now. The rain has stopped."

Chao Liu looked at the weather and found that the rain had stopped long ago when the three of them were busy looking for something.

After being wet in the rain for half a day, the three of them hurried back to the boat and prepared to return.

Before leaving, Chao marked the approximate location on the map so that it would be easier when he came back next time.

"Let's go!"

The boat began to return with the three tired people.

"Drip drip drip!"

For some reason, halfway through the journey, my phone suddenly started ringing.

When I opened it, I saw a bunch of missed calls, all from Komachi.

Oh no, I hope I won’t make them worry.

I quickly picked up the phone and called back.

Seconds.

"Hello? Is this Komachi?"

"Brother! Are you okay? And Sister Yukino."

Komachi's surprised voice came from the other side, and even I could feel the joy in her voice.

It seems that they are really worried.

"Ah, everyone is fine. We are heading back now and will be there soon."

Through the window, you can vaguely see the vast coastline.

"Then...then Komachi will be waiting on the shore for brother to come back, along with everyone else."

"Ah."

Feeling guilty, I hung up the phone.

Carried by the wind and waves, the ship sailed towards the shore.

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