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In Neon Shintoism, priests have a very high status. They are considered to be representatives of gods, communicating with humans on behalf of gods.
Before the establishment of the Neon Peace Constitution, the priests of Neon Shinto belonged to the civil service class, and there was even a clear class division.
Although the status of priest is no longer as glorious as it was in the past when politics and religion were combined in Japan, it still has a high social status. Moreover, the priests are most likely to be from prominent local families or are very famous locals, or both.
Moreover, the priests are responsible for managing many affairs of the shrine, so it is not surprising that these witches are respectful to the priests.
However, it was the priest himself that surprised Lei Hongguang a little.
The person who holds this prominent position is a woman. To be more precise, she is a cold beauty with short hair and a very sharp gaze, as if she can see through everything.
She was about thirty years old, with delicate and cool features. Just looking at her face, she was a charming and beautiful woman.
But her figure is in no way inferior to her cold and beautiful face.
In order to appear elegant and solemn, shrine maiden costumes are often designed to be very wide, so when the red and white shrine maiden costume is worn on a woman, it will basically cover up most of the woman's own charming qualities.
The same is true for the witches standing by.
But this middle-aged beauty who serves as a priestess has such a plump and proud figure that even the elegant and loose priestess costume cannot hide it.
The proud and towering bust made the collar trimmed with red silk thread bulge out, drawing a surprising arc.
The already slender waist looks even more slender, set off by the proud and upright chest.
Although the slender legs in the lower body were completely covered by the wide red witch skirt, the plump and round buttocks were still raised high.
In short, this beautiful priestess of Ino Shrine is no worse than Umi Shiori and Sayoko in terms of appearance and figure, and her noble temperament is even better.
Next to the beautiful priestess was a young girl who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen or sixteen, about the age of a high school student.
She was also wearing a light blue JK uniform, had long, smooth hair down to her waist, and a pair of thin-framed glasses on her nose.
Although she wears glasses, it does not affect the girl's youthful and beautiful appearance at all.
The girl's facial features are somewhat similar to those of the beautiful priestess next to her. Both are very delicate, and they are most likely mother and daughter.
The girl's figure is in line with the beautiful priestess's wife, with the right curves and curves.
Although she was still far inferior to the beautiful priestess due to her age, she was still impressive enough compared to most of her peers.
The reason why Lei Hongguang took a close look at the mother and daughter priestess in the shrine was not only because of their extraordinary looks, figures and noble status, but also because he felt that they looked somewhat familiar.
Because of their noble status, the villagers and others present did not dare to look up and look directly at the priest and daughter, so Lei Hongguang, who was not shy about it, was actually quite conspicuous.
And perhaps he noticed Lei Hongguang's gaze.
The beautiful priestess who was originally talking to the witch suddenly turned her head towards Lei Hongguang and glanced at him coldly.
That look seemed to be able to see through him completely, it was very scary.
Lei Hongguang also slightly shifted his gaze and did not meet the eyes of the beautiful priestess. He was certainly not as scared as those villagers, but it was indeed impolite to stare at others all the time.
But just when Lei Hongguang was about to look away, he suddenly discovered that the young girl next to the beautiful priestess, who was suspected to be the priest's daughter, was staring at him with wide eyes.
There was a hint of surprise in those beautiful eyes beneath the lenses, and there seemed to be a hint of joy.
Lei Hongguang saw the young beautiful girl and pointed at him while exchanging a few words with the beautiful priestess beside her. After the beautiful priestess nodded slightly with a still cool and beautiful face, the beautiful girl with glasses walked towards him with a look of surprise...
347 Praying for a Child, the Beautiful Priestess Kamino Sumire Wants to Have a Child
"Lei... Lei Hongjun?"
"Is it Brother Lei Hongguang?!"
Walking quickly to Lei Hongguang, Shen Ye Lan asked him with a look of surprise.
"Are you... Xiao Lan?" Lei Hongguang looked at the beautiful girl with long hair and glasses in front of him and vaguely remembered her identity.
"Yes! It's me! Xiao Lan, Shen Ye Lan!" Shen Ye Lan nodded repeatedly in acknowledgement, then excitedly grabbed Lei Hongguang's hand: "Lei Hongjun, long time no see!"
"Yeah, long time no see, Xiaolan." Looking at Shen Yelan who was happily holding his wrist tightly, Lei Hongguang did not struggle but smiled.
Because the two of them actually knew each other, there was a reason why Lei Hongguang felt familiar with the mother and daughter from the shrine, Shen Ye Lan, and there was also a reason why Shen Ye Lan was so excited.
Lei Hongguang and Shen Yelan were childhood sweethearts for a period of time.
Children like to get together and play. When Lei Hongguang returned to Jingo Village when he was a child, Shen Ye Lan would often pull Lei Hongguang to play together and call him brother.
They were very young at that time, and the two people of similar age often played together, such as catching crabs in the river together, building castles on the beach together, and even playing house together. In short, the two had a very good relationship when they were young.
However, perhaps because her father ran away early and she lacked fatherly love, every time she played house, Shen Ye Lan did not like to play the role of Lei Hongguang's wife or sister. Instead, she liked to play the role of Lei Hongguang's daughter and let Lei Hongguang be her father.
In addition to Shen Ye Lan, Lei Hongguang's playmates in Jingye Village when he was a child included the sisters Xiaokui and Shuilian from Aunt Touxia's family.
At that time, the four of them often got together to play and had a good relationship.
But later, Lei Hongguang lived in the city with Miss Mira, and after Kanno Lan went to school, she was sent to the women's college in the city by her mother, the beautiful and cold-faced priestess Kanno Sumire in front of her. The few of them hadn't seen each other for a long time.
But Shen Yelan obviously still remembers this friendship, and even seems to miss the childhood memories with Lei Hongguang.
So when the two met again, Kamiya Ai, who was already a high school student, still seemed very excited and happy.
"Mr. Lei Hong, you haven't been back to Ino Village for several years, right? I haven't seen you for a long time!" Shen Ye Lan said with surprise and a little resentment.
"I haven't been back for a few years." Lei Hongguang nodded.
"Lei Hongjun, you have become so tall now. You were almost the same height as me then, but now you are so much taller than me that I almost didn't recognize you just now." Shen Ye Lan looked up at Lei Hongguang, who was now more than a head taller than her and whom she needed to look up to, and sighed.
Lei Hongguang also smiled and said, "Xiao Lan, you have grown up and become more beautiful now. You are wearing glasses. I almost didn't recognize you."
Shen Yelan couldn't help but give Lei Hongguang a cold look and said with a fake smile: "You can't recognize me when I wear glasses."
Lei Hongguang also laughed and said, "It's not entirely because of the glasses. It's mainly because you are now the eldest daughter of the Shenye family and have a noble status. I was afraid that if I went over to say hello directly, you would ignore me."
"Pah, pah, pah, nonsense!" Shen Ye Lan couldn't help but slap Lei Hongguang on the shoulder, "How could I ignore Lei Hongjun! I will never ignore Lei Hongjun at any time! And what is the eldest daughter of the Shen Ye family? Brother Lei Hongguang, you are making fun of her again!"
Looking at Shen Yelan, who had now grown into a graceful and elegant young lady, and was still playing and laughing with him like they did when they were children, as if they were childhood sweethearts, Lei Hongguang smiled and touched her head.
"Okay, okay, I believe Xiaolan."
After hearing what Lei Hongguang said, Shen Ye Lan finally revealed a faint smile, and her two little canine teeth that looked very fragile at first glance made her look even more adorable.
"Lei Hongjun, let me take you to say hello to my mother." Shen Ye Lan said.
"Okay." Lei Hongguang nodded.
Under the astonished gaze of the villagers in the shrine, Shen Yelan brought Lei Hongguang to the majestic platform in the shrine.
"Mom, Lei Hongjun is back in town~" Kanno Ai said to her priest mother Kanno Sumire.
Lei Hongguang also politely greeted the cool and dignified Shen Ye Jin: "Hello, Aunt Jin."
"It's Lei Hongjun, hello. Please help me say hello to Mira when you go back." After agreeing with flawless politeness from the perspective of an elder, Kamino Sumire did not look at Lei Hongguang again, but continued to talk to the witch about the shrine with a serious face.
From beginning to end, Kamino Sumire always looked noble, dignified, awe-inspiring and respectable.
However, before Kamino Sumire turned around, Lei Hongguang noticed that she glanced at him indifferently.
Combined with that not very enthusiastic and cold attitude.
Although Kamino Sumire did not say it explicitly, Lei Hongguang sensed the other party's inexplicable hostility.
I guess it has something to do with Kanno Ai.
Kamiya Sumire dotes on her daughter Kamiya Aoi, and Kamiya Aoi acts like she has a very good relationship with Lei Hongguang.
Perhaps she was worried that Shen Yelan and Lei Hongguang would fall in love too early, so she tried to keep Lei Hongguang at a distance from her daughter in some overt and covert ways.
And Shen Yelan seemed to vaguely sense her mother's coldness.
After both parties greeted each other, she immediately pulled Lei Hongguang to the side hall and continued to chat happily with Lei Hongguang.
The two reminisced about their childhood memories.
When Shen Yelan was amused by a few random words, Lei Hongguang asked her casually: "By the way, Xiaolan, when I returned to town this time, I found that Xiaokui and Shuilian seemed to have moved. Do you know where Xiaokui and Shuilian moved to?"
Lei Hongguang knew that the Kamino family had great influence in Ino Town, so when he saw Kamino Ai and Kamino Sumire, he had the idea of asking them.
After hearing what Lei Hongguang said, Shen Ye Lan also started to think about it.
After thinking for a while, Shen Yelan shook his head and said, "I vaguely remember that they did move, but I'm not sure where exactly. Because when I was halfway through elementary school, my mother arranged for me to go to the aristocratic women's school in the city. After that, I rarely contacted Xiao Kui and Sister Shui Lian..."
Hearing what Shen Yelan said, Lei Hongguang nodded and pondered for a moment.
Seeing this, Shen Yelan smiled and said, "I'm also curious about where Xiao Kui and Sister Shui Lian went. Let me ask my mother later, or check the files and so on. If I have any news, I will tell you, Lei Hongjun~"
Hearing what Shen Yelan said, Lei Hongguang nodded: "Well, okay."
Then the two chatted for a long time. Shen Yelan even took out his mobile phone and wanted to exchange email addresses, Line and other contact information with Lei Hongguang before he was willing to let Lei Hongguang leave.
Lei Hongguang had just walked out of the side hall when Shen Yejin walked in.
Shen Yelan immediately walked over and asked her mother coquettishly, "Mom, do you know where Aunt Touxia and her family moved to?"
Kanno Sumire shook her head with a cold face: "I have to deal with so many big and small things in the shrine and town every day, how can I remember these trivial things."
Shen Yelan smiled and said, "Mom is so capable, how could she not know? Even if she doesn't know now, she will definitely be able to find out easily. I'll leave the news about Xiao Kui and Shui Lian to mom!"
After saying that, Shen Yelan jumped away.
Seeing her daughter's lively appearance, Kamino Sumire shook her head helplessly, but a smile appeared on her cold face involuntarily. She assigned the task to her, the priest, in just a few words. It turned out that she doted on this guy too much.
But in fact, what Kanno Ai said was not entirely wrong. The priest of Ino Village has been passed down from generation to generation by the Kanno family, but during the period when Kanno Sumire served as the priest, the popularity of Ino Shrine was the most prosperous in recent years.
She does have strong management skills, and the old man in the family has praised her many times.
But when she thought of that old guy, the smile on Kamino Sumire's face faded a lot.
Just because that old man is really...annoying.
The Shinno family has taken root in Ino Village a long time ago, and during the period when Ino Village developed into Ino Town, the Shinno family has also been developing.
Therefore, the influence of the Kamino family in Ino Town is quite huge. The entire family has many industries, and Ino Shrine is only a part of it under the jurisdiction of the Ino family.
Kannoya is actually involved in all fields, including architecture and catering, and has considerable influence.
But even though Sumire Kanno has shown talent that surpasses many generations of the Kanno family, the current head of the Kanno family, Kanno Aoi's grandfather and Sumire Kanno's father, is only willing to hand over part of the shrine and other businesses to Sumire Kanno for management.
He held on to most of the other properties tightly in his hands, saying that they must be passed on to a male heir, and that he would only give those properties to Kamino Sumire if she gave birth to a boy.
Give birth to a boy.
This request, which may sound ordinary to other women, is a huge headache for Kamino Sumire.