Nanami Becomes A Full-Pledge Land Deity Part 4

MIKOTO

Tomoe easily shifted gears and just gave a deep sigh. "But I guess it can't be helped", he stated. "As things turned out this way, I will have you become a living deity worthy of being my lady and mistress." Then he glared at me and added: "also, including YOU."

I gulped..

"Worthy?" Nanami hinted for some clarification.

"A deity's power is called divine power. Your divine power will increase as you use it but to increase the level of your divine power, the quick and easy way for you would be to hear and grant people's prayers and wishes", Tomoe continued his explanations but Nanami is still confused. "Prayers? Grant them? („•_•„) "

"Like for example, Mikage-sama is said to be a good deity of matchmaking and marriages because he has granted heaps of matchmaking prayers so the result, so I heard his divine blessings in matchmaking is extremely strong", I stole a little spotlight from Tomoe by explaining it in my own way. I thought he would get mad again at me but he just looked at me in somewhat amazed.

"Heh, you actually seem quite knowledgeable for someone like you", he taunted me but I just pretended I didn't hear him.

"Wow, so this is actually a shrine for matchmaking", Nanami mumbled.

"Yeps, even you and Tomoe is under Mikage-sama's divine powers right now", I secretly told them inside my mind. Then I sneaked behind Nanami like I get fond to do always and whispered something. "Isn't it's nice? Even though he seems like he doesn't like us but he's carefully explaining everything for you right now."

I snickered when she jolted. "Mi-Mikoto, stop teasing me!", she blushed.

"Did I?" I muttered again behind her making sure that it's only audible to us, "but I just said aloud what your mind is saying~"

"Th-that's why I said stop it!" She turned redder in an instant.

"Okay~! ＼(≧▽≦)／ Let's see how great Nanami-sama's divine powers are", I changed the subject and Tomoe agreed.  asked Kotetsu and Onikiri prepare a basin full of water and some pieces of talisman for Nanami to use.

"For now, try turning this water into rice wine. You may use a white talisman if you wish", he said while handing the talismans to her and even gave some to me. "You must try it too", he told me.

"This is the thing I used last time right?" Nanami's confidence brimmed when the spirits confirmed it. " (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ All right! I'll show you how good I am!"

She wrote the words "sake" and put it on the water. "How was that?" She asked.

"Then I shall have a taste", Kotetsu scooped the water drank it. "Th-this is delicious..."

Everyone looked at Kotetsu's direction with high expectations.

"....water..", he finished his sentence.

And... the atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy.

"Ah, Tomoe-dono, where are you going?" I heard Onikiri said as I stared at Nanami's talisman. My forehead furrowed. As expected, I can't even read it, all I know was its meaning.

"Leave me alone!" he sharply replied.

"Please wait! We're utterly helpless on our own!" The shrine spirits tried to stop him from leaving. "Please do not abandon us!"

Nanami just helplessly laughed it out and went straight to the breakfast I prepared for her.

"At least it's purified like mountain spring water," I mumbled after I also took a sip from the water. I doubt Nanami heard it because she was already sulking in front of her food, which is bad but I noticed Tomoe took a glimpse on me and on the water before completely leaving the room.

After breakfast, I shared the theory I had in my mind to Nanami. "So you were saying I failed to make the water into sake because I haven't drunk sake before, right?" She easily picked up the idea.

"Yes", I nodded and added more explanation. "I think, for your talismans to completely activate, you need a clear picture of the result that you wanted."

We took a stroll at the shrine's backyard. "I thought to myself, I'm just a high school girl, after all, so I don't care", Nanami honestly told me what she feels.

"But you know that you can't always say that, right?" I tried to encourage her and she greatly agreed with me.

"I'll try my best! ヽ(o^ ^o)ﾉ", she enthusiastically said before running back inside the shrine.

When she came back, she has a lot of white talismans with her and completely decided to practice her divine powers. I thought of an idea to make her bloom the plants in the backyard as a practice.

"It's just easy", she said. "I can perfectly picture in my mind a fully bloomed flower", and then she chose her first target.

I somehow noticed Tomoe in my peripheral view that he stopped on his cleaning to observe us. When I directly looked at him, he's already back on his track.

I decided not to remind her that there are actually different kinds of flowers and it might be easier if she knew exactly what kind of flower she's going to make bloom.

Well, she'll get that part by herself anyways so I think she'll be fine.

Or so I thought. It was noontime when Kotetsu and Onikiri called our attention in panic. It seems like Nanami just passed out for writing many charms. I immediately felt guilty.

"Did you know that white talismans suck away the power of the user?" Tomoe asked me and I nod. "I did have that idea and warned her but seems like she forgot about it", I explained and bit my lower lip.

He helplessly sighed and picked Nanami gently and stopped for a moment when he walked passed in front of me. "Well, don't blame yourself. If she's this stubborn,  it's not actually a surprise that this happened. I already quite expected this to come." I felt like the time stopped for a moment when he showed me an authentic gentle smile for the first time.

I softly blushed at myself because I didn't expect that to happen...because it wasn't in the anime...

And I knew I'll be seeing more unexpected events...

...because my life is just starting to begin in this world.

 Author's Note:

Yey~ so how was it? I tried to make it as realistic as possible.

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white kosode(8) - a special kimono robe. In Shintoism, the color white symbolizes purity.

red hakama(9) - "scarlet or vermilion, long divided trousers" or a long slightly pleated skirt tied with a bow.

Additional fun information that I've just researched, the 7 folds in the hakama (5 in the front, 2 in the back) are said to have the following symbolic meaning: Yuki (courage, valor, bravery), Jin (humanity, charity, benevolence), Gi (justice, righteousness, integrity), Rei (etiquette, courtesy, civility; also means bow/obeisance), Makoto (sincerity, honesty, reality), Chugi (loyalty, fidelity, devotion), Meiyo (honor, credit, glory; also reputation, dignity, prestige)