Chapter 244 - Country of Sakura, Cherin and Seven Holy Swords [15] (2/2)

Then we went to the nearest tourist attraction from where we were. A temple called Sakura Moonshrine.

Our objective is to light the sakura incense sticks that were enshrined in the temple.

There seems to be a legend that if you put the smoke on your head, you’ll get smarter.

Lilim-senpai, who has the worst grades of us all, was enthusiastic to go there. When we got there, for some reason, she inhaled a lung full of the smoke instead, and coughed as a matter of course.

When we asked why she did that,

「I thought it wasn’t enough just to cover it on my head. To feel the true effect of divine blessing, you have to take it into your body like this after all!」

She made a statement which could not be understood by an ordinary person.

This is just my opinion, but I don’t think the sakura incense sticks have a real effect on intelligence anymore.

After that, the next one was “Eternal Sakura” which is a pair of two enormous sakura trees huddled together.

This seems to be a power spot with a mystical effect on “marriage”, and so Ria, Rose, and the president didn’t want to leave this place for a while.

The mischievous Lilim-senpai and Ferris-senpai were grinning about and making passes at those three. It was a lot of trouble.

After that, we visited some more famous tourist spots and finally found a shop selling this country’s specialty, “Sakuramochi”.

The name of the shop is “Cherin’s Mochi”.

According to Rose, it seems to be “a long-established store among long-established stores” that has been running for more than 500 years since its founding.

We ordered Sakuramochi, one for each of us in order, but surprisingly Ria…

Ordered only ten.

(Is she not feeling well?)

As I asked her「Why are you only ordering ten?」worriedly,

「I really want to eat more, but… Now we are on a food tour, so I only ordered the amount I can carry around.」

She said and showed a cheerful smile as usual.

In this way, we saw various things, experienced the culture of Cherin, ate a lot of different food and had a great time all around.

And finally, we arrived at the southern end of Cherin. The Hundred Million Year Old Sakura tree that was in full bloom there.

「This is… amazing!」

A “sakura landscape” was spread as far as the eyes could see.

The brilliant flurry of falling sakura petals that I have never seen before, gripped my heart strongly.