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Hey! I’ve revived! Here is Hiami no Miko (姫神の巫女) Part I, Chapter 2!
hello everybody! I’ Chapter 2 I know, I know; it’s been over a year since I did Chapter 1 It’s also been a year of es forundergraduate studies but I won’t bore you with any of those details I want to continue with this project again especially since I don’t really get to practiceclasses any to find a way back to japan next year Hopefully my plans work out!
Anyway, I’ll just post the translated text here now Also, if you’re reading this, feel free to leave a co this but I’d like to interact more with the crowd, mmkay? Enjoy! :)
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Chikane and Himeko were born on a small, distant island off of the Sea of japan known as Totsuka Island
It is said that there is a legend that has never left this island
A God is enshrined at center of the island in Mt Biwa- a colossal cursed God called the Orochi (Ookami) is sealed away there
When this cursed God awakens, its anger is said to shake the mountain, split the sea and s the island whole
In order to pacify this dreaded God, the “Ceremony to Appease the Spirit of the Dead” is carried out
Airls are then born on the sa the particular juncture, have the proof of this somewhere on their bodies
These ‘divine girls’ chosen by the Orochi have one simple mission:
Totheir 15th birthday
Subsequently, the divine girl who is the winner offers the life of the one as defeated to the Orochi on her 16th birthday in order to serve as pacification of the turbulent God
The na ‘Soul Offered to Heaven’)
The chosen ones by the Orochi this time are Himeko of the Hinomiya family and Chikane of the Kouzuki family
Both households put forth all their effort and carried out top-secret, special training for the girls
Power beyond mere human comprehension of the Orochi had been dispersed within the bodies of the ‘divine girls’ and, thus, the more they trained, the more their powers increased
If the girl of their own household is victorious, the nized by the senior kin a fae
In the grand training hall of the Kouzuki family, Chikane prominently elevated her skills
Frorowth as a top-notch warrior as she had both speed in her swing and sharpness in her blade
In her irl’ with her skilled arm
But on the day of their 15th birthday, an incident occurred
The divine girl from the Hinomiya family, Himeko, suddenly disappeared from the island without a trace
There are only two things prohibited that pertain to the battle
1 Revealing the secret of the legend to those who are not native to the island
Carelessly involving outsiders and causing a huge scandal is also tied closely with this
2 Killing the other ‘divine girl’ anytime before the 16th birthday
So, naturally, inadvertently executing an attack, using deceptiveout other such schemes are common
Rather, the turning point of the bout during the “Ceremony to Appease the Spirit of the Dead” can depend on how e is inflicted upon the other over the course of one year
“I won’t allow it” With those words, Chikane also rushed off the island in pursuit of her
She transferred schools repeatedly as a high school student in her search for Hiot a lead into a certain school in Tokyo where she was hiding
In high spirits, Chikane traveled through Tokyo during the night
This had been her target as long as she could remember
To cut her skin, to shed her blood, to engrave pain and learned techniques onto that body,
To i spirit and icy cool-headedness into her heart and mind,
On nights the ure appeared repeatedly,
Behind her eyelids, those techniques came to mind
Like yearning for her, as if she made her blood boil and ached for her, she ca but her
The opponent she was fated to have thousands of encounters with and many battles yet to unfold consumed her mind
At last…at last they’d be able to meet
At the prospect of their long-awaited in to throb
Not good-
Chikane poured all her strength into the hand that drew her long sword
The sturdiness and coldness of the steel served to cool off Chikane’s mind
I can’t becoth but it can also lead to openings for attack,
Chikane warned herself
I aht sky
My radiance is serene and lacks any passion or ardor
That is who I am
This is the mantra she repeated to herself tens of thousands of times
Finally, we cohttime Tokyo
Chikane had caught sight of Himeko
It was a strange spectacle
There were three figures on the rooftop
A girl with pigtails was looking down at the fallen Hith hair that wore glasses
The pigtailed girl sneered as she flashed her sword
The girl with glasses shook her head in bewilderirl for her carelessness
Himeko’s uniform was tattered about, her underwear and white skin visible
Thatdyed red
That’s―the blood of Hiirl of the Hinomiya family
Before she could think, before she could even remember, Chikane had been after her
Without n, she drew nearer to the two like a ind
The distance re to certain death and victory was ten steps, five steps…
“!?”
At last, both girls turned their heads
Kicking off the ground, she leapt back into the night sky
At the salasses waved her hand and silver light successively came forth
The weapon the glasses girl was throwing are said to be similar to darts that were once used by shi+nobi
They are quite difficult to throw but, even if the blade is not fixed upon a target, it can inflict daht of them
Further some ten or so darts upwards, to theas she threw them
With this, even if one dart is avoided, she could end up being struck by others
Worst of all, the pigtailed girl was changing her stance in order to buy more time…that was her objective
It was as perfectly coordinated as an intake of breath It see beside each other as a pair
An average wielder, no, they would give even a skilled opponent a run for their money
However, Chikane is a “divine girl”
Chikane further increased her speed and was closing in on the pigtailed girl
The pigtailed girl’s hand thrummed as she struck
It was a quick and sharp blow that burned the air
However, Chikane easily dodged it
There is no way that this nimble body that dances like feathers in the wind can be struck
Now that their arrangeirl by the wrist and drew her closer
She used her as a shi+eld against the onco dart
The pigtailed girl’s screaht
Chikane landed and casually let go of the pigtailed girl’s wrist
The pigtailed girl lost consciousness and feebly turound
The darts had struck her body at several places and, even if none had been fatal blows, the recipient would soon not bear to stand
Standing severalready to use more darts
She experienced a candid thirst for blood as she kept breathing
Was it shock and dread at the face of their overwheler for her fallen comrade?