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Dream Drops and Star Flowers Chapter 4

Dream Drops and Star Flowers Chapter 4

When the cherry blossoms had fallen and the landscape had more greenery, I rode my bicycle to the Miyamori fireworks. The temperature is neither hot nor cold, just right. It was nice to run in the wind.

Miyamori Fireworks take 50 minutes by bicycle. Rowing lightly without slowing down. When I left the residential area, the number of buildings gradually decreased from the scenery, and the number of fields and rice fields increased. There are fields on the side of the road, and strawberries and cucumbers bear fruit.

As I went further, the number of trees increased, and finally I entered the mountain road. Even when I entered the mountain road, the road was well maintained and the visibility was wide enough to let in the sunlight. However, the slope gradually becomes steeper, and the speed of riding a bicycle slows down. It was only the first time that I felt good. I got sweaty and finally pushed my bicycle to reach Miyamori Fireworks.

The first impression is an open place in the mountains like a campsite. Miyamori fireworks and a nameplate are hung on the gate of the company. The gate was open and there was no sign of people. I went through the gate and went inside, wondering if it was a holiday today.

There were several huts built on the premises, some of which were larger than the others. The building was fitted with a wooden sign that said it was an office. Below is a small note that customers should click here. I followed the sign and entered the building. Perhaps because I entered the building in the strong sunlight, the inside of the building felt dark.

“I’m sorry” There is no sign of a person, so I will call out with a loud voice.

Then, a man in his late thirties appeared from the back of the reception, further back in the room where several desks were lined up. It was impressive that he was slender and stretched his back and stood slenderly. He thought that if he wore the costume of the priest, he would be a picture.

“Hello”

“Hello, Ichinomiya-san?” I was calling in advance, so I wonder if he was waiting for me.

“Yes, that’s right,” I replied.

He was the president of Miyamori Fireworks under the name Katsuma Suzuki.

Mr. Suzuki guided me to the president’s office. Fireworks balls of various sizes were displayed in the showcase in the room. A three-dimensional ball is placed on the bottom of the showcase, and the tag placed with it says that the outer diameter is 90 cm. The three-dimensional ball is quite large and is firmly placed on the pedestal. However, the four-shoulder ball will be larger than this.

“That’s why I want to launch two four-shoulder balls.”

Mr. Suzuki opened his mouth when the two sat on the sofa in the president’s office across the desk.

“Yes, I know I’m overdoing it …” I replied.

“There seems to be some reason, can you tell me?”

Even if you talk about precognition, you won’t believe it. I wonder what to do and shut up.

“Did you make a prediction?” Suzuki said first. The words made me hard and I found sweat on my forehead.

“Why do you know that?” After a while, I squeezed out the words.

“No, I was from the Ichinomiya family,” he said with a bitter smile.

“What does that mean?”

“The Suzuki family used to serve the shrine maiden of the Futami family, so I’ve heard about the predictions of the Ichinomiya family.”

“That’s … I’ve never heard of it.”

My father told me not to talk about precognition because I couldn’t believe it even if I talked about it, and I could get into unnecessary troubles. When he gets to know it, he gets a little scared.

“Don’t worry. I’m not talking to anyone. You wouldn’t believe me if you talked in the first place. What kind of prediction was that?”

Never mind, I told Mr. Suzuki what I saw in precognition. Kaede also makes a prediction. I talked about everything, including the fact that the two people’s predictions are inconsistent and that two four-shoulder balls are needed to resolve the contradiction. It was pretty embarrassing to tell the story of making a confession to the person I met for the first time, but I thought it was much better than lying and having a four-shoulder ball launched.

He put his hand on his chin, thought for a few seconds, then muttered, “I see,” and walked toward the window, looking out and thinking about something again.

After waiting for a while, Mr. Suzuki looked back and said:

“OK, let’s do something about it.”

Mr. Suzuki told me a story when he sat down on the sofa again.

“It was about 1000 years ago. There were two shrines in this area. One is the Ichinomiya Shrine of the Ichinomiya family, and the other is the Futami Shrine where the Futami family was the shrine maiden. From that time on, the priests and shrine maidens of the two shrines had the ability to predict. The ability was stronger in the old days, and it seems that it gradually became weaker as the generations went on. It was my ancestor who served. This is a story that has been passed down to the Suzuki family since the time of that ancestor. The priest of the Ichinomiya family and the shrine maiden of the Futami family were in love. It was a forbidden love. This is because the Futami family inherited the predictive ability of the Futami family’s women by adopting a son-in-law for generations. Taking a man of the Ichinomiya family as a son-in-law means that the Ichinomiya family loses the predictive ability. The fact that a woman in the house goes to the Ichinomiya family means that the Futami family loses the ability to predict. For each other’s house, the marriage of the two must be avoided. The shrine maiden has a particularly strong predictive ability, and has the ability to see the past and distant future of a person, and even to be influenced over time. That predictive ability is called “Dream Drops”. When I slept, many drops of various scenes in my dreams fell from heaven like rain, and when I looked up, I could see the world reflected in the drops. She said that in the future 1000 years later, flowers that shine like stars will be in full bloom in the sky. The Suzuki family has been a fireworks maker for generations, even to protect her predictions. Yes, of course she is no longer in the world, but it was the role of the Suzuki family to keep that prediction. In the end, the love between the two did not come true. The priest of the Ichinomiya family I said goodbye to the shrine maiden of the Futami family. It seems that I gave priority to the house. It’s a sad story. ”

After talking, Mr. Suzuki continued to drink a cup of tea.

“That’s why I want you to be united if you are in love with the Ichinomiya family and the Futami family. Please come here.”

Mr. Suzuki guided me to a certain place. Go out of the building and into the mountains.

About 3 minutes after entering the mountain, there was a shrine about the size of a hut. The shrine was made of brand new wood as if it had been built recently, giving the impression that it was in good condition.

“This is a shrine dedicated to the shrine maiden of the Futami family.”

When Mr. Suzuki unlocked and opened the door, he saw a fireworks ball like the one seen in Miyamori Smoke Fire sitting in the back. The difference is its size. It was bigger than any of the fireballs I saw earlier.

“This is a four-shoulder ball. Isn’t it big? It has an outer diameter of 120 cm.”

“It’s amazing, but why are you here?”

“I don’t know why this happened, but every year since the creation of the Miyamori fireworks, it seems that the largest fireworks balls that can be made at that time have been dedicated here. It has been told to use this when humans are needed, because Mr. Ichinomiya’s prediction seems to be related to the Futami family. ”

I could only think that someone’s prediction was involved. Is it a human prediction of the Ichinomiya family or the Futami family, or is it a human of another shrine family?

“Then, can you launch this four-shoulder ball?”

Mr. Suzuki said, “By all means.”

Fireworks are made with time and effort. Especially when it comes to four-shoulder balls. As a fireworks master, I think there was something I thought about not launching the fireworks just by dedicating them here. Fireworks are made to launch. What I made over several months disappears in an instant. However, it is lovingly made for the moment when it blooms.

After that, things went on and on. His grandfather helped with the sudden changes in the program. It seems that Mr. Suzuki was able to successfully convince the executive committee that he provided the four-scale ball for free and that he would like to try launching two four-scale balls.

In July I was helping to prepare for the fireworks display. I asked my grandfather to choose a photo of the fireworks display leaflet, and I rode the completed leaflet around the bulletin boards in the town. Every time I put it on the bulletin board, I enjoyed the fact that the number of leaflets was reduced from the basket of the bicycle one by one. I couldn’t make fireworks, I couldn’t prepare money, and I couldn’t attend the meeting.

All you have to do is invite Kaede to the fireworks and celebrate the day.

If there is one problem, it cannot be said that Kaede and Kaede are close enough to go to the fireworks display. By the time she had a fireworks display, she wanted to get to know Kaede and she even a little. If she is suddenly invited to fireworks and refused, neither of her predictions will come true. She also wanted her to simply get along.

But I usually only talk to Kaede about greetings. Whenever Kaede comes to school in the morning, she comes to the seat of a classmate named Misa Watanabe near my seat and she talks. She only said “Good morning” at that time.
July 13th. The day Kaede would have seen precognition. Kaede is worried about the entrance to her classroom as if she hasn’t come to school yet.

Then I just saw Kaede coming into the classroom. She immediately turns her eyes away and returns to a conversation with her friends.

Kaede usually comes to Watanabe as soon as she puts her bag in her seat, but it’s hard to come today.

Kaede was sitting in her seat when she looked back.

Kaede is still predicting, and is that influential? She decided to explore. It’s bad for my friend who was talking with me at my seat, but I left my seat and walked to Kaede’s seat.

“What’s wrong?” I don’t think he’ll talk about precognition here, but I’ll ask.

“What? What happened?”

“No, you’re always talking to Watanabe. Did you have a fight?”

Looking towards Watanabe, he seems to be crazy about his smartphone.

“No, it’s not.”

“Then it’s also heat?”

Kaede’s face looked red. Perhaps because of her prediction, I approached Kaede’s forehead to see if she was just sick.

–Click. Kaede has shaken her hand. And she was coldly told, “Because it’s okay.”

The hand that was shaken off didn’t hurt. She was so worried that Kaede might have hurt her. She failed. Feeling free to touch her girl is no longer the case when she was playing around with elementary school students.

“Oh,” I went back to my seat, apologized to my friend for “bad,” and started chatting again.

After all, that day, I went home without talking to Kaede.