CH 57

Chapter 57 Hatsumode (Part 2)

10 MAR 2022NOOBCHAN TRANSLATION MY GIRLFRIEND CHEATED ON ME, SO I CHEATED ON HER

From the main hall of Narita-san, one can go around the Great Pagoda of Peace from Narita Park behind it.

Quite a few people go that way.

However, in this cold weather, I was not in the mood to walk all the way to the park in the dark.

Meika is with me, so it would be dangerous if there were strange people there.

…… But where did that Ishida guy go? ……

Naritasan, there are two routes down from the main hall to the gate, left, and right.

“Meika-chan. There are too many people here to find Ishida. Let’s go down to the bottom and wait for Ishida in front of the gate.”

Meika nodded silently.

I sent a message to Ishida on SNS saying that I would be waiting for him downstairs in front of the gate, around where the souvenir shop is located.

We walked down the narrow stone steps from the three-story pagoda on the left side of the main hall, next to the monks’ cells, to the gate where the souvenir shop was located.

I looked at my phone, but my message was not “read.

“Has Ishida contacted you, Meika-chan?”

Meika-chan then took out her own phone and replied, “It hasn’t come.

The two of us stood there in the middle of the night at Naritasan.

The cold made it difficult to stay still.

We unconsciously move our bodies.

I looked up and saw a sign at a nearby souvenir shop that said, “Amazake (sweet sake) available.

“It’s cold, Meika-chan, let’s have some amazake, shall we?”

Meika looked up at me with an “eh” look on her face.

“Amazake has no alcohol in it, so it’s safe for us minors to drink.”

I said so, walked into the souvenir shop, and ordered “two amazake, please.

Holding the amazake in paper cups in both hands, I handed one to Meika.

“Thank you.”

After saying this, she held the paper cup with both hands and sipped the amazake while blowing on it with a “hoo~, hoo~” breath.

Her pale cheeks turned pink from the cold, and her scarf filled up to her chin was very pretty, just like a high school girl.

I’m sure my …… Little sister, if I had one, would be just like this. ……

I was smiling at her like that.

“But where did that Ishida guy really go?”

I said to myself and looked at Meika.

“Sorry. It was boring for you to come to Hatsumode with us like this, wasn’t it?”

I said that without thinking about it.

“No.”

Meika-chan answered clearly, albeit in a small voice.

“I’m glad I was able to come with Yu-san today.”

…… Eh? ……

The way she said it puzzled me.

Meika has a thing for Yuu. ……

I remember Ishida saying that before.

I didn’t take it seriously at the time, but could that thing have been serious?

Then I suddenly felt bad that we were both here doing this.

It’s …… kind of awkward. Anyway, we have to talk. ……

“Um, ……”

Meika spoke to me.

“Yuu-san, you broke up with your ex-girlfriend, right?”

“Uh, yeah.”

Well, Meika knew about Karen’s affair story.

“From what I hear, she must have been quite a terrible person.”

“I guess that’s how it goes. Well, I guess it is also my fault for choosing a woman like that as my girlfriend.”

“That’s not true. Yu-san is not bad at all!”

Meika said it very clearly.

“A woman like that, if she were in front of me, I would slap her instead of Yuu!”

I was a little surprised.

Well, it was true that the original Meika was quite an active girl.

“Ha ha, thank you.”

How she received my dry laugh, she opened her mouth further.

“But you have a new girlfriend now, don’t you?”

“Oh.”

“Sakurajima, Touko-san. I know her name too. I heard she is very beautiful.”

I was surprised.

“But she must have passed Meika-chan. In junior high school, when Meika-chan entered, Touko Senpai had graduated, and high school was different in the first place.”

Come to think of it, Ishida is from the same junior high school as Touko-senpai.

Naturally, Meika is also from the same junior high school.

“Yes, but in junior high school, we just switched places. That’s why I heard the older students mention the name ‘Touko Sakurajima’ a few times.”

“I see.”

It’s true, I heard that since junior high school, senior Touko was famous in her hometown.

“Besides, ……”

“And?”

When I asked back, Meika shook her head from side to side.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Oh, there you are.”

A loud voice called out to me from across the crowd.

It was Ishida.

“Where the hell have you been?”

When I asked him that, he said

“I haven’t had much of a chance to visit Narita-san, so I thought I’d see what it’s like. I went around to Narita Park in the back.”

“Then at least call us.”

“I thought so, but my phone battery is running low. Well, I thought that if Meika and Yu were together, they would be fine.”

Ishida then looked at Meika.

“Meika didn’t have any problems either, did she? I’m rather glad Yu is with us, aren’t you?”

But Meika turned her head to the side.

“That’s a shame. By the way, I heard that Naritasan’s main street is famous for eels. Won’t you have some?”

“Eels, sure, that’s nice. But isn’t it expensive?”

“My parents gave me a generous amount of money tonight. If you’re worried, I can lend you some.”

“No, I have some, so I’m good.”

“Okay, then. Let’s go.”

With these words, we walked along the approach from Naritasan to the front of the station.

On the way, for some reason, Meika seemed to be in a bad mood, but I couldn’t talk to her.

Then I felt a light tug on my elbow.

I looked and saw that Meika-chan was holding my sleeve with a small pinch.

She looked a little red and kept her eyes down.

Transltor.

Narita-san (成田山 “Narita mountain”) Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 “New victory temple”) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō (“Unmovable Wisdom King”)) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals