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ๅคใฎๅๆฎใซใ็ฅใใ็ทจใ
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ใฎ่ผชใใใใใจใใ็ฅไบใใใใ
ๅค่ถใฎๅคง็ฅใง่ฆใใใใๆค็ฉใง็ทจใพใใๅคงใใช่ผชใใใใใใจใงใ็ฉขใใ็ฅใใ็ก็
ๆฏ็ฝใ้กใใจใใใ
่จใใชใใฐใใฎ่ก็บใฏใ่ผชใจใใๅข็ใ่ถใใๆธ
ๆตใชๆฐใใ่ชๅใซ็ใพใๅคใใๅๅผใจ่จใใใจใใงใใใ
ใใใฆใใใซใใใฎใฏใใจใใๆใฎๅทซๅฅณใใๆใใฃใใใใใฏใชใฎ่ฑ่ผชใงใใใ
ๆใๆใ่ขซใฃใฆใฟใใจใๅคใฎๆฎใ้ฆใ้ผปใใใใใฃใใ
ๅฐใใ ใ้ทๆใๅบๆฟใใใใใใใใ ใใ ใ
ๅฅๅบทใ็กไบใ้กใใชใใไฝใใใใใใฏใใใใใชใใ็นๅฅใชๅใๆใใใใจใฏใงใใชใใ
ใใใงใใใใจๆใฃใใ
็นๅฅใชๅนๆใใใใใจใ้่ฆใชใฎใงใฏใชใใๆฐๆใกใจใใใใใฏใใฎ่ก็บใใฎใใฎใซๆๅณใใใใฎใ ใ
ๅทซๅฅณใฎๆฐๆใกใๅใๅใฃใใ
ๆๅณใฏใใใ ใใงใใใ
ใใใใใใ ใใงใใโโโใฏใใชใฎใซใ
่ฑ่ผชใๅบใซ็ฝฎใใจใใใซใฏใจๅฆ็ฒพใๅบ็พใใใใ ใใ
A Prayer Woven in Summer's Afterglow
There's a ritual called <i>chinowa kuguri</i>, where you pass through a large ring woven from plants. It's performed during the summer purification ceremony to cleanse away impurities and wish for good health. In a sense, it's a ceremony of crossing a boundaryโthe ringโto be reborn as a pure, new person.
I was given a sunflower wreath by a miko from a certain village. I hesitated a moment before putting it on, and the faint scent of summer tickled my nose. It sparked a bit of nostalgia, but nothing more. It was made with wishes for health and safety, yet I couldn't feel any special power from it.
That's <i>okay</i>, I told myself. The important part isn't a magical effect, but the feelings behind it and the act itself. I've received the miko's feelings, and that's all the meaning it needs. Yes, that should be all...
And yet, when I placed the wreath on the floor, milk and fairies appeared.
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