H-hi again! It’s me, Seabert. I’ve got the next part of my guide to Seikyu i-if you wanted to take a look. I did a lot of research and worked really hard on the pictures…b-but it’s no pressure! I think you might like it, though, since it’s got lots of fox history in it. Lemme know what you think ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ
Fox Shrines
Did you know that Seikyu was built by fox yokai? You did? Oh, right! They must be your ancestors. Sorry, it’s been a long time since there were any fox yokai in Seikyu that I forgot. T-that doesn’t make you sad does it? Uncle Torleone says we should stop and pay our respects to the foxes who founded the village whenever we can. It’s thanks to you that we’ve got somewhere safe to live.
You’ll find fox shrines all over Seikyu. There’s one just outside the village, there’s one at the farmhouse, one at the ruins and, uhh, I forget where the rest are but they’re out there, I promise!
Farmhouse
Welcome to your new home! Mayor Yui Oda let me take some pictures in return for helping clean up the place. She told me that this farm house was built by foxes and it’s been around for nearly as long as Seikyu, so I guess it must be pretty old. N-not that that’s a bad thing! It’s much bigger than the cottages in the village. I bet you could put all kinds of stuff in it. Maybe Sasaki will sell you some cool furniture?
There are a bunch of fields out front, but they don’t have anything growing in them yet. You could probably get some pretty flower seeds from Musashi if you wanted. That’d be nice. You could grow fruits and vegetables too, I guess…as long as I don’t have to eat them. It looks like there could actually be space for more fields, but there are a lot of rocks and trees you’d need to clear out first before you could build anything like that. Hmm, running a household seems like a big job, but I’m sure you’re up to it!
Inari Temple
Phew, it took me a really long time to get a picture of this one! The Inari Temple is just outside of Seikyu and it’s run by a priest named Leon. He’s a really nice guy with lots of stories…lots and lots and lots of stories. He was telling me all about this book he wrote called “Adventures of Leon” – he told me so much that I don’t even think I’ll need to read it now.
The Inari Temple is a really pretty place and Leon does a good job of looking after it. Uncle Torleone says they sometimes hold celebrations at the temple, though we haven’t had one in a really long time. I-I don’t know how much you know about Inari, but Leon told me that she’s the goddess of the harvest and that she likes it when we leave offerings. I didn’t like the way he looked at my camera when he said that, so I left.
Fox Ruins
T-the fox ruins are way out in the countryside and, to tell you the truth, I-I didn’t think I’d be able to go. It’s kinda dangerous to get to them and I’ve heard there are all sorts of mean yokai inside. I was sad that I wouldn’t be able to get a picture for you, but then Uncle Torleone suggested I ask Yohji to take me! Yohji is Seikyu’s historian and he knows lots about the ruins. Uncle Torleone took him aside for a chat when he came to pick me up, and when they returned, Yohji’s hat was at a funny angle and his shirt was all screwed up. I don’t know what they were talking about, but Yohji said we’d be taking the safest route, so that’s good!
He told me that the fox ruins are really old and there are all sorts of secrets and treasures in there. He said that there are areas even he can’t access, and you’d probably have to be a fox yokai to explore every inch of them. He was real excited telling me all about the ruins and about some human book he’s reading. He got so excited that he said we could go down to the very entrance of the ruins as long as I didn’t tell Uncle Torleone! I was a little nervous, b-but I wanted to get a good picture for you. I hope this one is okay…
Wow, I feel like I’ve been all over Seikyu recently. It’s nice to really explore somewhere you live! There are a couple more places I wanna visit and take pictures of for you before you arrive, and I’ll get working on part four of the guide right away!