Chapter 15 Chapter One

The room where I only stayed overnight, but when I came back from the outside, it looked like the living room in my own mound.The pattern of the bed cover, the position of the table, small round table and two chairs used as a mirror, the woodblock paintings of Kyoto scenery hanging on the wall, and the white and stone walls of famous temples seen through the white gauze curtains.The decrease in the number of sightseeing buses parked along Pine Tree Road is due to the evening.The visiting time is until six o'clock, but it is still bright as day at six o'clock in mid-August. Miyako leaned back in her chair and looked at the roof of the temple.After walking outside in the hot weather, the air-conditioning of the hotel makes people breathe again, like a green breeze bathed in the shade of trees, and the pleasant laziness spreads in the body.

Shinkichi Sone hung up the coat he had taken off in the closet and came over to sit on the chair.He held out the cigarette, but Miyako just smiled and shook her head, looking lazy. Jin Ji exhaled white smoke and leaned back against the chair.Miyako's crossed feet were on the other side of the round table.The calves in stockings were tightly overlapped without a single gap, as if the two legs had become one.The fullness of a twenty-six-year-old woman with a small body is exaggerated here.He usually looks slender, but now that he is sitting like this, his legs are full of volume.Above this sense of volume, the skirt of the light green dress was turned up, revealing a corner of the white lace underwear.

Miyako didn't notice, and put her hands on the armrests of the chair idly.Emotion is where I don't discover this.Jinji looked away from the window.The sunlight on the roof of the monastery has weakened, and deep shadows have begun to diffuse under the long eaves.Jinji thought, maybe Miyako didn't notice that the petticoat was exposed, but she was too lazy to pull it up.Women are very sensitive to men's eyes.Three months ago, Miyako was doing the same in front of him.So, at this moment, although Miyako was a little concerned, she still let her petticoat show out on the grounds of being tired, maybe it was because she no longer looked like an outsider to him.Now that she is no longer an outsider, women are less ashamed in front of men.

Moreover, maybe because she still has the consciousness that she will live with him in this hotel for one night tonight, she will let her knees be exposed.Although she is a married woman, she has no intentions towards men.Miyako has not yet reached this level of love, because Jinji knows that she is opening herself up for intoxication.Jin Ji really wanted to ask, how did she live with Shibamura during the four years of their marriage?If she is aware that the petticoat above her thighs is exposed and ignores it, then it may be considered that she is expecting the reflection of the man's affection.At least, she has reached this level.Jinji looked at the sky above the temple and thought.

However, Jin Ji immediately changed his mind.She was in a semi-trance, not walking around in the heat, visiting the ties of various temples in Kyoto.And she let the petticoat show through, half unconsciously.Her blank eyes must reflect the sea illuminated by the setting sun shining through the gaps in the clouds.One side of the horizontal line merges with the vast, dark sky, and the other side overlaps with red-edged purple clouds.On the sea, which is gradually being covered by twilight, dots of white sails are slanting and sailing. The white petticoat exposed under Miyako's green dress reminded Jinji of the triangle sails on the ocean, and thus her consciousness.Yes, Miyako's weary face had an irrelevant gloomy expression.She even forgot to smooth the corners of the skirt, because she is gazing at the sails of the sea that are getting dusk in line with the current time, right?

Jinji also thought, where has Zhicun's yacht arrived?He unfolded the chart in his mind.By this afternoon, I should have circled Miyakejima once and started my way home.At this moment, it was either in the north of Miyake Island or in the sea east of Niijima.Shibamura's yacht must be a little behind, in the relatively southern sea.His skills are not good. Although he has three years of experience in sailing a yacht, it is only the second time he has participated in an overseas competition.The same goes for Ueda Goro, who was on the same boat as Shibamura. To the south of Niijima is the sea to the east of Kozushima.From the oil pot on the Miura Peninsula to Miyake Island, there are four small islands in between, from north to south: Oshima, Toshima, Niishima, and Kozushima.These four small islands plus the three islands of Miyake, Mikura, and Hachijo form the Seven Islands of Izu.Kazushima is located at latitude 34°13' north and longitude 139°10' east.If Shibamura's yacht is sailing east of Kozu Island, since they are going around Miyake Island and sailing the north straight line, the north latitude is the same, and the east longitude is about 139°30.According to this calculation, Shibamura's yacht will return to the starting point of oil pot at about eleven o'clock or noon tomorrow morning.This is an estimated time based on the current schedule.

From Oilpot to Miyake Island, the journey takes about 40 hours in summer, and the return journey is much faster.But it takes more than sixty-five hours to go back and forth.Shibamura set off from the oil pot along with other yachts at 7:00 pm the day before yesterday (14th).Miyako said that she also went to send off.Shibamura is a member of the Olive Club, and he owns a twenty-foot yacht named "Seabird".The competition was sponsored by the Rugby Club. The schedule was from Oilpot to Miyake Island, round trip for a week. A total of seven yachts of the same size participated in the competition.

Shinkichi and Shibamura's wife, Miyako, entered the hotel around 6 pm yesterday, when Shibamura was supposed to be sailing on the sea from Niijima towards Miyakejima.Now in about the same place, and sailing in the direction of the oil can.The current season winds are strong and southerly winds will make the return journey much faster than the return journey.Even so, the leading ship will not be able to enter the harbor of the oil pot where it departed until tomorrow (17th) morning. The sea chart unfolded in Jin Ji's mind, there are several yachts with white sails full of wind on the sea.Because Shibamura's ship could not be ahead, it was about halfway or slightly behind.Miyako looked out of the eyes, it seems that she is also in this white sail.

Jin Ji wanted to speak out, and said in a nonchalant tone: Where is Shibamura-kun's yacht now?This may be too cruel a question for her, but she will never leave Jinji because she feels ashamed of Shibamura.Even though the question made her weep, the consciousness of sin drove her into his arms.As ever, will be more enthusiastically cast on him. However, Jinji believes that now is not the time to say such things.To induce her sorrow and passion, it should be after dark.It is necessary to pick a time when the sun outside has completely disappeared and the interior is illuminated with dim soft lights.

"You seem tired," Jinji said. "Well, a little bit." Miyako looked like she just woke up from sleep.The instantaneously changing eyes made Jinji think that his imagination was correct.In this case, it is even more necessary to say some daily words. "The summer in Kyoto is really hot, not suitable for visiting temples." Miyako spoke because he was called back from the twilight of the Izu Sea. "Kyoto is a basin. As everyone knows, summer is equal to a steam bath, and the temperature does not drop at night." Jinji asked her if she wanted a cold drink, and Miyako looked at her watch and said it was time to go to the restaurant.What she meant was obviously that instead of being in the room, it would be better to go to a restaurant with bright lights and many customers to be lively, and Jinji agreed.

He got out of the chair, took out the coat hanging in the closet and put it on, and while he was adjusting his tie, his eyes met the paintings on the wall.It is a mountain scene with the five-storied pagoda in the background, and the word "big" is drawn in yellow on top of the green.This picture has been familiar since yesterday, and it is also one of the reasons for the illusion of returning to one's own home when coming in from the outside. "Start at eight o'clock?" Miyako said.She is also looking at this picture. Tonight, on August 16th, there will be a "Big Characters" event. Starting from Dongshan Ruyi Mountain, there will be a fire-sending event on five mountains. "Eat slowly, the time is about right." Jinji nodded.From this sentence, he thinks that Miyako's heart has left the ocean. Miyako has long been looking forward to seeing the fire festival in Kyoto, and she has been looking forward to it for a long time, and it was she who asked Jinji to decide the travel location in Kyoto this time.This is the first time the two of them have traveled outside of Tokyo.For this reason, Jin Ji reserved this hotel room ten days ago.There must be a lot of tourists coming from Tokyo that night. "I don't know where is the best place to go to see it?" Miyako asked. Shinkichi watched it three years ago in the hotel garden in Idegawa. "The Sanjo area along the Kamo River is probably the best, but it's crowded." "I like to have a lot of people, so that there is a celebration atmosphere." Miyako's mood improved.Maybe it's not necessarily that I can barely get my heart back from the sea of ​​Izu. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and two waitresses appeared. "Can I come in and make the bed?" Jinji said please, and the waitress came in quickly. "Do you two want to visit the big characters?" The round-faced waitress asked Miyako who was about to walk out following Jinji. "Yes, after dinner." Miyako replied with a smile. "It can be seen clearly from the roof of the hotel, because the roof is quite high." The waitress said in standard Kyoto dialect. "Oh, really?" It was Jinji who answered. "Why didn't you think of it? Then you don't have to go outside and squeeze with people."