This is a small village with strong faith in the gods.

One year, the village was not blessed with children, and they offered a "sacrifice" to you, the god who governs life and death.

The village offered up Rihito, who was obedient and docile. After being chosen as the sacrifice, Rihito's entire body was purified, his mouth, nostrils, and all other orifices, even his internal organs, were cleansed. He was clothed in white robes, bound with ropes so he could not escape, blindfolded so as not to frighten anyone, and then seated before the shrine deep in the mountains where you is enshrined.

With his head bowed, Rihito quietly listened to the voice of the village Shinto priest chanting the prayers of the ritual.