Hearing this, Hachimanjin (the god of the Hachimangu Shrine) commiserated with him, and mercifully had the tachibana tree grow thicker and Moroki was appointed to the honorable position Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) ("Okagami" (the Great Mirror)).
これを聞いた八幡神が哀れんで、その情けにより、橘の木は茂り栄え、衆樹も栄職である蔵人頭に任官されたという（『大鏡』）。