Social animals don't deserve love

In the mountains on the outskirts of the bay, there is a shrine.

The shrine master, Mr. Yada, travels with his wife all year round, and the work of taking care of the shrine is all on the shoulders of his daughter Fubuki.

Ms. Yada, who will be the next priest and current priestess, is a diligent and gentle girl.Every day, she would get up early to clean the shrine clean and shiny. After completing the daily classes, she would also take out the offerings sent by the believers and send them to the grass on the hillside, so that the monsters hidden in the mountains could take them by themselves, praying that they would not For those who have difficulty entering the mountains to seek a living.

The Yata family has been running a shrine in this mountain for several generations. At the foot of the mountain there is a small fishing village surrounded by the sea, named Yokohama.When the season and wind direction are not suitable, the fishermen cannot go to sea to fish, and can only rely on the output of the mountain to live. Therefore, this mountain is very important to the whole village. The shrine that uses offerings and sacrifices to pray for everyone's safety has naturally become a popular place. The existence of respect and admiration.

Ever since their daughter was able to do housework independently, the big-hearted couple went out frequently.After so many years, Yada Fubuki has been able to manage the shrine in an orderly manner by himself.Often, the wives of villagers from the mountain village came up to visit and take care of her with tributes. Although they felt lonely occasionally, life was not difficult.

When people who came up the mountain saw her as a little girl alone at home, they would always feel a little pity for her. Except for routine visits, they all liked to sit down and talk to this girl before leaving.Sometimes it's anecdotes by the sea, sometimes it's strange tales from afar, and sometimes it's stories about monsters and gods.Ms. Yada is very interested in these, and always opens her eyes curiously and looks forward to the follow-up.

Even though there is a shrine at home and there are monsters enshrining mountains, she has only heard rumors when she grows up to this age, and has never seen monsters, let alone gods.For young people, things that have never been seen but seem to exist have a different kind of attraction for them.

"It's getting late, go down the mountain and go home, wait until you can't see it, you may fall and get hurt!" She said goodbye to the last believer with a smile, and turned to close the gate of the shrine. The shrine that keeps offering food is also very curious.

The raccoon cat monster hides in the bushes and pokes its head, and waits until the gate of the shrine is closed before tiptoeing up to the chestnut in its arms - the daughter of the priest's family is very beautiful, and he has been sneaking around for a long time, from her babbling toddler until now.

If I gave her the sweet chestnuts that I worked so hard to collect for the winter, would she be willing to be my tanuki bride?

The civet cat with poor eyesight dumped all the chestnuts in its arms outside the gate of the shrine, dragged its tail in a hurry and hid in the bushes, waiting expectantly for the sun to rise and the gate of the shrine to open again.

He would blush at the thought of Ms. Yada, but luckily the fluff is so thick that no one would notice.

Does she like chestnuts?Will you be happy to see chestnuts?

A long time ago, he also delivered the fish that he had worked so hard to catch from the river.It's a pity that because I was too nervous along the way, I accidentally bit the head of the fish, and the horrible fish carcass frightened Ms. Yada, who was walking wobbly. at her door.

It's not good to be hated, Mr. Tanuki will cry!

Chestnuts were the prettiest fruit he could find this season.Round and bright, crunchy and sweet after biting, just like her smile.

"An~wu~, what are you doing sneakily~let me see~" The voice from behind startled the civet cat, the fluffy fluff on its tail completely exploded into a feather duster, and he almost fell out of the bushes Jump out: "Shhh! Keep your voice down, Dazai!"

Appearing behind him is a black fur fox youkai, and the dog demon Odasaku who always walks with the fox youkai.

"Hmm...Ango, are you looking at the daughter of the Shinto family?" The dog demon's ears were drooping, and he looked listless.But he is indeed the strongest in this small team of monsters. He always has to work hard to protect the civet cat who walks and falls on the ground, and the fox who jumps into the water when there is nothing to do.

Mr. Tanuki raised his short, fat paws and scratched his round ears: "Well, Fubuki has grown into a big girl... Humans grow really fast."

In the blink of an eye, the little dumpling turned into a girl that he couldn't take his eyes off.

"Life is too short, I'm really envious, I don't have to live 100 years and 100 years like a monster." Fox Dazai shook off the tails that were always tangled, and finished his daily frustration speech.The dog demon Odasaku glanced at him, and frowned disapprovingly: "If you say that, Ango will be sad."

They went to see their good friend together, and there were big tears running down the civet cat's furry face: she would go to a place where he couldn't find her early.

"Ah! Crying!"

"Yeah, I'm crying."

"But it's true that human life is short."

"Don't keep reminding Ango of this."

The fox and the dog demon whispered for a while, and the former punched his palm: "How about this, let's ask out the daughter of the shrine family for Ango, otherwise he might not be able to muster up the courage to confess when the girl turns into an old woman."

"It makes sense." The dog demon thought deeply.

In fact, the voice of their discussion was very loud, and the civet cat who heard it clearly the whole time frowned again in embarrassment: "Don't just say the lines that are suspected of abduction! Fubuki is a good girl!"

"Hey, if she's not as good as you imagined, we won't want to help you, but we will do our best to stop you, Ango." The fox laughed, his iris eyes narrowed: " Like those humans who are easily tempted, they end up staying in the mountains to become the rations of other monsters."

"Hey, Dazai." Tanuki wiped away uncontrollable tears, and stared at his friend with dark eyes: "Stay away from Fubuki."

This guy always likes to conjure up various handsome appearances to wander around the world, deceiving men and women to go to hell together for him.The results of it?The fox is alive and well shaking the water from its fur, as for those humans who were deceived by him... no one has ever seen it again.

The fox monster doesn't like the way the raccoon monster looks at him. The raccoon monster doesn't like the fox monster making fun of his sweetheart. The two monsters stare at each other and jump up without warning.

Ah... the hair ball rolls over... rolls over...

The dog demon Odasaku yawned big, leaned against the tree root and closed his eyes, quietly waiting for them to decide the winner.

It should be, there will be no problem, neither of these two can hurt the other.Odasaku thought this way, and his listless eyelids drooped lower and lower, and finally stuck together.

The warm sun is so comfortable on the fur.

At this moment, the fur ball formed by Dazai and Ango rolled down the mountain path, and the two entangled monsters fell into the mountain stream with a "plop".

"Help!"

"Help!"

The eight paws stretched out of the water and waved desperately, and the dog monsters who heard the sound carried them ashore one by one.

"Really, the fur is soaked! What should I do?" An Wu picked up his tail and twisted it vigorously, and threw away a snail hidden inside.Dazai has a lot of tails, and the situation is even more serious, like strands of old soggy wool coils, it looks a bit indescribable.

Odasaku shook casually: "Fortunately, I have short hair."

The two who were pecking at each other just now immediately joined forces to challenge him: "Isn't it so short that the hair is so short, huh!"

"I've seen humans light a fire to dry their clothes, try it?" Dazai suggested first, eager to put himself on the fire and roast himself.Anwu complained to him without turning his head: "Before roasting, all the hair and clothes on your body will be burned, leaving only your naked buttocks for future generations to admire. And it is very dangerous to set fire in the mountains this season. You want to anger those Did the big monster come out and beat us up!"

"Forget it then." Dazai immediately lost interest in this suggestion.

Standing wet against the wind was really uncomfortable. After discussing for 10 minutes, they decided to turn into human appearances and go to the village at the foot of the mountain to borrow a firepit from someone else's house to dry themselves.

So the three monsters turned into three young men, dragging their wet clothes to the fishing village at the foot of the mountain.

The senior monsters in the mountains are doctors in the fishing village, so they probably won't refuse their request.

……

"Miss Yada! Inoue's wife is having a difficult labor, please go and do a ritual to get rid of evil spirits, please help!"

Before dawn, someone knocked on the gate of the shrine.When Ms. Yada heard the voice, she hurried out with her wooden clogs: "How long has it been? Has anyone gone to see a doctor?"

"The doctor has already arrived and said that the stomach should be cut open because the condition is not good, so Inoue would like to ask you to do something to get rid of the illness."

The person who came to report the news stomped his feet anxiously, the witch threw the clogs on the ground, picked up the imperial coins and ran away: "Go and see, the doctor's request is the first."

It was already 10 or [-] minutes after the two of them ran to the village one after the other. Miss Miko ran in such a hurry and focused on saving people that she was faster than the villagers who went up the mountain to ask for help.

As soon as I entered the yard of Inoue's house, I saw that there were people inside and outside.

At this time, people are generally superstitious, and firmly believe that a woman's childbirth is a dirty thing and will bring bad luck.So the mother was locked alone in the cellar dug in advance, except for a doctor in a white robe who went down to examine her and everyone came to watch the fun-waiting to see when the poor mother would die.

"Please let me go! People will curse everything they see before they die. If she really dies, it will be terrible. Aren't you afraid of being cursed by the birth ghost?"

When the spectators heard this, they all dispersed, except for the doctor who came out of the cellar, there were only three strange youths left.

"We are apprentices of Dr. Mori. We just came from Tokyo to visit the teacher last night. We didn't expect to encounter such a dangerous case."

The young man standing at the front carefully explained his background, looking forward to exchanging names with Ms. Yada.It's a pity that she didn't care about greeting people, lying on the ground and calling out the name of the mother in the cellar loudly.

After a while, a weak voice came from below, and Yada Fubuki comforted her, then turned to look at Dr. Mori who was standing not far away: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Ah, I don't know if you can do it." The doctor smiled: "Her family is very concerned about his wife being seen by other men, but how can the surgery not reveal part of the skin? It's better that I stand outside and tell you what to do." Do it, so that the mother can continue to live in the future."

He only wanted children, not mothers.

After the two discussed it, the doctor ordered three "disciples" to carry the mother out of the cellar and into the bedroom.Miss Miko stayed in the room, and the doctor stood outdoors with his back against the door, just casually performing a laparotomy operation.

The big monster leaning against the door curled its mouth, and the invisible monster power kept the mother alive.

The operation was over soon, and the child was sent out first. The black-haired young man who was holding her carefully washed the dirt and blood stains on the baby with warm water, and held her in his arms and wrapped her in clothes.

Not long after, Miss Miko washed her hands and came out: "She fell asleep."

"Thank you for your generosity."

Dr. Mori bent down, and then took the time to introduce to her: "Ango is holding the baby, Dazai is teasing the baby, and Oda is guarding the baby."

Except for Dazai who had a great time playing with the baby, the three of them greeted each other earnestly, Yada Fubuki said his name back: "Where's Inoue?"

"Go away."

The raccoon monster pouted.

"..." She muttered and cursed something, Tanuki was at a loss, and the smiles of the other monsters connoted: This lady witch is unexpectedly interesting!

Dr. Mori volunteered to take care of babies and mothers, and asked his disciples to send the witch back to the shrine: "Did you sprain your ankle on the way here? It doesn't look good after you endured it for so long."

Only then did everyone notice that her left ankle was swollen and high.

After a simple treatment, the raccoon cat walked up to her and squatted down more actively than anyone else: "The sprained ankle needs rest to recover slowly. I will carry you up the mountain and send you home."

Yada Fubuki naturally refused again and again, but Dr. Naihe Mori said: "Someone must take you off, I don't want to wait a while and run up the mountain again."

She had no choice but to accept the help of a strange man named Ango.

Along the way, the raccoon monster was so excited that he almost carried the girl on his back and fled directly into the depths of the forest, preventing anyone from finding her again.Barely suppressing the little waves in his heart, he sent her to the entrance of the shrine: "We will stay at the foot of the mountain recently, you are welcome to come and play with me."

Out of politeness, she smiled and nodded without saying a word.Until the gate of the shrine was closed, the fox monster who watched the whole joke opened his mouth and laughed: "Ango, did you forget something?"

So excited that I forgot to confess, right?

The civet cat monster who was still excited just now: "..."

Boo!