After the favorability rating was 99, I gave up the tour

The next morning, Nezuko, who came to Higurashi Shrine with a heavy heart to prepare for the quiz, received a gift unexpectedly.

"Huh? Is this... for me?"

Nezuko unbelievably accepted the wooden bow, which was just the right size for her.

When she took the bow, the light grip moved her heart, and when she tried to draw the bow, the just right feeling of pulling the bow surprised her.

Nezuko stood in a daze for a moment, brushing her fingers lightly over the polished and smooth surface of the wooden bow, staring at the bow that was obviously made overnight, and was moved to tears when she looked up again: "Jieyue, this is Did you do it specially for me? You are so kind!!"

Higurashi Jieyue said: "It's okay, it's not a troublesome thing, and since you are a witch, how can you not have a bow? It is the shrine's job to provide corresponding equipment for the assistant maiden, so don't worry about it."

"That's not true!" Nezuko shook her head vigorously, and said seriously, "Jieyue is really a very gentle, considerate, and kind person! I will always remember that Jieyue is good, and I will always like Jieyue!! "

Higurashi Yuyue was stunned for a moment, then softened his expression, and smiled: "That's great. I was worried that Nezuko would think I was too harsh after seeing the witch's exercises. After all, I saw these things back then. I also thought the same way during the exercises, so the exercises I gave you yesterday were slightly cut... But since you have said so, Nezuko, then I can rest assured that I will hand over the rest of the exercises to you."

Nezuko: "..."

bang -- bang --

Another two stacks of question books that were as high as yesterday were taken out by Sunset and Jieyue, and piled on the ground.

"Then these are all the workbooks for official shrine maidens." Higurashi Yuzuki pressed Nezuko's shoulder seriously, just like yesterday, encouraging Nezuko, "Come on, Nezuko! After finishing these workbooks, You are an outstanding witch!"

Nezuko froze on the spot, staring blankly at the question book X3 in front of her, her soul came out of her body.

"……what……"

·

For several days in a row, Nezuko maintained an intense study rhythm.

The first book she finished was "Being a Miko from Zero".

Don't look at the title of the book "Being a Miko from Scratch" is so sloppy, but it is actually a very easy-to-understand, simple-to-understand handbook for new shrine maidens, which contains everything from the composition of shrines to the existence of shrine maidens. , the development of Shintoism for hundreds of years, and the preliminary application and identification of spiritual power, etc., are all kinds of knowledge, which can be said to be urgently needed books for Nezuko, who has changed jobs halfway.

Therefore, in order to master this knowledge as soon as possible, Nezuko took the books and question books home after obtaining the consent of Higurashi Yuyue. On weekdays, she completed bow and arrow exercises regularly and quantitatively at the shrine in the morning, and would be very conscious in the afternoon and evening. Helping my family while studying, I finished reading a large booklet in less than three days, and my enthusiasm for learning is truly amazing!

Higurashi Jieyue was really shocked by such a touching enthusiasm for learning, and corrected this test booklet for Nezuko overnight, and gave her the second book: "Handbook of Basic Knowledge of Spiritual Power" in the early morning of the next day without stopping.

Nezuko: "..."

Nezuko: Isn't it just a workbook!Not a problem at all! !did it!

Nezuko wrote vigorously.

However, three days later, that is, the sixth day after Nezuko decided to become the assistant maiden of Higurashi Shrine, Nezuko was suddenly told a news.

"Huh? You don't need to do the questions today?"

Nezuko asked in confusion, with a little regret in her voice.

Higurashi Jieyue looked sideways for a moment, and once again felt Nezuko's earth-shattering enthusiasm for learning.

But she still stood by her decision.

Higurashi Jieyue said: "Strictly speaking, it's not today, but in the next half month, Nezuko doesn't have to do new exercises anymore."

"why?"

Higurashi Yuzuki pointed to Nezuko's bow, and said: "Because theory is important, so is actual combat. Nezuko's learning progress in theory is very fast, and it can be said to be decent, but in the actual use of spiritual power , and the level of familiarity with bows and arrows is still lacking. So, Nezuko, in the next half month, you should focus on practicing the use of spiritual power."

"During this half month, Nezuko has to do one thing, and that is to make every arrow she shoots attach to her maximum spiritual power. Well, the accuracy is not required for the time being... In order to achieve For this goal, Nezuko will bring bows and arrows home from today. After all, getting along with your equipment day and night is the fastest way to get familiar with them. Of course, in order to avoid accidentally hurting others, the only arrows you can bring home are These have the arrows removed."

The new academic bully Ni Douzi hugged her own small bow in astonishment, and finally felt a little pressure in her heart: "That... I... can I practice this by myself?"

Nezuko, who didn't panic after killing two test books in a row, finally felt panic when holding the small bow: Although the arrow has the arrowhead removed, it is still a weapon after all!

Can she really practice this kind of stuff at home by herself?

Does it really matter?

Higurashi Jieyue said: "Nezuko's current knowledge is initially qualified, and she can already be regarded as a priestess. Therefore, it is of course no problem for a priestess to bring her own bow and arrow."

Nezuko blushed, rolled her round eyes, and showed a bright smile unconsciously, but she quickly came back to her senses, and said embarrassedly: "No, Jieyue, that's not what I said... I mean, Now that I am holding a dangerous thing like a bow and arrow, won't it hurt others?"

Higurashi Jieyue replied honestly: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, Nezuko's arrow has no strength at all. Even if it hits someone, it will be a little red at most... So it doesn't matter, go home and practice by yourself."

Nezuko: "..."

Although I know that you never lie, Jieyue, but don't say such things too bluntly! !

Nezuko restrained her urge to show a disrespectful expression, and after politely saying goodbye to Higurashi Kaiyue, she walked briskly down the mountain with a small bow on her back and a quiver of arrows on her back.

On the way down the mountain, Nezuko was just walking normally, but slowly, she walked faster and faster, until she started to gallop on the mountain road, like a little forest elf, A feeling of drunkenness enveloped her cheeks.

Her emotions were so high that she was sweating even in such a cold winter, which made her whole body hot and her heart itchy, and finally she couldn't help laughing happily on the road.

"Miko... Miko! I'm a Miko~"

She opened her arms, smiled, and ran home bouncing all the way.

After returning home, Nezuko couldn't wait to take out the bow, went to the open place in front of the house, aimed at the big tree not far away, and drew the bow with an arrow.

Thanks to the correction of the hands of the day and night and the moon these days, Nezuko's standing posture is very upright, the bow is very stable, and the movement of drawing the bow is also very smooth, giving people a sense of smoothness and strength from beginning to end.

So, at this moment, the whole family gathered around.Mother Kuizhi stood by the door, watching with some worry and curiosity, while a group of children formed a circle around her mother, watching Nezuko's movements closely.Even the most arrogant Takeo couldn't help but hold his breath at this moment, his eyes were very bright looking at Nezuko.

With excitement and a desire to show off in front of her siblings, Nezuko gathered up her strength, followed Higurashi Yutsuki's guidance, covered the arrow with spiritual power with difficulty, and then let go!

The arrow shot out suddenly, and in an instant——

It landed three meters away.

The arrow fell weakly, floating shallowly on the surface of the thick snow, not even passing through the shallowest snow layer, looking pitiful.

Nezuko: "..."

Takeo & Shigeru & Hanako: "..."

The children looked away very conscientiously at this moment, pretending that they didn't see anything.

The mother, Kuizhi, couldn't help but look at Nezuko's puffy face, and quickly put away the expression on her face, and stepped forward to gently hug the eldest daughter who rarely showed her childish side.

"Nezuko is really good." Aoi Zhi praised her without hesitation, "Nezuko has been studying very hard these days, and she is very serious these days, and she also learns archery very quickly... Although I don't understand archery, I know It can also be seen that Nezuko's posture of drawing the bow is very beautiful, so the lady priestess on the mountain must have praised Nezuko for this, right?"

Nezuko nodded slightly.

Kuizhi said: "So, Nezuko, there is no need to be depressed, because Nezuko has worked very hard and learned very well. The only reason for failure is because he is still young. When Nezuko grows up, he will definitely become a particularly outstanding student." Miko's, right?"

Nezuko finally smiled, sweet and a little embarrassed, as if she was ashamed of her childishness just now.

Feeling embarrassed, Nezuko quickly changed the subject after hearing the sudden cry from the sixth lady in the room, and said, "Let me help, Mom, you need to rest for a while!"

Nezuko put down the bow and arrow cherishingly, and then ran into the room, and after a while, the voice of Nezuko coaxing Liutai was heard.

Kui Zhi looked into the room, listening to the voice beside her ear, her expression was extremely gentle.

"By the way, mom, where's brother? Haven't you come back yet?"

After the sixth wife calmed down a bit, Nezuko came out again, poked her head towards the sunflower branch outside the house, and asked strangely: "Brother should be back at this time, right?"

It was almost noon when Nezuko left the Higurashi Shrine, and when she returned home after walking the long mountain road, she was just in time for lunch.

Generally speaking, at this time, Tanjiro would also return home, but the strange thing is that he is not here today.

To this question, Huazi, the youngest girl of the Zaomen family, rushed to answer, and said with a regretful expression: "Brother is going to sell charcoal in the town! What a pity, I wanted to go with my brother, but I can't..."

"Today?" Nezuko asked in surprise, "Isn't it snowing today? It's a little dangerous to go to town in this weather!"

Late last night, there was a heavy snowfall in the mountains.

Higurashi Yuzuki originally agreed with Nezuko that if it snowed, he would not come to the shrine, but Nezuko saw that the shrine on the top of the mountain was not far from home. Keep going to school with enthusiasm.

But the town is different.The town is too far away, and the road is very difficult, and it takes a long time to go back and forth, so Nezuko was surprised by this.

but……

"But I think my brother must have said something like 'I want to sell more charcoal so that everyone can eat enough in winter' and so on..." Nezuko sighed like a little adult, "It's so cold, The snow is so thick... I really hope that my brother can come back soon..."

Hanako nodded vigorously.

Nezuko looked towards the direction of the town at the foot of the mountain, with inexplicable and vague worries in her heart.

Since Nezuko was able to see spiritual power a few days ago, in her vision, the world has always been colorful, even in the snowy winter, it is not monotonous at all, it is very lively and lovely.

But for some reason, on such a day, Nezuko saw a faint black mist gathering in the distance early in the morning.

That color is too light and too far away, as if it was just her illusion, so Nezuko has been refraining from asking Higurashi Yuzuki.

but……

But she still subconsciously felt fear and suffocation.

"elder brother……"

Nezuko looked in the direction of the black mist and muttered to herself.

"Come back soon..."