Miss Zashiki

On the day when the Peach Blossom Demon officially entered the shrine as a shrine maiden, Fu Xiaoyue, together with other little monsters, watched quietly from the outside.But for the convenience of viewing the picture, she asked the drug seller to hold her up to watch.

Looking at the meticulous figure of Yan Fan kneeling in front of the holy statue, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help being a little trance-like.

A few days ago, the girl who was still crying because she couldn't find her sister, and couldn't be coaxed, suddenly had to shoulder an unbelievable burden of responsibility.

This feeling is like looking at a kid who was snotty and hairless the day before, but today he is wearing a military uniform and going to fight to the death on the battlefield.

Such a strange association came into being, and the conversation with the Peach Blossom Demon at that time also resurfaced in her mind——

"Even so, do you still want to be a priestess?"

"……Yes."

Fu Xiao heard what the Peach Blossom Demon said yesterday. In fact, she once thought that the other party was impulsive—because she was in a state of inferiority for a long time beside her dazzling sister, she forced herself to be a sister who couldn’t do it in order to prove herself. Things like this, quite a bit of a child's rebellious demeanor.

It was precisely because of such preconceived views that Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help being shocked just like the previous Sakura Demon when faced with her abnormal persistence.

"The only peach blossom growing in the cherry blossom forest means not being precious, but hard work-but it's not me, but the cherry blossom... Although I forgot how I got here in the first place, but I What is certain is that if I hadn’t been protected and taken care of by Sakura all the time, I would never have survived to this day.”

At that time, the peach blossom demon girl looked at her with her clear eyes, and said: "I have always grown up under Sakura's protection, and I did nothing by myself... Now, Sakura has something she wants to do." What should I do? Continue to follow her and beg for her protection? No, I will protect her in the future-this is what I want to do. "

Under those gazes, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help being slightly dazed, and then couldn't help but feel ashamed of his previous insane association.

"Have you ever thought that if Sakura knows that you think so, she will not have the heart to leave you and do what she wants to do alone."

After hearing her words, the Peach Blossom Demon immediately shook her head without hesitation: "In that case, it would be meaningless for me to do this, Sakura would never do such a stupid thing... What's more, if I said that I want to protect Sakura, I would It’s not just about protecting her alone, more people in need can receive blessings and protection for this—as long as I think that I can do such things in the future, I feel very happy.”

"Sakura will definitely support me." She said at the time.

But in fact, at this moment, seeing his younger sister who grew up under his own eyes, dressed in a neat and elegant priestess costume, kneeling in front of the Inari statue, the cherry blossom demon did not step forward to stop her.

Fu Xiaoyue didn't know what kind of communication the two of them had after "calming their heads and sorting out their thoughts" before, but right now, the cherry blossom demon girl was just standing quietly in the corner, her eyes were red, and her eyes were softly shining. Staring at the slender figure.

In the center of many gazes, the Peach Blossom Demon girl raised her eyes, looked at the face of the holy image without dodging, and said in a clear voice: "Peach Blossom Demon, a believer, wishes to serve the gods for the rest of her life, and this body will not die. , this fragrance will never be extinguished, and this will will never change.”

As she spoke, she kowtowed heavily without hesitation, and said clearly and clearly:

"Peach blossoms are scorching, endless!"

The moment her words fell, all the monsters present felt an invisible and heavy sense of mystery, as if they had been engraved with some kind of seal.

That feeling was fleeting, and it disappeared before Fu Xiaoyue had time to experience it carefully.She was in a state of ignorance and couldn't get back to her senses, but in the next second she suddenly heard the exclamation of the little monsters beside her.

Following their gaze, Fu Xiaoyue's eyes widened instantly.

The vicinity of this shrine was originally surrounded by a dense and prosperous cherry blossom forest, but at this time, the cherry blossoms that spread all over the sky turned into burning peach blossoms——a peach blossom forest that can't be seen at the end of the eye.

Looking at the scene in front of him yesterday, Fu Xiaoyue subconsciously thought: Who said that cherry blossoms look similar to peach blossoms?Obviously it doesn't look like it at all—otherwise, it wouldn't be so obvious for people to see the difference from before at a glance...

Compared with the fragile and poignant beauty of cherry blossoms that want to be held in the palm of the hand, peach blossoms have a sense of ostentatious brilliance. From the branches to the petal stamens, they seem to contain silent and vigorous vitality.

Fu Xiao was looking around this peach blossom grove in a daze, and felt the atmosphere in front of him become solemn again. In a blink of an eye, he found that the peach blossom demon who was kneeling in front of the sacred statue of Inari had stood up again at some point, and turned towards them. turn around.

Fu Xiaoyue saw the appearance of the girl in the maiden costume clearly, and subconsciously held her breath—the face was still the same as before, but there was a peach petal-shaped light gold divine pattern on her forehead ——But for no reason, it made that delicate face less immature, and showed a trace of handsome heroism.

Headed by Shuzhu, all the monsters in the Shasheng Temple knelt down towards the girl, and they were either excited or in awe, and they all said in respectful voices:

"Meet the fourth generation of priestesses!"

In the corner, the cherry blossom demon also bowed down.

Nuliang Huapiao, who was standing beside her, looked down at the figure of the woman kneeling on the ground beside her. She paused for two seconds and didn't know what to think, but saw that he untied the saber at his waist and put it on the branch behind him. Then he also lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down on his knees.

Comrade Xiuyuan of Huakaiyuan, who had been elusive a few days ago, was nowhere to be seen today, so they were the only outsiders present.

Fu Xiaoyue was hugged by the drug seller, so naturally she didn't kneel, and since she didn't kneel, Inugami and Jiumingmao naturally wouldn't kneel either.

then--

The figures of the four of them, among the monsters lying respectfully and lying on the ground beside them, they couldn't help but stand out from the crowd.

"..."

Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help feeling a little anxious and uneasy, secretly glanced at the drug seller, stretched out his hand to pull his lapel slightly——

In other words, shouldn't they also do as the Romans do?Would it be a little too arrogant to just stand there in a daze?

The drug seller didn't seem to feel uncomfortable in the slightest, and the arm holding her didn't show any sign of letting go, and with a calm expression on his face, he stretched out his other hand and grabbed her "rebellious" arm. finger.

Inexplicably, Fu Xiaoyue interpreted the subtext similar to "be good, don't make trouble": "..."

Seeing that the person in his arms was going to live obediently and peacefully, the medicine seller raised his eyes again, looked at the new witch in front of the icon, and nodded slightly.

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After the identity of the Peach Blossom Demon's witch was confirmed, all the monsters in the Shasheng Temple rushed forward with joy.

Looking at that scene yesterday, Fu Xiao felt much more relaxed, and smiled on his face, trying to let the drug seller put him down, but the other party suddenly turned his back to Xing Xing.

"...Yao, Mr. Yaolang?"

The drug seller didn't stop, he only looked sideways at her slightly, and said softly: "The peach blossoms are blooming, don't you want to go and have a look?"

Fu Xiaoyue suddenly became quiet when he heard it.

Thinking of something in her mind, she pursed her lips slightly, and her eyes moved away. After a few seconds, she successfully put on an expression of "I really can't do anything with you", blushed and nodded with confidence:

"Look! Why don't you look?"

After walking for a while, the noisy noise gradually faded away, only the gentle wind blowing past my ears, I don't know if it is because it is soaked in the fragrance of peach blossoms, it seems a little warm.

Fu Xiaoyue lay on his shoulders, intermittently and intermittently recounting the conversation he had with the Peach Blossom Demon a few days ago.

At the end, she raised her eyes and looked at him: "Mr. Yaolang, tell me, will this make the Peach Blossom Demon look too pitiful?"

The drug seller's expression remained unchanged, and his voice was calm: "If what she did was in line with her own heart, she would not be pitiful."

"Oh……"

Fu Xiaoyue immediately looked at him with a protracted tone, and didn't speak for a long time, until he looked over, and then winked at him innocently: "Mr. Yaolang really doesn't know how to be compassionate and sympathetic. Asking you is like asking for nothing."

The drug seller raised his eyebrows slightly, shook his head lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, every monster is different in form and truth, so we shouldn't use a single standard to generalize."

Fu Xiaoyue frowned: "I don't understand, speak human language."

The pharmacist paused slightly when he heard the words, and then seemed to sigh slightly: "Under the premise of not compromising the truth of others, what she did was in line with her own heart, but you use your own truth as the standard to judge her." It would be disrespectful to judge her without authorization."

Fu Xiaoyue had a look of half-understanding, with his mouth slightly open in a daze, completely brought into the other party's rhythm: "...Then should I apologize to her?"

——Just because you feel sorry for her without authorization?I always feel like something is wrong...

Not sure if it was her illusion, but after her words, the corners of the young man's mouth with a dark purple curve seemed to deepen a little bit.

"Need not."

"... Oh." She responded blankly - thinking about it, she didn't go in front of others to say it, but just said what she said to the drug seller, so she didn't need to apologize.

But in this way, another thought came to her mind: "Then I said that to you just now, do I need to apologize to you?"

The drug seller looked at her faintly: "Do you think you are wrong?"

This sentence seemed to be a switch with a certain sense of sight, and it instantly aroused a certain unpleasant memory in Fu Xiaoyue's mind, and he blurted out excitedly:

"--I am right!"

Beside the drug seller, right is right, and wrong is still right—this is the lesson that Fu Xiaoyue personally summed up not long ago.

As soon as the urgent words fell, the next second, she stared helplessly at the young man in front of her. There was an obvious sense of regret in that brow and eyes, and she quietly turned her eyes to look at the peach blossom forest in front of her.

Looking at the pleasing side face, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help gnashing his teeth - this guy, I'm afraid he was setting her a trap when he answered the first sentence!Fortunately, she managed to break free at the last moment!

She couldn't help but snorted angrily, intending to uncover the problem, and return to the original topic, "Just treat her as not pitiful... Then I said she is precious, so you don't have any objections, do you? "

The drug seller nodded calmly: "Yeah."

Fu Xiaoyue saw that he was trying to find fault with him, so he curled his lips and snorted: "It's really perfunctory... You might as well talk about it in detail, what is so precious about her?"

She would like to see what kind of good things this vicious guy can boast.

"The peach blossoms are blooming." The young man said something irrelevant, then raised his eyes to quietly look at the petals floating in the air, and said softly, "When a flower blooms, it is always precious."

what?

Is it precious just because peach blossoms bloom...?

Fu Xiaoyue looked at him in confusion: "...so?"

"So," the drug seller responded in cooperation, lowered his eyes to look at her, and continued softly:

"When the flowers are blooming, I hope that no one will disappoint her. The same goes for the flowers themselves."

Fu Xiaoyue looked at him silently, but his eyes were still mostly confused.

—The same goes for flowers.

What's the same?

——Don’t disappoint either.

Don't live up to what?

Don't let down yourself who is blooming?Or don't let down the flower appreciators?

Fu Xiao was dizzy from being wrapped around his head yesterday, he covered his forehead with all his strength, couldn't help but rushed forward and grabbed the other party's skirt, and complained in a weeping voice:

"Talking to you is so tiring... I have to be careful to prevent you from tricking me, and at the same time I have to work hard to figure out how much meaning you have in your words...Mr. Yaolang, you have already said it yourself, so bullying monsters with low IQs, you Won't your heart hurt?"

The drug seller looked at her quietly: "Then, what do you want from me?"

"I want you not to lie to me, don't bully me, don't have subtext in your words, don't beat around the bush, don't make me guess, whatever you want to express, please tell me directly."

"I like you." One sentence stunned her, the drug seller remained calm, and said clearly: "I'm not lying to you, there is no subtext, only this meaning—"

"Is this understandable?"

Fu Xiaoyue looked directly at those two heavy eyes, secretly tightened his fingers, and replied in a low voice:

"……Um."

Why... Does she feel like she has been tricked again?