Ordinary Honmaru Chronicle

That day, Xiaohumaru did not directly tell the female judge what he thought.He just stood quietly in the small pavilion in the central garden of Wanwu, silently listened to the female judge's confession, then took a step forward, and hugged the female judge who was faintly exhausted after talking to himself tightly into his arms.

This time, until the tears in the corners of the female judge's eyes dried up, until she fell asleep in Xiaohuwan's warm embrace, those strong arms never let go from the beginning to the end.

……

The female judge's long-lost sleep was extremely sweet and satisfying.However, when she opened her eyes comfortably, what she saw was not the ceiling that had been filled up on the castle tower of her home Honmaru.When she saw a simple thatched roof that she had never seen before, the female judge blinked in confusion, but the familiar touch under her body proved that it was her bedding.

"Well?……"

The female judge who sat up was a little horrified to find that the clothes on her body had turned into a thin and simple Japanese-style unlined clothing. Fortunately, the underwear was still there, which barely maintained her sense of security.Just as the female judge was looking around and the simple wooden furniture in the room, the door of the room was suddenly pulled open.

When seeing the woman who poked her head in, the female judge swallowed the exclamation in her stomach.Just when she wanted to call "Tomoko" with peace of mind, the girl with long curly hair and dressed as a priestess blinked, made a silent gesture, and introduced herself cunningly:

"Hey miss, you're finally awake? I'm Tomoko, the chief priestess of the Fushimi Inari branch in the suburbs of Heian-kyo, just call me Tomoko. It's the first time we meet, I'm glad you're safe~"

"...Huh?" Seeing Tomoko winking and beckoning to herself, the female judge froze for a moment, and finally bent her eyes at her: "Then...thank you very much."

"You're welcome. But you can escape from the water so smoothly. Speaking of it, I have to thank the hunter Xiaohumaru-san in the village at the foot of the mountain." Tomoko looked like an old god, "He rescued you from the water when you were unconscious. After going up the mountain, seeing that you have been unconscious, I donated all the cloth I got from hunting recently to Lord Inari to pray for your safety."

"...Then I really want to thank this kind Mr. Hunter."

"That's true~" Miko Tomoko finally entered the room, handed the clothes box in her hand to the female judge who couldn't help laughing, and said old-fashionedly:

"But miss, you've been drowsy all this time. I've consumed a lot of herbs to take care of you. You can't just exchange these herbs with rice, grain, and cloth."

"So Sophon, what should I do to compensate you?" the female judge said kindly.

"It's not a difficult thing~" Tomoko opened the clothes box, took out a thin set of red and white priestess clothing, shook it, and handed it to the female judge, "Please ask the young lady to work in the club for a while. Your assistant shrine maiden."

"...Okay." It was obvious at a glance that this summer maiden costume is the most advanced one among the women's uniforms currently released by the Government of Time. The female judge held back her laughter, and slowly put it on after taking it. stand up.

Seeing her clumsy dress, Tomoko sighed resentfully, and pulled up the female judge to straighten her gown.While helping around the upper finger ring, she still didn't forget to talk about the work that the female judge will do next:

"My sister is lucky. During the first month, the assistant maidens of the branch office need to do a lot of work~ But it's early summer, and our side is not the main branch, so there is no big sacrifice. Apart from getting up early to sweep the dust, you only need Just help prepare sacrifices and collect herbs."

"Ok."

"The tools for getting up early to sweep the dust are next door. Please return them in time after you use them every morning. Don't worry about preparing the sacrifices after the daily feeding time. I will teach you how to do it then."

"Ok."

"The job you need to pay attention to most is: you have to go to collect medicine with the hunter Xiaohumaru in the village every morning. He is one of the main suppliers of medicinal materials in our branch. You must get along well with him! I have Discuss with him, he will send rice for the shrine at the time of the court, and the young lady will meet him and get acquainted with each other in a while, right?"

"Ok."

"Sister, don't be nervous, you really look good like this~" After finishing combing the female judge's long and smooth hair, Tomoko tied her Mizuhiki and walked around her.Then he took the slightly shy female judge and walked out of the house. While walking, he did not forget to look back and encourage her:

"Xiaohumaru-san is very easy to get along with. When we meet later, sister, you can behave generously and naturally!"

"……Um!"

In the early morning, the sunshine outside the office is particularly bright, and the wild plants in the Heian-kyo mountains in early summer are also lush.Beside the path paved with gravel, various sunflowers are clinging to clusters of tender green privets, and barberry not far away hangs strings of yellow-green oval flowers. In the continuous green, several clusters of wild rhododendrons bloom wildly and enthusiastically. , Different plants decorate the small shrine with a lot of business.

But more is still cherry blossoms.

In the fields and on the ridges, arbors with purple-brown skins bear large clusters of pink flowers that are tender to almost transparent.There are so many cherry blossoms, as dense as clouds, which are deeply and shallowly embellished on the branches and branches. When the breeze blows, the fine petals dance with the wind, just like a newly arrived brilliant powder snow.Looking around, on the short mountain beams, tall and bright red torii gates contrast with the gorgeous pink and white weeping cherry blossoms.In this situation, even the female judge, who had never appreciated cherry blossoms that much, couldn't help being moved by it.

Immediately afterwards, Tomoko dragged her around the last corridor.After stepping down the steps, she laughed and pointed to the direction of the approach to show her to look.The female judge smiled and looked sideways, then suddenly fell silent——

Under the rising sun, the approach path paved with stone slabs was clean and tidy, and the fine rain of cherry blossoms sprinkled on it, like red tears. At the end of the approach path, a tall man in yellow clothes was stepping up the steps against the light.

He has long snow-white hair, and a few small horseshoe-shaped petals of residual cherry are playfully decorated on the top of the hair; he has thin lips and a high nose, and a fair face.Inside the long and narrow eye slits, a pair of blood-red eyes shone like fine rubies.And when he saw the woman he had saved dressed as a witch, standing at the entrance of the temple with blushing cheeks and drooping eyelashes waiting for him, the man in yellow raised his eyebrows slightly, and then quickly quickened his pace.

Three steps and two steps rushed to the end of the approach, and the man in yellow stopped casting.Tomoko on the side quickly took a bag of wrapped rice in his hand, while the man supported the handle of the knife and the small soft bow at his waist, and then showed the female judge a face that would dazzle anyone who saw it. smile to:

"This Ji Jun, I am Xiaohuwan, you can call me Xiaohu. I am glad that you are safe and sound now."

He looked at the female interrogator who was blushing but bravely smiling at him with some pity, resisting the desire to reach out and stroke her hair, and added softly:

"This is really..."

"...It couldn't be better."

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