Honkai Survival Guide

In the afternoon, Yae Sakura came back.

But as Lord expected, her state changed significantly.Although she tried her best to remain normal in front of Yae Rin, she still happily chatted and slept with Yae Rin as usual.But there was always deep worry in her eyes, and when she was alone, she often lost her mind, staring blankly at the cherry blossoms falling in the yard in a daze.

Three days later...

Yae Sakura finished feeding Yae Rin the medicine as usual.

When she was about to get up to wash the dishes, Yae Rin grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"Rin? What's the matter?" Yae Sakura lowered her head, but met Yae Rin's worried eyes.She pursed her lips and looked away unnaturally.

"Sister, has something happened?" Yae Rin said: "I feel that you have been a little absent-minded for the past two days. Are you feeling unwell? Or have you encountered any difficulties? Can you tell me?"

"I..." Yae Sakura pursed her mouth, and the expression on her face became depressed: "Did Rin actually find out? Well... I thought I was hiding it pretty well..."

237 Sacrifice

"Sister, we have been together since we were born. If there is any change in you, I don't know, then something is wrong?" Yae Rin sighed, and looked at Yae Sakura who was a little at a loss: "These days God, you look so out of your mind, so what happened?"

Yae Sakura bit her lips lightly with her teeth, as if she was a little entangled in whether to tell Yae Rin, but she finally sighed and sat down again under her sister's persistent gaze.

The girl had a lingering sadness on her face: "Rin, you know it too...it hasn't rained in the village for a long time, and even the water in the Xijian River has been reduced a lot, so if it doesn't rain again , the crops in the field are dying."

"In that case, everyone in the village will have no harvest at all. Besides, everyone's surplus food is not much. If it takes a long time, they may even be in danger of starving to death."

"Then...then what should I do?" After all, Yae Rin is just a little girl, and it is naturally impossible to have any unique insights in the face of such natural disasters, and she can't help feeling a little flustered.

"Father... the Lord God said... a sacrifice will be held, offering sacrifices to the gods to pray for rain." Speaking of this, Yae Sakura couldn't help but lowered her head, her expression was gloomy: "But the sacrifices... are not ordinary. Pigs, cattle and sheep, but a virgin. Now the adults are already looking for someone in the village who can serve as a sacrifice..."

"Virgin? How could it be..." Yae Rin couldn't help being stunned, her cherry pink lips were trembling slightly: "But...it's wrong to use people as sacrifices, isn't it?"

"Of course it's not right!" Yae Sakura couldn't help raising her voice a little bit, but then cringed again: "I expressed my thoughts at the meeting, but the adults just think that I am still young and not yet mature. Miko, that’s why you say it’s wrong to sacrifice virgins.”

"But, it's obviously their fault, right?" Yae Sakura pinched the corner of her skirt, her tone full of depression and melancholy: "Sacrificing an innocent person to pray for the mercy of the gods is really helpless. I understand, even if I am a priestess who enshrines a god... Besides, is a god who needs the sacrifice of innocent people to bestow favors really a kind and good god?"

"I tried to persuade Lord God Master to change his mind, but Lord God Master was firm and didn't give me a chance to refute at all. He also said that I don't understand anything at all now, and I will understand it later..." Yae Sakura pursed her small mouth: "This is totally coaxing children."

"Well...is there no other way?" Yae Rin also felt melancholy: "If it can rain before the sacrifice, won't it be necessary to sacrifice to the gods?"

no, I can not.

Lord, who jumped onto Yae Sakura's lap, complained in his heart.

If it really rains before the sacrifice, it is estimated that these people will still hold the sacrifice as usual, but they will change from praying to the gods for rain to thanking the gods for their mercy.

It's just that the young and pure-minded sisters obviously don't have this understanding, but naively and earnestly hope that there will be a heavy rain before the sacrifice.

But it is naturally impossible for the development of things to develop in the way the sisters expected.

Two days later, the person to be the sacrificial offering was chosen, a 12-year-old girl from a family in Yae Village.What makes Yae Sakura feel confused is that.

When the family learned that their daughter was going to be a sacrifice to the gods, their first reaction was not sadness and reluctance, but... ecstatic joy!

After Yae Sakura came to their house with the God Master and announced the news, the whole family cheered loudly together, their eyes sparkled, as if something great and good had happened to them, as if their daughter could become a sacrificial offering. It is a great honor.

Why is this so?Isn't she your daughter?It's your family!Don't you feel a little bit of heartache and reluctance?Why?

Yae Sakura looked at the joyful faces of this family that didn't seem to be fake, and felt cold all over.The scene in front of her had a sense of absurdity that made people laugh, but she couldn't laugh at all, but she felt a disgusting feeling of wanting to vomit from the bottom of her heart.She didn't want to stay here any longer, all the people and things in this room, even the air, made her feel dizzy.

The conversation between the priest and the family became blurred and could not be heard clearly.

But before she walked out of the house, she still couldn't hold back. She looked back at the girl who was giggling cheerfully with her family, and pursed her lips, but she didn't know what to say.

Maybe it's useless to say it?Seeing the joy of this family from the bottom of their hearts, I am afraid that nothing they say will be of any use.As for the Yae God Lord, it should be like this.

But is all this really normal?

For the first time, Yae Sakura had a question in her heart.

…………

Sacrifice will be held a week later.

Time passed day by day, Yae sisters were looking forward to rain every day, but the sky was always clear and clean.The weather should have been perfectly fine, but at this moment, it can only make people feel more depressed and heavy.

Finally, the time for the sacrifice has come, and Yae Sakura, as a contemporary priestess, still has to attend the sacrifice even if she is still young.

For a period of time before departure, Yae Sakura, who was always lively, fell into silence abnormally, and her mood was visibly depressed.

Yae Rin looked at her sister, wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to say, hesitated to speak several times, and finally could only watch Yae Sakura leave.

When the night is about to fall.

Yae Sakura is back.

She threw off the shoes on her little feet casually, without saying a word, but threw herself into Yae Rin's arms expressionlessly, almost crushing Lord.

"Sister...?" Yae Rin was also taken aback by her appearance, subconsciously hugged Yae Sakura back.

The two sisters hugged each other silently, and after a long time, Yae Rin realized that her clothes seemed to be soaked.

Yae Rin hugged Yae Sakura in distress.

"Rin...why did this happen?" Yae Sakura's voice was a little hoarse: "I watched that girl, who was pierced through the heart, and fell down powerlessly. I watched her cry out of fear and howl out of pain, Watching her gradually lose her vitality in a pool of blood...I can only watch like this, so weak, so powerless."

"The people who came to watch the ceremony knelt down under the stage. They sincerely prayed for the mercy of the gods, but no one took a look at the girl who died on the altar..."

"This is not right!" Yae Sakura hugged Yae Rin tightly, tears streaming down: "This is not right! This is not right..."

"Sister..." Yae Rin tried hard not to let herself cry, but she couldn't hold back the tears from rolling down, so she could only choke and try to comfort her crying sister: "It's not your fault, it's not your fault ..."

This night was slowly passed amidst the suppressed sobs of the sisters.

But things obviously don't end there.

Another month has passed since the sacrifice——

But the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is no sign of rain at all.

The river in Xijianchuan dried up, and all the crops in the field died.

238 Cats in action

The Yae sisters sat side by side on the edge of the corridor, holding cups and looking at the distant sky, while Lord was lying on their laps, flicking his long fluffy tail and yawning boredly.

It's a truly peaceful scene to look at -- if you ignore the sisters' wrinkled little faces.

It was midsummer in Yae Village at this time, and the scorching sun in the sky was no longer warm and warm. It just radiated scorching heat, mercilessly scorching all things in the world, and imparting heat to every creature on the ground equally.

Even the cherry trees that had grown in the yard for many years showed signs of drying up.

Due to the hot weather, the clothes on the two girls became cooler.

Yae Sakura removed the black undershirt she wore inside, and replaced it with a more breathable and non-heat-absorbing white gauze.The style of the priestess costume on the outside has not changed, but the fabric used is much thinner. The lower body is still the best combination of plaid skirt and white thigh socks. Compared with the previous priestess costume, it is indeed much cooler. .

Yae Rin's kimono that can hang down to her ankles has been replaced with a short yukata suitable for summer. It is the same pink and white color as Yae Sakura's maiden clothes. Pants are used to prevent exposure.And Yae Rin did not wear socks like her sister, but exposed her slender legs that were almost transparent to the air. The little feet without socks were as smooth as jade, and the petal-like toes unconsciously Zhang He seemed to be shimmering faintly in the sunlight.

Lord has grown a lot compared to a month ago, his body has almost doubled in size, the kitten has grown into a big cat, and now he is lying on the sisters' laps, as if covered with a layer of fluffy blanket.But honestly, it's kind of hot.

It's just that now the two sisters don't care about this at all. They just subconsciously brush Lord's soft hair with their small hands, but their hearts are full of melancholy.

"It's not raining at all..." Yae Rin said softly, looking at the cloudless sky.

"Yeah... the weather is getting hotter and hotter." Yae Sakura bit her lips lightly, and there seemed to be some gloomy emotion in her eyes: "In the end, it is useless to sacrifice to the gods, that The girl...is just a sacrifice in vain."

"Sister..." Yae Rin couldn't help pressing Yae Sakura's hand with some worry.

Since the two sisters fell asleep in tears that day, Yae Sakura seemed to have returned to her original appearance after waking up the next day, continuing her original life. It seemed that what happened at the sacrifice did not have any impact on her Same.

Yae Rin is actually very clear in her heart that her sister's heart is absolutely impossible to be as calm as it seems on the surface. The current nonchalant appearance is just because she is afraid that she will worry about her.

But in fact, as a twin sister, Yae Rin, how could she not see Yae Sakura's thoughts?Since that day, Yae Rin has never seen the carefree, innocent and innocent smile on her sister's face.

Yae Sakura's temperament became more and more calm, and she was completely lost in her former vivacity, although she still showed a gentle smile in front of Yae Rin.But outside, in the mouths of the villagers, she seemed more and more like a qualified and mature priestess, and even God Lord Yae rarely praised Yae Sakura's changes.

Yae Rin didn't know whether such a change in her sister was good or bad, and she was a little worried in her heart.But all she can do is stay by her side all the time.

"Master Miko, it's time for the regular meeting."

A respectful voice came from one side, breaking the quiet time when the two sisters got together.

"Tsk..."

Yae Rin heard impatient lip smacking very clearly.

Yae Sakura patted her sister's head, then put down the big cat lying on her lap, rubbed the cat's head, and said softly, "I'll be back as soon as I go."

"Yeah." Yae Rin nodded.

So Yae Sakura turned her head, the gentle smile on her pretty face disappeared, and her face was frosty.Follow the woman with the fox mask and go away.

Lord licked Yae Rin's little hand, stood up from her lap, bit the corner of her clothes, pulled it hard, and signaled her to go back to the room.

Although Yae Rin's body has improved a lot now, it is definitely not so easy to return to normal after being bedridden all year round. Her body is still very weak now.Proper exposure to the sun every day is also good for the body, but it is obvious that the weather cannot be exposed to the sun for a long time now, otherwise the girl will probably suffer from heat stroke.

"Ah...don't pull me, Lolo, I know I have to go back to my room to rest." The girl pulled back the corner of her clothes vigorously, rubbed Mao Mao's head angrily, but still obediently got up and walked back to the room inside.

When Lord heard the girl's "lolo", he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Because Yae Rin felt that it was not cute enough to call the cat Lode directly, Yae Sakura just said that it would be fine to call him Lolo, and Yae Rin was very satisfied.So Luo Maomao got an extra nickname.

But I'm not a king of mech fighters, even if you call me Lolo, I can't transform two mech races into a combination skill...

Lord, who was so complaining in his heart, watched Yae Rin return to the room, and sat back on the bed.Lord leaned over, arched the girl's thigh with his fluffy head, and meowed twice.

"Are you going out to play again? Remember to come back before dinner~"

"Meow~"

After greeting Yae Rin, Lord walked out of the room with graceful catwalks.

After all, it is a cat, so it is normal to be lively and like to wander around.So Lord has already visited all the surrounding areas during this period of time, keeping the terrain in mind.

So Luomaomao swaggered to the house where Yae Sakura and a group of people in the village held a routine meeting.Generally, there will be no idlers approaching here, after all, it is a meeting place for the big shots in the village.But as a cat, I don't have such scruples, who will stop a cute cat?

There is one thing to say, after becoming a cat, this is really convenient...

What bad thoughts can kittens have?

Lord looked around, then jumped up, climbed along the wall to the beam, and then reached the roof with a few small jumps.This is a completely instinctive movement, without any effort at all.

However, before he could make the next move, he heard Yae Sakura suppressing her anger and scolding from the room below.

"No! I don't agree!"

239 Quarrel

"The sacrifice a month ago had no effect at all. Hasn't this proved that the sacrifice is useless? Why do you have to hold another sacrifice?" Yae Sakura raised her eyebrows and asked the other people in the room loudly.

"That's because we're not pious enough! The sacrifices we offer can't satisfy the gods!" Someone below said seriously: "As long as the gods feel our piety, they will definitely show favor!"

"Then what if after this sacrifice, the gods still haven't given their favor? Then should we continue to perform the sacrifice until it succeeds?"

"exactly!"

"It's unreasonable!" Yae Sakura shook her head in disbelief: "Why do you place your hope on an illusory god?"

"I think it's you who are unreasonable!" Seeing that the Yae-sama who was at the top didn't make a statement, the person became arrogant, and said with a sneer: "Obviously as a priestess who serves the gods, but you say that the gods are illusory!" His existence is truly disrespectful!"

"I'm just telling the truth, where did the disrespect come from?" Yae Sakura didn't mean to back down at all: "What you said, if you want the gods to feel our piety, then may I ask how far we have to go to prove our devotion?" Pious enough? How many sacrifices do we have to offer to satisfy the gods?"

"How about this, let's hold an unprecedented huge sacrifice, let the whole village participate in it, including everyone present, everyone pierces their hearts with a knife blade, let the blood flow to the altar, and offer their lives to the gods If that's the case, Lord Kamito will be very satisfied, right?" Yae Sakura sneered and said, "How? In this case, is it pious enough?"

"You!" The man slapped the floor angrily: "You are treason! You are treason!"

"Heh... I am willing to sacrifice my life for the gods. How can I be so rebellious when I am so devout?" Yae Sakura's lips curled into a mocking sneer: "Your Excellency, are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the gods?" life?"

"I……"

"Huh? Why are you hesitating? Your Excellency, don't you want to?"

"I... of course I would!"

"Then isn't my proposal perfect? ​​Do you have any other opinions?"

"That's enough." The Yae God Lord sitting at the top finally said: "I thought you had changed, but the result is still so childish. It's really disappointing, Sakura."

"Let's be here today."

So, the meeting broke up unhappy.

After eavesdropping, Lord watched people come out of the room before jumping off the roof, and saw the thin figure of Yae Sakura kneeling on the ground alone through the crack of the door.

She lowered her head, her expression was hidden in the shadows, and she couldn't see clearly.Her slender fingers tightly gripped the hem of the skirt, she looked a little pale because of too much force, and her small body seemed to be trembling slightly.

Lord got in through the crack of the door, quietly came to Yae Sakura's side, rubbed her leg with his head, and then licked the girl's hand, trying to comfort her emotions.

"Lolo...? Why are you here?"