The Self-cultivation of the Passerby Male Protagonist

Takeya, who bowed his head to Hakurei Miko very spinelessly, twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly:

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just that it's annoying to see you standing there."

Reimu scolded Takeya unceremoniously, then pointed to the utility room in the backyard of the shrine with the broom picked up from the ground:

"Wu Ye, anyway, you are in a hurry, so you just go to help me take out new tea leaves."

"Eh……?"

Reimu's words made Wu Ye feel at ease for a moment. You must know that Reimu is a peerless genius who can drink a bag of tea leaves colorless and tasteless.

This is not because she is poor, nor is it because of how precious the tea in Gensokyo is, but because she is lazy.

Too lazy to go out, too lazy to buy tea, even too lazy to change tea leaves, as far as Reimu is concerned, unless all the tea leaves in the teapot have been turned into dross and drunk, otherwise she will never even bother to lift the lid.

She would actually offer to change to a new cup of tea, especially when the tea in the pot was changed just yesterday, it was almost impossible to happen.

Wu Ye stared blankly at Reimu who was doing cleaning work as if nothing had happened, until he was urged by Reimu a few more times, and he walked to the utility room in a daze and saw a page of calendar pressed under the tea bag.

"...It turns out that this day has come."

The moment he saw the date, all doubts in Takeya's mind were swept away. No wonder the lazy Reimu woke up early today, no wonder Zi Yakumo, who always likes to come and do things today, also disappeared, so it was like this...

"It's been a few years, where did you go, you guy..."

Wu Ye picked up the new bag of tea leaves and walked out of the utility room. The dim light shining through the gap illuminated the darkness covered by the wooden door, and he saw a piece of paper on the place that was originally pressed by the tea leaves and the calendar. The slightly old miko costumes were neatly stacked.

The hand resting on the door paused slightly, and Wu Ye was silent for a long time facing the red and white maiden clothes exposed in the gap, and finally closed the door gently.

It was about today, a few years ago, the day when the ancient witches disappeared from their eyes. As for how long, five years?six years?He can't tell, maybe it's really the same as Yakumo Zi said——

Time kills everything, especially feelings.

Now that this is the case, maybe he can't even remember the sadness when he learned that the first generation of witches disappeared?

Sure enough, I am the real cold-blooded animal compared to Reimu, who appears to be more inhumane on the surface.

With a self-deprecating smile, Wu Ye came to the room in the backyard, where Reimu was usually lazy, a teapot and two teacups were randomly placed on the light-colored tatami.

Silently replacing the tea with new ones, Takeya found out the balls that Reimu bought from the shrine with ease. After preparing everything, he sipped tea while waiting for Reimu's arrival.

Soon, there was movement in the front yard, and after a while, Reimu came into the room with the same lazy expression as usual.

"Huh? Takeya, you're ready."

Reimu said without being surprised at all, and sat in the seat she was accustomed to on weekdays. She took a sip of the still steaming tea, and slammed her mouth several times:

"Sure enough, fresh tea is delicious."

"Really..."

Seeing Reimu with a look of exclamation on his face, Wu Ye scolded with a smile:

"Since you know it's delicious, work harder, you lazy witch."

"Humph."

Squeezing her nose, Reimu blew the hot air on the teacup again, and said slowly:

"If I'm too diligent, wouldn't it appear that Takeya and you are too useless?"

"What? Why is it involving me?"

Listening to Wu's incomprehensible question, Reimu shrugged and said as it should:

"Isn't it natural for a man to support the family?"

"Hey, stop, stop, who is the priestess in this shrine?"

Wu also asked back with a smile.

"It's so noisy, just drink my tea and work hard for me."

"you……"

"What? Have an opinion?"

"……All right."

Seeing the slight twitching in the corners of Reimu's eyes, Wu Ye immediately raised his hands in surrender:

"Whatever you say is what you say."

"It's almost there."

Lingmeng nodded, looking like a teachable child, the two looked at each other up and down for a long time, and she suddenly burst out laughing:

"Hey, sure enough..."

Reimu's face had a slight smile that hadn't completely faded, she put down the empty teacup in her hand, turned her head to look at Wu Ye and said:

"Only on this day, you will say everything according to me, Wu Ye."

"Ah."

Wu laughed noncommittally, and then put the teacup to his mouth. For a moment, the only sound in the air was the sound of tea being poured.