K423 from Dark Souls

"Karen, let's go over there too..."

"Eh?!"

Kallen was pulled by Yae Sakura to a small stall in that direction, which seemed to sell some small items, such as wooden combs, hairpins and the like.But more is the fox mask on the entire wall behind the stall owner.

The stall owner is a middle-aged woman with mild eyebrows and eyes. She is wearing a dark blue kimono that is somewhat washed out.After seeing Yae Sakura walking over with Karen, she showed a different kind of enthusiasm.

"Ah, Miko-sama, did you bring these two here to buy things? You know, I made these things myself..."

"I know, let's pick something ourselves..."

Compared with the enthusiasm of the stall owner, Yae Sakura seemed a little indifferent, which was very different from her treatment of Karen and Teresa.

"...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

The stall owner was not shocked by Yae Sakura's indifference, she moved away and fully displayed the mask wall behind her in front of the three of them.

"Finally, let me recommend to you again, the masks I made. They are the best-selling items. Even the masks for the shrine are bought from me..."

After finishing speaking, the stall owner sat on a small wooden bench in a corner, waiting for them to choose products.

"Mask? By the way, Ms. Sakura seems to have a fox mask hanging around her waist..."

Teresa subconsciously looked at Yae Sakura's waist, but there was no mask on her waist.

"Could it be that Ms. Sakura's mask was bought together with Ms. Karen...?"

"...I didn't delve into this matter before, but why did Miss Karen come here from the headquarters of destiny in Europe..."

Theresa was standing in front of the stall thinking, and Karen noticed that Theresa was staring blankly at a mask.

"Theresa, do you want that mask? Let me get it for you... Boss, can I go in and get the mask?"

"...Of course, you can get it yourself..."

After getting permission from the stall owner, Kallen walked around the wooden table in front of the mask booth, reached out and took off the mask and the mask next to it, and then turned around and handed it to Teresa.

"Come on, Theresa, the mask!"

After Teresa took the mask, Karen put another mask on her face and showed it to Yae Sakura.

"Sakura, do you think this mask looks good?"

"......nice......"

Yae Sakura took out a money bag from her bosom, took out three prices from it, and handed it to the stall owner.

"Help me get another mask with the same decoration as hers... I don't need to give me the mask she had before..."

"...I see, I see..."

The stall owner only accepted two copies of the money, and returned the last one to Yae Sakura.

"These are enough, take back the rest... This is the mask you want."

After returning the money, the stall owner got up from the stool, walked to Karen's side, took a mask from the wall, and handed it to Yae Sakura.

"...Let's go, Kallen..."

Yae Sakura took the mask and hung it on her waist. Seeing that the stall owner was unwilling to accept the money, she had to put the money back into the purse and took it back into her bosom.

"Ah, good!"

Karen hung the mask sideways, followed Yae Sakura and left the stall, not forgetting to pull Teresa away before leaving.

"There seems to be some secret between Ms. Sakura and the stall owner... It seems to be about Ms. Sakura's past..."

Teresa noticed the strange atmosphere between Yae Sakura and the stall owner, secretly remembered the location of the stall, and planned to find a chance to come here to continue the investigation.

"Miss Carlin, let's start an investigation."

Aurora's voice sounded from Karen's mind. She kept observing the situation of the three of them, and only reminded Karen after buying the mask.

"But Sakura is still here, I can't investigate at all."

Kallen refuted Aurora's words, but Aurora didn't respond to Kallen immediately, and only responded to her after a few seconds.

"It's okay, you can investigate soon..."God Festival"..."

Karen wanted to say something to Aurora, but Yae Sakura grabbed Karen's arm at this moment, as if she wanted to take her somewhere.

"Karen, let's go—"

"Master Miko!"

When Yae Sakura was about to take Karen and Teresa to continue wandering around the village, a young man hurried over from a distance.

"...My lord, please go back immediately. He said that there is an urgent matter to discuss, and all the clan elders in the village have already passed."

"...I see, I'll go back right away..."

Yae Sakura answered the man's words, then turned around and looked at Karen and Teresa with some guilt.

"Karen, Teresa, I have something to go to the shrine first, this is my purse, you take it first."

Saying that, Yae Sakura took out the cherry pink money bag from her arms again, and stuffed it into Karen's hand.

"I'm sorry, I clearly promised to take you out, but I have to leave first..."

"It's okay, you can go to your business first, we will go back at night by ourselves. By the way, there is no need for a purse..."

Kallen just seemed to return the money bag to Yae Sakura, but Yae Sakura had already run away, and Kallen raised the hand holding the money bag in mid-air in embarrassment.

"Miss Karen, give Miss Sakura's purse to Auntie Teresa, pay her first, and then we will start the investigation."

"But Teresa is still a child, it's not good to leave her here alone."

Aurora was silent for a while, and then told Karen helplessly.

"...she's grown up...just a little shorter...don't worry..."

"Huh?...Okay, I see."

Karen turned around and grabbed Teresa's hand, led Teresa to a corner of the street first, and then gave Teresa Yae Sakura's purse.

"Theresa, I'm going to do something, you can do what you want to do by yourself. We will gather here in the evening. Is that okay?"

"Yeah, I see. Goodbye, Miss Carlin."

Teresa also wanted to find an opportunity to distract Karen, and when she was hesitating what excuse to use, Karen actually offered to separate for a while.

'How lucky! '

Theresa thought to herself, then turned and returned to the shop where she was just now.

"Hello, I have something to ask you about Miss Sakura..."

On the other side, under the guidance of Aurora, Karen came to a remote corner of the village.

"There are villagers guarding here! Miss Aurora, where did you take me?!"

Karen asked Aurora in her heart, while looking around, she skillfully put the mask on her face to cover it.

"...I don't know, this place is the only one I don't know... I want to go in and investigate..."

"Oh, yes, I'm going to control your body..."

"Eh?! Wait, ok...but be forewarned, don't take the contents! Don't do weird things with my body!"

"...No problem, and I have no intention of stealing, Miss Phantom Thief."

"..."

Aurora remembered the strange thief behavior in Karen's memory, and joked about Karen by the way.Of course, Aurora will inevitably think of the partner who supports Miss Phantom Thief.

"Otto...forget it, let's focus on solving the immediate matter first...let's investigate that house first..."

"By the way, how do you plan to get in? My appearance is still very unique in the village..."

"It's okay, I have unique insights into sneaking in."

Aurora put the mask on her face, then coiled her hair up, and fixed her hair with a black nun's turban, which also covered her silver-white hair.

Then, after Aurora made the preparations, she randomly found a stone from the ground and threw it towards the roof.Stones fell on the roof, smashing the fragile tiles.The sound of shattering tiles attracted the attention of the guarding villagers.

At the moment when the villagers looked back, Aurora kicked her right foot on the ground, and then rushed behind the villagers with a huge reaction force.

Aurora raised her hand and struck the villager's neck with a hand knife, knocking him unconscious.And reached out to grab the villager who was about to fall, and leaned his body against the wall.

Then he reached out and took off the key hanging from the villager's waist, turned around to the door and unlocked the door, then leaned against the wall, gently pushed the door open, and looked into the room along the crack of the door.

"Miss Aurora, have you ever been a phantom thief?"

"...Please be quiet, Miss Karen, I am observing the situation in the room."

Aurora took a rough look at the interior of the room, then pushed the door wider, and walked in through it.

"Also, I have never been a phantom thief, and what I am doing now is just a reasonable and careful observation to prevent unexpected situations."

"Haven't you really been a phantom thief? Why are you so skilled in your movements! And no one would observe carefully!"

"..."

Aurora thought it was prudent, if it was placed in the Casas Catacombs back then, I don’t know how many times it would have been shot through by agencies.

But although Aurora complained about Karen's fuss in her heart, after entering the room, her attention began to focus on the investigation of the room.

"Miss Aurora, what do you think that is? It looks very strange!"

Karen saw that Aurora was a little silent, so she changed the subject, and she asked Aurora about the decorations in the room.

"...The huge fox statue, the wooden restraint altar, the fire oil...these are props used for sacrifices in this village, and they were originally placed here..."

"Sacrifice? Will we also go to see this sacrifice? Speaking of which, what is this priest going to do? These sacrificial items sound very strange."

Karen was inexplicably concerned about the priest Aurora said, but Aurora said to Karen in an inexplicable tone.

"...you'll find out later, although you probably wouldn't want to participate, probably..."

"Okay, let's go to the next place, I've finished investigating here, there's no need to stay here anymore..."

Aurora looked around the room for the last time, then walked out of the house, relocked the lock on the door, hung the key back on the villagers, and left the place.

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—Yae Shrine—

The spacious room was full of people, most of them were old people in the village and people with higher status.