Teresa won't starve

At this time, the child under Theresa's pressure was pointing the index finger of her left hand in the direction of the top of her head. That posture reminded her of a song inexplicably. ("Flower of Hope")

- Keke!

Quickly clearing those inexplicable thoughts from her mind, Teresa immediately moved her butt away from the child's back, turned her body over, tested her breath, and then relaxed.

"Fortunately, I just passed out."

Looking at the little girl's face that could be said to be 'every day', Teresa didn't know what to call her for a while. (Note)

It always feels like neither name is appropriate.

......

"Ah."

Perhaps it was due to the absence of Teresa's 'oppression'. This child, who was 'smashed' by Teresa who suddenly fell from the sky, finally woke up gradually from the 'self-protective shock' after breathing smoothly.

It's just that because the body is still relatively weak, it is obviously a bit difficult to sit up with the support of his own arms, but with the help of Teresa, he still sits on a stone next to him.

For this, the little girl thanked Teresa: "Thank you."

"Ugh...you're welcome."

Although she didn't remember what happened in the middle, Teresa was still very conscious, and knew that it was her own fault that the other party would faint. It was a little embarrassing to hear her thank you words at this time.

After finishing speaking, Teresa also found a rock, and sat opposite her not too far away.In this way, they are neither far away nor too close, and should give the other party a little space and a sense of security.

It's just that the little girl didn't seem to be very good at communicating, so she didn't make a sound after the sentence just now, and sat there in silence for a long time.

Until she felt that she was almost able to stand up, and tried to get up with her own strength, but felt like falling down again.

Fortunately, Teresa supported her quickly, so she didn't suffer a slight but uncomfortable fall.

The little girl couldn't help but thank Teresa again: "Thank you."

"You are too polite."

Looking at her appearance, Teresa knew that she might not be able to recover in a short time; after all, with the physical fitness of ordinary people, it is impossible for her to endure such a toss like herself.

So he thought for a while and said, "Where do you live, I'll take you back."

"Eh?"

"You haven't forgotten the way back, have you?"

"That's not true, it's just..."

The little girl looked at the pink-haired 'same age' girl in front of her who didn't know whether she should be called Miss Sister or Little Sister, hesitated a little and told her: "I live at the Yae Shrine on the mountain. If you don't want to go, you don't have to force..."

"On the mountain?"

It's a pity that Teresa didn't listen carefully to the words that followed.

He raised his head and looked up towards the mountain. With his eyesight, which was much worse than that of the main body, but still far superior to that of ordinary people, he could easily find a faintly visible building somewhere on the mountain.

So he put the little girl's arms on his shoulders and walked up the mountain with his arms around her waist.

914 "The 'First Meeting' with Kasumi"

"that......"

On the way up the mountain, the little girl has been thinking about what to tell her.

But before she could say it, Teresa took the initiative to bring it up——

"My name is Rin, what's your name?"

The little girl looked at her fair side face in surprise, then pursed her lips and said with some hesitation: "My name is 'De Lisa', and I am 12 years old this year!"

"..."

Although I had already guessed that it would be this answer, when Teresa heard it... I still felt a little speechless for no reason, but it was just a little bit: "Listen to the name, are you a foreigner?"

"No, no!"

After hearing this, the little girl showed a slightly excited look, and seemed to mind other people's views.

"Why is that?"

"Yes......"

Before they knew it, they had already walked halfway up the mountain.

Even Teresa didn't notice that they were actually very close to the shrine, and they could even see the torii outside the shrine just by looking up a little.

Just compared to these.

With the sound of approaching footsteps, Teresa immediately became vigilant, and even the little girl stopped.

It's just that some doubts appeared on the little girl's face just now, and before she had time to ask, she saw the girl walking towards her—a girl who also had pink hair, but was dressed in an unusually sexy girl.

After seeing this girl, the little girl immediately revealed a look of surprise: "Sister Xia!? Why are you here?"

"I see that you haven't come back all this time, and I'm a little worried if you're lost again."

It only took a moment for this girl named 'Xia' to walk to a place less than ten meters away from them.

She turned her eyes to Teresa's face, causing her to fall into a state of absence for a moment; but she was quickly suppressed by her calm will, and continued to look at the two knives on her left side.

Out of caution, Xia didn't choose to continue to approach, but just looked at each other neither far nor near.

......

"What happen to you guys?"

The little girl looked at Teresa who was no longer going up, and then looked at the words who were not approaching. She vaguely felt that the atmosphere was a little bit wrong, so she couldn't help asking: "Do you know each other?"

"Don't know/Know." x2

Teresa answered 'know', and Xia answered 'don't know'.

There should have been a difference in the words, but because they were spoken in unison, the words were confused in tone, and the little girl couldn't hear the difference - thinking that what they were saying was that they didn't know each other.

"That being the case."

After this period of recovery, the little girl's physical condition is also better than before.Therefore, even without Teresa's support, I can still do some less strenuous exercise.

So she held Teresa's hand and walked towards Xia, Xia was a little bit about to avoid it, but in the end she let the little girl approach, and she grabbed her hand and held it with Teresa: "This is considered to be acquaintance, right."

"..." x2

One looks up and the other looks down.

Two girls who had to look at each other from different perspectives because of their height.After maintaining such silence for a while, the older girl broke the deadlock.

Xia took the initiative to take the little girl from Teresa, using her taller and more powerful body as her support, and led her towards the shrine in an almost hugging manner.

When I left, I didn't forget to look back at Teresa: "Come and sit down together. I have some things that I want to know from you."

"Oh that's fine!"

Teresa didn't refuse either, she nodded and followed.

915 "Coal making?"

After returning to the shrine and talking with the little girl for a while, Xia roughly sorted out the clues:

First of all, the reason why the little girl ran outside the shrine was mainly to find Hiyumaru who suddenly disappeared, so Xia didn't see her when she came back;

But the rest of the story is more of a mystery.

The little girl herself couldn't explain how she was injured, but she only remembered that something fell on her head. After waking up, Teresa was already sitting beside her, which made the little girl feel that Teresa had saved her.

It's just that Xia felt that it was not that simple.

So after arranging for the little girl to lie down and rest, Xia changed her clothes and went to the main hall, which was where Teresa was taking now.

As a result, I waited there to see——

"Have you lived here for a while before?"

Sitting at a table, drinking green tea from a wooden cup and eating a triangular rice ball, Teresa seemed to regard herself as the master.

In addition to making Xia feel an indescribable awkwardness, it was even more strange how she knew where these things were placed.

"Who knows."

Teresa answered ambiguously.

After all, if you really want to talk about it, she has only lived in the real Yae Shrine, not this imitation Yae Shrine.

(Because it is an imitation, so the decoration and furnishings are the same)

"..."

Xia opened her mouth but didn't know what to say about her, because after all, she was not the owner of this shrine herself, even now she was just a mere temporary worker.

So she postponed this idea for a while, knelt down and sat opposite Theresa, so that the distance between them was at most a table away.

It's just that Teresa, who didn't look up before, opened her eyes uncontrollably after seeing Xia's dress at this time.

Let Xia be more sure of one thing——

"Sure enough, you know me? When? Where? I don't remember ever seeing you!"

"You're mistaken about one thing."

Teresa shook her head and corrected her mistake: "I have indeed met you. But if I know you, I actually know Sister Sakura."

"Sister Sakura?"

"Eight cherry blossoms."

"Yae...that name...I seem to have heard it there."

Xia frowned as she recalled, and watched Teresa drinking her green tea in sips. She didn't remember until she got a little upset: "You're talking about the maiden who sealed the demon fox 500 years ago? Do you call her sister?"

"Yup!"

After instinctively answering one sentence, Theresa suddenly felt something was wrong: "Isn't she a witch against the gods?"

"Reverse, God!?"

Don't mention what Xia was thinking at this time.

Teresa has realized that the history of the time and space she lives in may be different from the one she knows.

After all, this is the world line where Kallen has lived to the modern age!

"......May I have your name?"

"what?"

"I said—" Xia took a deep breath, staring at Teresa's face: "What's your name?"

"cold."

Teresa felt a little strange, because logically speaking: "You should have known from her, my name is 'Rin'."

"full name!"

Although she was so excited suddenly, Teresa felt a little baffled; but Teresa also felt that there was nothing to hide, so she said it directly: "Yae Rin."

Bang!

Xia stood up as soon as she slapped the table, and Teresa was startled by that posture.

Quickly distance yourself from it, and prepare to draw your sword at any time:

"What do you want to do? If you want to fight, just say so, don't do such silly tricks to scare people!"

"I......"

Xia didn't know what was wrong with her, she just felt as if someone, no, a voice told her, asking her to tell the girl in front of her, this young girl——

Jingle Bell!

Just when Xia's eyes began to develop in the direction of cannibalism, Teresa was also considering whether to kill her first.

The sound of a bell being rang came from the place where the shrine prayed, suppressing the gradually tense atmosphere between them.

"This voice is..."

"This is the sound from the 'Hontsubo Bell' when someone is pulling the 'Suzu'." (Suzu: the rope shaken before praying at the shrine; Hontsubo: the bell on Suzu)