Teresa won't starve

Xia, who gradually came to her senses, explained to Teresa after hearing her question.

At the same time, I just remembered that I now have the duty of acting as a priestess, and I have to take care of the shrine instead of the child.

So after hesitating for a while, he walked towards the place directly in front of the shrine: "I'll go and see, someone should have come to pray."

"..."

Quietly waiting for Xia to pass by, Teresa, who was tense all over, slowly relaxed; looking back at Xia who seemed to have become 'normal', she followed after thinking about it.

Let's go and see who will come at this time.

916 "Mountain"

"Is this the rebuilt Yae Shrine?"

A few days ago, I accidentally learned from a passing traveler that there is a Yae Shrine on a barren hill near the outside of Yae Town.

Maybe it's curiosity, maybe it's nostalgia.

Yunchen accidentally left his job and came to the Yae Shrine, which people called, trying to find the witch who had become a memory.

But she knew it was impossible!

then--

Yun Chen walked to the worship hall used for worship and blessing, grabbed the bell and rang the Benping bell, and decided to leave here after praying for blessings.

But just when she finished clapping her palms and was about to convey the thoughts in her heart to the gods; when she heard footsteps coming from beside her, she turned her head and looked in that direction.

"you!?"

At that moment, time seemed to be suspended.

Even though he knew that the person in front of him couldn't be her, Yun Chen couldn't help opening his eyes wide, as if he saw something incredible.

"Me? Is there something weird on my face?"

From the perspective of not being narcissistic as much as possible, Xia also knows that she can be regarded as a beautiful girl tentatively.But being looked at by another girl for the first time, even a ninja who sticks to the way of tolerance will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ah... no, it's me, I remembered an old friend."

Hearing Xia's questioning voice, Yun Chen realized that he had lost his composure before, and immediately regained the poise in line with his current status: "Because your appearance is very similar to her."

——It's exactly the same!

Yun Chen added another sentence in his heart.

"Like 'her'? Does she mean the Goddess Priestess?"

"you know?"

Yun Chen was surprised again. He didn't expect that besides himself and that man, other people would know what the 'God Priestess' looks like.

After all, no matter whether it is a text description or a portrait, there is no way to record the beauty of a person-maybe it can be done in front of a photo, but there was no such thing as a camera in that era.

So logically speaking, apart from Yun Chen and that man, no one else should have seen the 'God Priestess'—basically all of them have died.

500 years is not a particularly long time, but it is enough to kill most people.

But soon, she understood where the problem was.

"How will you be here?"

Looking at the little girl following Xia, a person who should not have appeared here showed his head.Immediately, a more surprised expression appeared on Yun Chen's face than when he saw Miko Xia.

"Is it strange that I am here? Does the Lord City Lord even take care of this kind of thing?"

Teresa was not surprised that Yun Chen would recognize her.

After all, she is the warden, and she is an official who helps the city lord maintain law and order. Isn't it normal for Yun Chen to know her?

It's just that she couldn't guess what Yun Chen was thinking at this time——

"...Well, you're right, I'm too lenient."

Yun Chen's eyes flickered a few times, but he still didn't say what he wanted to ask in front of Xia.Continuing to finish the rest of the work, Yun Chen took a look at the statue (sculpture) and then left.

"weirdo."

Teresa was a little confused about what she was going to do.

Looking in the direction that Yunchen had looked before leaving, he realized that the envoys in the shrine all looked like Hiyumaru, that super Q cute little fox.

This was completely different from the Inari God she knew. (The Inari statue looks like a common fox)

"It's quite strange."

Kasumi looked at the clouds and dust that had gone away through the torii, and nodded in agreement after hearing Teresa's words.

"In that case, it's time for me to leave."

With Yun Chen as the leading representative, and Xia's strange attitude just now, Teresa felt that it would be better to stay as long as possible.

It's just that this disrupted Xia's 'original' plan:

"You're leaving!?"

"I'm an outsider after all, it's not appropriate to stay in the shrine all the time. What's more——"

Teresa looked up at the sun above her head, and found that it hadn't started to move to the solemn position: "It's still a while before noon, maybe you want to stay with me to eat lunch and dinner together, by the way Stay here for one night?"

——Why not?

"...I see, be careful on the road."

Looking at the expression of "Believe it or not, I'll kill you right now" on Teresa's face, Xia wisely didn't say the words that would trigger the death ending.What's more, she is just a temporary priestess, and she can't make such a decision on behalf of the owner of the shrine.

So he could only watch Teresa leave.

......

the other side.

Teresa, who walked down the mountain with a calm face, saw that Xia could no longer be seen, and immediately showed her original shape with a look of fear written all over her face: "This level of scaring is almost as scary as Shiyin's. .”

Teresa didn't expect that it would be so dangerous to go for a meal, and she had to choose the right person next time.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the side:

"Who is Shiyin?"

"Shiyin is..."

Teresa wanted to answer almost subconsciously, but then she reacted immediately.The expression on his face immediately changed back to a serious one, and he looked at Yun Chen standing sideways under the tree: "It's not a good habit to eavesdrop on others talking to themselves."

"I'm not eavesdropping, who can't hear you when you are so loud?"

917 "Talking Fight"

"You waited for me at the foot of the mountain on purpose, right?"

Teresa didn't want to talk nonsense with her, so she immediately got to the point: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Eh? It's rare that I still want to talk to you, so directly..."

Seeing the growing impatience on Teresa's face, "Talking Kallen" (Note), no, unexpectedly talkative Yun Chen had no choice but to stop there, and stated his purpose of waiting for her here——

"If I remember correctly, my first 'official' meeting with you should be in the town, but why did you appear in the Yae Shrine?"

"It's interesting that you said that."

Teresa was baffled when she heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "What do you mean you remember correctly? Could it be that you can know in advance where you will meet me before you have met me? Are you trying to say that you can predict the future?"

"If you're talking about foreseeing the future—"

Surprisingly, Yun Chen didn't deny it, but put his chin in his hand and continued following Teresa's words: "I'm not sure if I can foresee the future, but I seem to have had similar prophetic dreams. "

"Dream?"

"correct."

Yun Chen nodded unconvinced, with a look of 'I'm very confused' and 'I don't know whether to believe it'; he walked to the opposite side of the path at Teresa's feet, which is where De Lisa The direction that Lisa must pass when going down the mountain:

"In the dream, I, or another 'I', should have met you for the first time in one night. I accidentally disturbed you, so 'I' had no choice but to run away."

"So you escaped in the end?"

"No."

Yun Chen denied Teresa, and at the same time, there was a trace of doubt on his face.Because she knew very well how capable the monster himself was, and logically speaking, he shouldn't be chased by a little girl.

At the same time, there was an unbelievable look on his face, as if he had seen something unbelievable: "'I' was quickly overtaken by you, and 'I' had no choice but to fight you."

"And you won?"

"draw!"

Yun Chen felt angry and funny.

Obviously, every time Theresa made a point, she herself had to use 'facts' to deny it, which made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable: "Then you summoned a hell gate and sent me inside .”

"Hellgate? Do you think I can summon something like that?"

"..."

Yun Chen didn't answer, but the meaning was already very clear.

"So you think it's all fake?"

This is the thinking that normal people have. When encountering incredible things and foreseeing them in dreams, if normal people can believe it, then there will be ghosts.

However, Yun Chen's next sentence was beyond Teresa's expectation:

"But I kind of believe it now."

"Believe in a dream?"

"Believe!"

"..."

Teresa's silence made the unknown smile on Yun Chen's face more intense.

It was not until a long time later that Teresa asked her:

"why?"

"Probably, it's intuition."

"Would you trust your intuition?"

"Believe!"

"..."

"Well, not really."

Yun Chen seemed to be joking, denied what he had said before, and then said: "Then make an assumption. If the dream I had was true, then you should be in the town right now, or—that foreigner Li There, not in this shrine."

"Aren't you a foreigner yourself? Miss Karen!"

It's a pity that I can't tell her directly, otherwise it would be tantamount to admitting Yun Chen's guess: "But that's all a hypothesis. In fact, as the warden, you should have seen me more than once, right? Then it's not surprising that you dream of me? After all, there is something to think about every day, and there is also something..."

"No! I've never seen you before! Even if you're the warden in the town, I'm not interested in watching a little girl enforce the law—I'm not bored to that extent."

"..."

"Am I right? Rin!"

Yun Chen was obviously smiling, and he smiled beautifully.But for some reason, it just makes people feel uncomfortable: "According to your hair color, the only people with pink hair in Yae Village are the Yae clan, so your name should be Yae Rin!"

"Even if you know my name, it's not surprising."

Teresa still didn't show any timidity, but showed a calmness that didn't fit her age: "As the city lord of Yae-cho, it's very easy for you to master the roster of people in Yae-cho. It's normal to see my registered name on it."

"Indeed, you are right."

Yun Chen has no way to deny these facts, because this is something anyone can imagine.It didn't surprise Teresa that she could think of it, but—she is a woman who is very reasonable to some extent: "But in my memory, Sakura has a younger sister who seems to be named Rin Yae."

"You think I'm the biological sister of someone who lived 500 years ago? Do you think I can live 500 years and still look the same?"

918 "Cooperation"