Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

On the way Long entered the village, the villagers changed their rejection yesterday and greeted him very enthusiastically, but they also maintained a slight respect and fear to stay away from him.

Takashi didn't say much, just nodded or responded.

Children are sometimes not as restrained as adults. Even when faced with the moonlit night killing statue that Takashi injected into their spirits last night, many children felt more handsome and powerful than adults. The feeling of fear and awe that arises at the same time.

Because children are still in a future with almost unlimited growth, facing their changing selves, in most cases they do not have an accurate positioning of who they will become in the future, and they do not know what kind of person they can become in the future. .

Facing a strong person like Long, they often always remember "I want this too!" This is due to the physiological limitations of most children's vision, knowledge, and logical thinking ability, and there is no need to criticize them harshly.

Moreover, he does not hate children, because children are the future.

bad boy? ...No naughty kid dared to be shy in front of him.

"Brother Samurai, are you protecting the village in place of Sister Miko?" Just like these girls and boys, they held Takashi's hand and asked.

"No, your sister Ying and I will guard the village together, and each of us will patrol on alternate days." Long smiled and said with a hand, rubbing the child's head.

"By the way, have you been to the castle tower?"

"What is the castle tower?"

Faced with Long's questions, the children expressed doubts.

Even at the building Long pointed at, they said they couldn't see anything there.

Long found a reason to let them play by themselves and came to the door.

Easily open it and explore inside.

There is no doubt that this village cannot provide such a castle tower. The village chief does not live in it, and there is no one at all.

Wandering from the courtyard to the dark room at the top of the castle tower that was as dark as a sacrificial hall, he returned to the village and Nakataka said to himself: "It's so weird. Is there really such a place in Yae Sakura's memory?"

"All signs indicate that the castle tower area is completely foreign..."

"Wait...foreign objects..."

Long turned around and looked at the spotless castle tower that looked like it had just been completed, and an answer came to his mind.

"God's Key Forging Device?"

"But, there's nothing in it..."

"Just defeat the Herrscher's consciousness... Mei's design..."

"Tsk, I was so stupid back then, and I ended up in so much trouble now."

Long rubbed his hair vigorously and walked towards the entrance of the village.

Destination, Yae Shrine.

For the first time, Yae Sakura felt that she could have so much free time in one day.

Today, after cleaning the shrine and the room, she didn't know what to do. She also washed all the clothes, including her father's nightgown that Takashi wore last night. Daily training will be done in the afternoon... .She suddenly discovered that she had so much free time when she was not patrolling...

"click..."

"what..."

"It's... almost time, it's time to finish."

Yae Sakura was awakened from her daze by the sound of the bamboo water clock she was reciting silently in her heart. She shook her head slightly and sat up in front of the corridor. She looked at the shadow of the sun and the bamboo pole, and at the length of the incense in front of the shrine. Yae Sakura felt that it was about the same time. , and entered the kitchen.

Just as she calculated.

While she was cooking in the kitchen, Long climbed the steps and entered the masonry walk.

The sound coming from the kitchen made him walk over.

"Sakura, you're already cooking. Do you need help?" He entered the kitchen and watched Yae Sakura busy in the kitchen.

Yae Sakura, with her sleeves rolled up, was frying meatballs one by one in oil, while something was steaming in the wooden steamer on the other stove.

Yae Sakura wiped her hands clean and said with a smile: "No, it will be fine soon. I have a lot of free time today, so I will do more tricks."

"Hmm, it tastes great. What did Sakura do?"

"One is a chawanmushi egg with added bonito soup. It tastes very good. I made it at village festivals in the past, so I wrote down the recipe. There is also this fried meatball, which is made of shrimp and fish wrapped in corn, and has a delicious shell. Crispy and chewy on the inside.”

"I'm looking forward to it." Takashi said and went to get the tableware and the like. Although Sakura said she didn't need to help, helping herself would always make her have less to do.

Change comes quietly: 148. Fierce fight in sleep, cherry blossoms at night

Today's patrol was uneventful.

During the night patrol, Takashi also entered the village's bathhouse. Although many residents in Yae Village had bathing places, most of them had cold water. After all, it was too troublesome to burn firewood every day.

So there is such a large public-operated bathhouse in the village for villagers to take a hot bath after bathing.

This became a good place for Long to learn about the situation.

At the same time, it also supports two elderly villagers. What they have to do every day is to boil water and clean, while two other young men collect firewood.

The population of Yae Village maintains a very good balance. The surrounding natural resources are enough for them to carry out an internal virtuous cycle, and even a currency endorsed by the shrine [Sakuza] was born.

But they were still too reserved. When Long entered the men's bath, they even gave up a pool for Long to soak alone, making Long dumbfounded.

"Why are you so afraid? I'm not a monster. I just take a bath in the bathhouse. There's no reason for me to occupy it by myself. Come here!"

However, under Long's joking and threatening tone, several well-known old men and young men in the village entered the large pool.

They looked at me, and I looked at him, and they stayed in the pool very reservedly, not knowing what to say or what to say.

So after they looked at each other, they started to play their daily game again - flattering.

"Oh, the body of the samurai-sama is really extraordinary. Otherwise, how could the samurai-sama kill that giant bear easily?" an old man said with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Long's steel and iron bones are really enviable." A young man from the village said this. He is a hunter in the village and has a good body, but after all, he is not a combatant with special powers like Long. Naturally, he is a hunter in the village. It's a gap.

Looking at Long Na's sculpture-like, delicate and strong body with perfect proportions, they all began to praise her.

With Long's kind response, the atmosphere in the bathhouse finally became less dull. People in other pools also started chatting of their own. This kind of atmosphere was exactly what Long wanted.

"By the way, Master Long, may I ask boldly?" A middle-aged man said with a wink, leaning against the stone wall of the bath on the left side of Long.

"Nothing, just ask."

"I noticed it when you entered the bath just now. What is the pattern on your back? It feels weird, but it also feels beautiful? It seems to be quite similar to...the pattern enshrined in our Yae Shrine." The one in the middle The young man's face was full of doubts, and then he asked cautiously: "Is it... a tattoo?" He was not worried that it was a mark for a crime... but he was worried that Long would be unhappy after hearing it and chop him with a knife.

More importantly... why is that pattern so similar to that of their god?

"Oh, mark?"

Long blinked and realized it. He mobilized his senses and found that there were indeed strange patterns on his back. Three red lines formed by magatama appeared in the center of his back. They floated along with his muscle lines, dangerous and gorgeous, occupying a lot of space. Small space.

【This is! 】

[Stigmata...Why do I have stigmata on my body? 】

【...】

[Stigma Space...]

[So it turns out, when I opened the square box to liberate the Herrscher of Corrosion, and when I entered its consciousness, it also entered my body with its own consciousness and power...]

[It actually turned everything about it into a stigmata... Everything here, I said before was the Herrscher's consciousness space... It's not accurate. 】

[This is the stigma space formed by it and Yae Sakura's consciousness...]

[Stigmata Space.This is one of the original implementation methods of the Stigma Plan. 】

[Unexpectedly, I actually saw the fruits of realization in the consciousness of more than 500 years ago...]

【This is really a coincidence. 】

"Lord Long?"

"Well..." The voice of others pulled Long out of his thoughts.

He waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this is not a tattoo, this is called a stigmata, it is..." and an idea came to his mind: "It is a gift from the gods in the distant Gaotian Plain."

Wow!

Everyone around the pool made sounds of great surprise.

Looking at their funny expressions, Long smiled and said: "If I had woken up earlier, I would have become a member of Gao Tianyuan and left a legend to be sung by you."

???

They roughly understood what it meant, and then based on their own thinking logic, they gave Long an identity - the God of Manifestation!

They had no doubt about this. When Takashi and Sakura stayed at the shrine, they also acted silently and recovered the remains of the monster bear. Takashi's words were confirmed.

At that time, their hearts were no different from gods, and after all, they were also the status of messengers of gods.

And now the symbol of their gods appears on Long's back...

During the brainstorm, they very selfishly regarded Takashi as the incarnation body of the god enshrined in their shrine. In this case, it makes sense for the shrine maiden of Yae Shrine to be so protective and close to this suddenly appearing adult!

Yae Sakura's family has existed to worship the gods since their birth. The shrine maiden of the god is his shrine maiden!

They came to this conclusion very simply.

And there were some things they didn't say for a while. The establishment of Long's identity was not entirely a good thing...

They confirmed in their hearts:

[Sacrifice is correct! 】

【Look! 】

[The gods have sent down His messengers, His incarnations! 】

[Only by offering sacrifices can God appear! 】

......

Long always underestimated the brainstorm of the human species. When he got up from the bath, the water drops on his body disappeared like a miracle.

The sudden appearance of clothing strengthened the villagers' recognition of their self-judgment.

Long will see the consequences of his unintentional guidance...but not now.

The villagers' sacrificial ceremonies are not carried out for no reason.

Without hesitation, Takashi left the village and continued patrolling. He followed the road on the other side, passed the gates of some other residences alone outside the village, and headed towards the Yae Shrine.

The candles on the stone pillars in the shrine were still on, and Yae Sakura had taken a rest, but she did not turn off the lights like she did in the past.

Just like last night, she knew someone was coming back.

Takashi turned off the lights and entered his bedroom. The mattress had already been laid out by Yae Sakura.

After being stunned for a moment, he laughed softly and said, "Thank you, Sakura."

Extinguish the candles in the room and go to sleep.

The shrine became quiet, and only the sound of the two people breathing in sleep could be heard from both ends of the shrine.

But in the dream of Yae Sakura who has fallen asleep...

She clenched the sharp blade in her hand, her face was serious and ready to attack, her lips were slightly pursed and her blue eyes were tightly locked on the enemy in the flames.

The huge monster that completely destroyed Yae Village!

There is a five to six meter tall fox with three magatama red fierce patterns, pillars and ropes, amethyst, and metal-like claws. The hair on its body is surging like flames.

With one claw, he shattered the boulder in front of Yae Sakura, letting the ferocious flames burn everything, roaring ferociously at her!

The broken stones flew out at high speed and scratched Yae Sakura's smooth face, leaving less than half of her face covered in blood, which dripped onto a pair of headbands on her wrists.

It's Rin's headband.

No matter how messy her clothes or the dust on her face, they can't cover up Yae Sakura's clear and firm fighting spirit!

【Just kill you! 】

【Everything is over..】

I don’t know whose thoughts are so echoed between the two.

It's the giant fox, or it could be her...

Or...

The giant fox pounced with its sharp claws!