In Fantasy Town, people are kept by various rich women

"I...I didn't take any secret photos! I told you, it was for research, research, you know what I mean!"

This kind of thing can be faced

"It sounds nice, but in the end you're still secretly filming... your head!"

"I......"

Patchouli wanted to say something but stopped herself, but the latter just curled his lips with some disdain, looked at Patchouli whose momentum suddenly weakened, and did not continue to provoke her. Instead, he looked around, picked up the broom and started cleaning.

Luo Kong standing aside seemed somewhat helpless.

Even though I know this is how he usually speaks, sometimes I really wonder...if he doesn't change his way of speaking...does he really have the desire to build a good relationship with others...

............

Winter's footsteps passed silently, and five days slipped away quietly in the cold wind.

After Christmas, time quickly arrived at the New Year.

Early this morning, Remi woke up and kicked open Luo Kong's door without any hesitation.

"Hey, you bastard servant! Hurry up and help me make noodles!"

Because she wanted to adapt to the local customs, Remi showed a rare interest in buckwheat noodles, which everyone says they should eat every New Year.

"It's only what time is it... When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Why not just stay in a kotatsu and eat tangerines during the New Year?"

Luo Kong, who was woken up by the loud Remi early in the morning, touched his head helplessly.

Speaking of which, when it comes to following local customs... I don't know if there is a custom of visiting a shrine during the New Year in Gensokyo...

If so... Hakurei Shrine will probably be very busy today...

Luo Kong made some random associations.

...........

In the distance, Reimu glanced at the still deserted Hakurei Shrine and sighed resignedly.

Judging from the situation, no one will come to the shrine today...

Well....except for someone.

Marisa, who had arrived at some point, looked at the somewhat disappointed expression on Reimu's face and couldn't help but complain.

"After all, I helped you repair the shrine, why do you have such an expression when you see me?!"

.........

ps: I dozed off in the middle of writing....the result is a bit messy as I am half asleep and half awake.

Volume 2: Chapter 180? Reimu: "So you also..."

Chapter 180

Because the so-called new house of Suika had turned into unknown fireworks in the sky, Reimu, who was already as pale as death and was about to fight with Suika, happened to meet Marisa who was wandering nearby and was attracted by the fireworks. Marisa, who had been trained by Patchouli to be an excellent civil engineering magician, successfully saved both of them.

It was also because of this incident that Marisa couldn't help but straighten up her back in front of Reimu, not only her speaking attitude.

"I don't need money, but I need my life!"

"I didn't expect a poor guy like you to be able to come up with it!"

Marisa glanced at Reimu who was scratching her head fiercely and spoke unhappily.

"Who is the poor one? I'm telling you, I have three hundred thousand dollars on me, don't slander me!"

"Yes, yes, the poor witch who sold herself for 300,000 Cricket!"

Completely ignoring the fact that she had previously wanted to run to Remi to sell herself but was thrown out of the Scarlet Devil Mansion by Sakuya, Marisa drove Reimu away without any hesitation.

"Anyway, I'm here to pay my respects to my old man! You, an irrelevant person, should stay out of my way."

Reimu's expression paused slightly when she heard Marisa's words.

She pointed at herself in disbelief.

Me? A shrine maiden? Being ignored by a worshipper?

Isn't this insulting?

Outrageous!

Reimu became furious, turned around abruptly, and then spoke with a smile on her face.

"Ahem... Um, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were coming to pay your respects? Come on, hand over the money box... No, please come this way, Mitarashi!"

What a joke! It's a rare occasion when someone comes to give her money, how could she care about these little things!

Marisa looked at Reimu speechlessly, as she seemed to have become a different person in an instant.

This guy...really, he has no moral integrity at all.

Ignoring the greedy shrine maiden whose eyes had turned into money, Marisa went to Mitarashi to clean her hands as if she were familiar with him, and then came to the main hall and bowed perfunctorily.

After all, since this is a god that even her own shrine maiden cannot remember, Marisa really cannot muster much respect for him... If her father had not urged her, she would not have wanted to come here to do something called paying homage but actually giving money to this guy!

Following the crisp sound of coins being dropped into the coin box, Marisa finally came down. Looking at the deserted shrine around her, a trace of nostalgia appeared on her face.

"When I was a kid, there were a lot of people visiting the shrine during the New Year... But now that you're on stage, there's no one there..."

Marisa recalled the past scenes, and ended up looking at Reimu with even more contempt.

"Well... who said there's no one here? It's just that it's still early, someone will definitely come soon!"

Facing Marisa's contemptuous words, Reimu, who rarely felt guilty, spoke stubbornly.

The shrine has clearly not changed, so who knows why it has become so deserted.

In fact, Reimu really couldn't be blamed for this.

Out of guilt for the death of her friend, the young Hakurei Miko was able to grow up safely thanks to a certain monster sage who would come to protect her secretly from time to time in the name of free meals.

Although this protection seems to have really become a free meal after Reimu grew up... ahem...

In short, because a certain monster sage would run into the shrine from time to time, the evil aura she exuded successfully scared away some monsters who were dissatisfied with the Hakurei Miko, but because of this, those who came to the shrine to worship, including the villagers, although they could not clearly sense the evil aura, would instinctively feel a little uneasy and fearful whenever they approached the shrine. Over time, the Hakurei Shrine, which was originally very popular, naturally became deserted.

Except for a few older people who insist on coming to worship during the New Year, no villagers are willing to go near the shrine.

"Stop it, even my old man didn't want to come here in person to pay his respects this year, how could there be anyone else?"

After paying homage, Marisa complained and had no intention of leaving immediately. Instead, she ran to the kotatsu and sat down. As soon as she sat down, she felt as if her arm touched something.

When she opened the kotatsu, she saw a Rumia curled up beside her, sleeping soundly with a peaceful look on her face.

Marisa smiled comfortably and pinched the little guy's chubby face.

"Come to think of it... I don't know what's going on with Luo Kong. I haven't seen him much recently."

Marisa, who didn't want to go back so early, teased the sleeping Rumia while casually finding a topic to talk about.

"Isn't he still the same as before, either wandering around or fishing in the Mist Lake... What do you want to talk to him about?"

Reimu answered somewhat casually.

Then, Marisa, who was just looking for a topic at random, seemed to have thought of something. Her expression became a little unnatural and she lowered her head slightly.

"There is one thing... I did some bad things while he was unconscious, and I have been looking for an opportunity to apologize..."

"Huh? What did you do?"

Reimu looked up with some curiosity.

Marisa blushed when she was questioned, and subconsciously touched her lips.

"No...nothing."

.......

Volume 2: Chapter 181: Lady Patchouli, our family is in danger, please return home quickly!

Chapter 181

Let’s not talk about the two leisurely people in the shrine for now, and turn our attention back to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Luo Kong was caught in a dilemma.

Although strictly speaking, today is not the real New Year according to Eastern festivals, neither Meiling nor Luo Kong would go out of their way to remember the dates on the lunar calendar. In the absence of a calendar, they just celebrated it along with the rest of the crowd.

Therefore, when Meiling came to the kitchen with great anticipation, he had already kneaded the buckwheat flour into a ball and was trying to press it into noodles to make soba noodles, but he became entangled because of a casual remark made by Meiling.

"So they're making noodles this year... I thought they were making dumplings. It turns out that making dumplings is the only way to have the festive atmosphere during the Chinese New Year!"

The reason is...

Of course, it was all because of a willful big bat.

Perhaps because she was still upset about not being invited last Christmas, Remi was very curious about everything about the holiday today.

When Remi heard Meiling mention a new dish, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​trying soba noodles and started pestering Luo Kong to change today's lunch to dumplings.

But he has already kneaded the buckwheat dough... Although it is not impossible to dissolve it, it is the result of half an hour of his work. It can't be wasted like this, right?

So...under Meiling's strange gaze, Luo Kong learned how to flexibly use buckwheat flour to make perfect dumpling wrappers.

Apart from the color, it's almost the same as normal white flour or dumpling wrappers... probably.

Fortunately, except for Meiling, no one else present had ever seen what real dumplings looked like, so Luo Kong looked very justified.

Well, anyway, as long as the filling of the dumplings is delicious, ignore the hard texture of the dumpling skin. It will still be a good dumpling if the filling is well prepared, right?

Okay... just kidding. Luo Kong wasn't that lazy. Instead, he and Meiling re-kneaded the dough and began to teach others how to make dumplings.

By the way, at the invitation of Fran and Luo Kong, the dumpling-making team also included the three little ones from the Mist Lake.

Except for Letty... maybe she had other things to do, so when Luo Kong and Fran went to look for her, they didn't find any trace of Letty.

"Just put it in the palm of your hand and squeeze it like this, and it's wrapped!"

Meiling taught Cirno very patiently, and the latter rolled up her sleeves with shining eyes, imitated Meiling's movements, opened her hands, put in the stuffing, and then pinched it.

A whole big meatball appeared in Cirno's palm.

“Hey!! Why!”

Looking at the meat filling that was squeezed out slipperily from the middle, Cirno pouted in displeasure.

"Puchi! You're just too stupid, idiot!"

Remi on the side had no sense of being the master at all, and laughed at the other party with glee.

"Nonsense, I'm not stupid!"

Stimulated by Remi, Cirno became even more dissatisfied. She scooped up another spoonful of stuffing and put it on the dumpling skin. Then the temperature around her suddenly dropped.

The meat filling in her hand was gradually frozen into a lump by the ice, which made Cirno nod in satisfaction.

"Now let me see how you slip out!"

Just as she finished speaking, Cirno was about to take this opportunity to wrap the dumplings, but the next second...the meatballs, which had become even more slippery due to being frozen into ice, suddenly rolled into the flour bag beside her.

“Ah, my dumplings!”

Cirno, who was a little upset because of being laughed at, quickly stretched out her hand to catch the meatball, but she didn't pay attention and fell to the ground.

"What a stupid goblin indeed!"

Remi laughed even louder when she saw how stupid Cirno was.

"I'm not an idiot! Damn you, Cirno hates you! Watch out!"

After finally pulling the head out, Cirno, who had completely turned into a white-faced fairy, shouted angrily at the other party, then took a deep breath and blew white flour towards the other party.

All of a sudden, not only Remi, but also Meiling and Fran who were standing next to her were affected.

"Hmph, let's see if you dare to laugh at Lady Cirno again!"

Facing Remi, whose body was also covered in flour, Cirno immediately laughed triumphantly.

"Woooa! Stupid cricket fairy..."