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Today is also the same saber patrol as always.

The short sword was lightly armored, and he stood on a tree and looked around the courtyard.

In the field of vision, several cousins who were also patrolling in the corner of the courtyard sat on a stone bench together, chatting, and pointing at me from time to time.

I know what they're talking about, and indeed, there's no point in doing it.

I'm just going through the motions.

Although the barnyard family is a first-class family to the outside, it is only a scholarly family, and if you want to say that the wealth kept in the inner house and the like, it is probably only books. I don't know how it used to be, but for as long as I can remember, I haven't heard of robbers entering the inner house.

The inner house is the residence of the clan family.

There are dozens of families, some of whom live further out of the courtyard, while others live on other streets in the courtyard. Although there are basically no robbers and thieves to take care of them, formal guards are necessary.

Because Gensokyo is different today than it was hundreds of years ago.

According to the records of the ancestors, when the Great Enchantment was first established, the only exorcists and warlocks could not match the powerful monsters in Gensokyo, and the humans lived in fear and self-restraint, and built a small village in Gensokyo.

At that time, the real village was the world. There are only hundreds of households, and there is no traffic, and chickens and dogs smell each other.

However, when human beings are faced with threats to their lives, they will always be aroused by the most primitive instincts, that is, to reproduce and pass on their ancestors. In previous generations, almost all of them were like this, each family had at least seven or eight daughters, and many would have more than ten children, although a large family would lead to many economic problems, the supply of food would not be able to keep up, and life was very difficult, but human beings have never stopped the pace of self-growth and reproduction.

In a desperately closed environment like Gensokyo, only enough people standing by their side can give ordinary people the psychological comfort they need.

This phenomenon has only improved in the last two generations, and of course, it is also related to the policies of the village.

The size of the village is expanding almost every year, and although it is still called the Human, there are actually thousands or even tens of thousands of human beings. It's just that, after the size of the village has expanded to a considerable extent, it seems that it has received a warning from the sage youkai and has been ordered to slow down the pace of development, including the expansion rate of the village and the rate of population development.

Therefore, nowadays, compared to those yokai who are more peaceful and have lost interest in humans, the relationship between humans is becoming more and more important.

I and the rest of the patrol kids knew that there was basically nothing to worry about here.

There were only a lot of worthless books, and the sick girl in the middle of the courtyard.

That girl, who is our nominal head of the family, seemed to have some discomfort in her soul a while ago because she fused the memories of previous lives, coughing up blood and vomiting blood all day long, and she almost stayed at home all day.

To be honest, probably except for me, who was ordered by my father to practice swordsmanship all day long, I'm afraid it's difficult to have a martial artist in this generation of the barnyard clan.

Although the law and order are not worth worrying about, there is actually a reason why I am still standing here as an inspection.

Similar to other big families, the family relationship of the barnyard family is also weak, only a few three or two children from separate families play with each other more familiarly, and most of the rest are only one or two of them have a deep relationship, and they probably only rely on the friendship between their parents.

Of course, there are outliers like me who don't have much to do with anyone. This probably has something to do with Dad's rigid temper. Saying something like "don't hesitate to die for the sake of the barnyard family", my father's rigid bushido temper made him and the rest of the elders of the family always talk without speculation, and there was no superfluous contact, so I was happy to be quiet alone.

At the moment, under the pretext of patrolling, I can stay away from the conversation circle of a few cousins. I didn't fit in that kind of circle.

I think I don't have any barriers to communicating with people.

It's just that there are always some inexplicable barriers.

The so-called estrangement refers to the communication barrier.

The reason why I feel estranged is, of course, because I have the desire to communicate with others, and I certainly don't feel estranged from those who don't want to communicate.

I believe that no matter who you are, as long as you ask yourself, you will admit that among your relatives, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, there are only a few people who can really fit with your heart, no, even if there is only one, you are already lucky.

This means that people are fully aware that there are more or less barriers in their various interactions. However, as far as I can see, most people don't bother with this, and most of them accept it as a fact that cannot be changed, and in many cases does not need to be changed, and gradually settle down.

This mentality is relatively healthy and reasonable, and I understand that I am actually responsible for my poor speech.

Think of that red and white girl, I probably can't fit anyone else in my mind except her. But how can I communicate with that girl well? Maybe I can't muster the courage in my life, but I still yearn to have a normal conversation with that girl.

As for interacting with other people, it is dispensable.

Looking back carefully, the scope of a person's interaction in this world has a great deal of chance, and it is not something that can be chosen by oneself. The reason why I have more dealings with these cousins than with others is because I was born into this family, I am in this profession, I have entered this circle, etc., and when I deal with them, they are already people of their own character and experience, and it is unreasonable for me to ask these people who are different from me and who have entered my life by accident to be connected with me.

Of course, even between me and my cousins, the cheap sister is even more imaginable.

The Zong family has always been a separate branch, and the people are not actually prosperous. It seems that literary families are like this, there is a spirit of martyrdom with literature, and they are not as enthusiastic about things as the ordinary people in the village for things like inheritance.

The younger sister, who was called Barnyard Aqiu, was a very polite girl, and we had not seen each other before, but we had a ceremonial conversation with each other on the day she took over as head of the house a few years ago.

At that time, the girl was still in good spirits, not coughing up blood and fainting all day long, as she has done recently.

But just as I don't quite admit this sister who I don't know well, she must be just non-existent to these cheap cousins and cousins who are separated.

After all, if it was me who was being bullied, I would definitely be angry.

I have seen several times that several cousins of the branch family who were sent to serve Ah Qiu deliberately knocked over the washbasin and splashed the whole basin on Ah Qiu's book.

The purple-haired girl didn't say anything, but while leaning on crutches, she silently took out the books one by one, spread them out in front of the stone table in the courtyard, and carefully turned the pages to prevent some of the pages that were stuck together from tearing when they dried.

All the movements are carried out slowly, as if they are indifferent to the usual expression, and there is no anger in the slightest.

The crutches were a bit surprising to me, I had heard that it was just coughing up blood and vomiting blood, but it seems that the price to be paid for the soul inheritance of knowledge is not as simple as I thought.

This type of bullying is very excessive, and the two cousins later received a lesson from the head of the family, and the matter will probably be gone after that.

With two cousins coming over, there is no such significant bullying.

It's just that the two cousins don't take care of things very much, and they often see Ah Qiu leaning against the wall in and out of his bedroom and study. Recently, it seems that his legs and feet have recovered a little, and although he still has to hold on to the wall to walk, he can't use crutches anymore.

I have seen these situations one by one.

But I probably don't want to take care of it.

Of course, you can't manage it if you want to.

After all, I am only one of many family guards, and even in the small council of the divided family, I don't even have the right to participate, let alone have a voice.

Lately, though, I've been thinking about something even more outrageous.

I studied history from Terakoya for a few months, and when I came back, I figured it out a lot.

Seeing that I began to practice diligently to learn knife skills, my father also praised me for a rare expression.

Of course, he didn't know the knife in my hand, and he wanted to swing it for a girl who had nothing to do with the barnyard family.

Although the other party doesn't need this insignificant strength at all.

But, even occasionally, if I could have been stronger, maybe I'd be qualified to stand behind that girl. Maybe I don't deserve to face that girl's enemies.

But as long as I'm faster, I'll have the ability to block a knife from Reimu that is sneaking up on her back.

As long as my sword is wielded more powerfully, I have the ability to wipe out all the slanderers behind Reimu.

As long as I had more money, I would have the ability to make Reimu not worry too much about food and clothing by paying enough money.

Even though I'm just human, there's always something I can do, if I work harder.

I couldn't help but tighten the handle of the short knife in my hand.

I didn't notice a few cousins who walked under the tree, and two very young girls, who should be new cousins.

"Kitty, it's hard work, let's withdraw first, do I want to bring you lunch later~"

I jumped down from the tree and bowed slightly.

"Thank you, don't bother, I'm not hungry for the time being, just go eat later. ”

Seeing that several people were about to leave, I hesitated and asked questions.

"The two of you, the head of the family, ...... the food and drink"

Because I don't know my cousin's name, I don't even have to call him, but it's simple.

"Oh, Brother Eagle is very kind," one of the girls, about fourteen years old, turned her head and grinned, "I left that sick seedling's food on the table, and she won't eat it at noon anyway, maybe she won't be hungry! Don't worry about her!"

"Yes, yes," the girl next to her echoed, "Anyway, if you eat it, you have to vomit it, and in the end, you have to cough up blood, so it's better not to eat it~"

Although the two of them smiled like flowers, no matter what they said, I couldn't laugh out loud. Only a shrug shows that it doesn't matter.

Several cousins and cousins passed away, and one of the girls still had words in their mouths.

"I worked hard to serve the lunch and she didn't even eat it, so I left it for her to eat in the afternoon, and if she didn't eat it in the afternoon, I would give her a supper~"

After speaking, there was a smug laugh like a silver bell.

The cousin next to him said: "You shouldn't let a girl like Ah Qiu be the head of the house!" although it is only a nominal ......."

Another cousin shook his head and sighed: "Girls should live a girl's life well, and force yourself to be like this, why bother." ”

Seeing a few people go away, I used the clumsy footwork handed down by the Qi family, using both hands and feet, to climb the tree and lean on the branches.

Everyone was gone, so I took out the unfinished wood carving.

In fact, for a beginner like me, it is very blasphemous to carve the girl in my heart in my first work. Because skill is not purely related, I carved a lot of wood.

No matter how dedicated the carving is, the technique is always too poor, and the appearance of the carved woman is not what the girl should look like in his mind anyway.

But now the mold of this has come out, and there is a lot of progress.

Maybe it can be done!

With a slight sense of excitement, I began to sculpt the details of the figure's face.

There are many reasons why I don't carve a statue of Reimu in front of people. Maybe it's a little shy, but it's more because I don't want other people to know about this relationship.

After the other guards left, the courtyard was noticeably quieter.

The setting sun is also gradually setting.

I looked frustrated.

Failed again!

Angrily punched the branch, and the leaves responded with a "whoosh" sound. When I carved my eyes, my hand shook and scratched my eyes.

"Hey......"

I couldn't help but sigh.

It's better to eat first, and then do this kind of fine work when you're full.

I was so remorseful.

Just as I was about to jump off the tree, I heard a slight "click" in the distance.

I frowned.

The voice came from the main courtyard, and the only person still there should be the head of the house, Barnyard Aqiu, alone.

As a guard, I couldn't sit idly by and ignore the noise.

Jumping off the tree, he quickly rushed to the main courtyard next to him while holding the hilt of his sword.

No anomalies were detected.

So I tried to shout "Is the head of the house here?" and pushed open the door of the study.

The purple-haired girl turned her back to me and looked up at the bookshelf in front of her that was twice as tall as hers.

"The head of the house?"

After hearing the voice, the girl finally moved.

Slowly turn around.

I couldn't help but be taken aback.

Compared with the spiritless eyes I saw many days ago, the current barnyard field Aqiu's eyes seem to be even more devoid, or rather......

It's like dead.

It's just that it seems that he can still speak normally.

"Can you get it for me, that oil?"

The hand raised trembled slightly, pointing to the top of the tall bookshelf.

"Okay. I bowed slightly in obedience and removed my saber and placed it on the table next to me.

Even my height couldn't reach the top of the bookshelf with my hands raised, so I pulled out a chair from the corner of the room that didn't seem to be very sitting, and looked at Ah Qiu for advice.

Ah Qiu nodded.

So I stepped on the chair and carefully removed the jar with the lamp oil.

During this time, I sensed the dreary atmosphere in the whole room.

To be honest, I'm used to this kind of atmosphere, but generally speaking, it's someone else who stirs up the topic and I keep silent. But at the moment, I felt that the keeper of silence had become the girl next to me, which made me a little unaccustomed.

So I tried to talk.

"It's stupid to put the oil on the bookshelf. "I'm telling the truth.

Needless to say, it must be those people who committed this kind of incident that has gone beyond the scope of pranks.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, I agree. ”

I glanced at the little purple-haired family head with a little surprise, I didn't expect to get such a response.

He placed the oil jar on the floor, then took the oil lamp from the table next to him and began to slowly add oil to it.

During this period, he occasionally glanced at the table, and sure enough, the food was still there.

"Do you need me to go to the kitchen and get some food?"

After a few breaths of silence.

"Then I'm bothering you. ”

I nodded, "Get it done here." He refilled the lamp and put it back on the table.

"Speaking of which, what was the noise just now?"

"I tripped up. ”

"Oh, are you alright?"

"No problem. ”

I nodded.

"I took the lamp oil tank out, it's not safe to put it in the study, I put it in the grocery room~" I picked up the lamp oil tank.

I could almost tell that the guys thought it was too much trouble to run back and forth from the grocery room to refuel, so they lazily took the lamp oil canister and put it in the study.

Didn't get a response, a little weird look back.

"Poof".

The purple-haired girl, the head of the family named Barnyard Aqiu, fainted on the ground, and her purple hair was scattered all over the ground, which was quite desolate.

"Hey, hey, it's okay!"

I quickly put down the oil tank and stepped forward to check.

The breath was still there, but it was still unconscious.

What to do?

I am a guard of the courtyard, not a waiter, and I am very incomprehensible to the situation of the head of the house.

I vaguely remembered that my cousins had said it when they were chatting. If Ah Qiu faints, don't worry about her, Ah Qiu will wake up after a while.

But...... Are you kidding me?

The little girl in front of me fell like this.

He was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old.

In this case, even if it's just an ordinary girl, you shouldn't leave it alone, right?

Hey, that's a lot of trouble.

I hatefully took off the light armor that was in the way and picked up the girl.

Rush out of the room.

"Someone, is there anyone?"

There was no response, and everyone should be in the cafeteria at this point in time.

The barnyard family doesn't have a very good doctor.

Aqiu's attending physician is an old doctor in the village.

The doctor's clinic closed early, but luckily I knew where he lived.

Anyway, let's take her over to seek medical treatment first, so that you won't be turned away.

Thinking like this, I didn't care about the eyes of the barnyard family's guards and people I knew or didn't know along the way, so I started the fastest journey and ran to the old doctor's house with the girl in my arms.