Chapter 53: Quiet Betrayal
Marisa smiled weakly and didn't hold on.
She's not the kind of person who insists on rejecting good intentions even if she knows she can't, she used to be, but reality easily shattered the little stubbornness and stupidity in the girl's heart, Gensokyo is a cruel world, there may be tenderness in this world, but the world itself is not gentle.
In fact, there are not a few children who leave the world every year and wander alone to make a living trying to find a place in this cruel and beautiful world, but very few of them can survive, and if Marisa Misty Rain hadn't had a relationship with Mori Rin-no-suke and was able to get the help of the half-demon store manager, she might have died of poisoning in the depths of the Magic Forest long ago. After all, her kind of exercise method of hitting her luck by randomly mixing mushrooms is too nonsense, and being able to obtain her current ability and status also reflects Marisa's strong luck in another aspect.
Mori Kinrinnosuke's face softened a little, he was no longer so worried and angry, like all parents, he disliked and cared about his children, picked up the warm red date ginger tea that had been prepared and put aside at some point, and handed it to Marisa Kiriyu, not saying a word, but his movements were concerned.
In fact, Marisa Kiriyu naturally saw what was hidden in Mori Rinnosuke's actions, and the empathetic girl did not demolish the half-demon store manager, but obediently took the jujube ginger tea and drank it in small sips with the help of Mori Hirori.
"Rinnosuke, I'm hungry. Lumia and Kuroko are here to finish breakfast before leaving, and Marisa said that the Magical Forest has not been peaceful lately, and you may not be able to find prey even if you go out. And in terms of Lumia's cooking skills, huh. ”
Hakuri Reimu watched silently, but when she spoke again, her attitude softened significantly. She also kept Lumia and piggybacked on the monster for breakfast, but she didn't forget to mock Lumia's cooking skills, which made the little monster blush and argue.
"It's very dangerous in the Forest of Magic, there's no time to cook well, and what if it's too fragrant and snatched away by other monsters! There are a lot of monsters with bad eyes, and Qi Luno said that there is a monster named Wang Yu who is jealous of her strength and wisdom and doesn't dare to fight her, and always bullies Damiso to make her angry, if you meet such a monster, won't it be dangerous for me and Gaga!"
Mori Rinnosuke and Mori Hirori looked at each other, and the face of the former shrine maiden showed a strange expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. But Hakuri Reimu didn't know that Wang Hao, who was "Bad Heart" and "jealous of Qiluno's strength and wisdom", sat harmlessly on the side and listened, she didn't care about Wang Hao's thoughts and feelings, in fact, she didn't even remember who Wang Hao was, she just focused on attacking Lumia's sore feet, biting the weakness of the little monster and not letting go.
"Clams, don't you think too much, the youkai who love cooked food definitely don't look down on the charcoal you burn, and the youkai who don't like the cooked food don't like the raw meat you make, no one or demon will rob you of your things, okay? Even the blonde sow who shrunk in Grandma's arms as if she had just been dragged into the gap by fifty sin bags couldn't stop Xiao Heihei, who was so loyal to the Lord, what are you afraid of. ”
Hakurei Reimu exerted the power of a troll, and every time she said one more word, Mori Rinnosuke's face became darker, and Mori Kinrinnosuke was not angry, but complacent, with a proud virtue, so that Mori Rinnosuke looked at it a few more times before quickly retracting into a rather contrived expression of condemnation, making the silver-haired half-demon face darker.
"Ahem, what's that, little Reimeng, it's also your elder, save some face for Lumia. ”
"Oh, okay. ”
Hakuri Reimu smacked her lips, her face full of unfinished business.
Breakfast was still made by Rinnosuke Mori, quite light salmon roe chazuke, but no one complained about this. I just finished eating the spicy hot pot with heavy oil and salt last night, and now no one wants to eat anything with a heavy taste. It's just that there is only white porridge and steamed buns in front of Marisa in the fog, and although she shares side dishes with everyone, the magician girl still seems to be quite dissatisfied.
"Xianglin, I'm going to eat chazuke da☆ze~"
"No, I can't. ”
Rinnosuke Mori coldly refuses Marisa's request while ignoring her coquettish attacks.
"Eh, but these things are really tasteless......
"Soup and rice are the most hurtful to the stomach, do you still want to eat chazuke in your current physical state? Don't even think about it, obediently drink porridge and eat steamed buns. ”
"Okay daze......"
Marisa Kiri lowered her head unwillingly and continued to eat breakfast, knowing that Mori Rinnosuke was all for her good, so she didn't complain again.
Lumia and Gagaku gobble up their share and even ask for more food. Fortunately, Rinnosuke Mori knew that these two guys were big stomachs, so he prepared enough for them in advance.
After breakfast, Rumia and the monster left the Hakurei Shrine, and Marisa Kiri was about to go back to the Korindo Hall with the Mori couple, and Hakurei Reimu saw them leave separately with a cup of bad tea in her hand as always.
"Don't worry. Hirori Mori deliberately took a few steps behind, and Rinnosuke Mori and Marisa Kiri were also very kind to leave a private space for the mother and daughter to whisper their own words.
"Don't worry, little Reimu. ”
Mori Hiroshi, who has never looked like an elder, showed a gentle and kind smile that belonged to her mother, she bent down and raised her hand, touched Hakuri Reimu's long black hair lovingly, and said softly:
"Everything will be fine, don't be afraid, don't despair. I will be there for you and always will be by your side. ”
"Everything would have been fine. ”
Reimu responded coldly, almost indifferently, and after taking a sip of tea, she looked at Hirori Mori with a calm gaze.
"Grandma, do you think there's anything wrong?"
Mori was silent for a moment, and then turned back into the heartless and brutal laid-off witch on weekdays, a cold-blooded ghost god who urgently needed to be re-employed.
"Well, I think a lot of things are bad, but if Xiao Lingmeng thinks everything is fine, then it's okay. ”
"Then it's okay. ”
Hakurei Reimu inevitably responded, it wasn't that she didn't love Mori Hiroshi, but she really didn't know what Mori Hirohiro wanted to express.
Even Gensokyo's strongest bloodless and tearless non-Taoist witch is just a girl who has just come of age after all. There were too many secrets and too many shady things that she had never touched or understood, and she had no desire to touch them.
I'm a shrine maiden of Paradise, that's all.
That's enough.