(a)

The town is surrounded by golden rice paddies, like a lonely boat in the sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The farmers in the fields are busy harvesting the last wave of late rice before winter, and have neither leisure nor interest in paying attention to the passers-by, no matter how prominent they are.

Still, when the three uninvited guests passed by, they stopped what they were doing and started talking to their colleagues.

"Hey, do you see that?"

"yes, it's the 'Crimson Demon'......"

And with her servants. ”

"The guy next to me I remember was a ...... in the newspaper"

"That's right, it's him, you can't be wrong!"

"These two vampires are actually walking together!"

"Oh no, might as well inform the Shrine Maiden of Hakurei?"

"No, I think I'll wait and see......"

"No matter, I'm going to take the child home!"

Nalan Yu felt dozens of eyes fall on him, and he was a little uncomfortable. The vampire master and servant beside him were no better, but they were calm and unconcerned, and seemed to be used to it.

"I say, Remilia, I don't think you're a big celebrity here?"

He quickly swept around the crowd and saw all the faces of suspicion, disgust, and fear, and added, "Do you have any problems with these people?"

"Looks like ......," Remilia pinched her chin, thought about it, and shook her head, "It's not a big deal." ”

"It's just a little bit of a fuss when I first came here, and by the way, I learned from the aborigines here. Later, because the sun was too strong, I used ......."

"Well, you don't have to say any more. Nalan interrupted, "I can probably guess what happened." ”

As far as he knew, the "fuss" that Remilia said translates to "a lot of people died", and the "fighting" she said probably meant "fighting in the dark and flesh and blood". As for the countermeasures against sunlight, it is probably some kind of magic that can make all creatures other than vampires die, such as directly covering the sky.

All in all, this guy definitely did a lot of bad things, and he didn't realize it, so it's no wonder that the natives here are so jealous of her.

"Don't just talk about me, aren't you famous, too!" Remilia retorted, "Listen, they all call you 'the guy who broke the Great Barrier' or 'the weird vampire' or something. ”

The people around them deliberately lowered their voices as they discussed, but they still couldn't escape the ears of the two vampires. Nalan Yu rubbed his right ear and said helplessly:

"Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. If you want to become famous overnight, you must first have a crow with a lot of mouths by your side!"

The three of them chatted without saying a word, and walked unhurriedly through the fields that gradually became lively, and entered the town.

This Edo-style town is bisected by a river that is clear and clear, and its banks are lined with weeping willows dressed in yellow clothes, swaying in the autumn breeze. A stone arch bridge connects the two sides of the river, and the road on the bank is paved with bluestone slabs, and the three of them stroll on it, feeling the breeze blowing in their faces, all leisurely.

There are no dazzling neon, no suffocating steel forests and congested roads, only small bridges, flowing water, and people's houses, all spotless. Nalan stopped in the center of the arched bridge and looked around, suddenly having the illusion of traveling back in time and back to the past. This town, since the day it was isolated from the rest of the world, has been frozen in the long river of time, and it has remained unchanged to this day.

This town, in the mouth of the locals, is called "Renzhili", or "Human Village", and the reason why it is so called is because there is only such a human settlement in Gensokyo. Walking out of the village, there are all the dwellings of demons and monsters.

In fact, even in this human village, there are many non-human creatures. Those "people" with horns, tails, or wings walked through the crowd in such an open and honest manner, pacing into the wine shops and restaurants in groups of threes and twos, eating, drinking, and laughing, drunk, and dreaming of death. What's more, they simply opened a shop in the village, and it seems that they intend to settle here for a long time. And the humans here have long been accustomed to it, and they won't even look at it when they pass by the monsters.

Along the way, the only one who was surprised by this state of harmony between humans and demons was Nalan Twilight. After all, in the outside world, let alone coexistence, the consequences of just knowing the existence of blood and werewolves in human society would be disastrous for both parties.

"Take it easy, Mr. Nalan. Sixteen Nights Sakuya noticed Nalan Yu's expression and reminded with a smile, "Here, whether it's a human or a youkai, there's nothing special. As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke, no one will trouble you because of your background. ”

"Of course, the vampire's situation here is a little bit ......" Sakiya said with a glance at her master, Remilia Scarlet, "subtle ......"

"I also know this, I'm just a little unaccustomed to this feeling, this feeling of being able to move freely in human society even if my identity is revealed. ”

Nalan Twilight recalls that hundreds of years ago, when people realized that he was a vampire, they would either run away or fight to the death, and there was no third option. In modern times, the world simply refuses to admit his existence, which makes him much more relaxed.

The enemy of the whole people is not easy to be, and even vampires may not be able to withstand this kind of pressure.

"Sakuya, Sakuya!" Remilia suddenly tugged at Sakuya's skirt.

"What's the matter, Miss?"

"I'm going to eat that! That's it, the sweet one!"

This road along the river is obviously the most popular pedestrian street here. Both sides of the strait are full of all kinds of snack stalls, full of aroma. From the messy smell, Remilia could smell her favorite sweetness.

"Ah, is it candy apples?" Sakiya quickly glanced around the store, then locked on to her target for Remilia.

"Ah yes, that's it, Applecandy!" Remilia nodded vigorously as she followed Sakiya's finger and saw the round, red candy.

"Sakiya, buy it for me!"

"But Miss, I didn't bring any money. Sakiya looked at Remilia with a wry smile.

When her troubled master heard this, his whole body suddenly wilted, shrugged his wings, pouted, and stared at her with complaining eyes. That kind of look was a kind of torture for her.

"It's okay Miss, I'll go back and get it!"

After saying that, Sakuya raised his leg and was about to rush home, but was stopped by Nalan Yu.

"Save it!" he said, waving his hand, "I have a way to get cash, you come with me." ”

(b)

Nalan Twilight took the two girls and turned left and right in the alley, looking around, but they were getting farther and farther away from the stall selling apple candy. Seeing this, Remilia asked impatiently:

"Hey, Nalan Twilight, where are you going?"

"I guess it's probably in this place...."Nalan turned another corner and squinted his eyes and looked around, "Ah, this is it!"

With that, he strode into a shop on the side of the road. Remilia and Sakiya didn't know what he was up to, but they followed.

It was a pawn shop, as you could tell from the sign at the door. As soon as Nalan Yu entered the door, he walked straight to the counter, took off the watch on his arm, pressed it on the table with a "snap", and said to the boss with a surprised face:

"It's a watch, a timekeeping tool from the outside world, and you see how much it's worth. ”

"Hmmm......"

The old pawnshop owner put on reading glasses, looked carefully at the very delicately made mechanical watch, and then looked at Nalan and the two girls behind him, and then raised two fingers:

"Two thousand texts. ”

"Three thousand texts, this is a brand-name watch. ”

"Two thousand five hundred texts, it can't be more. The pawnshop owner shook his head and said, "It's not the first time I've seen such a thing as a watch, and it's definitely not worth three thousand yuan." ”

"Humph......"

Nalan Yu stared at the old man's eyes, and the other party had no intention of giving in, and the two were in such a stalemate, testing each other's patience.

"One price, two thousand five hundred wen, if you don't sell it, please go back." The pawnshop owner issued an ultimatum that showed his determination.

"Deal. Nalan said, pushing his watch over.

It is not known how the inhabitants of this area acquired the products of the outside world, but one thing is certain, and that is that the brand premium of the outside world goods does not work in this isolated town. Therefore, Nalan had no choice but to accept the other party's offer, even though it was only one-tenth of the price of the watch in the outside world.

"Do you want to collect cash, or copper coins?"

"Just give me some money. ”

"Okay!"

The pawnshop owner put away the watch, turned around and took out a cloth bag from the cabinet, put two and a half copper coins in it, and then put the heavy money bag in front of Nalan Yu, and said:

"Two thousand five hundred wen, count it yourself. ”

"No need. Nalan Yu didn't even open the bag to take a look at it, and then took the money bag.

"By the way," he said before leaving, suddenly remembering something, and asked, "can you tell me where you found the watch?"

"I bought it from that antique shop next to the forest, what's your name?"

"Xianglintang, is it?"

"Yes, yes, Xianglintang, hey, look at my memory......"

"Anyway, thank you very much, and I wish you a prosperous business. ”

Leaving such a sentence, Nalan Twilight walked out of the pawnshop.

"I'm sorry to break the bank. As soon as he left the store, Sakuya hurriedly ran to Nalan Yu's face, bowed his head and apologized again and again.

"No, no, no, I was going to change a little pocket money, and besides, I can buy as many watches as I want outside, it's not a big deal. ”

"Even so, I shouldn't ......"

"Alright!" Nalan clapped his hands and said, "I don't think now is the time to discuss these boring topics, Remy, what did you just want to eat?"

"Candy apples, candy apples!" shouted Remilia, tiptoeing excitedly.

"Where did you buy candy apples?"

"Over there!" Remilia pulled Nalan Twilight with one hand and Sakiya with the other, dragging the two of them to run quickly in the direction of the river.

(c)

Each of them held a candy apple, stood under the willow tree by the river, and tasted this simple afternoon dessert in the cool breeze.

"Speaking of which, Sakiya," Nalan asked, taking a bite of the syrup-coated apple, "how much do you get a month as a maid in her house?"

"Uh, what's this......" Sakuya was a little embarrassed, and didn't know how to speak.

But her master, while eating the candy, replied unashamedly: "There is no money, my maids are all willing to work." ”

"Voluntary?" Nalan raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

After all, would anyone really volunteer to work for a vampire?

"It's true, Mr. Nalan. Sakuya quickly explained, "Although there is no salary, we have food and accommodation here, and there are many goblins who have taken a fancy to this." ”

"But you're the only human maid, aren't you?"

"Yes. ”

"It must be hard, right?"

"It's not too hard, the goblins are naughty and naughty, and if you manage it strictly, you will still work obediently. And there are a lot of them, and if one person does a little, he can always finish it. ”

"So you're the one who manages them?"

"Yes, I'm the head maid after all!"

"How do you prepare the food and daily life of so many elves, their clothes and daily necessities?

"Of course not!" Remilia interjected, "it was bought with gold, gold!"

"Gold?"

Nalan Twilight didn't think that this little ghost could make money on his own, unless......

"Is it the kind of gold with the word 'Tepes' on it?"

"Yes," Sakiya nodded, "It's that kind of gold, how do you know that?"

"Ah, of course I do. But, Remy, you haven't spent that thing in five hundred years?"

"No!" Remilia replied, licking her lips as she took the last bite of the applecandy, "I used to just grab what I wanted." Now, the finances are all in charge of Sakiya anyway, and I don't know how much money it spent. ”

"It's not a huge expense just to make ends meet," Sakuya added, "and you can get extra money from Pachouli-sama's alchemy, so you usually have a surplus over the course of the year." ”

"Yes," said Remilia, "at the end of the year, we will use the money we have earned in the year to buy food and have a feast. ”

"And not only did you spend the excess, but you also got a lot of it, I guessed right?"

"Uh...... Yes, that's true......" Sakiya hung her head, obviously a little embarrassed.

"Okay, okay," Nalan changed the subject when he saw this, "That's the end of the money-related issues, let's ...... next"

"Come to my house!" Remilia said, holding up her hand.

"I'll go to your house and sit down, but not now, now, I still have a place I want to go. ”

"Where do you want to go? I'll go with you. ”

"Xianglin Hall. ”

"Ah, there, is it to help Reimu get tea?"

"Half pairs. ”

"What about the other half?"

"Pure curiosity. ”