(a)

It said that he was going to go directly to the hotel to rest, but in fact...... Four girls go to the street together, how can they walk in a straight line!

"That shop seems to be very interesting, I'll check it out!"

No, within two steps of the door, Marisa stray off course. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 So the group was led by her, or forced to follow her, and went shopping around the town, looking east and west, and buying a few more clothes by the way, and the afternoon passed like this.

After the second watch of the night, the group dragged their tired bodies and finally arrived at the promised land with beds and hot water.

Standing in front of them was a large double-opening wooden door with cornices, bucket arches, and high thresholds, and the two sides of the door were connected to the white stone wall, which looked like the entrance to the ancient compound.

It stands to reason that the entrance of this kind of grand gate is usually a standing stone lion, but in front of this door there is only a pottery puppet of Shigaraki Raccoon, holding a wine jug and grinning, which looks very strange.

Through the light of the red lantern under the eaves, Reimu saw the wooden plaque hanging on the door beam, and saw the two big characters "Tanuki House" written on it.

"What kind of shop is it called Tanuki House!" she complained to herself.

However, when she remembered where she had her lunch, she was no longer surprised. The taste of Eryan Yizang is summed up in four words, and the winding path leads to seclusion - basically where no one goes, there is her figure.

"Ahhh

Marisa yawned and stretched:

"Sleep, sleep, I want to sleep!"

With that, she walked towards the door, and, as the other three had expected, stumbled over the threshold, and fell into a.

"I think I've seen this somewhere......" Reimu said, stepping over the threshold and Marisa's body.

Compared to that door, the space inside wasn't too big, at least not as big as Reimu had imagined. It was a small courtyard with a pond in the middle, and a wooden bridge spanned it, with pedestrians coming and going and fish playing below, without disturbing each other. There are only a few small orange and yellow lights in the whole courtyard, which reflect the small bridge of the pond, which looks dark and quiet.

There are only three buildings, the number of floors is not high, and they are all wooden, and there is a quaint atmosphere inside and out. A small building of this size is more of an inn than a hotel.

"Yo Marisa," Reimu said, pointing to the pond, "take care of your feet and don't accidentally jump in." ”

"Get out!"

Marisa clutched her chin, unable to argue with Reimu.

As soon as Niyan entered the door, he walked straight to the counter on the left. As soon as the handsome reception brother in front of the stage saw her, he smiled and asked:

"Eryan-sama, why are you here?"

"Old man wants to treat me this time!" Yuzang took out a credit card from his wallet, pressed it on the counter, and said, "To open a standard room, you need three key cards." ”

"Okay, wait a minute. ”

After a while, the little brother took out three magnetic cards from the drawer, handed them to Yizang with both hands, and said respectfully:

"I've been waiting for a long time, the room number is 301, if you need help, please call the front desk directly from the phone in the room, we are open 24 hours. Plus, it's your credit card. ”

"Ah, thank you. ”

He turned around and handed the three cards to the three girls, and said:

"This is your key, room No. 1 on the third floor, you won't use it and figure it out yourself. ”

With that, she turned and walked towards the door, and as soon as her front foot crossed the threshold, she suddenly turned back as if she remembered something, and added:

"By the way, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, the old man will come here to pick you up. After running for so long, you're tired, aren't you? Rest early!"

After explaining everything, Yuzang strode out the door and disappeared into the night.

(b)

Of course, these people don't know how to use key cards, and they are ashamed to ask the front desk brother, for fear that people will laugh at them for not having common sense, so they pondered at the door for a long time.

Just as Reimu's patience was about to run out, she saw Marisa's expression change, she closed her eyes tightly, held the card between her fingers, and said something in her mouth:

"O key to the hidden power of darkness, please show your true power in front of me, with my Demon Dao Supreme Fog and Rain · The name of Marisa commands you to ......"

"You're funny, aren't you?" interjected Reimu.

Marisa ignored her, but suddenly opened her eyes and yelled, "The seal is lifted!"

With that, she slapped the key card on the door lock, and the crisp slapping sound immediately resounded throughout the hallway.

"Drop!"

With an electronic sound, the small light on the door lock turned from red to green, and the door opened.

Reimu and Alice's eyes widened as they looked at the slowly opening door, speechless for a moment. Marisa, on the other hand, hugged her arms, raised her chin, and said with a full spirit:

"Look, this is recognized as the strongest mage in Gensokkyo The first sister of the Demon Dao Emperor Galaxy Overlord Yuan Shi Tianzun steals the sky and changes the day omnipotently, I, Lao Tzu, my Uncle Marisa's magic daze!"

"Okay, well, I know you're amazing! Are you going to pretend to be out for the night, or come in and sleep?" Reimu was already in the room when she said this, "Alice, close the door!"

"Don't, wait for me!"

When Marisa heard this, she hurriedly followed the house.

"Woo, it's so dark!"

There was no light in the room, and it was so dark that I couldn't see even a few beds and stools. Marisa fumbled around in the dark, and soon there was no sound, and who knows where she had gone.

Reimu didn't care about any of that. As soon as she took two steps inside, her knees touched something soft, leaned down and touched it, and found that it was indeed a bed, so she lay down directly on it, and said:

"It's dark, it's dark, I'm going to sleep anyway......"

Just lying down on the bed, a strong drowsiness swept through her brain, and she felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and she was gradually about to lose them.

Was it because the bed was too comfortable, or was it because she was too tired? Reimu's body sank deeper and deeper into the soft futon, as if it were wrapped in a sweet swamp. She tried to count how many hours before her last rest, but she was only halfway through the count when the Sandman took her consciousness.

Then, a sudden flash of bright light in front of her eyes frightened her and she almost jumped out of bed. When I opened my eyes, I saw that all the lights in the house, the ceiling lamp, the table lamp, and the pillar lamp, were all lit up, and the lights were bright for a while, just like the New Year.

"What's the situation?"

She screamed, sat up, and turned her head to see Alice standing in the doorway with a shocked expression, her left hand covering her mouth, and her right hand pinching her keycard, which had mostly disappeared into the recess in the wall.

"Damn, don't scare me!" said Reimu, touching his chest.

"Ah, sorry, I saw it said 'Insert Key Card', so ......"

"Hey, Alice, Reimu!" Marisa interrupted Alice as she stepped out of the small room on the side of the entrance, "There's hot water and a bathtub!"

Reimu noticed that Marisa had taken off her shirt and was wearing only a small sweatshirt, so she asked her:

"What are you doing here?"

"What else can I do? take a shower, of course!" said Marisa, suddenly patting her head as if she realized something, and said loudly:

"I found this bathroom, so I'll wash it first!"

After saying that, she ran back to the bathroom with a cigarette and locked the door with a "click".

"Nobody's robbing you, nerd!"

Reimu sighed, leaned back, and lay down again, but she didn't feel sleepy anymore. The lamp at the head of the bed, the sound of water in the bathroom, everything around her made her more and more awake.

She watched Alice pacing around the room, touching one switch to another, from the big black box that looked like the "computer" in Xianglin Hall, to the small glass-topped wooden coffee table, and finally sat down on the bed opposite her, and asked her:

"Are you going to go straight to sleep, aren't you going to take a shower?"

"I ......"

Lingmeng just wanted to answer, "I don't need it", but suddenly smelled a trace of sweat and sour smell from his body, so he changed his words:

"I'll wash the second, what about you?"

"Then I'll be the third!"

"Don't you magicians all use magic to keep you clean, and you want to take a bath?"

"Wash it and soothe it! After sitting on the boat for so long, my back is stiff!"

"That's right. ”

"Hey, you two!"

At this time, Marisa jumped out of the bathroom covered in foam, wet and naked, with a plastic bottle in her hand, and exclaimed excitedly:

"This thing is going to blow up! It's going to turn into foam when you put it on your body!"

"I say, Marisa," Alice said with a smile as she looked at the bottle, "that's shampoo......

"Damn, how do you know?"

"That's what it says, you idiot!"

"Damn, oh my god, oh my god!"

(c)

"Two pillows per bed, and two pillows on the chairs, gentlemen, do you know what that means?"

"PILLOW VS. DAAAAZEEEE!"

This battle was inseparable, and in the end, Marisa won by a narrow margin and won the honorary title of "Gensokyo Pillow Battle King".

That was three hours ago, though, and now, as the night was deep, Reimu and Alice were crammed into the same bed, sleeping deeper than a dead dog.

As the winner of the pillow fight, Marisa rightfully took the other bed to herself, but she didn't sleep so peacefully. From the moment the lights went out, her stomach rumbled and never stopped.

"I'm so hungry......"

Now that she thinks about it, that dinner with only an egg sandwich and a cup of milk tea was really not enough for her, and after only a few hours, she was hungry.

"I eat the same amount of food, why am I so hungry that I can't sleep......" She looked at Reimu and Alice, who were fighting for the quilt in their sleep, and her mind was full of question marks.

Sometimes, she really can't understand the incredibly small appetite of other girls, and if she Marisa misses a bite of a meal, even the power of the magic cannon will be greatly reduced.

Of course, it makes no sense to think about it now. Since you have given birth to such a high-power body, the first task is to fill your belly. Marisa slipped, grabbed her key card, and sneaked out of the room.

As soon as she entered the hallway, a cold wind passed through the hall, causing Marisa to shiver and quickly tighten her clothes.

By the end of October, the autumn breeze was cool day by day. Marisa was wearing nothing more than a thin silk pajamas she had just bought in the afternoon. When this little dress was hit by the wind, it immediately penetrated, and it couldn't keep out the cold at all.

Marisa hurried downstairs, trying to get something hot before she caught a cold.

The first two floors are lit by night lights, which are not too bright, but they are enough to help her see the road under her feet without stepping on the air and slipping. But on the first floor, the dim lights began to flicker and flicker. She remembered that the lights had been fine a few hours ago, but now they were out of order.

Crossing the small bridge over the pond, Marisa made her way to the reception desk and found the young man in charge of the reception, lying motionless on the counter, apparently asleep.

"That's not going to work, if you're asleep, who's going to fix my supper?" Marisa thought, walked to the counter, and asked in a loud voice:

"Hey, do you have a place to eat here?"

For a long time, Marisa didn't get any answer, and the guy was still lying on his stomach, as if he was dead. Echoing between the three wooden buildings, her own voice, was everything she could hear.

Behind him, another gust of cold wind hit, causing goosebumps on Marisa's back. When she looked back, she found that the main entrance of the hotel was open, and the Shigaraki raccoon that was supposed to be standing in front of the door had fallen on the steps of the doorway and shattered.

"Was it blown down by the wind? Or is it ...... No, now is not the time to think about that......" Marisa shook her head, removing the distractions from it, and reached out again, shook the receptionist's shoulder, and asked again:

"Hey, wake up, you ...... here"

As soon as she was halfway through her words, she couldn't say any more, because the hand on the man's shoulder didn't feel the slightest bit of the warmth that a living person should have. Marisa had never known how corpses could feel, but now, she did.

When she realized that something was wrong and reflexively withdrew her hand, the host's body leaned weakly to the side, fell from the chair, and rolled to the ground like a puppet with a broken string, without moving again.

Above the neck of the pale corpse, Marisa clearly saw two small blood-red holes—marks she would never forget.

She froze, as if she had brushed shoulders with death, and the cold penetrated deep into her bones.