"I see," Patchy nodded knowingly, "knowing your wishes, is that why the prop mutation came about." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Probably, I didn't understand until the mutation unfolded, and my opinion is just for reference." Akinmyomaru touched the porcelain bowl hat and said embarrassedly.

"You are the master of the mallet," I said, "and the master's opinion is always more accurate than that of others." ”

"Hey, hey." She scratched her head shyly.

"Coincidentally," Patchy put down the tea bowl and suddenly remembered her purpose, and pulled out a thread-bound book with a gray cover from her sleeve, the appearance of this book showed that it was an ancient book of many years, but I had never seen a few words on the vertical row on the cover, and I could only roughly judge that they were a kind of hieroglyphs that barely appeared in the history I had seen, "Can Miss Akinamaru's mallet recognize these words?" Just decipher the rough meaning a little. ”

"What is this?" I leaned with Akinimaru's head to the monument on the table, "I don't understand at all, did Patchy find it from a corner of the library?" ”

"I've never seen the shape of the text, but ......," Arumamaru thought hard, "it's a bit like the words I've seen used by some minorities." ”

"This is not a library collection," said the witch, "a few days ago, Sakuya went to the weak point of the barrier as usual in the hope of finding clues about Remi and Fran's traces, and although it was still fruitless, he found this book near the Rim Mound, and it seems that it should be an inflow from the outside world." ”

"Oh, Patchy came to Ziya with the idea of identifying ancient texts, right?"

"Yes, when it comes to researching issues related to small and remote civilizations, I don't think it's okay to lower my profile and ask Yakumo Murasaki for advice."

“……”

Akinmyomaru turned the pages of the book and studied it diligently for a while, "No, I haven't seen these words at all, and there are not enough clues to infer the general idea at all, so even the mallet can't help, if it's the text recorded in the mallet itself, you can try to let me crack it, but-" She couldn't help with her hands on her chest.

"Don't the natives know about it either?" The witch of knowledge rarely showed a look of embarrassment.

"Or go to the residents of Tengu Village for help? The Tengu demon clan seems to have run through a long, long time in the history of Japan, and as the head snakes of the 10,000-year-old earth, they may have a clue to the text? "I make a suggestion.

"Ah...... But it's a long way off. ”

“……”

The journey from Hakurei Shrine to Yokai Mountain is longer than that from the Red Devil Pavilion to the shrine, and one of the roads is rare for the Otaku Witch, and it is indeed a bit difficult to add another part of the road.

"It's a little farther away there," the villain chimed in, "but we don't have to go that far, there's ......"

"And?" I didn't think for a moment of what other options I had.

"I just remembered, because I've only met once," she reminded me, "that human girl, there's one of them who probably understands anomalous writing." ”

"Oh!" I've already reacted, "Rent a bookstore Suzuna-an's little Suzu!" ”

"yes, hehe," Arimamaru stood up propped up on the table, "I was taken to a bookstore by Reimu once, and Miss Suzu read some crooked words in front of me, and I think she might be an expert in words." ”

"I've been there before, but I haven't remembered for a while, Patsy doesn't seem to have been?"

"No," Patchy replied, "I've only heard of it." ”

"Let's go! In the world! "Arimakimaru seems to be more active than a witch in unlocking the ancient books of anomalous words.

"It's much closer to the people than to the Monster Mountain, where are you going?"

"Okay, let's go to the human village, I haven't visited the human village in a few days."

The discussion was settled, and the three of them immediately flew out of the shrine.

The scenery along the way is still refreshing and beautiful, but the three people who are curious are not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, and we arrived at the periphery of the people after a short time.

Still in mid-air, you can see the colossal statue of the dragon god standing on the square in the center of the village from a distance, and you don't think it's big from a distance, but if you look up from a close distance, the statue will be magnificent and abnormal.

Legend has it that this kind of scales and whiskers, crocodile snake body, four-clawed centipede tail of the magical creature power can travel clouds and rain to attract thunder, the power seems to be somewhat similar to Kanako, but Miss Kanako is a primitive tribe in the process of evolution to civilization, but also the process of primitive religion politicization of the worship of the gods, with a unified personality and godhead, "dragon" is from the tribal totem, has never changed into a concrete deity, to say the reason, of course, the island on the other side of the Central Plains of the historical development of the uniqueness.

From some of the points that I have summarized in my occasional discussions with Patsy and I, since the early days of tribal civilization, Chinese tribes, large and small, have always flattered an ideology that worships ancestors, mountains, and rivers, so it is natural that few or no gods have emerged, and that at a time when religion was supposed to gradually replace tribal leaders as the spiritual and political leaders of the tribes, there were no specific gods to send oracles—a type of prayer pattern common to most civilizations in the world that invoke natural responses— In the early days of the obscurantist era, the theocracy was replaced by the royal power represented by the worship of the ancestors, and the social model has since been rich in unique and different charms.

Although in terms of performance, the difference between the two is not really big.

Returning to the question of the dragon god statue, there is no unified opinion on the origin of the dragon god statue, and there is no specific explanation from Yakumo Zi, so Patsy and I have not made any judgments, so far the understanding of the dragon god statue is limited to the villagers will worship it on the occasion of spring ploughing and autumn harvest, major festivals and other important moments related to village administration, personnel changes, etc., the scene of sacrifice is not very novel, I have seen it many times over the decades.

The only thing known is that the statue will condense dew on the surface before the rain to remind the villagers, which is the most widely known, and basically the only thing that everyone knows about, about the magic of the dragon god statue.

"It stands to reason that water droplets are more likely to condense in humid weather than the surface of a hot object," I continued, after raising my doubts about the dragon god statue, "The stone used for the statue looks quite ordinary, why doesn't the bluestone floor on the side change when water droplets appear on its surface?" ”

"If it's ordinary, you have to knock it open and see." Miss Patchy's proposal was not feasible.

"Don't," Akinimaru hurriedly interrupted, "everyone will be unhappy!" ”

"Of course I don't really knock it open." I put her at ease.

Walking into the gate of the village, a piece of wood and stone houses next to each other is imprinted into the eye, the villagers who drive, walk, and set up stalls occupy a large part of the long central street, and there are many shops dealing in various daily necessities on the side, and the prosperous scene of the human village is simple and noisy.

"I'll lead the way." Akinmyomaru floated in the air and took the lead, and the witch and shrine maiden followed the villain, and due to the unequal proportions of the figure, the proper acceleration of the villain's flight seemed to us to be nothing more than an ordinary walking speed.