Episode 6: There seem to be many coincidences
"Huh? Isn't that Miss Youmu? "I found the housekeeper of Bai Yulou carrying a huge backpack several feet above her head, her bright short silver hair was very conspicuous in the crowd, she walked slowly on the other side of the street, the main purpose was to avoid the endless stream of pedestrians, the huge backpack caused her a lot of difficulties. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Ah, Miss Alice, Miss Pache and ......," she turned, spotting us through the pedestrians, and squeezed over to say hello, but did not seem to remember for a moment what to call the Lilliputian King.
To avoid embarrassment, I sent the message directly into her thoughts.
"Ahh And Miss Akinmyomaru, good morning, everybody. She hurried.
Greet each other politely.
"It's not too early," I said, "Miss Youmeng, is this purchasing?" β
"Because of the two-day banquet, the ......" she seemed to want to vaguely remind me that the food hoarded by their family was almost all due to the shrine feast, "so Yuyuko-sama sent out a big purchase." β
"I haven't thanked Miss Yuyuko and Miss Youmu for sponsoring the banquet."
"It's always ready to be consumed for the banquet, Miss Alice doesn't have to be too polite." She scratched her head with one hand and shook her palms with the other, with a "I'm used to it for a long time" expression on her face, "Besides, I'm also happy to make Yuyuko-sama and everyone happy." β
What a good boy, I thought.
"The backpack is heavy, isn't it?" I apologized a little for exhausting the grain stored in Baiyulou, "I'll let Shanghai help you transport it home, right?" β
"You're too polite, Miss Alice, don't look at it, it's not too heavy, it's full of vegetables, not much meat."
"Not a lot of meat? Is Miss Yuyuko going to improve the recipe? β
"There's no need to change Yuyuko-sama's recipe at all......" Youmu seemed a little embarrassed about her master's extensive hunting habits, "There was originally meat in the procurement plan, but Uncle Sasuke, who slaughtered the pig, and Uncle Kosuke, who slaughtered the cow, were both sick, and their children were too young to take the place for the time being, so they ......"
"Are the butchers sick? What a coincidence, right? β
"According to their wives, it was two days ago, ah, two days before the shrine banquet, Sasuke and Uncle Kosuke went to the shrine with many people, and then they had a stomach trouble with many people, and although they bought the medicine sold by the goblins and were soon fine, some people, including Sasuke and Uncle Kosuke, were still weak for several days, and they still don't have much strength until now."
When did the goblin get qualified to sell drugs? Who gave them the permits? It seems that it is still near the shrine? The most important thing is that I didn't know about it, and even more importantly, I didn't know that the worshipper had a bad stomach near the shrine.
"Could it be that someone near the shrine has set up a stall to sell unclean snacks?"
"I heard it's ice." Youmeng hesitated, "But I haven't seen Qiluno for two days at the banquet, maybe it has nothing to do with her, right?" β
What a virtuous and good boy, and it's a good habit not to be willing to question others casually - regardless of her exaggerated style when guarding the door of her master's house - I can't help but think again, if the family was old enough in the past, I think I would try to use a good girl like Youmeng home as a personal maid for the rest of my life, "When Miss Yuyuko gets married, Youmu will come to my house." β
"Huh?"
"Ahaha......" Once upon a time, the silent puppeteer became a fast-talking witch, and I need to reflect on it, "It's nothing, we're still in a hurry to rent a bookstore, Yume, let's go home quickly, Miss Yuyuko should be worried, and the street is so crowded, why don't you fly back?" β
"Ah, because Lord Yuyuko reminded you to be more reserved in crowded places, and if you fly directly into the sky, you will be seen under your skirt," she relayed the warning of the lord of the white jade building with a serious expression, "Since you are in a hurry, then don't leave it here." She tried to take a bow, but was unsuccessful because of the huge backpack bondage.
"Don't force it, goodbye." We said goodbye to her.
Although Youmeng doesn't want to suspect it, I have to suspect that the ice spirit is related to the stomach trouble incident of the visitors, and the reason why Qiluno disappeared is more likely to escape from the villagers, if she has something to do with this incident, is the goblin who sells medicine also her? It's unlikely that Kiruno knows how to make a drug, unless it's the rabbits of the Eternal Pavilion who are behind it, and I think the rabbits can do something similar.
This morning, she planned to find trouble with the March Spirit, maybe it had something to do with this incident, maybe the goblin who sold the medicine was the March Spirit, and I suddenly thought that if this was the case, it would be related to me again.
Putting aside my doubts for a moment, the fact that the Bad Stomach incident didn't seem to have caused a large-scale mass incident is proof of my ignorance and unawareness of it - although I left the business of the shrine to Suika for a few days, and I and the yokai were busy setting up the banquet venue.
Returning to the avenue leading to the bookstore, I looked at Patsy's ankle-length purple dressing gown, and then at my atypical festive shrine dress, which was half a length and not long, "I didn't notice it much before, so don't fly casually." "But I didn't plan to fly to the bookstore.
"Huh?" Akinmyomaru looked around.
"Not including you."
"Just walk, just walk, I didn't want to fly over, and it's good to take a walk once in a while." Patchy clutched her ancient books absent-mindedly.
The rented bookstore in the world is not far from the temple house and the ancestral house of the barnyard family, located next to a street that is not too lively and not deserted, and the spacious house and rich collection of books are the unanimous impression of Suzuna-an, although the rented bookstore cannot be compared with Patty's library, and even compared to the study room of Miss Satoru's family, but it is more than enough to meet the reading needs of ordinary people.
Suzuna-an has a cute Kanban girl, which is one of the reasons why the rental bookstore is booming, and I thought so, and when I saw the short-haired red girl holding a broom on the side of the street and in front of the store, it was naturally the hard-working Honju Kosuzu Lady, and the apron with the name of the store on it was very conspicuous.
She swept the street in front of the store with her back to us, humming a tune she heard from nowhere, and it wasn't until Arimimaru flew close to say hello that she turned around to spot the visitor.
"Hey, isn't this an acupuncture pill? I heard you're moving to the shrine again? She greeted the villain happily.
"It's been the past two days, and the news has spread so fast."
"Hehe, I have a lot of reliable sources of information!" She looked up, "And the blonde shrine maiden!" It's so rare! β
"What a blonde shrine maiden, can't you recognize it if you change your clothes?"
"I know I know, Miss Alice," she grinned and threw down her broomstick, "I've been hoping that you've brought some strange books, I'm interested in the Magician's books." β
"When did I promise to bring a book...... "Shouldn't I ask Marisa for such a request?" β
"I've mentioned it too, but I don't pay much attention to my longing, and I'm so disappointedβwho is the purple lady?" Magician? If a shrine maiden changes from black hair to blonde hair, shouldn't the magician change her blonde hair to black hair? β
"Where did this come from?" I was just about to give this lively Kanban girl a knife, but after a while, I decided to give up, so I introduced them to each other, "This is the librarian of the Red Devil Pavilion, Miss Pache Noregi Norregi, the magician of the Seven Dawns. Patsy, of course, this is the person we are visiting today, Miss Kanbanniang. β
"Good morning, Miss Kanbanniang."
"Call me Bell, Miss Patchouli, as soon as you see each other, you will be an acquaintance, and acquaintances will call me that. I've admired the Red Devil's library for a long time, and I'd be grateful if I could be allowed to visit it! β
"There's going to be a chance."
"Oh! Yes, yes! Please let me offer you the best tea, Miss Patchouli, and all of you, please come in. β
We were warmly invited into the store and walked to the front desk with a few tables and chairs, which is an area dedicated to entertaining guests.
Taking out the purple clay pot that had already prepared dried tea leaves, pouring boiling water, and Xiao Ling's special reception was completed, she poured tea for three large cups and a small tea bowl, and asked, "Is there a big business introduction for the blonde witch and the magic envoy of the Red Devil Pavilion to visit the shop?" In addition to the regular book rental business, our family also has enough strength and rich experience to arrange planning, design, printing, sales and other related businesses, so that customers are satisfied! Barnyard is our long-term partner, and the reputation is guaranteed! β
"Eh......"
"Even if you want to buy books from the outside world on a small scale, it's not impossible!" She didn't wait for me to speak, and she rushed to answer again.
"Uh......"
"Hmm, aren't they? Why are you staring at me all the time? Is it the idea of a cute Kanban mother! She crossed her hands over her chest and took a step back.
"How did your brain turn! Nothing to do with the business! I couldn't hold back any longer, so I stood up and gave her a knife, "Patsy, show it to her!" β
"Woo, just kidding, don't use violence casually, what is Miss Patchouli taking? Books? Wow! Is it really a book, a magic book? Or the Demon Book? She touched her head, and then she was caught by the strange ancient books presented to the table, and when she saw the strange words on the cover, her eyes were as bright as the passion that a witch had exuded for the villain king a few moments ago, and she screamed again, "Ahhhhhhhh Finally...... Not! Immediately cover your mouth, "Hey, sorry for the gaffe." β
"I don't know if it's a demon book, it shouldn't be a magic book," Patchy didn't comment on her unusual behavior, "I recognize all the words used by magicians to write books that have appeared so far, I have never seen the words used in this book, Miss Suzu recognizes the words on the cover?" β
"Well, actually, the series of texts I've been working on lately are a bit similar to the ones on the cover," she said, justifying herself as the reason for the gaffe, "but I'll have to see if I can decipher it or not." β
The daughter of the bookstore rented grabbed the gray book, sat back in her chair, straightened her sleeves, took out a pair of troublesome glasses from her bosom and put them on, and immediately got to the point, which saved us the trouble of introducing the origin of the book and asking her to solve the mystery of the strange book, although I still had doubts about her extraordinary excitement, and listed her as having a special interest and a talent and a special genius in linguistics.