"It's time to eat!"

With Sanae's energetic and loud greetings, the humanoids that could serve the table gathered in the main hall. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The sense of incongruity in enjoying oriental cuisine at the European Lord's Table is very strong, but it can't withstand the tempting aroma of the food wafting all over the house, and there is no etiquette under the appetite.

Sanae and Satoru had the foresight to divide the same dish or soup can into several portions and place them in a row along the long table, so that the scene was like a group of humanoid pets from the other end to the middle of the long table, and they both remembered Miss Satoru's tutor: to mess with or knock over dishes for a day. So there was no too much chaos.

Under the Iron Throne, on the other side of the long table, of course, the owner of the Earth Spirit Temple, the master's sister, the master's two right-hand men, and a temporary shrine maiden and Fengzhu were two guests.

The master is at the head, and the majesty under the Iron Throne is moderate, but there is a happy sister next to him, adding a lot of noisy atmosphere, Sanae and I sit on both sides of Miss Jue's head on the left and right, and then Rimeow and Akong, a cat and a bird, compete face-to-face for a plate of very ordinary vinegared shredded potatoes.

"I haven't seen so many humanoid pets this morning or noon." I say.

"Today is the day to keep the boiler running, and pets who are a little motivated have been sent to inspect the Underworld Stress Zone."

"If you don't change your human form, you're not motivated......"

"Only by becoming a human can we realize the importance of labor," said Ms. Satoru, "and only then can we bring out the enthusiasm for labor that only human beings have." ”

“……”

"Hard-working people are welcome." Feng Zhu said seriously.

"I don't know about animal monsters anyway," I said, "Are you ready for an earthquake by sending your pet to inspect the rock formations underground?" ”

"Even without a nuclear boiler, earthquake preparedness is a must."

"Oh yes, the whole island of Japan is in the earthquake zone."

"So Gensokyo is really a troublesome place, the ground is isolated from the outside world, but the ground is still connected with the land plate, what does Yakumo Purple think."

"I think it may be because it can't be completely isolated, but it's more likely that if it is isolated from the outside world along with the underground, it will cause geological disasters." I simply put forward my conjecture, not to defend Sister Zi.

"I understand."

Really understand? I said, "All in all, it's hard work for you to keep the underworld at peace. ”

"No, there's nothing hard to work on," Miss Jue added, "It's not a polite remark, because it's also a pet practice, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"It's not just the people underground who benefit from maintaining the original state of the ground," I said, "and if the ground collapses, Gensokyo above will inevitably experience a change in the terrain, which is not dangerous for many people, but it is still very troublesome." Therefore, as a representative of the Hakuri shrine maiden and the people of the earth, it is necessary for me to express my gratitude to you. ”

"The more Miss Alice is more reasonable, I'll accept it."

"Don't waste time chatting, the food is going to be snatched up by the pets and my sister." Sanae reminds us.

The plate that used to contain vinegared shredded potatoes has been looted, and the plate seems to have been licked by the tongue a few times, bright and translucent.

The lively dinner is finally over, the pets are satisfied with the pets and immediately disappear, and the love also disappears again in the gap between everyone's carelessness, and the owner calls out to the meow and Akong who are about to run away secretly: "A-Li, and Akong, it's your turn to clean up the house." ”

"Ahh Hey, got it, got it," Meow took the crow's hand and stood still, turning back to his owner with a sweet smile, "Akon fold the plate quickly." ”

Because there was no food left, every plate and soup basin was brightly whitened, and the difficulty of the housework dropped several notches.

But none of this was our business, and Sanae and I were led by Miss Satoru to the outrageously large study—I decided to correct the name and call it my personal library.

"Don't worry, there are no targeted spells."

"Ahaha," I touched the back of my head, "of course I believe you." ”

"What?" Sanae is curious about our strange conversation.

"Nothing, let's go inside."

Although it should theoretically be around 19:30 Tokyo time, the time in the underworld cannot be judged by the light of day at any time, so when I entered the study, I felt that it was not much different from when I first entered the study in the morning.

"Is the nightlife spent in the study?" I asked.

"It's the most comfortable way to live." Gu Mingdi replied.

"It's tempting to skip evening classes and read books to pass the time!" Sanae gives her opinion.

"I don't have an opinion, but the hobby of reading books to pass the time is more of a magician, and Miss Jue is more suitable to be a magician than anyone else."

"As I said, if you were interested in a research topic, I was already a part-time magician."

"Ah, yes."

When I came in the morning, I still had the same ashlar table, next to a few European-style wooden chairs with carved curved backs, which were still weird, but the comfort was acceptable.

Gu Ming Dijue pulled out a brown hard-shell tome from the top of a neatly stacked pile of books on the table, "Two witches, please, if you want to find a specific book, you can ask me." ”

"I'll take a look around." Sanae walked into the depths of the sea of bookshelves.

Before Miss Jue opened the book and spread it out on the table, I glanced at the cover of the book, "A Detailed Treatise on Existentialism".

I haven't seen an impression of this book, but looking at the title, I feel that its content is probably not unfamiliar.

"This book is the work of a magician, a copy, of course," said Miss Jue, "from the past...... About forty years, and I mean when the book was written, I remember that it had not been circulated in human society originally, but had been kept as a handwritten book in the territory of the magician himself. ”

"The work of the magician should be written for others to read, otherwise what's the point of writing it?"

"Presumably after it was written, the magic made the conscious idea not mature enough, so it was not published."

"So how did Miss Satoru get the copy?"

"The magician gave it to me, and he wanted me to help refine his thinking."

"It turns out that Miss Jue has always dealt with magic envoys."

"Of course, if you want to gain knowledge, it is most convenient to make friends with magicians."

"Well, that's right." I said, "Haven't you finished reading it yet?" ”

"I've read it many times, but I still don't have a clue to perfect my thinking, so I occasionally take it out and re-read it."

"Okay, don't bother you, I'll go and flip through the books that interest me."

"Please."