This is a fairly wealthy village, and it can be seen from the well-planned fields and the crops that have already emerged that the harvest here should be good, and the ridges are relatively wide, which can be regarded as a very qualified road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this point in time, when the morning's work was almost finished, and everyone had already gone back to lunch, of course, there were occasionally one or two more industrious people who would do it a little longer, like two farmers who were walking slowly along the ridge of the field towards the village, both carrying hoes and sweating a little.

"Excuse me, where is Urashima Tai's home?"

Just as the two farmers walked through a fork in the road, a voice stopped them, it was not emotionless, it did not look like a cold voice that an ordinary person would make, and when they turned around, they also happened to see the source of the words.

A rather petite girl, judging from the immature face that she raised her head, was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with very rare blood-red eyes, but it was not penetrating, but it was as beautiful as a ruby.

The girl has pale hair, just like ice and snow, but it has no luster, it is pale that does not match the silver, with a hat, although it is thought to be the effect of shading, but it can't help but make people wonder "does this girl really feel hot", because this is such a cold person.

"Little sister, who are you, is there something to do with Urashima?"

A farmer frowned slightly, looked at Sakura, and asked her calmly, it seems that he still has a certain degree of vigilance against the girl, and looking at his appearance, he should have some understanding of the person Sakura is looking for.

"My name is Sakura, and I'm a bugger, because I've heard about 'Urashima that doesn't see light', so I'm going to take a look, maybe I can solve this problem."

Sakura raised her head and said slowly to the farmer who was standing more than a meter in front of her, still in that unpopular tone, which made people feel unaccustomed to it, and a kind of alienation, not as peaceful as the rest of the insect masters, but it was also this loneliness and oppression that made her unconvincing appearance become very authoritative.

"Insect Master?"

After hearing Sakura's words, the other farmer frowned slightly, showing a puzzled look, probably hadn't heard much of the profession of "insect master", and the previous farmer was also surprised after hearing Sakura's words, but the frowning brows were directly relaxed.

"Are you really an insect master? You're so young......"

The farmer muttered softly, and although he seemed uncomfortable that such a young girl would be an insect master, he also believed Sakura's words, probably due to Sakura's unusual appearance and the fact that she didn't look like a young girl at all.

"Do you know the insect master?"

Sakura calmly asked the farmer, if the other party is someone who knows something about the insect master, then her affairs will be much easier, of course, it also depends on the situation, after all, there are also people who hate the insect master.

"Ah, I know a little bit, a long time ago, I lived in a village and town further south, and when I was very young, there was a person from the same village who was a worm master, and he was also a very young woman, but later, it seemed that something happened, and I never heard anything again."

The farmer touched his chin with one hand and said to Sakura, and what he said also made Sakura understand that the reason why this person was able to accept her identity so easily was also because of the insect master.

"In that case, if you can, can you tell me about Urashima Tai? Based on the rumors, I think it may have something to do with the 'worm' I'm looking for. ”

Slightly mixed in with some unimportant lies, Sakura asked the man in front of her, and hearing Sakura's attitude to the point, he seemed to be willing to cooperate, nodded, and began to talk to Sakura.

"Ah, as for the matter of Urashima, if you can, I hope you can do your best to help him, he is also a poor man, and now it seems that I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing for him to come back......"

……

The Urashima family used to be considered a relatively wealthy family in the village, and unlike most other villagers who made a living from farming, they made a living by trading between nearby villages and towns, and at the same time, it was an important part of the communication between the village and the outside world, and often brought back some new rumors and so on.

And in the generation of Urashima Tai's father, it can be regarded as a very popular family in the village, because his father often tells some stories with the children in the village, brings some small gifts and the like, and over time, most of the people in the village are also considered to be the type of friends, until the later misfortune......

The terrain in this area is mountainous and the soil is sparse, so occasionally, during periods of heavy rainfall, mudslides and other disasters can occur, and the Urashima family became embarrassed for a while.

After the parents outside were buried by the villagers, only the eldest son Urashima Tai, who was not yet 20 years old, and his daughter Urashima Yue, who was only 10 years old, were left, and the burden of supporting the family fell on Urashima Tai.

However, this young man was unexpectedly a resolute young man, but it didn't take long for him to resume his father's business, although the village people also discussed, and allocated some land to them, but also to avoid the tragedy of his parents, but the young man refused.

The boy was smiling all the time, and all the people looked at him, little by little, picking up the burden of the past, and for most of the month, he would run outside and come back with the same gifts as his father.

Soon, as if everything was back on the right track, Urashima Tai, like his father, brought back stories and novelties from the outside world, as well as money to sustain his life, and everything went on like this.

Although Urashimatai works outside most of the time, he will come back every month, and the reason is that he can't rest assured that he is alone in the village, and Urashima is also a very well-behaved girl, while dealing with family affairs, he also gets along very well with the villagers.

All this is quickly on the right track, just like this land, blessed by the heavens, even if misfortune happens, that wound will quickly heal, and a bright and happy life will be restored, and it stands to reason that this is how it should develop......

However, it was almost half a year ago, and one night, or rather, Urashima Tai had just returned to the village, and it seemed that he had lost something, and somehow ran out at night.

The mountains at night are unpredictable, especially the mountains here, people are grateful for the abundant mountains, and at the same time they are in awe of the mountains, and everyone who goes out will try to avoid haunting the mountains at night, but on this day, Urashimatai ran out and disappeared......

When Urashimatai reappeared, it was already more than half a month later, it was in the afternoon, and the messy Urashimatai greeted the villagers who had returned home after work, and the villagers found out that this was Urashimatai who had been missing for more than half a month, and he himself didn't know how long it had been.

At that time, people thought that Urashima Tai was a Yoshichi person with his own heavenly appearance, so he came back safely, but when they returned to the village together, someone finally discovered the sense of incongruity in this young man, that is, it was a sunny day when the sun was in the sky, but this young man had no shadow!

……

"At that time, many people were startled, and even he himself only found out at that time, and later the village also sacrificed to the mountain god, and after that, the shadow of his disappearance slowly came back, but, that morning, Atai became a little abnormal, at that time, huh?"

The farmer with the hoe on his shoulder walked in front and slowly talked about Urashimatai, but just as he was about to continue, his companion pulled his sleeve, and he looked at the other farmer with horror, and his pupils shrank in an instant, and he was taken aback.

Because they found that the girl who was walking with them only had a very shallow shadow under her feet, and even said that it was just an outline, especially in contrast to the shadows of the two of them under the sun, it was even more terrifying, and they lost their words for a while.

"Ah, as you can see, my shadow is also almost nothing, this is a change caused by the 'worm', I am here for this 'worm', so, please tell me more about the situation, only in this way, can I help him."

After noticing the change between the two, Sakura also stopped, looked at them calmly, and spoke at the same pace as if she didn't care about the situation, and then turned around and made a gesture to move on.

"Ah, oh, good, good!"

The farmer paused at first, and then immediately responded to Sakura with a stammer, in his eyes, the oppression brought by Sakura at this time was more obvious, but, inexplicably, he felt that maybe this young mysterious insect master could really help......

"As for Atay's current situation, it's the same as the rumor, now he doesn't come out of the house at all, and even if he does, he will completely avoid the sun, either hiding under the shade of a tree, or in other shady places......"

……

Soon, Sakura was led by the two farmers to her destination, and it was very coincidental that she also met a girl washing clothes in the small courtyard outside the house, with short black hair and a red kimono with flower decorations......

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Good night, little Leimi has a good dream......

-- It's just a miracle that I'm a little willful and a blessing to my friends, so let's ignore it......