Seeing that Reimu was quiet, Ayamu didn't continue to teach her anymore, after all, she owed it for so many years, and it was okay to say a few words, and she couldn't give up any more. The pen "Fun" Pavilion sat down next to Reimu www.biquge.info, and Mia looked at the two people beside her curiously: "It's common for blue to come, Patsy, why are you here today?" ”

"Come get something." Looking happily at Wenwen, who was no longer dead or alive in the yard, but took out a rope out of nowhere, looking for a pleasing tree and preparing to hang himself, Patchouli smiled and said: "The meteorite that fell from the sky yesterday was sent here as a tribute by the kappa, so I came to the door...... Hey, dead crow, don't look for it, the one next to you, the tree is the tallest! Hang you just right! In the end, I don't forget to express my opinion on Wenwen who is looking for death in the distance.

"This one?" Looking up at the cherry blossom tree chosen by Patchouli, Wenwen was very pleased with its height. Indeed, the tree hangs itself just right. Nodding with satisfaction, Wenwen threw the rope and began to seek death-that's weird! Angrily slamming the rope in his hand, Wen Wen, who was still looking for death and life just now, suddenly jumped up in anger. Lisuo turned around, she pointed at Patchouli and scolded: "Dead book, if you see me looking for death, you don't want to stop it, you dare to give me a bad idea...... Break up! I'm going to break up with you ruthless guy! ”

"Hey, except I want to turn you into a bird meat pot. I don't have a friendship with you dead crow! After responding to Wenwen with a mean counterattack, which made her jump like thunder, and even her wings opened and trembled, Patchouli ignored her. His eyes fell on Reimu, who was still silently pretending to be a good baby and pretending to be in the background, as if he was afraid that he would make Ayamu angry as soon as he opened his mouth: "Reimu, that meteorite sent by Kappa should still be there, right?" Can you give it to me? ”

Glancing at Ayamu and seeing that she was just smiling at herself and not making a decision for herself, Reimu categorically rejected Patchouli: "Refuse!" It was offered to the gods...... I don't know what the gods are...... "After muttering a small voice, causing everyone who heard it to be covered with black lines, Reimu continued solemnly, "It's a treasure that Kappa sent to the gods, so I won't give it to you." ”

"It's really simple." Pachouli grinned, just wanted to say something, but Wen Wen, who came over at some point, had already spoken faintly: "Exchange sesame oil money for ~"

There was no hesitation for a moment, and when he heard the pleasing eyes of the sesame oil money, the golden light that could light up the blind eyes in his eyes had already high-fived and shouted: "Deal!" ”

“……”

After a period of speechless silence, Mia squirted out the tea in her mouth with a pop, wiped the tea flowing from the corner of her lips with her sleeve, and looked at Lingmeng, who was already impatiently dragging Wenwen and Pachouli to the main hall to exchange for sesame oil money for the god offerings that she had just said could not be given lightly, she said speechlessly: "Bo Li, it seems that what you said is really useless, how Xiao Lingmeng should be greedy for money, and how is he still greedy for money." ”

Ayamu held her forehead and looked like she had a headache: "Alas, when Reimu was a child, I was counting on her to grow up quickly, thinking that it would save me some heart." Now it seems that I knew that she had grown up because of this open-mindedness, and it was better not to expect her to grow up. ”

Sighing, Ayamu couldn't help but smile again: "But it's okay, I can't help but be pleased to be able to show my personality so cheerfully." ”

"That's right, although Xiao Lingmeng is getting more and more wealthy, it's a headache, but she is indeed becoming more and more cheerful. In this way, it seems that I don't have to worry anymore. Stroking the hair between her sideburns, Mia squinted slightly and looked into the distance, and the corners of her lips suddenly curled up slightly.

Ayamu was stunned for a moment, looking at Mia, who seemed to have decided something, and Mia, who had a relaxed expression, exhaled lightly, and then lowered her eyelids: "Has it been decided?" ”

"Ah, yes, it's decided." Shrugging her shoulders slightly, Mia smiled: "Because...... I really want to be there for him all the time. ”

"What are you ......" had already gotten up to see if Pache had gotten something, but suddenly heard Mia's words, and Lan couldn't help but turn around in surprise. Seeing Mia's chic and happy smile, Lan who had an idea hesitated: "Is it possible, do you still want to become, become Lumia?" ”

"That's right." Playfully raising her index finger, Mia closed her right eye and tilted her head slightly: "Mia is a very beautiful and smart girl, but only Lumia, that stupid little ghost who sometimes forgets that he can fly, can accompany him without scruples, and then happily coquettish him." ”

"This ...... It's a tough decision, right? ”

"Tough? No, it's actually quite easy. With her index finger between her forehead, Mia closed her eyes completely, and when she opened them again, the touching tenderness of color in her red eyes seemed to overflow.

"Little Reimu, who used to be ignorant, has grown up, because my deceased Hakuri has also come back to life. Now I no longer have any regrets and worries, and I can freely pursue my own wishes. And my only wish now is to be by that person's side and watch his smile forever. ”

Lan was moved, her hands were raised flat and hidden in her sleeves, she looked sideways into the distance, the sky and clouds changed, the last moment they were still tightly clustered, the next moment they were blown apart by the wind, and they were no longer dependent. The color of remembrance in her eyes was revealed, and after a while, she exhaled in frustration: "I suddenly envy you a little, and I can make such a decision freely." I've ...... can no longer be a little nine-tails who doesn't know anything like in the past, snuggling on his shoulders and accompanying him to continue to wander. ”

Lamenting that time had passed, but everything was no longer the same, Lan suddenly grinned: "Hehe, until now, I still remember the day I met Ann." was actually abducted by him with a piece of barbecue, I was really naïve at that time. ”

"I'm no better." was reminded of Lan's words, and Mia also laughed: "You are good meat, but I was deceived by an apple and refused to leave after his ass...... It's true, it's okay to deceive, but it's still so stupid, the body has become smaller, and the IQ has really plummeted? In the end, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

Even Fei will forget, that IQ is really worthy of someone's stupid little ghost, apt and not like words!

"Kid, of course it's more cute if you're naïve." Smiling and patting Mia on the shoulder, Ayamu also joined the group of memories of the past: "I was not deceived by his encounter with him, but was suddenly broken into life by him." ”

"Hey, what do you mean by that?"

Recalling the cold winter in her memory, Ayamu couldn't help but sigh: "It's winter." I remember that winter was unusually cold, and I didn't dare to leave the room and the bed easily. ”

……

Go back thirty years. It was the thirteenth generation of the Hakurei shrine maiden Hakurei Reimu who had not yet been born, and it was the time when the twelfth generation of the Hakurei shrine maiden Hakurei Ayamu had not yet grown up and passed away, and she was even only 4 years old and was still a young child.

As Ayamu's memories say, the winter of that year was unusually cold, and after the winter, the snow continued for half a month. The weather is cold, the ground is covered with snow, even if you hide in an impermeable house, it is as cold as if you can breathe in and freeze in mid-air.

Hiding in the quilt in the innermost room of the shrine.,At this time, Ayamu was hungry.。 Together with this morning's breakfast, she hadn't eaten in two meals. The clothes are thin, and in such a cold weather, Ayamu doesn't dare to come out of the bed at all, because if she comes out like that, she will easily get sick from the cold.

It's winter! Ayamu still remembers what Ayamu said when she left Purple who filled the backyard pantry with food in one breath when early winter came: "Little Ayamu, remember to take care of yourself, we'll see you next year." ”

Although she is only 4 years old, she has been stocked by Purple for more than half a year, and she only provides daily food, but she has already understood what the consequences of living alone and getting sick at this time of year will be.

The snow covers the sky, the shrine is poor, young and shallow in practice. She hasn't even learned how to fly yet, and she will probably die if she encounters this kind of thing, so she would rather be hungry and lucky to see if the heavy snow can stop, the temperature is starting to warm, and Ayamu doesn't dare to come out of the bed.

Of course, in addition to the fear of getting sick, the main thing is that there is no firewood for the fire at the shrine. Because after being free-ranged, Murasaki only provided Ayamu with food and two sets for the four seasons of the year to wear and wash, and no help was provided other than the well-fitting shrine maiden costume, and even the firewood for daily use had to be collected by Ayamu herself. Outside the shrine is a large cherry blossom forest, which is very convenient for collecting firewood, but unfortunately, Ayamu is still young, and her experience and preparation are insufficient, and she didn't expect it to be so cold this winter, and the little firewood collected in autumn has long been used up, and it is impossible to go out to collect firewood in the snowy sky outside. So for now, I can only stay at the shrine.

"It's cold." Curled up and hidden in the quilt, Ayamu closed her eyes and whispered: "Woo, I'm so hungry, I really want to drink hot water and eat hot food." ”

"When will the snow stop?" Like a little groundhog poking its head out of the ground, Ayamu carefully poked her head out of the bed, "Woo, it's so cold." In just a moment, her face was red from the cold, and she quickly retracted her head back into the bed.

"It's so annoying, if you don't freeze to death like this, you'll starve to death." Saving her energy and whispering to herself in a voice that she could only hear, young Ayamu began to think about what she should do next.

You can't rely on others, you can only rely on yourself. I've been hungry for two meals, and if I continue like this, I'm definitely hungry and have no strength, and the situation can only get worse and worse.

How long has the winter passed? Shouldn't it have been a little over a month? Thinking of this, Ayamu realized that she really couldn't hide like this anymore, it was indeed cold now, but the winter would only get colder and colder, and even in early spring, the temperature might continue to drop...... Ayamu doesn't understand the latter point, but she understands that the winter will get colder and colder.

"It really can't go on like this." The childish voice was slightly amplified, and Ayamu cheered herself up in this way, and then slowly climbed out of the bed, trembling to the closet on the wall of the room, and struggled to pull the cabinet door open. There wasn't much in it, just a set of shrine maiden costumes that were the same as those on her body - there was also a futon set, but it had already been taken out and used.

Taking out the clothes, Ayamu clumsily put the clothes on her body, intending to wear thicker clothes and go out to find firewood and make a fire to boil water for cooking.

However, at this moment, she suddenly heard something.

- "Hey, is there anyone in there?" ”

Stunned, Ayamu, who was halfway through her clothes, quickly picked up the imperial coin on the ground, ran to the door and listened carefully to the movement outside.

"Hey, is there anyone in there?"

It's a man's voice, it's quite kind, it should ...... Isn't it a youkai who comes to the door looking for trouble and hungry to grab food? Although she is a Hakurei shrine maiden, she shouldn't run into these two types of youkai, but she should be careful. Ayamu, who had made up her mind and felt that she should still be careful, grabbed the imperial coin in her hand and did not respond to the shouts outside the door.

“…… Although it was cold, there was food on the stove, and there was a pair of used and unwashed dishes and chopsticks. Strange, how could no one respond? Lianhua, are you sure...... Hey, are you hiding in the back room? ”

The man seemed to be talking to someone, but Ayamu only heard one voice...... No, now is not the time to care about such things, because the footsteps have begun to approach, and the man who doesn't know who has already spotted her!

Ayamu was taken aback when she found this, and her hand holding the imperial coin turned white from being nervous. Is that how to meet that person? Aya dreamed about it and felt that she should be careful, so she quickly ran to the closet and hid herself inside.

That way, you won't be discovered, right? Thinking like this in her heart, she hid in the closet where she couldn't see her hands in the dark, and her body was still shrunk into a ball, and Ayamu, who felt a little safe, breathed a sigh of relief. She suddenly noticed that although it was a little darker, it was full of warmth.

It's a pity that it backfired, and Ayamu, who thought she wouldn't be discovered if she hid it, was discovered almost the first minute that the footsteps came to the back room.

The closet door was unguarded, and by the dim light, Ayamu, who was stunned by the sudden return from darkness to light, looked up at the man in a black robe, with long flowing black hair and dark eyes, and the outline of his face was slightly blurred in the light.

"Hiding so tightly, are you playing hide and seek with whom?" As if laughing, the man touched Ayamu's soft voice and said, "Now, little girl, are you the current Hakurei shrine maiden?" ”

As his eyes adjusted to the changing light, the contours of the man's face became clear, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, his eyes were softly curved, his cheeks relaxed, and he looked at her lightly, but he didn't seem to be really smiling.

It's very gentle, Zi doesn't look as good as him when he smiles. For some reason, this idea suddenly appeared in Ayamu's heart. Lonely and hidden in the closet, she looked at the man who touched her head gently, and held it for a while before finally saying, "Yes, my name is Ayamu Hakurei." ”

…… (To be continued.) )