Chapter 232: Gods and Monsters
"Oh, by the way, let's go with the snow classmates!"
Xia Ran looked at the girl, stretched out her hand very enthusiastically, and sent out an invitation to go with her hope.
“…… Do you think I might be able to accede to such a request? Xue Xia frowned, looked at the Fengzhu girl who was still beside her, but she didn't have a poisonous tongue, but restrained herself very well.
"It's not a request, it's just a proposal." Xia Ran wondered.
"Is that the point? You won't forget what else we have to do, will you? Xue asked calmly.
"Huh? Book club? Do you want to keep going? ”
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"Okay...... Either way, I'll go to Shouya Shrine and come back as soon as possible, under the snow, you wait here first? Xia Ran coughed dryly, seemed to think about it seriously, and then put forward such a compromise proposal.
The black straight girl sighed, she didn't want to talk to this guy too much, and her mood at the moment was also very delicate, probably thinking that these two people might really have a second disease attack, not for some other reason.
Xue Xia also knew a little about this matter, but he didn't expect that someone could really communicate through poisonous radio waves, fight each other's two lines, and be able to speak the truth, and look like a matter.
Obviously there is no such thing, but it can be nonsense...... In a sense, this is something she will never be able to do, and of course she will not admire such a person because of this.
The girl was about to wave her hand expressionlessly, so that this untrustworthy guy would disappear from her eyes as soon as possible, so as not to get angry when she looked at it.
However, the arm was raised less than a centimeter away just now, and he seemed to think of something under the snow, and turned his eyes to Xia Ran thoughtfully-could this person take the initiative to send out an invitation just to refuse himself and go to the Shouya Shrine alone, right?
So, just a second later, the girl smiled beautifully: "Since you invited me so sincerely, I will accompany you for a while." ”
Xia Ran's expression froze slightly, there was something wrong with this script, and he asked a little unwillingly: "Wait, Xuexia-san, don't you want to ...... with Yubihama-sara."
"It's okay, Yuhihama-san hasn't replied to me until now, I can't just sit here and wait, right? And it's all waiting anyway, and it doesn't have to be limited to this restaurant. ”
Xue Xia shook his head, indicating that this was not a problem at all.
"In other words, let's go with you, Kanako-sama, and they may be able to give you protection, this is an opportunity not to be missed......" Sanae said with a smile on her face, feeling like she was doing her best.
- The blessing of the gods?
Xia Ran hesitated a little and looked under the snow, but the girl smiled back at him, as if she had completely seen his little thoughts.
"Alright, let's go together......" In the end, he could only sigh softly as he glanced at the two magic artifacts in his inventory.
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The location of Moriya Shrine is indeed not too far from the city center, but it is still possible to occupy such a large piece of land in the area close to the city center......
Well, it can only be said that he has a lot of money. Other than that, Xia Ran didn't have any other feelings.
Sanae of Dongfeng Valley led the way in front of her, and at the same time talked to Yukino under the snow-
After all, both of them are girls, and they happen to be the same age, so naturally there are a lot of topics...... And the former has a docile and simple personality, and belongs to the kind of girl who gets along very well, although the latter seems to be cold, but in fact it will not really reject people thousands of miles away.
Therefore, when Sanae Dongfang took the initiative to chat, although Xuexia looked flat, she was not able to really adhere to the principle of not saying a word, and as long as she opened her mouth to answer, the rest of the matter would naturally be logical.
Sanae of Dongfeng Valley is very interested in under the snow, and wants to ask more information about Xia Ran's kind from the latter. And under the snow, she is also very curious about the wind of Sanae in the east wind valley, not only curious about the life of the witch, but also wants to know how she met someone, and has been knocking on the side.
Xia Ran didn't know much about girls' friendship, but he watched and listened from behind, but he always had the urge to roll his eyes.
Because these two people are really not on the same channel at all, it is simply that both sides are fighting wits and courage with the air, but they don't have the consciousness of their fists hitting the air, so he doesn't know what to say.
Regardless of whether Sanae Kazuya was asking questions or answering questions, Yukino under the snow often felt that she was a patient in the advanced stage of secondary disease and could no longer communicate normally, and what surreal factors such as "gods" and "extraordinary knowledge" made her feel very headaches, and she could neither answer nor echo.
And the other way around? Sanae Dongdongya also thinks that Yukino's mouth is very tight, and she refuses to reveal anything, and once she asks too directly, she will only shake her head and sigh bitterly in distress, but Miss Miko is not frustrated by this, but is more excited.
After all, in the past, the people around her were all ordinary people at all, and even if Sanae Dongya really wanted to find someone to communicate about this matter, it would be impossible.
- Although neither of them is an ordinary person, she does not want to talk to them about her troubles, just as she does not want to talk to her parents about the troubles of adolescence.
Like now, being able to find a girl of the same age who can listen to her talk about these things is already something I never thought of before.
So the blue and white witch didn't care, but spoke more energetically...... However, this also caused more trouble for children's shoes under the snow.
In fact, if he thought about it carefully, Xia Ran felt that there might have been a misunderstanding before, and when Sanae in Dongfeng Valley had just found him, he cautiously asked about things under the snow.
Now that I think about it, it's probably that she's determining whether the black straight girl is a person in the circle, or someone who understands the field of extraordinary knowledge.
However, Xia Ran was wrong at that time, thinking that the girl Fengzhu was also asking questions about the seniors and juniors of the grade, so she directly said that Xue Xia was the same as him, not a senior sister or a senior sister, everyone was a classmate......
Sanae Kazuya probably misunderstood, although she could see that the classmate under the snow had no special abilities, but she felt that she at least knew the inside story.
The result is what it is now, after Xia Ran roughly sorted out the context of the whole thing, he couldn't help but shake his head, but he didn't mean to step forward to explain, anyway, it was too late.
"We're here, classmate Xia Ran and classmate Xuexia, do you want to pay homage first?"
Sanae Dongdongya's voice pulled Xia Ran's thoughts back to reality, and he raised his eyes to look at the shrine in front of him, narrowing his eyes slightly. If you visit the shrine, you will probably only be able to feel that this shrine is very magnificent, and it is very feeling, as if just walking into it will naturally calm down, and there are no distractions.
However, he was keenly aware of a certain thick and mysterious atmosphere that filled it, as if history had been precipitated in substance.
- solemn.
- Divine majesty.
Even if ordinary people don't notice it, they will be affected, just like the ancient people suddenly arrived in the magnificent imperial palace, and naturally they would behave restraining and dare not take any offense.
"Since you're at the shrine, you'll want to pay a visit...... Yukishita nodded, thinking it would be better to pay a visit.
"I don't have a problem, but ...... I haven't been to a shrine before, so what is the worship method? Xia Ran raised her arm as if she had a problem with a primary school student.
"It's really strange, there is actually a classmate Xia Ran, what you don't know how to do?" The snow looked at him strangely.
"I know or I know, but I've only read the information, and I haven't actually operated it, so I don't know if it's a joke......" Xia Ran was very calm.
"Then follow me, just like when you taught Yubihama to make cookies, you can do what I do......" The corners of Xuexia's mouth turned up slightly, and she didn't know what she was thinking, it seemed that her mood suddenly improved.
Xia Ran naturally had no choice, the two of them walked to the pool in front of the shrine one after the other, cleaned their hands with a long-handled wooden spoon, and then took the spoon in their right hand, poured water into the palm of their left hand, and dipped their mouths with water.
When you are done, hold the spoon upright with the mouth facing you, allowing the remaining water to run away from the handle, and finally put the wooden spoon back in place...... When completing this step, the fox under the snow stared at the young man beside him suspiciously.
Xia Ran did follow her step by step, but his eyesight was too strong, his memory was too good, and his reaction speed was too fast, so that it felt completely synchronized with the movements under the snow.
There was no step to compare and then imitate, which naturally made the girl doubt what he had just said.
Then, under the guidance of the smiling blue and white shrine maiden on the side, the two walked to the front of the shrine on both sides of the roof, bowed and rang the bell vigorously, threw coins into the charity box with wooden bars, saluted and clapped their hands and saluted, and then made a sincere wish.
In this process, Xia Ran was struggling with what wish he wanted to make, although he didn't think that the wish would really come true, but there was a troublesome problem that-
In the process, the gods are able to hear the wishes of the worshippers.
Already well-versed in the occult, he knew very well that this was not a forced mind-reading, but a occult phenomenon constructed by the nature of the gods and the behavior of the worshippers.
Because it is a wish, you must let the person who makes the wish know your wish, even if it is a taxi, you need to tell the driver your destination...... It's impossible to say that while hoping for the gods to fulfill their wishes, they also feel that this wish is their own personal privacy, and they can't let the gods know about it, right?
Therefore, the process of making a wish to the gods is naturally a one-sided outpouring of their hearts, and the gods are naturally able to listen.
But it's not a problem to keep stalemate, and you still have to find a wish to deal with it.
After thinking about it quickly, Xia Ran remembered the incident with Mephala at the beginning, and simply made a wish that he wanted to continue to gain "wisdom" - if he could continue to have two real-world gods to teach him, it would naturally be the best.
"You're really interesting, should I say you're too bold, or are you too free-spirited?"
A crisp voice sounded behind him, Xia Ran's heart froze, and he subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see that not far behind him, a little girl appeared at some point.
She wears a blue and white outfit, white over-the-knee socks on her feet, short blond neck-length hair, and a special city maiden hat with two eyeballs on her head...... On the surface, it looks like a very cute little Lori.。
"This little girl is ......" Xue Xia was startled by the sound that appeared behind her without warning, but then her brows relaxed, and she looked at Sanae Dongfeng Valley and wanted to ask, but Xia Ran suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Ahem, Xuexia-san, this is not a little girl, but one of the gods enshrined in this shrine......"
Worried that the girl's statement would be rude, Xia Ran lowered her voice and quickly explained.
"Classmate Xia Ran, it's all here, can you stop using the script you just had?" He sighed under the snow.
"Suwako-sama! How did you get out of it directly? At this time, the blue and white witch also reacted and walked forward quickly.
"It's okay, it's mainly a troublesome guest who came to the door......"
The little Lori named Suwako shook her head and said calmly, and then she turned her eyes to look at Xia Ran with a strange expression-
"I'm not talking about you, but a big monster who is very troublesome...... I didn't really want to waste time with her, so I let Kanako deal with it, and I came out first. ”
"Big monster ......" Xia Ran didn't let go because of this, and his expression became even more weird.
Under the snow, he just looked very helpless, rubbing his temples, what the hell is going on with these people? Did they rehearse before? Or did you have the lines in advance?
"Suwako, don't be so ruthless, we're not wasting your time, we're here to find a way out for you......" A beautiful and soft voice sounded, and everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look.
I saw that in the clearing on the side, a black color like the first quarter moon appeared, and inside was a strange blood-red eye staring at the outside world, and a beautiful girl with blond hair sat on top of the black crack.