The size of the Moriya Shrine is quite large and more majestic.

The shrine is located on the edge of a lake called Lake Aeol, and to be precise, directly opposite the shrine is the Lake of Aeolami, and there are a number of imperial pillars standing on the shores of the lake.

The main building of the shrine is naturally the main hall of the shrine, and there is a section of the shrine in front of the main hall, and the torii gate of the shrine stands at the entrance of the shrine. The pilgrimage trail is a mountain trail paved with square stone bricks, flanked by pillars and surrounded by maple trees.

According to Sanae Toshidani, the scenery on this mountain trail is often the most beautiful in autumn, and when she usually comes to clean with a broom in her free time, she often sweeps it all day.

Under the twilight, walking up the stairs on the pilgrimage road, under the snow, Xue Nai carefully observed the surrounding scenery, and couldn't help but diverge his thoughts in his heart, thinking about the topic that Xia Ran said before.

In Chiba City, near the center of the city, there is a mountain with a large shrine, a large forest, and a peaceful lake......

- For her, who already knew about it, it seemed that this perception was taken for granted, and there was nothing strange about it.

But if Xia Ran doesn't take over this shrine, then this shrine will be hidden by the gods not long ago and disappear completely.

Shrine......

Lakes......

Forest......

Even the land for the building belt will disappear without a trace, as if it never existed, and Chiba City is inexplicably missing such a piece, but no one will know, and no one will think there is a problem?

They even think that this is how the city was originally built, and that there has never been a Moriya Shrine or something, because there is no record of it even on the archives such as maps?

So, this kind of thing...... It's very strange no matter how you look at it.

If the brain hole is bigger, it is a scary thing to think about, for example, how many times has the world been corrected now, how many people or things have disappeared, but no one has ever discovered this problem?

"Is that Sanae-san back now?" Under the snow, he gathered his thoughts, no longer thinking nonsense, but exhaled lightly and asked.

"I don't know about that, it's not the same school after all. But it's already this time, and she's much closer to school than we are, so she should be back in the shrine by now......"

Xia Ran thought for a moment, and then said with reason.

"That means Sanae-sanae does live in the same place as you?" Xue Xia raised her eyebrows, obviously dissatisfied with his words: "This is not cohabitation?!" ”

"It's really not.,It's said that she actually lives in the shrine.,And my side is the surface of the shrine.,This can already be seen as being divided into two shrines by the realm.,It's like the outside Hakurei Shrine is located in the deep mountains of Nagano Prefecture.,It's dilapidated.,No one has visited it for hundreds of years.,Do you think it's the same place as the place where the red and white shrine maiden lives......"

Xia Ran reluctantly explained again, having said that, this feeling of being suspected by his girlfriend is really strange.

"Huh?"

Xue Xia breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't completely let his guard down so easily.

She looked ahead with a bland, the pilgrimage path under her feet was almost finished, and the tall torii gate was not far ahead, which was a shrine annex similar to a torii, representing the entrance to the god's domain, which was used to distinguish the god's domain where the god inhabited and the secular world where humans lived.

"Who knows if what you said is true, and even if it's not with that Sanae-sane, maybe it's ...... with other girls."

"This won't happen, in your mind, what does my image look like!"

Xia Ran sighed as if admitting defeat, "And don't make such irresponsible inferences so casually, classmate under the snow, this is already a rumor, okay...... Do you have any evidence for what you really want to say? ”

"Do you have any evidence?" That's a good thing to say, or maybe that's enough evidence......" Yukino suddenly smiled disdainfully, and she brushed her hair from her shoulders as if she had triumphed.

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“……”

"Well, what about it, for example?" Xia Ran raised his eyebrows lightly, and humbly asked, what the hell can his words be used as evidence?

"For example? Isn't that obvious, because the prisoner's lines are often just a few sentences! ”

The long straight black girl wrenched her fingers and listed them one by one, as if she had seen some kind of detective recently-

It's like "Do you have any evidence", "What a great reasoning, don't you think it's better to change your career", "I don't want to stay with the criminal, I'll go back to my room" and other fixed sentences......"

"Wait, the last sentence is the victim's line......" Xia Ran couldn't help but complain, this slot is too obvious.

"Well, really?" The girl tilted her head, looking a little uncertain. "It's not bad anyway, because the sentence you just said is obviously in the same style, and it sounds like a prisoner's sophistry."

"I have an objection to this!" Xia Ran shook his head vigorously, refusing to admit such a slander very justifiably, "I haven't done it before, this is the truth, how can I just say it-"

At this moment, an unhappy cold voice came from the front, interrupting his words: "It's really too slow, why did it take you so long to come back?!" ”

“……”

“……”

Xia Ran stopped in surprise and found that behind the torii gate in front of her, a single ponytail girl with long lilac hair was looking at her unhappily, as if she was quite annoyed because of her late return.

She was dressed in a white half-sleeved shirt with a wide placket, and a suspender-like dress with a shoulder strap on her right shoulder, with her legs exposed.

That's right, it's Mizuki Ihime, one of the moon princesses who appeared in Gensokyo's mutation before.

How did she get here?

And next to her is her sister Toyohime Mianyue, wearing the same outfit, only in blue with a shoulder strap on the left side. If the colors of the sisters' clothes are combined, it is the dress of the strange doctor Bayi Yonglin, which seems to be quite meaningful.

"Hey! Yiji, when asking for help, you have to be more polite......"

Compared with her sister, who is domineering and serious and has a fairly high self-esteem, Princess Fengji is obviously very conscious of being an uninvited guest, so at this time, she couldn't help but pull the hem of her sister's clothes and reminded in a low voice.

At the same time, she was also embarrassed to show a gentle smile to Xia Ran, this princess is kind and generous, and her innocent personality can indeed make anyone have a good impression of her at the first time.

It's just that the two sisters appeared at such a delicate moment, which is really completely out of place, okay-

Xia Ran blinked, subconsciously looked sideways, and sure enough, he found that the girl next to him was already looking at him with her usual somewhat cold expression.

Then again, what the hell is that? Why did they appear in the shrine at such a time, and at such a delicate juncture?

Is the world really full of malice towards itself, thinking about stabbing itself all the time?

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“……”

In the silence, a gust of night wind swept a maple leaf, whirling and blowing over, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while. Of course, the two Moon Princesses probably didn't know what was going on, but they keenly felt that the atmosphere was not quite right.

At this moment, a crisp and pleasant bell rang.

Xia Ran's heart instantly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface, he was silent, and while reaching out to take out the phone, he said calmly: "Ahem, you guys go in first, I'll come later-"

No matter who it is, even if it's just a salesman who calls to sell goods, it's no problem, he really likes the other party so much at this time, this call is really timely!

Under the snow, Yukino narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes were as cold as ever, but when he saw the two moon princesses talking in a low voice, and then nodded and turned around and walked towards the shrine at the end of the road.

She didn't say anything, just kept along.

The girl didn't really think too much about it, because it was obvious that this incident was completely unexpected by this guy, otherwise, the slap in the face would not have come so suddenly. And she has seen these two girls before, and they are said to be two princesses on the moon.

It can be said that the time when he met them under the snow is the same as the time when Xia Ran met them, it is because of the previous Gensokyo anomaly, these two princesses will come down from the moon...... There's nothing wrong with that.

And what her sister Feng Ji said just now also shows that they seem to have something to ask for today, which can also prove her guess.

Of course, even if that's the case, the girl is still in a displeasure, just like she's wary of Gensokyo, which is directly connected behind this Shouya Shrine - why are they all girls?! Is there something obviously wrong with someone's relationship?!

The mobile phone ringtone was still ringing unremittingly, and Xia Ran didn't exhale until he saw the three of them walk away, and connected the call:

"Hey! Thunder Monkey! ”

“……”

“……”

Probably slightly startled by his hearty way of greeting, the person opposite didn't say anything for a long time, but Xia Ran was in a good mood at this time, so he didn't have any impatience and didn't hang up the phone.

Until a familiar voice came from the other side—

"Xia Ran?"

Listening to this bland familiar voice with a hint of confirmation, Xia Ran was suddenly slightly stunned: "Are you ...... Kato-san? ”

"Well, it's me." Megumi Kato, who was on the other side of the phone, replied lightly.

"It turned out to be you, I really like you so much, Kato-san......" Xia Ran suddenly smiled, Kato Megumi is really his best friend, his favorite is such Kato-san.

"Huh? Thank...... Thank you, but I always feel so sudden, what's wrong with you, classmate Xia Ran? The girl's tone on the other end of the phone immediately became a little subtle, as if even she would be troubled by this sudden gibberish.

"No, nothing, the main thing is that your call is too timely and has done me a great favor......"

Xia Ran said with a smile: "By the way, Kato-san, do you have something?" Why are you calling me at this time? ”

“……”

“……”

"This, this...... Xia Ran, this is actually my phone ......" The girl's tone was obviously confused, and she felt weak.

“……”

“……”

"Huh? Wait......"

Xia Ran subconsciously glanced at the mobile phone in her hand, and then found that this was indeed a small mobile phone for women.

He blinked his eyes and seriously recalled, as if he had borrowed Megumi Kato's mobile phone to use it in the morning, and then forgot to return it. And the latter probably didn't remember to remind him because he didn't use his mobile phone at school.

- As a result, the other party didn't think about it until now, after he returned home? So call over to confirm the reminder?

- But fortunately, I was able to get off-site assistance from Kato-san?

"Fortunately, I didn't return the phone to you, Kato-san......" In an instant, he figured out the whole thing, Xia Ran couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart, this is really the wisest thing he has ever done today.

"Huh?" Megumi Kato's tone unconsciously became very pale, and he seemed to be even more troubled, "Is this the meaning of planning to be ruined?" ”

"No, no, no, I mean ......"

Xia Ran thanked the girl in the back seat, explained that she just forgot, and would return the phone to her tomorrow, and try her best to find a topic to talk to Keito Kato, and only ended the call after talking for about ten minutes.

It's not that he's reluctant, it's that he feels that if he ends the call too soon, he won't have a reason to stay outside.

And it is better to delay for a while and let the snow figure out the whole thing by yourself than to explain it yourself, this is simply a misunderstanding! Presumably, ten minutes should be enough time for them to mingle, right?

Even if it's just a superficial harmony, after all, the relationship between girls is so delicate.

Bypassing the main building of the shrine and returning to the house used for living after returning to the shrine, Xia Ran walked from the entrance to the living room, and the scene he saw suddenly reassured him. The two princesses of the moon, who had suddenly visited, were talking to Sanae and Artoria in the living room, and the scene seemed to be very peaceful.

Only, what about the others?

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the kitchen, just in time to see the snow coming out of the door, wearing an apron, as if she was helping Charlotte cook, but the expression on her face was still subtle and displeased.

"Xia Ran is back, what do you want for dinner? Now it's up to you......" she asked calmly.

Xia Ran looked at the kitchen knife in her hand, not sure if she wanted to answer this question.