Shu didn't know how to describe Sakura's expression at that time.

When a gentle girl shows a very uneasy and surprised expression in front of you for the first time, you will find that something that can make her have such a reflection must be extraordinary.

Well... I can understand that. After all, when he was taken away by the fox, he was also so surprised that he couldn't believe it at all.

But then I didn't seem to think it was anything. Because I feel that it is normal for animals to have any extraordinary things happen in this land, my performance is a little fussy.

But now it doesn't seem like that's the case?

Now think about it...

Xiu looked at the fox sitting on the dark back next to him.

It was licking its little paws, then wiping its small, pointed face, and the big fluffy tail behind it flicked from time to time.

It looks very well-behaved and harmless to humans and animals. If only its small, red-red eyes hadn't kept staring at the fish basket in his hand.

Yes, Xiu went out fishing.

Well... Physical.

The fish in the basket were all stuck by him with sharpened wooden spears. There's no way, he doesn't know how to fish. So you can only use a stupid way.

He had planned to catch a few and go back, but the fox was always at his basket. always fished one up when he wasn't paying attention, so he had to catch a few more.

Speaking of foxes, Xiu doesn't know how he came to be with it. Every time it always comes out without warning, and it always disappears without a trace, which is extremely mysterious.

Alas, when you go fishing, you should take it as a distraction. After all... It's also here that you have time to relax. I didn't have the time to do it before, and I don't have the mind to do it now.

He suddenly felt very confused in his heart, and he didn't know where to go for a while.

But let him stay in the shrine, he has the feeling that he can't stay.

When he told Sakura that he was being taken away by a fox, she didn't say anything, but ran away in a panic.

I should... I didn't say anything terrible.

Forget it... Who knows if she said something that offended her. People in this kingdom really sometimes can't understand what they think.

But... At least you don't have to be there alone.

Sometimes, he wanted to talk to Rin, but the poor girl who had been bedridden all year round spent a lot of time sleeping. In fact, Xiu didn't know if she was really asleep, but she had been lying on the sickbed with her eyes closed tightly and her face pale.

He was starting to feel a little unhappy. He didn't know what it was like. It's just that... Occasionally, I felt as if I had returned to Caslana's castle.

Maybe that's why he subconsciously wants to stay away from there. Staying there made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

It seems that he is subconsciously rejecting it.

It was as if he was ostracized there.

I shouldn't feel that way... He thought to himself.

Maybe... After all, it's because it's not my home.

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

Perhaps, it was because of the Divine Lord that he was not welcome at first.

Forget it, I don't want to do that, haven't I already made up my mind to leave anyway?

In just a few days, my injuries will be healed. Help them do what they can, and earn some money if you can. So that when you leave, you can leave them something...

It's not like saying goodbye.

His mind was silently preoccupied.

Suddenly there was the sound of a thin, little paw scratching the saddle.

He turned his head to look, and the little fox looked straight at him, his tail wagging like cotton blown by the wind.

"I'm going to take the shrine back, and I've caught a lot of you by the river." Xiu's fingers shook in front of its nose as if they were about to touch.

Instead, the little fox leaned his nose forward and sniffed Xiu's fingers.

The little pink tongue licked his fingertips without warning.

Xiu was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly remembered that when he caught the fish, his fingers were already stained with the smell of fish, and he couldn't wash it off.

How much this fox loves fish.

Xiu was a little helpless.

He looked at the fish basket and hesitated for a moment, but still took a fish and shook the blood stains on it.

"It's really the last one!"

But the little fox kept staring at the fish, and wherever the fish went, its head turned. It doesn't seem to care what Xiu is talking about at all.

Xiu slowly hung the fish on top of its head, it bit without hesitation, and...

It found that there was no dragging. Because Xiu didn't let go.

"The last one!" Xiu approached and shook the fish in his hand, "It's gone after eating!" ”

It nodded...

Is this a promise? Does it really understand words?

He thought it was amazing... But suddenly I felt that this seemed to be normal. So I felt that it was nothing.

At least the fox could understand what he could understand, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

Maybe I shouldn't have made a fuss about it... However, Sakura seems to think this is strange?

He let go of his hand, and the little fox pulled the fish, and the little paw held and gnawed hard, and the tip of the tail shook slightly unconsciously, which seemed to be very pleasant.

Can you be happy, counting this, you have already eaten four fish. I guess I was able to roll on the ground when I was full.

He looked into the distance, and the house of Yae Shrine was already looming.

It's almost there... This little fox must have eaten all the fish.

Well... But in this case, the dark body should have a strong smell of fish.

Xiu shook his head, he didn't think about it anymore.

It's a big deal to wash the saddle and give the dark a bath. Anyway, it doesn't seem to reject this fox, so it doesn't matter.

He looked at the remaining fish in the basket, and it looked quite large. No, five people should be enough to eat.

Thinking of this, he looked at the fox who had eaten a few people's portions, and suddenly found that it was gone again.

Alas...

But... I'm going to see the Lord again.

The thought of seeing the Lord of God made him feel that something was wrong, but... Go for it. With that in mind, he looked at the shrine that was getting closer and closer.

Stop.

He subconsciously pressed to his waist to pull out his gun, but suddenly remembered that he had not been wearing a weapon for a while.

He looked at the shrine uneasily, on the roof of that room, the man in black and the masked man was squatting on the roof sneakily, secretly looking at something.

Suddenly, he seemed to tremble and rolled off the roof.

Not long afterward, the priest slowly walked out of the house.

He was dragging something in his hand, and it looked like it was the size of a human body. Intentionally or unintentionally, he looked at the roof of the house where the man in black had stayed just now, and dragged the thing out of the shrine, not knowing where to go.

Xiu silently watched everything that was happening below.

He suddenly realized that the mysterious things that the Lord had told him did not seem to be far away from him.

(End of chapter)