Following.

Before Sakura woke up, Shu had already prepared a simple breakfast.

Simply cook a white porridge, chop some pickled radishes and some fresh vegetables, and turn out a few eggs from the corner.

Well...

Although the eggs were a little burnt, the radishes were also cut into large and small pieces.

But... Overall it looks pretty good...

Bar...

I'm not sure, but I always feel that compared to Sakura, I do these things myself... It's a bit hard to handle.

But it's been two or three days, and they haven't minded, so it shouldn't matter, right?

That's weird! I can't stand it anymore!

But that's how he got it. He couldn't have done better... In the past few days, for the first time, he has tried to cook something to eat, and he has never cooked before.

When he walked through the cloister to the door, he saw that Sakura had risen.

She looked back and saw Correction holding breakfast, and the apology in her eyes grew stronger.

"I'll be embarrassed if you do," she said, standing up and helping him put the little plate on the low table.

"It's your stuff, I'm just borrowing it. If you really want to apologize... I should have used the kitchen for so many days without your permission, and I should have apologized. Xiu smiled.

"To put it this way... It's so unreasonable..."Sakura found herself at a loss for answers.

"So don't worry about that. Do you feel better? Xiu changed the subject.

"Well, thank you for taking care of me, I'm feeling better." She nodded.

Before he woke up, the two of them simply ate some. Sakura didn't care about the burnt eggs, nor did she care about the messy radish that was cut, but ate it with gratitude.

When she was done, she routinely folded her hands.

"Thanks for the hospitality."

Xiu is really weird.

"Sakura, why do you always have to thank me, these foods are also yours, don't be so polite."

She smiled softly.

"This thank you is not for thanking you."

Xiu was even more confused.

"Who's that thanks to?"

"Thanks for the food." She used her chopsticks to order the half of the porridge left in the bowl, picked it up, and shook it in front of Xiu's eyes.

"Thanks... Food? "I don't understand it.

"Uh-huh, yes." She closed her eyes, and between her eyebrows, there was actually a piousness.

"They use their lives to continue our lives. So, we have to be thankful for them. It's our habit. ”

"Thanks... They—" Xiu looked at the grain of rice, a little distracted.

"yes, are you going to come along?" She opened her eyes and looked at Xiu.

Raise your hand and slowly close it.

Looking at Xiu.

Fingers moved slightly.

Slowly raise your hand and close it.

"Bow your head slightly and close your eyes." She has chopsticks in her fingers.

Xiu tried to do the same.

And get started, bow your head.

"Thanks for the hospitality."

"That's right!" She smiled like a flower.

"And then there's one more thing—" She held up her chopsticks, her thin lips holding on to the rice grains, and squirming slightly.

"You can't waste food—" The voice sounded from behind them, and the two of them looked over in unison, and they were already up.

"I'm sorry sister, I'm bothering you to have breakfast, it's just... I'm also a little craving for it. ”

She seemed apologetic.

"Shame!" She threw away her chopsticks and ran over and carefully picked her up.

"Sister, what you eat is so delicious." The pale lips forced a smile.

Xiu moved the small table directly to her side.

"Your breakfast is ready, too." He also puts the omelette on the tabletop.

"It's very fragrant, thank you!" She laughed.

"It's good not to dislike it, it's a little burnt." Xiu said.

After breakfast, he put away all the utensils, washed them, and put them away one by one.

The daylight hours are now beginning.

I need to give myself a little task today.

He thought so. In normal times, he would have liked to train himself well, but now...

He has chores to do.

He looked at the darkness that had bitten off a flower in the small courtyard and was still munching.

Also feed a horse. You'll have to pull it out, or you'll be angry if the god comes back and sees that the flowers in his garden have been eaten, right?

He led the dark to the open square in front of the shrine.

Standing here, you can see the lively path of Yae Village under the square. Farmers are carrying farm tools and preparing to take advantage of last night's heavy rain to drench the originally hard soil and reclaim the frozen soil in preparation for the subsequent sowing.

But because the weather was still a little cold, they all wore thick clothes and carried some simple gloves made of broken cloth on their hands to keep out the cold.

There were no women or children on the streets, probably because it was too cold and didn't want to go out.

Xiu led the darkness and didn't go down to disturb them, but chose to take a detour and walked directly to the back mountain of the shrine.

He also carried an axe from the shrine and was going to chop down some trees and use them as firewood.

He didn't know which trees could be burned, so he was only going to cut down some of the branches that had already withered.

If you cut down someone else's tree in need, it would be unforgivable.

By the way, let's find something to fill my stomach.

There are still some dried rice stalks in the village, but he is too embarrassed to ask the villagers for them. Because Sakura told him that the villagers themselves also had livestock to raise, and the dried rice stalks had to be stored at a very early age, otherwise there would not be enough livestock to survive the winter.

So, if you work hard, you will be settled.

Shu was embarrassed to feed Sakura's food directly with wheat like he did in the training camp.

Well, how do you feel an itchy neck.

He subconsciously reached out and scratched it, but he touched a string of soft hair.

He looked back and saw a pure white fox sitting obediently on the dark back.

Is it again?

Xiu was puzzled.

It was so close to itself that it could be touched as soon as I reached out.

But for some reason, he always had a feeling.

This time the fox came out, and it didn't seem like it would bring anything good.

So Xiu ignored it and continued to collect dry firewood and dry branches.

The shaggy tail ruffled the back of his neck again, this time with a wisp of soft fluff at the tip of the tail.

Just such a gentle stroke, it itched him a spirit.

He looked again, and the fox was still sitting obediently on the dark back, as if nothing had happened. Its tail obediently looped around its tiny paws, and it looked like a well-behaved fox.

He walked on again.

The soft, tickling sensation tickled his neck again.

He couldn't hold back any longer.

"What for?" He suddenly turned around.

It may be that his turn back this time was too sudden, and as a result, the little fox looked unprepared, and his tail didn't have time to retract.

Do you want to go with it yourself?

He sighed helplessly.

"I don't have a weapon. If there were another god of that size, I wouldn't be able to deal with it. He said.

Then he went on.

It didn't take long for him to suddenly feel something tugging at his sleeve.

He looked over and the little fox was biting his sleeve.

The force of its pulling is very weak, but there is a pull that does not want to let go.

Obviously he looked a little scared, but he didn't know why he continued to pull.

As if sensing that Xiu had stopped, it had stopped pulling.

It looked at Xiu innocently, but it didn't let go of his sleeve.

Xiu knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to refuse this little thing.

"If it's dangerous, you can't run away!" He said, "I alone cannot defeat your gods. ”

The little fox didn't know if he understood, but he began to pull again, and he was getting harder and harder, and seemed to be in a hurry.

He sighed.

He poked the fox in the pointed mouth with his backhand.

"Take me there."

Before he could feel the soft fluff, the fox jumped off the horse and galloped away.

After running for a while, he stopped and turned back to see if Xiu had followed.

This fox... Is it really just a fox? He couldn't help but think a little strangely in his heart.

Is it also a god?

It occurred to him that the gods they worshipped had been told to him before.

He looked at the little fox again.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

He thought in disbelief.

But if it is, it doesn't seem surprising. In this country, everything is so strange that anything can become a god.

Whatever.

He jumped directly on horseback.

The fox ran wildly.

Sometimes he really wonders if this fox is really just a fox?

Even if it's a god, isn't it running too fast?

(End of chapter)