It's getting late.

After a busy day, the villagers finally began the feast at nightfall.

It's getting darker and darker, and it won't be long before it's dark.

However, several candles were lit on the table where the dishes were served, and many white paper lanterns were lit on the eaves of the shrine, so it was bright in this small shrine.

The villagers prepared a lot of dishes, but almost all of them were something Xiu had never seen before.

Sliced cooked meat, drizzled with sauce.

The boiled shrimp are arranged in the shape of a flower, and a pink flower is placed in the middle.

The white one looked like fish, and it was thinly sliced, almost transparent, and it was filled with a whole plate, and there was a small plate of sauce in the middle of the plate.

Many of the other scattered dishes that were left were things that Xiu couldn't name and didn't know what they were. But they are all served with a lot of sauces, and they all seem to be eaten with dipping. On a small table, there were more than a dozen dishes scattered around.

The reason why they can put so much is because they all have a common feature, that is, they have very little weight.

Shuraku sat at the table closest to the shrine throughout the banquet.

Next to him sat Tiger Toru, Sakura. The god sat across from him, next to Sakura, and by Toraki's side was an old man with gray hair. Rin still didn't participate in the banquet because of deliberations.

Even though she was close, she was still powerless.

The old man looked at the boy with a smile, and never said a word, just looked at him with a smile, not knowing why.

Xiu sat at the low table, feeling very uncomfortable.

Not because of the old man's smiling and silent eyes, but because of everyone.

Everyone knelt at the table, but he was the only one who was sitting, which made him very uncomfortable, and he always felt that he had done something wrong, so he tried to kneel like them.

But soon the leg went numb.

"If you don't feel comfortable, it's okay to sit. You are the protagonist and don't need to be the same as us. Sakura whispered.

Xiu shook his head reluctantly, revealing an ugly smile.

It's really uncomfortable, but you have to endure it.

Fortunately, the old man didn't let him wait too long.

"Gentlemen!" The old man clapped his hands, and the noisy venue immediately fell silent.

"Today is a thank-you banquet for the benefactor of our clan, Xiujun. Compared to what everyone already knows, Xiujun single-handedly repelled the god of Mt. Skina and saved my son and three villagers. So today, at the risk of invading the peace of the gods, I would like to hold a thanksgiving wine festival for my benefactor in this pure land of God! Here's a confession like a god. After speaking, he bowed deeply to the statue of Inari in the shrine house.

When he was done, he got up and faced the crowd.

"Gentlemen, please raise your glass!"

The crowd held up a small white cup on the table.

When Xiu saw it, he found that he also had a small white cup in front of him. The cup was crystal clear, and he hurriedly raised it.

During the toast, he faintly smelled wine.

It was as light as water, and if it hadn't been closer, he wouldn't have thought it was wine.

"Drink wine in a glass!" The old man said loudly.

"Drink wine in a glass!" The villagers echoed and drank it all up.

Xiu also drank it all.

When you enter the mouth, the richness of the wine gradually permeates it, but when you enter the throat, it is as light as water. But after the wine entered the stomach, the inexplicable fragrance gradually diffused from the mouth and tongue, and it was only a short while, and the person was already slightly drunk.

Xiu had only ever drunk one type of wine, and that was the bag known as "Polar Spirits" that Otto had given him. Compared with the domineering taste and surging heat wave of polar spirits, the temperament of this wine is much, much gentle, but the stamina is gradually diffuse.

"This is sake, made from rice, and it is usually used to worship the gods!" Sakura whispered, "Sake is clean, and only the purest sake can express our respect for God." Therefore, drinking the purest wine is also the best hospitality we have for our guests. ”

...

That's it.

He looked at the table, and there was a small bottle with a wide mouth, a narrow neck, and a wide body, which was filled with such wine.

"So, please enjoy this dinner tonight, and I'll get drunk with you!"

Amidst the cheers, the villagers couldn't wait to move their chopsticks.

The old man of the village chief sat beside Xiu and said with a kind smile, "Xiujun, thank you for your heroic deeds!" The Lord has already told me a few things about you, so we are all convinced that you must be a savior from the gods! So, I hope you can give the old man a face, come, I salute you with this cup! ”

Xiu hurriedly raised his glass again, and then drank it all with the village chief.

"Please try our food, the village is not as good as the outside, but the food is also very flavorful." The village chief was enthusiastic.

Xiu is a little uncomfortable with such enthusiasm.

In their eyes full of anticipation, they were not very skilled in using chopsticks to pick up a piece of transparent white meat and send it to their mouths.

When he started chewing, the meat was a little elastic, but after a while, a strong fishy smell that made him extremely uncomfortable began to diffuse on the tip of his tongue.

He lowered his head and closed his mouth and tried to endure it, almost not holding back the desire to vomit. He swallowed the meat and the unseemly nausea against his body, and then struggled to show a smile that everyone could see as forced.

"It's okay." He said this obviously undesirable assessment almost word for word.

The village chief smiled heartily.

"Xiu is supposed to be from the mainland, and it looks like he has never eaten sashimi!" The village chief laughed.

"Hmm... Pretty much. Although there is a sea near my hometown, we rarely eat fish, and even if we do, it is cooked. Xiu tried to make his voice sound natural, but the smell made his efforts hard.

Sakura silently stirred the sauce, picked up a piece of meat, dipped it, and put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully.

Intentionally or unintentionally, put the sauce on Xiu's side.

Xiu looked at it, but he couldn't muster up the courage to pick up the second piece.

It seemed that Xiu was too uncomfortable, and Sakura whispered, "Don't you like sashimi very much?" ”

Shu drank a little sake and nodded slightly.

He looked at the wine glass with some discomfort. He hadn't yet gotten used to the taste of alcohol, and the smell of alcohol made him even more uncomfortable. He thought to himself that it would be good if it were water.

Trying to fight the smell in his mouth, he looked at the table of food he could barely recognize.

Compared to the very single food in the training camp, which is a large portion, and everything here looks so much more exquisite in terms of variety and shape.

But he missed the rough food in the training camp so much. Large pieces of bread, large pieces of beef and mutton, and thick wheat porridge.

But the banquet was still going on, and he really wanted to eat some yellow radishes with some white porridge as usual. It would be nice to have an egg. But these ordinary things are not here.

He forced a smile and stuffed other food into his mouth that he didn't even know what it was. He didn't know exactly what it tasted like, but it was soy sauce or some other sauce. He never ate the food itself, but luckily, the sauce didn't taste unacceptable, and although it was sometimes salty, it was much better than sashimi.

A small rice ball that was pinched and tight was pinched into a small plate in front of him with thin chopsticks, and on top of the rice ball, a small piece of cooked meat drizzled with sauce was placed.

"Why don't you eat this?" Gentle as water, looking at his cheeks, a little gloomy, "It's sushi." At least it tastes the same as what we usually eat. ”

Xiu didn't answer anything, just silently took a small bite.

Then stuff the whole sushi into your mouth.

(End of chapter)