"Do you believe in the gods," Otto stared into Yae's eyes

"Why do you ask?" Although it felt like she had been seen through, Yae Sakura replied in her usual tone.

"The daughter of the Shimada family will be the object of the next sacrifice."

"......" was silent for a long time, but Yae Sakura nodded imperceptibly.

"What an ignorant villager, I want to know about the sacrifice?" With a sarcastic remark, Otto finally cut to the chase

"Didn't you already guess about it?"

"No, no, no, the cards I want to know are not these"

Looking at Yae Sakura's puzzled eyes, Otto continued to speak, "For example, are the days of the sacrifice fixed? Another example is how long after the sacrifice will it rain? ”

"What do you mean" Yae Sakura noticed something unusual, but couldn't say it.

"Assuming that the timing of rainfall is just a fixed ......"

"Impossible!" Before Otto could finish speaking, Yae Sakura interrupted him.

"Your idea is too whimsical"

"Oh, you probably didn't know that there's a phenomenon called 'Honkai.'"

"What does this have to do with the rain" Yae Sakura still doesn't believe it, feeling that if she believes it easily, does her sister Yae Rin's death still make sense?

"Honkai is also cyclical, and it's not impossible for a small-scale periodic Honkai to occur around here."

"There are many manifestations of Honkai, wars, plagues, climate disasters, comet impacts, and even the arrival of the Titan Soldiers, the appearance of which is bound to be accompanied by a large number of deaths."

"However, there is no ......death here," Yae Sakura looked a little excited, her voice unconsciously raising many decibels.

"Didn't there be deaths? Can you guarantee that the person who made this sacrificial decision was not affected by the Honkai? Otto's words left Yae Sakura speechless.

"You may not know it, but the world is going through a 'collapse' right now, and the main location is Europe...... Anyway, it's my hometown."

"......" Yae Sakura remained silent

"Then the escape of its Honkai energy will also cause a very small Honkai phenomenon in many areas, and I'll give you a hint, the beasts infected by the Honkai will become more ferocious and brutal than before, so you must have encountered a lot of them when you patrol the surroundings often."

"No way, what are you talking nonsense?" Yae Sakura pulled out her sword, and it seemed that she wanted to make a move on Otto, but in the end, she couldn't swing it in her hand......

"Answer me, then? Is rainfall cyclical? The corners of his mouth curled, and Otto spoke confidently in that strategic tone.

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Yae Sakura lowered her head, letting the long Rukai cover her eyes, her hand clenched the hilt of the knife in her hand, and her slightly twitching body showed her inner unpeace.

Seeing the other party's reaction, Otto had already got his own answer. Leaving Yae Sakura, who was still standing in place, Otto went back alone.

The main purpose of telling Yae Sakura about this is to make her hate "Honkai", and he doesn't want Yae Sakura to continue to take the initiative to accept Honkai's consciousness like in the original book, and become a simulacrum to come out and make trouble.

"Sister, you must be an excellent shrine maiden" Sister Rin's words before she died are still vivid

Once, Yae Sakura, who had twisted and misunderstood Yae Rin's words, had always regarded it as her life goal to become a good shrine maiden, and for this reason she did what she thought a shrine maiden should do, whether it was an old man or a child, or a pregnant woman, she could swing the butcher knife in her hand, because this was not the duty of a shrine maiden?

Even though she didn't want to do that in her heart, and she didn't want to be a killer, whenever she thought of Rin's words, she had no choice but not to disappoint Rin.

Now she was told that everything was useless. Even if there are no offerings at the annual festival, the rain still falls, and this is only caused by periodic collapses

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Leaving the cemetery, Otto immediately pulled out a pen and paper, and he wanted to write a letter for someone to bring back to the Mandate Headquarters. If you calculate the time, the Destiny personnel who came out to search for themselves are almost about to find themselves.

The things in the letter are very complicated, most of them are some chemical formulas, and the final substance synthesized is silver iodide, which he actually intends to artificially rain.

In order to take into account the feelings of the illiterate people at the headquarters, Otto was not able to write those chemical symbols, and this feeling of writing them word by word made him feel like vomiting. Some of the features that act as mixtures should also be clearly written, lest those researchers fail to read them.

(Although the Mandate of Heaven in my setting has a high level of technology at the moment, it is all about Honkai, so I will make a special note here.) ）

After writing a lot of chemical formulas that could not be considered chemical formulas, Otto tore off the page and folded it back into the book.

The main role of silver iodide is to make artificial rainfall, in order to ensure that things are under their control. He could only reluctantly contact the headquarters, after all, it was still very difficult for him to get these things.

There are many ways to solve the drought, not to mention saving water, and the best way to combine the current situation is to carry out artificial rainfall, and Otto does not believe that the people of a village should dig artificial rivers or build reservoirs

An object resembling a flare was set on fire, and Otto left.

The flare contains a special substance, which is not easy to dissipate and is easily detected by the Mandate of Heaven, so it is used as a signal for communication. Speaking of which, this flare is still brought by Kalian.

Back in Kalian's room, Otto sat in a corner.

"I said you can't just find something to do? What are you doing with me?" Karen, lying on the bed, was bored, and she suspected that Otto had come to see her jokes.

"It's nothing, I'm just worried about you." I was a little absent-minded, so I replied casually.

"Ahem, ahem, what did you say?" Karene seemed to be choked on her own saliva, and coughed for a long time before relieving herself.

"Are you bored?" Glancing at Kalian, who was lying on the bed and doing nothing, Otto asked.

"What do you think? I really envy that you can walk around. He rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then turned his head away from Otto, and his heart was unbalanced.

"Then I'll tell you a story."

"Do you still tell stories?" Karen's eyes were as if she had discovered a new world

"What kind of eyes are you?" At the sight of Kalian's eyes, Otto felt uncomfortable.

"Well, there was a mountain once upon a time...... There is a temple on the hill......"

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"Stop! What the hell is this" Karen, who couldn't stand it, finally stopped, this is simply a lullaby, okay.