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Hakurei Shrine on Mt. Hakurei.

The coldest time has passed, and as spring approaches, the snow on the sunny side of Mt. Hakuri has begun to melt. Dressed in a warm bearskin cloak and carrying a wooden plank, Reimu Hakurei cleared the snow from the stone steps that were hiding in the shadows. If left uncleared, the snow will slowly melt and freeze before turning into smooth ice...... Pilgrims who fall to the shrine to pay their respects.

She hummed a song quietly, and cleaned up from the bottom of the mountain, level by level. Just push the remnants of snow to a place where the sun can shine, and it will all melt in a few days - these are all said by the local tyrant with a foul mouth.

"It's a nuisance." Hakurei reimu complained, but in fact, it was the richest and happiest winter she had ever lived - no mutations disturbed and no worries about food and clothing, as long as the local tyrant was not there, she could eat as much as she wanted, sleep whenever she wanted, and there was no better life than this. The only trouble may be when the local tyrants come to worship. He always asks for a lot...... For example, repairing the broken floor on the porch, replacing the old royal coins, drying quilts, etc. Super troublesome!

But when you think about the two big bags he brings with him every time, there's nothing to complain about. Because the shrine has been rich recently. Even the number of diners who eat and drink is also a little more, and many monsters who can't eat and a certain black and white will come to eat together. Reimu is happy. She's stockpiling up food and planning a big party after some of the yokai have finished hibernating...... Purple, oh no...... Everyone will come.

Yes, even twelve-year-old Reimu is starting to make plans now.

Do you want to invite the local tyrant? Wouldn't he like youkai? Every time he came, he would nag "This is how a shrine maiden should be...... The shrine maiden should be ...... like that", at first glance, he is a super old-fashioned guy.

And didn't Lord Tuhao say that when spring comes, the Hakurei Shrine will be renovated? I'm really looking forward to it......

Reimu couldn't help but stand at the top of the stone steps and look in the direction of the Inside of the World. Pity...... I didn't see the figure of the local tyrant.

In fact, Lu Yuan has only been to Boli Shrine five times this winter...... The second time he just walked over, and then saw the scene of the Hirori witch dying of starvation, and he couldn't laugh or cry - the little girl had no experience as a housekeeper at all, and when she had rice and food, she ate happily with her friends, and in the end she had eaten all the food for the winter in a month......

Since then, he's been coming almost every half a month.

Lu Yuan not only brought food, but also taught Reimu Bori, who was still a little girl, how to calculate the distribution of food and supplies, and took her to repair the roof and corridor. Take her to clear the snow from the dead corners (otherwise the decay of the wood will be accelerated when it melts in the spring), and teach her to sing the Divine Comedy...... Ahem, just ignore this.

So now Reimu is no longer the skinny little girl. She has become watery and cute. The size also moved up several centimeters. Moreover, she had finally learned how not to starve herself to death.

After clearing the steps, Reimu Hakurei moved her slightly aching body. Holding the bearskin cloak tightly, he carried the planks and walked up the cleaned stone steps. Actually, Hakurei Reimu doesn't need to be like this at all - the Hakurei shrine maiden who is the guardian of the Gensokyo Hakurei Great Enchantment. Within the enchantment, you can invoke the power of Hakuri at will. She can fly back to the shrine at will, and the power of Hakurei won't keep her hungry. But it is absolutely guaranteed that she will not die; It won't keep her warm, but it's definitely guaranteed that she's not cold......

But now she likes to wear a bearskin cloak, which is still warm in the wind and snow; I like the feeling of stomping my feet and complaining after walking the long stone steps; I like the feeling of sitting under the porch and pretending to beat my arm after repairing the damage of the shrine...... It's like a local tyrant......

"This is a down-to-earth life...... she whispered to the guy, beautiful.

When Hakurei Reimu, who had been entertaining himself all the way, passed through the torii gate and returned to the shrine, he saw someone lying on the edge of the shrine.

"Guest......" Hakuri Reimu was about to step forward to say hello when she saw the girl sitting up on her stomach. The little girl had straight light brown hair, dark red pupils, and two large disproportionate horns on her head, which were tied with bow ribbons......

"And, it turned out to be Cuixiang, and I thought it was a local tyrant guest." Hakurei Reimu grumbled and placed a push plank taller than her on the side of the shrine...... In the past, it was definitely a casual loss - Ling dreamed of this, there was a black line, and the local tyrant was very good and generous in everything, but he was too nagging...... It's maddening! To shut him up...... Reimu looked at the plank he had already set up in a daze, what a sacrifice I had made!

The little girl, Ibuki Suika staggered up and walked to Reimu's side, stretching out the big red wine gourd in her hand, "Drink?" ”

"Don't get me drunk so early!" Hakurei Reimu punches Ibuki on the head, knocking her to the ground. A twelve-year-old girl, and a girl who looks seven or eight years old, looks like her sister is teaching her sister a lesson.

However, although Ibuki Suyaka is a little girl on the outside, she is actually one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Oni Clan, she is a ghost who has lived for hundreds of years, and has the ability to gather and disperse things, and amazing strange powers. In terms of combat power, it is not as good as Fengjian Youxiang, but the gap is not big. Ibuki is very fond of drinking, and often carries a wine gourd and gets drunk.

"We're not drunk! I don't know which bastard it was lately, but the bell on our heads has been banging for days...... We didn't sleep at all! Ibuki complained, this time of year. She could sleep most of the winter!

Ibuki Suika returned to the wooden floor on the edge side, and lay down in a place where the sun could be breached...... "Na~." Reimu, let's cook well. Let's get some sleep. Without waiting for Hakurei Reimu to answer, the little girl fell asleep again with the wine gourd in her arms, her plain blouse lifted upwards, revealing her delicate little belly......

Ibuki Azuka is also one of Reimu's friends. In desperation, she had no choice but to take out the quilt, cover the little girl, and let her continue to sleep well in the sun...... If you don't get enough sleep in the winter, you'll be grumpy for the rest of the year.

Towards the end of the evening, Ibuki Azuka wakes up to the aroma of food (two meals a day).

"It's so fragrant~ Reimu, have you prepared something delicious?!"

She sniffed in the air and followed the scent into the shrine. Seeing the table that Reimu had already set, I couldn't help but drool. Pearl-round, steaming rice, verdant, freshly marinated radish strips, a plate of bacon two fingers wide, and a big bowl of miso soup!

"Wow! Reimu, have you made a fortune?! Seeing the sumptuous dinner, Cui Xiang immediately ran into the kitchen and took out two sea bowls and poured the wine in the gourd into the big bowl. "Dinner is so rich, let's have a drink! Reimu. ”

"Because there are pious local tyrants who come to the shrine to worship. These are all confessions, and they are the reward of my hard work! …… The gods must have seen my efforts! Hakurei Reimu said contentedly.

"Gods?" The little girl asked suspiciously, "Speaking of Reimu, who is the god enshrined at the Hakurei Shrine?" ”

And. Don't worry about that little thing. Hakuri Reimu waved her hand indifferently and picked up her white rice.

……

"Ah, satisfied. I actually ate the royal rice. It's no problem to skip meals for a few days! The little girl leaned against the pillar under the porch and stroked her belly contentedly, "Hey." Reimu, I'll live with you. I couldn't sleep when I went back. Ibuki looked at Reimu Hakurei expectantly.

"Then let's stay...... "Hakurei Reimu said noncommittally, "Is this Mime?" The local tyrant is really generous. However, he said that Nabong was to allow the shrine to survive this winter, and that it might not be there next year. The important thing is to raise enough money for incense and renovate the shrine in the spring. It's best to keep a local tyrant believer like that for a lifetime, so that you will never have to worry about having enough to eat......" Hakuri Reimu also sat under the porch with Ibuki Suika and said with some longing looking at the night sky.

"So that I can eat the rice next year, I'll help when the shrine is renovated." Ibuki Tsuka, who was bought for dinner, said with a small fist.

"Well, if everyone comes to help, it will definitely save a lot of money for the local tyrant, right? (Big mistake...... Go to sleep, Zanka...... Fragrance? When Hakuri Reimu looked back, she found that the tea-haired little girl had already fallen asleep with her little belly in her arms.

"What a has...... Hakurei Reimu grumbled, dragging Ibuki Sanka into the room. During the whole process, the little girl fell asleep beautifully and never woke up.

……

Towards midnight, Ibuki Azuka suddenly got up, covered her ears and stumbled into Hakurei Reimu's bedroom. "Reimu! Reimu! The bell is here again! ”

"What a bell, why didn't I hear it?" Bo Li Reimu rubbed her eyes and said unhappily. Lack of sleep, but the enemy of women! (Tuhao)

"It's all because our ghost clan is so good at hearing, you listen carefully!" Ibuki Suyaka pleaded, dragging Hakurei Reimu outside.

The Witch of Hakurei walked to the bottom of the porch and listened carefully. In the quiet of the night, there was a sound of "bells...... It's just that the sound is so light that it is impossible to make out unless you listen carefully, and even the night breeze blowing through the forest is much louder than this.

"It's not loud, huh?" Hakurei Reimu was perfunctory and just wanted to go back and continue sleeping.

"But for our ghost clan, it's very loud! And I don't know why, this sound especially scares us! Help me, Reimu, maybe it's a mutation! Ibuki Suyaka pleaded, shaking Reimu's arm.

"Okay, let's fly over and try to find out." (To be continued......)