Chapter 2: The Shrine Maiden of Hakurei
"Good morning, Mr. Ashmida!"
"Good morning."
"Good morning!! Teacher Ashmida! ”
"Well, good morning."
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On the road in the world, the heartfelt greetings continued to sound, and the pedestrians greeted Ashmida respectfully who came to him, and Ashmida responded one by one with a faint smile. Over the years, Ashmida has been completely accepted and respected by the people of the world, and the children he attended in the past have also grown up and are now active in their respective fields, and the development of the world has taken a huge leap in their relationships, and the quality of life is many times stronger than ten years ago. Although, human beings still dare not step out of the scope of the world at will.
Market
"Teacher Ashmida's fish today is very good! Not to mention the size, the meat is absolutely delicious! The owner of the fish stall was a simple and honest middle-aged man, holding a big fish in his smiling hands, and showed it to Ashmida, with a proud smile on his face: "This is specially reserved for you, please take it." ”
"Well, thank you." Ashmida nodded, and handed the stall owner some copper coins as she took the fish.
"How can this work? How embarrassed am I to take your money?!! As soon as the stall owner saw the money handed over by Ashmida, his face immediately changed, and he hurriedly refused: "If I accept your money, the girl in my family will not complain to me if she knows that she has received her teacher's money." ”
"Take it, it's not easy for a man to support his family." Hearing this, Ashmida smiled wryly, then shoved the money into the stall owner's hand, and then quickly flashed with the fish.
This scene is constantly staged in the whole vegetable market, once Ashmida stops at which stall, the stall owner will definitely give his best goods to Ashmida, and Ashmida will accept the goods, and then leave more than twice the value of the goods and disappear quickly, for this, everyone present is not surprised.
"Lord Ashmida, could you please persuade the Witch of Boli later?" Just as Ashmida was buying vegetables, at a stall selling vegetables, the old stall owner said this to Ashmida after handing over the vegetables he was most confident in this year.
“??” Ashmida was confused.
"Please persuade the Hakurei shrine maiden to take a look at the occasion when she fights." Seeing Ashmida's puzzled look, the old man sighed silently, with a pleading look, trembling and stammering: "Some time ago, when the Witch of Boli came to retreat from the monsters, she destroyed my son's house and farmland, and all the crops in the field died, and now the child and my daughter-in-law and grandson came to live with me. ”
"Please." As he spoke, the old man suddenly leaned down, knelt respectfully on the cold ground, and shouted with his head against the ground.
"Ugh." Ashmida was a little stunned, and at the same time he heard the whispers of the onlookers next to him.
"It turns out that it was the son of Atsuyama who encountered it some time ago."
"No wonder, I think Amen Fujiyama, who laughs every day, hasn't laughed anymore lately, so it's because this kind of thing happened."
"The Witch of Hakurei is always like this, and I don't know if she's here to get rid of the youkai or to destroy it."
"Yes, yes! She killed my cow when she retired from the monster before! If I hadn't saved some money and bought another one, I might have been able to plow the land and sow it that year. ”
"This generation of Hakurei shrine maidens wear a mask every day, quirky and weird, could it be a youkai?!"
"It doesn't matter if youkai are there, as long as there is a wise youkai who will obey the orders of the youkai sage, and will not come to trouble humans for no reason, and the past generations of Hakurei witches are all humans, how can it be a youkai."
"Cut, human? I think it's a monster! Before, the Witch of Hakurei also came to my small shop to buy things, and I didn't dare to move when I saw her mask, you say, how can humans be so terrible?! ”
"It's just ............"
"............" All kinds of malicious speculations and ridiculous conclusions made Ashmida frown, but he didn't say anything, nodded slightly at the old man, and then disappeared in place.
"It's Mr. Ashmida!" After watching Ashmida disappear with a dazzling golden light, everyone around couldn't help but exclaim. Obviously, they are also far beyond ordinary beings, but Ashamida has gained respect, while the Hirori Shrine Maiden has received rejection and fear...............
Inside and outside the world, on the road of beasts
"............" Ashmida's face sank like water, carrying all kinds of big bags and small bags of things in his hands and walking on the long stairs, he kept thinking about the previous scene in his heart, everyone's fear, disgust, and rejection of the Boli witch, that ugly appearance made Ashmida can't help but think, in this fantasy world, human beings must exist?
Human beings will subconsciously reject things they don't understand, fantasize about all kinds of terrible settings and deeds, and then fear, fear, reject, and stay away.
This is foolishness.
"Forget it, when their civilization develops, then they should be able to get rid of this ignorance." After thinking for a long time, he finally gave up thinking after coming to such a conclusion, and if he continued to think about it, he was afraid that he would end up in a dead end of thinking, just as he almost accepted Hades's ideas back then.
Moreover, the first settled humans were very afraid and repelled no matter what kind of monsters they were, and now they have gradually accepted some monsters to live in the human world, and the relationship between the two sides is still very good, and many youkai who have opened their minds and can transform into shapes have opened shops in the human world to experience fun.
Well, Youxiang also opened a flower shop in the world, although no one dared to approach.
That's a good change, right?
"Phew, it's finally here."
"Papa Papa Pap Ta Pa Ta!!" Ashmida walked up the long staircase to the top of the mountain, and as soon as he stepped onto the stone floor of the shrine, he heard a series of hurried footsteps.
"yes yes (grandpa)!!"
"Hmm!" Then Ashmida felt her stomach attacked, and a small object threw herself into her arms, and then hugged him tightly.
Reimu ??? Ashmida finally stabilized his body and saved the ingredients in his hands from falling into the dust, and he asked the little figure in his arms a little strangely, "What's wrong?" Why are you so flustered?! ”
"Huh! Hold it! Reimu! Before the little Reimu could reply, a terrifying cry and the sound of a giant beast running around came from a distance.
"Put! Stop up! Money! Deliver! Go out! Come! A plump man, dressed in the traditional armpit shrine maiden costume and with a shrine cash box on his head, appeared in front of Ashmida.
"Wow!!" Little Reimu hugged Ashmida's thigh tightly in fear, frightened, and wanted to cry on her immature and cute little face.
"....................." Ashmida wanted to cover his face but found that his hands were already full of things, so he could only look up to the sky and sigh, looking speechless and asking the sky.
".................." At this time, the strange money box noticed Ashmida, and after she was silent for a while, she actually spread her hands to Ashmida: "That......... Are you here to throw in money? ”
"Suzume!! You are sitting on the old man!! ”