Chapter 12: Small Details of the Past
"I'm sorry to bother you so late, Miss Aqiu."
"It's just a matter of effort."
The barnyard fields are located on high ground, and from here you can clearly see the village of Hitonosato that has fallen into a state of silence.
Even in the dead of night, the study of the barnyard field was still brightly lit, and Ah Qiu sat at the desk in a thick coat, and his little hand holding the pen was red, and Wu Ye realized that there was no stove in the room.
Gensokyo in winter is a little colder than the outside world, and I'm afraid it will snow in a few days, and the barnyard family is the richest family in the human world, but when Aqiu works at night, he doesn't even light the stove.
Wu Ye, who was just passing by to take a look because he was curious, couldn't help asking, "Miss Aqiu, aren't you cold?" ”
"Huh?" Ah Qiu paused, raised his head and glanced at Wu Ye, and then said, "Naturally, it's cold." ”
"Then why don't you ......" Takeya didn't finish his words, but his eyes fell on the stove placed in the center of the room.
Ah Qiu smiled and said indifferently: "Although the weather is a little colder, it is not yet unbearable, and it will be lit in a few days." ”
“......”
Well, it's so frugal, Miss Aqiu will definitely be a good wife who knows how to run a house when she grows up...... Hey, why is that so strange?
On weekdays, Li Wu has never seen such a side of Ah Qiu, I'm afraid most people don't know it, after all, the first thing that everyone thinks of when they talk about the barnyard family must be the first wealthy family in the people.
"That's it, sorry to keep you waiting, Wu Ye-kun." As he spoke, Ah Qiu put down the pen in his hand that had been stopping, and it seemed that today's work had been completed.
"It's okay, it's okay." Wu also waved his hand again and again, although he said so, but in fact, he didn't wear much today, Ah Qiu's study was cold, and after a while, I was afraid that he would not be able to help but let Ah Qiu turn on the stove.
It's just that if this is a different person, such as Sister Red Magic Risa or something, he won't hesitate at all, and it's no problem to even do it himself, but for Ah Qiu, he is embarrassed to speak.
Could it be because they don't know each other well?
Seeing that Wu Ye fell silent, Ah Qiu was a little strange, she glanced at a long strip of baggage brought by Wu Ye, but she didn't care, and asked instead: "What's the matter, Wu Yejun?" ”
"Huh? Ah, sorry, just got distracted. ”
Putting aside those trivial thoughts, Wu Ye straightened up and said, "Miss Aqiu, in fact, today I want to ask Miss Aqiu...... Have any weird guys been doing anything lately? ”
When asked this, Takeshi felt that he was the strange guy.
"Strange guy?" Hearing this, Ah Qiu smiled and said, "Wu Yejun, have you encountered any trouble again?" ”
"Yes, I met a big bad luck today."
Anyway, there is nothing to say, thinking that it is comfortable to find someone to complain and complain, Wu also simply told Ah Qiu all the things about Mianyue Yiji.
"Ah, it's still incredible, the Moon Princess actually came to the ground."
Sure enough, Ah Qiu also had a surprised expression on his face after hearing this: "Sister Mianyue, although they are the envoys of the Moon Capital, they don't seem to have set foot on the ground since that one thousand years ago. ”
"That time a thousand years ago?"
"Ah ......" seemed to realize that he had lost his words, Ah Qiu subconsciously covered his mouth, but soon let go abruptly: "Wu Yejun shouldn't know yet, although it's not a secret, but few people know about it." ”
"Secret?" Wu Ye was confused, and seemed to be a little confused: "If the envoy of the Moon Capital came to the ground a thousand years ago, it should be related to the Moon War, and there is nothing strange about it. ”
Ah Qiu looked directly into Wu Ye's eyes and paused for a moment, and then said: "Sure enough, Wu Yejun doesn't know, that's right, there is no need for Miss Xiandai to tell you this, and Lord Zi doesn't seem to have a reason to talk to you in detail." ”
“...... Could it be that there is really a secret to it? Speaking of which, Wu Ye became a little curious.
"Secret, I don't know if it's worth it, in fact, now that I think about it, it's just a harmless little thing."
Ah Qiu didn't immediately explain the reason, but went around in a little circle and asked, "Wu Yejun, how much do you know about that war?" ”
"To what extent?" Wu Ye shook his head in confusion, for him, those things for a thousand years were almost occasionally heard from other people's mouths, but he himself never took the initiative to understand.
After all, it was too far away for him, at best, it was a conversation and a little story after dinner, and he never had the idea of delving into it, so at the moment, Ah Qiu smelled it, and he had nothing to say.
Thinking that Ah Qiu also saw this, so he patiently explained: "That war was a catastrophe for humans, but it was a feast for youkai, and it was also the fuse of the first lunar war later. ”
"Wait, feast?" Wu Ye asked with an extremely strange expression: "Didn't you say that both sides will lose?" Why, Miss Aqiu, you are talking as if it were a human fiasco. ”
"Both sides will lose...... Ah Qiu suddenly showed a strange smile, and then asked seriously: "Wu Yejun, do you really believe such a statement?" ”
“...... Isn't it? ”
"Yes, I'm afraid you won't be able to understand it if you say it like this, so let's make a comparison first," Aqiu paused and asked, "Wu Yejun, now you should be able to fully understand the gap between humans and monsters, in terms of strength." ”
"Pretty much."
Wu also scratched his head, it was really embarrassing to say, the gap between humans and monsters was comparable to the moat, a newborn little monster had the combat power of two adult men, and an adult monster was enough to become a disaster that made a city helpless.
If you really look into it, Wu Ye really can't imagine how humans fought monsters a thousand years ago.
"In that case, let me briefly explain that in that war, the final strength of human beings was roughly at this level," Ah Qiu stretched out a finger and said slowly, "Ten thousand." ”
"Only 10,000?" Wu Ya's eyes widened, a little incredulous.
"I'm scared, but in fact, this number is already the maximum height that can be reached at the beginning," Ah Qiu said with a wry smile: "Ordinary humans, even experienced warriors, don't have much chance of winning against youkai, so the main force of the war is not them." ”
"That means ......?"
"The 10,000 people gathered are all beings with extraordinary powers," Ah Qiu frowned slightly, as if searching for that long memory: "The onmyoji worshiped by the royal family, the monks who exterminated demons, and the witches who served the gods, those 10,000 were roughly composed of people like them." ”
"You seem to be quite strong when you say that."
"Really? You think so," Ah Qiu smiled, and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, Wu Yejun should have been to the Old Hell, right?" ”
"Uh, yes." Wu was also stunned, not understanding why Ah Qiu suddenly mentioned this.
Ah Qiu didn't explain, but continued, "Then you should have seen that one, the one who drank with Miss Cuixiang." ”
"That one?" Wu Ye thought about it carefully and said, "Are you talking about Xingxiong Yongyi?" That red has three? ”
"Poof, what a strange nickname is that," Ah Qiu waved his hand and stopped laughing before continuing, "Since you've seen her, you should also know that she is also a ghost king." ”
"I know that."
"A thousand years ago, Miss Yongyi also participated in that war, along with Miss Suika."
"This is normal, the ghost clan is also a powerful clan among youkai."
"Then do you know," Ah Qiu said lightly, "Miss Yongyi alone, and she has more than six thousand ghost clans under her command." ”
“......”