“……”

The witch's attitude made Ruiji very unhappy, but there was a reason for it, and she couldn't reason with the other party in a fierce manner, so as not to affect the next action.

Yue tugged at her sleeve, "Go first, there must be other places to investigate, it's not interesting to stay here, I've seen everything I should see." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not that impulsive."

Pulling with the shrine maiden is a waste of time, and it is easy to become the target of other innocuous strange stories. It is best to find someone who has a desire to talk, especially the elderly and lonely townspeople.

Riki targets a shop called Yoshino Miscellaneous Goods, the owner of which is a weak witch in her seventies, and her magic reaction is stronger than that of the witches who build altars in the square, close to the boundaries of ordinary witches.

The white-haired shopkeeper set up a rattan rocking chair in the shop, and lay himself on the rocking chair with his eyes squinted. When there are no customers to buy, it is a pleasure to shake it around.

Hearing footsteps approaching, the rocking chair stopped, and a pair of crumpled feet put on rectangular clogs. The shopkeeper almost immediately got up, opened his eyes, and changed his lazy expression to a standard smiling face for hospitality.

She was very kind, and Riggy didn't resist reaching out to talk to her.

Before asking the shopkeeper for news, the two walked around the store. The grocery store is not large, only 30 square meters in total. The shelves on display are all wooden, and most of the goods sold are handmade products, which are suitable for buying back as a tourist souvenir.

The grocery store sells not only souvenirs, but also common household items, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes and soaps, and the shelves near the door are full of edible goods, such as the classic marble soda.

The colored glass bottle of soda is sealed with a marble, and the two sides of the neck are recessed in a special packaging method, and the bottle cap is pressed down to open the soda.

When you finish your last sip, you can pour out the marbles at the bottom of the bottle.

The color of the marbles corresponds to the color of the marble soda bottle, and some people like to collect the marbles of each color in it and buy a different flavor each time.

Rychite chose between several flavors and chose the most classic pale blue – blue Hawaiian.

Blue Hawaiian is the name of a cocktail, the taste is sweet and sour, and the blue Hawaiian style marble soda retains the freshness of the cocktail and removes the spicy and bitter taste of the alcohol, which is deeply loved by young people.

Yue picked up a bottle of the most classic orange flavor and paid the owner 200 yen in cash according to the list price, along with the price of the bottle of Rij. Things in small towns are cheaper than in Tokyo, and convenience stores in Tokyo can buy a bottle for at least 150-180 yen.

The cash was taken from the counter of the hot spring inn, and they were the bosses now anyway, and the money was not spent in vain.

The shopkeeper held his reading glasses on the table with trembling hands. The reading glasses are thicker than the bottom of the bottle, and the metal frames reflect a harsh silver glow in the afternoon sun.

A warm breeze jingled the wind chimes in front of the store.

"It's you."

The shopkeeper's voice was gentle and gentle.

"Are you two going to chat with me again today? Still is...... Have something you're interested in? ”

"Well...... this"

Ruiji was embarrassed by her question, and she didn't know how to answer for a while. Before even the mediation began, it was seen through by others, and his face was really a little unbearable.

"I know you two are good boys, no malice, and I believe in you too. The people in the town like to chase after the wind and say nasty things and spread rumors about you, but I think those people have something wrong with their brains. ”

She spat a few times at the priestess flag fluttering in the wind outside.

"Those who are keen to hold such a festival that hurts the heavens and the heavens should have been punished by the Lady of the Mountain Priestess a long time ago. Alas, I can't sell anything today, so I'll go and put it away first, and you guys will wait for me here first. ”

Perhaps it was to find someone who was in common opposition to the priestess, and the shopkeeper was happy to express his displeasure, babbling and complaining about the other townsfolk for a while. Ruiji didn't plan to watch the old lady clean up alone, and joined the queue for the stall with Yue.

The young witch's hands and feet were much sharper than the old weak witch, and it didn't take much effort to put the shelves outside into the store. The shopkeeper hung a wooden sign outside the door saying "Closed today" and led them up to the second floor.

On the first floor is the living area with three rooms in total. A reception room, two bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom are all on the ground floor. Apart from the shop, there is no one else living here.

The lonely old man in the strange story is no different from the one in reality. If she had a daughter, she would be sixty or seventy years old in 2023.

The owner took them to the reception room with tatami mats and low wooden tables, and took some snacks from the cupboard. Handmade mochi, red bean buns, manju and daifuku are all common refreshments in Japan.

"I'll go make tea first, you guys wait a while."

The sliding door closed, followed by the sound of wooden steps being trampled.

Yue maintains her usual style, as long as there is something to eat, she will not let go. She has tasted every different dim sum and given different evaluations, and the whole person is not as leisurely as looking for clues, and the witch trapped in the regional weird talk is more like a tourist than a tourist.

Ruiji is no longer taboo to eat in strange talks, especially when she sees the action of Moon licking her lips, she will feel inexplicably seductive and sexy, and she will have an appetite and a strange mood.

Slightly numb lips and tongue that need to be fed to counteract.

When the shopkeeper returned with a teapot full of hot tea, he found that there were only a few crumbs left in the plate of snacks, and his face was filled with a new one.

"There aren't many young people who like to eat coarse dim sum these days, and I heard young witches who come to the town say that it's popular to eat fast food in Tokyo, called nibbling and maidonal, but our traditional Japanese food is not welcomed, and it's like putting the cart before the horse."

"It's true that I prefer to eat coarse snacks."

The fragrant oolong tea swept two-thirds of the dim sum in the moon.

The conversation finally got to the part that Riji was most concerned about. She drained her first cup of tea and asked the questions she wanted to ask.

"Lady Yoshino, we want to know more about the priestess."

"Priestess Priesthood...... That's a really harmful thing. ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper's expression immediately became gloomy. Silence crept through the cramped meeting room, and it wasn't until five minutes had passed that she could organize the words.

The priestess could not explain everything in a few words, and the shopkeeper made a lot of determination before he spoke.

"It all started in 1571."

The topic touched on the content of Japan's Sengoku period, and the previous month briefly mentioned a witch battle that took place on the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Yagawa near Shiga Prefecture.

"A badly injured witch flees to Asahina Town on a rainy night, wearing the armor of the Omi Witch Army. The mayor is a kind woman, and immediately decides to take her in and let her daughter take care of her. This incident also had a direct impact on the future direction of the town of Hina. ”