Listening to the little witch's answer, Lucius smiled disappreciatively and said: "You are really naïve, don't you know that now many shrines are no longer under the control of your Shinto religion, and many witches have even become prostitutes (prostitutes), and they can't even keep the status of the most basic priests?"

The little witch lowered her head when she heard this, biting her lip and no longer speaking, in fact, what Lucius said, she knew very well in her heart that it was precisely because of the decline of Shintoism and the collapse of the Fuso faith that many shrines fell into the hands of others, so the real clergy became more and more disadvantaged.

Seeing the appearance of the little witch, Lucius sighed, shook his head and said: "You still go to the shrine, now in the era of turmoil, presumably as a witch also understands the source of turmoil, as long as the gods of your shrine can survive, I believe you also have a chance to regroup." ”

After that, Lucius didn't want to say more, and glanced at Scott, who immediately stuffed a bag of money to the little witch, and then Lucius turned around and planned to leave.

But Lucius didn't take a few steps before he heard the little witch suddenly stop him: "Wait, I, I still have something to say, I, can I follow you, by your side?"

Lucius stopped, stood there with his back to the little witch, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you following me? Do you think I can bring anything to your shrine, or do you want something from me?"

The little witch hurriedly waved her hand, and said in a bit of a panic: "No, no, I, I actually just want to follow you, hoping to get your permission, and, before leaving the shrine, the priest of the shrine once told me that I would meet someone who was destined to follow, and I think you are that person." ”

Listening to the little witch's answer, Lucius couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and looked at the restrained and frightened little witch with a smile. Suddenly, I couldn't bear to drive the other party away.

After thinking about it, Lucius said to the little witch, "What's your name?"

"My name is Yuko Jinguya. ”

Lucius nodded, continued to look at Yuko Jingu and said, "Then Yuko Shengong, you have to understand, follow me, you may face danger at any time, I don't have the strength to take care of you, so you have to have the consciousness of death, do you think you have? Or, do you think you have the ability to save your life?"

Yuko Kamiya faces Lucius's question. He lowered his head and thought about it, then bit his lip again, and suddenly raised his head and waved his arms.

The next moment, Lucius was surprised to see that Yuko Shingu's hands suddenly flashed with a strange light, and then Yuko Shingu just grabbed it in the air, grabbed a staff that looked like a broomstick, and waved the staff in her hand without seeing her chanting the spell, and a thunderbolt suddenly fell from the sky, slashing directly at the top of Lucius's head.

In the face of sudden thunder. Lucius didn't care at all, and took a light step to the side, avoiding the thunder that fell.

But the thunder fell on the ground, and not only did it cut a huge crater. And it spread out in an instant, and the lightning flashed as if the ground was cracked.

Lucius hurriedly took a few steps back, avoiding the lightning that spread around the ground, and at the same time pulled out the Blackwing Gun from his side. Seeing that he couldn't avoid all the lightning, he raised his black wings and shot at the spreading thunder, and a black bullet seemed to have magical power. Absorbs all the electricity that spreads around.

Retracting the gun from his holster, Lucius looked at Yuko Shingu with some surprise, who was still harmless, but it didn't seem to be the little girl who could be bullied at will before.

Lucius didn't say anything more, just nodded and said, "Okay, it seems that you have some means, so follow me, but before following me, can you tell me who is the god enshrined in your shrine?"

Yuko Jingu shook her head and said, "No, the shrine is not dedicated to ghosts and gods, the shrine where I am is is a shrine exclusive to the former royal family, called Jingu, and we are dedicated to Amaterasu." ”

After being accepted by Lucius, Yuko Jingu seemed to be very excited, and continued to say to Lucius: "All of us clergy who can enter the shrine can obtain the surname of the shrine, which is a supreme honor, but now that Shinto is in decline, His Majesty the Emperor is missing, and the shrine can only send us out to preach." ”

Listening to Yuko Jinguya's answer, Lucius couldn't help frowning slightly, because from Yuko Jinguya's words, he vaguely guessed a certain possibility.

That is in that shrine, I am afraid that there will really be the Fuso civilization Amaterasu Okami, and the shrine Yuko in front of me, I am afraid that the Amaterasu god sent to his side, wanting to use his own hand to support Fuso's Shintoism.

However, Lucius did not regret taking Yuko Jingu by his side, and his brows quickly relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Since you have the ability to protect yourself, then follow me." ”

After that, Lucius turned around and left, Yuko Jingu originally wanted to say something, but when she saw that Lucius had already taken a step, she didn't care about saying anything, so she hurriedly took a step and trotted to follow, for fear that she would fall behind Lucius and be left behind, and she didn't even ask where Lucius was going?

Although Lucius did not plan to meet Oda Nobumitsu, he did not choose to return to Chiba, but followed the official road towards the rest of the southern Edo.

Along the way, Yuko Jingu began to take care of Lucius's diet and daily life, and it can be said that Lucius, who served with all his heart, was a little unhappy.

And because her shrine maiden clothes were too dazzling, in order not to attract too much attention, Lucius asked her to change into the costume of an ordinary Fuso civilian woman when he passed through a village.

After a few days of getting along, Lucius and Yuko Jingu have gradually become acquainted, and Yuko Jingu is no longer as restrained as he was at the beginning, and gradually shows his youthful and energetic side.

It was getting late that day, but he couldn't make it to the village, so Lucius finally decided to camp out in the wilderness, which made Yuko Jingu very excited: "Wow, it's great to finally be able to sleep in the wilderness, Your Highness, do you know? ”

Seeing Yuko Shingu's excited appearance, Lucius shook his head a little helplessly and said, "What is there to yearn for in the wilderness? It seems that before I came to Fuso, I often spent my time in the wilderness. ”

"Really, but Your Highness, how can you say that you are also Your Highness of the West, how can you sleep in the wilderness? Aren't you afraid of encountering danger in the wilderness?"

Lecius said with some tears and laughter: "What dangers can there be? Haven't I always been fine? Besides, even if there will be any dangers, do you think that with my strength, I can't cope with those dangers? So don't worry, camping in the wild is really not as exciting as you think." ”

"Well, Your Highness, how do you know that I am looking for excitement? I have often heard that in the wilderness of Fuso, you may encounter ghosts and mountain spirits at night. ”

Speaking of this, Jingu Yuko was obviously excited, and lowered her voice and said excitedly: "When I was in the Shrine, I once studied with an old demon master, and I always wanted to catch a mountain spirit, it is said that if the mountain spirit is cultivated, it will be even more powerful than those ghosts and gods." ”

Lucius shook his head and said, "Little girl, you are really bold, do you think those so-called ghosts and mountain spirits have really appeared, and you can really deal with them?"

"Why can't you, Your Highness, don't forget it, Yuko is a witch, with the protection of the gods of the shrine, and I also have the things that the demon master taught me, I think if I encounter mountain spirits and ghosts, I will definitely be able to deal with it. ”

Seeing that Yuko Jingu was full of confidence, Lucius didn't want to hurt her self-confidence, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, since you have confidence, then I'll leave the vigil tonight to you? ”

Yuko Jingu looked at Scott and the other two mechanical warriors, and asked with some confusion, "Your Highness, they are made of metal, do they also need to rest?"

"Of course, they are machines, and machines can't run forever, and sometimes they need proper rest to prolong the life of the machines," said Lucius with a smile. ”

As he spoke, Lucius glanced at the three Scotts who were preparing the camp tent and said, "Originally, tonight, I planned to let them be in charge of patrolling, and then let them rest after they arrived in the next village, although it would make them unable to rest, but it would not have much impact on them." ”

After speaking, Lucius looked at Yuko Shingu, who hurriedly said that he patted his chest with his hand: "It's okay, just leave the matter of patrolling at night to me, and I will ensure everyone's safety." ”

Yuko Shingu looked extremely confident, and took out some stones from the cloth bag around her waist, and began to arrange various witchcraft circles in the surrounding woods.

Seeing that Yuko Jingu was full of confidence, Lucius didn't say anything more, and didn't specifically instruct Scott: "Tonight, the three of you can rest and recuperate to your peak state, I don't want any problems with your body after we enter Edo." ”

In fact, if Lucius wanted to travel tonight, he would have been able to stay in a village in Edo, Kyoto, after stepping into Edo.

It's just that because he doesn't know much about Edo, Lucius doesn't want to rush in, and the bodies of Scott and the other three mechanical warriors really need some adjustments, so he plans to rest all night outside the river to solve the hidden dangers on the mechanical warriors' bodies and enter Edo in the best condition.

Scott looked at Yuko Jingu with some concern, and whispered to Lucius, "Your Highness, why don't we take turns to rest in the three nights?"

Lucius shook his head and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's okay, don't worry, it'll be fine, besides, isn't there still me here? ”

Hearing Lucius say this, Scott didn't say anything more at the moment, after all, he was a mechanical warrior under Lucius, absolutely loyal to Lucius, and he had just awakened his own consciousness, he didn't know how to argue with Lucius, and most of the time he could only follow orders. (To be continued......)