The Only Male Protagonist

Then, I arrived at the foot of the unnamed mountain with a shrine.

Although there is only this shrine in the small town of Okugiran, shrines have never been a rare place in neon. Compared with a few well-known shrines, other ordinary shrines really don’t have much passenger flow, and the small town like Okumuran Town Such a deserted place, not to mention this mountain, even most people don't know what god is enshrined in the shrine.

The steps made of white stones extend from the foot of the mountain to the shrine. The steps are not neat and have obvious artificial traces. Some places even have shallow cracks due to the rain and wind, but it seems that they are often cleaned , it looks very clean, so the traces of the years do not give people the impression of dilapidation, but a sense of solemnity brewing.

Yuki Rito stepped up the steps of the shrine and looked carefully.

This is not awe of the gods. Yuuki Rito, who is a powerhouse at the collapse level, has already stood above most of the gods. In this world without mystery, there is no such transcendent life as gods. Yuuki Rito is just I want to see how many steps there are in this ladder, and how much effort it will take for Tiannv Muying to clean it.

The old abbot who once adopted Tennomei Muei has long passed away. Now Tennv Muei is the manager of the shrine. Although it sounds very powerful, in fact, it is just a role that is mainly responsible for taking care of the shrine and cleaning, except for the annual Except for major festivals, the presence of the shrine is very low in the small town of Okumuran. Now that the older generation has passed away one by one, the shrine has been in a state of no worshipers for a long time.

According to the walking speed of normal people, it took nearly ten minutes to walk from the foot of the mountain to the shrine. Yuuki Rito sighed and looked at the red and white maiden costume, who was cleaning with a big broom taller than her. The goddess Muying spoke.

"It's still summer and there are few fallen leaves. You have to be so busy. I can hardly imagine how tired you will be in autumn."

Tiannv Muying heard the voice, turned her head when she heard the voice, and when she saw Yuki Rito, her eyes glowed brilliantly.

"Rito, you're here."

The girl put the broom next to the wall of the house that looked like the main shrine of the Archae Shrine, but was actually just a residence, clapped her hands, and came to Yuuki Rito.

"It's just a simple cleaning, it's nothing. Is Rito going to worship? Or do you want to sit for a while? Or go to the woods to play?"

Yuuki Rito's gaze moved around, the main hall where the gods reside, the hall of worship in front of the main hall, the Temizu house, the shrine office, and all kinds of buildings that a shrine should have are almost all here.

However, it can be clearly seen that the gate of the main hall is closed all year round, and the so-called hall of worship is also the same. The social affairs office has been reduced to a warehouse for storing various items. It is not tap water, but lake water transported from the lake behind the shrine, deeper in the forest.

Although there are no worshipers on weekdays and various pressures in life, many places in the shrine no longer meet the rigid regulations, but the goddess Muei is still doing her best to make up for it. I deliberately changed into a very formal miko costume.

However, Yuki Rito did not intend to pay homage, and the gods here are not qualified for him to pay homage.

Susanoo, one of the three gods of Neon, corresponds to Yu Laogong in the world of godslayers. He was regarded as prey by Yuki Rito and was almost killed. At this moment, he is paying homage to a third noble son The little god under him is just pretending.

"If you visit the shrine, you can avoid it. I just walked all the way. I think if there is a god, I should be able to feel my sincerity."

"oh oh."

The Tennyo Muei is obviously not an old-fashioned shrine maiden. Hearing Yuki Rito's words at this moment, she didn't show the slightest abnormality, but maintained a full of vitality, and took the initiative to hold Yuki Rito's hand.

"It's been a long time since I held hands with Ridou like this, hee hee, please sit here."

The familiar soft touch from the fingertips made Yuki Rito smile.

"When I was a child, it didn't matter if a man and a woman held hands, but if you do it now, does Ying know what it means?"

"..."

The goddess Muying didn't speak, but looked at Yuki Rito with those eyes that seemed to be full of vitality and pure innocence, but seemed to be extremely deep, hiding all kinds of thoughts. Her hands did not let go, and Yuuki Rito also Did not loosen.

As before, the two have a very high degree of tacit understanding.

Chapter 0734 Return to the original owner?

"Can Rito tell me what happened after leaving Okumuran?"

The air and temperature in the mountains are much better than other places in Okuran. It is more common when I greet Yuki Rito to sit down in the room, and I know clearly that the other party's favorite Tiannv Muei is not ready to entertain guests. Instead of barley tea, he poured a cup of drink and began to curiously ask Yuki Rito about things in the city.

What she wants to hear more is probably the situation of Yuki Rito's adoptive parents, but this does not mean that other things are not important to Tiannv Muying. Ying told almost everything.

The distance from Okugisen to Ashikaga City, the lifestyle in Ashikaga City, the shop owner and proprietress who are famous for their hospitality in the restaurant, the meeting with Kasuga Nokome, and the chance encounter with Nogizaka Hatsuka.

Yuki Rito slightly modified things involving supernatural means, and talked to the goddess Meei.

The girl listened very carefully. Her bright eyes seemed to be able to speak. Just watching, she felt relaxed and happy. When Yuuki Rito talked about Nogizaka Hatsuka, Tennome Muei scratched her head and hesitated for a while. Still didn't say much.

Yuuki Rito naturally understands Tennome Muei's considerations. Nogizaka Hatsuka's work as a maid is not worth talking about, and it is better for the person concerned to say it himself.

Then, I finally talked about the matter of Kasugano and his wife. They got into a car accident and became a vegetative state. Due to various reasons, they were temporarily taken care of by relatives.

The originally bright eyes of the goddess Muei also dimmed, and Yuki Rito's words confirmed her guess that something bad really happened to Yuuki Rito.

“Uncle and aunt will definitely recover in the future.”

The girl weakly comforted Yuuki Rito, which was rare and seemed a little clumsy. Tennome Muei didn't have much experience in comforting people, but as a comforted person, she had a lot of experience.

Seeing the cute appearance of Tennomei Muei, Yuuki Rito smiled.

"Well, I believe so too, but Qiong and I will stay in Oumuzen during this time, please take care of me in the future."

Yuuki Rito glanced at the hand holding a small cloth bag hidden under the sleeve of the maiden's clothes by Tennomei Muei, but did not smell the aroma of food, and at the same time heard the sound of coins colliding in the small cloth bag , Yuuki Rito, who probably guessed what was in the small cloth bag, spoke directly.

"We didn't encounter any difficulties with money, and Xiaoying didn't have to take out her pocket money."

"Ah, it was discovered."

Tennv Muying didn't hide anymore, she took out the small cloth bag and handed it to Yuuki Rito.

"It's not pocket money. It's the money that Lidou gave me when I was a child. Now it should be regarded as returning to the original owner."

At the beginning, Yuki Rito gave Tenmemeei a few thousand yen every week on average, and it lasted for nearly a year. If you calculate carefully, there are hundreds of thousands of yen, which is not too much for an adult. , but if you are a child, you can buy all kinds of snacks in Omuran to completely satisfy your appetite.

However, Yuuki Rito didn't expect that the goddess Muei didn't spend it at all.

Looking at the small cloth bag in the girl's hand, Yuki Rito sighed.

"When I gave you money, I didn't want you to save it like this."

"I understand that Lidou wanted to help me, but my life was not too difficult at that time, so I saved the money. Now, Lidou encountered difficulties, so I returned the money to Lidou , is it logical?"

Isn't life too hard? At that time, Tiannv Muying's life was only enough to eat enough. Other entertainment expenses, even just buying new clothes, were rare things.

"No, I spent money to buy flowers, cicadas, and butterflies from you. You gave your time and energy, and I paid money. This is an equivalent transaction. You don't owe me anything, and I don't need you to worry about these things. "

The distressed Yuuki Rito's tone was a little fierce, and while speaking, she kneaded the face of the goddess Muei, but the goddess Muei did not intend to give up.

"But, after Rito bought butterflies and cicadas from me, wouldn't she release them on purpose? In fact, this is never equivalent, right?"

Tennv Muei's words made Yuuki Rito's hands pause, and then she looked at Tennv Muei in surprise and asked.

"How did you find out?"

At that time, Tennomemeei was just a primary school student. It was amazing enough to understand that Yuki Rito bought insects to find an excuse to help her. Ying's temperament is a little scary.

Seeing the surprise in Yuuki Rito's eyes, Tennyo Muei lowered her head in embarrassment.

"I didn't try to find out. It was just that when I was catching cicadas, I found that one of the cicada's wings was missing a small piece. At the beginning, I struggled for a while, whether I should give you the cicada with only defects. I haven't been able to catch any other cicadas, so I had to take it out when you came. As a result, I found that cicada in the woods the next day, hehe, I was still a little troubled at that time After a while, I wonder if you will throw away the bamboo cage that I spent a lot of time weaving casually like Fangsheng Cicada."

Yuki Rito didn't speak, he knew that Tennome Muei still had something to say.