Chapter 14 8th Layer Still Not Sleeping
Narukami Taisha Shrine.
Silent night.
The branches and leaves of the sacred cherry tree were still rustling in the wind, and the moonlight shone unsteadily on the two figures drinking under the tree through the leaves swaying in the wind.
Yae Shenzi should have rested.
In front of two sticks of incense, when she was about to lie down, her miko suddenly came to report: "Master Yashiro, Chinatsu is on duty today."
The pair of pink fox ears moved slightly, and he responded in surprise: "Oh?"
He simply got up and got out of bed, ready to see a guy who had been absent from work for eight days without even a warning.
As a result, as soon as he met her, his eyes were deeply pricked by her energetic appearance.
The trainee shrine maiden Chinatsu, who was in a state of sluggishness eight days ago, is now standing in the courtyard in high spirits. There are no faint dark circles on her face, and her eyes are no longer dull... She is simply radiant, as if this It’s like going somewhere for a few days to replenish your energy.
But the key point is...this is night.
Even if she is light-averse, she doesn't really sleep all day long, right?
Yae Shenzi's expression was complicated, but he still did not forget to tease: "Oh my, isn't this the Chinatsu who disappeared without saying a word? Where have you been wandering around for the past eight days?"
She half-raised her sleeves and pretended to be sad, like a poor person who had been abandoned by his wife and son. She complained without any care: "It's useless for me to send someone to Taolisha to check on you. I thought you were Something is wrong. Every time I go to see you, your simple neighbor always says that you are sleeping and you don’t even come on duty at night..."
"It's really pitiful that I was so kind-hearted and wanted to help my fellow tribesmen who lost their memory, but I didn't expect that I was defrauded of money and sex. You actually took the money and ran away without saying a word... I really made a mistake with my heart..."
Seeing her expression that was not sad at all, and making up more and more outrageous words, Chinatsu quickly stopped her: "Stop - Lord Shenzi, I really know that I was wrong."
Scamming money and sex, running away with money... Let's not talk about these things that have not happened and cannot happen.
"Wrong?" Yae Shenzi approached her and sighed, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk."
"Looking at your high spirits, you are not haggard from guilt at all."
Chinatsu: "I am indeed because of——"
"You've been absent from work for the past few days, which really makes me sad~"
Chinatsu: "I can solve it——"
"It's useless to say anything, oh... I don't think you really need to be a shrine maiden."
Chinatsu: "..."
If nothing is done to save her, her job will be over due to the dissatisfaction of the leader.
The melancholy little vampire sighed and compromised: "Then, can I use a month's worth of fried tofu in exchange for Mr. Yadou's opportunity to listen to my explanation?"
Yae Shenzi instantly put away his hypocritical grievances and returned to his usual cunning demeanor: "Deal."
So there was the beginning, the scene of the two sitting under the tall sacred cherry tree, drinking and chatting.
Chinatsu originally wanted to hide it, but because she was absent from work for eight days, her results were really eye-catching, and if she couldn't get enough guarantees, something like this would happen in the future...
After getting to know Yae Shenzi for such a long time, she carefully decided to trust her. Chinatsu took a deep breath, thinking that her situation would be exposed sooner or later, so she opened her mouth to explain, and said what she thought was a shocking opening statement——
"Actually, I'm not a human being."
Yae Shenzi:?
The Yae Shenzi holding the wine cup was frozen in mid-air, and the smile that was so leisurely was also frozen on his face.
she:"……"
Yae Shenzi narrowed his eyes and said in a dangerous tone: "You don't have to fool me like this. Is there any inevitable connection between this well-known thing and your absence from work for eight days?"
Seeing that the fun-loving fox was about to get angry, Chinatsu quickly added: "What I'm saying is, I'm not a person in this world. Well... I'm not a person in my original world either."
The words fell.
Even though Yae Shenzi was a well-informed monster, it took him a while to react.
"……What did you say?"
"As you can see...you have probably investigated my appearance, and you haven't found any monsters that look like this, right?" She scratched her face and looked around with wandering eyes, feeling terribly guilty.
"That's because I originally belonged to a race from another world."
Seeing that Bai Bai accepted this incident so highly, maybe the incident of crossing the world barrier had already happened?
For this reason, Chinatsu plans to take a gamble.
She didn't dare to look at Yae Shenzi's face, so she talked about things related to the vampire clan.
After finishing speaking, he weakly defended himself: "So, I don't come not because I don't want to come, but because... I do consume too much energy and have no source of replenishment, so I can only use as much sleep as possible. to offset it.”
She was already prepared to be laughed at, but the fox beside her didn't speak.
She turned her head and glanced cautiously.
Only then did the Eightfold God Son speak: "I thought... you drifted here from Liyue."
It is true that Inazuma has no racial records related to Chinatsu, but Yae Kamiko has seen the results of the investigation by her subordinates——
Drifting from the sea to Dao Wife's sand, she lost her memory. Before that, Dao Wife had no trace of her and seemed to appear out of thin air. And she is unfamiliar with every aspect of Inazuma, including etiquette, speaking style, food culture... They are all novices, and they don't even have any muscle memory even after amnesia.
Because of his acquaintance with Gan Yu, Yae Shenzi took it for granted that...since Inazuma didn't exist, then maybe Qianxia came from Liyue, where there are many mythical beasts and spirits?
result……
When the answer came from the client's mouth, Yae Shenzi had to admit that his practice was still not enough.
Maybe she should eat less fried tofu and read more classic books?
——Otherwise, why would I feel that I understand every word, but when combined, it feels so strange.
But after getting along with Chinatsu for a long time, she also knew that she had completely let down her guard against the outsider like Chinatsu and understood what kind of person the other party was.
She knew that Chinatsu wasn't lying at all.
There was silence for a moment.
Yae Shenzi's eyes were blank, and Chinatsu called out softly: "Sir Shenzi?"
Then he put down his wine cup.
The pink fox quickly regained his expression, but turned to ask another question: "So, you are so energetic now because you have found a source of energy replenishment?"
"Who is that person?"
The little vampire froze suddenly, then pretended to smile as if nothing had happened, wanting to put the matter aside. She said, "Yes, I can come back on duty now. In order to make up for my eight days of absence from work, I volunteered to make up for the missed days. What do you think?"
However, Yae Kamiko was not led away by her little trick of changing the topic, and a smile belonging to a happy person appeared on her face again: "Let me guess... is it that doll?"
Chinatsu: "..."
She sighed: "Yes."
Yae covered his mouth: "Oh, Chinatsu and that doll have such a good relationship, even I feel jealous..."
Chinatsu: "..."
She knew it!
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small theater
Miko (shouting with excitement): Mr. Yashiro, the apprentice miko who was absent from work for eight days is finally back on duty!
Yae Kamiko (his sensitive ears twitched) (couldn’t sleep) (then got up) (went out to take a look with mental exhaustion), and then saw Chinatsu who was a hundred times more energetic.
Chinatsu (excited): Come chat.
Yae Shenzi:......
[Note: The small theater has little to do with the main text. It is dropped randomly. If you don’t like it, you can reply and I won’t write it next time. 】