Chapter 488 Gifts and New Friends (Page 12)
The head of the Maple Plains family has contracted the cold, which is a bit severe and he has not recovered yet.
Winter is always difficult.
This is true for people, plants, beasts, and monsters.
The winter wind is too cold. Even for Yae Rina, who loves freedom, her flying activities have been reduced a lot. She spends all day sleeping under the eaves of the shrine, sleeping in the nest specially prepared for her by the miko.
Or simply drag Maplehara Manyo into the small world, and the two of them stay in that place that will never change, talking about wild things together.
That feeling was very pleasant, and Yae Rina liked it very much.
She and the witch learned how to tie beautiful knots, and planned to make a small gift to give to him the next time they meet in the small world.
But the other party said: "My father is infected with the cold, which is a bit serious, so I probably won't be able to go to the appointment anymore."
"So you want to take care of your father?"
"Yeah..." The white-haired boy's smile was a little awkward. He rarely showed such a disappointed emotion, but he couldn't hold it back. "Father has worked too much for the family and needs to rest for a while before his health will recover."
Yae Rina stood up, stretched out her hand, and then touched his head.
"It will be fine!" she said, "Although I am not an official miko yet, I will give your father my blessing!"
Maplehara Manyo: "...Thank you, Rina."
Suddenly feeling warm in her heart, Maplehara Manyo managed to get out of her depressed mood, chatted with her for a while, and then was sent back by Rina.
After that, for half a month, except for remotely blessing her friend's father, Yae Rina's life became boring again.
As winter approaches, it seems that people are preparing to celebrate the New Year, and more and more people are visiting the shrine.
Around the New Year, Narukami Taisha Shrine is always the busiest time. All the miko are so busy that even Rina cannot stay in her nest well.
The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same. The unhappy people in the family who come to seek mercy from the gods and the lucky people who just come to follow the tradition cannot always be sympathized with by little monsters.
She just shrank her neck from the cold, and her snow-white feathers exploded into a ball, like a snow-white pom-pom.
……I am bored.
she thinks.
Not long after, a half-year-old child came over holding an adult's hand, pointed at Rina who was in the bird's nest on the eaves, and said excitedly: "Mom, look at that little bird! It's so cute-"
Rina was excited, hearing someone praising herself, and subconsciously straightened her body.
Hum hum, discerning.
"Wow! Even more beautiful!"
Listening to the child's exclamation voice, Rina's depression disappeared and she was extremely proud. Unfortunately, this happiness did not last long. The child said again: "Can we take this little bird home? I want it so much!"
This is not okay.
The little monster flapped its wings and flew away in an instant, streaking a white stream of light in the air.
Yae Shenzi, who had been paying attention to this place, laughed out loud.
"This can't be done." Amidst the surprised calls of "Miyaji-sama", the miko, who could hardly contain her aura, walked up to the child and squatted down, "Child, she is the most free-spirited little girl in our Narukami Taisha Shrine. .”
If you take a freedom-loving bird home without asking about its wishes, the bird may turn into a passing meteor and fly away, never to come back again.
Yae Shenzi thought.
Maybe... I'll go back to that tree again, waiting for a promise that has no way of being fulfilled?
The child's disappointed voice was left far behind.
The snow-white birds took flight and simply did not return to Narukami Taisha Shrine.
There will probably be a steady stream of people there for a long time.
She couldn't stay any longer, so she flew away for a while and arrived at Daozuma City.
As a result, seeing so many busy people, Rina felt a little dizzy.
Although I have been here before, Inazuma Castle always looks different every New Year.
The eternity advocated by General Raiden may not mean immutability to the people.
Looking at the many Inazuma ladies who were busy with their own affairs, Rina thought, maybe... many people just didn't care.
Just like gods don't care about humans.
Human beings cannot understand the views of gods.
They just like to do what they want to do.
As a monster, Rina didn't care about either.
She had stayed at Narukami Taisha Shrine for so long, and it seemed that she had never seriously thought about what she wanted to do. Does she want to fulfill an appointment that is destined to be impossible to keep with the person who is destined to be unable to keep it, or does she want to have a new connection with someone?
She didn't know it herself.
Therefore, I don’t even understand what it is about me that deserves God’s attention.
But soon I stopped thinking about these things.
What Rina and human children have in common is that they can quickly put away unnecessary thoughts.
"Hey - Rina! You're here too this year!"
Under the eaves where she stopped, a white-haired ghost with a wild personality shouted at her.
Well, the ghost clan.
He is different from monsters. There seems to be no prototype of the ghost clan. He has a humanoid appearance, but he has red lines on his skin and a pair of horns of the same color on his forehead.
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This guy's name is Arataki Ito.
Rina met him three days ago.
At that time, she was trying to figure out which box would be better to put the gift she wanted to give to Manyo, but she didn't like the three boxes she found after rummaging through the box.
Rina simply asked Yae Kamiko to borrow some money, and then expected to go down the mountain to buy a gift box.
As a result, when it turned into a prototype and flew downwards, it was seen by a group of ordinary human children.
One of them pointed at the bird excitedly and said:
【look! A little bird is holding money in its talons! 】
[Did the bird steal it somewhere? Did it regard that as food? Hahaha I have never seen such a silly bird! 】
[Should we take it down? 】
[I have never played a bird hunting game! Great! I'm joining! 】
【I'll join in too! 】
Just a few subjective words.
Rina has been educated by Yae Kamiko.
She knew that humans would always add assumptions that they could understand to things they didn't understand, and she firmly believed in this, so Rina ignored them and planned to speed up and fly higher, and then avoid the group of naughty children.
As a result, Arataki Ito appeared.
This ghost, who was almost a teenager, was convincingly reasoning with a group of human children, saying something like, "What if you kill a bird? It's still a life." Then he was laughed at by the naughty children. .
The naughty kid continued to make subjective assumptions: [You must want to keep all that money! 】
The white-haired ghost tribe was laughed at by the naughty child, and then was 100% successful in provoking him, and his anger suddenly surged. The naughty child bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong. He put down his harsh words and ran away.