Chapter 25: What if it’s empty?
Yoshiyuki always felt that Erina also wanted their relationship to be more than master and servant.
But he didn't know what the eldest lady was thinking - conversely, Erina might be the same.
At least in Yoshiyuki's view, he didn't dare to break the status quo and take the next step.
He was afraid that this wonderful master-servant relationship would deteriorate and become alienated from each other.
Therefore, he would rather continue like this.
The relationship between the two is now quite perfect in Yoshiyuki's eyes.
After leaving the Yida family and no longer having to be careful about everything, he felt even more relieved, which made him feel much more at ease.
"Okay, Yoshiyuki! Come and help me open the gashapon."
Erina pointed at the gashapon on the ground and said with a smile.
Fortunately, there are only fifty.
After years of training, he could easily unscrew it with such a small amount.
So Yoshiyuki put all the gashapons in a bag, took them aside and opened them one by one to check them out. As a result, she had quite bad luck, until she finished the 49th Gacha. Although two SRs came out, the one she wanted was not available.
"I think there's no chance." Yoshiyuki said pessimistically, looking at the only gashapon left.
However, Erina had different ideas.
She is still looking forward to it, and even thinks that in this kind of lottery, the last one is the easiest to ship.
He even gave the example of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - he bought three chocolate bars in total, and the last one won.
"Get out of the way, Yoshiyuki! You're out of luck! I'm going to do this myself."
Erina grabbed the gashapon and was eager to try it.
"It doesn't matter who drives it." Yoshiyuki couldn't help complaining: "The moment the gashapon fell out of the machine, the contents inside were already determined."
"That's not necessarily true?" Erina said with a serious face: "Have you ever heard of Schrödinger's gashapon? Before a gashapon is opened and observed, we can't be sure what kind of figure is inside! It might still be empty. It’s there!”
"How is that possible, miss? Schrödinger's cat is a theory of quantum physics and has nothing to do with it." Yoshiyuki looked unconvinced: "Besides, how can it be empty? The gashapon is all sealed. If it is empty, Yes, I will give you my life."
There was a crunch.
The gashapon was twisted open by Erina's little hand.
There was nothing inside.
Yoshiyuki looked at this scene and was dumbfounded on the spot.
"Hey, hey, Yoshiyuki, what are you talking about?"
Erina was a little surprised when she first saw that there was nothing in the gashapon, but she soon changed to a sly expression.
Yoshiyuki coughed awkwardly.
"No problem, miss. My life is yours."
"Huh, what am I talking about! Now you know what I said is right, right?" Erina said proudly: "It's just possible that I'll be free!"
In fact, Yoshiyuki suspected that Erina secretly cast a spell to make the handle disappear.
However, if this is the case, he should be able to detect the fluctuations in spiritual power.
So I had to admit that I had miscalculated - and this was really unacceptable.
"Why is it empty?!" Yi Xing couldn't help complaining: "The outer packaging is clearly intact! If it had been opened, the sticker on the seal should be broken!"
"Maybe it was taken away by a monster." The eldest lady said enthusiastically: "It also liked the figure inside, so I used magic to transfer it!"
"...That's a really difficult spell."
Yoshiyuki said this, and then waved to the salesperson to call him over, explaining the problem the two of them encountered.
When they heard that this happened, they launched surveillance to verify it, and then bowed and apologized repeatedly, saying that they were willing to let them choose an SR figure as compensation.
As a result, the eldest lady got Tomoyo holding a camera as she wished.
This can be regarded as a disguised shipment.
"I always feel a little uncomfortable getting it in this way." After getting the figure, Erina stared at it with a feeling of waning interest: "It was not really taken out, but was sent."
"Miss, you should think so. The way this figure is made is so special, it just means you have a fate with it, doesn't it?"
"That's right." Erina nodded approvingly, looked at Yoshiyuki, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "It's like I picked you up in the village!"
When he thinks of the day he met the eldest lady, Yoshiyuki feels extremely nostalgic.
Sometimes he couldn't believe how fast time passed.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
He watched the eldest lady grow up day by day, and his feelings for her became deeper and deeper.
Yoshiyuki is glad that he met Erina.
I am also extremely grateful to the Yida family for adopting me.
But after all, he is still different from other servants.
Their allegiance is to the Yida family.
And from beginning to end, there was only one person he needed to be loyal to - the Underworld Miko.
And only this time, the Underworld Miko: Erina Yida.
Once her mission is over, he can be free and no longer has to stay in the Yida household.
For example, his master Maekawa Kazuhiro was liberated due to the death of the former Underworld Miko. Now he can leave at will and go wherever he wants.
But Kazuhiro didn't leave.
Although he didn't say much to Yoshiyuki, Kazuhiro seemed to have a grudge against the Yida family, so the reason for staying here had absolutely nothing to do with the obvious reason of "wanting to continue working for the Yida family."
Yoshiyuki also asked about the situation of the previous one, or even the previous underworld shrine maidens.
But not only the Yida family, but other people in the village and even the town also refused to mention it as if they had colluded. They either said they didn't know, or vaguely said that the Yida family had rules not to mention it, and told Yoshiyuki not to Difficult.
As for the loose-mouthed children, they really don’t know. Probably everyone has reached a consensus that these things cannot be mentioned to Erina and Yoshiyuki's peers.
Until now, Yoshiyuki only knew that his predecessor, the underworld miko, died in an accident when she was eighteen years old.
And it seemed that Kazuhiro was also present, but couldn't stop what happened.
Otherwise he wouldn't have shown regret and gloominess when Yoshiyuki mentioned it.
After the two left the gashapon club, they headed towards the arcade.
On the way, they passed an alley with a comic shop at the entrance, and the eldest lady couldn't help but stop and take a closer look.
On the ground at the entrance of the alley, there are red writings that can only be seen by those with psychic powers: "Monster Market".
There was still nothing inside. Therefore, it will probably open at night.
Moreover, it will also be covered with a barrier to prevent it from being witnessed by ordinary people.
The Yokai Market in Japan is commonly known as the ghost market - the word ghost in Japanese actually refers to monsters.
As for ghosts in the Chinese context, they correspond to ghosts, resentful spirits, evil spirits, etc. in Japanese.