One day in August, the weather was refreshing and dazzling.
When she woke up in the morning, Yukino Riho opened the window of her room. The leaves were shining in the morning light. The weather forecast said that it would be sunny today and there would be a cool wind.
After washing briefly, she rode a women's bicycle to the bread factory.
In the early morning, Tokyo is gradually becoming noisy. Trains are constantly entering and exiting the stations, neatly dressed office workers are rushing on their way, and crows are flying among the treetops. There are men lying on their backs on wicker chairs in the corridors, reading newspapers, wearing aprons.
The figures of housewives flashed back and forth inside, and the loud voices of children cut through the space like glass fragments.
Yukino Riho likes to observe human life like visiting a zoo.
Passing a red light, she stopped and waited. In the green trees on the roadside, the summer cicadas were still singing to their heart's content.
Ten years ago, Yukino Riho, who had just arrived in Tokyo from Hokkaido, discovered many things that surprised her, one of which was the chirping of cicadas. Of course, there are also cicadas chirping in Hokkaido, but the area where she was born is full of cicadas for half of the year.
In the snow-covered mountain forests, the chirping of cicadas is just one of the many sounds in nature, equal to the sound of birdsong, wind, etc. But in Tokyo, the cicadas' chirping seems to highlight their presence.
It is so full of explosive power that it can even suppress the sound of vehicles on the road.
Fortunately, summer is almost over... Yukino Riho sighed softly.
The red light turned green and she left on her bicycle. The sun was still shining brightly in Tokyo, and the silver ladies' watch on her slender wrist reflected the light.
For her who is a snow girl, summer is a bit difficult.
It's okay to hide in the house, she can use her demon power to maintain the temperature, but when she goes to the street, she can't use her demon power. If she basks in the bright sun for a while, her skin will melt like snow, exuding a lot of water,
The color of the skin will also become more transparent.
In order to prevent ordinary people from noticing the strangeness, even in the hot summer, Yukino Riho would choose clothes that could cover her body as much as possible when traveling. The result was that every time she came home, her clothes would be wet and completely soaked with body fluids.
But despite this, Yukino Riho doesn't hate summer.
Perhaps she is too familiar with the cold winter. In comparison, she feels that summer will make her feel more relaxed and peaceful.
I took the bread from the bread factory and returned to the store.
Simply clean the store, put the bread on the display cabinet, and you're ready for business.
[Leon] The bakery is definitely not big. There are only five sofas arranged in opposite directions in the dining area, and there is a row of high stools in the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street. There is no carefully calculated layout, no well-trained staff, and some are just soft and flowing
Music, and a young woman who often reads at the counter.
The same is true today.
In the hot sunshine early in the morning, Yukino Riho sat in the air-conditioned store and read a book.
The world outside was on summer vacation, and the young man went to the beach to embrace the sea. She was still wearing a white vest with an aqua blue cardigan, a black narrow skirt and black stockings on her lower body, and wedge sandals on her feet. She thought she would be very relaxed.
What is unexpected is that there are a lot of customers coming to buy bread today. Customers have been coming in one after another since the morning, including tourists from other places carrying luggage, students holding sketchbooks, and couples walking hand in hand.
It was busy until nine o'clock in the morning, and there was only one customer left in the bakery.
The young woman with long black hair carrying an old shopping bag.
She has a cold expression and is dressed in a smart black suit, which exudes a dangerous aura for some reason. Unlike her capable appearance, she selects bread very slowly, carefully placing fried pastry bread and jam-filled bread on a shallow plate, but
I didn’t buy it immediately and check out, but I compared it with other breads.
Yukino Riho looked at her from the counter.
After comparing it for a few times, she shook her head and put the jam-filled bread back on the shelf, with an expression that seemed to say she shouldn't choose this kind of bread.
Because it's too sweet.
After some thought, she gently placed two croissants on a shallow plate and went to the counter to pay.
"A total of 1,600 shakes! 毖┮袄锼甄ψPANSAO
That smile is like the dew of an iceberg, the spring sunshine shining down from between the clouds.
The woman took out her mobile phone and wallet, took out banknotes from the wallet to pay. During the checkout period, she opened her mobile phone and browsed several pages.
"Change for you." Riho Yukino handed over the change.
"Thank you." The woman took her mobile phone, put the change in her wallet, then turned around gracefully and walked out of the glass door, her neat black hair shining brightly under the light.
Yukino Riho frowned slightly.
Just now, a document was opened on the woman's mobile phone, which contained some information about Asakusa Shrine. After thinking for a moment, the stupid woman left the bakery and followed the woman quietly.
The sunny alley is full of midsummer style.
When crossing the bridge, many people dipped their feet in the sparkling Sumida River to enjoy the coolness. The roadway was filled with dull heat. Riho Yukino pushed aside the heat and walked forward, her body feeling sticky.
Walking towards Asakusa Shrine, we soon reached the uphill slope in front of the torii gate.
The woman's figure disappeared in front of the torii gate.
Yukino Riho clearly felt the fluctuations of the demonic energy, as if something was waiting eagerly in front of her. She walked carefully into the courtyard of the shrine, and the demonic energy still remained in it. In the courtyard where insects and birds were buzzing, there was something lurking in the depths.
, is moving slowly towards.
A crow followed quietly behind her.
At this time, the reconstruction project of Asakusa Shrine was nearing completion.
After entering from the torii gate, there is a flat shrine, stone lanterns, mountain boy gods, sailor houses and other facilities. The worship hall, Kagura hall, treasure hall, offices and other buildings have also been rebuilt.
Yukino Riho followed the evil spirit and crossed the main area of the shrine to the backyard.
In the middle of the courtyard is a wide lake, with as many as two hundred lanterns hanging on the shore. On the rockery in the lake, there are three iron cranes, one with an elegant hanging neck, and two with their heads raised to the sky.
However, in this newly renovated shrine, there are still some areas that seem out of place.
The place is lush with green grass, hot air, and full of ruins of collapsed buildings. The entrance is hidden and opened to the back, and other directions are isolated by walls. As soon as you step inside, you feel like you have suddenly stepped into a desolate place, which is breathtaking.
shudder.
Riho Yukino knew that this was the ruins of Asakusa Shrine.
She quietly went into the yard and observed attentively.
The entire area is covered by the shade of agricultural and pastoral trees, and summer cicadas chirp loudly. There are collapsed verandahs of houses everywhere, and there is an ancient well among the lush grass, with a square wall made of stones on the edge.
Although summer is strong, this area is very dark and filled with the smell of rotten food.
At this moment, the cicadas suddenly stopped chirping, and the surrounding area became silent.
Yukino Riho held her breath.
Right before her eyes, there was a fox-like animal beside the ancient well.
Why say like?
Compared with ordinary foxes, this fox's face is a bit rounder and not as pointed as a fox.
Riho Yukino thinks it looks more like a Samoyed.
During the confrontation, its eyes kept staring at her.
Those eyes are more like those of intelligent humans than those of a fox.
It's this guy... Yukino Riho thought of who this was.
Time flowed slowly like oil, and sweat slipped from the temples. Suddenly, the white fox showed its human-like white teeth, and flew up as if it was about to pounce, with its nine tails waving in the air.
Fox demons are a large and powerful group.
Generally speaking, the number of tails represents the power of a fox demon. Nine tails is the most powerful existence among ordinary fox demons. And above the nine tails, there are sky foxes and sky foxes. At this level, the tails are
The strength of the fox demon cannot be determined. The sky fox only has four tails. For example, Tamamo Mae had nine tails when he first came to Japan. After evolving into the sky fox, he only has four tails. The biggest difference from ordinary fox demons is that the sky fox has
The eyes are golden clairvoyance, with the ability to see through all kinds of things.
As for the Konghu, they have no tails and appear in human form, but their ears are still those of a fox. The Konghu are over 3,000 years old and can freely use their power. They are gods who already possess a complete godhead.
Yukino Riho recognized the nine-tailed fox in front of her.
Her name is Yaeko, the loyal servant of Tamamae the Sky Fox, and the former subordinate of Mrs. Furukawa.
The fox flying in the air instantly transformed into the form of a fox demon.
During this period, she turned her eyes and stared at the crow not far away.
Without thinking, she turned her hand and set up a demonic barrier that blocked sight and sound.
"Quack--"
Dark Crow was so angry that he cursed loudly.
This fox is so hateful. What’s so great about the Demon King? Believe it or not, I’ll ask the young master to come back and pluck all your hair off... g. If this is Miss Xueye’s old acquaintance, then Miss Xueye is also a monster...
Within the boundary.
White hair, blood-red pupils, big fluffy tail...the fox demon looked at Yukino Riho with pity in her eyes, as if she had known her from a long time ago.
"It's the Snow Maiden." She landed on the ground gracefully and gracefully.
"What are you doing here?" Yukino Riho took a step back, and the cold mist quickly filled the air and enveloped her body.
Snowflakes condensed under the summer sun, and an icy wind blew in the air. In an instant, a faint figure emerged from the cold fog. Blue eyes and silver hair, with a touch of sad blue eyes, looked at everything in the world with cold eyes.
"Why are you here?" Yaezi smiled sarcastically.
In the cold mist, a snow-like woman came out.
The already pale skin became more and more transparent, and thin blood vessels could be vaguely seen. And her slender body was covered with white frost. Even her eyelashes, lips, and hair tips were all covered by frost, making her
She looked even more vulnerable.
"I know the owner here." Yukino Riho said coldly.
Her voice has the texture of ice cubes and the charm of a female voice.
"I also know the owner here." Yaezi suddenly smiled.
Suddenly, the air flow surged, she crossed her hands on her chest, her white feathers shone in the sun, and her fluffy tail swung proudly in the air flow.
"Um?"
Yukino Riho tilted her head in confusion and blinked her blue eyes.
For a moment, Yaeko couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat, and shouted in her heart: Cute, in short, very cute, Yuki-onna is definitely the cutest monster in the world!
"Do you know him?" Riho Yukino asked curiously.
The originally tense atmosphere seemed to have been completely resolved amidst her dazed doubts.
Feeling like he couldn't fight anymore, Yaeko returned to his human form and shrugged lazily: "He drew a sketch for me, and I haven't paid for it yet."
"I thought you were here to cause damage." Yukino Riho breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing the other party take the initiative to withdraw from the monster form, she also returned to her human body. But the frost on her body melted a little, and soon she twisted her body uncomfortably. The wet and sticky clothes on her body were really uncomfortable.
Not very comfortable.
Yaeko looked at Yuki-onna with great interest and asked, "What have you done after so many years since you left the Furukawa Kaikan?"
"I just opened a bakery," Yukino Riho said as she took off her coat and squeezed out the water. "What about you? It's been seven or eight years since you left the old lady. Are you still looking for ways to rescue your master?"
"What you said is really interesting. Apart from that, what other goals do I have?" Yaezi smiled a few times, raised her eyebrows and said, "Your thinking hasn't changed much from before, it's still as simple as before."
Yukino Riho narrowed her eyes and stared at the other person.
With these words, she couldn't accurately judge whether she was being laughed at.
"But you actually care about a human boy, which surprises me." Yaeko came over and stood beside her, "Could it be that the Yuki-onna, who has no feelings, has already started to fall in love?"
Yukino Riho ignored it.
"That boy seems to have a magical power that can bewitch him. Even the snow girl was attracted to him." Yaezi circled her and said to himself, "I just don't know if that boy's physique can satisfy her."
Yuki-onna is in great demand.”
"..."
Under the sun, Yukino Riho's face was a little rosy.
The physiques of the Snow Maidens are very strange. They are not reproduced, but are natural monsters born from snow. Perhaps because they lack the instinct to reproduce, in order to make up for this uneasiness in their genes, their needs in this area are very alarming.
...Every man killed by the Yuki-onna was killed because he could not satisfy the Yuki-onna's needs.
Yukino Riho has never experienced it, but only learned about this physical problem from the elders of the clan.
When she left Hokkaido, her elders had solemnly warned her not to really fall in love with a man, otherwise you would suffer the pain of killing the person you like with your own hands... Thinking of these things, she touched her slender fingers on her right cheek, thinking in her mind
Fujiwara Izaya's strong body emerges from it.
Hmm...
That should be possible, right?
"Hahaha……"
Yaeko's wanton laughter brought Yukino Riho back to her senses, and she frowned slightly angrily and said, "He and I are just friends, please stop talking nonsense!"
"Oh, then you won't be angry about what I'm about to say." Yaeko looked at her meaningfully.
"Please tell me." Yukino Riho's expression looked reserved and quiet.
"That boy was in Minami Izu, but he ruined my men." Yaeko said calmly.
Yukino Riho looked at her face indifferently: "Nonsense! Fujiwara-kun wouldn't do that!"
"Oh, you know it very well?" Yaeko responded with an ambiguous smile, "But he really did that. My subordinate named Mrs. Tanimura has disappeared. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Kamiya."
Yukino Riho frowned and shook her head.
Silence fell.
The layers of leaves, the sunlight shining through the leaves, make the environment even more quiet and elegant.
"You don't have to look like you can't accept it." Yaezi said with an ambiguous look on her face, and her tone was reassuring, "Young people aged 17 or 18 have a certain degree of danger. They are idle, addicted to singing and dancing, and seeking pleasure.
Having fun. Blindly intoxicated with the youth that suits you, soft, sweet sensibility, it is normal. Moreover, he is super strong. Facing him, my subordinates are just weak women who passively accept the violence. "
Yukino Riho frowned slightly, but Yaeko smiled gently.
"Actually, young men are amorphous, dirty, fanatical, and slimy and dangerous..." Her expression was strange, as if the judge was talking about a warning case, "Compared to young men,
Regardless of age, men and women, as long as they are good-looking, are relatively fragile, soft and emotional. For men, their existence is a tool to get in touch with all the ugly and evil sides of the world. You are probably attracted by his appearance.
You lied, you can leave before it’s too late.”
Yukino Riho put on her clothes and looked at the other person's face intently.
"Especially with a body as beautiful and sexy as yours, it's like a translucent cocoon that can pull out unimaginable evil threads." Yaeko's voice still contained a certain amount of bewitching, "For men, you are panic and fear.
The trembling breasts and the cold, plump butt that is a little slow to do anything can all be woven into a cocoon of sin."
Yukino Riho subconsciously looked down at her body.
Then, as if she was on guard or something, she folded her arms to protect her chest.
"The body and sin complement each other so exquisitely... This is the goal pursued by the boy you are paying attention to in the world, and once you are in this fever dream, the body itself becomes the form of sin. Your body can
Act as a medium for his whims of imagination. Accept his sins one by one, thereby immersing him in perverted pleasure."
Yukino Riho raised her head, not daring to glare at her emotionally.
Yaeko raised his hands and spread his palms towards her, apologizing for being too talkative.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Yukino Riho calmly adjusted her breathing.
Looking at the messy sideburns on her cheeks and her bright and clear eyes, Yaezi was about to say something, but then changed her mind and gave up. She sighed deeply and then glanced at her watch: "It's time, I have to go."
Yukino Riho remained silent, her cold expression seemed to say, "If you want to leave, hurry up, I won't keep you."
"But he really did it!" Yaeko added.
Yukino Riho didn't comment on this either.
"Ara, that's it." Yaeko smiled faintly, then took out a manual from his pocket, wrote something with a ballpoint pen, tore off the page and handed it to her, "My mobile phone number. Uh--, you have a mobile phone?"
Yukino Riho shook her head.
"I guessed it." Yaeko said with admiration, "My intuition quietly told me that this snow girl definitely doesn't like mobile phones."
"Wrong," Yukino Riho said calmly, "I just don't want to contact you."
"It turns out you blame me for breaking your beautiful fantasy about a young boy." Yaeko passed her, with a smile still on her face. "Goodbye, Miss Yuki Onome, who is so cute and stupid!"
In the quiet courtyard, Yukino Riho was thinking about something.
The wind blew in through the wall, blowing her long black hair up and flying upwards. It was probably because she didn't sleep well last night. She felt that the sunlight was particularly dazzling now.
When we got back to the bakery, it was only ten o'clock in the morning.
Riho Yukino closed the store door, adjusted her breathing, and rested her chin on the counter to read a book. Bart Bachalak's "April's Fool" was playing in a low voice from the speakers in the store.
Um!
Fake!
Fujiwara-kun is not that kind of person!
Deliberately exuding an atmosphere of "I really enjoy reading," Yukino Riho sat alone at the counter, her eyes falling on the text on the page.
Um.
This is good.
He is training in Minami Izu, how can you doubt him!
"If that was really the case, he would have attacked me long ago..." Riho Yukino seemed to be convincing herself, and tried to speak out in a low voice, but the result was that the tip of her nose was a little sore.
Although she really wanted to think so.
But gradually I felt that something was strange.
Yaeko, whom I haven't seen for several years, doesn't need to make up stories to deceive myself... No, no, no, no, don't think about it anymore. Yukino Riho quickly returned her eyes to the book. Two seconds later, she couldn't bear it.
She couldn't help but sigh: "Please - I'm just a stupid woman, I really don't know what's going on -"
She couldn't stand the book anymore, so she closed it and stared blankly at the store.
After entering the summer vacation, this place feels like a strange place... She thought a little lonely.
The morning was spent in a daze; in the afternoon, she wandered aimlessly around Harajuku and Gaien. If her toes in sandals felt painful, she would go into a roadside coffee shop to rest, while
I drank coffee while reading a book. I waited until my feet stopped hurting and then continued walking. I walked like this until the long summer day was over.
She has been spending her time like this since the summer vacation.
I woke up in the morning to open a shop, and in the afternoon I took a walk in crowded places around Shinjuku and Shibuya.
Wearing sandals or canvas shoes, stepping on the hard asphalt road, drinking coffee that gradually becomes lighter and hotter. Sometimes when she looks at the families traveling or couples on the roadside, she will also think about whether she can be on the street.
Meet an acquaintance? Or will someone suddenly contact you?
Sometimes she would also look through her phone's address book to see which number she could dial.
haven't seen you for a long time!
It's so hot this year. How are you doing?
If you're free, would you like to have a cup of tea together... Ah, I'm sorry it's so sudden, please don't take it to heart.
These were just preset messages in her mind, and none of them were actually sent.
Whenever this time came, she would feel discouraged.
She has lived as an ordinary person for five years, but when she wants to see someone, she doesn’t know who to meet, and she doesn’t know who would want to meet her. There is absolutely no one around her who doesn’t want to meet someone.
People who meet directly for a reason can be called friends.
Even that strange hallucination disappeared during the summer vacation.
The cold wind blowing from the air conditioner caressed her cheeks. Yukino Riho took off her shoes and gently touched her toes... A helpless pain spread from between her toes and spread throughout her body.
never mind……
She thought a little angrily.
It would be best if you disappeared, I wouldn't welcome you anyway...
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Two days passed in a daze, and the end of August arrived.
That afternoon, Yukino Riho put on a light green dress, lightly painted her lips with lipstick, and put on her only high heels to go out. She was going to the Furukawa Hall for classes later, so she had to dress more formally.
The season is late summer.
There is no wind and the heat is overwhelming.
Soon the seasons will change.
On the way to Furukawa Kaikan by train, Riho Yukino noticed that outside the window of the train, there was a fat crow flying following the train. The dark feathers reflected colorful light in the sunlight.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, we came to the Furukawa Kaikan located in Sangen Tea House.
A group of nimble birds stayed on the treetops leaning out of the courtyard wall. On the sunny side of the roof, a big brown civet cat was basking in the sun with its eyes squinted.
Yukino Riho rang the doorbell, and then a faint smile appeared on the camera's face.
After the iron gate opened, she walked across the front yard as usual and walked towards the entrance of the old house. Mr. Kamiya was still guarding the entrance of the front yard and the backyard, wearing a calm and calm black suit, and his leather shoes were polished spotlessly.
He sat in a chair and remained motionless for a long time.
It wasn't until he saw Yukino Riho coming in that he nodded slightly.
"Hello, Mr. Kamiya." Riho Yukino walked in and sat on the seat opposite him, "I have something to ask you.uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com Is there a fox girl missing in Minami Izu?
Mrs. Furukawa?”
"She, I remember she was the fox demon under Yaeko..." Mr. Kamiya lowered his gaze and checked the shine of his black leather shoes. "She was captured by Section 9, and then she was taken away from Section 9.
He disappeared here. According to Lesson 9, he was kidnapped. Why do you ask?"
"I met Yaeko a few days ago," Yukino Riho said.
"Oh, that crazy fox..." Mr. Kamiya bent down as if he was a little worried, and used a paper towel to brush off the dust that seemed to be on the shoes, "It's definitely not good to be with her. Yukino, you have always been simple, be careful of being caught.
She teased."
You just want to say that I'm stupid... Yukino Riho flattened her mouth in dissatisfaction.
snort!
As hateful as Fujiwara-kun, but you are not as handsome as Fujiwara-kun...
Mr. Bodyguard, who was bending over, felt the malice of Lai Yangou inexplicably, which was very sad...
"By the way, is Madam back?" Yukino Riho asked.
"Well, no, there are many things in Takamagahara, and Madam is very busy." Mr. Kamiya straightened up, looked at her innocent eyebrows, thought for a while, and said, "If you want to see Madam, you can meet with the Furukawa Kaikan dance troupe.
Let’s go to the Mountain God Festival in Mount Nagano together, and my wife will come down from Takamagahara to attend for the whole day.”
"Ah?" Riho Yukino was surprised, "Who is the god of Mount Nagano? You can actually bother my wife to attend in person..."
Mr. Kamiya did not answer this question.
His eyes fell on the crow on the treetop not far away.
The crow was also looking at him, its eyes rolled around a few times, and they came to an agreement: we are not in conflict with each other.