In a courtyard of Narukami Taisha Shrine, under the cherry tree planted behind the courtyard, a man with the Eye of God hanging around his waist was dozing off.
The cherry trees all over the sky blocked him from the midday sun, making him sleep very comfortably.
Unfortunately, this comfort was soon broken. Two trainee shrine maidens from Narukami Taisha Shrine came over quietly. One of them did not forget to grab a leaf from the flowers passing by.
"Xiao Rei, wake up, the teacher is looking for you." As she spoke, the miko in a red dress knelt down and gently swept a leaf in front of Chiyo Rei's nose.
Chiyo Rei's nose flapped. After a few seconds, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Asano Haru, who was suppressing a smile, and another unfamiliar miko.
This hazy state didn't last long, and Chiyorei sneezed the next second.
"A sneeze."
Chiyo Rei, who was completely awake, rubbed his nose and stood up from under the cherry tree. A few petals that fell on him fell off. He straightened his clothes and asked, "Are you guys over from get out of class?"
"get out of class must be over, it's almost noon now." Asano Haru pointed at the sun and said.
Chiyo Rei felt embarrassed now, so he wanted to take a nap to catch up on his sleep while there was no class in the morning, but he didn't expect to sleep until noon.
"Then I'll hurry over." Chiyo Rei arranged her hair again to make them look more energetic.
Asano Haru nodded, "Okay, don't keep the teacher waiting for too long." She came here with her friends this time, and she was asked to find Chiyo Rei.
This guy doesn't have to take dance classes, so he has time to sleep here.
Thinking back on her lessons, Asano Haru yawned. Seeing this, her companion couldn't help but yawn too, and both of them felt sleepy for a while.
Chiyo Rei was also tempted to yawn, but in the end he held it back, exchanged a few words with Asano Haru and walked quickly towards the front yard.
The front yard and the back yard are not far apart, separated only by a corridor.
After walking through the red corridor with ease, it didn't take long for Chiyo Rei to arrive in front of the building in the front yard. At this time, three or three mikos were walking out of it.
Compared to apprentice mikos like Asano Haru, they are older and dress more formally.
Chiyo Rei waited until the miko were almost gone before looking indoors.
Inside he saw Qinqi, who was wearing a half-fox mask and was patiently answering questions for several witches.
The other party also noticed the gaze falling on him, so after explaining the problem, he said no more and gently asked the witches to end it.
The consulting witches knew that it was lunch break, and they all dispersed after performing their usual rituals.
"Pity." After the witches left, the Qingqi took off the fox mask and turned to look at the door.
Chiyo Rei had already come in, and when he heard his admirer calling him, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.
Facing the person walking towards him, Qingqi smiled almost instinctively, and then walked towards Chiyo Rei with the fox mask in his hand.
As the distance between the two gradually narrowed, he found that the hair tied behind Chiyorei's head was loose.
"You went to sleep in the backyard again?" Qingqi asked directly, and then skillfully asked Chiyo Rei to turn around so that he could help him tie his hair.
After being seen through, Chiyo Rei turned around and explained, "I was reading under the tree, but unexpectedly I fell asleep." At first, he really just wanted to squint for a while, but who knew it would be noon when he opened his eyes again.
The admirer accepted this statement, put down his fox mask, and took out a comb from nowhere.
Looking at Chiyo who was waiting for him to help him comb his hair, he suddenly realized that the child had grown a lot taller and might catch up with him in two years.
And this also means that they have been coming to Narukami Island for a long time.
The admirer recalled his life at Narukami Taisha Shrine and quickly tied up Chiyo Rei's hair. Then he stopped what he was doing and started talking about another thing.
"Lian, do you want to go to Inazuma Castle with me in the afternoon? Yae Palace Secretary asked me to go find her." The Qingqi asked slowly.
Chiyo Rei touched her tied hair and agreed without thinking, "Okay, but don't you have any classes in the afternoon?"
"There are no classes this afternoon or tomorrow." Qingqi Zhe added, "Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to go to Daozuma City to participate in a folk festival? We can take advantage of this opportunity to go together."
Unexpectedly, Qingqi Zhe still remembered his casual remarks, which made Chiyo Rei feel warm in his heart. He couldn't help but added, "Actually, you can come back early and take advantage of the fact that there is no class to rest."
Qinqi accepted the concern with a smile and expressed his thoughts, "Actually, I haven't been to the festival for a long time, and I really want to go there."
Hearing this, Chiyo Rei immediately thought of Yae Kamiko. Not long after they arrived at Narukami Taisha Shrine, the palace minister with pink ears left the tasks that she should be responsible for such as dance teaching and etiquette teaching. To the admirers.
At that time, she also said that she could not let the Qingqi waste the inheritance received from the gods.
In fact, Chiyo Rei felt that Yae Kamiko just wanted to find someone to work for.
The fact was exactly what he thought. The day after he handed over the etiquette teaching work to Qingqi, Yae Shenzi went to Yaedo Publishing House in Inazuma Castle.
Nowadays, except for large-scale ceremonies, or when she encounters something that requires her to make a decision, she usually does not return to Narukami Taisha Shrine.
If he said this was not planned for a long time, Chiyo Rei would not believe it.
However, the shrine maidens at Narukami Taisha Shrine have adapted well and even have a high opinion of Qingqi. Chiyo Rei often hears the older shrine maidens praising Qingqi who is not only good at dancing, but also has no weird ideas. She hopes He can stay at Narukami Taisha Shrine for a while longer.
Chiyo Rei wanted to refute it at first. This was not a reason to leave the work to others, but considering that Yae Shenzi gave all the heart of God to Qinqi, she felt that the older miko was right.
In a daze, Chiyo Rei felt that Qingqi had embarked on an unexpected path again.
"pity?"
The voice from the admirer brought Chiyo Rei back from her wandering thoughts.
After calming down, Chiyo Rei told the story of what he had just said in the Qinqi Zhe's comment, "I suddenly feel that Yaegomiyaji is... asking you to work for nothing."
The Qingqi was stunned, this was an angle he had never thought of.
Working for free? He has been teaching etiquette and dance for so long, and it seems that he has never been paid. However, although there is no reward, Narukami Taisha Shrine has provided him and Chiyo Rei with shelter, clothing, and various kinds of rich food.
Yae Shenzi also made an exception and allowed Chiyo Rei to learn various knowledge together with the shrine maidens, so as to save tuition fees.
Qinqi still remembered that he accepted the job assigned to him by Yae Shenzi. In addition to being moved by her words, part of the reason was that he felt that he should do something to repay the help.
"I have never thought about remuneration. I have always wanted to do something within my ability." Qingqi said calmly, then he paused, "I can mention it later."
Seeing that Qingqi Zhe had misunderstood what he meant, Chiyo Rei quickly explained, "This is not about money. What I mean is that some tasks should not be done by you."
The Qingqi blinked, he couldn't quite understand Chiyo Rei's words.
Seeing his innocent appearance, Chiyo Rei felt a sense of responsibility. He must establish a correct concept of work for Qingqi, otherwise he would definitely work overtime every day in the future.
With this determination in mind, after dinner and on the way down the mountain to Inazuma Castle, Chiyo Rei began to tell Qingqi how to refuse jobs that were not his.
Qingqi listened carefully. This was his first contact with this kind of knowledge.
It wasn't until the two of them successfully reached the foot of the mountain through the thunder seeds that Qingqi asked the question in his mind while passing the water.
"How does Lian know this knowledge?" He was curious.
Chiyo Rei almost choked. He returned the water to Qinqi. Looking into his eyes, he pondered and then said, "It's from the book." Narukami Taisha Shrine has a large library that he can use at will. So he usually relies on reading books to pass the time.
"Sure enough, it is good to read more books." Qingqi said and smiled again, "I don't know what books Yaegomiyaji's publishing house will publish this time."
"Do you know about the Eightfold Hall?" Chiyo Rei was shocked. He had always thought that Qingqi Zhe didn't know.
However, the admirers not only knew it, but also listened to him casually say, "In the correspondence, Yae Miyaji occasionally asked me what I thought of the manuscript." In Yae Miko's words, his comments were penetrating and very true.
Chiyorei opened his eyes wide, "Is there such a thing?"
After saying this, Chiyo Rei felt that she was too young, and she really thought that Yae Shenzi would only leave the Narukami Grand Society to Qingqi.
Just when he thought he had reached his limit, Qingqi thought of something again.
"Speaking of which, I've also read Chiyo Rei's manuscript. It's very good." As soon as Qin Qi finished speaking, he saw Chiyo Rei's eyes widen.
"What manuscript? Why don't I know?" Chiyo Rei was at a loss.
The curious person blinked and asked, "Don't Lian know?"
Shaking his head vigorously, Chiyo Rei was shocked that the analysis and records he casually wrote based on the novel were actually taken away by Yae Shenzi and handed over to Qingqi for review.
A surge of anger arose spontaneously, and Chiyo Rei wanted to fly to the Eighth Hall to ask for an explanation.
Fortunately, they were almost at Inazuma Castle at this time.
"No, I have to ask Yae Gongji." Chiyo Rei said angrily.
"Do you mind Lian?" Qinqi asked tentatively.
Chiyo Rei didn't hide it, "Of course, if she wants to use it, she must at least tell me." He really felt that Yae Shenzi had gone too far.
Although he just wrote those 'novels' casually and didn't care at all, that didn't mean Yae Shenzi could take them away at will.
Chiyo Rei expressed his thoughts to Qingqi Zhe, and at the same time, he silently organized the words in his heart, thinking about what he should say to Yae Shenzi when he arrived at Yae Hall.
However, the plan could not keep up with the change. Chiyo Rei held back his words, and finally stepped into the gate of Yae Hall. Before he could say a word, he heard Yae Shenzi speak first.
"Little guy, are you here too? Just in time, this is the royalties prepared for you."
As if he had expected something to happen, Yae Kamiko handed out a bag of mola to Chiyo Rei.
Chiyo Rei looked at the bag of mora, her lips moved, but she couldn't say a word.
Facing the dumbfounded Chiyo Rei, Yaegamiko calmly explained the origin of the manuscript fee, "I saw several scrap manuscripts at Narukami Taisha Shrine last month. Because they felt good, I had someone compile and copy them. Upon closer inspection, unexpectedly, my editor also thought it was very good and suggested publishing them in a monthly magazine."
"Oh, I spent a lot of effort to find the author. I only found out that it was you through Qinqi Zhe, so I wanted to ask him to come over today and bring you the news." Yae Shenzi's words seemed to be watertight. , there are still many loopholes if you think about it carefully.
For example, she could directly write a letter to inform Chiyo Rei without having to specially call Qin Qi Zhi.
But attracted by the bag of mora, these small details were ignored by Chiyo Rei.
"It hasn't been published yet?" Chiyorei asked subconsciously.
Yae Kamiko responded righteously, "No, publishing it without the author's permission would be very rude. Yaedo would not do such a thing."
Chiyo Rei had nothing to say at this time. He stared at the bag of mola, and all the anger in his heart was extinguished.
After coming to Teyvat, this was the first time Chiyo Rei had seen so many Moras. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved.
Just a few more scrapped articles...
Chiyo Rei successfully convinced himself. He turned his eyes away from Mora with difficulty and said sincerely to Yae Kamiko, "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Yae."
"Oh, just agree. I will hurry up and get the editor to queue up." Yae Shenzi was very satisfied and suggested to Chiyo Rei, "If you write anything in the future, you can also submit it to Yaedo. I am very interested in the stories you write. .”
"I will try my best." Chiyo Rei clenched his fists, feeling that he had found a way to make money.
After laughing again, Yae Shenzi winked, "Well, little guy, please talk to the editor." The editor who had been waiting for a long time gathered over.
Before Chiyo Rei could react, he was surrounded by editors and had to start answering questions one after another. He was completely unaware that Qinqi Zhi and Yae Shenzi had disappeared.
In the dark alley opposite the Eighth Hall, a pair of purple eyes stared at Chiyo Rei, who was surrounded by editors.
After a few minutes, the skirmishers who had been observing secretly turned around.
"Since you are so concerned about him, why not take him away?"
The familiar voice suddenly came to mind. The skirmisher looked up and found the doctor standing behind him.
The skirmisher frowned, very dissatisfied with the doctor's appearance.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just advising you as usual." The doctor said calmly, "The Harlequin has not given up recruiting you."
"I advise you to give up on this idea." The skirmisher repeated that sentence again. He once again felt that the crowd of fools was too annoying.
"We will always have more patience for those who have the power to change the world. If you change your mind, you can come to me at any time." The doctor said this, and then looked at the bustling Eighth Hall. The next second He asked in a playful tone, "I've always wondered if you weren't jealous?"
"Obviously they are the same individual, but he was accepted, but you are wandering."
The skirmisher's expression became even worse now. He snorted coldly, "Those are emotions only mortals can have. Instead of talking about this, let's talk about why the Imperial Academy expelled you." In their previous interactions, he knew most of the The pain points of colleagues.
As expected, the doctor's face darkened, but the next second he sighed, "What have you experienced? You know much more than we imagined."
The skirmisher didn't respond this time. He moved forward and passed the doctor.
Ignoring whether the doctor would catch up, the skirmisher walked in the other direction with his back to Yaedo Hall.
However, even though the skirmisher said he didn't care about the doctor's almost provocative words, he was still uncontrollably affected.
Even if he wanted to deny it, he knew very well that he was jealous of his other self, jealous that the other person kept the 'family' he should have lost.
He also had the idea of taking the child away.
But he ultimately didn't do that.
Taking a deep breath, the skirmisher stopped thinking about it and continued to move forward, even though he had not yet decided where he was going.
