Yaeji put down the shovel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Then he patted the raised soil with a shovel.
"Okay, Daisuke. I hope you and Ryo can meet in the underworld and be together again in the next life."
Yaeji leaned on the shovel and looked at the unnamed tombstone for a long time.
"Next time I will bring Sakura Fukiyuki to carve some words for you."
After saying that, the shovel in Yaeji's hand disappeared instantly.
"go home."
Yaeji glanced at the sky and walked down the back mountain.
Not long after, he saw a familiar figure on the mountainside.
Wearing the same candidate miko costume as him, her pink hair was swaying back and forth with the running "dumpling".
"cherry?"
"elder brother?!"
The anxious Yae Sakura lost her footing and stepped on a raised hard rock.
"Pa~"
Yae Sakura, who lost the center of her body and was leaning backwards, was tightly held by a small hand covered in mud.
"What's wrong?" Yaeji was confused when he saw such an unusual sister.
Could it be that a big monster broke into the village?
Seeing Yaeji with a confused look on his face, the young Sakura couldn't bear it anymore, and all the helplessness she felt in the meeting hall was revealed at this moment.
"elder brother!"
Yae Sakura didn't pay attention to the dirty blood and dirt on Yae Ji's body, just like when she gave him the knife, she hugged him with all her strength.
His small hands tightly wrapped around Yaeji's slender waist, as if a helpless person in a flood had found a floating tree trunk and naturally wanted to lean on it.
"Okay, okay, am I back now?"
Yae Ji pressed his chin against Sakura's beautiful pink hair and patted Sakura's back with his small hand. He thought his sister was worried about him hunting monsters...
The smell of blood was mixed with the smell of dried mud and dust. This smell was by no means pleasant. But Yae Sakura could feel more at ease than ever before.
After being infatuated for more than ten seconds, Yae Sakura stood up with a slight hesitation in her expression.
He whispered: "Brother, let's go."
"Okay." Yaeji smiled, "Let's go home."
Yae Ji had just taken a few steps when his sleeve was pulled by a small hand.
Turn around.
Sakura lowered her little head, and her longer bangs covered the gloomy look on her pretty face.
"I mean, let's... let's go live in Dacheng. There are skilled doctors there who can definitely cure Rin's disease. When Rin's illness is cured, we will go together...
..”
Yaeji frowned. He felt something was wrong. Before his sister could finish speaking, he interrupted: "What's wrong with Rin? Is the disease getting worse again?"
Recalling today's events in his mind, the expression on Yaeji's little face suddenly turned gloomy and terrifying.
"What was discussed in the meeting hall today?"
Yae Sakura let go of her little hand and her whole body trembled slightly, "Father has decided... to use Rin as a sacrifice."
With her little head lowered, Sakura looked like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be punished. There was even a hint of crying in her voice: "My father said that he wants me to preside over this sacrifice."
"Who suggested it?"
Yae Ji's voice contained anger, and he wished he could pull out his shovel right now and give those evil pens a shovel.
"There is my mother-in-law, the Kimura clan, and..."
The heart beats violently in the chest, the blood flow speeds up, and the heat dissipated from the body gradually increases. But Yaeji rarely calms down. To deal with monsters and every battle, he cannot rely on his anger.
Anger destroys your reason and often leads you into the worst situations.
"When will it be held?"
"Father said it would be tomorrow."
Yaeji narrowed his eyes and looked up the mountain, where Daisuke's bones were buried. The words Daisuke said to him before he died...
"Master Ji, do you love your sister?"
"...Only a pure girl of the witch bloodline can calm down the anger..."
"People are selfish."
"Foolishness and greed..."
"...It's a waste!"
"...It is impossible to stop the sacrifice..."
Yaeji fell silent.
He touched Sakura's little head.
"Have you packed your things? How about we take Rin to the big city for medical treatment?"
Yae Sakura raised her little head, looked at her smiling brother, and nodded sharply:
"good!"
Yae Ji and Yae Sakura trotted away from the back mountain. Since the sacrifice will be held tomorrow, they still have some time.
Yaeji believes in his own strength. With his skills, isn't it easy to feed a few people in a big city?
With his martial arts and combat power alone, Yae Ji now even dares to fight against the defenders of those big cities.
If you have Sakura Fukiyuki in hand...
The two took a small path that led directly to the shrine.
It is now exactly noon, and the culprit causing the drought is still spreading its almost endless energy.
It was quiet in the shrine.
"You go to the side room to pack your things first, and just bring a few large rice balls for us to eat on the way."
"Yeah." Sakura nodded her head.
"I'll go to the warehouse first to get two knives. Also, after you see Rin, don't mention a word about the sacrifice, just say that you are going to take her to the big city for treatment."
"Okay." Sakura's little face was full of seriousness, and she clearly remembered everything arranged by Yae Ji.
The two separated.
Yaeji walked to the warehouse and touched the few remaining silver ores.
Stone concentrate is mined the most, and it is also the most commonly used ore for various tools in the village. As for red gold ore and silver ore, the blacksmiths in Yae Village do not have such high skills to control them, so they usually sell them to blacksmith shops in the big city.
Some stone concentrates were taken away, and half of the red gold ore and silver ash ore were taken away.
He took out two sharp swords from the corner and stuffed them into his backpack.
The icon immediately changes to a green background.
Introduction: Taito forged from stone concentrate is often more durable than ordinary knives. It is produced from the blacksmith shop in Yae Village.
I picked up a few more small wooden training knives.
The icon changes to green again.
Introduction: It is a training knife made of fir wood and pine wood. Although it is small, it still hurts when it hits a person.
Yae Ji has roughly figured out the value grading in the backpack. Among them, the purple icon background is the highest, followed by blue, and finally green.
"That's almost it. These things are enough to exchange for money."
Yae Ji turned around and looked around the warehouse again, sighing in his heart. He still wanted to stay in Yae Village more than in the big city. When more wells are dug, there will be more and more ways to get fresh water. As long as there is water,
Nothing is a problem.
The fox god protects one side? He can do it too, holding a spiritual sword!
But in the end...thinking of all the things that had happened before, a trace of undetectable anger flashed in Yaeji's eyes.
...
At the same time, Yae Sakura, who had packed up the belongings of the three siblings in a side room, was dreaming of a bright future.
They are going to the big city!
Stay away from this village.
There will be the best doctors in the big city to treat Rin.
Wait until Lin recovers from his illness.
She will definitely let her brother take them to eat the most delicious food.
Then go to the mountains and watch the cherry blossoms together...