Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

"Captain Mokou is here!"

Upon realizing that their leader had arrived, the guards immediately cheered.

The gathered fairies seemed to have sensed something and hid behind Cirno.

With the giant creature behind her, Cirno suddenly realized that she wasn't fighting alone, and her fear of Mokou vanished instantly.

"Hmph! Don't think I'm afraid of you! You stinky bird, hand over the great demon right now!"

"Oh? Say that again?"

Mokou frowned slightly, and a dangerous glint flashed in her half-closed eyes.

A whole bunch of little fairies were so frightened by Mokou's gaze that they immediately trembled and scattered and fled.

"Don't go! We haven't gotten the great demon back yet!"

As her companions began to leave, Cirno grew anxious and tried to stop the fairies beside her.

She grabbed one with her left hand and one with her right, but it wasn't enough at all. Cirno was so desperate that she even wanted to bite them with her mouth.

In the end, it turned into catching one and releasing it, just like a Cirno version of a monkey stealing corn.

However, the corn here refers to fairies.

Before long, all the fairies had run away, and the ones that Cirno had caught were snatched away by Mokou and released.

Now, only Cirno remains as the protesting fairy.

The guards surrounded her.

The encirclement turned into a counter-encirclement, which could be accomplished with just a glance from Fujiwara no Mokou.

"Alright, that's all for now. You can go patrol other areas."

"Yes!"

The guards surrounding the area obeyed Mokou's orders and left.

Now only Fujiwara no Mokou and Cirno are here.

Everyone had already left.

Fujiwara no Mokou took a large step and cornered Cirno against the wall, bending down and glaring fiercely at her.

"Tell me quickly! Why do you think the great demon is here? Who told you that?"

It looked like he was about to tear Cirno apart at the slightest disagreement.

"I'm not going to tell you!"

Although Cirno was huddled in the corner and trembling, she remained stubbornly defiant.

"Really?"

"real!"

"Even if I take you to see Teacher Huiyin, you won't say anything?"

"..."

Fujiwara no Mokou mentioned Keine's name.

Although Mokou was not very familiar with Terakoya Keine's teaching methods.

But they still know the basics. For example, even mischievous fairies are well-behaved in Keine's hands, and Cirno doesn't dare to cause trouble.

"Even if it's Teacher Huiyin, we're not afraid!"

"Oh? Cirno, you're being naughty again, aren't you?"

A voice came from the side of the street.

Cirno and Fujiwara no Mokou turned their heads away mechanically.

They saw Kamishirasawa Keine looking at them with a kind expression.

Huh? Why am I scared too?

A message flashed through Fujiwara no Mokou's mind.

......

"You've been busy for so many days over something like this?"

Inside the temple, Kamishirasawa Keine was quite dissatisfied. Mokou was kneeling in front of her, her face full of apologetic smiles.

"So you've finally remembered me?"

"I'm sorry! Please accept them!"

Fujiwara no Mokou sat down directly on the spot, her forehead touching the cold floor, facing Kamishirasawa Keine.

"Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have taken them in anyway. I just hope you won't have to face it alone next time."

"Feel sorry..."

"Alright, alright, we need to get this done first. Mokou, open the door." Kamishirasawa Keine sighed.

"Um"

Creak, creak, creak~

The gate of the temple school was pushed open.

A large, colorful group of fairies stood nervously in the courtyard, whispering amongst themselves.

The tightly closed door was opened.

The whispering fairies fell silent, waiting for someone to explain to them why Cirno had sent them here.

Wearing a dark blue pleated skirt, Kamishirasawa Keine slowly walked out from inside.

She looked at the courtyard full of large and small fairies and nodded in satisfaction.

"From now on, you are students of Class 1, Grade 1 of the Fairy Class." Kamishirasawa Keine paused, then looked towards a corner.

"Cirno, you can't go to the second grade this year either. Let's talk about advancing when you can do addition and subtraction from 1 to 10!"

"Eh?"

Cirno, sitting in the corner, looked completely bewildered. She had thought she could use her second-year status to teach a first-year student a lesson.

This is different from using the powers of fairies to educate children.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Nikua is Missing

Neither the mischievous fairies nor the tedious matters troubling Mokou were of any concern to Akina Sawa; he had more important things to do.

In the yard of Akina Sawaya's house.

On a wooden board, the thick, heavy wood grain meanders and twists until it abruptly disappears at the break.

Such high-quality timber can be found everywhere in the yard.

These are all unavoidable losses that Akina Ze also incurred during the modification process.

What's the most important thing if you want to run a food stall?

That is the vehicle.

Even if you have superb cooking skills, it's useless without the right tools if you don't have a food cart carrying ingredients.

Therefore, Akina Ze also plans to temporarily convert his own handcart into a snack cart.

Since the system didn't have a pre-designed blueprint for the food cart, Akina Ze had to do it himself.

So, taking advantage of the abundance of readily available and high-quality timber for building houses, Akina Sawa began his research on food carts.

This research is not like RimWorld, where you can just sit at a research table and do nothing; it requires hands-on experience.

The price paid was wood chips scattered all over the ground, which filled the yard with the fresh scent of wood.

Hold the shaved wood, carefully place it in the corresponding groove, and press down firmly with your palm; the broken wood grain will reconnect.

Akina Ze also felt that he had mastered the secret to success.

This is a technique called the wooden wedge. Learning from his previous failures, Akina Sawa finally managed to use it, although he only had a superficial understanding of it.

This time it will definitely work!

Akina Sawa also inexplicably believed it.

The handcarts we see today are the prototype of food carts.

A wooden board was placed on the cart to serve as a surface for placing the food.

Four grooves were carved out on the edge of the wooden board to fix one of the boards in place.

Four notches of the same depth were also carved out on this wooden block.

This notch is for placing wooden sticks.

Akina Ze initially thought that a single-wheeled cart would tilt to one side if not supported, which was unacceptable for a food cart.

Therefore, you can stabilize the vehicle by supporting it with four sticks that are taller than the wheels, so that you don't have to worry about it tipping over no matter how much stuff is placed on it.

Because it is fixed with wooden wedges instead of nails, the stick is detachable.

In other words, this wooden wedge consumed most of Akina Sawa's energy.

Something that seems simple can fail completely because of a lack of attention to detail...

"Cough cough~" After a long day of work, Akina Ze, who hadn't had a drop of water, felt a sore throat whenever he had a moment to relax.

"Nikua, pour me a glass of water, the pure kind."

Unable to contain his thirst, Akina Sawa turned his head and shouted into the house.

The door was wide open, and the room was quiet and still.

"Hey? Nikua, could you get me a glass of water?"

Akina Sawa also frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

"Are you there, Nikua?"

After receiving no response for a long time, Akina Sawa stood up and walked into the house.

With one hand resting on the doorframe, Akina Ze also peeked into the room.

Everything inside the house was as usual, without the slightest abnormality.

The half-eaten steamed bun was still on the table.

That's a little strange.

"Nikua? Are you here?"

Akina Sawa also walked towards the well in the yard.

The well opening was pitch black; peering inside, all that could be seen were clear well water and smooth walls.

"Strange, where would she go?"

Although he had been living with Nikua for several days, Akina Sawa didn't really know her very well, except for her diet.

The well was the only place he could guess where Nikua was.

If she weren't here, Akina Sawa really wouldn't be able to guess where Nikua would have gone.

Looking back now, Nikua has always been shrouded in mystery, especially since Akina Sawa also chose not to ask.

It's even more shrouded in mystery now.

"Perhaps Nikua just secretly went out to play."

Akina Ze also comforted himself.

But the next second, he himself punctured that tiny flaw.

"No, Nikua is too timid; she would never go out alone."

Akina Ze also bit his fingertip and frowned.

"No, we have to find her!"