Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

Marisa has indeed been the one petty thief all along, but on second thought, isn't Aya Shameimaru also at fault? It's fine for you to criticize her with your fabricated newspaper articles.

"What are you two talking about?"

This sudden argument left Akina Ze completely bewildered, his head filled with the noisy sounds.

Making spicy food is already easy to get tipsy, and this comes with a whole bunch of additional side effects, it's just unbearable!

I just wanted to cook a simple meal, why is there so much trouble?

First, Aya Shameimaru suddenly appeared, said a bunch of nonsensical things, and then stood there staring without moving, which was already strange. Then Reimu Hakurei came over and said a bunch of nonsensical things as well.

It's really inexplicable!

Is it really that hard for me to cook a dish?

Akina Sawa also picked up a shovel, interrupting the argument between the two.

Where in Gensokyo can I read the Chinese almanac? I feel like this year is going to be unlucky.

Chapter Forty-Nine Strange Events

The small kitchen was a complete mess.

The noise and the sizzling sound of hot oil in the pan mingled together, bombarding people's eardrums incessantly.

Akina Sawa also found this very troublesome, especially the kitchen.

While you don't need to be extremely focused when cooking, just a little attention is enough, deep-frying is ultimately unsafe.

If the oil in the pan splatters, it will be a hassle to get it on your body or clothes.

Not to mention that this oil will leave a stain on your clothes, it will also cause your skin to peel and blister if it gets on your hands.

Akina Sawa frowned, intending to do something; he couldn't let these two continue their antics.

He turned off the stove, squeezed between the two, and raised his hands to press them against their noses.

"What are you doing?"

Looking at the sleeves swaying in front of her, Reimu Hakurei's face was full of confusion.

"Smell it and see what it smells like on this sleeve."

"Why would I smell your sleeve?" Reimu Hakurei turned her head away in disgust, looking at the person opposite her. "Aya Shameimaru, you didn't want to either, did you?"

"???"

To Reimu Hakurei's surprise, Aya Shameimaru actually brought her face close to her sleeve and started smelling it.

Oh... could it be... that I'm the abnormal one?

Reimu Hakurei simply couldn't believe it.

Standing in the middle, Akina Sawa shook his sleeves and said, "I'll tell you why after you smell it."

"Fuck..."

After a moment of silence, Reimu Hakurei had no idea what Akina Sawa was up to. If it was just a prank, then all she could say was that the Yin-Yang Jade didn't have a rule against harming humans.

Now she was going all out. Reimu Hakurei barely managed to bring her hands close to her sleeve and take a deep breath. She wanted to see what Akina Sawa was up to.

"Haha!"

A strong, pungent smell wafted from her sleeve, causing Reimu Hakurei to sneeze several times.

Covering her nose, with a few more tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, Reimu Hakurei's expression immediately turned unpleasant.

"Hey...why are you making me smell this...?"

"Don't rush." ​​Seeing that the two of them had smelled it, Qiu Mingze also rolled up his sleeves and said, "Smell the smell on your own collars and see if it's the same."

Reimu Hakurei frowned, pulled up her collar, and sniffed.

The next second, ugh~

The familiar smell, but this time it was coming from her own clothes. Reimu Hakurei looked pale and felt nauseous just wearing the clothes.

At this point, Akina Sawa explained:

"Look, the kitchen smells so bad. Are you two still here trying to smell like me?"

Seeing that Reimu Hakurei remained silent, Akina Sawa turned to Aya Shameimaru and said:

"You think so too, Aya Shameimaru?"

"what?"

Ayami Akina, who had been spacing out for some time, nodded unconsciously when asked by Shameimaru Fumikazuchi.

"In that case, you two can go out first, leaving me alone in the kitchen."

Without giving the two a chance to speak, Akina Ze pushed them out by placing one hand on each of their shoulders.

Actually, the kitchen doesn't usually smell this bad. It's mainly because we were cooking onions today, and the chimney was blocked by snow that fell overnight, which made the smell so exaggerated.

outside the house.

Reimu Hakurei and Aya Shameimaru, who were pushed out the door, stared at each other with wide eyes.

Aya Shameimaru is actually a bit of a disappointment.

Although she had just smelled a pungent odor, she had other gains besides that, so the smell on her clothes was no longer important.

As for Reimu Hakurei, the hunger pangs in her stomach served as a reminder once again.

She wanted to go in, but the smell inside was just too strong.

If the clothes really get marinated, there won't be many red and white shrine maiden outfits left to change into.

Reimu Hakurei was somewhat unwilling, but there was nothing she could do. She glared at Aya Shameimaru and then turned and left.

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Night had fallen, and the lights in the main hall of the Hakurei Shrine were on.

Several dishes were laid out on the brightly lit table, including the scrambled eggs with onions that had caused the argument in the kitchen earlier.

The number of diners today is still three, but one of them has changed from a ghost to a tengu.

Ibuki Suika has gone to some izakaya to drink again.

That's normal; for ghosts, staying in one place for too long is abnormal.

Coincidentally, in the evening, Akina Sawa politely asked Shameimaru Aya if she wanted to stay for dinner since it was getting late.

I thought Aya Shameimaru would refuse, but to my surprise, she agreed immediately.

That's perfect, it fills the gap in the aroma, and we don't have to worry about not being able to finish the dishes.

Akina Sawa smiled and nodded as he accepted the rice that Shameimaru had served him.

"Hey, where's mine?"

Sitting opposite her, Reimu Hakurei held out her empty bowl and said with dissatisfaction.

"Can't you serve yourself?" Aya Shameimaru gave Reimu an impatient look, then turned to Sawa Akina and asked with concern, "Is this enough? If not, I can add some more for you."

Looking at the bowl that was almost piled up like a mountain of rice in front of him, Akina Ze hurriedly said, "That's enough, I can't finish any more."

"Call me when you're done eating!"

Judging from Aya Shameimaru's eager expression, it seems she really wants to add rice to Akina Sawa's plate as well.

"Tsk!"

Seeing all this, Reimu Hakurei was clearly unhappy.

I'm the owner of the shrine! Why isn't anyone serving me rice?

Even so, Reimu Hakurei couldn't force Aya Shameimaru to do it. She originally wanted Akina Sawa to serve it to her as well, but seeing his smiling face at that stinky tengu, a nameless anger welled up in her heart.

"Humph!"

If no one comes, I'll come myself.

Reimu Hakurei stood up and served herself a bowl of rice.

She looked at Akina Zeya with disdain.

It's only a few steps away, why would you ask someone to serve you rice? Aren't you ashamed?

Of course, Akina Ze couldn't hear these innermost thoughts.

Moreover, he was starting to have doubts.

Strange, very strange.

Aya Shameimaru, sitting to the right, was smiling broadly.

Aside from festivals, meals at Hakurei Shrine are usually served at small, square tables.

At this moment, Reimu Hakurei is sitting alone on the right. Usually, Suika Ibuki sits on her left, but tonight it is empty because she is not there.

Akina Sawaya sat on the left side of the dining table, while Shameimaru Aya sat on Akina Sawaya's right side, sticking close to him.

Something started to go wrong from there.

Akina Ze also remembered that he hadn't changed his clothes, meaning that the smell of cooking oil still lingered on him.

Normally people would be disgusted by such a thing, but Aya Shameimaru didn't care at all and sat down right next to him, even though there were other seats available.

Chapter Fifty Clues

It's really late this night.

Although Aya Shameimaru was reluctant to leave, Reimu Hakurei forcibly drove her away, arguing that even though the shrine was large, there was no place for a tengu to live.

As Aya Shameimaru was leaving the shrine, she turned around and saw that Sawa Akina looked helpless and resigned to being dependent on others. Although she was reluctant to leave, she knew that haste makes waste and had no choice but to obediently go.

Of course, this was definitely not the reason why Reimu Hakurei was threatening her with the Yin-Yang Jewel.

Night has fallen, for humans and ordinary monsters, but demons are clearly an exception. Quite the opposite of humans, this is when demons truly become active.

Ibuki Suika was still drinking somewhere, far from home, which meant it was time to return to the shrine.

Now, only Akina Sawaya and Hakurei Reimu remain at the Hakurei Shrine.

Thanks to the kappa's vigorous efforts in promoting the power grid upgrade, Hakurei Shrine has also been connected to electricity, at the cost of a few cucumbers as a bonus.

It's hard to imagine whether the shrine maiden agreed to the kappa's request just for those few cucumbers.

Although the Hakurei Shrine has electricity, there is still no entertainment like television. The shrine maidens don't have the money to buy one, and even if they sold everything they owned to buy one, they might not be able to pay the television bill.

After all, the money box is empty most of the time, barely enough to cover the cost of food.

Speaking of these costs, the Hakurei Shrine has not paid its electricity bill for several quarters.

However, the kappa of Youkai Mountain didn't lose power, not because they were afraid, but because they had learned their lesson once... meaty.

The kappa (water sprites) amassed countless cucumbers by converting houses to electricity for free and then charging for it.

However, this approach failed when applied to the Hakurei Shrine.

As soon as the power went out at the Hakurei Shrine, the Hakurei Shrine Maidens came to the shrine and forced the kappa to turn on the power, claiming that the shrine could not be without light.

If it simply can't be done...

The rows of equipment in the garbage dump are the price to pay.

In short, the bruised and battered kappa themselves know what is the biggest.

Power outage? My foot!

This is one of the few projects that the kappa (water sprites) don't benefit from.

Free lights illuminated the lobby.

After seeing Aya Shameimaru off, Sawa Akina and Reimu Hakurei returned to the hall and sat down.

The two looked at each other in silence.

In the end, there's really nothing to talk about. If we were to talk about farming, fishing, or how to cast a watering can at the perfect angle to water the ground, what would we say?

It's obvious that Reimu Hakurei wouldn't be interested in these things.