Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

Aya Shameimaru didn't tell him where she went, only that she was going to get something good before disappearing.

Right now, even if Akina Ze wanted to find her, he wouldn't know where to start.

Fortunately, it's still early, so he can wait.

When you're bored, nothing you do is boring, so Akina Sawa kicked the small stones on the roadside with all his might, aiming them in the right direction.

boom!

A stone that had been kicked away struck a tree trunk not far away, rolling and embedding itself deeply inside. Even the edge of the stone that touched the tree trunk was blackened and carbonized, emitting a thick smoke.

Akina Ze also saw this scene, but he wasn't very surprised, because it was all the result of his hard work in farming every day, and had nothing to do with any system or anything like that.

More than that, he was concerned about why Miss Wenwen hadn't returned yet; he had practically kicked all the stones on the roadside.

"If only I had a cell phone, I could call Miss Wenwen directly instead of waiting around like this."

Akina Sawa also missed the convenience of technology. Although he had heard from the people in the village that the kappa had similar technology, it was a desktop phone and quite expensive. Someone like Aya Shameimaru, who didn't even know where she was, wouldn't know which direction to call with a desktop phone.

......

Today was another uneventful and boring day, no different from any other day I've ever had.

Fujiwara no Mokou walked along the streets with her arms behind her head and a dumpling in her mouth.

She glanced idly at the street vendors, hoping to find something interesting.

When a yokai fainted in the Human Village a few days ago, Fujiwara no Mokou felt a long-lost excitement. Although she wasn't very interested in helping the yokai, finding out who the culprit was brought a bit of fun to her long and mundane life.

But after a while, the village returned to its usual tranquility. It seemed that the criminal had been caught while she was still investigating, just like those strange occurrences. She had just become interested in dealing with them, but they were immediately dealt with by others, giving her no chance to do anything.

But that's fine too; I can still get paid even if I don't do anything.

Fujiwara no Mokou swallowed the last dumpling on the bamboo skewer in one gulp, and casually waved her arm, making a series of sounds of bones rubbing and colliding.

She hasn't used her full strength in a long time, and even her arms are starting to feel stiff.

Originally, Fujiwara no Mokou would go to the Bamboo Grove of the Lost every month to fight Kaguya, but recently something has happened. Even when she loudly provokes Kaguya at Eientei, Kaguya of Houraisan acts as if she doesn't hear her and chooses not to fight.

"What game could possibly be so captivating to her...?"

This is information that Fujiwara no Mokou just got from the rabbit selling dango. According to the rabbit spirit, Kaguya-sama has recently become very addicted to a game, and she has forcibly dragged almost all the rabbits of Eientei into PK battles, and won every time.

"No matter how strong you are in the game, it's all fake. Why don't you come and fight me?"

With her arms crossed, Fujiwara no Mokou shook her head. Rather than playing games, she preferred to attend Keine-sensei's class, where at least she could sleep soundly.

Suddenly, Fujiwara no Mokou frowned.

A figure flew rapidly towards them, stirring up a strong gust of wind that made the vendors on either side hold onto their stalls to prevent them from being blown away.

Upon seeing the familiar figure flying towards her, Fujiwara no Mokou made her decision and immediately stood in the middle of the road.

The flying figure also saw Fujiwara no Mokou standing in the middle of the road blocking its way, and tried to dodge, but it was too late.

Fujiwara no Mokou stopped in her tracks, grabbed the arm of the fleeing figure, felt a strong force on her hand but didn't budge, and shouted angrily:

"Aya Shameimaru! Don't you know that flying is prohibited in human villages?!"

"I have urgent business, let me go!"

The person who was captured was Aya Shameimaru, and her face was full of anxiety.

It took her quite a bit of time just to fly from the Akina family home to their old house on Youkai Mountain to get the sake.

Now that she hasn't retrieved the item, Aya Shameimaru still has to fly to the market in the human village to buy sake, as her family is waiting for her and she can't afford to be late.

Fujiwara no Mokou raised an eyebrow. "I said you can't fly, so you can't fly."

"Fujiwara, I really have something urgent to attend to, please let me go!" Aya Shameimaru shouted anxiously.

"Oh~ you have something urgent?" Fujiwara no Mokou became interested. Don't underestimate her; she knows quite a lot.

For example, Aya Shameimaru is currently living at Sawaya Akina's house.

Fujiwara no Mokou asked with great interest, "Is it also related to that Akina Sawa?"

"N-No, that's not it!" Shameimaru Aya denied vehemently, feeling embarrassed after being suddenly exposed by a third person.

"Haha! What's there to hide?" Fujiwara no Mokou laughed and patted Shameimaru Aya's back. "You're supposed to be a yokai, yet you're as shy as a human little girl."

Fujiwara no Mokou was speaking from the heart. She and Houraisan Kaguya had been entangled for countless years, and she'd seen this kind of thing countless times. Although many didn't end well, after all, the lifespan of humans and yokai was... still rather short.

Aya Shameimaru didn't respond, but glared at Fujiwara no Mokou with a flushed face, "Since you know that, why don't you let me go?"

“One thing at a time, no flying around in people’s neighborhoods.” Fujiwara no Mokou shrugged. “Tell me why you’re in such a hurry, and I might let you go.”

"...You want to hear it?" Aya Shameimaru suddenly chuckled. "I can tell you~"

Seeing her like this, Fujiwara no Mokou had a bad feeling.

But before she could even speak to stop her, she heard Aya Shameimaru say with a joyful tone, "Hey, listen to me~"

Zeya-kun is planning to take me to a hot spring!

I didn't want to go, but he insisted on dragging me along, saying it would be good for my skin.

Hey~"

Geek!

A vein bulged on Fujiwara no Mokou's forehead, and her eyes turned red.

Having been a spinster for millennia, she had never experienced anything like this before.

The public display of affection by Aya Shameimaru was still going strong, but Fujiwara no Mokou just wanted to get as far away from her as possible.

"hateful!"

Fujiwara no Mokou is now gritting her teeth, wanting nothing more than to take on Kaguya-hime.

After living this long, who doesn't have some kind of bond?

......

Chapter 167 Hot Spring Inn and Simple Drawings

After bypassing Fujiwara no Mokou's blockade, Aya Shameimaru finally managed to buy a bottle of sake at an izakaya, which cost her quite a bit of money.

"So... this is your surprise...?"

Looking at the bottles of liquor placed in front of him, Akina Ze raised an eyebrow.

Unexpectedly, Aya Shameimaru spent so much time just to buy a bottle of wine. If she really wanted to drink, she had a bottle of her own treasured wine in her cellar. It was specially kept when she sold wine for the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Although she herself didn't like to drink, she could still pour a glass for distinguished guests.

"Let me explain~" Aya Shameimaru looked a little aggrieved. She knew she had spent a lot of time, but only brought a bottle of sake, which was a bit unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Aya Shameimaru's resentment towards the thief who stole from her house grew even stronger. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have wasted so much effort. If she really found her in the future, she would definitely give her a good thrashing with a wind spell and show her what true power of unparalleled wind goddom was!

"Alright, alright, I'm not blaming you, it's just getting late, and it'll be too late if we don't set off soon."

Akina Ze rubbed his eyes and reassured him, "The most important thing now is not to solve the problem, but to act quickly, because the road will be difficult to travel once it gets dark."

"All right......"

Shameimaru Aya reluctantly agreed. Although the problem was caused by the thief, it was indeed because of the time was wasted.

She shoved the bottle into her bag, looking somewhat annoyed.

Akina Sawa naturally took all of this into account.

"Did I go a little too far?" he wondered to himself.

But there's really no time right now; let's save the words of comfort for when we get to the hot springs.

Shaking his head, Akina Sawa also headed towards the bedroom to call the three fairies, who were resting inside after playing while waiting for Aya Shameimaru.

Pushing open the bedroom door and seeing the scene before him, Akina Ze couldn't help but smile. He saw three fairies lying haphazardly on the bed, their small eyes closed and their thin chests rising and falling slightly, clearly asleep.

But the things that needed to be done still had to be done. Qiu Mingze walked to the bedside, touched each of the fairies' foreheads, and whispered:

"We're about to leave. Do you still want to soak in the hot springs?"

"Mmm~" The three fairies in their sleep let out a subtle groan.

The great fairy instinctively snuggled closer to Akina Sawa's warm hand.

"What should we do?" Aya Shameimaru, who had walked to the bedroom door, noticed the situation inside and asked softly, "Should we wake them up?"

Akina Ze was also a little conflicted. They were sleeping soundly, so was it a bit inappropriate to forcibly wake them up?

However, Akina Sawa soon stopped worrying about it.

"Ugh~ I smell a stinky bird~"

Cirno rubbed her sleepy eyes and wobbled as she sat up in bed. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Akina Sawa standing at the head of the bed, smiling at them, and Shameimaru Aya behind her, who was negligible in size.

"Wake up! Wake up! We're getting ready to go!"

Unlike Akina Sawaya, Cirno wasn't gentle with her fairy companions; she directly and forcefully slapped the faces of the two sleeping fairies beside her.

Nikua was the last fairy to wake up, and she also received the most slaps.

......

The hot spring hotel is now brightly lit and completed. It was built with modern technology from the beginning, but its exterior looks old-fashioned while the interior is fully electronic.

The two orange-glowing lanterns hanging at the entrance actually contain several light bulbs, and all the electricity they need is provided by a nearby steam-powered thermal power plant.

This was the condition on which the kappa agreed to build the hot spring inn for free: to build a power plant in the ruins of the scorching hell to alleviate the electricity needs of the Youkai Mountain and the Human Village.

Compared to the completed hot spring hotel, the steam geothermal power plant is only the initial part, which can barely output some electricity. The kappa still have a lot of work to do.

However, none of this mattered to Akina Sawa. He stood in front of the hot spring inn, looking at the building in front of him with some surprise.

It had absolutely nothing to do with the messy construction site he had seen the last time he came.

Embroidered iron fences enclose a large area, while wooden structures form the main body of this hot spring inn, creating a subtly harmonious overall effect.

Groups of two or three kappa entered and exited through the gate of the hot spring inn.

It seems that they, as construction workers, were the first to enjoy this hot spring.

"Hehe, I want to be the first one to get one!"

Cirno glanced around briefly, then let out a roar and charged ahead, with Niqua and the Great Fairy naturally following closely behind.

Before long, the three fairies disappeared into the hot spring inn.

Akina Sawa didn't stop them. Although the location was the old hell, which was a relatively dangerous place, it was a hot spring inn, some distance from the old capital, and relatively safe under the protection of the Earth Spirit Palace. So he let them have fun.

Akina Sawa also turned his head to relieve the soreness. He was also a little tired after walking for so long. He really had walked the whole way. The fairies and Aya Shameimaru were flying in the air, so they didn't have to walk at all.

Shameimaru Aya, who had taken a few photos of the hot spring inn as material, asked, "Shall we go in too?"

“Okay, let’s go.” Akina Ze nodded as well.

As soon as he entered the hotel lobby, Akina Sawa saw Komeiji Komeiji standing at the counter, swaying back and forth, seemingly doing something.

Is she acting as a receptionist? Akina Sawa thought for a moment, then walked over and greeted her, "Miss Koishi?"

"Hey, it's Akina-nii-san!"

Upon seeing Akina Zeya in front of her, Komeiji Ren's face immediately lit up with joy. She picked up the things she had been busy with and said, "Look, look! There are so many guests at the inn today! Isn't Ren amazing?"

Akina Sawa also glanced at what Komeiji Ren was holding, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

It was a notebook with many things scribbled on it. Among them, one could barely make out a simple line drawing of a hat, which took up most of the space, but there were other things as well.

Akina Sawa also noticed an eye drawn in the upper left corner of the notebook, as well as a simple line drawing that looked like a dog.

If we follow what Miss Koi's Notebook is trying to convey, then those eyes and that dog-like animal must have been the first guests to enter the hot spring inn, right?

Just then, Akina Sawa also noticed a drop of water, a leaf, and a ⑨ drawn in the lower right corner of the notebook, and couldn't help but smile knowingly. This must be Cirno and the others.

"Miss Lianlian is really amazing, but it's a pity I'm too late and couldn't be the first guest."

Akina Ze smiled and patted Lianlian's head. The head felt cool and comfortable.

"Is Akina-nii here to soak in the hot springs too?" Komeiji Ren asked, tilting her head up.

“Of course, I also brought Aya Shameimaru with me.” Akina Ze pointed to Aya Shameimaru, who was standing behind him with her arms crossed at some point.

"Hehe, I'm so happy that Akina-nii came! Let me write this down for you~"

Komeiji Ren glanced at Shameimaru Aya, then turned her gaze back to Akina Sawaya, her right hand gripping a pencil as she prepared to draw it in her notebook.