A Stardew Valley farmer came to Gensokyo.

Xia Xun nodded upon hearing this, turned to face the muddy puddle, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and prayed.

Goodbye, my potato seeds, my three coins.

I'll use this whole family of rats to accompany you in your burial.

Qi Duan recited "Namo" with great seriousness.

"You're exaggerating a bit!" Marisa Kirisame jumped off the broom, staring at the still bubbling pit, and couldn't help but complain, "It's just a few seeds..."

At the same time, she was very surprised by Xia Xun's speed of progress in magic; this was true genius.

"How many seeds?" Xia Xun opened her eyes and glanced at her with a half-smile. "If you steal seeds today, you can steal vegetables tomorrow, and maybe even the hoe the day after tomorrow."

"Moreover, if I don't kill the rats and cleanse the sand in this way, my farm will become a place where people can come and go as they please."

As he spoke, he walked towards Marisa, put his hand on her shoulder, and hopped onto the back of the broom: "Let's go, aren't we going to find Reimu?"

"oh oh……"

Marisa Kirisame responded blankly, and slowly lifted the broom into the air.

After flying several meters, she suddenly shrank her neck and muttered softly, "Xia Xun, I think I misheard you. You said 'kill rats to warn rats,' right?"

"Not 'Rat Killer Police Sand'?"

"Hehe." Xia Xun smiled, his eyes narrowing behind her shoulder: "Mari-sa~, guess?"

"Hey!" Marisa Kirisame nearly twisted the broom into a pretzel. "I'm your magic introductory teacher! We're friends, right? Were you threatening me just now?!"

"Of course we're friends!" Xia Xun laughed and grabbed her shoulders, her voice light and cheerful. "So Marisa, please, please, don't, overthink it!"

"I was just cleaning up a bunch of seed-stealing rats, ordinary rats, rats in the literal sense!"

"I'd be crazy to believe you!"

Amidst laughter and conversation, the broom swept across the sky, and they soon arrived at the Hakurei Shrine.

While still in mid-air, Xia Xun saw Reimu Hakurei, who was half-lying on the corridor of the courtyard, with a cup of tea emitting a faint steam beside her.

This scene instantly brought Xia Xun back to the past.

This lazy guy is just as lazy as ever.

"Reimu, I brought Natsumi with me." As soon as she stopped sweeping, Marisa Kirisame shouted down.

Hearing this, Reimu Hakurei, who was leisurely resting, glanced up and lazily waved to them.

He looked like he was too lazy to even move.

"That Reimu," Marisa Kirisame said, turning to Natsumi and complaining, "She's been acting all lazy since this morning."

"It's as if the work of the past few days has completely burned away all her enthusiasm for the month."

"Don't worry, I have a way of doing this." Xia Xun smiled upon hearing this, revealing an expression of complete ease.

The broom landed in the shrine courtyard, and Marisa Kirisame ran straight towards Reimu Hakurei, trying to drag her up from the ground.

“Cheer up, Reimu. Today is a major festival, and maybe some believers will come to visit.”

"And there's a festival tonight, so you have to clean the shrine and prepare the venue."

“A believer worshipping, hehe~” Like boneless mud, Reimu Hakurei laughed weakly when she heard Marisa Kirisame’s words: “There’s no such thing.”

"As for the festival venue at night, it's just a bunch of monsters coming over anyway, so let them do whatever they want."

Thump! Thump-thump! Thump-thump-thump!

Just then, from the direction of the offering box came Reimu Hakurei's incredulous voice.

That's it! That's it! The sound of believers tossing in money!

In an instant, Reimu Hakurei's lazy expression vanished, replaced by an eager business smile. She made a concerted effort to maintain the decorum of a shrine maiden and ran quickly toward the offering box.

There, a figure clasped his hands together and shook the bell in the main hall of the shrine.

At that moment, in Reimu Hakurei's eyes, the other person was radiating holy light; this was her god, her provider.

Hearing footsteps, Xia Xun turned around.

Looking at the red and white shrine maiden, who still exuded a lazy air as if they were meeting for the first time, he smiled and said.

"Yo~ Reimu, just like we promised at the beginning, I've come to fulfill my vow."

Chapter 80 Ten Thousand Witches

"Xia Xun?!"

Reimu Hakurei stared at Natsumi with a somewhat dazed expression, almost unable to believe her eyes.

She stood there, stunned, a surge of indescribable emotion welling up inside her.

Is it really possible for someone to make a special trip back to the shrine just to fulfill a vow they made back then?

At that moment, Reimu Hakurei felt enveloped by an immense sense of happiness, and even decided to hold a blessing ceremony for Natsumi.

"You've come, Reimu."

Xia Xun looked at the lost-in-thought Hakurei Reimu with a smile, her tone relaxed, but one sentence brought her back to her senses instantly: "I've put your wages in the prize box. No need to thank me, it's what you should do."

Click, click-click.

It sounded as if a heartbreak was coming from the shrine maiden's chest.

Reimu Hakurei, who seemed to be an angel descending just a moment ago, has now visibly lost her color and turned grayish-white.

"Wow, Reimu seems to be dead da☆ze."

Marisa Kirisame peeked out from behind the door, looked at Reimu Hakurei kneeling on the ground, and then leaned forward to observe her for a few moments before making a comment.

"Hehe, hehehe."

A series of gloomy, dejected laughs suddenly escaped from Reimu Hakurei's mouth. She pounded the ground in despair and said, "I knew it. How could someone possibly come to fulfill such a wonderful wish?"

She scrambled to her feet, and swaying unsteadily, Reimu Hakurei gritted her teeth and walked step by step to the coin box. She picked up the coins, turned them over, and then shook them incessantly.

One by one, coins began to gush out.

With a clanging sound of metal clashing, Reimu Hakurei's expression, which had been filled with gritted teeth, gradually turned into shock, and finally she stared dumbfounded at the mountain of coins that appeared in front of her.

With her powerful money-calculation skills honed from daily inventorying of her own assets, this pile of coins is already close to two thousand!

dong dong.

The emptied betting box slipped from her unconsciously loosened hand, and Reimu Hakurei pounced on the pile of money in front of her like a hungry tiger, the icy metallic touch telling her that she was not dreaming.

"Happy Grand Festival." Xia Xun squatted down in front of Hakurei Reimu and said with a smile to the shrine maiden who was guarding her food, "How is it? Are you surprised? Unexpected? Happy?"

"Uh-huh!" Reimu Hakurei nodded quickly, feeling light as a feather.

The dramatic ups and downs, followed by another surge, left her feeling somewhat dizzy from the intense emotional fluctuations.

"Hehehe, so much sesame oil money, it's all mine." Reimu Hakurei hugged a huge pile of sesame oil money and let out a happy, silly laugh.

"Wow, Reimu seems to be going to break down." Marisa Kirisame exclaimed, nudging Natsumi with her elbow: "What's it like to toy with a girl's heart?"

“Marisa, you have a pretty easy way of judging a girl’s heart.” Xia Xun said, stroking her chin, looking at the grinning Reimu Hakurei: “It’s just a surprise between friends at most.”

"You usually steal Reimu's food reserves with a lot of fun, don't you?"

"That seems to be the case." Upon hearing this, Marisa had no choice but to nod and acknowledge Natsumi's correctness.

Hearing the two talking, Reimu Hakurei had no time to pay attention to her two troublemakers. Instead, she happily put the coins back into the betting box, counting the exact number.

After nearly twenty minutes, Reimu Hakurei finally stopped, looking completely satisfied. She clutched the betting box tightly in both hands, rubbing her face against it repeatedly: "1800 mon, hehe, a full 1800 mon! My betting box has never been so rich."

Upon hearing this, Marisa Kirisame, who had been squatting nearby watching, clicked her tongue and poked Natsumi's arm with her index finger, muttering, "Wow, why did you give Reimu so much money? Wouldn't it be better to use that money to place an order at my Kirisame Agency?"

As soon as she spoke, Reimu Hakurei's eyes changed instantly as she hugged the betting box. She stared at Marisa Kirisame with extreme ferocity, then darted to Natsume's side and knelt down beside him with a fawning smile, massaging his shoulders.

"Lord Xia Xun, is this pressure comfortable?"

"Please wait a moment, I will hold a special blessing ceremony for you so that the gods can bless you."

"Then hurry up and get ready, aren't we going to visit the festival and do some shopping later?" Xia Xun replied calmly.

It must be said that although Reimu Hakurei is lazy, greedy, and loves to eat as a shrine maiden, she lives a very real life, completely loyal to her own desires and unmoved by the outside world.

Over this period of time, Xia Xun has become accustomed to the other person's rapid change of expression.

"Yes, please wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, Reimu Hakurei smiled and winked at Natsumi, then turned around and instantly transformed into the wrathful Marisa Kirisame.

This wretched black and white rat, not content with stealing its own food, actually tried to steal from its providers, the gods.

After giving Marisa Kirisame a warning look, Reimu Hakurei quickly ran into the house and began preparing for the blessing ceremony. This time, she would do her best to bless Natsumi.

The purpose was to cling to the boss who was fulfilling his vow and giving back a large amount of incense.

"How's that? Does Reimu feel more alert all of a sudden?"

Xia Xun picked up the tea that Hakurei Reimu had just teleported to, took a sip, and smiled.

Upon hearing this, Marisa Kirisame immediately understood the method Natsumi had just mentioned for making Reimu Hakurei mentally unstable: "So that's how it's solved."

“However, this is expensive,” Marisa Kirisame complained. “It’s enough for me to conduct a large-scale magical experiment.”

"Well, Reimu has helped me a lot since I came to Gensokyo." Xia Xun smiled. "It's just that my farm isn't fully developed yet, otherwise why would I only give her 1000 mon for incense oil? Next time she comes, it will be 100,000."

"One hundred thousand!" Marisa Kirisame exclaimed, her eyes wide with shock. "That's enough for you to buy Reimu home."

"Is that so?" Xia Xun smiled upon hearing this, recalling Reimu's most famous meme, "100,000 Reimu".

"If I could really bring Reimu home for 100,000 yen, that would be such a great deal."

Marisa Kirisame looked at Natsumi with surprise at his somewhat tempted expression.

"You really want to bring Reimu home? Aren't you afraid she'll eat your rice jar dry?"

"Marisa, you wretched rat, you're the one who emptied the rice jar!" Reimu Hakurei, holding a Kagura bell, had just returned when she heard the slander against her and couldn't help but retaliate angrily.

She then immediately approached Xia Xun and bowed, saying, "Lord Xia Xun, please don't mind this black and white mouse. Let's begin the blessing ceremony."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xun stood up, curiously examined the Kagura bell in Reimu Hakurei's hand, and followed in her footsteps, knowing what the effect of this blessing ritual was.

Although his original reason for putting money into the donation box was simply to report on Hakurei Reimu.

Upon arriving at the main hall, Reimu Hakurei had Natsumi stand still, took a handful of clean water, and, holding a Kagura bell, began to slowly circle around Natsumi.

Her steps were light and rhythmic, as if she were dancing a classical Kagura dance. The bells in her hands jingled with her movements, and clear water droplets scattered with each wave of her hand.

A gentle breeze swept through the courtyard, swirling up fallen cherry blossom petals that drifted through the torii gate and shimenawa rope into the palace.

At this moment, Reimu Hakurei was surrounded by a gentle and holy aura. Her usual laziness and casualness had quietly faded away, replaced by an almost divine solemnity and focus.

[Ding! You have received the blessing of a prayer ritual and are now able to sense the favor bestowed upon you by spirits.]

[Blessed by the prayer ceremony, the favor of the spirits will always be good or above.]

[March 3.11th, Reitaisai, the spirits are very happy]

As the blessing ceremony concluded, a brand new message appeared before Xia Xun's eyes.

I understand. The blessing ceremony is basically giving him a traditional Chinese blessing.

Xia Xun looked at the message and thought that with the amulet Mei Xiao had given him, he could pick up money.

"Phew, I'm exhausted."

Setting down the Kagura bell, Reimu Hakurei's expression immediately returned to its lazy state. She turned to look at Natsumi with a smug smile: "How is it? Can you feel the fairy's blessing now?"

"Hmph, you can feel the daily spirit's favor from today onwards, which confirms that today's luck was pretty amazing, right? Remember to come back and give thanks in the future."

Chapter 81 Reimu's Apple Candy

Human Village, South City.

Natsumi followed behind Reimu Hakurei, carrying a wooden box.

"Is it ready yet, Reimu?"

He dragged out his words, his voice full of childish complaints.

That's outrageous! Marisa actually deserted!