Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　Hong didn't answer directly, but instead smiled.

　-

　"What's wrong with these guys? They're way too easy to deal with!"

　Takemira jumped onto Murasame's head, looking completely puzzled, before feeling his tail being tugged.

　Curious, Takemikazuchi turned his head and discovered that it was a little girl with emerald green hair fiddling with its tail...

　Can you eat chocolate?

　Wow! What a beautiful magical girl!

　(Takemikazuchi → Magical Girl: Affection +999)

　Chapter 321 New Year's Wishes

　The morning light shines on the stone steps of the shrine... The ancient wooden structure looks particularly solemn in the morning light.

　"Ding Dong——"

　Cong Yu, dressed in casual clothes, casually tossed fifty yen into the offering box... and then looked at the shrine maiden who was in tears because of the fifty yen.

　Young people today... especially those from Fengdu.

　Young people rarely come to the shrine anymore, even during the New Year... The main theme is to ignore tradition and be laid-back and casual.

　This may be the reason why a king will inevitably have his people.

　After all, even on a New Year's Day, Congyu was still dressed in casual clothes... and all the magical girls were also dressed in casual clothes.

　What? You're asking about kimonos?

　Hehe, not wearing a yukata to worship is already giving the gods a lot of face, but... a god who can stay in Fuuto probably wouldn't care about this.

　Possibly the opposite

　They might be confused by the sincerity of those who come to worship.

　(God who just woke up: ?)

　(God, grumbling: So early? Disturbing my peaceful sleep?!)

　Similarly, the old tricks like "Donate fifty dollars and you'll form a great bond with the gods" are no longer effective.

　The people of modern-day Fengdu are remarkably clear-headed.

　What? Fifty?

　Let me test you, is your shrine made of gold or silver? Even if it's a shrine in a greenhouse, it's not worth fifty yuan!

　Let's do it the traditional way!

　Five yuan, do you want it?

　……

　Cong Yu, who had just thrown down the money, gave the ornament hanging on the money box a perfunctory shake, making the bell jingle slightly.

　Then, looking utterly bored, he clapped his hands and waved them.

　As for wishes, expectations and hopes for the future... not only did she not make any wishes, but she didn't even think about them once in Cong Yu's mind.

　It's not that I'm unwilling, but that it's unnecessary.

　It's mainly useless.

　Does this mean that if Cong Yu makes a vow to rule the world, the gods can help him achieve it? If that were the case... he would have already traveled back to his own time.

　Well... staying in this era isn't so bad either.

　"..." With this thought in mind, Cong Yu sighed, then realized that sighing on New Year's Day was not a good thing, so she stopped sighing.

　Then I offered a prayer...

　He took a ema (votive plaque) and went to the side to write and draw.

　Ema is a small wooden plaque provided by shrines for guests to write down their wishes. It is either hung on a tree or placed on the wall of the shrine.

　There are many different types; if you spend a little more money, you can choose from a wider variety of styles of ema (votive plaques) with more specific details.

　For example, heart-shaped ema (votive plaques) for praying for love and coin-shaped ema for praying for wealth satisfy various needs of modern people.

　However, many people are too lazy to bother with all these details, and frankly speaking... it's cheaper to buy online.

　While Congyu was writing and drawing on the ema (votive plaque), Xiaocui and the other three kings behind her immediately followed.

　At this moment, Tamamo has already given herself a disguise buff.

　After all, her enormous tail is too eye-catching and makes it easier for outsiders to guess her identity... Is that a good thing? No, it's not.

　What? You're asking why there are three kings?

　Because Takemikazuchi doesn't require making a wish... If this little Jolteon-like creature were to be worshipped through the normal ritual, it would scare the shrine maiden to death.

　At this moment, Kenjiro is perched on Misaki's shoulder, eating chocolate with his little paws.

　I feel like I'm almost completely tamed by Xiao Cui.

　Speaking of which, the way Xiao Cui is named suggests a talent for taming pets to fight... Maybe that's what a summoner is all about.

　(Little Green: I caught a Pokémon!)

　"Hey-"

　Meanwhile, Yaochuan Guang, who had written down his wish first, slowly flew down, sticking out his tongue and smiling, cautiously surveying his surroundings...

　Make sure no one saw her little actions.

　Lan Tianzhu stood guard below for her.

　It seems that Hikaru Yokawa has already hung the ema (votive plaque) at the very top of the shrine's large tree, and that he deliberately flew up there to hang it.

　There is a saying that the higher an ema (votive plaque) is hung, the more easily the gods will notice that wish.

　This increases the probability of your wish being fulfilled.

　but……

　Cong Yu estimated that even if it were true, it would only be a change from 0.6% to 1%, and there was no guarantee of a minimum return.

　(Universe Disclaimer: This storyline contains no implications whatsoever, and no open-world mobile game is harmed.)

　"yawn--"

　Cong Yu, who had gotten up early, couldn't help but yawn. Then, holding the ema (votive plaque) in her hand, she gently tossed it into the air...

　The ema (votive plaque) with the red rope attached easily hung on a tree branch high up, and then came to a steady stop high up.

　Well, all I can say is...

　Better to believe it exists.

　"..."

　"Tamamo! Move aside, your tail is blocking Midori's way!"

　"Meow! You little rascal!"

　"Ha ha……"

　Amidst the commotion, Yuki-onna and the others arrived and began obediently reaching out to tie the ema (votive plaques) to branches within their reach.

　"Snow Woman, what did you wish for?"

　Takemikazuchi asked curiously, then kicked his leg towards the others: "What about you guys? What about you guys?"

　Because no wish was made, Takemikazuchi seemed very curious.

　"I'll be able to drink more alcohol in the new year!"

　Shuten spoke casually... which was very much in line with her style.

　"I hope my tail will never shed."

　Tamamo responded earnestly... which hit Takemikazuchi's sore spot, making it so angry that it crunched the chocolate loudly.

　"I hope life can continue like this."

　As the snow woman spoke, she stared at Cong Yu and the other magical girls: "And also, I hope that Hokuto will get better and better... That's all."

　Although Takemikazuchi couldn't understand it, he thought it was very impressive.

　"Ah ha ha……"

　Cong Yu laughed, sweating profusely... As Yuki-onna's childhood friend, he understood what she meant by those words.

　"Thank you for sparing my life..."

　To Cong Yu who said this, Xue Nu remained as...

　He maintained his usual gentle smile: "I won't kill you, Cong Yu, don't worry."

　"..." Yes, that's what the Snow Woman thought.

　It's fine for Cong Yu to play around or flirt with other women anywhere. Even if he were to build a harem, it wouldn't matter as long as he included her.

　It doesn't matter whether it's big or small.

　But if you dare to have a pure love affair with someone other than her...

　The moment she officially announced her marriage, she was going to travel thousands of miles to kill someone.

　This isn't the kind of killing that you can casually mention... it's real, a complete crime of passion.

　Without hesitation, freeze the "enemy" and then smash it into a shaved ice mixture of pink and bright red.

　In other words...

　Xiao Guang was given a second chance at life.

　……

　Unaware of this, Hikaru Yokawa was still happily laughing, asking others what their New Year's wishes were.

　"Yes, I wish that in the new year my eyes will become brighter, enough to see through all the tricks and gloom in this world."

　Xiao Cui said this...

　Do the gods of Futo truly understand your wishes?

　"What I wrote was that I wanted to make a lot of money and then buy a house in Fengdu."

　Lan Tianzhu said this...

　Who asked you, Lao Lan?!

　"..."

　"Congyu-chan, what about you?"

　In response to Yaochuan Guang's question, Congyu stretched and said, "Well, if I say it out loud, my wish won't come true—"

　The group that had spoken their wishes were all speechless.

　"Let's go——"

　With that, the crowd left the shrine in a noisy commotion, while at the very top of the shrine's large tree, two ema (votive plaques) fluttered in the wind.

　-

　[Hoping all the recent unpleasant things will have a good ending - Cong Yu]

　[Wishing everyone happiness - Yaochuan Guang]

　Volume 1: The Crimson Rebel King

　Chapter 322 What Miss Chi You Said

　"Congratulations on your fortune!"

　"Congratulations on your wonderful performance!"

　"……-"

　"Hum hum--"

　"..." Chi You: "..."