Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

"Um, Miss Mokou, I have something to say!"

Akina Sawa suddenly became serious, completely different from his previous demeanor.

"Tsk, just say what you need to say!"

"Actually," Akina Ze also said firmly, "I came here to find a carpenter to build a grape trellis."

Hearing Akina Sawa speak about this topic in such a formal tone, Fujiwara no Mokou was speechless. A flame appeared in her hand, and she said irritably, "I think you're asking for trouble. I thought something serious had happened! Hurry up and leave!"

"Haha, I was just kidding! I actually came to see you, Captain Fujiwara!"

Ahhhhh! What am I saying?! My mind went blank, and Akina Sawa said something he never expected.

"Oh?" Fujiwara no Mokou lowered her hand, which was still wreathed in flames. "So, what do you want with me?"

"Yes, yes," Akina Ze replied, glancing left and right without changing his expression, though his brain was already working at full speed. "Think faster!" he thought. Damn it!

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck me! I'll invite her out for dinner!

Having found a reason, Akina Sawa felt relieved and said with a smile, "Captain Fujiwara, I've been fortunate to have your care during my time in the Human Village. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in this state now. So, I'd like to invite you to dinner."

"Tsk, don't give me that." However, Fujiwara no Mokou didn't seem to appreciate it. "This is what I should do. You don't need to treat me to a meal!"

"Eat it yourself," Fujiwara no Mokou said impatiently, turning to leave.

Akina Sawaya himself didn't know why he had the idea of ​​inviting Fujiwara no Mokou to his house for dinner. Perhaps it was because he saw Fujiwara no Mokou patrolling alone? Or perhaps it was because she often took care of him? Akina Sawaya himself didn't know.

I originally intended to use this excuse to temporarily brush her off, but I don't know where this sudden surge of energy came from.

"Wait!" Akina Sawa suddenly shouted loudly in Fujiwara no Mokou's direction; "I really want to treat you to dinner! You absolutely have to come!"

The passersby all looked on with curiosity at the man who was shouting in public, but Qiu Mingze didn't care at all. He only had one thought in mind: to invite her!

In the distance, Fujiwara no Mokou paused. With her back to Akina Sawaya, she extended her slender hand and waved in Akina Sawaya's direction.

She agreed! Akina Sawa was suddenly overjoyed. Captain Fujiwara had accepted my invitation!

"Wait a minute?" Suddenly, Akina Sawa also cooled down, just like this energy, which came and went suddenly.

"Why am I so agitated?" Akina Ze really wanted to light a cigarette and sit quietly by the roadside to contemplate life. "What am I here for?"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

All people saw was a man scratching his head and yelling in distress on the street. A passerby with a child pointed at Akina Sawa and said to his child, "See that uncle? If you don't study hard, you'll end up like him, losing your girlfriend and only able to feel impotent rage."

The child nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite...

Akina Zeya, who had been humiliated in public, seemed to have overheard the conversation among passersby. His lost sense of shame returned, and he gave the little boy a "smile" that terrified him so much that he burst into tears.

Taking advantage of the little boy's crying, which drew all attention to him, Akina Sawa quickly slipped away from the awkward situation.

After some twists and turns, Akina Ze finally arrived at the carpenter's house.

Akina Sawa has been to the carpenter's place several times, and has become quite familiar with the carpenter's family.

Looking at the simple yet exquisite house in front of him, even though it wasn't the first time he had seen it, Akina Ze was still captivated by its ingenious design.

Chapter Eighteen: The Girl Who Calls Herself "Reisen"

We walked up to the carpenter's house.

Akina Ze also reached out, lifted the copper latch on the ancient gate, and gently knocked it a few times. The copper latch struck the gate, producing a crisp metallic clanging sound.

After doing all this, Akina Ze stood quietly outside and waited.

A moment later, the gate opened, and the creaking sound characteristic of old-fashioned gates drifted out.

A girl dressed in a gorgeous kimono walked out. Her hairstyle was in the Hime style, her figure was graceful and elegant, her face was pure and lovely, her big eyes were pitiful and pitiful, and her slender legs were wearing wooden clogs. Every part of the girl in front of us showed how cute she was.

I thought I'd seen so many beautiful women that I wouldn't be shocked anymore, but to my surprise, I was still captivated.

She looks like she stepped right out of a painting! Akina Sawa stared blankly at the girl in front of him.

Perhaps feeling bewildered by the way the person in front of her was staring at her so brazenly, the girl lowered her head slightly, her face flushed, and her big eyes blinked as if tears were about to fall.

"Crack!"

The door beside him was blown by the wind, making a piercing sound. Startled awake, Akina Ze finally realized that the girl in front of him was being stared at by him with a shy expression.

"Excuse me!"

Realizing what had happened, he quickly apologized to the girl.

The girl nodded gently, accepting his apology.

"Are you here to see my father?"

"Yes"

Please tell me, my father is not home right now.

"Oh well"

……

After a brief conversation, Akina Ze also told the girl about his desire to hire a carpenter to build a grape trellis.

"Oh, you're building a grape trellis. I know how to do that. Wait a moment."

After saying that, the girl turned and went back into the house.

"Wait for her?"

Akina Ze secretly wondered, "Could it be that she's the one who's setting up the scaffold?" Thinking of this possibility, Akina Ze shook his head. Impossible. How could such a delicate, Yamato Nadeshiko-like girl do such rough work? The thought of a frail girl paired with a scaffolder made Akina Ze laugh at his own idea. How could that be?

While Akina Zeya was still lost in thought, the girl had already come out.

"Let's go?"

Akina Sawa was also interrupted from his thoughts and suddenly raised his head. The girl in front of him was no longer the Yamato Nadeshiko she had just seen. Her gorgeous kimono had been replaced by a short jacket, and her wooden clogs had been replaced by small leather boots.

In short, she went from looking like a rich young lady to dressing like an ordinary girl, but her outstanding temperament could not be hidden.

Akina Sawa didn't believe it just now, but now the situation has completely changed. This girl might really be able to build a grape trellis.

"Okay, please follow me."

Akina Sawa led the girl through the streets of the Human Village. The girl seemed very curious about the Human Village, looking around curiously.

If she falls behind occasionally, Akina Ze will call her to catch up, and she will always give Akina Ze a sweet smile.

Perhaps it was the irresistible power of that smile, or simply because of the beautiful girl's smile, that Akina Sawa must have forgiven her for walking so slowly.

Fujiwara no Mokou, who was on patrol, suddenly sniffed, as if she had spotted something: "Hmm? That woman's scent?"

……

The girl who was following closely behind Akina Sawaya suddenly quickened her pace.

"Let's go quickly!"

The girl walked over, grabbed Akina Zeya's hand, and started walking.

Wow, so soft! Akina Zeya's heart was already in turmoil. It was the first time a girl had taken his hand, and Akina Zeya's body had stiffened. He didn't know what to do.

However, the girl looked delicate and weak, but she was quite strong and managed to drag Akina Sawa along the way.

With the girl's forceful tugging, Akina Zeya's speed increased considerably. Originally, Akina Zeya walked fast while the girl walked slowly, but now it was Akina Zeya who was slowing her down.

The girl's stamina seemed inexhaustible, and she dragged him from one end of the village to the other.

"Hey, why are you walking so fast!"

She's incredibly cute, but Akina Zeya's body can't handle it.

"Shh!"

The girl turned around and glared at him, then stuck her head out to look left and right at the street, as if to confirm something.

Then, the girl Akina Sawaya knew well returned. She reached out and hugged Akina Sawaya's arm, looked up at him with a cute little face, and said, "Nii-chan, let's keep going."

"Ah, give me some nitroglycerin!" Akina Ze clutched his chest, shouting inwardly. As a shut-in, he had never been treated like this before. Akina Ze felt like he had reached the pinnacle of his life, reached the climax.

The girl next to him gave him a look of disgust, but she quickly covered it up and continued to look at Akina Zeya with a smile.

"Okay, let's continue."

However, at this point, Akina Sawa also complained that it was a bit uncomfortable. It has to be said that people are always greedy and never satisfied...

Because his walking speed had increased, Akina Sawa quickly arrived at the courtyard with the girl.

"By the way, I still don't know what your name is?"

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Akina Ze suddenly realized that he didn't know the name of the girl in front of him. It was really careless of him that he hadn't even known the girl's name after walking all this way.

The girl thought for a moment and then blurted out, "My name is Reisen."

"Reisen, right?"

"Oh yeah, just call me Reisen, hehe."

The girl, who called herself Reisen, walked in cheerfully, without the slightest bit of the restraint that usually comes with visiting someone else's house.

Akina Sawa also shook her head, hoping that she really knew how to build a grape trellis.

……

"Snapped!"

The newly erected grape trellis collapsed once again.

"Damn it! That's how it's always done in the game!"

Reisen stood angrily beside the collapsed grape trellis.

Akina Sawa is no longer recognizable as the girl who was originally in the courtyard.

The girl in front of me was covered in a gray haze.

He had assumed the girl would know how to build the frame, so he stood aside and watched her silently. Unexpectedly, this seemingly confident girl couldn't build anything. Akina looked up at the sky; it seemed they wouldn't be able to build anything today. "That'll do for today," he said.

Akina Sawa also stepped forward, trying to pull the girl away from the shelf, because he felt that no matter how much more time she had, she wouldn't be able to finish it.

However, just as Akina Sawa was about to reach out, the girl glared at him fiercely: "I, cough cough, there's no game that Reisen can't conquer!"

There are so many things to complain about, even Akina Sawa doesn't know where to begin. This is my livelihood, not a game, shochu!

However, Akina Sawa still couldn't win against Reisen, but he decided to help out...

"Hey, put this piece of wood over there!"

"Reisen" said earnestly, it seemed she was truly immersed in the fun of building the grape trellis. Although Akina Sawa didn't know what the fun was, he was still happy to help her.

With the help of Akina Sawaya, the grape trellis slowly took shape in Reisen's hands.

"do not move!"

Akina Sawa held his breath as Reisen placed the last piece of wood slowly and steadily onto the shelf with utmost reverence.

"Yes! It's done!"

Akina Sawa also cheered along with "Reisen".

The sky was already getting dark, and the colorful sunset was shining on the excited girl in front of him. Akina Ze was also a little stunned for a moment.

"Now that it's done, I'm leaving!"

The girl seemed to realize that it was getting late, and without lingering for more than a few minutes, she took her leave.

Although there was only one grape trellis, Akina Ze had no reason to keep the girl in front of him. Although he wanted to keep looking at her, he knew it was just a temporary feeling.

Tomorrow? The day after? They'll forget eventually. As a stubborn and old-fashioned person, Akina Ze still didn't ask her to stay for dinner. Although she might not agree, Akina Ze didn't even have the courage to ask.

"Well then, bye-bye!"

In just a short while, the girl had already left.

Akina Sawa also felt a certain melancholy, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Oh, and remember to leave all the grape trellises for me to build!"

The girl who had already gone far away suddenly returned.

Akina Sawa, who was contemplating life, was also startled.

"Hahaha, definitely, definitely!"