When Arthur looked at Yae Shinko, she seemed to feel Arthur's gaze. She put the fried tofu on the chopsticks into her mouth, then turned around and looked at Arthur.
After the two men looked at each other, Yae Shinko's eyes lit up as if he had seen something interesting. In the surprised eyes of the staff, he stood up and pulled Arthur to sit opposite him.
"Another bowl of fried tofu ramen, and a pot of sake."
Because the dishes were ordered personally by Yaegami, the chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine, even though there were other guests waiting, they were put aside and the fried tofu ramen and sake ordered by Yaegami were delivered to the room immediately.
Looking at the fried tofu that is about to overflow from the ramen bowl, Arthur would definitely not believe that this is not exclusive to Yae Shinko.
After the food delivery staff left, Yae Shinko quickly used chopsticks to pick up most of the fried tofu from Arthur's bowl and put it in her own bowl.
"Try it now. The fried tofu here is delicious. You can't get it anywhere else."
At Yae Shinko's recommendation, Arthur also tried a bite. He thought it was just an ordinary delicacy, but because Yae Shinko liked to eat fried tofu, he felt it was particularly delicious. However, after eating it, the soup absorbed by the fried tofu immediately exploded in Arthur's mouth.
Arthur felt that he was not eating fried tofu but the juicy snacks sold at street stalls during his childhood.
What Yae Shinko said was indeed correct. I have to say that even if I have proficient cooking skills and the food I make can be called gourmet, this fried tofu is still slightly inferior to mine.
This is not only because of the craftsmanship, but also because the recipes are worthy of being passed down from generation to generation.
I took a bite of fried tofu and tasted the ramen. No wonder Yaegamiko, who was supposed to be stationed at Narukami Taisha Shrine, appeared here.
Food is the most important thing for people. If I know there is delicious food nearby, I will sneak out when I am not working.
Neither Arthur nor Yae Shinko spoke first, as if they were just ordinary guests who happened to have dinner together.
A small pot of sake was poured into the cup, the taste was very light.
The two of them quickly finished the sake and the ramen in their hands, but until the end, Yae Kamiko seemed to have nothing to say.
It was obvious from the look in her eyes that she had discovered something. Given her personality, she shouldn't have just invited me to have a meal.
After Yae Kamiko finished drinking all the ramen soup and wiped the remaining soup from the corners of her mouth, she stood up and walked towards the door.
Only when he reached the door did he turn around and speak to Arthur, the third sentence since they met.
"If you have time, you can come to Naruto-taisha Shrine. Although an overly stable life is boring, the current environment just makes me feel bored."
After saying that, he opened the door and left.
The first sentence of Yae Shinko was obviously an invitation to me, and it seemed that she had something to say to me.
The second sentence was not so much said to herself as it was her inner voice or something she wanted to say to someone who was hiding in a pure land and leaving everything to a puppet.
After Yae Goddess left, Arthur also got up and left. After walking out of the room, he found that he could no longer see Yae Goddess. It was obvious that the two of them had left not long apart, but he did not see her.
Could it be that Yae Goddess ran away?
Arthur suddenly found it funny that he had this thought. He was not some terrible monster, so how could she be afraid of him?
Even her master, the god of Inazuma, would instigate travelers to go up and hit her twice. Even if they discovered her identity, they would probably just find it interesting.
She couldn't be running away to avoid paying if she ran so fast. That would be even funnier. In her own territory, no one would say anything even if she didn't pay. How could she possibly run away to avoid paying?
But soon, Arthur felt the dangers of society, or rather, the dangers of foxes.
Just when Arthur was about to leave the Mulao Tea Room, Que was stopped by the shopkeeper.
"My dear guest, your bill has not been settled yet."
"It's two bowls of fried tofu ramen and a glass of sake. Oh, and the chief priest also packed a portion of fried tofu. It's five thousand two hundred Mora in total. I'll charge you five thousand Mora for the change."
He didn't expect that he had guessed right. The chief priest of the Narukami Taisha Shrine actually ran away with the order and asked him to pay for it. After seeing that there was only one Mora left in the warehouse for collection, Arthur showed a helpless expression.
Chapter 123: Wanderer on the Road
It's so funny, I have no money, no money at all.
Since I arrived in Liyue, I have never paid for anything myself.
All the money he spent was sent to Keqing's house. Some of the other things he bought were delivered by Ningguang, and some were bought together with Zhongli. The bill was then sent to the Northland Bank.
All the money he earned from setting up the stall was given to Ying. Even the reward for performing the "ritual" in Wanglong Village was secretly put back behind the home of the village elder.
Xin Hai probably couldn't imagine that such a powerful person would be without money, so after assigning him the task, he just gave him a map and let him leave.
But he did not give himself any other property.
I just remembered now that I didn't have any money with me.
Fortunately, when Arthur was struggling with not having enough money to pay the bill, a figure appeared from the main entrance and rescued him.
"I paid for this person's meal. Just put it on my account."
I don’t know if it was because the passive effect of “Four gods can’t make one Mora” took effect, but when I didn’t have money to pay the bill, someone came forward and paid the bill for me.
Then he saw Thomas, whom he had not seen for so long in Inazuma Castle, appear behind him.
"Hey, bro, are you interested in meeting someone with me and having afternoon tea?"
"Thank you, brother. Since you are so generous, I certainly won't refuse."
As a result, under the watchful eyes of the shop owner, Taromaru and his dog, the two of them left the Mulou Tea House arm in arm.
Along the way, the two of them seemed like long-lost friends, chatting and having a great time. The people around them saw the famous Thomas chatting with an unfamiliar young man as if they were friends, and they all began to curiously ask who this person was.
Under Thomas's leadership, they quickly left Inazuma Castle and got on a carriage and left.
Sitting in the car, Thomas was a little curious. Although he had no ill intentions, who would ask the person to come over so casually leave with a stranger he just met? Wasn't he afraid of encountering bad people?
Am I really too naive, or am I confident in my own strength?
Thomas recalled what Kamisato Ayaka said to him before he left.
"You must be polite to him. If possible, please bring him to Kamisato's house. I want to meet him in person."
"But if he doesn't want to, don't force it. Just maintain a friendly relationship with him."
I thought the person I would be facing this time would be difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect that I would be successful just after I met the person and made a tentative invitation.
This made Thomas a little unconfident.
I had already prepared a plan of tens of thousands of words in my mind, and I had already planned where to build relationships and how to make friends after being rejected.
I even considered hiring someone to act in a play.
But in the end, I didn't even use my ultimate skill. I just tried to use a normal attack and it was over.
Looking at the man in front of him who was talking to him happily, Thomas saw for the first time someone he could not understand at all.
However, in order to complete the task assigned by Kamisato Ayaka, he had no choice but to continue chatting with Arthur.
Arthur was just chatting with Thomas for fun, and now the topic has expanded from local customs and practices to national affairs, and Thomas is getting numb from all the talking.
Arthur found it quite amusing to see Thomas not daring to continue the conversation but having to do so in order to calm himself down.
But at times like this, there are always troublemakers.
Under normal circumstances, Thomas would have wanted to send the people who blocked his way to feed the fish, but now Thomas saw the several sea monsters who blocked his way outside the car and felt as if he had seen his relatives.
However, Hai Luan Gui was confused when he saw Thomas's eyes.
Although he had not been on the evil path for long, he had the power of thunder brought by his superb martial arts training and the talisman paper.
Almost all the people who were robbed by him had a desperate expression on their faces. At the very least, they were on high alert. Even those family forces who had strong bodyguards and defeated those guys of his were also very cautious, fearing that he would suddenly do something again.
Even if he ran away, no one would chase him, for fear that it was an ambush.
But why did I feel like I saw a relative when I saw this guy today, but there was no such relative in my memory.
"Stop, if you come any closer we will attack."
Yes, that's right.
The expressions of the coachman and the accompanying guards gave him a familiar feeling.
A normal person should have this expression, cautious and fearful.
At this time, Hai Luangui also asked his younger brothers who were hiding around to come out and surround the carriage.
But before Thomas could go down to deal with a few people, he saw the ronin around him kneeling on the ground at once.
And at some point, Kairangui appeared on the carriage and knelt in front of Arthur, his hands tightly grasping the wooden sword.
All that was left was a blade with talisman paper on it and flashing with lightning stuck in the ground.
Thomas was a little frightened by the sudden appearance of the sea ghost.
As a result, Arthur just said casually, "Thomas, I'll leave these people to you."
Then he kept swinging the sword.
Thomas is indeed a household manager under the shrine magistrate Kamisato family, and a local boss active in Inazuma.
He quickly came back to his senses from the current situation.
"Tie them up."
Under his orders, the driver and the guards tied up several other ronin, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not get their knees off the ground.
So the guards, whose masters were unknown, tied their legs and upper bodies together with ropes.
And Hai Luangui, who was still in the car, was tied up by Thomas himself.
After seeing that everyone was tied up, Arthur stored Lake Toya in the warehouse, and Kairanki and the ronin only then regained their ability to move.
Nothing happened to Kairangui's side because Thomas was suppressing him, but it was a different story for the ronin nearby.
After feeling that the strange force pressing on their bodies had left, the wanderers wanted to get up immediately, break free from the ropes and escape.
As for their boss, Dahai Luangui?
They are not fools. Resistance at this time will lead to death. Why seek death?
What's more, for them, benevolence, righteousness, and morality have become a bubble, and only themselves are the most important.
But they didn't expect that the rope that they could easily escape from at other times would now make them a laughing stock.
He just wanted to get up and break free from the ropes by brute force, but as soon as his legs moved, he was bound tightly by the ropes connected to his body, and his whole body fell backwards.
As a result, as soon as he relaxed, his body leaned forward uncontrollably, his face came into direct contact with the ground, and then his legs stood up like flagpoles.
Chapter 124 Kamisato Ayaka
What happens next is no concern of Arthur and Thomas.
If it were normal times, Thomas might have gone back to contact the shogunate army to take those people away.
However, he was still under the orders assigned by Kamisato Ayaka, so he had no time to deal with these ronin.
They just left them there and didn't care about them. As for whether they broke free afterwards or were sent to jail by other passers-by, it had nothing to do with them.
There were no more attacks on the rest of the way.
Perhaps because the tensions caused by the Eye Hunting Order have been getting more and more intense recently, I met many people dressed as warriors on the road, hiding from something outside.
Most people have the Eye of God in them, hiding themselves in the mountains or among wanderers.
Some even packed their bags and planned to move away from the town.
But there is one thing in common in the eyes of these people, which is that they are full of doubts about the future.
Even the sea demons and ronin who were just randomly testing their swords in the wild at least had their own goals.
Even if it is to show force and injure people or to rob for money, at least there is a goal, but there is only confusion and helplessness in these people's eyes.
Perhaps it was not a coincidence that Thomas took him through this road and saw this group of people, but Kamisato Ayaka wanted him to see this scene with his own eyes.
Among the three magistrates, only the community magistrate led by the Kamisato family did not support the Eye Hunter Order.
However, in this world dominated by gods, all they can do is put forward their own suggestions, and all decisions are still made by General Thunder.
"We're here. Please follow me. The person who wants to see you is inside."
As we got off the carriage, we saw a courtyard at the entrance of the mountain road.
Arthur followed Thomas inside. The two guards at the door did not stop them when they saw the newcomers.
Although Thomas was only a household official, his status was far superior to that of everyone else, and they had no right to stop him.
After passing the courtyard, Thomas took Arthur into the house.
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