Following Lin out of the kitchen, Bronya left Lily there to continue preparing decorations for the dessert and walked out of the coffee shop. Just as she was about to turn over the "Preparing" sign hanging on the door, she heard footsteps coming from afar.
Then——
"Ah, it seems we have arrived at the right time, just in time for the store to open."
Mei Raiden's voice suddenly rang out.
Bronya couldn't help but look in the direction of the voice, and saw Mei Raiden coming from not far away, waving at her with a smile on her face. The only difference was that Mei Raiden was not wearing the Chiba Academy uniform today, but casual clothes, with a bag slung across her upper body, looking like a girl going out shopping.
In addition, there were two other people following her.
After seeing the appearance of the two people clearly, Bronya couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
"Oh, is this the coffee shop that you recommended, Mei? It looks like a nice environment."
"I have also seen reviews about this store on the Internet, and it is indeed highly praised."
The two people who were talking were a girl with white pigtails and a girl with cherry-haired hair that fell like a waterfall. The latter had a fox mask hanging around her waist for some reason.
Bronya recognized these two people.
"Good morning, Bronya."
At this moment, Raiden Mei took the initiative to come forward and greet Bronya: "Are you guys opening for business now?"
"Well, Mei-sister and these two sisters, are you going to come in for breakfast?"
"She calls us sister, Ying!"
Hearing Bronya's address, the white-haired girl immediately shook the arm of the cherry-haired girl beside her happily, and the cherry-haired girl - the chief priest of Yae Shrine, whose name is Yae Sakura - smiled slightly: "Although we just had breakfast at the shrine, a cup of coffee in the morning is not bad, it helps to refresh yourself."
"Bronya understands."
After turning the sign on the door to "Open", Bronya pushed open the door and said, "Manager, we have three customers."
"Welcome light——"
Lin, who was sitting behind the bar, heard the voice and habitually smiled for business and said, but before he could finish the words "Welcome", he saw three figures walking into the store with Bronya, and the smile on Lin's face froze!
(Eight, eight eight eight, eight eight, Yae Miyaji?!)
For a moment, Lin felt like he was dreaming.
If there was nothing wrong with her vision, the person standing in front of her now seemed to be somewhat similar to the one who danced the Kagura dance at the Yae Shrine half a month ago?
Her little coffee shop was actually visited by Yaemiya Tsukasa today?
(No, no, no, this shouldn’t be possible, right?)
That's the chief priest of Yae Shrine! He is a very important figure in the whole of Changkong City. If we talk about his influence and status among the people in Changkong City, even the mayor of Changkong City and the president of ME Company cannot compare to this chief priest!
How could such a person come to her ordinary coffee shop so early in the morning? It must be a dream or an illusion... right?
"Good morning, Manager Lin."
Mei Raiden, who had no idea what Lin was thinking at the moment, began to take orders very skillfully: "Please give us three cups of lattes, and add more milk to mine - what about Lord Palace Master and Miss Kallen?"
Kallen: "Well, for me, please add more sugar. I don't really like bitter things."
Yaezakura: "I don't really know how to drink coffee, so I'll just do the same as Kallen."
Forest:"......."
She must have heard it correctly, right?
The title mentioned by the eldest daughter of the Raiden family...should indeed be "Lord Palace Administrator"?
(Is it... is it me?)
Lin couldn't help but stagger, and seeing Lin's reaction, Raiden Mei and the other two tilted their heads in confusion.
Only Bronya, who somewhat understood the situation, sighed softly, walked silently into the kitchen and began to prepare coffee for Raiden Mei and the other two.
31. Yaezakura's Star Effect
Everyone in Changkong City knows that the chief priest of Yae Shrine rarely comes down the mountain. Apart from the two key time points of temple fairs and New Year, he usually only appears two or three times a year.
Even these two or three times you may not be seen by anyone. It is said that Lady Yaemiyaji has a magical disguise skill. Every time she goes down the mountain, she will change into a completely different appearance from her original self. Only those who are extremely lucky may encounter her in the city.
The three members of the coffee team had always thought that this was just an urban legend in Changkong City, the result of an over-exaggeration of Lord Yaemiyaji, but they had never imagined that Lord Yaemiyaji would be sitting in their store now.
Even -
"Well, as expected of Mei, the coffee is really delicious. I think I can recommend it to everyone in Changkong City."
Sitting on a double seat in the corner of the store, Yae Sakura took a sip of the coffee Lin brought over. She praised it quite directly and quickly took a photo with her mobile phone.
Seeing this, Mei Raiden, who was sitting at a nearby table, quickly reached out to stop him: "Please don't upload your personal thoughts or anything like that to your personal Twitter account, Lord Palace Administrator."
"Huh? Why?"
"Have you forgotten that when we went out to eat before, you just expressed your thoughts after the meal, and the restaurant was immediately overcrowded, and within half a month it had to temporarily close because the chef and waiters were overworked?" Mei Raiden said something that made the three members of the coffee team tremble violently.
(Is this so exaggerated?)
(Is this the star effect?)
(As expected of you, Lord Palace Administrator!)
Just as Raiden Mei said, as one of the most influential people in Nagaspang City, Yaesakura's every word and action is likely to set off a trend. For example, a restaurant became extremely popular because of a tweet after a meal. This happened three or four times in the few years since Raiden Mei joined the shrine.
[That’s a restaurant that even the chief priest praised! It’s definitely a well-known restaurant that’s hidden away! ]
Almost everyone who has read Yaezakura's Twitter posts will have this thought, and will flock to that restaurant. Although this will lead to an explosive growth in the restaurant's turnover for a period of time, too many customers will often lead to a shortage of supply, and eventually the customer flow will exceed the store's limit, forcing the store to temporarily close.
When she encountered this situation for the first time, Mei Raiden was also deeply surprised, but fortunately, Mordred gave her advice, and basically every tweet sent by Yae Sakura afterwards was checked by her before being sent.
[Because my father is also a guy who can cause an earthquake in the world with just a word or a stomp of his feet, everyone in my family knows how to deal with it and take precautions! ]
These are Mordred's exact words.
After being persuaded by Mei Raiden, Yae Sakura had to delete the tweet she hadn't sent out yet with some regret: "Is that so, this kind of thing does happen... Sorry, Manager Lin, it seems that I almost caused trouble for you."
"No no no! Please don't say that!"
Lin waved his hands and shook his head. "It's an honor for our store to welcome a distinguished guest like you. It would be a shame if we asked you to take the trouble to promote our store! But... if I must say, we don't really want our store to be too famous. After all, there are only four of us. If too many customers come at once, we will definitely be overwhelmed."
(There is also work to do against Honkai beasts.)
If this store is too famous, once there are too many customers, it might be difficult to get away to work when the Honkai beast appears.
Although they love coffee and the life of running a shop, Lin Sanren is still a Valkyrie after all, and they put their duties as a Valkyrie first.
"Of course, it would be great if Lord Palace Master liked our coffee. We welcome Lord Palace Master to visit us again in the future."
"Well, if there's a chance."
Yaezakura smiled and nodded, then continued to enjoy her coffee with Kallen.
Looking at this scene, Raiden Mei also breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's not easy for Mei-nee either." Bronya, who was sitting opposite her and was appointed by her to serve as usual, said softly, "Is this also the duty of a formal miko?"
"You can say yes, but you can also say no. After all, I am the only official miko... Lady Palace Administrator is actually good in every way, except that she seems a little ignorant of worldly affairs. In order to prevent her from causing trouble casually, I can only worry more about her."
Mei Raiden smiled helplessly while stirring her coffee a few times: "It's the same today. It's not good to let the chief priest stay in the shrine all the time. He has to go out for a walk. It happens to be a day off today, so I took the chief priest and her friend Miss Karen out for shopping."
(Ms. Karen, it was my brother who mentioned her...)
"Does Mei know Miss Kallen?"
"We just met recently. I heard that we met when we were in college. I have been in Europe for the past few years. This time, I took advantage of the completion of my research project to come back to Japan and catch up with you after a long absence."
A friend of Yaemiyaji during his college years?
This statement made Bronya frown. Although it sounded fine at first glance, according to Xiachuanhu, this person named Kallen should not have such a simple identity. After all, she was the one who could hear Xiachuanhu's voice and sense his presence.
And to know such a person, then Yae Miyaji should also be...
"Speaking of which, Bronya."
Interrupting Bronya's thoughts, Mei Raiden lowered her voice and came close to her: "How is the investigation going on for the thing I asked you to do yesterday?"
"Is this a request from Mei-sister?"
"Well, ah~~~ I'm not rushing you, I'm just asking. It's okay if it's not finished yet. I'm just... just a little worried about Yuno-san. I want to know her situation as soon as possible."
"...Manager."
Instead of answering Raiden Mei right away, she turned to look at Lin and said, "Bronya wants to go to the bathroom on the second floor."
"Eh?"
Lin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then after seeing Raiden Mei's unnatural look, he immediately reacted: "Well, okay, go ahead, anyway, there are only the palace manager and a few other guests now. But remember to come back early, it's almost the morning rush hour."
"Bronya knows - then Mei-nee, Bronya will be back soon."
After pointing the upstairs to Raiden Mei, Bronya stood up and walked to the second floor.
32. Where is my father? Where is my father?
On the second floor, in Bronya's room.
I came back under the pretext of going to the restroom and after waiting for a short while, there was a knock on the door.
Bronya stood up and opened the door, then said to Mei Raiden who was standing outside the door: "I'm sorry, Mei-sister, to call you up in this way."
"It's okay, Bronya." Mei Raiden gently waved her hand, "But, you just told me the result of the commission. Do you need to call me up secretly like this? Could it be that the situation with Yuno is..."
"...Bronya doesn't want to lie to Mei-nee."
Returning to her desk, Bronya took out two printed reports from the drawer and handed them to Raiden Mei: "Last night, after closing, Bronya went to carry out Mei's commission, and these two documents are the interim reports."
"It's just that it's up to Mei-nee to choose which one you want to watch."
"Eh?"
Mei Raiden was slightly stunned.
[It seems that the little girl named Yuno really has some problems, right, little one? ]
Mordred emerged from between her hair and floated between the two of them and said.
[You are considerate enough to prepare two reports, one real and one fake. But since you wanted to hide it from this girl from the beginning, you shouldn't have revealed all of them.]
"Because Bronya doesn't want to lie to Mei-nee."
Bronya repeated what she had just said.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Mei Raiden, who was confused, couldn't help but frowned: "What are you talking about? Xiaomo, Bronya. Yuno...she won't really be in trouble, right?"
「At least that’s what this little guy said - Mei, just in case, I’ll take over next. Lend me your body for a while.」
"That's... um, okay."
Although she still didn't fully understand the current situation, out of trust in Mordred, Mei Raiden still closed her eyes, and Mordred quickly entered her body. The next moment, with some changes in temperament, Mordred possessed Mei Raiden and took the two reports from Bronya.
There was not much difference between the contents of the two reports. They were basically the conclusions that Bronya had drawn from her investigation yesterday - up to the beginning.
In the first report, apart from the opening, the rest of the content was nothing worth paying attention to. In Mordred's opinion, it was just a classic private detective report.
But in the second report, from the empty Yuno's house, to the bloodstains of unknown origin, to the diaries written by Yuno...even the doubts about the part-time job that Nami speculated, were all written by Bronya.
"Bronya considered two possibilities."
While Mordred was reading the report, Bronya spoke up: "Bronya doesn't know what kind of existence Yuno is to Mei-nee, but if I tell Mei-nee the truth, Mei-nee will definitely not be able to rest easy. But if I don't tell Mei-nee, it would also violate the basic credibility that we should have in our line of work."
"So Bronya prepared two reports. In addition, in order to complete Mei-nee's request, Bronya is also going to do some more research during the lunch break. Nami-senpai will also investigate any suspicious points regarding the part-time job."
"After we have investigated the complete truth, Bronya will write a complete report and tell Mei-jie the whole truth...if Mei-jie wants to know."
"And these two reports are just semi-finished products or interim summaries delivered to Mei-nee today."
At this point, Bronya bowed her head to Mordred... or Raiden Mei: "At present, Bronya can only investigate this much. Mei-sister, you need more time to find out what you want to know. Please wait for a while."
"Alright, alright~~~ Don't make it seem like we're here to collect debts. That girl also said it was okay - I'll give it back to you. I'm done reading it."
Mordred returned the report to Bronya, pretending to be overwhelmed. "I know everything. It's not something that Mei and I expected. After all, she hasn't been to school, so it's very likely that something happened at home. I just didn't expect the whole family to disappear."
"And the analysis of this diary, and the things that happened to you in the end... hehe~~~ interesting, it seems like I can finally stretch my hands and feet after a long time!"
(Eh? Xiao Mo, you don’t mean to…)
In Mordred's mind, Raiden Mei immediately thought of her idea.
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