Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

In front of the Takigawa Village Shrine, at the edge of the square.

Lenari, who was standing on the left shoulder of Oborozuki in the form of a crow, flapped his wings, and a dark and lightless crack suddenly appeared in the air not far in front of Oborozuki.

In the crack that looked like a scar in space, a lacquered wooden box with an exquisite and simple appearance slowly emerged from the deep darkness, as if waiting for someone to catch it, and quietly floated there.

The shadow rift spit out the wooden box and soon disappeared. Longyue looked at the wooden box that was emitting a strange and strong smell and was obviously unusual. Instead of reaching out to take it, he asked cautiously: "What is this...?"

"Take it." Lenari said, "It contains the 29th anniversary commemorative coins of the 'Rumored Family Office', the property of my Lord, the Lord of the Darkness."

Realizing that Longyue was still full of doubts, Lenari explained:

"My Lord's twin 'Radiant Principle' has the power of creation. This box of coins has been specially blessed by Him, which can ensure that the 'blood-given person' holding the coins will not collapse on the spot even if he crosses the invisible boundary between humans and non-humans violently, but maintains a wonderful superposition state of health and unhealthiness, so as to wait for subsequent treatment."

Hearing this, Longyue immediately dispelled his concerns about the strange smell with an extremely strong presence, and stretched out his hands to take down the wooden box that was quietly suspended and waiting to be collected.

——The health of the villagers in Takigawa Village is worrying, and they may not be able to survive further blood-giving. This is indeed what he has been worried about.

"Thank you for your thoughtful care, Lord of the Everlasting Darkness." Longyue sincerely thanked.

"You're welcome." Lenari said casually, paused, and couldn't help asking out of curiosity, "I thought you would ask why you didn't just cure them?"

"Lord of the Everlasting Darkness has no obligation to help us, Longyue really doesn't dare to ask for more..."

"I see." Lenari suddenly realized.

The next moment, the crow tilted its head without warning and stared closely at Longyue's eyes. Its dark eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and its deliberately slowed-down words were full of temptation:

"But, are you really not curious at all?"

"..." Longyue looked away uncomfortably, and responded hesitantly and at a loss, with a voice so low that Lenari almost couldn't hear it clearly, "If it's just curiosity... indeed... well, only a little, just curious..."

Hearing the answer he wanted to hear and seeing the "wonderful" expression he wanted to see, Lenari felt satisfied and said happily: "That's right!"

After amusing himself for a while, Lenari finally remembered that he should explain something, so he patched it up and said:

"There is a little secret behind this, and I can't tell you now. I will tell you as soon as the villagers are settled outside."

"Okay." Longyue nodded gently and responded in a warm voice.

Longyue didn't really care about this so-called secret. In any case, they were about to get valuable help. But since "Night Crow No. 2" was willing to talk, he was willing to listen.

...

The villagers of Takigawa Village were surprisingly efficient. Not long after they left, they returned one after another with small packages on their backs.

- This time, the villagers who had difficulty in moving and had not come before were also carried, hugged, or lifted.

Compared with the upcoming "long-distance moving" activity, the luggage prepared by the villagers was really pitiful.

Longyue was obviously a little confused about this, but he didn't think much about it. He just held the wooden box and distributed coins to the villagers one by one.