The three stayed in the temple for a while longer before leaving.
After leaving the temple, Teiichi did not head straight to the inn with Kanae and Nezuko, but instead wandered around the village again.
The Wind Field slowly spread out, but no figures resembling ghosts were found in the village.
"Hmm, just as I predicted, the ghost isn't in the village..." Teiichi to himself.
After a long while, having walked through most of the village, Teiichi led Kanae and Nezuko to the inn to check in.
Yes, only one room was open.
It wasn't that Nezuko wasn't treated like an adult because she was young, but Teiichi night and wouldn't be able to sleep, so there was no need for two rooms.
Although Teiichi guessed that the ghost only came to eat at specific times, he still needed to be vigilant at night.
night.
Teiichi, Kanae, and Nezuko were invited to the village chief's house for dinner by the village chief, whom they had only met once.
Besides the village chief, there are two other people in the village chief's family: his son and daughter-in-law. The village chief's wife passed away some years ago, leaving only the three of them.
What Teiichi found particularly curious was that the village chief's son and daughter-in-law looked to be quite old, yet they didn't have a child.
However, this is their private matter, Teiichi shouldn't pry too much.
At this moment, the wooden dining table in the village chief's house was filled with steaming hot food.
Although it's not some rare delicacy, it still exudes a strong rustic flavor.
The village chief, his face beaming with smiles and his eyes radiating simplicity and warmth, looked at Teiichi with a cheerful expression and asked:
"How was your day, gentlemen? Did you visit all the places I mentioned?"
Are they still skeptical that we're here as tourists? Or are they just genuinely curious and want to ask?
Teiichi slightly raised his eyes, a fleeting, almost imperceptible thought flashing in his deep gaze, before a smile appeared on his lips:
"No, we arrived here in the afternoon, so we didn't go to any of the more remote places."
"Hmm? So where did you go today?" the village chief asked curiously.
Teiichi calmly replied, "We just strolled around the village today and plan to visit the places you mentioned tomorrow!"
"The village? What's there to see in the village?" the village chief joked with a smile.
Teiichi replied, "Yes, just like what you said to the village chief this afternoon, what's a normal life for you is quite different for us! For example, some villagers raise chickens; in Kyoto, you won't even see live chickens unless you go to certain specific places!"
"Huh? City people can't even see chickens?" The village chief looked at Teiichi with some surprise.
Even the village chief's son and daughter-in-law looked at Teiichi in disbelief.
"Yes!" Teiichi in confirmation.
"There aren't even chickens in the city? What do you eat then?" The village chief asked in surprise, his mouth slightly agape.
"..."
"It's not that there are no chickens, it's just that unless you go to certain special places, you won't see any live chickens. By the time many people see a chicken, it's already been cooked!" Teiichi corrected.
"Oh, I see! I was wondering!"
The village chief smiled awkwardly and then asked:
"What's there to do in Kyoto? I'd like to go there sometime if I have the chance!"
Upon hearing this, Teiichi's smile remained as warm as a spring breeze, but his gaze suddenly sharpened slightly as he looked at the village chief.
Have you arrived? I didn't ask this afternoon, but you're asking now. Did you already ask someone in the village who had been to Kyoto, so you came back to confirm?
Luckily, I actually visited Kyoto before when I was traveling!
Teiichi coughed lightly and said, "A museum was built in Kyoto a few years ago. It has a lot of collections, such as calligraphy, paintings, and lacquerware."
The village chief laughed awkwardly, "Forget about it, I'm just a farmer, I wouldn't understand it anyway!"
"Then you can go to Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka, there..."
Teiichi and the village chief were chatting back and forth, with the village chief's son occasionally chiming in with a word or two.
While they were talking, Kanae and the village chief's daughter-in-law sat down together and began to speak quietly.
Nezuko the only one eating at the table, occasionally patting Teiichi's hand to Teiichi him to put food on her plate.
The atmosphere at the table gradually warmed up, Teiichi suddenly asked:
"By the way, we saw a shrine to the Goddess of Harvest while we were strolling around the village today. Who is the Goddess of Harvest?"
"Oh! This? The Goddess of Harvest is a deity who governs the harvest!" the village chief explained.
"Controlling the harvest? Isn't that the job of Inari?" Teiichi asked curiously.
"Yes, Inari also oversees things, but we're a small place, so there are some less common minor deities here!" the village chief patiently explained.
Teiichi nodded understandingly, "But isn't that shrine abandoned now? When we went to see it today, it was covered in dust!"
Upon hearing this, the village chief's smile froze slightly, as if a sensitive nerve had been touched. However, he quickly recovered and replied:
"Alas! Isn't it because He's no longer effective? So the villagers have gradually stopped worshipping Him!"
Teiichi slightly, not dwelling on the topic, and instead asked about other things in the village.
After a long while, the banquet ended, Teiichi with Kanae, Nezuko, and the village chief's family, bid farewell and left.
Inside the house, the village chief's son looked at his father and asked somewhat nervously:
"Dad, why did they suddenly start talking about the shrine?"
The village chief explained, "Didn't Yuuichi say they went to the shrine this afternoon? If they went there, it's not surprising they asked! After all, the deity we have here is someone we've never heard of! If it were Inari, they probably wouldn't have asked!"
The village chief's son asked hesitantly, "What about their knives?"
"Their knives are probably for self-defense. After all, it would be strange if a family came on vacation without any means of self-defense! And it's not surprising that they know how to use knives, coming from a big city!" The village chief waved his hand.
The village chief's son breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
"So they're not here to investigate ghosts?"
"Hmm, probably not!" The village chief nodded slightly.
He hadn't initially planned to invite those two people to his house that evening.
However, when they left in the afternoon, he noticed that the two adults were carrying knives on their backs.
A ban on knives was issued years ago, and those who still carry knives today are often quite extraordinary.
In addition, the village was not clean, so he decided to invite them to his house that night to find out what they had to say.
However, after what happened that night, he was basically able to rule out the suspicions of the others.
What the man said wasn't wrong, and more importantly, there was the little girl with them who only knew how to eat.
Who brings a small child along when they come to investigate ghosts?
Outside.
Two Demon Slayer with a child were walking back to their inn on the street.