It's mid-afternoon, now, so the classes Keine is teaching should be over soon. As the doors to the schoolhouse open, and children come pouring out, I hang back in the shade of the trees. It's not long before I see Keine follow the kids out of the building. Among the crowd I see some youkai. She's talking with Keine, which isn't something I've seen often. Keine normally drives youkai out. Well, I guess she's there because of that kid playing nearby. She said her name was Hakurei Reimu. Keine said they're those guys who used to bro around on a shrine at the top of some hill but I guess Reimu doesn't know that. She seems kind of sheltered.
"Onee-chan, what is this?"
"That's a wasp, don't touch it or you'll get stung." She's definitely sheltered if she doesn't even know what a wasp is.
Reimu lets it fly away. At least she's not afraid of it. She'll be needing that fearlessness. She'll most likely be living away from the Human Village, after all.
The afternoon rolls by like this. Keine and the youkai talk, and then head off into the village. I'm left with Reimu. Being in cohorts with a school teacher, I'm used to being surrounded by kids, so I don't really object to her hanging around me. As I watch the clouds roll by, the youkai comes back to pick her up.
It's another normal day, although it would've been troublesome if she had stuck around 'till nightfall.
I suppose I should've mentioned this earlier, but I write at the pace of a snail. I'm ashamed at how short this is, but this will bridge the gap between the previous chapter and the next chapter, I think.
