"Yes, it's him." Rubby paused for a moment before continuing, "In the past seven days, there have been three monster attacks. Although they are all low-level monsters, the villagers are very receptive to them."
Rubey carefully glanced at Jack again, his throat moving up and down as he said,
"Most of the villagers who don't know the truth think that the digging of the well angered the Fox God. They say that you are stealing the Fox God's authority and need to …"
Rubey was speechless.
"What did they say?!"
"Say …"
Rubey felt his mouth dry and sweat dripped from the tip of his nose. Since Jack dug the well, although the livestock and fields were still in a state of drought, at least the people were safe.
Before he came, he drank a big bowl of water, but now he felt like there was a soldering iron in his throat. It was itchy and unbearable, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Sitting cross-legged across from him, there seemed to be ghosts circling around the small figure. Ruby's eyes were dry, and the nerves that connected to his pupils were bloodshot. He looked like he had been awake for several nights.
The ghosts were laughing at him, and the laughter was sharp and piercing …
"Rubey!"
"Ah?!" Rubey was shocked, cold sweat broke out on his back, and his pupils shrank.
When he looked again, he saw a handsome boy with a rather imposing aura sitting in front of him. The ghosts and demons that were hovering in the air had all disappeared.
"Lord Ji."
Rubey bowed, his voice trembling.
"Tell me what they said." Jack said impatiently.
"Gulp ~"
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva from his dry mouth, Rubey said, "They said that if we want to solve the problem of the monsters and the drought, we need a sacrifice."
"Continue." Jack narrowed his eyes. Rubey didn't look like he was just going to make a fuss about the sacrifice.
"They … they also said that because the 'Cold' that was sacrificed to the great God was not a pure woman, the God must be angry with the village. Then … Lord Ji, you stole the God's authority and dug a well in the village without permission. You gave the wealth of the God to everyone, and the God must be even angrier. So he sent the monsters to kill the villagers who left the village one by one, and let Eichong Village fall into despair. "
"Furthermore, the sacrifice they want is no ordinary sacrifice. Someone once said that there was a problem with a sacrificial ritual several decades ago, and the God was furious. At that time, the God's anger was appeased only by sacrificing the blood of the God's Shrine's witch. "
"So …"
Jack narrowed his eyes and Rubi didn't dare to speak. He had thought that Lord Ji would fly into a rage, and would fiercely scold those fools, he had already prepared himself to be used as a punching bag by Lord Ji.
However, the quiet Jack seemed to be brewing a storm. Rubicon recalled the monsters and banshees he had seen before, and his body trembled again.
"So they plan to sacrifice Sakura or Ai Mi to the Fox God? To seek forgiveness from the Fox God? Pardon them for the sins they have committed? "
"Idiot! Too stupid! It was hopeless! Trying to push the blame for the failure of the ritual to a little girl who had nothing to do with him? Wouldn't this also offset the 'sins' of the next generation Rick? "
Ruby dared not answer.
It was as if there was a force pushing the burning anger in Jack's heart.
"They do want to wash away the sins on their bodies." Rubicon answered carefully. "According to them, those who were killed by the monsters were people who had drunk the well water."
"Oh ~ Now you find me a person in the village who has not drunk the well water!"
Rubicon was silent.
Jack's face was cloudy and uncertain. Should he go to his father for this matter? With his father's character for the village, he would definitely obey the "public opinion" and sacrifice the weak and useless "waste" Ai Mi to the God.
Jack was quiet and tried not to be blinded by anger.
He learned from the knowledge of the other world that it was best not to make a decision easily when his emotions were fluctuating violently.
"Are these things spread by the handyman?"
"Everyone believes the rumor that there is no such thing. We can be sure that the kid is one of the sources."
"Didn't the mother-in-law's family do anything to stop it?"
Rubicon was stunned and answered truthfully: "No, but this matter can't be stopped, right?"
"Can't be stopped?" Jack sneered: "That old ghost is probably trying to find an excuse for what he has done and wants to divert attention, right? He dares to deceive the God with his little tricks. I think it's good for that old thing to serve the God. "
"Hurry up and dig a well. When the water is enough for the animals and the fields, we can clean up the low-level monsters outside the village. Those people won't say anything."
Rubicon was embarrassed when he heard Jack's words. "But … now some villagers don't even dare to come to the well to draw water. They just gather together all day and want to hold a sacrifice. I'm afraid we don't have enough time."
Jack frowned: "Hire more people and try to speed up."
Rubicon still had a bitter smile on his face: "Lord Ji, these days there are low-level monsters harassing the village from time to time. The patrol team is divided into several teams. They dig wells in the morning, patrol in the morning and afternoon, and dig wells in the evening. Everyone's body can't bear it. And you know that since the news spread out, no one is willing to help us dig wells. "
"What about the big clans who know about the sacrifice?"
"They don't want to take risks easily. You know that group of old guys, they never like to do risky things. If there are not enough benefits, they are more willing to hold another sacrifice and sacrifice the witch's blood to the God. After all … the God loves the pure witch's blood the most. "
Seeing Jack's uncertain face, Rubicon also tried to figure out the pros and cons in his heart.
"My Lord, there is only one way to make the villagers believe you."
"Oh?" Jack's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light. He often traveled in the "other world", but he couldn't think of a good idea. Rubicon, on the other hand, had a lot of ideas in his stomach.
"Let's hear it."
"My Lord, it's actually very simple."
"Simple?"
"Yes!" Rubicon said seriously: "As long as my Lord reveals your true identity, it will work."
Jack was stunned. His true identity? Wasn't it the next generation of Rick? This was something that everyone in the village knew.
Seeing that Jack was stunned, Ruby thought that he had convinced the other party, so he struck while the iron was hot, "Since you've appeared as the current generation of the shrine's witch, the villagers will naturally believe that Ki-sama can communicate with the gods, and the monster outside the village was just an accident."
"A witch of the God …" Jack's expression changed, and he thought of a lot of things in an instant.
Rubicon's idea was bad, but it was also very accurate and went straight to the point.
If he showed up as a witch of the God's Shrine, the villagers would definitely support the well because witches were known to be able to communicate with the God.
Since he could communicate with the God, then everything was not a problem. Stealing the God's authority, squandering the God's wealth, these were all things that the God acquiesced to.
The monsters could also be easily dealt with as an accident. He could even use his identity as a witch of the God's Shrine to accuse the old woman of "deceiving the God"!
All the problems seemed to be easily solved.
But in the future … Sakura could not appear as a witch of the God's Shrine. Could it be that the Yaejo Shrine would announce that Sakura was not the second daughter of the Yaejo Family, but the second son?
To be honest, Jack was tempted by this bad idea.
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