Tea leaves 10,000 yen

Then Rito who turned around, saw a beautiful brown-haired girl holding a broom, wearing a red and white priest costume, looking at her in amazement. Thinking of the request he had just made with great ambition, he couldn't help but be surprised, Reimu could read his inner voice when he made a wish, right?

"Are you… A human?"

Seemingly not hearing the girl's pleasant voice ask, Rito heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, my name is Yuuki Rito."

"You actually invested money, let me see how much you invest, 5 yen is enough for me to buy tea."

Reimu doesn't seem to notice Rito's name, she easily takes the big money box and shakes it.

Reimu's words convince Rito that the purchasing power of Gensokyo's Japanese yen is higher than that of the world today. Maybe Yukari secretly took most of the cash back after finding out it was worthless. Inflation has turned to deflation again, and what kind of twists and turns are there where money is most used in Gensokyo.

"Cough."

The dust raised from shaking the cash box made Reimu cough a few times, but she didn't hear the sound of the coins. She eyed Rito suspiciously, and reached into the cash box to feel around.

"Ten-ten thousand yen?!"

Fortunately, money is universal.

While Rito sighed, Reimu bowed to him.

"Please, please come inside, I'll make some tea!"

Reimu carefully stuffed 10,000 yen into her clothes, leading Rito to take a seat in what looked like a guest room at a temple. This is a really apt way to describe this living room. Except for a small table in the middle and pillows on either side, there was almost nothing in the large room. There was a large door on one side that opened, and facing the place was a cherry tree.

Is it the cherry blossom season in Gensokyo now, or have the cherry trees absorbed enough spiritual power in this special temple whose mission is to guard the Great Barrier, and have grown to always be invincible?

Rito didn't know, but he only knew that cherry blossoms were beautiful, he looked at them in fascination, and after Reimu brought him a teacup, he subconsciously picked it up and drank it.

Reimu uses clean water to receive people? But why does it have to be heated specifically, even though the taste is not sweet but has a slightly astringent taste.

Rito drank a lot of water, smacked his lips, looked down at the cup he was holding, and there were tea leaves under the clear hot water.

The tea leaves were the size of a little finger, already brewed thoroughly and submerged in water, it wasn't even new tea.

He bought a piece of old tea for 10,000 yen? Or is the water source in Gensokyo really precious? No, could this be the legendary enlightenment tea? A cup of tea can enlighten the Tao?

"Sorry, there's no stock at the temple, so this is the tea I can spit out."

Reimu lowers her head and apologizes, but she backs away silently, preparing to make a quick escape before Rito proposes to take the 10,000 yen back.

"It doesn't matter. I don't like tea anyway. For me, clear water is better than tea. "

Rito drank the hot water in one gulp, seeing that he didn't ask for money, Reimu who was full of smiles wanted to pour some more water.

There are usually no visitors to the Hakurei Temple, and occasionally Youkai will visit. But with Youkai's long life, they visit very often, and it's very rare for Reimu to still have a normal view of time. A person came to Hakurei Temple for a long time, and she didn't feel any evil intent from him, and Reimu didn't know what to say.

"A lot of things that can be bought with 10,000 yen?"

It was Rito who opened his mouth, Reimu became energetic, and she nodded repeatedly.

"Of course you can buy a lot of tea, you can buy a lot of rice, uh, you don't know?"

Seeing Rito staring at her, Reimu subconsciously took a few steps back, carefully covering her chest. That's where she put her money.

"No matter what you say, I will not pay you back!"

Those who don't know think Rito wants to molest Reimu, but seeing her reaction, Rito purses his lips and remembers his bank card. But with tens of millions of yen, it should be able to take advantage of Gensokyo's fragile economic system.

In order to prevent an economic crisis, Rito really can't think of giving Reimu such a large amount of money for his future interests. It might be easier to bring him food and daily necessities in this world, but why not? Did Yukari do this kind of thing?

Could it be... Lazy.

"I didn't ask you to return it."

Seeing that Rito didn't seem to want to take his money back, Reimu breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly remembered what Rito had said, and gave him a strange look.

"You don't know what you can buy with 10,000 yen. Have you never been to this world? You are clearly human. By the way, your type of clothing is only worn by those caught by Yukari. You are from the outside world. In that case, 10,000 yen is very important to you... Remember, my name is Hakurei Reimu, if someone or Youkao bullies you, please report my name, 10,000 yen will be your protection."

Then, Reimu thought for a while. Even though she felt that Rito was different from the usual group of people who died at the hands of various minor Youkai before reaching the human world, but Reimu also would not let him go alone because of this. After all, he was the kind person who gave her the 10,000 yen, so he couldn't just die like that.

"I happen to be going shopping to the human world right now, so you can go with me."

"No, actually I came here to see you, and I'm about to leave, um, back to the human world."

Rito feels that he no longer needs to pretend to be an ordinary person in front of Reimu. He told the truth that made Reimu's eyes widen in amazement.