Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 2290 - 1024: Escape from the Divine Hidden Village!
"Mariko?"
Lin Baici was very familiar with Goto Mariko’s voice, and as ’Lord Lin’ called out, a head poked through the door.
"Are you hurt?"
Goto Mariko, holding a torch, looked Lin Baici up and down with concern.
"No!"
Lin Baici showed a solemn expression: "Why are you here?"
"I came to save you!"
Goto Mariko urged: "Hurry, let’s go!"
"It’s too dangerous, what will you do afterwards?"
Lin Baici activated the Performance Master, completely looking worried for Goto Mariko’s future, although he let out a solid sigh of relief inside.
Indeed, it was right to stay with the girl who made him feel hungry.
"I’ll get you out first!"
Seeing Lin Baici not moving, Goto Mariko reached out to grab his hand.
Lin Baici still didn’t move; with Goto Mariko’s strength, she couldn’t pull her away: "I’m a person from Jiuzhou, are you going to follow me to Jiuzhou?"
Goto Mariko paused for a moment, then shook her head.
"Then what are you going to do?"
Lin Baici insisted on an answer: "If you let me go, those women in the village will definitely hurt you!"
Goto Mariko remained silent.
"Aren’t you followers of the Dragon Princess?"
Lin Baici suggested: "How about we go to the Dragon Princess and let her make the decision?"
"As long as she agrees, we’ll definitely be safe!"
"This is your home, I can’t let you have conflicts with your family because of me, making it impossible for you to return here!"
Lin Baici’s earnest words sounded like those of a scoundrel.
"Every New Year’s day we have a place to worship the Dragon Princess, but today, she probably won’t appear!"
Goto Mariko considered but prioritized Lin Baici’s safety: "I’ll get you off the island first, we’ll talk about the rest later!"
"Are you coming with me?"
Lin Baici asked back.
"I’m not leaving! I can’t betray the Dragon Princess!"
Goto Mariko explained: "You shattered the Ksitigarbha stone statue the Dragon Princess bestowed upon our village, I need to atone!"
"Then I’m not going either."
Lin Baici felt helpless; being loved deeply by a girl sure was troublesome!
He couldn’t say, hurry and take me to see the Dragon.
That would seem too obvious.
"I’ll go with you to atone!"
The flickering torchlight highlighted the uncertainty on Goto Mariko’s face, Lin Baici confessed: "The rest of my life without you would be like a colorless painting, meaningless!"
Lin Baici could not wait any longer.
He snatched the torch and grabbed Goto Mariko’s hand, running outside.
"Let’s find the Dragon Princess!"
After the pair left the dungeon and climbed the stairs to the surface, Lin Baici saw it was the backyard of a Western-style house.
He hadn’t seen this building before, but now he couldn’t bother investigating the mansion with Taisho-era architectural style.
"Which way?"
Lin Baici whispered.
Goto Mariko gritted her teeth: "This way!"
She decided to take Lin Baici to find the Dragon Princess.
In this pollution of rules, Goto Mariko was a rare character.
Outsiders either follow the normal process, participate in the welcoming ceremony, and gain villagers’ acknowledgment, then after staying in the village for a while, they can go with them to visit the Dragon Princess.
But this visitation has a certain chance of failure.
The second method is to kill the Sheep-headed Woman, but doing so will incur the Dragon Princess’s retaliation.
Besides these, there’s a special branch.
Goto Mariko was the only girl in the village who studied abroad; as long as one won her love, whether romantic or friendly, she would bring them back to the village.
Lin Baici now actually had two choices, one was to leave the village with Goto Mariko, thereby not only leaving the town but also the Dragon Palace Island God Ruins.
The other was to head to the place of worship.
This option also carried the risk of failure.
Because the Dragon Princess is a god, whether she appears or not depends on her mood at the time, and Goto Mariko is merely a guide.
After sneaking out of the mansion, the pair entered the mountain, climbing along a winding path.
Lin Baici looked back from time to time, unsure if Xia Hongyao and the others had caught up.
Twenty minutes passed.
Lin Baici didn’t see the high ponytail girls but heard sounds and dog barking from below, then torches lit up, coming out of the village.
Their speed was quick, soon gathering into a dragon, distinct in the deep mountain night.
Apparently, the villagers realized Lin Baici had fled, and into the mountains, so they came to pursue.
Lin Baici had to quicken his pace.
Despite Goto Mariko being a native, she was less adept at night climbing than Lin Baici, the outsider.
The main difference was in stamina and eyesight.
The torch’s light was not bright, and on the steep, rugged mountain path, people instinctively slowed down.
"Mariko, how much farther?"
Lin Baici glanced up.
"At this speed, over an hour more!"
Goto Mariko was worried.
Villagers, those women, had good stamina, were faster, surely about to catch up. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Sigh!
She shouldn’t have acted impulsively, bringing Lord Lin into the mountain.
"I’ll carry you!"
Lin Baici stopped, striking a horse stance.
"No, no, I can walk!"
Goto Mariko refused.
"Too slow!"
Lin Baici explained: "Those women, who work hard in the village, are definitely faster. Even if we don’t get caught, by the time we reach the worship site, there may be little time for the Dragon Princess to appear!"
"Come on, hurry up!"
Lin Baici urged.
"If you get tired, make sure to tell me right away!"
