But rather.
Kikyo's delicate and pretty face was slightly flushed. She turned her head to look at the falling rain outside the cave. Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was indeed her stomach protesting with hunger.
"…Do you want some?"
The girl offered the noodles in her hand. She didn't feel very hungry right now, and it wouldn't matter if she made another bowl.
This amount of time… she had plenty of patience to wait.
"Thank you… I'm not very hungry."
Kikyo gently shook her head coolly. Then, her stomach again let out a hungry 'gurgle' sound, making her cheeks flush crimson.
That cool and transcendent aura… vanished without a trace.
No matter how extraordinary she was, she was still just a girl under sixteen, and last night she had braved the night to help exorcise Youkai in other villages. After subjugating the troublesome Youkai, she continued to brave the night to go to other villages to help exorcise Youkai.
Such high-intensity activity… it was impossible not to be hungry.
"…"
The girl looked at the miko's flushed face, used the system to buy another bowl of noodles, and then forcefully placed the noodles in front of the miko.
"It's fine, just try it for the taste."
With that, she nonchalantly tore open the packaging of her own self-heating ramen again.
Kikyo silently looked at the steaming noodles. Even a three-year-old child would have been taught not to casually eat things from strangers.
Not to mention, this wasn't even a stranger… it was a Youkai.
"Why aren't you eating?"
The girl watched the Miko not eating her noodles, and after a brief thought, understood why. She thoughtfully began to teach the Miko how to eat the noodles.
For example, how to use a fork and so on.
And Kikyo-sama, in the girl's enthusiastic manner, inexplicably took a bite of instant noodles. By the time she reacted, the noodles were already eaten.
Immediately after, she realized that this was definitely not food that commoners of this era could afford, and even so-called nobles might not be able to eat it.
After all, the so-called nobles of this era probably only ate radishes and grilled fish.
It wasn't as luxurious and wealthy as imagined.
On the other side.
The girl had just prepared a new bowl of instant noodles, and while waiting for them to heat up, she found the Miko holding the fork and not moving again.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you eating anymore?"
She asked with some surprise.
Speaking of which, whether the people of this world could adapt to the taste of instant noodles was actually an unknown matter.
What if the people of this world liked to eat rotten things?
"This... is very expensive, isn't it?"
Kikyo-sama asked the girl.
Although she had no obsession with money or external possessions, otherwise, with her demon-slaying abilities... she would have been a rich woman long ago.
However, this did not mean she couldn't judge the value of things.
"...Perhaps, for ordinary people, it's very expensive." The girl was silent for a moment, then smiled and replied, "But for me, it has no value."
"..."
The Miko nodded gently, quietly eating her instant noodles.
Outside the cave, the rain grew heavier, showing no sign of stopping. Perhaps it would truly only stop in the afternoon.
And as time passed.
The atmosphere between the girl and the Miko softened considerably, and they gradually began to chat about various topics.
No, more precisely, the girl was asking, and the Miko was answering the girl's questions, even if some questions seemed silly.
The Miko still patiently answered each one.
Until some time later.
The girl drowsily fell asleep, and after a long while, woke up groggily to find a delicate and pretty face above her line of sight, and a soft, comfortable feeling behind her head.
This was... a beautiful girl's lap pillow.
And a Miko special edition!
"..."
Kikyo-sama looked down at the girl lying on her lap, who was blinking in confusion upon waking. She turned her head to look at the rain outside the cave, which had stopped.
"Just as you said, Baal, the rain stopped in the afternoon."
"I'm quite confident in that." The girl unconsciously rubbed against Kikyo-sama's soft knees, replying somewhat proudly, "I should be right about predicting the weather."
"Mm, a very excellent ability." Kikyo-sama praised sincerely, then said to the girl, "I should be leaving now, Baal, please get up..."
"...Oh~"
The girl was a little reluctant, but she still obediently stood up. If only her past self could have enjoyed this lap pillow.
No, if she were a man, she wouldn't have received lap pillow service.
"Baal, may we meet again if fate allows."
Kikyo-sama put on her sedge hat and straw cloak, and holding her bow and arrow, intended to leave. During their time together, she had discovered that the girl was not an evil demon.
Therefore, she had no intention of exorcising the girl.
"May we meet again."
The girl's voice held a hint of confusion. Where in this world was her place of refuge? She had no idea where to go next.
However, the girl no longer planned to go to human villages.
After all, she had already seen the humans of this world, and she also knew about the human situation in this era from Kikyo-sama.
So, there was no longer any reason to meet humans.
"..."
Kikyo-sama seemed to sense the girl's confusion, stopped, and looked back at her. After a brief silence, she asked.
"Baal, if you have nowhere to go, would you like to come to our village and temporarily be a deity who predicts the weather? Although it's not a very wealthy village, we will provide you with food and lodging."
"Food and lodging included?"
The girl's eyes lit up, and she instinctively blurted out the question.
Hearing this, Kikyo-sama showed a faint smile, then nodded gently at the girl, giving an affirmative answer.
"Mm, food and lodging included."