The village of Kukuriko, famous for its pumpkins, is a village at the foot of Table Mountain.

The population is about 200 people.
It is a small village located at the foot of Table Mountain.
Its specialty is pumpkins, as mentioned above.

It is also very close to the highway, so it seems to have a function as a post town. There were several inns.

It's hard to decide which inn to stay at.

Karen and I said, "How about this inn with a sign that says, "This rest 40 shill"?

and points to a fancy inn, but Lunamaria shakes her head.

"Master Will, that's not going to work.

And a determined tone. I heard later that this is a guesthouse.

I knew what it meant from the novel and I blushed.

So we safely chose the inn for 60 shillings per night, including dinner and breakfast.

When you enter the inn, the landlady brings you a tub of hot water. She said you can wash your feet with it to recover from your fatigue.

Just follow the directions and you will certainly feel relieved.

If you need more hot water, take two baths. Eight sills if you need to take a bath.

I want to take a bath!　And since Karen insists on renting a bath as well.

Lunamaría seems to want to discourage extravagance, but doesn't seem willing to refuse what the sponsors are willing to pay.

When heading to the bathroom, she seemed happy to murmur, "I can wash my hair for the first time in a long time ......".

This is the kind of thing that makes her a girl too.

But I like baths too, so after they're done, I thankfully give them to you and head to the dining room.
We're going to have dinner.

The dinner the inn has prepared for us is a sumptuous one, mainly made of pumpkin.

Pumpkin and pork stew.
Fried pumpkin.

Pumpkin pudding and bread with pumpkin kneaded into it was slightly sweet.

I used to eat pumpkins in the mountains, but the taste of pumpkins in the region was very different.

Karen seemed to be satisfied and even took a second helping of the pudding.

On the other hand, Luna Maria ate small meals or rather very slowly.

She was praying long before the meal.

It is said that in the temple of Mother Earth, it was customary to be grateful for food, but it was not the custom to cook good food.

She ate only mashed potatoes and green peas every day.

Karen sympathizes with the "poor ......" but she doesn't seem bothered and eats her food silently.

However, she does have a taste for good food and occasionally smiles and says, "It's delicious.

As you watch her eat, you finish your meal.

All you have to do now is to go back to your room and sleep.
Since money is plentiful, I have reserved separate rooms for men and women.

But when I tell Karen about it, she laments, "It's so boring. I'd like to sleep next to you," she says.

It's a radical statement, but when Lunamaria glares at her, "...... Ms. Karen," she withdraws and heads to her room alone.

When she's gone, Lunamaria lets out a breath of air, "Fufu ......".

She's the type of woman you would never find in the temple, so she's hard to handle.

"I don't know much about the world below, but I know she's special.

That's right.

But the fact remains that she too is an eccentric.

Praying for a long time after a meal, let alone before a meal, would be considered an oddity.

It's not surprising that she is a priestess of the Earth Mother Goddess.

We had a goddess at home, but we never prayed before a meal.

I'm sorry.

Miria is the goddess of healing. She is the goddess of earth's fertility. We give thanks to her for the blessings of the earth.

I see. Where is the cult of Mother God, by the way?

It is on the south side of Table Mountain.

Then it's the opposite direction.

That's true. If you're going to head out, it might be faster to cut through the mountains.

If you need me, I'll do it. I know a lot of loopholes in the mountains.

That's what I'm talking about, Master Will.

I continue to ask her questions.

'Is it on the orders of a high ranking member of the Order that you are to be my follower?

"No, the High Priestess Flora opposed my departure. Master Flora has treated me like a daughter.

So why the trip?

Because there was an oracle of the Earth Mother Goddess

"An oracle. Is it something you dream about?

It can take many forms. Sometimes it's told to you in a dream, sometimes it's told to you in broad daylight, and suddenly it echoes in your brain.

"Does the oracle give other priestesses the same?

It seems to be a rare gift, but it's rare to hear the voice of God as often as I do.

That's why they call her "The Blind Master" in the temple. I think I'm being spotted.

But it must be hard to travel alone if you're blind.

No, it's not. I'm blind, but my hearing is good instead. That's enough to make up for it. Also, my blindness brings me closer to God. I feel as if Mother Earth is always with me and I can feel her breath.



Then she clasped her hands and prayed.
She has a unique aura of the saint.

Her divinity is so remarkable that you'd like to make your mother drink the nail polish, but you keep it in your mind, and then Lunamaria continues, "And--" she says.

Now I have a brave man named Will with me. Nothing could be more reassuring.

As long as I'm around, I'll do my best to protect you, but I'm not a brave man.

"Then it is safe to have a great hero on your side.

And a smiling girl.
She seems to trust me with everything.
When I see that smile, I'm driven to chivalry.

"Well, whether I'm a great hero or not, I'd like to be called a hero.

Dad Ronin always says, "Be a man who can give 120%", not for yourself, but for others.

Be a man who can give 120%" not for himself, but for others.

For a girl named Lunamaria, he could have given her "123%".

When I told her that, she smiled as if a flower had bloomed.