Inari kagura, an overworked girl China, had just woken up in a remote shrine and was on a desperate run to escape a sudden fire. In the end, she collapsed at the doorstep of the Symbolist's house out of strength.
There is no system unique to the time traveler, penniless, powerless, not even a working identity, and this body is only eleven years old who dare not accept part-time jobs everywhere. In order to live on, she accepted the old symbol's proposal and became the maid of the symbol family.
"The world is not normal at all. If I had known better, I should have heard from my best friend to see the horse racing girl. . ."
In Treyson's student dormitory, looking at herself in the mirror, who has become a horse girl, Inari Kagura, who is confused about the future, sighs helplessly.
——At best, at least the maid's job doesn't contain any weird parts, and there's no young master who likes little girls and asks you to take care of them.
"Miss Eclipse, I think people should still look up. . ."
Inari Kagura felt more complicated looking at the line that suddenly appeared out of thin air on the mirror.
And, really not?
Prologue. Rainy nights
'Boom——!'
The thunder cut through the dark night sky and the torrential rain poured down.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening. Because of the serious bad weather, most people had already taken refuge in their homes. In addition, the lights on this road today broke for some reason, leaving no one walking. The road is even more deserted.
In the midst of this night rain, there was only one person slowly moving on this road where they couldn't see their fingers.
"Is the light at the door broken? . . Alas, let the servant at home repair it tomorrow. . ."
The woman with somewhat white hair walked cautiously on this road holding a black umbrella, complaining in a very low voice, as could be heard from her vicissitudes, that she too was an elderly person.
'Boom——!'
Another sharp ray of thunder cut through the sky, bringing a moment of light to the woman who was about to arrive home.
"It's..."
Her eyes widened slightly, and she couldn't help but stop.
By the light of the lightning she had just struck, she vaguely saw what seemed to be a cloud of black beside the shrub near the gate of her house, on the road she was about to pass by.
Taking out her smartphone, she turned on the flashlight that came with her phone and shined at the place. She saw what the black mass was —— a girl with black hair, who looked very young, only about ten years old.
The long black hair of the girl was scattered under her, and she was dressed like a shrine miko, but, not knowing what the girl had experienced some time ago, her clothes were covered with scars and stains everywhere, and her skin exposed from the hole even had burn-like marks.
"Uma?"
After getting close to crouching, she sees the long ears on the girl's head and the tail behind her back, which already indicates the girl's race ——not human, but, like her, a horse girl.
"The injury is so serious. . ."
After a rough sweep, even if she didn't know much about medical knowledge, she could still judge that the girl's injuries were serious. She couldn't help but frown. Without much hesitation, she immediately put away her mobile phone, regardless of the heavy rain now, and threw her umbrella aside, reached out and pressed it on the girl's chest, and then poked into the girl's breath on the ground. Although it was very weak, the girl at least still had a heartbeat.
After grabbing around the wall next to her, touching the metal house number with the inscription "Symbolist" on it, and determining its approximate position, she reached out and pressed the button on the doorbell above, and soon the voice of a young woman came out of it:
"This is the symbolist household, who are you?"
"It's me, the speed symbol, open the yard door and call the doctor at home."
"Lord!? You're hurt?!"
"It's not me. I picked up an injured child at the door. Her breath was very weak. Call them over!"
The old Uma named "Speed Symbol" quickly gave her orders. She could feel the girl's breath was very weak. If she hadn't just fallen at the door of Symbol's house and happened to have something to do today and came back from the house, she would have encountered it. It's raining so much tonight, and whether this girl can survive until tomorrow morning is a question.
There is no one on this road for a reason, because the manor of the Symbol House is here. As one of the several famous Uma families, Symbol House's territory is naturally very large. Except for journalists and students from Trayson Academy, few people usually visit here.
Soon, the gate opened, and the servants in the courtyard approached, welcoming the return of the head of the family, while a physician dressed in white brought a stretcher and carefully carried the girl inside the door.
"My lord, the child seems to be seriously injured. . . What happened?"
"The child who fell at the gate had a lot of bruises and burn marks on her body. I don't know if she escaped from a fire at home."
Faced with the maid's doubts, the speed symbol, who doesn't know much about things, can only shake her head.
"What a poor child..."
"You also investigate whether there is any fire at a nearby shrine. This child looks a bit like a miko, maybe she is a child at a nearby shrine."
"Yes, Lord of the House."
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"So hot. . . So painful. . ."
The unbearable burning caused the girl to wake up a little, and the subconscious twitching brought back a heart-wrenching pain.
"Wake up?"
Before the girl could see clearly whether the ceiling in front of her was familiar or not, an old voice came over and attracted her attention.
She came back to her senses and realized that the other person was not speaking her familiar language, but she could understand the other person for some unknown reason.
"I..."
'What's going on with me? . .'
The girl looked blankly at the woman who made the sound, and could tell that the other person should be very old, but it was obvious that the other person was not human —— How could anyone have that strange ear and tail? It can't be what cosplay the old woman is playing, right? As a prop, aren't the ears and tail too flexible?
'And. . .Isn't something wrong with my body? . .'
Although there can't be too large movements yet, the girl can feel that on her head, and near her hips, there seems to be something extra about the biological structures she didn't have originally, and she seems to be able to control those structures to make movements.
"Little one, you're hurt,do you remember what happened to you?"
The old woman went to the bedside and sat down, reached out and touched the girl's head tenderly, as if she was distressed.
"child. . . ?"
Although the girl knew that she was quite young, it was not surprising that the other person call her like that, but she discovered something even weirder as soon as she opened her mouth.
'My voice?? What's going on!?'
Obviously, that is not the voice that a person in her early twenties should have. That childish voice is somewhat like the voice of a little girl.
Although she was originally a woman, she was not the kind of person who never surfed the Internet and had never touched anything. She had a bad guess in her heart and quickly lowered her head and looked at her palm.
'This little palm is obviously not my hand. . . It's over. Could it be that I stayed up all night for several days and ended up being overworked...., right?'
Remembering that she had not pressed the saved research report halfway through the knocking, the girl couldn't help but feel a headache, which made her subconsciously reach out and cover her forehead.
"Are you okay? Is there something uncomfortable?"
"The girl was silent and suddenly covered her forehead again, thinking that there were hidden injuries on her body", the speed symbol quickly asked.
"Pain..."
The mouth subconsciously uttered a language that had never been used before, but the girl did not speak jerky, as if the body had long learned and used to it.
"You were injured. Although the doctor said that your condition has stabilized now, you still need to rest for a while. . . A fire broke out at a nearby shrine in the afternoon due to a lightning strike. Did you escape from there?"
"Injured...shrine..."
In a dream when she had just fallen into a coma, the scene of her walking through a sea of fire and desperately trying to escape once again appeared before her eyes.
——inari Kagura.
She remembered that it was her current name, and her fragmentary memories were slightly connected. Her first awakening was in a strange building. As soon as she woke up, she encountered a sudden fire. She had no time to delve into where she had come, and she did not observe her situation carefully. Her survival instinct urged her to escape.
"I. . . Impression, on fire. . ."
"It seems you did come from there, child, where is your family?"
"sorry, I don't know...I...can't remember my family..."
This is the truth. Inari Kagura is like a unit that was refreshed out of thin air. She was the only one in that shrine. At least she does not know what other family members she has. The only useful information in her memory now is her own name. The remaining memories were unclear.
Although she guessed that she had traveled through time, she did not expect that her background was really clean, with nothing, not even the shameful system.
'This is bad. . . Could it be that I am a person without an identity?'
"Lost memory? Poor kid..."
Look, the girl's expression suddenly dimmed a lot. In addition, the girl unconsciously covered her forehead just now. The speed symbolized her distress and touched the girl's head again. She could see that Kagura was not lying. She really couldn't remember her family.
'She was the only one who escaped, and maybe her family died in that fire, right? So little kid...'
Thinking of the information she obtained from her investigation, the people who went to put out the fire and rescue did not find any corpses in the shrine. There were only traces of this little Uma escaping alone outside. I don't know where this little child's family is. It's impossible to leave such a child alone. Can you really live in a shrine alone?
There are many situations that cause amnesia. If you are stimulated too strongly or physically attacked too strongly, the loss of this little horse girl's memory may be related to her personal injury, but no matter what the reason is, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for her. It is not acceptable for an eleven- or twelve-year-old child. Thinking of this, speed symbolizes feels that this child is even more pitiful.
"Do you remember your name?"
"Inari Kagura. . . it's Inari Kagura."
Kagura knows that this strange name is definitely not her name, but the name of this body, but she doesn't mind that either, and since she is not sure of her identity now, it is definitely better to use a name that is more in line with the current environment.
"Inari Kagura. . . Do you mind if I call you Kagura?"
"I don't mind. . . You saved me, just call me what you feel comfortable with."
Inari Kagura nodded slightly, and she could probably guessed that she was injured in the fire when she had just traveled through. It was this old woman in front of her who picked her up and treated her. After all, when she looked down at herself there were signs of emergency treatment everywhere on her arms and body, and her injuries looked quite serious it would've been bad If she wasn't treated on time.
'Am I thankful that I didn't break the record for the fastest injuring again among Umas? . .'
Thinking of this, Kagura felt a burst of happiness. At that time she panicked and ran along her intuition. She couldn't remember where she had went on the road. Fortunately, after she finally collapsed from exhaustion, there happened to be people nearby. If she fell in a deserted place, Then it would have really been over.
At least now, this old woman doesn't seem to be malicious towards herself, as if she is afraid that she will be scared and still gently touches her head to comfort her. Kagura, who was exhausted from injuries and the running before, doesn't want to think too much anymore, since the environment is safe now, she no longer needs to hold on.
"Huh.
It didn't take long for Kagura to close her eyes.
'What will this child do in the future?'
The speed symbol's hand still rested on Kagura's head, gently rubbing her long black hair, but she seemed to be overexhausted. Kagura fell asleep again during the gap when she had just been silent. She was still frowning when she fell asleep, and the ears on her head were also twitching, as if she was dreaming of something bad.
"This child is still so young, I hope I can find her family as soon as possible. . ."