Lost Narrative Poetry

Misty and steamy, hot springs are often painted in this style, so naturally it won’t be too surprising.

As the night became thicker and thicker, the temperature in Gensokyo at night seemed to be dropping rapidly, with a somewhat refreshing chill.

But it's still summer after all, and it won't get much colder, so it's hard to enjoy hot spring baths. Plus, we're still in a strange place after all, so the girls didn't stay too long.

Yukinoshita Yukino was the first to leave. She is not a character who can easily get along with unfamiliar people, especially now, when Yuigahama Yui is not here, she and others naturally cannot Too much common language.

On the other hand, Sanae Tofugiya and Megumi Kato are inexplicably able to chat with each other. Although the former is talking enthusiastically, the latter looks calm and occasionally answers a few words, but even if they can chat, the atmosphere will not become cold. .

"These are your clothes, Miss Yukinoshita, do you need my help?"

Yakumo Lan, who is waiting outside, is still very polite. No matter how she views this kind of task in her heart, at least she represents the face of the Yakumo family and cannot lose her etiquette...

"No, no, thank you..."

Wrapped in a long, white and clean bath towel that covered most of her body, the girl with long, straight black hair shook her head somewhat cautiously. She was not used to being served by a girl who was obviously a monster.

"You're welcome." Yakumo Lan responded calmly.

The girl took a deep breath, trying to calm down, and then looked at the clothes in her hands. Suddenly she realized that this was her usual school uniform, and some other matching clothes. She was slightly startled: "This clothes is..."

Did that person go back to his home and bring his clothes?

"This is the magic costume that you made by yourself just now. "He" said that if it doesn't look like this, it will be meaningless, because Miss Yukinoshita, you usually spend most of your time in school and only dress like this..."

Yakumo Lan seemed to have expected this and explained calmly.

"Magic costume?"

Yukinoshita didn't react for a moment. Isn't this the concept of equipment and props used by magicians recorded in the notebook she recently got? It is said that there are various functions and shapes, but when it comes to classification, they can be easily divided into two systems.

One is a gift that has the function of amplifying and replenishing magic power when a magician uses magic; the other is that the gift itself has a preset effect, and the effect will naturally be exerted when used.

"Yes, that's what the Lord said...and 'he' has prepared two sets for you. "

The fox demon girl nodded affirmatively. Although this concept was very new to her, there was not much difficulty in understanding it.

"..."

Yukinoshita glanced at the fox demon girl holding another set of clothes in her hands, and for some reason, she suddenly felt relieved.

It was just like the feeling I had a few days ago, as if I was going to ride a roller coaster in an amusement park. No matter how nervous and uneasy I was before, I was now back on the ground again, with a sense of solid peace of mind.

Of course she wasn't happy about the new clothes, she just felt relieved that she hadn't been left behind.

This feeling has already appeared since entering Gensokyo this afternoon, and it has become more and more intense. The main reason is because of the banquet at Hakurei Shrine in the afternoon. She was originally thinking about how to deal with those inhuman beings carefully. Girls——

However, there was no need to deal with it at all. Except for Marisa Kirisame, who was carefree and had a naturally familiar personality, the others didn't seem to pay much attention to their group of outsiders, let alone deliberately making things difficult or looking for trouble. , not even interested in coming over to ask.

Only the two gods at Moriya Shrine attracted more attention. The others seemed not to attract much attention from the residents of Gensokyo.

Kirisame Marisa explained it, saying that it wasn't that they were arrogant or looked down on people, but that the gap between humans and non-humans was too big. They were two completely different worlds, so they often didn't have any intersection, let alone Most ordinary people are often even the ones actively rejecting non-human beings.

Therefore, they will naturally not be enthusiastic and proactive towards ordinary people who have just come in from the outside world and are complete strangers... But this does not mean that they are really arrogant and look down on people. If they really want to make friends with them , actually it won’t be very difficult.

Of course, later on, it’s about Marisa bragging about herself, and she seems to be very experienced in this, but after talking about it for a long time, the key point can be summarized into four words: "stalking" .

It is because she is so shameless that she has the widest social circle in the entire Fantasyland.

From the big monsters, big ghosts, and gods who can talk to each other, to the one who can only freeze frogs and is known as the strongest in Gensokyo, and no one comes out to oppose this self-proclaimed ice fairy, she can play with each other, Totally fun.

Yukinoshita does not have the carefree character of Marisa Kirisame, and she has not yet mastered the methodology. All she cares about is what the other person said casually——

"Humans and non-humans are two different worlds."

This was what made her feel uneasy. Coupled with this unexpected change in Xia Ran, she seemed to have suddenly become strange, arbitrary, and without any taboos, as if she didn't care about anyone else at all...

Even if she knew that the other party was not completely in charge of her now, and that there was still the influence of Yakumo Murasaki, and that the magic user of that realm was the result of the fusion of two people, and was an existence similar to a third party formed by the intersection of two wills, she also Still can't avoid having random thoughts.

But now, I suddenly felt at ease——

However, this sense of peace of mind did not last for three seconds. She suddenly thought of a very critical question: "Wait, so, are Kato-san and the others' clothes ready?"

"Yes, of course this kind of thing will not be missed. Everything has been prepared."

The fox demon girl said this. She felt that there was no need to ask this question at all——

"Furthermore, Your Excellency has asked me to prepare a guest room in Yakumo Residence. If you have finished bathing, you can come with me to rest there later. I have already taken the girl named Yuigahama there first..." …”

"..."

"..."

He seemed to be very considerate and considerate, and not so ruthless that he and others had to sleep on the floor in a junk warehouse for the night.

But I just don't know why, it seems that there is nothing to be happy about suddenly... Yukinoshita looked expressionless, looking at the ceremony in her hand, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

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What followed was a night of silence.

It seemed that the first night in Gensokyo was spent peacefully without any incident.

However, this is just the calm before the storm.

The night that shrouded the earth faded, and dawn began to arrive, followed by the rising sun, like thousands of sharp swords, piercing the last haze and spreading sunlight onto the earth.

As the apparent manager and mediator of Gensokyo, Reimu Hakurei is not someone who gets up early and stays late. She has a very regular schedule. She usually goes to bed early at night, but often wakes up very late during the day.

After all, what's the point of getting up so early? She is not so luxurious that she develops the habit of eating breakfast, and the Hakurei Shrine is very poor. There is not much to do. It doesn't even take ten minutes to clean the inside and outside of the shrine...

Therefore, even if Hakurei Reimu had woken up a long time ago, he would continue to lie quietly on his bed like a salted fish that had lost his dream, not wanting to move.

You can't say that she is lazy, the main thing is to reduce energy consumption as much as possible, so that she can support herself for a longer time until the next opportunity to replenish the shrine's food reserves comes... Well, it makes sense.

But today it seems that someone came to disturb me early again, and there was quite a noisy sound outside the shrine.

Who! Why is it so annoying?

It must be Marisa, right? ! Recently, that guy has been as annoying as an alarm clock. He comes to the door early every day and makes noises on time. The most annoying thing is that the alarm clock cannot be broken no matter how hard it is hammered, and it will start making noises on time the next day.

Hakurei Miko sighed and walked out of her room helplessly, ready to try again to see if she could break the annoying alarm clock that didn't listen to people's words, so that she could have a good sleep tomorrow...

Well, the attack was too gentle. After all, the doctor at Eternal Pavilion was very clever. She could save the person even if he had just died, not to mention the person who was still alive. If the injury was minor, the alarm clock... Marisa I was able to be discharged from the hospital in one day.

After walking out of the shrine, I found that a group of people had gathered outside the door, discussing something.

Reimu Hakurei frowned, as if Marisa wasn't the one making the noise today? She looked around and found that they were all acquaintances, except for two people who were members of the group that had just entered Gensokyo yesterday.

A boy with dead fish eyes and a girl with brown hair were both at a loss as they discussed something with the group of people that Reimu Hakurei was familiar with, their voices weak.

"I don't know why there is no change..."

"I don't feel anything..."

Miko Hakurei frowned. She was an ordinary person who had just entered Gensokyo yesterday. How could she get to know the residents of Gensokyo so quickly today? And why were there only two of them, where were the others?

Looking at the people talking to the two outsiders, Hakurei Reimu felt even more confused. She even saw a very troublesome figure among them - a man wearing a white shirt, a red plaid vest and a long skirt. girl with short green hair.

It's just that at this moment, this big monster who is the most difficult to talk to doesn't even have any aura. It seems that even the monster energy has been completely restrained. He is listening quietly with a regretful and calm expression on his face. What are the people around discussing.

She didn't have the usual behavior of being distant from others. Even if she came to the banquet before, she would sit alone in a corner... What happened today? Has the Lord of Four Seasons Flowers changed his gender?

Hakurei Reimu subconsciously took another look and found that this group of people were really incompatible. Apart from living together in Gensokyo, they basically didn't have much interaction with each other. Today, for the first time, they were here early in the morning. Her shrine comes together here...

So, what kind of plane are these people doing?

"Ah, you are Hakurei Miko, right? You came just in time. We are encountering some problems now, so I want to ask you for help..." At this time, someone also noticed the existence of Hakurei Reimu.

The little girl in blue clothes with ice wings on her back came over, looked at Hakurei Miko standing in front of the shrine, looked her up and down, and spoke calmly.

Well……

It has to be said that even Reimu Hakurei was stunned by this weird scene at this moment.

Is this still the stupid ice fairy? It's strange no matter how you look at it. How could she behave so calmly and even wise? Putting her hands on her hips, laughing loudly and shouting, "I am the strongest in Gensokyo"... This is Cirno, right?

"Cirno... what's wrong with you? Did you pick up something to eat in the Lake of Mist today?" The miko-sama forced a smile. She suspected that Cirno might have become a little stupid again.

Everyone knows that a person who does not know how to give up and adapt is very scary, because as long as he is alive, he will not stop.

And this principle applies perfectly to a silly ice fairy, because fairies are natural phenomena and will never die. In addition, if she is still silly... it will be very fatal.

——Just as Cirno firmly believes that she is the strongest in Gensokyo, even Kazami Yuka, who has always been intolerant of other people's provocations, will only pretend not to hear.

The miko-sama felt that she couldn't argue with such a stupid goblin. The best way to deal with Cirno was to just obey her and let her leave with satisfaction. If she did it against her... she would be annoyed to death!

"I don't know who Cirno you are talking about. I'm not Cirno. I'm Suwako Shiya who just came to Gensokyo yesterday..."

The ice fairy didn't pay attention and just shook her head.

"Huh? Are you kidding me?" Reimu Hakurei frowned, turned around and saw the princess from the Eternal Pavilion walking up.

This girl wears a Japanese-style dress, but with dress-style elements such as ruffles and bows. She has flat bangs that are cut off to match a beautiful face, and long black straight hair that reaches her waist. Bright rose-red eyes looked directly at Hakurei Reimu——

"Miss Lingmeng, I just asked you to stay overnight yesterday. Do you still remember this?"