The Book of Maiden Contract

three days later

Gensokyo.

After Dragon God was wiped out, some changes took place in Gensokyo.

The original Gensokyo was surrounded by double barriers, forming a world of its own, but after the Dragon God disappeared, the Hakurei barrier also disappeared. Although people outside still cannot see Gensokyo, there is no clear "common sense" The barrier between "and "non-knowledge", the common sense of phenomena has begun to invade Gensokyo.

Of course, this kind of change is not visible on the surface, and ordinary people will not feel it, so the atmosphere in Gensokyo is still as calm as usual, no matter whether they are humans or monsters, their lives have not changed in any way... But!

Anyone who understands the function of Hakurei's Great Barrier knows that this peace is only temporary. Once the common sense of the phenomenon completely invades Gensokyo, the so-called paradise for monsters will no longer exist. In the future, Gensokyo... …can only exist as a paradise.

"It's over." Yakumo Zi stood on the sky, looking down at the entire Gensokyo, as if she wanted to keep the current scene in her heart forever, then she closed her eyes and said something quietly.

That's right, whether it's a great sage who is a youkai or a guardian of Gensokyo, when the dragon god dies, her mission is over.

Her mood at the moment is very complicated. On the one hand, she feels relieved because she has unloaded a heavy burden, and on the other hand, she feels helpless because of the "disappearance" of Gensokyo. She has been numb for a long time, and the witches who died originally have returned, it should be considered a happy thing... right?

But is the current situation really worth being happy about?

Yakumo Zi didn't know, and she couldn't describe what kind of feeling it was, she just felt empty inside, no matter what she did, she couldn't get excited, it was like...

"Is it the same as losing your purpose in life?"

A voice came from behind, Yakumo Zi turned around, saw the person coming, and couldn't help showing a wry smile, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"

"No, it's just a little bit of empathy." Lin Luo walked to her side, looked at Gensokyo, with a bit of nostalgia in his eyes, and said, "When I was an ordinary person, every time I put my favorite one After the first game is over, I will have this feeling of emptiness. I tell myself in my heart that even if the same or more classic games appear in the future, I will not have such strong feelings. I feel that I have lost my life in an instant. Target, no business... At that time, my expression was exactly the same as yours now."

Yakumo Zi was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "But you are not empty now."

"Of course, when I think about it now, I just think I was too stupid at that time." Lin Luo smiled and laughed at himself, "At that time, I thought I would always be empty, but I was depressed for a few days. After a more classic game appeared in front of me, I immediately became full of energy and devoted myself to it. As for the feeling of never falling in love again, it has long since disappeared without a trace...you understand Do I mean?"

Yakumo Zi was silent for a while, of course she understood that Lin Luo just wanted to tell her that the so-called emptiness was only temporary, but...

"...That's just a game." After a moment of silence, Yakumo Zi said so.

Lin Luo nodded: "Yeah, the game is just a game after all, it cannot be compared with reality, and the emptiness I experience cannot be compared with your current emptiness, but what I want to say is... the feelings are the same, because I used to really like it, so when that thing disappeared, we couldn't accept it, but if you think about it carefully, what are we living for?"

"What are you living for?" Yakumo Zi looked at him instinctively, eyes full of bewilderment.

Lin Luo turned around and looked at her fixedly, "I don't think the meaning of my life is for games. In fact, I seldom touch games now. What about you? The meaning of your existence here, isn't it? Is it just for Gensokyo?"

"Ugh!" Yakumo Zi was stunned by this sentence.

What is your reason for living? What is the meaning of being here? She has never considered this kind of question. Ever since the word Gensokyo appeared in her memory, all her actions were for Gensokyo, but the meaning of her birth should not be for Gensokyo, right?

"So, what is my meaning?"

Yakumo Zi muttered to herself, but when she came back to her senses, Lin Luo had already disappeared before her eyes.

Subconsciously looked around, there was no one else nearby except her, Lin Luo really left. This made her somewhat disappointed. She thought that Lin Luo would comfort her, but in the end, she just said a few inexplicable words, which made her even more confused.

Yakumo Zi smiled helplessly, and floated back to the ground. At this time, she suddenly saw a bee spider web on a branch not far away, and a butterfly was trapped in the web and struggling hard.

Seeing the prey caught in the net, the spider immediately emerged from the darkness and crawled towards the butterfly along the web. The butterfly obviously saw the predator, and its struggle became more intense, but the strength of the web made it unable to break free. Life is about to end here, Yakumo Zi couldn't help being touched, and instinctively stretched out her hand...

However, before she could make a move, the butterfly suddenly erupted with a powerful force, broke the spider web abruptly with a chirp, escaped from the spider's mouth, and flew to the vast sky with its wings.

Yakumo Zi's eyes followed the trajectory of the butterfly, watching it fly farther and farther, until the butterfly was no longer visible, she still did not look back.

Suddenly, she understood a little bit, if she is the butterfly, then Gensokyo is the spider web that binds herself, but the butterfly is caught in the web by herself, but she is bound by Gensokyo because of the web she wove. If she wanted to fly out of this net, she could only rely on herself.

But there is not only one web in this world. If a butterfly escapes from this web, it may fall into another web again, or be hunted by another predator. What about yourself?

Even if he breaks free from the shackles of Gensokyo, as long as his heart is not completely let go, he will be trapped in the spider web weaved by himself again.

"So, you just want to tell me that you are not my net, right?"

The soft words uttered from her mouth, Yakumo Zi showed a relieved smile on her face, and looked at the same sky again, she finally saw... The meaning of her life is not for Gensokyo, nor is it For anyone else, just for yourself!

Because you are alive, you are alive, and you don't need any reason.

Free and unrestrained, love as you want, hate as you want.

This is the monster.

This is the monster.

She, Yakumo Zi, should be such a monster!

...

Since the end of the battle with Dragon God, Lily, Evangeline, and Mercury Lamp followed Tohsaka Rin and others to return to the Ming Realm first. Currently, apart from the aborigines of Gensokyo, only Lin Luo alone.

He has already said about Qian Tuming, but everyone is still hesitating. After all, they have already gotten used to the life in Gensokyo, and they suddenly left as soon as they said they would leave... Although Gensokyo has changed, but They are still reluctant to part with the atmosphere here.

After living in one place for a long time, he will naturally have feelings for this place. Lin Luo also understands, so he just expressed his thoughts, did not force him, and waited silently.

Three days have passed, and no one has yet made up his mind.

It was under such circumstances that after Lin Luo bid farewell to Yakumo Zi, he came to Eternal Pavilion.

Lingxian and Heiheitu didn't know where they went, but they didn't see it this time, but Baiyi Yonglin, after Lin Luo came in, sat alone in the living room, drinking tea and reading books on pharmacology.

Lin Luo stepped forward and sat down opposite her, and found that Bai Yiyonglin seemed to have not noticed him, with a serious expression on his face, so he had to ask, "How are you thinking?"

Bayi Yonglin didn't raise her head, and said lightly: "There is no problem here. Anyway, for the princess, as long as she is not disturbed by others, it is the same wherever she lives, and...well, the five problems have already been solved. If it is cracked by you, I have no reason to stop it."

Bayi Yonglin's tone was full of helplessness, as if she was a girl who didn't want to leave.

Back then, when Lin Luo first came to Gensokyo, he made an agreement with Kaguya, and when he signed the contract with Kaguya after solving the five problems, Yayi Yonglin also knew about this agreement.

It's just that Yayi Yonglin is more aware of the true meaning of this agreement. In the era when Kaguya was still Kaguya Hime, she attracted countless suitors because of her beauty. The five problems were used as the threshold to stop these suitors Existence, the result is that the world is incompetent and retreats one after another.

Although the five questions Kaguya Ji gave in that era and the five questions and two questions Kaguya gave Lin Luo are two completely different questions, but the meanings are the same. Now that Lin Luo has solved these five problems, it actually means that Hui Ye must get married.

The so-called married and obedient husband, although Kaguya used to be a princess, but now she is just an "ordinary person", so of course, wherever her husband lives, Kaguya also has to live there... Yayi Yonglin understands this truth, She also felt that there was no point in stopping the matter now, but she was still very entangled in her heart.

"Five problems..." Lin Luo muttered, speaking, after the battle with the dragon god was over three days ago, Hui Ye also mentioned to him that the five problems had been solved, but he didn't know it at all. , When did he crack it, which made him very baffled, and asked Kaguya, but she didn't mention a word.

"Do you know the answer?" Lin Luo couldn't help asking.

"It doesn't matter what the answer is." Bayi Yonglin raised her head and said seriously, "The five difficult questions the princess gave you are not for you to think about, but just a test of your personality. You don't know the questions. Deciphering the specific meaning is the most important thing, if you think too much, you won’t be able to decipher it.”

"That said, it makes sense."

Lin Luo nodded. He didn't know whether he really understood or pretended to understand. After a while, he continued: "Since you all have no objections to going to the Ming Realm, then do you want to solve the matter on the moon?"

"Solve what?"

"Uh... like saying goodbye or something."

"What is there to say, we have been away from the moon for more than a thousand years."

"That's true, but after all, there are two different worlds."

"It's the same everywhere. Anyway, we basically have nothing to do with the moon." Bayi Yonglin looked indifferent. Although she did still care about the safety of the moon, it was impossible for her to set foot on the moon again.

Seeing her expression, Lin Luo didn't say anything more, but suddenly he thought of something, and suddenly he became gossipy, and asked in a low voice: "By the way, I remember the two princesses on the moon now. , Toyohime Mianzuki and Yihime Mianzuki are biological sisters, right?"

"Why are you asking this?" Bayi Yonglin immediately looked at him like a thief.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just a little curious." Lin Luo quickly explained, "You see, the two of them are sisters, but Yi Ji married her sister Feng Ji's son and became her sister's daughter-in-law. Logically speaking, This is [***], what do you think?"

Bayi Yonglin looked at him seriously for a while, "I didn't expect you to be quite well-informed. Indeed, what you said is the truth, but how can this be [***]? My sister married my sister. Son, it's clear that kissing is more kissing, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

"..." Seeing Baiyi Yonglin's contemptuous expression, Lin Luo was speechless for a moment.

Originally, he wanted to say that the expensive circle is really chaotic, but now he can't say it at all.

Sure enough, his world view is still very narrow. It is really unreasonable for a world king to be bound by such a narrow world view.

Therefore, Lin Luo decided to learn about the value of the moon, which is closeness and closeness.

"Since a younger sister marrying her older sister's son is regarded as an added kiss, then the apprentice married the master, or the master married the apprentice's husband, or the elder sister married a husband, all kinds of things, wouldn't it be considered an added kiss?" Lin Lin Luo put on a correct learning attitude and asked for advice humbly.

Bayi Yonglin closed the book in her hand, seemed to think about it seriously for a while, then squeezed her chin and said: "How should I say? We don't have as many constraints as people on the moon on the moon. Under normal circumstances, except for fathers, daughters, mothers and children." Except that the relationship does not allow, others are within the scope of union, such as brothers and sisters, as long as the two are happy, then there is no problem at all, and as parents, they will be very happy, with a pair of children under their knees."

"..." Lin Luo was speechless in embarrassment, the moon... how wonderful!

"Speaking of which, you are so busy today that you actually inquired about this kind of gossip." Bayi Yonglin couldn't help complaining.

"No, no, this is very useful knowledge." Lin Luo shook his hands again and again, "I think we should carry forward this spirit. The culture of the moon is really broad and profound."

In the end, Lin Luo couldn't help but sigh.

(to be continued)