The Book of Maiden Contract

Appearing in front of everyone was a tall girl with long blond hair, wearing very beautiful clothes and a bow tie, holding a sun umbrella in her hand.

The girl is about seventeen or eighteen years old. I don’t know whether it’s the clothes that set off her, or she makes her look very beautiful. When the breeze blows, the skirt sways, and the sun umbrella rotates. Countless cherry blossoms seem to be attracted by her and dance around her. Although standing there, it gives people the illusion that they are going away, and they are full of mysterious temperament.

Seeing her appearance, even Lin Luo couldn't help being moved, because this girl is none other than the great sage of monsters—Yakumo Zi.

Regardless of the young girl's appearance, she is actually a big monster who has lived for at least 1200 years. In fantasy, when it comes to the history of monsters, there are few monsters who are longer than her, and her strength is also equal to her survival time. She is one of the best in Gensokyo.

Generally speaking, no matter what monsters have their own race, for example, Remilia belongs to the vampire family, Shemei Marumon belongs to the tengu family, and Alice and Patchouli belong to the magician family. There is no monster without race, but... this rule does not exist in Yakumo Zi, because she is the most special monster of each race.

The foundation of the world society is the realm, such as the realm of the underworld and the real world, the realm of life and death, the realm of water and fire, the realm of night and day, the realm of heaven and hell... Without these realms, time and space would not exist, and everything would become chaos, and Yakumo Zi controls the power of such realms.

This ability represents the destruction of everything and the creation of everything. It can no longer be described by power, but directly reaches the root of all things. It is the basic composition of all laws. In theory, it has reached the realm of gods and even far surpassed gods.

In addition to the ability of the realm, she can also tear space, not just the physical space, but also in pictures, in human sleep, and even in fictional stories, she can freely enter and exit there, it can be said to be omnipotent.

And as a great sage among monsters, she is also extremely outstanding in terms of wisdom, even to the point where she can predict the changes in the starry sky in an instant. Even if she is compared to the legendary Jiang Taigong, she is probably not inferior... She is a monster that is almost invincible both in strength and mind.

As for how powerful Yakumo Zi is, Lin Luo can't figure it out... This shocked Lin Luo very much. In the past, no matter what kind of character he was, he could roughly guess the strength of the opponent. For example, Yuyuko next to him is a complete powerhouse, but Yakumo Zi is unknown?

He didn't know whether it was because his level was too low, or because the opponent's level was too high, so he couldn't see Yakumo Zi's strength, but one thing he could be sure of was that the opponent's strength was definitely beyond his original imagination... When he was fighting with the Creator, the Creator briefly projected an ancient jihad for him, and he couldn't see through the power of the Creator in the projection, but the Creator clearly stated that she was a high-ranking earth-level at her peak. Then, Yakumo Zi's strength is also around the high-level earth-level!

This made Lin Luo break out in a cold sweat. The gap was too great. With such a gap, he wanted to take away Reimu Boli.

The name Yakumo Zi represents her realm and ability, which means "a solid wall that keeps the gods inside". If the gods are replaced by shrine maidens, it will be the composition of Gensokyo... She, Yakumo Zi will never let the shrine maidens leave Gensokyo!

The strength of Yakumo Zi not only surprised Lin Luo, even Lily felt a trace of extremely heavy pressure the moment the other party appeared. If her heart had not reached the bottom level, and the other party seemed to have no hostility, and seemed to be an acquaintance Yuyuko knew, she might have swung her sword and chopped it out.

"It tastes really good. It seems that I came here right this time." Yakumo Zi walked in front of everyone, and put the food and wine in her hand on the tablecloth. She is not a foodie like Yuyuko. Although she often uses her ability to steal food without stealing food, her appetite is not great, and the dishes she stole are only a little less.

"Master Zi, please sit here." Seeing Yakumo Zi approaching, Youmu immediately stood up from the ground, and gave her seat to the other party, with a look of respect, Yakumo Zi sat down directly, and Youmu sat slightly behind Yuyuko's side.

Seeing this scene, Lin Luo suddenly thought of something... It is said that the Lou Guan sword used by Yaomeng was made by Yakumozi, I wonder if it is true?

"Ah, that's really strange. Speaking of which, aren't you inactive during the day, and now it's morning." Youyouzi laughed, with a hint of teasing in his tone.

"Didn't I just say that when I woke up, I smelled the fragrance here, and it's spring now." Yakumo Zi said casually, her words were a bit incomprehensible, if someone who didn't know her well could not understand what she meant, at least Lily's eyes flashed a bit of bewilderment after hearing her words.

However, Lin Luo is quite familiar with Yakumo Zi, so he can understand her words... Yakumo Zi is a nocturnal monster. Its main activity time is from evening to midnight.

"Are these two your new friends? A human with a vampire aura, a special ghost, I haven't seen it before." Yakumo Zi looked at Lin Luo and Lily, although there was no hostility, but there was a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

As the creator of Gensokyo, Yakumo Zi cherishes Gensokyo very much. She has no objection to people from the outside world coming to Gensokyo. After all, most of the outsiders have knowledge and technology that Gensokyo lacks, and they are also a rare talent for Gensokyo, which can promote the development of Gensokyo... In fact, many people who stray into Gensokyo by mistake are because Yakumo Zi deliberately distorted the enchantment.

But Lin Luo and Lili are different from those outsiders, because their strength has surpassed most of the monsters in Gensokyo. If this kind of strength makes a mess, it will be another mutation.

When Yakumo Zi looked at them, Lily was also looking at Yakumo Zi, a little bit tit for tat. Although she was not a fighter, such a powerful figure still gave her a little bit of fighting spirit.

Lin Luo didn't say anything, just continued to take out the food and drink from the storage space, but his mind was already spinning eight times faster... Before coming to Gensokyo, she had prepared things for most of the familiar monsters and humans that would make them feel good, but the only ones that were not clearly prepared were Yakumo Zi and a few others. It wasn't that he ignored them, but because they had no clear "weaknesses".

Yakumo Zi's character cannot be considered from a human point of view, nor can it be measured from a monster's point of view. Except for her ability, her age, residence, hobbies, and interests, everything is a mystery. It can even be said that her whole being is made up of mystery.

If you insist on saying that there is something that can arouse her goodwill... I don't know if beautiful clothes count?

"They are guests who came to visit the underworld..." Yuyuko covered her mouth and smiled, and introduced each other, not friends but guests. Obviously, it is not easy to become Yuyuko's friend. A meal can make her feel good, but not friendship.

"I see." Zi Yakumo nodded slightly, without saying anything.

Although she smiled lightly, she seemed a little cold, but Lin Luo was relieved by this. Ordinary people can't speculate on the principle of Yakumo Zi's actions. The only thing is... Be careful of her smile. If she smiles sweeter, it means that something terrible will happen.

To be honest, Lin Luo was a little worried before. After all, he is now plagued by bad luck, and it is not surprising that anything happens. But Yakumo Zi's indifferent response now shows that he and Lily don't take him seriously. Even if they can't be friends, at least they won't become enemies. There is nothing better than this.

Then there were five people at the banquet, Yakumo Zi was very talkative, probably because she had slept all winter, or she was like this, she was the one who talked the most in the banquet, basically everyone said one sentence, and she could say ten sentences. The content of the talk is also varied, including things about Gensokyo and her own daily life, dreams while sleeping, and some interesting things that I encountered by chance... Of course, it is impossible to judge whether it is true or false.

Lin Luo was more concerned about a dream she mentioned... In the dream, she became a college student in the outside world, a member of a certain spiritual organization, specializing in exploring the secrets of realms, but in the dream she was very weak and only had the ability to see the level of enchantment.

This dream made Lin Luo think of one thing. If it was just a guess before, then that thing is probably true now... Yakumo Zi also exists in the outside world!

During the conversation, Lin Luo also talked about the curse, trying to get Yakumo Zi to help. With the ability of the other party, he believed that it should not be difficult to solve the curse, but to his disappointment, Yakumo Zi's answer was ambiguous, which made him unable to understand.

"After sleeping for so long, my body seems a little stiff. Do you want to play?" When the banquet was almost over, Yakumo Zi suddenly raised his head and asked Lily, with an unpredictable smile flashing in his eyes.

(to be continued)