Although he kept saying that he was "worried about the safety of the teacher", he came to take a look, but Marisa and Alice were subtly noncommittal. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Reimu, who had prepared a lot of rhetoric but couldn't take the initiative to defend himself because the other party didn't ask questions, vented his frustration on food.

After being a little surprised, Mo Ming also happily accepted Reimeng's sudden visit. To be honest, with someone like Reimu who understands by his side, the process of recovering his hard-earned money may be easier.

"Hey, there are a lot of delicate dolls on the shelves here—" The food was brought to the table, and Mo Ming found a display case full of dolls as he walked around the room.

"That's, don't underestimate Alice, she's a very capable puppeteer~" Marisa smug as if she was showing off.

"It's so ingenious, maybe it's also very good at making figures!" Mo Ming couldn't help but sigh, "Clay figures, surrounding pillows, ......" Seeing the delicate puppets at the moment, I remembered these things in the outside world.

"Hey~ I've heard of the pillow!" Marisa shouted.

"yes, it's super comfortable to sleep in your arms. "Mo Ming's star eyes.

"Alice~ Do you want to try to do it?" Marisa also star-eyed, turning her head to look at Alice.

Mo Ming said strangely: "The pillow is different from the figure, and it is very particular about painting and dyeing......"

"Don't underestimate Alice!" said Marisa, dissatisfied.

"Huh, so powerful?!" Mo Ming was also taken aback, "Ask for a pillow, Captain Alice, just draw a girl, I won't pick it!"

"I want it too, I want it too," Marisa was not far behind, "I want a mushroom pillow!"

"Wait...... Wait, why is it based on what I promised!" Alice, who had been silent for a long time, finally complained.

"What about Reimu? What does Reimu want?"

"Do I have a share?" Ling Meng glanced at Mo Ming, "I want a teacher's pillow." ”

“…… What?" Mo Ming and Marisa said in unison.

"So, why is it based on my consent?"

……

……

Things seem to have turned into a small dinner party for four, but it becomes out of control when Alice pulls out a bottle of aged brandy.

The three girls' alcohol consumption is obviously much better than Mo Ming's, but the wine is just like that.

Marisa, who drank to the top, found that Mo Ming was just eating vegetables but not moving the wine glass, and she looked very dissatisfied.

So, under the unanimous persuasion of the three beautiful girls, I had to drink a small cup of it.

Then he collapsed on the table.

So much so that Mo Ming, who woke up the next day and found that she had missed the best time to beg for money, had to put this idea on hold for the time being, although she beat her chest and paused.

Mo Ming wanted to take care of the girl's face.

This seems to be regarded by Mo Ming as a kind of test, perhaps it is a necessary test for herself who was not good at getting along with women to get along further and get along.

So give up for the time being.

It's just that I've given up for the time being, so let's let you go, and Mo Ming said goodbye to Alice with Reimu and Marisa.

Speaking of which...... This girl, the embarrassing situation caused by being too shy yesterday should have almost been eliminated......

……

……

In the early morning of the Forest of Magic, the three of them walked slowly.

"Reimu~ I've made a few spell cards lately!

"Okay, what about the teacher?

"Well, I'm okay anyway, let's see and open my eyes. Honestly, I'm very interested in magic or something!"

"Hey-I'm obviously not interested in my technique~"

"Hey, because it's a witch's full-time witchcraft, I'm an ordinary person, and I can't learn it if I'm interested. ”

"So, just be my type—"

"What?"

"No, nothing!"

It's a normal daily chatter.

……

……

Suddenly, there was a high-pitched scream faintly in the distance.

The trio stopped.

Marisa and Reimu glanced at each other, and without saying a word, flew away to the source of the sound.

"Hey, hey—"

Seeing the two of them rising from the ground and rushing straight up, Mo Ming didn't have time to say a word to bring herself, but the leaves above her head had already covered the figures of the two again.

What's going on......

Is it a youkai?

I have a bad premonition, but at this time, I always stay out of the way. When it comes to dealing with this kind of thing, Reimu is much more handy than herself, so you shouldn't worry about it.

However, Mo Ming, who was thinking like this, kept sweeping towards the source of the sound all the time.

……

……

When they arrived, Marisa and Reimu were already standing there, and Mo Ming was looking around, but there were no other monsters or anything like that.

It's just, a glance at the situation in front of you...... Mo Mingleng froze.

Blood, staining the ground.

Scattered on the ground were fragments of translucent wings.

"These are...... Fairy?" Mo Ming asked.

"Yo, I can't see it, it's hard for ordinary people to be as indifferent as you when they see this kind of scene~ It should be said that it is worthy of Reimu's ......"

"Don't talk nonsense with me," Mo Ming interrupted flatly, "Is this the elf wings?

"It's an ordinary goblin," Reimu on the side began, "and was caught by a mountain fox youkai." ”

"Eaten?"

"No," he shook his head, "the elves can't be eaten, they just catch and play, and one by one they pluck off their wings and listen to the elves screaming for fun." ”

Looking at Mo Ming's silent expression, Lingmeng added, "I have already been cured. ”

"Where's the goblin? dead?"

"I was rescued by another elf. ”

Ordinary goblins usually can't even speak the whole story, and when they feel pain, they only cry and scream.

Even so, there are also similar goblins that depend on each other.

It's just that...... When facing monsters that are more powerful than them, even if their companions are captured, they can't do anything, so they can only hide in the dark with trepidation, and just snoop with tears in their eyes.

It wasn't until just now, as if judging that there was no hostility on this side, that the frightened goblin flew over, and under Reimu's gaze, picked up his companion who had lost his wings and flew away.

No one spoke.

While this kind of thing is too common for Reimu and Marisa, it is not the case for Mo Ming.

As if realizing that his silence had stiffened the atmosphere, Mo Ming let out an "oh" to show that he understood.

The mood has not improved.

……

……

There is no point in continuing to stay on the spot.

The three of them continued on their way.

"It's common sense that goblins would do this, right? Teacher Mo Ming should ...... too," Marisa said, stunned for a moment, then stuck out her tongue, "I don't think I have any memory to forget you." ”

"Common sense...... ......"

"Well, common sense, it's okay for goblins to be bullied by powerful monsters, and even if they can't be bullied, they will die a large number of people every year, which is normal for everyone. As he said that, his voice gradually lowered.

Probably Marisa is still a little sad about this.

The weak are bullied, although it is not a physical injury, but as a human being who is also at a disadvantage in the Gensokyo pattern, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will die.

"The origin of Gensokyo in the previous generation didn't mention that the goblins would die a large number of times a year. ”

Mo Ming said, looking at the Lingmeng next to him who had stopped talking since just now.

However, Reimu still just lowered her head for some unknown reason and walked.

Marisa continued.

"Probably in recent years," he scratched his head, "it seems that there are too many people in the people, and there is not enough food to eat, or there are fewer resources outside...... Anyway, there are many cases of these goblins starving to death every year...... Don't worry too much about it, the goblins will still come back to life when they die. ”

Mo Ming was just silent.

Because he cares more about food and other situations, Mo Ming has also done a survey on the food production among people.

In recent years, the rapid expansion of the size and population of the people has made it impossible to continue to expand after receiving the warning of the Yokai Sage, and the area of arable land left behind many years ago has long been stretched.

In a good year, there is barely enough food for the whole village. If the year is bad, people will almost certainly starve to death.

Although Mo Ming has not experienced natural disasters in the past few years in Gensokyo, and it seems that there has been some relief, the villagers still regard food as their life, and no one is willing to give food to outsiders.

This is an outrageous act and completely irreproachable.

It's just that the goblins won't have a good time, so it's inevitable.

To be honest, Mo Ming, who had dealt with Qiluno and the big goblins, knew that the two of them didn't actually eat much, and they only needed to eat once every few days. Sometimes the two goblins look for food on their own, and sometimes they come to them to ask for it. This is the case with the relatively powerful Qiluno and the Great Goblin, and the rest of the ordinary goblins may have a conceivable life.

Starvation or something like that, maybe it's really the norm.

However, the elves who come back to life do not retain their previous memories.

No one taught them enlightenment, so that most of the elves only followed their instincts, eating the seemingly edible flowers and roots as far as the eye could see, and seemed carefree to fly between the heavens and the earth, until they starved to death again without food...... Or be bullied to death by powerful monsters.

Most of the ordinary goblins have exhausted all their spiritual power just by condensing a barrage.

In the face of other monsters, there is almost no way to fight back.

A small number of lucky goblins became servants hired by the Red Devil Pavilion or other forces, at least they were spared starvation and death.

As for the likes of Qiluno and the Great Goblin, they have their own special abilities, and they are even more of the exceptions, and such examples can be counted on almost two hands.

Even so, even they are hungry.

The atmosphere became a little dreary.

Mo Ming smiled and nodded: "I know I know, that is to say, goblins will die like this, just like people will be born, old, sick and die, it is unavoidable no matter what, it is taken as common sense, as if no one will be angry because their relatives are about to end their lives, and in Gensokyo, no one will feel that these situations of goblins are not appropriate in the slightest." ”

Some will only be sad, but no one will be angry or feel unfair, because everything seems so natural, the survival of the fittest, since ancient times.

It seems that although I have been in Gensokyo for a long time, the things I know are only scratching the surface.

The road to the Forest of Magic seems to have become very long.

Reimu lowered her head and followed not far away. Mo Ming was silent and silent, only Marisa felt at a loss as she carried the broom.

"That...... I'm sure, you're not angry, are you?" Marisa whispered.

"Why am I angry?" Mo Ming turned her head to look at Marisa.

As far as the eye can see, there is a warm smile that is no different from the past.

"No, what you're thinking doesn't match what you seem on the surface, and you don't seem to be angry before, which makes you feel a little creepy. ”

Some of the psychopaths in the detective novels Marisa has read are smiling like this teacher.

I couldn't help but shudder.

"What can you do if you are angry? Mo Ming shrugged.

"Hey," Marisa suddenly approached Mo Ming, poked her elbow, and pointed at Reimu, who was bowing her head next to her, "You're not going to help the elves with something they want to do, are you?"

"How come, I also understand my own position," Mo Ming continued to respond with a smile, "Then, let's almost separate here, don't play too late for Reimu, remember to come back early for lunch~"

Mo Ming, who was going to go together, made the two girls feel an obvious sense of alienation at this moment.

"I'm not playing!I'm asking Reimu to help me look at the spell cards I made!-"

"Okay, okay, don't be so loud, you want a lady!" Mo Ming smiled.

"Well~yes~ So, isn't the teacher going? Remember to make a good lunch for me and Reimu~" Marisa smiled with her very ladylike hands.

"It's okay to mix and eat, the old rules, bring your own ingredients!"

"Hey, stingy—"

……

……

Turning around, the smile on Mo Ming's face gradually faded.

But it was not replaced by other expressions.

If I had to describe it in one word, it would probably be apathy.

This is the position of this man, unvarnished, to see the world as a whole.

As Marisa said, it's your own position that needs to be understood.

I'm not alone in Gensokyo.

A dozen steps behind him, the silent red and white girl was her own student.

The teacher of the Hirori shrine maiden. No matter how much you flaunt liberalism, this identity cannot be forgotten.

The righteous and powerful Hakurei Reimu has gradually been recognized by the yokai and has become the bond between humans and youkai.

If she does something from the side of the elves, her own student, Reimu Hakurei, who must be treated as equals, will definitely be affected.

Mo Ming couldn't help but look up, and through the gaps in the leaves of the forest, he could peek into the sky outside.

It seems that due to last night's shower, the sky is exceptionally clear today.

His three views are not so blameless. I want to save the elves just because they look cute. I just don't want cute things to disappear, and not out of so-called orthodox humanism.

Again, if it was a monster that looked ugly or didn't fit his aesthetics at all that suffered, Mo Ming wouldn't even frown.

She has never been the so-called Lady of Compassion.

I really want to save those cute goblins, but ...... Mo Ming, who was in a certain place and looked down on the entire human race, knows one thing very well: manpower is sometimes poor.

There is a limit to what one person can do.

As an ordinary human being, not to mention caring about the situation of the entire fairy race, in Gensokyo, even just surviving will almost consume all of his strength.

His situation may be slightly better, but just getting a year's worth of rations for two little goblins is already the limit of what he can do.

Even if you don't make a fool of yourself and really do something...... Reimu's position must also be taken into account.

For himself, Reimu always comes first, and if Reimu's interests will be harmed, then it should have been decided a long time ago.

I can't do anything on my own.

Shaking his head, he gave a little ridicule to himself who would be shaken by what he saw and heard, and then Shi Shiran walked towards the shrine.

Maybe even he didn't notice it, and when he pretended to be chic and held his hands behind his back, his fists clenched......

However, Mo Ming had already seen through everything