Historians, people who write records of the rise and fall of dynasties, and there are often such officials in human beings.

In the beginning, I was ordered by the Great Tengu to perform similar duties.

As a member of the Tengu, I not only have to record the evolution of the human royal family, but also to record in detail the migration, rise and fall of our various youkai races, and other major events.

Sometimes the monsters slaughter the world, sometimes the humans destroy the monsters, and the cycle repeats. I told the youkai that "cannibalism must be restrained or there will be a backlash", and I also warned the emperor that "the demon suppression order must not be killed or you will be retaliated", but they were only attacked as enemies.

Gradually, I became an absolutely neutral recorder, numb and indifferent as humans and youkai poured into each other—and I would keep recording it forever until one side fell down completely.

I thought so at one point.

I often appear in front of corpse-strewn battlefields or graves to record the horrors of war with my own eyes.

Sometimes I saw crows pecking at the carrion of piled up corpses, and I felt that this animal that fed on the flesh of the dead was similar to me, which would only appear in the ruins of a dynasty and a decaying race.

Gradually, my wings began to become as black as a crow.

Originally, neither the old Tengu nor I had ever doubted that I would become the new Great Tengu, but there was no common reason for the evolution of the Yokai race, so I accepted the new wings and the new race, and my original colleague became the Great Tengu in my place, ruling the current Yokai Mountain.

Monsters are an outlier between heaven and earth, and there are countless people who are one person or one race, and although the changes in my body are strange, they are not worth mentioning among all the monster races.

But that's not the end of the fun, after my body changed, a race of youkai called 'Raven Tengu' appeared in various places.

For a while, it was rumored that these tengu were my descendants, and I myself was said to be a prodigal tengu youkai who could not be a human being—I was not averse to the act of reproduction, and according to the late elder Tengu, it seemed to be a very comfortable thing, but I was not very interested, and I couldn't prove myself to anyone, so I had to let others say it.

Fortunately, justice is at ease in people's hearts...... Of course, it's a joke, but no one knows better than me, who is a mirror from history, so I used a little trick.

With the deliberate promotion, the "incorruptible and upright Shotmaru Venomuni" has now been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Youkai Mountain, and whoever dares to bring up the old thing again, naturally someone will blow up his tengu head for me.

In a sense, compared to others, I was the first to be victimized, which is a little ironic. Therefore, when some speculations or conjectures mentioned in the "Wenwen Shimbun" were used by well-intentioned people to discredit others, I began to decide not to publish news about any incidents with insufficient information.

I was numb to record history, and I kept writing things with my pen. The history that remains on the paper and does not know if it will be read one day in the future is piled up. I seem to have been born to do this, and it has nothing to do with my personal wishes, just like the way of heaven that follows some kind of law.

And although the world is big, not all the time there are big things happening. Whether or not some of the events are worth recording is up to me to judge. On a certain day, a certain year, a certain mountain, dozens of monsters were killed by a demon exterminator, and on a certain day, a certain village of human beings was attacked by a big monster in retaliation, and no one survived...... Most of these things are insignificant, and my personality, influenced by this calm and neutral stance, has become more and more indifferent. Later, the demise of both the human city-state and the youkai only made me add a few more strokes to my notes with a blank face.

For a while, the Tengu began to report the revenge of the human race, and then they were slaughtered by the powerful Yin-Yang Warlocks, and nine out of ten of the people of the same clan died, but this ...... What is the difference with the rise and fall that I have recorded? At that time, it felt normal, as if I shouldn't be sad about it, so I continued to record it silently. For thousands of years, I was exhausted.

Until one day, I met a human named "Ari Barnyard Ari", who has similar responsibilities to me, but she is a girl full of energy and curiosity.

At that time, the yokai migrated to Gensokyo, and I was told by the Great Tengu that I didn't need to take on this cruel record duty anymore, and when I was confused, Reiko invited me to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom, and I made a lot of suggestions in the drinking room.

My life may have been recolored by my encounter with her...... But those are the few things I don't want to put on paper.

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I love documenting news – it's a lot more fun than my last job.

This is a job that requires an active approach, and as long as it is a news topic that can arouse the interest of others, it is no longer a matter of rational "analysis" but an emotional "intuition" rather than a historical record that passively waits for the occurrence of "events".

"It seems like it's going to be interesting" – that alone is enough motivation for me to take action.

It took me a moment to figure out that News is meant to be read for others, and that it is not enough to have my own "interests."

At first, just to divert his world-weariness, he casually recorded things that only interested him, and those newspapers were not cared for. Until one day, the tengu of my colleagues suddenly came to ask "Is there any newspaper today?" It turned out that it was published in the newspaper in the middle of the newspaper that the topic of "The head of Monster Mountain, Otengu, is now bald, and I hope everyone can relax after work", which attracted a lot of attention.

It's nothing in itself.,The new Otengu used to be my colleague.,As an old friend.,Naturally, he knows very well about his "workaholic" side.,Even if you have nothing at hand.,Will deliberately have nothing to do.,Often for months without rest.,I was kind enough to remind everyone to pay attention to their health.,Unexpectedly, it became a widely talked about anecdote.。

After that incident, I started to pay attention to other people's areas of interest. It's not easy to understand other people's interests, so you have to start with the level and type of culture they come into contact with, and as a heterogeneous tengu youkai who lives alone, I don't have much to talk about with the people of Yokai Mountain, so I started to try to socialize with others.

At that time, Mt. Yokai was a more hierarchical place than human society, and as a privileged person directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Tengu, I began to bring some entertainment facilities to Mt. Yokai and met some interesting children.

Inu Xing Chu and Ji Haitang, although they do not have a high status in the Monster Mountain, but they make me feel interesting - with them as a starting point, I began to expand my interest research beyond the Monster Mountain.

Immediately, I was exposed to a world that was different from what I had seen before.

This Gensokyo is very different from the ecosystem I see in the outside world. The youkai here do their own thing, but they don't invade human society - I wonder that this is not the nature of youkai, and from what I have seen and heard for thousands of years, ten youkai and nine and a half will harm people.

It soon became clear to me that it wasn't the kind nature of the monsters here, but the demon slayers who lived here who had fought against those fierce monsters for thousands of years and eradicated them all.

The only ones left are those monsters who are not very interested in humans, and it has formed a pattern where everyone is now in a corner of peace.

And at the moment when the pattern has stabilized, it is logical that it is time for the monster sage to hide the bow. A little farther away from the bloody case in the human world many years ago, as recently as the beginning of last month, the human village was cut down at the night festival to eradicate the roots, and the human race has no demon exterminator since then.

Yakumo Zi's murder with these hands is really a bit of a doorway.,It's a pity that I'm not very treated by her.,So I don't have the idea of going to talk to her.,It's just that I'm not very interested in the murder itself.、Before I came to Gensokyo.,I've already seen a lot of battles.。

Among the few human villages that interest me, not only the descendants of Reiko Barnyard but also a little girl who rents a book house has attracted my special attention. I often hide my wings and disguise myself to borrow books from a rental bookstore.,Bring back the Monster Mountain transcription collection.,So I also have the consciousness that I've been exposed.、After all, every time I go to borrow the latest articles of the two authors, Suzu Taro and Christie Q.,The so-called loyal fans will probably leave a little impression on the author.。 But I'm not the only one who goes to Suzuna-an to borrow money in disguise, so they don't usually talk to me, and I have no intention of contacting them.

Such excellent characters were born in such a closed environment, but their future is destined to be mediocre for a lifetime, maybe they can't stand it and become monsters, or maybe not? I just don't want to plant cause and effect and increase sorrow.

Knowing the interests of others is a profession, but I am still an observer and recorder of actions based solely on my preferences, and I will continue to do so for a long time to come.

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Enlightened immortals usually rarely take the initiative to deal with humans, because humans become too fast and die too quickly.

I don't like this generation of Hakurei shrine maidens because she injured my friend Inu-Tsubaki when she single-handedly challenged Yokai Mountain, but I have to admit how eloquent she was at popularizing the barrage duel mechanic - Gensokyo's tranquility was only temporary, and the hatred between humans and youkai would eventually return, and the duel mechanic with no casualties really delayed the arrival of that point in time.

I like the yokai here more than a handful of outstanding humans. Maybe it's because of the rejection of the same kind, I don't like the oily people (specifically named a male human who lives in the shrine), and the youkai are more simple and direct-minded, even if the oni clan who once dominated for a while, as long as they use honorifics respectfully to them, they will be treated straightforwardly and kindly. The so-called "talk to people when you see people, talk about ghosts when you see ghosts", that's probably it.

It's just that even if most of today's Gensokyo are only left with relatively mild youkai, there are still a few who can't get along.

If I had to make a list of Miss Shotmaru's most hated monsters, Gu Ming Jijue would be in the top three - being attacked on my own territory was enough to be the black history of my life, but I also recommended her dozens of wonderful broken chapters of novels that I couldn't see the follow-up anymore, so it was a rip-off.

Some of these big monsters have perverse personalities, and although they don't take the initiative to attack, they are really difficult to get along with. A lot of the time, I prefer to talk to some little monsters or goblins...... Although I basically don't get much news from them.

Today's stalking is a night sparrow monster named "Misty Lorela".

I've known this little night finch for a long time, and I occasionally visit her stall in the forest night run. Sometimes I can't see her in the night road.、Later, I found out that she made a cart to sell in the village.,This concept is advanced.、That's why you can't underestimate some small characters.,When the monster hasn't completely cleared up the hatred with humans.,Night Sparrow has begun to earn money in human pockets.。

As a journalist, you need to have a very sensitive "sense of smell" for events. The reason for following her is not complicated - the Night Sparrow Youkai is walking down the main road in the middle of the day and is walking towards the human village, which is exactly the "anomaly" that the news material needs.

At noon, the farmers went home from their work, and the guards sent by the village to protect the cultivation had been withdrawn, and the fields on both sides were empty, and the night sparrows were jumping up and singing and walking along the main road.

Approaching the entrance of the village, his posture became more dignified, he straightened his hat and began to walk on a crutch......

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The place at the entrance of the village, which was originally used as a notice board, was plastered with articles as usual, and recently there was an essay contest called "Once Upon a Monster," which was so intrigued that I spent several nights copying them when no one was around.

It is worth mentioning several wonderful stories such as the anonymous "Four Seasons Feather of the Four Seasons", "Where is the Ogre Monster Now" by Yotsuha Hayada, "The Stranger with Glasses" by Suzu Motoi, and a few works with great plots such as "The Legend of the White Snake" but very subtle, which feel like plagiarism of articles from the outside, and the literacy rate of human villages is not very high, except for outliers like Suzutaro or Christie Q, I don't think they can write anything too good.

But none of this caught the attention of the Night Sparrow, and she walked to the village, which was near the temple house that was being renovated.

I couldn't help but get a little excited...... Because of a reason that comes to mind: the Night Sparrow Monster is related to the boiling "Human Academy Expansion Incident" that was rumored in the Monster Mountain a while ago?!

Of course, the reason why this matter has been widely discussed in Yokai Mountain is also because of my report, the radicals in the mountain believe that humans have finally attacked the yokai, after all, even in the past years, the demon slayer has never done anything to young youkai and goblins, and now that the demon slayer is dead, the human dog has jumped over the wall? There was a lot of arguing about it, and there was still no conclusion, but I was ordered by the Great Tengu and the others to follow up on the incident, and after that, I secretly found that the goblins and a few small youkai who had received the invitation had agreed, and although I don't know how they were convinced, it was imperative to set up a yokai experimental class in the temple.

In this way, the little night sparrow who often comes to the village to open a barbecue stall is also a well-known youkai in the village, and at the same time meets the conditions of "not receiving human education (suitable for enlightenment education)", "strength is not at the level of a big monster (easy to control risks)", "well-behaved and kind (convenient for teachers to establish prestige)", etc., and is indeed a high-quality youkai student.

But things don't seem to be going very well.

Inside the temple house, the Night Sparrow Monster was holding a piece of paper to confirm something, and the Motoi Kosuzu in civilian clothes was actually here, constantly explaining something, and the Night Sparrow Monster shook his head and didn't speak.

Damn, it's so far away that I can't hear what I'm talking about...... However, since Xiaoling is here instead of Teacher Huiyin, it is much easier for me.

A gust of wind lifted the corners of the two girls' skirts, and neither of them noticed that I was hiding in the hall.

Suzu is still trying to explain:

"I didn't lie to you! I did say that I would let Mo Ming take charge of the elective cooking class, but I haven't seen him come over to confirm the matter these days, and the class schedule can't just wait for him as a teacher, it's all arranged, Miss Misia, you can take other classes first, Teacher Mo Ming's class and have a chance to ...... in the second half of the semester."

"I'm sorry, then I'm not going to class. It was confirmed that Mo Ming's name was not in the teacher's list, and the night sparrow's singing voice was very easy to recognize.

"Help, Miss Mistia, Miss Lingxian and Miss Youmeng have refused to attend classes one after another in the past few days, and if you also refuse to come to class, the number of people in the class will ......"

"I'm sorry~I'm sorry~" just kept apologizing, but he refused to budge.

In the end, they can only break up unhappily.

Does Suzu also serve as a teacher? It seems that in addition to her, there are many other teachers, even including the contemporary head of the barnyard clan, Aqiu...... Shangbai Zehuiyin may not be able to afford to hire so many people at this price, and the temple house is now expanded and renovated, and it also needs assets, where do these manpower and material resources come from?

I leaned against the pillars in the lobby and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The establishment of yokai schools in human villages, the reduction of the number of samurai enshrined by the clans, the establishment of a prize-winning essay on "Once Upon a Monster", and the promotion of the harmlessness and kindness of the Yamahia of the god of doom to the villagers cannot all be accidental.

Foggy rain and glow, I can't help but think of such a person, who killed his wife for the sake of peace in the world, and also won himself the highest prestige among the clans—and as the head of a thousand-year-old martial arts family, last month he took the lead in dispersing hundreds of samurai under his own command to fend for themselves, and other clans followed suit, which caused a lot of turmoil.

What was he trying to do? It's not hard to guess now.

The human village of Gensokyo has not experienced the baptism of thriving civilization, so it is not a real "Renaissance", but the practice of this Fog and Rain clan is similar to the Medici family recorded in the outside world.

I can't help but think of the scene decades later, the youkai who have accepted human civilization haunt the world as if they were walking in their own yards, the youkai who take the initiative to help humanity eliminate the evil youkai in order to be accepted, and the youkai who are not satisfied with such a backward civilized society and shout the slogan of promoting the development of productive forces—will Yakumoshi's knowledge barrier to human civilization be defeated from the inside so easily by means of "civilization assimilation"?

But things have progressed so far, and Yakumo still shows no signs of stopping it.

After all, there really is a day in the future、It is also the choice of these youkai who are protected by today's youkai sages—I can't help but fantasize about how humans and youkai get along properly in the context of advanced technology and civilization...... Such a scenario.

Will there be such a good thing? Will it be good or bad after all?

Immediately, for thousands of years, the past of the war between humans and youkai that I had recorded flashed out. Hatred...... Will it recur?

Soaring into the air, I closed my eyes and glided aimlessly through the air, feeling the cold wind pass by my ears before crashing headfirst against the rocks with the sky.

At my speed, I really shouldn't have closed my eyes.