Soon, the massive materials brought by Bai Ben had all been put into storage, and Bo Li Lingmeng smiled embarrassedly behind the mask, and took out a can of tea from the materials.

"That...... Sit down and have some tea before you go?"

Bai Ben's glasses reflected a bright light.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey. ”

Moments later, they sat in the room sipping hot tea and eating refreshments, listening to Reimu's laughter, Marisa's crying, and Lumia's madness, and laughing in oblivion. Bai Ben was still very worried about Marisa at first, but after Bo Li Lingmeng persuaded her, "Don't look at Lumia's mouth saying that she hates trouble, in fact, she is very good at dealing with children", and she also decided to believe this familiar child, besides, Marisa can't just stick to herself, he now feels that the store manager of the fog and rain is looking at him more and more unkindly, and he is about to ignite the fluctuation of killing intent.

The middle-aged man controlled by his daughter is really terrible.

Right, Yakumo?

He drank the hot tea in his cup in silence, and without waiting for his own hands, Bo Li Lingmeng on the side helped him fill the teacup, which made his heart warm a little for the loss of his old friend.

"Thanks, Hirori. ”

Bai Ben bowed politely to the Hirori Shrine Maiden.

"You're welcome, it's all your tea anyway, I'll just chop wood and boil some hot water. ”

After buying so many things at the Bai Ben Daily Grocery Store, Bo Li Lingmeng never had a time to pay, and kept the accounts throughout the whole process.

Fortunately, Bai Ben didn't take it seriously, as the so-called one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, and put a long line to catch big fish. He cares more about another thing than this little money.

"Speaking of which...... What's going on with Reimu?"

"Uh-huh, Reimu. ”

Bo Li Lingmeng scratched her head.

"The last time you came, you only saw Lumia, and Reimu was sleeping, so I didn't tell you. She's ...... It was the little girl I saved from Lumia's mouth. ”

"Her original village was eaten empty by the crazy Lumia, I arrived at the scene but it was too late, I happened to see the lost Lumia in the corpse mountain of blood carrying the sleeping Reimu to look, but although there is no reason, but Lumia doesn't seem to have the idea of eating her, but after seeing me, I became ferocious, and the initiative to attack was defeated by me, and then I packed the big one and the small two back to the shrine. ”

"I don't know if Reimu was too stupid or if she protected herself and sealed her memories after witnessing the tragedy, not only did she remember that Lumia was the culprit who killed the village, but she didn't even remember who her parents were or what her name was, so she accepted me as her adoptive mother and got the name 'Hakurei Reimu'. ”

Bai Ben was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Then are you going to tell Reimu the truth, and why didn't you eradicate Rumia?"

"No, Lumia is also Reimu's family now, it's a good thing that she can't remember, and I don't want to ruin the relationship between them. As for why she didn't kill Lumia completely, it was probably because she ...... It's painful, isn't it? ”

Bo Li Lingmeng organized the language, and didn't seem to know how to describe it.

"My dreams are born to induce all kinds of negative emotions in my heart, such as anger, pain, resentment, despair, etc., to strengthen the physical body, in other words, to use the power of darkness. Probably because of this, I could feel Rumia's emotions at that time, she didn't want to hurt others, let alone eat people, but she couldn't control herself, she was desperate and sad, deep down in her heart, she was just a poor little girl who had lost her family. I don't know exactly who she lost, but I could be that person. ”

"Of course, the sins of killing and cannibalism will not go away, so I shot them on the spot. But it wasn't long after she died that she reunited from the darkness until she died as many times as she had taken lives, and I forgave her. ”

Bai Ben knew why, when the darkness helped An Yangjun reconstruct the universe, he dedicated his body as a buffer between matter, but as the mystery was gradually withdrawn, the darkness that escaped gradually transformed into "dark matter" that could be recognized by the concept of technology, and Lumia lost most of her existence, leaving only a few and a half remains, only the darkness in Gensokyo has not changed its nature, which has also caused her to degenerate from a terrifying will that was enough to threaten the entire world to this weak little monster now. But even so, her essence has not changed in any way. The darkness of the world is immortal, and the remnants of Lumia are immortal.

And the place where there is the most darkness is the human heart.

Lumia is attracted to the heart of darkness and preys on it. She will not swallow a soul full of light or light greater than darkness, and from this point of view, Lumia is more like a heavenly punishment for the wicked, and most of the people who are devoured by her can be said to be guilty and deserved, with few mistakes and omissions.

There was an indescribable coldness in Bo Li Lingmeng's voice.

"The mission of the Hirori Shrine Maiden is not to protect humanity, but to maintain balance. It was my choice to protect humanity, but humanity was not in a position to dictate my choice. I think that's the balance, then that's the balance. ”

Her voice returned to its former cheerfulness and lightness.

"Speaking of which, you seem to have been familiar with Lumia since the last time you saw her, did you know each other before?"

"Well, we have an old friend in common, and Lumia and that old friend were inseparable for a while, and I had several encounters with him when he came to visit me. ”

"Where's the old friend?"

Reimu asked with interest.

Bai Ben's expression was depressed, full of haze, and fine cracks spread silently on the teacup held in the palm of his hand.

He ...... Dead, and I can't even avenge him, because I've received so many favors from him, I-"

Bai Ben gritted his teeth, revealing a strong unwillingness and resentment. He is Bai Ze, who is familiar with ancient and modern history, so he understands the truth about the fall of Anyang Jun. At the beginning, after rushing to Gensokyo, he killed the lost house to find Yakumo Zi for revenge, and the current monster sage also calmly responded, but unfortunately Yakumo Purple was still a demon after all, and he was easily defeated. When he lost his soul and fell down, he only felt that he was weak and powerless, and he had no shame to live in the world, and when he saw a sick and weak woman who was dying, he did not hesitate to give away his Bai Ze rank, thinking that he would die because of this, but he only lost his two horns and the ninth eye, and became a mutilated half-demon. Since then, Bai Ben has been disheartened, hiding his strength in the world, and getting by, until he met Bo Li Lingmeng, the martial idiot swordsman finally realized what it means to have a spring heart, and he also has the motivation to live.

Bo Li Lingmeng grabbed his wrist worriedly, causing Bai Ben to come back to his senses and shake his head.

"I'm fine, Hiroshi...... It's really fine, let go, it hurts. ”

Bo Li Lingmeng was also self-aware of her own strength, and withdrew her palm in a sneering manner.

"I have to tell you something, Hiroshi. ”

"The people Lumia killed are innocent. ”