"It's getting more and more like the owner of the shrine. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" The acting head of the Red Devil Pavilion praised while drinking tea.

"Really? I think that's not bad either. ”

"You're not going to just treat the shrine maiden as a serious profession, are you?" There was concern in her tone.

Arimimaru nodded: "What's wrong, anyway, Miss Reimu doesn't welcome guests other than humans, I think it's better to let Alice continue to work." ”

"Although the pace of life is generally as leisurely as it used to be in the Enchanted Forest, I do think there is nothing wrong with being a shrine maiden, but ......"

"Becoming a witch halfway through the world is not a long-term solution," said Patty, "and it is unlikely that Alice has abandoned the study of magic." ”

"Yes."

"It's a pity." Akinmyomaru sighed regretfully.

"Reimu would beat people up if she knew your attitude," I said, "You've met Lori Oni King, she's been living at the shrine for a long time,"

"Ahh "That's right," the Lilliputian king patted his head, "where did the rumor that the Hakurei witch be unkind to non-human guests came from......"

"I think it's mostly related to the reporters in Tengu Village."

"Yes......" she recalled, "the newspaper is indeed an important pastime when I am at home. ”

"If Miss Shotimaru knew that her newspaper was classified as a very important category, she would definitely be excited to work overtime for three days and three nights."

"Ugh!" She froze for a moment, "Miss Shotimaru......"

"Looks like you've been pestered by her too," I said, "she's annoying, isn't she?" ”

"yes, so don't mention her again."

"Understand, understand, understand."

"Alice," Patchy put down the bowl she had taken a sip on, "where's your cat?" ”

"Orange?"

"yes."

"That's not my cat," I said, "Orange Meow has been more diligent than ever these days, and the cat is always gone early in the morning, except for the banquet the night before when she drank so much that she couldn't get out of bed yesterday." ”

"Oh."

"Do you have anything to do with Miss Lan's cat from the Purple Family?"

"The person I'm looking for is Miss Purple, I thought I could call her indirectly through Orange."

"I don't think you can find Purple even if Orange Meow is at home," I told her, "although it doesn't look like it, Orange Meow was kicked out of the house that day, and if she could have reached Miss Purple or Blue, she would have begged them to let her go home." ”

"Huh? So what to do. ”

"Uh......" I didn't have a special solution, "I often see that guy when I don't want to know or don't want to, and I forget that it's not easy to find her." ”

"I've heard before that if you want to find Yakumo Murasaki, you just have to come to Hakurei Shrine and basically don't run." Patchy sighed as she leaned on her floppy hat.

"Actually, these kinds of rumors are true to a large extent......," I said, "Yesterday and the night before yesterday, the Purple family was socializing in the shrine, so why don't you take advantage of that time if you have something to do with her?" ”

"There are too many people." Her reasons are very good.

"Oh, is it something secret?"

"No, in fact, most of Gensokyo's territory already knows," she slapped her hand on the table, "The pesky ghosts of Tengu Village have basically revealed the strange ring observation experiment we did last time!" ”

"Ah, do you say that, there's nothing to hide anyway, I think the theory of the exploration of the essence of the problem, whether it is an experiment or not, is actually closely related to everyone in this world, and it is not something that should be kept secret." I looked at Patchy's reaction, and she didn't look dissatisfied, and I added, "I think the more people know, the better." ”

"It's a matter of time before it's made public, and since I'm engaged in magic research, of course I won't consider concealing it, and I'm not dissatisfied with the newspaper's disclosure, but Yakumo Murasaki and Shotimaru should at least get my authorization! Moreover, this is a failed experiment that has not made any progress, and there is no point in making it public too soon. ”

"Anyway, Purple's nondescript report has already been published, and it's useless to take it back," having said that, I was very dissatisfied with Purple's nonchalant expression of Miss Remilia-sama and her false concern for what had happened to me, "but she did write a lot of useless words on it! ”

"Okay, Alice, don't be angry, Yakumo has never cared much about other people's feelings. I didn't plan to ask her for copyright this time. "Miss Witch comforted me.

"If I really want to express my displeasure with her, I'd already have sent the dolls to find clues to where her house is and get the exploding dolls ready," I said of what I had always planned, and of course it was unlikely to carry out, "Purple is often unpleasant, but I find that she doesn't usually make things worse. If you don't ask him to theorize about copyright issues, what are you going to do? Discuss academics? ”

"I should ask for advice."

"Oh! It's not easy. ”

"Am I like a stubborn old professor who doesn't want to accept the opinions of others?"

"No, of course not." I think of me a few decades ago, when Miss Alice would raise the bar with the purple witch in front of her in ten sentences at most, and it used to be my pleasure to occasionally tease her weak body, and it was even more common to ridicule her as an autistic witch who was closed off and often contemptuous of a more remote civilization, and now we are not so-for-tat, although the main reason is that our main research directions are different, and we do not have many disputes over the basic worldview. Another important reason is that I have come to understand some of her ideas and philosophies.

Studying alone in a system that is fundamentally incompatible with the magicians on her side is actually a very lonely job, and there is no magician in Gensokyo who can promote theoretical exploration with her, and generally speaking, I can make very few suggestions in her field of study, but she can help my research a lot, so from a work point of view, I am not so lonely, but Miss Patchouli maintains the loneliness of an orthodox magician.

The magic of solitude makes it seem to be a state of honor not much different from that of scientists from the outside world to hope that their research will be known to the world until they produce some results - in fact, I am somewhat in the same mood, and I am not very happy to talk about my work until the puppets supported by new theories have obtained the first results.

All in all, as a serious magician, Miss Pache should always ask Yakumo for advice, and I understand her very well.

Glancing at the one-inch villain, she couldn't interject into our conversation, looking a little sluggish, "Is the tea cold?" Miss Akinmyomaru. ”

"Huh? Ah, no, no, I just think you're amazing. ”

"Awesome? What's awesome? ”

"Not to mention people like the Magic Envoy that I can't understand, Miss Patchouli dares to take the initiative to find Miss Purple is admirable enough."

"Magicians aren't so magical or mysterious...... Purple isn't such a scary person, is she? ”

"There's no one more terrifying to me than her!"