"Although it is a bit strange to be reminded by outsiders, it is indeed strange from another point of view to think about it after so many years in Gensokyo. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Of course, it doesn't refer to the high-energy and low-efficiency flight method used when I was in the outside world、When I first transformed into a witch.,But specifically refers to the flight method in Gensokyo.,In short, I inexplicably agree with Miss Aosaki's impression of Gensokyo.,Maybe it's because I haven't seen outsiders for too long, so I'm a little excited?

"It depends on how you fly." Patchy said.

"Forget about those questions," I beckoned outsiders into the main hall of the shrine, "Miss Aosaki, let's go into the house, it's rare to be in a good mood today and I can answer some of your questions, but if it's about returning to the outside world, I have to sort out what I know about the shrine maiden's abilities, so I probably can't do it today." ”

"Huh? Oh......"

When I got inside, I was distracted by directing the dolls to prepare boiling water to make tea in the backyard, while instructing visitors to sit down at the low table.

"Miss Aosaki, unlike most of the lost people I've met, doesn't seem so panicked and begging to send them home." Not counting Miss Melly, who thinks she is dreaming from beginning to end, so she is full of curiosity rather than panic, and of course there are many lost people who think they are dreaming but are still terrified.

"But, maybe, maybe it's because I used up all my surprise when I met Miss Sixteen Nights......

"You're lucky that you weren't attacked by wild beasts or youkai near the Rim Mound, if it weren't for Sakiya, you'd have met dangerous creatures if you stayed in that wild area long enough."

"Beasts are understandable," she said, "but youkai? ”

"I'm talking about the little monsters that are similar to the beasts, except for a few cases, sane monsters don't attack people casually, don't worry."

"Oh no...... I mean, youkai...... Ah, forget it, it's incredible enough to throw garbage bags and come to this incredible place casually, and it doesn't seem strange at all that youkai or something. ”

"Huh?" I then remembered that most of the attitudes of outsiders towards youkai should be a mixture of novelty and fear, because outsiders rarely have the opportunity to see intelligent creatures other than humans who are born intelligent life forms, and they are creatures with many magical powers that are incomprehensible in the eyes of ordinary people, "It's really not strange, if you babble like other curious outsiders and ask what a youkai is, I don't know how to answer." ”

"Uh......"

"Please forgive Alice for her faux pas, we don't have much opportunity to interact with outsiders, so it's inevitable to be offended." Patchy added.

"When it comes to meeting outsiders, you're staying in the library and barely leaving your home than you did when you lived in the Enchanted Forest."

Miss Aoizaki waved her hand again and again, "No offense, no offense, I'm already grateful to meet kind people in a strange place." ”

If only all outsiders were as suspicious, optimistic, and easy to deal with as Miss Aozaki or Miss Melly, then there would be no unscrupulous rumors of the Silent Puppeteer of the Enchanted Forest scaring the lost outside.

"I forgot to ask, I hope it won't be too rude to mention it now," I said, "If Miss Aosaki came to Gensokyo at close to noon, she probably wouldn't have had lunch yet, right?" If you don't mind my dark cuisine......"

"Ah,Thank you for your kindness.,I've enjoyed the hospitality of Miss Sixteen Nights before I came to the shrine.,That little castle-like place is called the Red Devil Pavilion.,Although it's a little regrettable not to see the master.、Oh、Speaking of which, Miss Patchouli said that Miss Patchouli is the temporary owner of the Red Devil Pavilion.。

"Nominally, it's actually Sakiya who manages everything." Surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be much of a barrier to communication between Patsy and strangers.

"There's also a red-haired Miss Red Misuzu who is also very enthusiastic, but is there only three people in such a big Red Devil Pavilion, including Miss Patchouli?"

"The master and the master's sister are going missing," Miss Patchy shook out the secrets of the Red Devil Pavilion very casually, "It seems that Sakiya didn't let the lively fairy maids show up, and there is also a little devil who has been staying in the library to do management work and doesn't appear outside often." ”

"Oh......"

"The shrine's ready-to-eat dry food has been sold out in the past two days of the banquet, so I can only make it fresh, but since Miss Aosaki has had lunch, it seems that I don't need to show off my dark cooking skills that I haven't had time to transform." I continued with Patsy.

"......," Miss Aozaki kindly reminded me, "Miss Shrine Maiden doesn't have to laugh at herself all the time...... Since I lived on my own, I still only boil noodles into a paste soup. ”

“……”

"You seem to be on a good fate, but stop wasting time laughing at each other's cooking skills, there's a lot of serious stuff to figure out." Patchy reminds us.

"Oh, yes," I nodded, "because Miss Aozaki may be the first lost visitor from the outside world in the last two months, so there are some questions I need to ask carefully." ”

"As long as I remember, um, and can answer."

"Don't you wonder how you should get out of here and go home? Many of the lost people I've seen in the Enchanted Forest feel anxious to go home even if they think they're dreaming, even if they're calm. ”

"Well, of course it's impossible not to want to go home, but I'm also very interested in the abnormal circumstances that I finally encountered, and besides, didn't Miss Alice say that there is no way to send me back for the time being?"

"Well, I did say it just now, and there is really no way to do it for the time being, because I haven't carefully experienced the cultivation and ability of the Hakurei witch, and the previous witch was a professional, but for various reasons she left her post temporarily, so let's not talk about this." I subconsciously straightened my body, "Let's understand the most important situation first, this may have something to do with why Miss Aozaki ended up in Gensokyo, do you remember what you were doing before you came to Gensokyo, that is, before the scene changed?" Or what do you see or hear? The more specific the better, and maybe we can find something out of the ordinary. ”

"Isn't it unusual......" she rested her hands on the table and propped her chin up, "Today, if I don't remember the time, it should be the weekend, there are no manuscripts to urge, no submissions to review, no dead fat house of the youth group next door to deal with, a very ordinary and very comfortable weekend, if I don't come to this strange place in the blink of an eye, I will either sleep until the evening, or go out with friends for a whole day......"

"Your usual job seems to be busy."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.,I don't know if you've heard of manga here.,I'm Maruko Aosaki, the editor in charge of the monthly magazine under the middle school hall Co., Ltd.,Please give me a lot of advice.,Ah.,I'm sorry I didn't bring a business card because I simply went out and threw out a garbage bag.。

"Comic editor, I still know this," comic magazines account for a large proportion of the magazines that flow in from the outside world, "It's not so formal, and it's impossible to contact and cooperate with your company if you give us business cards, and your name is so cute." ”

"Uh, thank you, my name is often a problem," she said with an embarrassed smile, "It's a professional habit to give business cards, and when you meet with a new cartoonist, you always take out your business card first." ”

"Understandable."

ps: Thank you Als Lijun for the tip~