In early summer, the afternoon sun is not hot, but it gives people a warm feeling, like a mother's embrace, which makes people lazy and unable to get motivated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yokai Mountain is as calm as ever, except for the occasional sound of animal cries and the rubbing of leaves.

And on a road with green trees and sunshine, Chen An was a little emotional.

"I really didn't expect that the place where I came out would be in the mountains, I thought it was a geyser."

The place that was picked up by Ah Rin was the geyser, so Chen An always thought that the exit from the underground to Gensokyo would be in the geyser.

"There are a lot of underground entrances, but many of them are in Youkai Mountain."

Hearing Chen An's words, Mei took a rare explanation.

"That's right."

Chen An suddenly realized.

It's true that the underground is not small, so it is not realistic to have only one entrance.

After walking for a while, Mitori asked.

"Where are we going now?"

She looked around, and there were trees everywhere, surrounded by shade, one after another, and when she looked up, she couldn't even see the sky except the leaves, and could only see the blue sky through the occasional gap.

I don't know how Chen An found this path now, obviously he can't see anything.

If he hadn't led the way, Mitori wouldn't have even discovered the trail!

"Go to the water's edge."

Although Chen An is very familiar with Monster Mountain, just like his own home, but because he can't see it, he doesn't know where this is Monster Mountain now, so he plans to follow the sound of water not far away to the water's edge, and then follow the water flow to the Lake of Mist. Then it's easy to do.

And, if you're lucky, you might even meet a few kappa along the water. They have always liked to go with the flow, so it's not surprising to see a few kappa on the surface of the water.

Meitori, who got the answer, didn't speak, but just followed Chen An in a muffled voice.

"Boom la la ......"

The sound of the water is getting closer and closer, but Chen An estimates that there should still be some way to go, so in order to pass the time, he chatted with Mitori.

"Hey, Mitori. This time when you come to the earth, do you want to go and see Nitori? ”

"Sister?"

Mitori heard Nitori's name and was silent for a moment.

"I don't know where she lives now?"

The implication is that she thinks about it, and it doesn't seem like she doesn't care as she said.

Chen An was thoughtful, and was about to say something, when a person suddenly came out from behind the tree on the side, holding a small cucumber in his mouth, lowering his head as if thinking about something, but he didn't see Chen An, and he collided directly with him.

"Oops."

None of the people who came stood firmly, and were knocked by Chen An and sat on the ground, and the cucumber in his mouth also fell to the ground.

Chen An stood firmly, his expression was a little stunned, this voice was a little familiar.

"Who, don't you know how long you have long eyes when you walk?"

Looking at the gherkins that fell on the ground in front of him and couldn't be eaten, Hetori, who was sitting on the ground, was a little annoyed.

What the hell, this road is so far off, how can you still meet people.

This cucumber is her last stock, what a bad luck!

Muttering, Hetori took Chen An's outstretched hand and stood up.

Hold the hat on her head, and pat the soil on her buttocks, she was about to complain, but she saw Mitori who was looking at her in a daze, and was stunned.

She looked surprised, but her tone was a little uncertain.

"Sister, sister?"

Sure enough, it was a lotus.

Hearing this, Chen An immediately confirmed who the girl with a familiar voice was.

It seems that people really can't stand the chatter.,Look.,It's just a matter of chatting with Meitori about a few words.,As a result, the person concerned bumped into it himself.,Should this be said to be fate?

Mitori is also a way of returning to his senses, uncertain.

"Nitori?"

It's been so long that she can't remember what her sister looks like.

"Yes! It's me! ”

Hearing Mitori's answer, Lotus nodded excitedly, and didn't complain about the gherkins she had lost before, but rushed to Mitori's side, took her hand and asked excitedly.

"Sister, where have you been since your mother left? Why can't I find you? ”

How long has it been? She hadn't seen or looked for Mitori since her mother died, but because Mitori had no friends on earth, no one knew where she had gone.

Even, Nitori has wondered more than once that something has happened to Mitori. Otherwise, there would be no news at all, and now she suddenly saw her sister who she hadn't seen for a long time, of course she was very excited.

Mitori was a little uncomfortable with the excitement of Hetori, and subconsciously twitched his hand but didn't pull it out, so he gave up.

She said lightly.

"Nothing, just went underground."

"Underground?"

Although she also knew about the existence of the underground, she had never thought of this possibility.

"Why are you going underground, sister?"

She wanted to break her head, and she couldn't figure out why Mitori went underground.

"I don't think so, I just like it."

Mitori replied to Nitori's words, but for some reason there was some sadness in her heart.

This has never been done in the ground, but when I came to the ground, I saw the blue sky that I hadn't seen for a long time on my head, the white clouds, and the invisible green jungle around me and the sister in front of me, this feeling suddenly came out and could not be contained.

Mitori is very lonely, in the human world, no one needs her, she will always be alone, so she left after her mother died.

Youkai have a long life that humans don't have, but it's not just a benefit, sometimes it's also a sadness.

Because the longer you live, the more you carry on your body, no matter what it is, happiness is the same, and so is sorrow.

In the long life, all that can be tolerated and unbearable cannot be avoided, and will eventually be pressed on the body of the monsters, making it difficult for them to breathe.

As Suika said, a youkai is a creature that can't live if you don't forget.

This is especially true for those youkai who have lived for a long time.

In fact, if it weren't for the plea that her mother asked her to agree to before she died, she might have died long ago without her goal of survival and desire to survive.

Died of loneliness and loneliness.

originally thought that the underground was the place where people like her, who were abandoned by the world, should stay, but she didn't expect that the underground was completely different from what she imagined.

The youkai and oni who were squeezed out and went underground lived a lively life, which was completely different from that on the ground.

It's a pity that Mitori, who has already given up hope, has banned the entry of everything that moves her, even if she stays underground for so long, it still hasn't changed. That's why Yongyi had no choice but to take her to sleep.

And didn't want to talk about it deeply, Mitori changed the topic and pointed to Chen An, who had been silent since he opened his mouth.

"This is the man with me, his name is ......"

Just as Mitori was about to say Chen An's name, Chen An suddenly interrupted her.

He laughs.

"I'm Mitori's friend, you sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, right? In that case, I'll leave for a while, and the two of you will talk slowly, and I'll come back later. ”

Chen An said and left by himself.

Walking past Nitori and Mitori, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and only a soft sigh could be heard.

Really...... Is there only an exception to the love of love?

Hetori looked at Chen An's departing back with some curiosity.

"Sister, who is he? Looks like a human, right? And it looks a little familiar, is it a resident of the people? Didn't my sister say that it was underground? How did you know him? ”

As far as Nitori knows, there seem to be only youkai and oni in the underground, when did there be humans?

"A friend."

Mei Furi pursed her lips, for some reason, she dismissed her previous plan to introduce Chen An, and just brought it over casually.

looked carefully at my sister, who I hadn't seen for a long time, with a slight smile on her face.

"It seems that you are living a good life now, and you are a lot more beautiful, unlike in the past, you are small and thin, and people who don't know will think that you are a boy."

Laughing at her sister, Mitori's eyes are still unwavering, and she can't see a little wave.

"It's okay, it's okay, after all, I've grown up."

Hetori touched his face a little embarrassed, and didn't bother why Chen An looked so familiar, but just chatted with Mitori.

……

Following the direction he had traveled before, Chen An came to the water's edge alone, walked along the shore again, and unconsciously came to the waterfall of Youwei Mountain.

It's Hinata's favorite place.,A place where I used to go with everyone in the Red Devil Pavilion.。

Originally, he didn't plan to go so far, but Chen An heard the sound of the waterfall, so he came here, wanting to try his luck and see if he could meet Hinata, although Hina didn't know him anymore, but for Chen An, it was also good to be able to listen to Hinata's familiar and beautiful voice.

However, it is clear that luck ran out when he met Nitori before, so he is the only one in the waterfall now.

Now by the waterfall, Chen An hesitated for a while, did not leave, just sat at the water's edge, listened to the water flow play a passionate music, the waterfall rapids hit the water, from time to time splashed cool water on his face.

Unconsciously, Chen An suddenly laughed.

Underground, he hadn't heard such a natural melody for a long time.

When I hear it now, although he is alone, sure enough, it still feels the same as in the past, which is very pleasant.

As if he heard a familiar laugh in his ears, Chen An smiled and began to talk to himself

"Nice, isn't it?"

"Yo, human."

Just as Chen An was listening to the sound of water and talking to himself, a lively and crisp voice interrupted his thoughts.

The wind blew suddenly, and vaguely, Chen An seemed to hear the sound of autumn maple leaves flying in the sky.

"Yo, human. What are you doing here? ”

With a camera in her hand, Wenwen flew down from the sky and landed beside Chen An, she originally planned to go to the human world with Xiao Zhen, but when she passed by here, she saw a strange person, and she flew down under curiosity.

looked at Chen An carefully, he was a human being, although he was familiar, he was a person he didn't know.

Wenwen glanced at Chen An a few more times, and found that he still didn't expect to see it anywhere, so he didn't want to.

She asked, in an unfamiliar and polite tone.

"Excuse me, are you a believer at Moriya Shrine?"

"It's not."

Chen An replied with a smile.

"I just heard that the scenery in the mountains is beautiful, so I came to Yokai Mountain with my friends."

"Huh?"

Wenwen was a little surprised.

"Did those mountain patrol dogs let you come up?"

For strangers, the mountain patrol tengu does not let them enter Mt. Yokai.

"That friend of mine is a kappa."

"Oh."

Wenwen now understands that if it is brought by an acquaintance, it will be no problem.

Of course, she didn't know that Chen An was fooling her, Mitori was a kappa, but not a kappa from Monster Mountain.

She then asked.

"Why are your eyes closed?"

It's so unpredictable to come and enjoy the view, but with your eyes closed.

"Because I can't see."

Chen An looked very relaxed.

That's why I closed my eyes and listened with my ears and with my heart. Such a beautiful place is pleasant to listen to, don't you? Miss Shotimaru Fumi? ”

Wenwen was stunned, but couldn't help covering his chest.

"Your Excellency knows me?"

Somehow, hearing Chen An's answer and salutation, her heart suddenly became a little blocked and she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Of course."

Chen An couldn't help touching his chest, as if he had touched the slippery coldness through his clothes, and he smiled.

"Gensokyo's famous news reporter, Miss Raven Tengu Shooting Marufumi, who doesn't know you in Gensokyo?"

seemed to think of something interesting, and Chen An smiled more and more.

"I've also read your work, Miss Shotimaru, and it's very interesting, and those words are very cute."

"Hey, is this a compliment? It's embarrassing. ”

Wenwen touched his head when he heard Chen An's compliment, feeling a little embarrassed.

The mood was also cheerful.

She looked at Chen An's closed eyes, and suddenly had some doubts.

"It's not that I'm abrupt, but Your Excellency's eyes can't see, how do you read the newspaper I wrote?"

"Listen."

Chen An pointed to his ear.

"I can't see it, but I can have someone read it to me,"

"Oh, I see."

Wenwen was suddenly not afraid of life, so he sat next to Chen An and watched the waterfall quietly with him.

A faint strange atmosphere surrounded the waterfall, and it was hard to say what it felt, but it made Wenwen feel very comfortable and kind, as if he had experienced this kind of thing at some point.

After being stunned for a while, Wenwen turned his head to look at the red rope around Chen An's neck, and his tone was a little hesitant.

"I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that the red rope around your neck is very similar to the one I used in the past."

Speaking of this, Wenwen was also a little depressed.

"I've been using that rope for a long time, but I didn't expect it to suddenly disappear."

"Oh, it's probably your delusion, Miss Shotimaru, after all, ropes of this color are common."

Chen An tightened his robe quietly, and the fan inside the provincial clothes was exposed.

The rope is okay, but if the fan is discovered, it will be difficult to explain.

He explained softly.

"This red rope was woven by my wife and then given to me, so it should be Miss Shotimaru that you admit your mistake."

Speaking of this, Chen An's expression was a little strange, and he didn't know whether it was happiness or sadness.

"Hey, what a coincidence. I also weave my own rope. ”

Wenwen was surprised, and he didn't bother about it, but just said boldly.

"Your Excellency, don't call me Miss Shotimaru Wen, it sounds weird, it's better to call me Wenwen, my friends call me that."

Yes, weird. Although there are many people who call her full name, for some reason, the man in front of her calling her full name makes her a little uncomfortable.

She looked a little envious.

"It seems that you are very happy when you mention your wife, it seems that you love your wife very much, she must be very beautiful, right?"

"Yes, as beautiful as Miss Wenwen."

The expression on Chen An's face became more and more strange, but he made a pun.

"Ahh

Wen Wen pouted, as if he was a little dissatisfied, but his heart was like a deer crashing, and he was pounding.

Pretty blushed slightly, and she hurriedly covered it up.

"But for the sake of your wife, who is as beautiful as I am, I won't trouble you."

Wenwen didn't forget to look left and right when he spoke, trying to find the wife who Chen An said was as beautiful as her, but in vain.

She asked with a depressed pout.

"By the way, why are you the only one here? What about your friends? And where is your wife, who is as beautiful as I am? Are they relieved that you're here alone? ”

"My friend has something to do and will be back soon, as for my wife......"

Chen An pursed his lips.

"She's right next to me."

"Huh?"

Wen Wen was stunned, and looked around with his palms on his forehead in the shape of an umbrella.

Half salary, only to wonder the way.

"No, you're lying to me, aren't you?"

She'd seen it before, and now she's watched it again, and she didn't see anyone at all.

"I didn't lie to you, I just didn't notice."

Chen An's explanation and the strange smile on his face made Wenwen think of something, and he looked at the rope around his neck before he said apologetically.

"I'm sorry."

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Wenwen's sudden apology made Chen An a little strange.

"Why did Miss Wenwen say I'm sorry?"

Wenwen looked apologetic.

"Your Excellency's wife must have had an accident when she wasn't around, right? It was a gaffe to ask that question before. ”

"Something?"

The smile on Chen An's face was gone, so Wenwen was even more sure of her conjecture.

After a pause, Chen An suddenly laughed again.

"Haha, Miss Wenwen guessed wrong, they didn't have an accident, they just went back to the past days and looked for happiness again."

Wen Wen didn't know why, but she just felt that Chen An's current smile made her a little sad.

It was astringent, making her eyes a little red.

After laughing for a while, Chen An stopped and said suddenly.

"Miss Wenwen, can you do me a little favor?"

"Huh?"

Wenwen secretly wiped his moist eyes, his expression a little confused.

Chen An's expression was a little hopeful, and he carefully sorted out his words.

He said,

"Well, I have something to say to my wife, who is as beautiful as Miss Wenwen, but unfortunately she can't hear it.

So although it is a bit rude, can you trouble Miss Wenwen for a while, please pretend to be my wife for the time being, and let me say those words? ”

Wen Wen looked at Chen An without speaking.

His nose was sour, and his eyes were getting redder.

It's weird, it's weird, why is this happening.

"Can't you?"

Wenwen's silence made Chen An a little disappointed, and he sighed softly.

"Forget it, the first time we met, I actually put forward such rude conditions, it seems that I was too abrupt, if you offended Miss Wenwen before, please forgive me. Then I'll take my leave. ”

As he spoke, Chen An stood up and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

As soon as he took two steps, Chen An was stopped by Wenwen.

Chen An stopped and asked softly.

"What, is Miss Wenwen okay?"

Wenwen took a breath, trying not to let the moisture in his eyes come out, and rubbed his face vigorously, as if he was cheering himself up.

She said loudly.

"Okay, for the sake of you being so pitiful and your wife is as beautiful as me, I'll be kind and agree to your conditions."

"Really? Thank you so much, Miss Wenwen. ”

Chen An was a little happy.

Wenwen looked at Chen An's happy appearance, and suddenly she was also a little happy, this strange sense of pleasure made her a little flustered, and at the same time a little weak-hearted, so she hurriedly bluffed and warned.

"I'm telling you, I'm just pretending to be your wife, so you can tell me, don't mess around, or I'll make you look good."

"Got it."

Chen An walked in front of Wenwen, the familiar breath and familiar taste made him seem to see the familiar pretty smile and hear the familiar laughter again.

"Na, Chen An, people ......"

He was a little distracted, dumbfounded.

After a while, Wen Wen saw that Chen An didn't speak for a long time, and she was a little nervous, and she suddenly became a little impatient.

"Hey, don't you say that? I'll leave without saying anything. ”

is already weak-hearted, doesn't this kind of friction make her even more weak-hearted?

"Sorry, gaffe."

Chen An came back to his senses and took a deep breath, as if he was brewing, the expression on his face was serious and serious, sacred but also happy.

This made Wenwen, who was a little uneasy, stunned.

Why, the heartbeat is so fast, getting faster and faster.

Chen An suddenly laughed.

"Wenwen, I love you."

"Huh? Ay! ”

Chen An's sudden confession made Wenwen panic, she was so frightened that she took a step back, and reprimanded her in a panic with a red face.

"You, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, aren't you talking to your wife? I'm not your wife, what are you calling my name for? ”

As she said this, her heartbeat was so fast that she couldn't hear the frequency.

She clasped her hands to her chest, so fast, so fast, so fast.

Why, suddenly so happy.

Seemingly unaware of Wenwen's panic, Chen An continued.

"It's a little late, but I want to tell you that I love you. Even if this is the case, I will not regret this feeling, your past love, your gentle smile, and your beautiful face I will always treasure it, keep it in my heart, and I will never forget it when I die.

But, please forgive me for my selfishness, please promise me, promise me......"

Chen An suddenly stepped forward and hugged Wenwen, who was becoming more and more overwhelmed.

The warm and familiar embrace, the close but unfamiliar breath made Wenwen not know how to react, and even forgot about the struggle, so he could only let Chen An hug him, and then looked up at his face blankly.

The face that was sad, but also hopeful.

Chen An's words rang in his ears.

“…… Anytime, anywhere, please be happy, please be happy.

In the future, I will continue to cherish this relationship as selfish, but I will not be able to continue to accompany you, but please believe that no matter what, whether I live or die, I will definitely bless you, look up to you, and miss you from afar.

So, so please be as happy as you used to be, no, please be happier......

And, thank you, thank you for loving me, thank you so much...... Text. ”

With Chen An's affectionate words, it seemed that something was dripping on Wenwen's neck, cold and sad.

“…… Oops, it seems that these words have been held back for too long, so I have lost a little bit, really, this ugliness must have made Miss Wenwen laugh, right?

But it doesn't matter, because I have to thank Miss Wenwen for her help in this matter, otherwise I might not be able to say these words until I die.

It shouldn't be too early now, so I'll go first, Miss Wenwen, and take my leave. ”

Holding Wen Wen for a long time, Chen An let go of her, bowed gratefully, and left.

When she turned around, she smiled at Wenwen, giving her the illusion that the coldness that dripped before was just an illusion.

The wind and the sun are beautiful, the soft sunlight beats in the air with golden flashes, the green bushes, the sound of celebratory birdsong in the ears, the waterfall stream, the crisp notes of the water wash the soul.

Looking at Chen An's figure blankly, Wenwen opened his mouth, and had the urge to stop him, but in the end he could only whisper.

Because I don't know you.

It wasn't until the strange and familiar figure disappeared along the water and behind the dense trees that Wenwen raised his hand and touched his neck, wet and cold.

Is this a tear?

Wenwen didn't know, the white fingers were standing in front of her with the cold wetness, she thought about it, and suddenly desperately wanted to get this answer, so she licked her fingers carefully, a little salty.

yes, it's a little salty, so it's really tears.

It's not a delusion, the man really cried.

Why, though? Why cry?

With tears in her fingers, Wenwen pondered the question.

Thinking about it, tears suddenly flowed out of his eyes inexplicably.

A great sense of sadness made her sit weakly on the shore.

As if she had lost something, Wenwen curled up and buried her face in her legs, black wings wrapped around her body, and she cried loudly.

"It hurts, woo, weird. Why does my heart hurt, why does my heart hurt so much! Woohoo......"

The helpless cries of confusion and sorrow echoed, the sun began to set, the birdsong was gone, only the sound of the waterfall remained, but the crisp sound of the water was no longer relaxing, mixed with the cry of sorrow, with a strange sadness, faint, but heavy.

……

The sun seemed to be tired, and secretly began to set, and the end of the sky was gradually dyed with a gentle and beautiful faint burgundy.

The slow stream, sparkling and reflecting the waves, exudes psychedelic colors.

Walking silently on the gravel-strewn path by the water's edge, Mitori suddenly asked.

"Is that Raventengu your friend?"

Before, she and Nitori talked about the past, but later when Nitori wanted to know about her, Mitori didn't want to tell Natori about her closed heart, so in the end, she said a few words hastily and sent the reluctant Nitori away.

When he went to find Chen An alone, he saw that he was holding a girl he didn't know, and she didn't show up out of politeness, but only chased after Chen An left.

"Friends?"

Chen An kept his head down, his long pale hair scrawled over his face, making it impossible for Mitori to see his face.

His voice was a little low, as if he was laughing at himself.

"Sort of, but I just know her, and if you're on the ground for a while, you'll know her too."

Sighing slightly, Chen An's voice immediately returned to normal.

Shaking his head imperceptibly, he took his hands and smoothed the white hair that had fallen on his chest back behind him, and a gentle smile hung on his face, except for the faint burgundy sunset falling on his face, which made his eye sockets look a little infrared.

He asked with a smile.

"By the way, Mitori, since you have a sister, why did you leave the land to go to the old capital in the first place?"

Mitori fell silent again, and did not answer.

She doesn't like to talk about her past with others, Yongyi will know that, and it took a long time to ask about it.

Mitori's silence made Chen An also silent, kicking away the stones under his feet, and his strength in stepping on the ground increased, as if he wanted to leave some footprints, but unfortunately, he failed.

Although he couldn't see it, the hardness under his feet also made Chen An aware of this, so he sighed and stopped wasting his strength.

In the sound of the gurgling stream, the two walked silently like this, and after a long while, I don't know what I thought, Chen An spoke.

"Well, I'll tell you why I went underground, and you can tell me too, how about an equivalent exchange? Although this kind of thing is a personal secret, it's not comfortable for a person to keep it in his heart, right? ”

Mitori rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and agreed.

"Okay, but you have to say it first."

"Hmm."

With his hands behind his head, Chen An seemed to be thinking about something in the slightly piercing touch, and the sound of the light water covered up the footsteps of the two.

After a while, he stepped on a small puddle, leaving a few faint wet footprints on the road, and Chen An, who was thinking, finally spoke.

"I'm an outsider. I guess I came to Gensokyo a year ago.

I don't know how it came about, but I'm ...... when I wake up.

Well...... That's right. I remember when I woke up, I was in the Lost Bamboo Forest. ”

Calmly recounting his past, Chen An suddenly laughed.

"Heh, although I entered Gensokyo, I don't know if it's bad luck or what, when I opened my eyes and saw the endless bamboo sea, I found that I had amnesia."

"Amnesia?"

He didn't say anything about Chen An being an outsider, but he seemed a little surprised to hear that he had amnesia.

In the midst of the surprise, there seemed to be some other emotions.

Chen An was keenly aware of this, although it was strange, but he didn't pay attention to it, just some emotion.

"yes...... Except for my own name, there is basically nothing left in the past.

Whatever it is, the beauty of the past, the sadness of the past is nothing.

Oh, I don't know if it's a good thing. ”

Mitori's eyes are a little complicated.

"Maybe that's a good thing."

"Who knows?"

Chen An chuckled lightly, noncommittal.

He continued.

"Whether that's good or bad, it's like that anyway, so there's nothing to dwell on.

I remember when I opened my eyes, I was still a little dazed because of the amnesia and the unfamiliar environment, and I still remember the feeling of being overwhelmed.

At that time, I was not like now, I was completely an ordinary person with no power, no monsters, as long as a fierce beast, I could probably kill me, so I was scared away by a wolf howl. ”

Speaking of this, Chen An complained.

"It's strange to say, how can there be wolves there? Later, I went so many times, why didn't I meet once? And the emperor, she already found me at that time, right? It hurt me to be ridiculed by her for this later. Really. ”

Complaining, the smile on Chen An's face was a little helpless, no wonder he had been in the Lost Bamboo Forest for so long at that time, and he hadn't encountered a single monster or beast, it turned out that someone was escorting him behind.

Mitori looked at the helpless expression on Chen An's face, and her mind moved.

"Who is the Emperor?"

"Oh, a friend from the past, a very cunning and black-bellied rabbit who likes to play pranks, but she can't do anything about me."

Chen An explained casually, and unconsciously remembered the depressed appearance of the emperor in the past, and laughed softly.

I wonder if she still likes to play pranks with Marisa and them? If so, he's not there, then who's spoofing it to?

Is it Xiao, Chiu, Reimu, Misuzu, or someone else?

Chen An's thoughts drifted back to the Red Devil Pavilion, and the words stopped.

After half a salary, he shook his head and shook off these thoughts, and continued to tell the past when he first came to Gensokyo.

"Later, I met one of my wives in the bamboo forest, and I won't say who it was. Because, you won't know her.

She was yin by the emperor because she trespassed in the bamboo forest at that time, and then she was thrown in the bamboo forest. ”

The burgundy sunset had already dyed half of the sky red, and the white clouds were also dyed fiery red.

Chen An chuckled.

"Don't you see, at that time, she was like a cute big white caterpillar, rolling and rolling on the soft bamboo leaves, rolling and rolling, and the result was that she couldn't stand up, and she pouted and looked depressed, not to mention how funny."

Speaking of this, Chen An smiled even more happily, that kind of embarrassing cuteness, he had only seen that time in Wenwen.

The setting sun shone on Chen An's body, and his pale hair flashed with a faint color, making his face look a little blurry.

For some reason, Mitori looked at the vague smiling face of the man next to her, and it seemed that there was an indescribable emotion infecting her, that emotion was strange but familiar.

Is it grief and sorrow?

Mitori's eyes are a little complicated.

Suddenly, there was a 'plop', and a fish in the stream jumped out of the water and fell again, making a crisp splashing sound, dispersing this strange atmosphere.

Chen An walked slowly. Scenes from the past come to mind.

It's as clear as if it was yesterday.

With a manual movement, Chen An seemed to want to grasp something, but finally calmed down.

His voice was soft and gentle, as if he was remembering something.

Later, I saw that she looked pitiful and stupid and tried, and as soon as my heart softened, I carried her on the road with her, because at that time she had been plotted and could not speak. So I took it upon myself to give her a figurative name, Raven Girl. ”

"Raven Girl?"

Take the footsteps for a moment, and the way of temptation.

"Youkai?"

"Hmm."

Chen An nodded lightly.

Raven Tengu is indeed a youkai too.

He touched his chest, and his tone became gentler.

Although she didn't like the name, she couldn't do anything about me at that time, so she could only stare at me dryly, and she was at my mercy.

Then he carried her around the bamboo forest for several days before he came out of there. ”

"Why a few days? Don't you have a strong sense of direction? ”

Mitori was a little confused.

Chen An can lead the way with his eyes closed, how can he wander around the bamboo forest for a few days?

Is the bamboo forest huge? But as far as she knows, the Lost Bamboo Forest is not so big.

"I got lost, I said it, I was not as weak as I am now, so I got lost in the bamboo forest for several days before I was taken out."

Chen An answered Mitori's doubts and continued.

"After leaving the bamboo forest, I sent her back to her home, originally intending to let her find me a place to settle down, but due to an accident, I ended up going somewhere else.

That place is called the Red Devil Pavilion. ”

Chen An whispered.

"It's a big, goblin and cheerful place.

I got a job there and lived there, and although the owner of the Red Devil Pavilion was a willful and curious, hard-mouthed and arrogant, stingy and deceitful man, who was not a little majestic but liked to pretend, and liked to deduct my wages at all, it was a pleasure to live there with those fools.

……”

Because it was too long, Chen An didn't talk about his days in the Red Devil Pavilion in detail, but only briefly talked about some interesting things.

Finally back to the present, his tone was calm.

“…… Until some time ago, because of an accident, I became like this, and as a result, when I was sleeping, I was brought back to the Earth Spirit Temple by Ah Yan as a dead person, although I didn't want to trouble them, but because of love, I finally lived there. ”

Chen An said this, stopped, turned his face sideways, and asked with a smile.

"How? Are you satisfied? If you're satisfied, can you tell me about you? ”

Mitori didn't speak, hesitated, and asked.

"What about your wives and friends? Since there are so many important people, so many people who need you, then why doesn't anyone go to you. ”

"Because, no one remembers me."

A bird streaked across the sky of the sunset flew over Chen An's head, in the stunned expression of Mei Tori, Chen An frowned, and jumped out abruptly, at the same time, a pile of white bird droppings fell from the sky, falling where he was before.

Not surprised why Chen An was able to do this, Mitori asked.

"Nobody remembers you, what does that mean?"

"Literally."

Chen An turned around and smiled lightly at Mitori, and replied in a brisk tone.

"I don't know why I remember me except for Love, and no one else remembers me in Gensokyo.

Including them.

In fact, if it weren't for the love, maybe we wouldn't be standing here together now, but like two parallel lines that don't intersect, each doing their own thing.

So, just rush to this point, and when you go back, you must remember to thank Lianlian. Remember, don't explain to her why you're grateful, because it's cute to be in love. ”

Thinking of the cute appearance of being in love with the little confused biting his fingers, and thinking about why he was thanked by Mei, Chen An couldn't help laughing.

Oops, it's not like it's in love, the more I think about it, the cuter it gets.

Mitori looked at the smile on Chen An's face without a hint of falsehood, and was very confused.

"Why are you still laughing? Forgotten by important people, leaving you alone, why can you still laugh? ”

She couldn't understand why Chen An could still talk to her about her tragic past casually and smile so happily in such a situation.

"Why can't you laugh?"

Chen An asked rhetorically.

"Because, because ......"

Mitori found out that she couldn't answer this question.

yes, why can't you laugh like this?

She held back for a long time before she said her opinion.

"This kind of sad thing, you should cry, right?"

That's right, if it were her, she would have hid and cried secretly.