At the end of Gensokyo's east side, through the animal path and over the mountains, there is a shrine.

Its name is Hakurei Shrine.

However, there are very few people who come to worship here.

The shrine is so dilapidated -- not for that reason.

It's a little old, but it's not decaying, and the Hakurei Shrine has nothing to do with the dilapidation or anything, on the contrary, if you're a fan of ancient style, you're afraid you'll like it here.

The reason why no one comes to worship is because the shrine is not far from the place where humans live, and there is a dangerous animal path in between.

――――――――But I'm afraid, the most important reason is because there is a person living here.

A contemporary Hakurei shrine maiden.

Generations of Hakurei shrine maidens have been so strong that they don't resemble humans, as they are responsible for maintaining stability and order in Gensokyo.

The same is true for this generation.

If there is a troublemaker, go and retreat, no matter what race, all of them are treated equally.

Even if it is said, Hakurei Reimu is neither partial nor on the side of youkai, she is just fair to everyone.

This kind of personality will probably be liked by youkai.

It's just that, for humanity, this is undoubtedly a betrayal.

The Witch of Hakurei is human, but she is not on the side of humans, and for wishful humans, this is evidence of her closeness to youkai.

How ridiculous.

But it's a pity that in Gensokyo, more than 99.99% of the human race thinks so; Swayed by other people's opinions and disturbed by their own emotions, human beings are creatures who only see what they want to see, and once they identify a person, they forget all the other exploits of that person.

As for the remaining 0.01 percent of the wise ones, they have not done justice to the Hirori shrine maiden.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

Most of the humans are hostile to the Hakurei shrine maiden, rather than the Hakurei shrine maiden living in harmony with humans, which is what the yokai sage wants to see.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if all the humans in Gensokyo hate the Hakurei shrine maiden, because no one cares about the opinions of the weak, they can't do anything, maybe a bunch of pigs will blindly feel safe when they get together, but Yakumo Murasaki will tell them that this kind of thinking is absolutely wrong.

Straight to the point.

It is an indisputable fact that there are very few visitors to the Hakurei Shrine, which also causes the life of the Hakurei shrine maiden to be strapped -- of course, with the presence of the youkai sage Yakumo Murasaki, it is naturally impossible for the Hakurei shrine maiden to starve to death, but

Regarding the problem of not having incense money, Bo Li Reimu has always been obsessed.

It's a pity that the ideal is very full, but the reality is extremely cruel.

There were no visitors to the door, and there was no money for incense.

This caused a lot of mental blow to Hakurei Reimu, if you want to describe it, then it is

"Hakurei Reimu @ can't lift up ☆!"

"What...... That's a mess of descriptions."

A girl dressed in a plausible shrine maiden costume was sitting in the shrine drinking tea slowly, while at the same time she did not forget to cast her cold eyes on the person who spoke.

"It's just a popular way of speaking in the outside world, don't worry too much, little Reimu."

Gently shaking the lady's folding fan, the youkai sage Yakumo Murasaki threw a wink at Hakurei Reimu.

There is no doubt that the Yokai Sage is undoubtedly a very attractive woman just by looking at her appearance, and her magical beauty has enough power to obsesse men - but the problem is that Hakurei Reimu is a woman.

This flattering eye is tantamount to throwing it to the blind.

"Oh."

"It's too cold! Anyway, I should say more! Don't you welcome me?"

It's like being coquettish, and she says these words in a sweet and greasy voice; In a sense, Yakumo's Murasaki, who was able to make such a gesture regardless of her age, was really remarkable.

And Hakurei Reimu, whose face was blackened by the contrived actions of the monster sage, responded with two words that were concise and clear.

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"That's what you said!!"

-- Interactions like this are just routine for the two.

Judging from the dialogue, it seems that Yakumo Murasaki is being bullied by Hakurei Reimu, but in fact, the person who occupies the overwhelming advantage is the youkai sage, who guides the direction of the dialogue, and Hakurei Reimu's actions, and the initiative is in her hands.

"Enough trouble?"

Hakurei Reimu's voice was like an iced knife, but for Yakumo Murasaki, this level was far from enough.

"Nope."

She winked at the girl lightly, and then Yakumo took a sip of the tea that was placed in front of her.

"It's unpleasant."

By the way, only a small part of the tea in Hakurei Reimu's tea is tea, and most of the rest is filled with leaves and the like.

"Ah, Reimu, why are your hands shaking?"

"Are you here to tease me?! Old woman!"

It took all her strength to restrain Reimu from punching the hateful smile - not wanting to cause damage to the shrine was the main reason why she had such self-control, and the poor Hakurei shrine maiden couldn't afford to pay for the shrine's repairs.

"Of course not??"

It was still a smiling and flirtatious tone, but Hakurei Reimu could feel that Yakumo Purple was completely different from the one just now.

This is a signal.

Hakuri Reimu, who received this signal, also put away the black face that could frighten people just now, and returned to his usual indifferent appearance.

"So you're looking for me? But I don't need to tell you that I know what it is."

With that, Reimu's gaze glanced at the sky outside the house, and its meaning was self-evident.

"Ah, you know, that's great. Little Lingmeng, you don't want to do your duty and solve the mutation."

As if tears would flow out in the next moment, as if he had seen a wayward child grow up, Yakumo Zi said in an extraordinarily touching tone.

"Don't."

Without even a moment's hesitation, Hakuri Reimu's answer was smooth and smooth.

"Give me back the touch!!"

"Even if I don't do it, someone else will do it in the end, and don't pretend to be an old woman, you're as impressed as if you're only seventeen years old this year."

"Heh, hehe"

The originally beautiful face suddenly turned eerie and terrifying, and Yakumo let out a burst of laughter that was enough to make people feel creepy.

"How dare you say that?? Reimu, I'm seventeen years old—"

"There's a big garbage dump a few kilometers down the hill, and if it were past now, it would have been taken away by today, old woman."

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The two looked at each other wordlessly for a long time, if the murderous aura in their sight really turned into reality, then the bodies of both sides may not be described with just a "thousand holes".

"Now, Reimu, it's good for you to solve this mutation."

In the silence, the first to speak was the monster sage, since it was not possible to move it, then she planned to lure it to the advantage.

Hearing Yakumo Zi's words, Hakurei Reimu picked up the tea that had lost its heat and took a sip gently, quite a kind of "Thousands of blows are still strong, Ren Er's southeast and northwest wind." ".

――――――――However, there is also a saying that is good, "Ginger is still old and spicy." ＂

"As long as there is this red mist, ordinary people will try to go out as much as possible, time, in other words, no one will come to worship - and there will be no incense money."

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It was still silent, but it meant something very different.

Obviously, Hakurei Reimu was shaken.

A treacherous smile caught the corners of the monster sage's mouth, and at this time she only needed to work hard to get the results.

"As long as you solve the anomaly, people will be able to go out normally -- and, as a hero who solves the anomaly, Hakurei Shrine may welcome a large number of visitors."

―――――――― this alone is impossible.

However, Yakumo Purple certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to say this.

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There was still no response, but just looking at the appearance of the Shrine Maiden of Hakurei, anyone could know that she had already begun to make up all kinds of mental makeup for the picture described by the monster sage.

"Reimu, Reimu."

"Ah! Cough! That, Purple, I've decided to solve the mutation, as a Hakurei shrine maiden, that's my duty."

Looking at the indifferent expression on the girl's face, if you don't really know her, you will definitely think of her as a great shrine maiden.

Being able to talk and laugh and say that his age is seventeen-year-old Yokai Sage Yakumo Murasaki is already very remarkable--However, Hakurei Reimu, who can say such high-sounding words in a bright and bright way, is not inferior to Yakumo Murasaki.

At least in the sense of undisciplinedness.

"So, when are you going to leave, little Reimu?"

"It's now."

Instead of the listless appearance at the beginning, the current Hakurei shrine maiden has an extraordinary look in her eyes.

has such a strong attachment to money, and as a shrine maiden, it's already disqualified.

But, in other words, there is nothing wrong with such a Hakurei Reimu, who is the only shrine maiden in the world.

"It's so motivating."

"That's nature."

"But, Reimu, don't forget to use that when you need to do it."

Yakumo's reminder made the girl wave her hand impatiently.

"I know, I know—but, Purple, does it make sense? Even if you use this to decide the winner, when you encounter irreconcilable contradictions, you still have to fight seriously."

"Probably, no---, but doesn't it make sense to just do it? That's ridiculous."

The corners of his mouth flashed a helpless smile, revealing a sense of the vicissitudes of the world, and now Yakumo Purple is like the wise monster in the legend, not the usual old woman who only maliciously sells cute--in the words of Hakurei Reimu.。

"It's not like you'd say it, Purple."

For the first time since today, this kind of surprise has appeared on Hakuri Reimu's face.

In her opinion, Yakumo Murasaki was a sage, a wise person—a smart person would not do anything in vain.

"That's smart, Reimu, that's not what I said."

"And then?"

"And then? There will be no more."

"Cut. Old woman."

Without waiting for the following Hakurei Reimu, he laughed and cursed, and walked out of the shrine

In this way, there is one more person who solves the mutation -- Miss Shrine Maiden of Hakurei Shrine.