Youmeng took a deep breath, and then once again dedicated the spring that he had collected from this outing to the withered cherry trees that stood in the courtyard of the White Jade Tower.

The so-called spring, if it looks from the outside, should be the pile of crystal white petals from the wooden box held by the demon dream at this moment. However, the essence of spring is by no means as simple as it seems.

In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that spring is both the crystallization of spring, or spring itself. If there is no spring, then there will be no spring.

And the current abnormal weather in Gensokyo is actually due to the lack of spring.

The spring that was supposed to fill the sky with the reincarnation of the seasons was all collected at someone's suggestion. It is precisely because of this that the winter breath that has not yet completely subsided has replaced the spring day, because the spring that had been drowned in cold is gone.

The person who collects the spring is the soul demon dream.

The girl who was granted a special secret ritual by her master.,These days keep taking spring away from Gensokyo.,Looking at the land that has been recolored silver because of her actions.,And the people who have to stay at home because of the cold.,The girl with a pure nature also feels unpleasant.。

For Soul Demon Dream, causing trouble to others is undoubtedly something that is not something to be proud of. But now she's done more than she should be, and she's having an impact on almost all of Gensokyo. This makes Youmeng feel a sense of conscience when he occasionally takes a break in his leisure recently.

However, even if she knew that her current behavior was against justice, if she was given another chance, Youmeng would still not hesitate to make the same choice. Because collecting spring is not what she wants to do, she just follows the will of her master, Yuyuko of Xixing Temple.

Soul Demon Dream is not living alone in this world, her life does not belong only to herself, she also has the obligation to be loyal to Yuyuko of Xixing Temple. She is her sword, her shield, and needless to say, she will protect her without reservation.

Even said that even if it was something that violated righteousness, she would carry it out for the sake of Yuyuko of Xixing Temple. Although she will still feel guilty about it, her actions will not stop at all.

This is progress. In the past, the soul demon dream was still a little hesitant and confused, but now the half-spirit girl is no longer there.

In this regard, Youmeng is very grateful to Mr. Eight Yi of the Eternal Pavilion, because a conversation with her has solved a little doubt in the girl's heart.

Doubts have always been in my mind. However, it is not a profound doubt, it is just a matter of gain and loss that is too stupid to work.

It's stupid, but it's a problem that no one can avoid, because things at opposite ends of the scale weigh almost the same, and it's hard to make a choice.

The general sense of goodness and morality cultivated in decades of life, as well as the will of Yuyuko of Sekyuki Temple, which one is the benchmark for the actions of the soul demon dream?

Without solving this either/or problem, then her sword can't get any faster. Because at the end of the day, this choice will determine who she's swinging her sword for.

Now, Youmu doesn't bother about it anymore. Although she still feels guilty about her actions, she will not hesitate even a little because of it. Because the girl has metamorphosed into a different kind of character.

「…… It doesn't look like anything has changed."

However, watching the sacrificed spring slowly melt into the withered trunk. The dream-like and beautiful scene didn't make the demon dream emerge with any similar emotion, but instead made her frown with a headache.

The act of collecting spring has been going on for nearly two weeks, but repeating this act day after day has not been able to restore the cherry tree in front of me, which seems to have completely died, which makes Youmu feel that the task is arduous and the so-called heavy work is long, probably that's it.

All the spring that Youmu collected was used on the huge cherry tree in the center of this garden. This is also Yuyuko's wish, because Youmu will collect spring, and it was originally the scene that the undead princess wanted to see this cherry tree bloom again.

Youmeng originally thought that this should be an easy thing to do, but she didn't expect that even in the face of so many spring crystals, this tree would still be so lifeless. If it were to be replaced by another cherry tree, the cherry blossoms would have been scattered as early as the first day of collecting spring, but this one still didn't react, just like Yuyuko-sama's endless appetite, greedily absorbing spring.

If spring is considered to be the food of cherry blossoms, then I have to say that this withered tree is really similar to the undead princess. At least in that there seems to be no limit to the demands.

In fact, so far, the tree has not been completely unresponsive.

Youmu gently stroked the surface of the cherry tree, which was so small compared to the tree that was almost more than thirty meters tall. However, this does not affect the change in the tree that Yumame senses.

Although it still looks so rotten at first, there seems to be a faint pulse coming from the inside of the tree, and scattered buds are beginning to emerge on the scattered branches, which is undoubtedly the best proof that it has begun to recover gradually.

This is far from the so-called bloom, but at least it proves that Yume's efforts are not useless.

However, this did not make Youmeng's mood any better. Because she estimated a little, she found a terrible truth.

If you want this cherry tree to fully bloom, you must collect the spring of the entire spring in Gensokyo.

…… She always felt that before she finished collecting it, the Witch of Hakurei would come to crusade against her. In fact, it has been collected for two weeks, and the present world outside the netherworld has already snowed heavily, and it has been so long that the witch has not been knocked on the door by the witch, which has made the demon dream very surprised and happy.

Although I have heard of the laziness of this generation of Hakurei shrine maidens, this is inevitably too much. Youmu wondered if her master's friend had something to do to delay the shrine maiden's actions.

However, this is too much of a demon dream.

In fact, Reimu is so lazy. If it weren't for a maid asking a man to ask a shrine maiden, presumably Hakurei Reimu would still be shrunk in the shrine and could be dragged on.

"I'll have to keep collecting."

Looking at the cherry tree, which was almost unchanged, Youmu let out a long sigh.

The monotonous collection behavior will continue, which is certainly not good news, but Youmu didn't sigh for long.

-- Because soon, a strange tremor made her look shocked.

Looking at the layers of smoke that suddenly rose from the Netherdoor in the distance, she realized a fact that could not be more obvious. The Netherworld Gate was violently broken.

There are not many people who can do this, and only one person can do it in the recent period. Thinking of this, Youmeng couldn't help but smile bitterly at his bad luck.

I was just glad that the other party didn't come to look for trouble, but the next moment I was already knocked on the door. The so-called irony probably comes from this strong contrast.

However, even if she was approached by the witch, as the court master of the White Jade Building, she would never have a reason to retreat.

"Okay...... So, I'm on."

With a bit of a trembling characteristic of challenging a powerful enemy, Youmu headed for the stairs of the Dream Gate.