Butterflies are such an annoying thing.

Obviously, when I saw it before, it was still so amazing. The agile posture of dancing around the flowers almost makes people think that it is the embodiment of the Chinese bird Fengyue.

However, thanks to the battle with Yuyuko Seijiji, Hakuri Reimu's good impression of butterflies has been completely reversed.

If she used to have an indifferent appreciation for butterflies, now ......

「…… I'm almost going to have a phobia of butterflies."

Dejectedly, she drank the sake from the cup, and the shrine maiden said to the silver-haired girl sitting opposite.

Reimu Hakurei is not the only one who feels the same way. Marisa, who was sitting near her, nodded approvingly when she heard Reimu's emotion.

"yes, that's almost a fight with trauma."

Even Reimu Hirori, who is the winner, has been hit to a certain extent, let alone Marisa, who is the loser.

I saw that her face, which was always full of heartless smiles, no longer saw the annoying joy at the moment, and some were just sighs with palpitations.

Marisa will never forget the sight of her proud barrage being swallowed up by the Dead Soul Butterfly that seemed to fill the entire world.

It is such a gorgeous creature, but when it appears on a scale beyond imagination, it is so terrifying and vicious. The Flying Butterfly, tainted with death, even made her magic gradually move towards "death".

The barrage that was originally comparable to the stars died and withered under the impact of the Dead Soul Butterfly, and her proud firepower did not come in handy at all.

If she can choose an opponent in the next battle, at least Marisa hopes that she will never face Yuyuko Seigji-ji again.

"Uh, this ......"

Hearing the half-reproachful and half-mocking complaints of the shrine maiden and the apprentice magician, the childish face of the soul demon dream couldn't help but show a smile mixed with embarrassment and apology.

「…… I'm sorry."

I feel like there's a lot to apologize for.

For example, after adding so much trouble, it's really wrong to take away the spring of Gensokyo at will...... Wait a minute.

However, when the words came to his mouth, these contents that should have been able to come out of his mouth turned into a simple sentence.

Although I am aware of my own stupidity, this simple apology is not due to rashness. It's a sincere apology.

Whatever you say, it's an indisputable fact that they've caused so much trouble. In this case, there is no need to say anything, just apologize.

However, her solemn apology failed to be recognized by the other two people.

「……」

「……」

Both Reimu and Marisa looked at her unresponsively.

It's not that they're so hard-hearted that they intend to look at the guilt of the soul demon dream, but they just feel the need to respond.

Reimu wordlessly poured himself sake. Prepare to taste this crisp and sweet taste again.

This is the White Jade Tower.

It's only been a few days since that exciting barrage showdown. However, in the case that Youmu has stopped collecting spring, the natural cycle of reincarnation, as an inevitable law, begins to dispel the winter that has stayed long enough.

To put it bluntly, the spring festival is beginning to gradually recover.

The silvery white that covered Gensokyo began to fade rapidly overnight, as if to make up for the lost days. Spring is coming unusually fast.

-- In any case, Hakurei Reimu once again defeated the mastermind behind the mutation and successfully liberated Gensokyo from the abnormal weather. These are irrefutable facts.

It's just that the shrine maiden herself doesn't see any sense of excitement that she is proud of. The lack of motivation is relaxed, and it is still wrapped around Reimu's body all day long. It seems that this mutation is nothing to her at all.

Perhaps in Reimu's opinion, the banquet after solving the mutation will be more interesting.

Well, to be precise, this is a cherry blossom viewing party.

As if nothing had happened, we started to prepare for the cherry blossom viewing party.

Although spring is no longer collected, the cherry blossoms in the White Jade Tower are still in full bloom as always.

Scattered white petals fell into the cup. Looking at the cherry blossoms wandering in the clear liquid, Hakurei Reimu didn't take them out. Instead, he raised his glass and drank it again.

After that, she said in a lazy tone that lacked motivation.

"It makes it feel like nothing happened."

However, what she said made Youmeng's eyes widen involuntarily.

It's not just the shrine maiden who utters such nonsensical words.

"Wow—what's going on?"

The blonde girl with her cheeks on her cheeks put on a pensive look.

This made the shrine maiden on the side narrow her eyes in disdain.

"You guy, can you go out once in a while? Something terrible happened just a few days ago...... Actually, though, I forgot about it."

"I just don't want to be said, 'You guy, you go out occasionally, okay?'" That's the kind of thing you say."

The two who seem to be talking to themselves but maintain a wonderful sense of harmony make Youmeng can't help but look sideways.

But even a stupid guy like her can see it.

The two people in front of them didn't take this change too seriously at all, so they didn't plan to accept her apology.

…… Because in their eyes, there is nothing to apologize for.

What a hearty person---I didn't wait for the demon dream to sigh. The casual conversation between the two began again.

"Anyway...... We're in the underworld now, right?"

As if suddenly remembering something terrible, Reimu put down her glass with a heavy face.

Marisa, who didn't know what she was looking about or what was going on, cast a surprised look at the shrine maiden.

"In the underworld, of course...... What's wrong with you?"

"You guy...... Don't you know the Yellow Springs Household Deed?"

Reimu glared at Marisa, who was unaware, and was obviously quite unhappy that she would ask such an idiotic question.

However, the shrine maiden seems to have forgotten that she is facing the unique Marisa of the Misty Rain. Therefore, she is too young to expect to get the answer she expects.

Marisa puffed out her chest proudly and replied in a natural tone.

"Of course I don't know—why do you think I know?"

It's as if Reimu Hakurei asked such a stupid question, and there is no guilt on Marisa's smug face.

In fact, the current Hakurei Reimu is indeed lamenting her stupidity.

"I actually ran to ask you...... I'm stupid enough, too."

Already in the House of the Lost, she had learned about Marisa's poor folklore knowledge, and now Reimu Hakurei remembers it again. But she never understood why someone could be so uneducated.

"Haha......"

Looking at Reimu, who was helplessly holding his forehead, with a low face, and Marisa who put on a meaningless look, Youmu laughed softly.

"Don't worry about the Yellow Springs Household Deed. Isn't everyone eating happily?"

Youmu probably understood what Reimu was worried about.

Huangquan Huqi -- a legend left since ancient times.

Once you eat the things of the underworld, you will never be able to return to the human world, and you can only stay in the underworld forever and become a resident of the other side.

For the living in the prime of life, no one would want to suffer such an end.

I have to say that Youmeng's words reassured Reimu a lot.

"Uh-huh...... That being the case. Then I'll go back drinking."

As she spoke, the shrine maiden continued to fill the cup with clear liquid as if she didn't know what to stop.

After all, the essence of a banquet is to drink alcohol.

P.S: This chapter is a little bit less, it's better to do it again tomorrow.

Also, I'm really not very good at writing bullet hell battles (compared to melee battles and white-knuckle combat), so let me use a trick. Sorry.