"Demon Book ......?"

Repeating it slowly, Hakurei Reimu seemed to want to taste something from the unfamiliar words.

Clearly, she didn't succeed.

I don't know, I don't know, if it's a real shrine maiden, she may suddenly get some inspiration, but although Hakurei Reimu has the name of a shrine maiden, she has not actually served any gods, and it is impossible for her to get any revelation from the gods like a shrine maiden.

So, she still doesn't quite understand.

"What's that?"

Since you don't understand, then ask, Hakuri Reimu believes that the girl who provoked this topic will be able to answer this question.

"Mainly referring to books written by youkai in the past."

However, this answer is too general and lacks a specific concept.

Fortunately, Hakuri Reimu is also a well-informed person, and pointed out an example at once.

"A book written by youkai...... Like Tengu's apology letter? It's said to be in a temple?"

Pitch-black crows swept low over the shrine's courtyard, leaving only a series of piercing cries. But Marisa seemed to be completely inaudible, and said, "This is it!" The expression snapped his fingers crisply.

"yes, it's pretty much something, that's it."

As she spoke, Marisa pulled something out of her pocket.

It was a completely unrelated act, and what she had brought out had nothing to do with the conversation, it was just a bag of bird food and a small cloth bag with grains in it.

After pouring the grain onto the palm of her hand, attracting pecks from the birds around her, she continued.

"For ordinary people, they can't even read the text of this kind of book, and this thing is rare in the village......

"I found it in the village."

The interrogative sentence was uttered in the order of the declarative sentence, and Reimu was convinced of his judgment. It's not a big deal, it's just a simple logic.

If she hadn't found the Demon Book in the human world, would it be possible for Marisa to suddenly bring up the topic with her?

"But ......"

With her slender index finger on her chin and looking up at the sky, Reimu said nonchalantly.

"Well, you picked it up somewhere, anyway, right? It's not a particularly valuable thing, is it?"

After saying that, the girl smiled proudly.

I don't know what she's laughing at, but I can see her subconscious posture very clearly.

She didn't want to worry about it.

To come to such a conclusion that "this matter is irrelevant" is also to give herself a chance to be lazy.

The Shrine Maiden is notoriously lazy and unprofessional, and there's nothing surprising about it.

However, Marisa does not allow Reimu to have this attitude.

As if to scare away all the laziness in the girl, she hurriedly denied it in an over-the-top voice.

"It's not like that! Very precious thing! A book of curiosities!"

The exaggerated tone did work, and Hakurei Reimu became a little more serious.

However, before the shrine maiden could react, Marisa's tone suddenly changed.

"But it's not a useful thing for humans. I'm just a little concerned......

Although it was still a clear voice belonging to a young girl, it contained a rare seriousness, as if the yelling just now was an illusion, and now Marisa's voice felt even more convincing.

Reimu was amazed at how quickly Marisa had changed, but she hadn't yet reached the point where she couldn't read the atmosphere, so she listened to Marisa's continuation with a serious attitude.

"Even if it's a demon book, there are many types. From the books written by ordinary yokai, to letters written by youkai to humans, and even magic books for magicians like me, but the largest number of them are books that record the existence of youkai."

"A book that records the existence of youkai? In other words, that's ......."

Raising her eyebrows, Reimu finally realized what Marisa was trying to say.

"That's right."

Nodding, Marisa continued Reimu's words.

"For youkai who have been denied existence, that's the last hope. The book that awakens the sealed youkai from their waiting is the Demon Book. Isn't it strange that such a book can exist in people?"

"Could it be that someone is preparing to resurrect those forgotten youkai?"

Without waiting for Marisa to finish speaking, Reimu Hakurei, who had already understood, couldn't help but tremble when she thought of the scene in her mind.

If those monsters are really awakened in the human world, it will definitely be a bloody storm.

What is Yokai?

In primeval times, they were spirits that were different from humans...... At that time, there was no difference between gods and youkai. Intelligent, uncivilized humans believe in powerful demons as gods.

It doesn't have to be evil, it doesn't have to eat people, and there are also people who are kind to people and have a good temperament.

This is the first youkai...... Materiality, a demon passed down from blood to blood.

But when humans possessed wisdom and understood writing, a monster in another sense was born.

Prescribed by the imagination of human beings, it is a youkai that comes from fear...... They were born because of humanity, they were enemies of humanity, but they also died because of humanity.

It is a youkai that is close to the god of mourning (or the god of mourning), because people believe in the existence of this monster, so that monster was born into the world because of the belief of humans. As long as humans still fear it, this monster will not disappear.

They are "gods" shaped by legends and beliefs.

However, this situation has ended here in the modern age of advanced technology.

Although the fear of human beings has not diminished but increased, the object is no longer a monster, but a human being.

Because of this, those forgotten youkai can only slowly die out.

But what if someone spread their legend and their image back into the world?

This is Gensokyo, not the outside world, and youkai are real, and the inhabitants of Rennosato will definitely take that fictional legend seriously.

At that time, it is conceivable what the youkai who themselves are the embodiment of human fear will do.

Some dangerous images came to Hakurei Reimu's mind, and when she thought of it, she felt that she really had no reason to ignore it.

Because of her laziness, she lost her life...... Even if it's a person, Hakurei Reimu can't accept it.

"If that's the case, it's dangerous, and you have to keep watch."

Speaking of this, Reimu suddenly remembered something.

"Still, where did you see the Demon Book?"

"It's at the borrowing house [Suzuna-an], you should know about it, huh?"

Marisa, who answered this, looked very happy not only with her hands, but also with sparrows standing on the brim of her big hat.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Hakuri Reimu's mouth, which had been tense since just now, also relaxed.

"Ah, Suzu's shop."

Reimu Hakurei knows a girl named Suzu Motoi, but it's ......

"That kid is usually a little weird, so it seems that I need to pay more attention to her."

Marisa, who was impressed by Reimu's words, nodded, and the birds on her hat flew away.

The two people who talked to each other didn't find out.,If it's only about "weird", the two girls don't say anything about other people's positions.

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"Sure enough, it's still the books of the outside world that are popular...... When will I be able to get a few copies?"

Honju Kosuzu closed the book with a "snap", and her tone was full of leisurely feeling.

――――Suzuna-an.

A borrowing room in the middle of the man.

Although it is a borrowing house, it is not limited to borrowing books, and it is not only for sale, but also for small-scale book printing and binding.

The book "The Origin of Gensokyo Origin" written by Aqiu Tada was also printed and bound in this Suzuna-an.

However, almost all of her books here are from the outside world, and they are called "foreign books".

"Outsiders have to wait for goods to drift in here before they can get in. My favorite is ......."

Tapping lightly on the wooden tabletop, the girl with huge glasses that did not match her immature face turned her gaze to another book on the table.

"Where's this one?"

In a cheerful tone, he opened the old book, and judging by the handwriting that looked like a ghost drawing, this was the demon book in Marisa's mouth.

Ordinary people can't read the Demon Book, but ......

The girl Kosuzu Motoi doesn't seem to be an ordinary person.

The big eyes stared straight at the unknown words, and the obsessive look like a demon really didn't look like an incomprehensible look.

-- Who likes to read things that they don't understand at all?

It's really not nothing, such as secondary two diseases.

However, the girl in front of her is by no means that kind of person. This girl is a child, although a little naïve, but she recognizes reality.

「………………」

The contents of the book are varied, from strange spells, strange monsters, and strange herbs.

In the eyes of the girl, the words on this book are very beautiful, like a living life, full of charm, and people can't help but want to read it.

I don't know if she found it, but when she read it intently, the words on the book did indeed "come to life", turned into an indescribable creature and broke free from the book, and then slowly flew away.

However, for this young girl, even if she found out, it would be an insignificant trifle.

In her eyes at this point, there was no such thing as the book.