Xia Ran watched her walk to the edge of the two-story building, opened the door and walked in.

The magician was the only one left in the scene, he withdrew his gaze and chuckled, looked up at the starry sky under the snow before, and then said to himself: "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight......

"yes, it's so beautiful, I haven't seen it in a long time."

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“……”

"What's the matter, classmate Xia Ran? Am I saying something wrong? The girl who had just come out of the path leading to Hakurei Shrine in the forest couldn't help but ask a little strangely when she noticed that the magician was holding her forehead and looking up at the sky.

Although Xia Ran didn't say anything, Megumi Kato just felt as if she heard him let out a speechless sigh.

"It's nothing, I just want to ask, Kato-san, when did you come here?" Xia Ran put down his palm and asked with interest.

"I just came here!" Megumi Kato replied with a slight confusion.

"How much did you listen to our conversation just now?"

"Huh? We? Xia Ran, who were you talking to here just now? Megumi Kato wondered, she really just came over, how could she hear anything else......

Seems like that's really the case? Xia Ran was relieved at this time, he knocked his forehead, revealing a wry smile: "Kato-san, if your ability is not passive, I think you can also have a place in this paradise." ”

"Well, what?"

"It's nothing...... Xia Ran shook his head, "Then again, Kato-san, weren't you still there at the Hakurei Shrine just now?" ”

When he came over just now, he had already confirmed that he had paid attention to the location of this mysterious Kato classmate through the ability of telepathy, but he still couldn't dodge it.

- Maybe this girl can always appear in the most delicate place at the most delicate time.

Or is it also a state that can be explained by quantum theory? Because Xia Ran had been paying attention to the movements of this Kato classmate before, which meant that she had been observing, she would not take any action, and would just stay quietly in her original position and maintain her original state......

When Xia Ran felt that there should be no problem, subconsciously put her mind at ease and no longer kept paying attention, her state immediately became uncertain, and the next time she was observed, she often appeared in unexpected places, the kind that made people unprepared......

"Classmate Xia Ran, are you thinking about something rude?" Megumi Kato looked at the magician in front of him in confusion, and inexplicably felt a chill.

"Kato-san, one person can only have one ability......"

"Huh? What is this statement? ”

"Forget it, it doesn't matter...... You haven't answered my question yet. Xia Ran felt relieved at her usual reaction, and by the way, she couldn't help but sigh for other reasons.

"I just borrowed the kitchen at the shrine because I didn't feel like I had a good meal today......," Megumi Kato thought for a moment, and then replied as a matter of course, "Now that the food is ready, I'm going to come over and ask everyone to go to dinner." ”

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“……”

It's worthy of Kato-san.,It's still in the mood to think about these problems.,It seems that even if she tells her that she won't be able to return to the outside world in the future.,She'll live well in Gensokyo.。

"Actually, Lan has just started preparing for you...... That's right, that's not bad. Xia Ran was silent for a moment before saying, then shook his head again, "But can Reimu be so good at talking?" ”

"Miss Reimu is very talkative, she's not actually a stingy person, she's just a little ...... Somewhat lazy. Speaking of this, Megumi Kato was a little embarrassed, and there was a feeling that she was saying bad things about people behind her back.

"It's also ......" thought about it for a while, and the magician agreed, Reimu's problem is really not how stingy it is, it's just a little lazy to do, as long as Kato-san does it with her portion, then borrowing kitchen ingredients or something is not a problem at all.

"Well, by the way, do you want to come with Xia Ran?" Megumi Kato nodded, and then naturally extended an invitation to him.

"I don't need to...... But speaking of which, tomorrow is actually the customary to have a banquet......"

Xia Ran first declined, and then in turn sent an invitation to Kato, he suddenly felt that this girl had such a peaceful mentality, maybe she would choose to stay and watch, and she was interested in an inhuman banquet or something.

"Well, I'd better go back as soon as possible, even if you said there would be no problems, and no one would know that we had been missing for so many days, but it was still nerve-wracking to stay out suddenly......"

Megumi Kato still refused, she said this with a little headache, as if she really didn't feel good about it.

“…… Sorry for the trouble. ”

Xia Ran sighed, after all, this girl was still dragged down by herself, so she was caught in this whirlpool.

"It's nothing, I really don't blame you at all, Xia Ran." Megumi Kato hurriedly waved his hand and explained very seriously, "And there is nothing bad about such a thing, I always feel that some childish dreams when I was a child have been realized, and I have to thank you......"

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Being swept up involuntarily has led to the collapse of daily life, and it's already remarkable to be willing to talk to the initiator.

Now he is still so happy to say that he has never been angry, but in turn he is grateful to the initiator...... Xia Ran was stunned, he stared at Megumi Kato and didn't know what to say.

I'm worried, I'm really worried...... Although I have known for a long time that Kato-san is very talkative, but to this extent, she will definitely be bullied in the future, right?

Xia Ran, who has been bullying Kato's classmates, is very unconsciously worried about the other party.

"Ah, I almost forgot......" Megumi Kato suddenly remembered what she was going to do, and looked at the magician apologetically. I'm going to call them for dinner, do you want Xia Ran to come along? ”

“…… No need, there you go. ”

Xia Ran raised his eyebrows, and there were just a few figures passing in the sky not far away, probably the group of girls who were playing hide and seek.

It seems that everyone has no intention of staying, Yakumo Zi is right, even if it is a peaceful person like Megumi Kato, he may not feel that every minute and second of staying here in Gensokyo is torment, but he is also more concerned about the situation outside.

Watching Megumi Kato trot away, Xia Ran tilted his head and carefully recalled the entire communication process just now.

With his strong mental power, he was able to completely extract what had just happened, constantly replaying and figuring it out frame by frame, and even carefully studying every detail from the perspective of a bystander...... Then no problems were found.

The attitude is calm, the tone is calm, and the mood is always calm and unfluctuating, which is the Kato-san.

She didn't seem to pay attention to even the previous incident, Xia Ran didn't say it, she didn't mention it either, it seemed that she really didn't care at all......

Gathering his thoughts, Xia Ran breathed a long sigh of relief, sure enough, he had thought too much before, but Kato-san, who was really an ideal friend, kind, peaceful, not angry, quite easy to bully...... Ahem, easy to get along with.

Shaking his head, Xia Ran sensed it carefully, wanting to see where the two people of Kanako were, and was ready to take this opportunity to explain what happened before.

Immediately afterward, he frowned—

How is it in the mountain of youkai? And it seems that the purple breath is also there?

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At the same time, it was at the top of the Monster Mountain.

Looking condescendingly at this mountain with waterfalls, rivers, cliffs, forests, and beautiful scenery, Yakumo Zi turned his head and looked at the two gods in front of him with a smile-

"How? As for the location I have chosen for the shrine of the two of you, this should be the most suitable place, the mountain is a human village, which is just right for you to preach, and the mountain itself is inhabited by a powerful god, which is just right for you to build a sacred area......"

Kanako and Suwako glanced at each other, and then the former nodded slightly: "That's right, this divinity is amazing...... But if this mountain is inhabited by gods, we wouldn't be able to settle here, right? ”

"That's fine, because that deity is a god of nature, doesn't need faith, and doesn't have any conflict with you......"

Yakumo Zi smiled slightly, and said pointedly-

"Tengu and Kappa, as well as the former oni clan, have always lived in this mountain and developed their own power, and she has never paid attention to it, as long as you are not here to destroy this mountain, then she will not wake up."

"Can I ask the name of the deity?" Suwako asked suddenly.

"Of course, her name is Shi Changji." The monster sage replied casually.

"Shi Changji...... That Asama-sama's older sister? Yasaka Kanako was slightly stunned, ordinary people may not have heard of the name of this god, but she reacted immediately.

Suwako grasped the point more keenly: "In this case, this mountain of youkai is actually the Yatsugatake Mountain that disappeared from the outside world before?" ”

"It's just Mt. Yatsugatake, so to speak, after it was destroyed." The monster sage nodded and generously acknowledged.

The two outside gods looked at each other again, they had wondered how huge this monster mountain was, with huge waterfalls forming rivers flowing into the Gensokyo Plains, and dense forests that were incomparably vast and vast with trees.

And there is a feeling of incongruity in this Gensokyo, plus this mountain is also full of spirituality, there is no doubt that it is an unimaginable ancient spiritual mountain...... But if it's Mt. Yatsugatake, then everything makes sense.

Mt. Yatsugatake was a legendary spiritual mountain long ago, just like Mt. Fuji, but higher than Mt. Fuji.

It's just that the Asama-sama-sama who lives on Mt. Fuji, that is, Yahime Kihanasaki, smashes Mt. Yatsugatake directly in half with a powerful divine power on the grounds that "I can't allow it to be taller than the most beautiful me", so that this spiritual mountain, which is taller than Mt. Fuji, has become a dwarf mountain that is shorter than the latter.

This evil behavior is compared to the actions of the goddess Venus in Sumerian mythology, although it is still not as good, but it is also very similar.

And Ishichohime, who is the sister of Kihana Saki Yahime, but because she can't get used to her sister's character and behavior, she left Mt. Fuji, where she originally lived, and moved to Mt. Yatsugatake.

And at a certain time after that, no one can say, the real Yatsugatake Mountain also disappeared from the vicinity of Mt. Fuji - the Yatsugatake Mountain in the outside world is not the spiritual mountain it once was, and this matter is probably unknown to ordinary people at all.

Now it seems that it was probably at that time that this spiritual mountain was moved to the East Country, and then it was hidden by the established Gensokyo Great Barrier until now.

It's no wonder that this mountain is terrifyingly large, even if it is obvious that there is a lot of space hidden by the enchantment folding, probably the result of the construction of the monsters living on this mountain, but it is still very frighteningly large.

Because it itself is an ancient spiritual mountain that is better than Fuji -

To put it simply, Mt. Fuji itself is more than 3,700 meters high, so even if Mt. Yatsugatake, which is taller than it, is split in half by a wave of Asama-sama's hand, and the peaks on the mountainside are directly shattered, the remaining mountain is still the first among the mountains in Gensokyo.

It will still be the kind that is overwhelming, with a glance at the mountains.

"It's a nice place, but like you said, isn't this the territory of the tengu and the kappa?" Kanako didn't fall for it easily, but asked the question seriously.

Now that they had confirmed the general situation of Gensokyo, and knew that Yakumo's invitation was not a trap, they had indeed begun to seriously consider the feasibility of shifting positions......

However, this monster sage seems to have his own calculations after all.

"Kappa doesn't have any impact, they're just a bunch of tech nerds, so it's not a problem at all...... As for how to deal with those tengu, isn't that what you should be dealing with? Yakumo Zi narrowed her eyes slightly, "You don't think that this kind of thing needs me to deal with it for you, right?" ”

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Sure enough, this person just wants to balance the tengu and turn Yokai Mountain into an important balance point. The two gods confirmed their guesses, and at the same time they were a little helpless, but they didn't feel that there was anything unfair.

Yakumo Zi really has no obligation to help them deal with all the troubles, they just enjoy it.

"Actually, you don't have to worry, don't you have a reliable ally?" The monster sage suddenly spoke, kindly making a suggestion, "In this situation, he has no way to refuse your request, and he will definitely help you." ”

That guy really believed in her so much, how could she, as a youkai sage, give up her plans so easily?

There's more than one way to do that.