After the rally, Grandma successfully untied the knot in her heart and took off her mask, and the three of Reimu seemed to have returned to a cheerful and warm daily life.

But before I knew it, the atmosphere slowly became a little heavy.

No matter how harmonious Lumia and Grandma are with Reimu, no matter how close they are, they can't hide Lumia's identity as a youkai and a man-eating monster.

It's normal for humans to eat food, and if they don't, they die.

But what about youkai? What about trolls in particular who use humans as food?

What if a youkai stopped eating people?

No one thought of this, and even if they did, no one cared about it in the cheerful daily life, but the atmosphere that gradually became heavy turned the faint uneasiness in the audience's hearts into reality.

In the hearts of the audience, this Yakumo Murasaki who appeared out of nowhere is simply synonymous with darkness, as long as she appears, BGM will become depressing, and the background will become eerie and terrifying.

In the previous warm atmosphere, Lumia seemed to never be full, her stomach would always growl, and the audience laughed and said that Ye Luo had inexplicably added an extra foodie attribute to Lumia.

However, in this eerie and terrifying woods, Yakumo Purple faced Lumia, who had become very weak inexplicably, and reminded faintly,

"What you really, want to eat is...... Humans..."

This sentence was like a thunderclap, deafening.

For Lumia, humans are not just a dessert after a meal, but an essential survival food like a meal.

For humans, if they don't eat, they will die, and for a man-eating monster who takes humans as a necessary food for survival, if they don't eat humans, they will also die......

This is the setting, and it is a very normal inference, nothing wrong...

However, in the face of this choice, the audience on the side is also very entangled.

They like Lumia, and although she is a man-eating youkai, Lumia has been saved by Grandma and Reimu, and she has reformed and no longer eats people.

From the audience's point of view, they naturally can't bear to see their favorite characters being weakened and tormented by pain.

However, the way to eliminate Lumia's pain is to let her eat people and stand on the side of human beings, and the audience does not want to see a Lumia stained with human blood.

Human beings often say, "The sea of suffering is boundless, and turning back is the shore", but when Lumia turned around, there was still a boundless sea of suffering under her feet, and the pain not only tormented her, but also tormented the hearts of the audience.

To eat, or not to eat?

The audience's fists gradually clenched, and they watched Lumia's choice in great confusion.

There is no doubt that Lumia wants to be with Grandma and Reimu, but if she eats people and returns to the Lumia who caused a lot of bones before, will she still be able to smile with Grandma and Reimu every day?

Her body longed to devour humanity, but her heart didn't want to.

Because Lumia doesn't want to lose her happiness and tenderness no matter what, even if the days are short...

In order not to hurt Grandma and Reimu, Rumia silently disappeared from the shrine and returned to the forest, suffering alone and suffering from the pain.

She longed to go home, but she knew she couldn't...

However, Xiao Lingmeng ran out and looked for Lumia everywhere, and the face of the bun, who always had a happy smile, was filled with sad tears.

She's the one who likes Lumia the most.

It was just a bush of grass, but Lumia didn't dare to see Reimu. She was almost unable to suppress her instinct to devour humanity.

The desire for happiness and the desire to devour people are fiercely at war, and reason and desire are in fierce conflict.

Lumia fell to the ground, took one last nostalgic look at Little Reimu, closed her eyes, lowered her head, and bit her arm hard, dripping with blood.

In order not to hurt Reimu, Rumia vented her desire to eat people on her body, and her mouth was full of blood and tears.

"Grandma, Lumia is gone, will you never see Lumia again?"

"No, Lumia will definitely come back, because she loves Reimu the most!"

Grandma watched from the sidelines, and took Xiao Lingmeng away expressionlessly, but the little water in the back didn't know whose tears it was.

The audience's vision couldn't help but blur.

Lumia's misery, Reimu's crying, and Grandma's trust are the bonds that connect Lumia to her soul......

What Lumia prayed for was nothing more than the most ordinary, ordinary life - as long as she could not eat people, as long as she could be with Reimu with a smile, as long as she could live an ordinary life as a family, she would be satisfied.

But even this little wish is a luxury.

Is it a kind of monster like her, from the beginning of her birth, to be a punishment?

Lumia fell to the ground in pain, watching Grandma and Little Reimu gradually walk away, and the physical and mental pain became more and more painful.

If he had been killed directly by his grandmother, maybe he wouldn't have been in pain, right?

If I hadn't accepted Reimu in the first place, I wouldn't have had such pain, would I?

If......

The audience also followed Rumia's rhythm with tears in their eyes and fell in

If, without Yelo, we wouldn't see such a story.

If we can't see these stories, we won't shed tears.

It shouldn't have been clicked in the first place...... Because if you click in, you can't get out.

So, all the mistakes are Ye Luo's fault...

The audience silently made another note of someone.

……

Rumia's pain, the audience saw it, Yakumo Purple and Grandma also saw it, and when Rumia was very weak, Yakumo Purple and Grandma appeared.

Just when the audience thought that Grandma would save Lumia again, Grandma put on her mask again and came with a "Lumia" who looked exactly like Lumia.

At this point, the audience knows that Rumia is a night-time monster who feeds on the darkness of humans, so she must eat people.

Grandma wants to kill Lumia, but if Lumia dies, it will be very troublesome, which means that if she disappears from the darkness, the night will not be able to come, and the natural order will collapse.

So they made another "Lumia" to replace Lumia.

The masked grandma, as if she had closed herself again, said everything to Lumia who fell to the ground in a cold tone, and that happy time seemed to have never happened again.

Lumia couldn't believe that this happy time was Lumia's most precious memory.

She would rather suppress her instinct for survival, would rather die herself, and keep the most precious thing, but now she is told that it is all an illusion - Grandma is going to kill herself and get another replacement.

Can she be replaced?

So, what about her existence?

What about her memories?

What is this?

Also, what is the pain she is suffering now?

"Those words... Those words... Those words... All deception? Lumia asked Grandma.

"Yes...... grandma's tone is still so salty, like a stranger.

For Lumia, the most precious thing in this life, even the thing that she has to protect at the cost of her own life, is a dreamy bubble lie?

The hearts of the audience also seemed to be shattered by Grandma's words, how could it be? Why did Grandma say that?

Under the mask, the smiling grandma who always exudes a gentle light, the "most beautiful" grandma in Reimu's eyes, the grandma who dispelled the darkness for Rumia, why would she say such a thing?

This must be someone fake!

The audience will never admit that this cold and ruthless guy will be a grandma, the gentle grandma who will silently protect humanity even if it is feared by humans.

Lumia stared at her grandmother with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of anger and pain after being deceived.

The torture of instinct and the collapse of the mind made Lumia completely violent.

The crazy Lumia burst out with more powerful strength than before, and it was inseparable from Grandma, and the scene was spectacular.

The big scene that the audience had been expecting was played out when they least wanted to see it.

Grandma's is really strong enough to explode, and she plays all kinds of rubbing bombs easily, and soon pinched Lumia's neck and pressed her to the tree, but she acted as a standard villain, mocking Lumia in a harsh tone.

Lumia lived up to expectations, bursting out with stronger strength again and again, as if she had the upper hand.

But Lumia, who has obviously turned black, is now full of anger, but she still can't do it.

That happy time saved Lumia, even if it was just a lie, how could she forget the happiness in her heart?

Her bloodshot eyes, her tears, and her hesitation have made countless viewers feel heartache, who is this so-called "grandma" with a cold tone with a mask?

What the hell did she want to do to Lumia? Where is the real grandma again? Why didn't you come to save Lumia when you knew about her pain?

While the audience frowned, the battle continued, and Grandma kept using cold and mocking language to stimulate Lumia.

But gradually, the audience seemed to see something, no matter how Grandma ridiculed, no matter how Lumia fought back, and no matter how fierce the battle was, neither side could make a deadly move.

"Can't do it...... I still can't do it, even if it's all fake...... But for me, it used to be true happiness......"

Lumia, who was knocked to the ground again, had already given up, and looked at the grandma who was rushing in the distance, and she had given up and couldn't move.

"Hypocritical routines are also ...... Once...... It's a happy ...... But...... But...... In summary...... I'm still alone......"

Lumia's tears dripped on the ground, just remembering the past, as if in a trance she saw the little angel-like little Reimu, and stretched out her hand to touch her little head one last time.

Grandma used her dream innate, rushed straight over, and finally, bumped into Rumia's outstretched arm and pierced through her heart.

The fake "Rumia" next to Yakumo Zi, who had been fighting for a long time, suddenly turned into a spirit rune, which turned out to be something made by Grandma to confuse people.

The spirit rune scattered to the ground with Yakumo's ticking tears, all of which were grandma's deception. Grandma did "cheat" on Lumia, and she always wanted to save Lumia.

Lumia looked at the pierced grandma in shock, a gust of wind blew, and the mask on the grandma's face finally shattered.

After the mask was shattered, the bottom was still the gentle smiling face of Grandma.

"I've had enough...... I have received happiness from you...... Thank you...... So...... Now it's time for you to be happy...... It's okay, your darkness...... I'll figure it out......"

Grandma tied her hairband to Lumia's hair and sealed Lumia, and Grandma died on Lumia's body with a happy smile.

After being sealed, Lumia took on the form of a child and lost all her previous memories. As a shrine maiden who has always been hated by humans and youkai, the darkness in Grandma's heart is beyond imagination, and Lumia has eaten Grandma and has devoured enough darkness for her life.

In the future, Lumia no longer has to eat people, and she is saved in the true sense of the word.

Looking at the innocent and confused little Lumia, Yakumo's purple nails were shining with cold light, and she wanted to finish her up, but when she thought of her grandmother's gentle smile, she still gave up.

"Rejoice as much as you want, now there will be nothing to bind you again, live as you like..."

Lumia, who had forgotten everything, looked at the bright sky and smiled as innocently as Little Reimu.

Little Reimu sat quietly at the door of the shrine, looking at the mountain gate.

Grandma and Lumia are gone, and they should come back from here, Xiao Lingmeng firmly believes in it, and has been waiting.

But she couldn't wait to come back...

"Little Reimu, it's cold here, you'll catch a cold if you stay here." In the middle of the night, Yakumo Purple found Xiao Reimu.

Lively and active.,Always with a bright smile on the little Lingmeng.,But I've been sitting here in a daze,

"Still here...... Grandma said it...... Lumia will be back...... Because...... I like Reimu the most. So...... So...... Grandma also ...... Lumia also ...... I'll be back! ”

Xiao Reimu seemed to have a premonition of something, and cried as she spoke, and Yakumo Zi also hugged Reimu, leaving tears.

The audience didn't know how many tears broke down, their vision blurred again and again, and a heavy stone pressed down on their hearts.

Or a little child's Reimu shouldn't suffer this kind of pain ...

Yakumo opened a gap in the back of Reimu's head, and all she could do for Reimu now was to erase these memories of joy but destined to be sad and painful for her.

On an ordinary day, Reimu, who had forgotten everything related to Grandma and Lumia, met Lumia, who had become a child.

The two looked at each other, and they should have liked each other the most, but they didn't know each other anymore.

"Who are you?" Little Reimu asked little Rumia curiously, but Rumia smiled happily at Reimu, who she saw for the first time, and pounced.

Even if they lost their memories, the familiarity that penetrated into their souls made the two who had forgotten each other rediscover that happy atmosphere when they met.

"She's Lumia, a clumsy monster, but she's a good old man, and ......"

"Still?"

"It's still my loved one, my best friend..."

Yakumo said lightly.

This is the story of Hakurei Reimu when she was still young and the man-eating monster was still old - or the story of a shrine maiden who had never been told to anyone.