This is punishment.

This is atonement.

If you want to find one of the people here to take all the responsibility, it must be to lie yourself.

I love you,

I have mercy on your men,

Having lost the qualification of the weapon, I have no way to turn back.

So, once is good, I want to decide my future with my own ideas.

This time, it's my turn to save you, Aaron.

......

......

For the residents of Gensokyo, although "Wenwen Shimbun" is notoriously nonsense, it is not denied that as one of the sources of intelligence, it is also in the spotlight on weekdays.

It's a pity that as the only reporter, Miss Shotimaru seems to be in a bad mood lately, and the newspaper that used to be eager to watch three times a day has not moved for nearly a month.

Despite this, the events of the recent days have spread throughout Gensokyo in another way, and it is nothing more than how much the world has changed since that night.

The Third Lunar War.

Following the first fiasco a thousand years ago, and the second defeat not long ago, the Third Lunar War began without anyone knowing.

The two princesses of the moon were defeated, the capital of the moon turned into a ruin, the people of the moon did not know where to go, and it was rumored that even the moonlit night was shot down by an arrow from the former moon mind Bayi Yonglin.

If this seemingly brilliant result is not included in the special existence of Yayi Yonglin, there are actually only two people dispatched by Gensokyo, one is the monster sage Yakumo Purple, and the other is often ignored by everyone because of its inconspicuous combat power, but it is never absent from every mutation-

Takeya Takasaka.

Boom.

The startled deer in the courtyard sounded again, and the holy white lotus filled the cup on the table with tea, even the temple's unique contemplative tea seemed to be unable to soothe the sorrow between the eyebrows.

A few days ago, a temple was erected to the east of the human realm, and although it was not far from the Hakurei Shrine, the intention of the provocation was almost clear, but the Hakurei shrine maiden did not seem to react to it.

This temple is Meirenji Temple.

As the abbot of the temple, Holy White Lotus has been entertaining the same guests for a week, and she does not reject the presence of youkai while treating humans and monsters equally.

But the week-long visits, and the fact that each time she asked herself some strange questions, really bothered the new abbot a little.

"Monster Sage Lord ......" Hesitating to phrase it, Saint Bailian looked down at the tea that was already slightly cold in front of him, but he didn't pick it up for a long time, but said to Yakumo Zi in front of him in a helpless tone: "I really can't answer the question you asked. ”

"Can't remember anything about it?" Yakumo Zi's tone was light, but there was a little more disappointment in his eyes: "Even you forgot about being a magic envoy?" ”

"You're joking, I'm just an ordinary human being," Saint Bailian shook her head and said with a smile, "Although I have been sealed for so many years for some reason, I am still a human after all. ”

"Remember what happened to your brother?" Yakumo asked without giving up.

"Did you say Destiny Lotus?" Saint Bailian's eyes flashed with a look of memory: "He is indeed a very good person, as an older sister, I am a little ashamed." ”

"Is that so......" After listening to Bai Lian's words, all the hopes in Yakumo's purple eyes were finally disappointed.

She really didn't remember anything, after becoming an ordinary human, she didn't remember anything about the past.

"Excuse me."

After dropping a sentence, Yakumo Purple got into the gap and ended this endless conversation.

Through the cracks in the gap, Yakumo Zi stepped from the Meilian Temple to the other side, and the right and wrong hall that used to be respectful of order and rules is now empty.

Shikihime disappears.

It was the news from the mouth of the lost Komachi, and without the other side of Hades, the dead souls could not be judged, and naturally they could not rest in peace, so Gensokyo even broke out into another undead riot.

Fortunately, Yuyuko guided the spirits to the underworld in time, and was able to barely control the small mutation that occurred due to the disappearance of Hades.

No one knows where Hades went, except for Yakumo Murasaki.

Looking at the empty hall of right and wrong, she unconsciously let out a sigh and quietly walked into the gap.

Hell has been in chaos, the demon world has disappeared from the map, the moon surface has become a ruin, and along the way, Yakumo Zi's last stop is the Eternal Pavilion of the Lost Bamboo Forest.

Although she had already prepared, the strong smell of medicine still made her frown.

"Knock on the door, huh? It's you, forget it, ahem......"

There were helpless complaints on the sickbed, Bayi Yonglin's slightly emaciated face was full of sickly paleness, and the eyes that were once heroic also lost their luster and became dim at this moment.

"How's your body?" Yakumo Zi didn't regard himself as an outsider at all, and when he came in, he pulled over the chair and sat down, and from time to time he picked up the medicine bowl used by Yayun Yonglin, and the pungent smell of medicine came to his face.

"As you can see, it's good luck to be alive." Bayi Yonglin laughed self-deprecatingly.

After a moment of silence, Yakumo Zi asked again, "...... What about your disciples? ”

"In recuperation," Bayi Yonglin looked at the faint sunlight that came in through the window, and said abruptly: "Nothing else is clear, at least the power of the gods no longer exists." ”

"Is it ......." Yakumo Zi's gaze fell along Yayi Yonglin to the evening bamboo forest outside the window, as if covered with a thin veil, hazy, and a kind of unreal dream.

They all knew that from that day on, there would be no gods.

The roots of the gods were destroyed, the mythical gods were all affected, and the weak ones almost disappeared on the spot, and those who could survive were not much different from the eight Yi Yonglin, to put it mildly, now she is almost not even a big monster.

If you want to say that the situation is the best, I'm afraid it's still Yasaka Kanako of Shouya Shrine, because she "fell" as early as the mythological era, but became the least affected.

The third moon war, it should be said that it was the civil strife on the moon, and the moon night saw that almost all the people of the moon except for the eight meanings Yonglin and Penglai Mountain Huiye began to rebel against their true god, Chang'e.

The result was a success, but it can also be said to be a failure.

Chang'e was defeated, but not by the people of the moon, but by Wu Ye.

Wu Ye not only defeated Chang'e, but also cut off all her ties to the present, whether it was a believer or a moon ritual, they were all sent into the dust of history by Wu Ye.

The time of the moon god is completely over.

As Chang'e's most loyal subordinate in the past, Bayi Yonglin was sad, but not surprised.

After Chang'e died, she finally retrieved the memories of the seven days that had been taken away from her, whether it was her relationship with Wu Ye, or the battle with the gods, she remembered them all.

Takeya, Adam.

One identity, two different souls.

Chang'e and his grievances are like incomprehensible threads, and Bayi Yonglin can't tell whether she should hate that person or not, but now that they have disappeared, she thinks about such a question, and her hatred is a little ridiculous.

And speaking of which, there is a guy who should be far more distressed than she is.

"Yakumo Purple," I don't know how long it took, Yayi Yonglin looked directly into Yakumo Purple's eyes and suddenly asked, "Do you hate him?" ”

“......”

Yakumo Zi didn't answer Yayi Yonglin's question, not that he didn't know the answer, but there was no need to answer.

Now that Yayi Yonglin has retrieved his memory, it is natural that Yakumo Zi has also retrieved his memory.

It's just that what is different is that Yakumo Murasaki has retrieved not only her memories, but also her spirits.

The one who once incarnated as "Maellubelle Hearn" finally returned to her original body with all her memories.

She remembered the grievances that had lasted for thousands of years with Takeya, the hatred that Takeya had gone through several reincarnations, and of course, the boy who died in her arms after knowing the truth of the world, in that distant time and space, in a world called "real".

He was never a hero, he even became the villain in the story, using the most cruel means to destroy the best world, but even so, he was the most important existence for her and for them.

Even if no one knows.

Even if no one applauds.

Even if no one would thank the boy who saved everything.

She would still say.

Yes, no matter when, no matter to whom, Yakumo Purple can say it in a dignified manner.

"What are you talking about, Yonglin, how can I hate Wu Ye."

Facing the afterglow of the setting sun, Yakumo Zi's smile was so bright: "Let's just say, we never felt that we liked Wu Ye so much." ”

So, how can such a thing as simply letting him disappear from our world be allowed?

n.