11 Meet the Tengu (2/2)
Just as I thinking of that, I sensed something coming from the sky and immediately activated my Counter Armor.
The thing landed in front of us. It produced a lot of wind when it landed, making Reimu close her eyes, but I was okay because I had the Armor covering my body.
I looked at the figure. It was a girl, she had black wings, red eyes, pointed ears and semi-long black hair. She wore a white blouse, black short skirt, and a tokin on her head. She was also holding a camera in her hand.
She pointed her camera at me.
*Click* And took my photo.
I looked at her status.
[Lv.75 Traditional Reporter of Fantasy, Shameimaru Aya]
”Good Evening! It's your honest and truthful Reporter, Shameimaru Aya.” She announced her arrival cheerfully.
'... Oh great, it's Aya, somehow I already feel tired.'
”… Can you do something about the wind next time?” complained Reimu.
”Ayayayaya, sorry, next time I will arrive more quietly.” Aya apologized.
Aya thrust a piece of paper toward Reimu. It's a newspaper! ”Here is the new issue of Bunbunmaru Newspaper, please take it.”
”In the evening? That's rare.” She received it.
”Well, something happened this morning so I had to include that in the newspaper too.”
'… Oh no…'
”… Smoke in Magician's house… Kappa new Invention… A new type of maid spotted in the Human Market… There's nothing that looks noteworthy enough to make you late in giving your newspaper, in my opinion.”
”You're looking at the back side, Reimu-san; you just flipped sides when you took it.”
”Oh,” Reimu flipped it, and started reading. ”Is it a Human or a Youkai? Tengu Patrollers attacked by mysterious assailant.”
I peeked at the newspaper in Reimu's hand. It had a clear picture of me taken from high above, standing in front of 6 unconscious White Wolf Tengu.
Reimu turned her head towards me, while Aya took out her notebook.
”I have my reasons.” I immediately responded.
Reimu now turned her body completely in my direction. ”Explain.” She said coldly.
… I also turned my body in her direction from pure pressure
'… I'll say it again, this is bullshit, I got scared by someone who looks younger than me.'
”I accidently trespassed on their territory and because they wouldn't let me go peacefully, I beat them up.” I gave my excuse.
*scribble* *scribble* The sound of Aya scribbling in her notebook filled the air.
”Why were you in the Youkai Mountain Area?”
”Collecting Magic Ingredients.”
*scribble* *scribble*
”Why there?”
”There's a lot there in Autumn.”
*scribble* *scribble*
”Why?”
Dude, her questions keep getting shorter.
”Work.”
*scribble* *scribble*
”…”
And then she crossed her arms, thinking.
I glanced at Aya. She looked happy at my interrogation.
”This picture was taken this morning right?” Reimu asked.
”Yes.” Aya answered.
”Arah, have you taken any injuries in that fight?”
”Nope.”
”… Then I will allow you to go there, but always keep your guard up, because you're in Youkai Territory.”
”Yes, ma'am.”
*scribble* *scribble*
I changed my sitting direction to look at Aya now.
”So, who are you Tengu-san?”
Aya stopped writing, and started introducing herself.
”Hello, my name is Shameimaru Aya, you can call me Aya; I'm a reporter from the Bunbunmaru Newspaper, which is also run by me. Our newspaper covers the entirety of Gensokyo and we deliver the most accurate information.” She lightly bowed.
”Y-yes, my name is Arah, a human, originally an outsider, but I've already been living in Gensokyo for a month.” I was surprised by the bow but I introduced myself and lightly bowed to her too at the end.
”Hooh~ an Outsider, interesting! Then, can I get an interview about this morning?”
”Sure, I guess.”
”Great.” She prepared her notebook and started writing something in it.
I looked at Reimu, but she didn't appear to be giving a fuck and kept drinking her tea. Typical Reimu.
”Since Reimu-san already asked some of the question I wanted to ask, this will be fast.”
And our Q&A session began.
”How did you defeat our Patrol?”
”Using my ability.”
”What is your ability?”
”No comment.”
”What was your opinion while you were battling against our patrol?”
”…Hmm, their coordination is good and all, but the enemy was just that bad of a match up with my ability.”
”… Ayaya, I see.” She starts writing more furiously than my other answer.
'… I got a feeling the next time I go to the forest, it's gonna be even more noisy than today.'
”Okay, these are all the questions I have for you, sorry for the inconvenience.”
”Don't be Aya-san, there's no inconvenience if the questioner is someone cute.”
*Smack*
I knew these familiar smacking sounds. I didn't need to look for the culprit. It's Reimu.
”Ayayaya, this is the first time a human has complimented my looks.”
”Just ignore him when he says that.”
”… Don't worry Reimu, you too are c-”*SMACK*
'REIMU, Y U DO THIS?! And it's harder as well.'
I held the back of my head, it hurt, my Counter Armor was still on but somehow she penetrated it.
”That was fun, but I have to go. Bye Reimu-san, bye Arah-kun.”
She opened her wings and flew toward the Human Village.
”Is she gonna distribute her newspaper to the Human Village too?”
”Yeah.”
”Dammit, that mean Akyuu will also see that news. I gotta calm her down before she makes a big fuss about it. Bye Reimu.”
”Take care then.”
And so I also flew toward Human Village, following the route I thought Aya took through the sky.
Author note:
Heyo, Author here, to be honest with you, I got a problem with concentrating when I write the series right now, it's different from a month ago, when I'm writing this fanfic when I'm fasting, I think there's correlation between hunger and concentration here, and I don't like it, and this is also making the release set back like 1 day, precious chapter also set backed by 1 day, making this chapter set backed by 2 days from the original schedule (I have a schedule?). Goddammit,
So yeah, PCB happen in the early spring, when there's still snow even when the Sakura/cherry blossom tree flower already bloomed or something, I don't know about the situation when PCB happen, need to dig the wiki again.