49 Arrival of the Mis (2/2)
I guess that's the general gist of things.
I finished planting the bush-ling in the garden, now all I need is just taking care of them so that they don't get uprooted by something or someone. I went back inside the house.
Aside from the increase of fairy sighting, I changed back wearing my Yukata, Monochrome Sky, as it replaced my Black Winter Jacket. My OCD is satisfied with these season clothe coding.
I came back to my previous sitting spot while carrying a tray of teas.
”Bara, stop pretending to be dead and come here, I'll fix your hair.” I said while beckoning her to sit in front of me with a hair comb.
”Okay~” she immediately woke up with disheveled hair, and then she slowly crawl to where I told her to sit.
Now she's sitting in front of me. She grabbed her tea while I start combing her hair.
”Sorry, I shouldn't have ruffled your hair just now, I should have just pat you like usual.” I apologized to her.
”But in the end Master fix my hair right? Master doesn't need to worry much about it.”
”Yes, I'm indeed fixing your hair right now, but I still think I shouldn't ruffle female hair ever again, I actually feel more guilty as the time passed.”
She put her tea down before turned back toward me, making me stop combing her hair.
She pinched my check with both of her hands while smiling warmly.
”Stupid Master. Like I said, Master doesn't need to worry about it. As long as I'm together with Master, I'm very much happy with whatever we're doing.”
”…”
”Just like Master said back then right? 'I'll make you happy so you didn't need to worry about anything', it was really romantic!”
”…I don't think that was what I said, but as long as you're happy, I guess it was okay.”
”KYAAAA! HE FINALLY SAID IT! 'AS LONG AS I'M HAPPY'! I'M THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD!” she happily squeals as she cupped her cheek with her hands.
”…This is gonna be thing isn't it?” I deadpan.
”What 'thing'?” she titled her head while still cupping her cheek.
”Subject derailment and letting thing unfinished, now turn back again because I want to finish combing your hair.”
”Okay~” and she turn around.
'…Somehow I got a feeling that sooner or later I need to man up or something.' I thought as I'm resuming combing her hair.
-Afternoon-
I arrived back to my house after I accompanied Bara to Akyuu's place. She's always going there to play recently. I guess they're being a good friend now, and it's good, much better than hating each other.
*ding*
[Test of Bravery and Courage]
[Personally join investigating the incident and solved it with your own hand.]
[Failure Penalty: Revoking of Senior Pioneer Status]
'…It's finally here. I'm not even surprised that it appeared since I did expect it to come sooner. Also, seems like the System already had enough with my cowardness because it threatened me by revoking my status if I didn't win.'
I look toward the wood. I saw a very thin mist like thing spreading everywhere.
”There she is, I wondered how wide she stretched herself to affect every one. …Okay, enough with the useless question, there's more important thing to do. I need to check on the Human…Human…” my line of thought suddenly cut off. I felt like I forgot something. ”…Human …Human …'Human' what? What did I want to say just now?” Just as the confusion set in, I feel my eyes and my green streak giving out light. They activated to shield and fixed the problem. ”…Oh yeah, it's the Human Village, why did I forgot such generic name of a village?”
Then I immediately put two and two together.
”…Keine, it's her ability. That mean the village is safe from the mist. Thank goodness.” I sigh in relieve.
I don't have to worry to what Keine did because she will do similar thing in the future to safe the village as well. The clue that she used her power is that everyone doesn't remember something that she used her power on, just like my condition just now.
…
”Wait a second, no, that's actually not good. What happened to Bara when she's in the village when Keine ate its history?! Bara is not a resident of that village at all!”
I hurriedly come out from my house perimeter.
”BARAA! I'M COMING! KEINE TOO! PLEASE EITHER OF YOU TO BE THERE WHEN I'M ARRIVED!”
I directly rush toward the supposed route to the Human Village, hoping either of them to be there to confirm Bara's safety.
-Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days - Prologue-
-3rd POV-
It comes back.
It comes back into Gensokyo after missing for hundreds of years.
Its power hailed as the strongest power in Gensokyo at one point, it was respected by the Youkai in the Mountain in the day of old.
After it arrival, it feels like the resident of Gensokyo wasting their time by not having a feast while the spring is still going, so because of that, it decided that it will help them start the feast again.
It immaterial itself into the mist and start spreading very thin across the land.
The being doesn't fear the evil, its mist seeped into the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
The being doesn't fear the death, its mist seeped into the Border of Life and Death.
The being doesn't fear the Miko, its mist seeped into the Hakurei Shrine.
It is very confident that it will make a great feast when doing this.
Author Note:
If you guys saw my announcement in Fanfiction, you guys probably know what's going on.
About the word count, its 2k+, and probably gonna the new standard for my every chapter, I can't do more than that. I'm just too tired to write after I finished working.
About my plan to write ”Emil Chronicle Online SI”, I don't know, on one point I want to at least create 3 chapter of it, but at other point, I don't want to abandon the reader on this side.
About Arah Status sheet, I think I'm just gonna place it when there's significant change to his status.