52 Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days Part 3 (1/2)
-Evening, Hakurei Shrine's Garden-
-My POV-
The Sun has set. The Moon is shining brightly in the sky. Other than the shine of the Moon, there are also many Paper Lamps hanging around and a Campfire in the middle of the Garden, illuminating the area for everyone to see clearly.
All of those tools are used because today isn't any ordinary day, in other word, it's a special day. Today is the Feast Day. Any reason why today is a Feast Day? None, nobody know the reason why today is a Feast Day, but if they don't know the reason, why they're still doing it?
”Because I feel like it.”
”Because Spring will end in the few weeks-ze!”
That's what they said. They were believed that those were the reason as to why they're doing it.
And so Youkai, Fairy, Human, Phantom, Ghost, and other mystical being are having a feast in the Shrine's Garden, and amid these colorful species filled Garden, there's a senior teaching her junior what they must do and don't as a Servant.
”Our Master condition is our top priority. Anyone else condition is none of our concern, not even our self.”
'Yes!”
”When carrying our Master order, there must be no unnecessary and wasteful movement, only gracefulness and perfection in our every action.”
”Yes!”
”Serving is our battlefield. We finally win after our Master satisfied with our works.”
”Yes!”
”If you're assaulted by a Pervert, you can just crush his balls to permanently ruin him.”
”…Yes?” Bara titled her head.
”…Please don't teach her anything strange.” I plead.
”Then please don't do anything strange to her.” she quip.
”I never did anything strange to her!!” I retort.
”Don't worry Master! It's okay to do something strange to me!” joined Bara.
”You're not helping!”
”Fufufufu, this is entertaining indeed. My decision to invite you to our spot here is a correct one, but of course, all of my decisions were always correct.” boasted the girl that's sitting at the opposite end of me.
I look at the Loli Vampire with a flat stare.
I may be immune from Suika's soul gathering effect, but Bara didn't. So when the Feast day arrived, she immediately got the urge to come to the Feast, which is in the Hakurei Shrine's Garden. Of course, I can't let her go alone, so I went along with her to the place.
After we arrived to this place, we immediately dragged to Remilia spot by Sakuya. After that Remilia immediately saw through Bara's admiration feeling toward Sakuya, which led to Remilia ordered Sakuya to teach Bara all about being a Servant.
”It's a refreshing change of scene from the usual empty headed Maid Fairy to enthusiastic aspiring loyal servant. Keep instructing that girl, Sakuya.” ordered Remilia.
”As you wish, my Mistress.” complied Sakuya. ”Now, let us continue, Bara-san.”
”Yes, senpai!” replied Bara enthusiastically.
And they moved a little away from our position to practice some ”Fancy Maid Move”, they really are fancy, look at them twirl. ….should I buy a Maid clothes for Bara after this?
”I must say, her interaction with you is the most entertaining scene ever since she undergone change of attitude.” Remilia said before she sipped her own cup.
”You mean Sakuya-san? I can tolerate about your comment about our interaction is entertaining for the third party, but can you please elaborate more about this 'change of attitude'?” I said curiously.
Her lip parted with the cup. ”Fufufu, of course, Sakuya is my proudest servant at my disposal, it is normal for me to boast of her achievement.” A random Phantom passing by and Remilia flick them away. ”You see, in the past, Sakuya was a really stiff person, she always followed my order to the letter, at first it was interesting, but then it got boring after a while. There was also an instance where her stiffness ruined a moment.”
Another two random Phantoms floating near Remilia, one of them probably the one that she flicked, and now, it came back for revenge with its friend, but it was useless, she flicked two of them effortlessly again like before. ”For example, when I tell her my grand plan, she didn't say anything about improving it until I asked her, there's also another example, when I tell a joke, once again, she didn't laugh until I told her to, but after I did, her laugh was so monotone that a frog could laugh better than her, she totally ruined my mood for the rest of the day after that. Truly, what a bad day that was.” Then she finished her stories with a sip from her cup.
”…Huh, that's …an interesting story. Thank you for sharing it to me, I guess?” I'm confused if I should be speechless or thankful after I hear her stories.
”No need to thanks me boy. I'm in a good mood after all. I have no problem in sharing these kinds of stories to you.”
'…sounds really fishy, I call bullshit. I wonder what her intention is.' I thought.
I look toward the subject of our conversation.
I see Sakuya rigidly move while instructing Bara to do something.
'I guess she heard everything what Remilia said.' and the piece comes together. ”Was the actual reason for you to tell that story was so that you could see that? ” I asked Remilia while pointing at the direction of Sakuya with my chin.
”Fufufufu, maybe.” said Remilia with an evil smile.
”Uwah, so evil.” I said.
”I will take that as a compliment.” she said with the same evil smile.
'Even I don't want people to know about my embarrassing past, and she just blurted out Sakuya's without remorse.' I thought.
Just after I finish my thought, the Phantom came back again, now they're six floating thing in total.
”No matter how many you gathered, weakling is still a weakling.”
Now instead of flicking them, Remilia slap them all in one swoop.
But in respond to what Remilia does, the big Phantom came out.
”Please stop bullying the dead!” protest Youmu.
”I'm not the one at fault, Phantom Girl. They're the one that intruded my territory without permission.”
”W-well, at least don't smack them around!”
”Hmph!! I can do whatever I want, your protest are useless!”
I ignore them as they start bickering to each other, I've other important thing to do rather than listening to someone bickering, and that important thing is observing others in this place.
I finally took a proper look at someone who's still out cold from when I arrived in here.
I see the Asthmatic Magician, Patchouli Knowledge, lying unconscious on the ground.
This is the first time I properly saw how Patchouli looks like with my eyes. I said that because the other time when I saw her was when I'm undergoing the Blindness challenge.
Her hair is purple, but her eyes are currently showing white, I'm sure her eyes color are purple when she properly wake up, and there are many ribbons tied to her hair and other parts of her clothing. She wears pink pajama-like clothing and a night-cap with a gold crescent moon on it.
I concluded that there are 2 reasons as to why she's unconscious even thought there were no injure on her body.
1. She's Asthmatic. I don't know if this true but I read somewhere that the reason as to why she got Asthma was because of the Mercury that she keeps inhaling from all of her Experiment as a Magician.