52 Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days Part 3 (2/2)
2. She has poor health. This was caused by long-time reclusivity inside her Library. I don't know the exact number, but her age is said to be around 100 years old. Magician tended to just holed up in their workshop and keep experimenting their magic. So estimably, she keep holed up inside her Library for 80+ years, which resulting her health to deteriorate.
If all those reason that I said were correct and if we add the effect of Suika's forceful gathering ability, she turned unconscious after dying for forcing herself to come to this place.
…
Isn't that really bad for people with that kind of condition?
I take out a Compress from my Pouch and imbued it with Recovery Enchantment, and then I place it on Patchouli forehead. Slowly but surely, her pupils start to become visible again. Her eye lids starts to slowly close. In comparison to her previous condition, she looks more peaceful now.
'If she's smart, when she woke up, she will copy that enchantment and keep it until the next Feast day for her to use. That way she will recover faster every time she turned unconscious.'
I look around some more.
'Where're Flandre and Meiling? Why aren't they coming to this place? Were Suika's ability didn't affect them? Why? Is it because they have great(?) self discipline? Meiling with being a Gatekeeper, while Flandre with her patience, is that the reason? '
”What do you think, Arah-dono?!”
Youmu's voice pulled me out from my thought.
”Hm? Sorry? I didn't pay attention, what were you girls talking about?”
”It's about which one should apologized first!” said Youmu.
”I see nothing to be apologized about. The Phantom is the one that intruded into my territory, so it's normal that they are the one who make the mistake.” said Remilia.
”The dead should be respected! Your attitude toward it is the worst!”
”The dead should act like the dead, why do they even need try to be lively like the living.”
”Why you!” Youmu grab her Katana handle.
”Come on, weakling.” Remilia's Claws start growing longer and sharper.
”NO FIGHTING IN THE SHRINE AREA!!” Reimu suddenly appear, catching both of them unguarded.
*SMACK*
”Uu!” Reimu smack Remilia head.
* SMACK *
”Myon!” Reimu smack Youmu head.
Reimu turned toward me.
”I'm an outsider! I don't have anything to do with their discussion!” I hurriedly give my excuse so that I didn't get hit.
Reimu gave the stink eye for a moment before goes back to whenever she's come from.
I sigh in relieve.
I see Youmu(and her Half-Phantom) and Remilia trembling while holding the part of their head that got hit by Reimu.
'…Looks like its hurt, I heard Divinity is super effective to super natural being. I don't know if I count as one but I'm glad I didn't get smacked by her.' I thought.
I clear my throat to attract their attention, they both looking at me with a little bit of tears in their eyes.
”The way I see it, you both are at fault.”
””What?!”” they both exclaim.
”Youmu-san, can you just herd the Phantom around so that they didn't bother other people?”
”W-well…” Youmu averted her eye.
Few weeks ago, I saw Youmu herding a massive amount of Phantom into the sky, she bring them back to the Netherworld via the Border of Life and Death.
She looks down and starts connecting both of her index fingers to each other. ”This early morning Yuyuko-sama energetically said 'Let's enjoy today Feast!', so because of that …I kinda …let the other… Phantom …do whatever they want as well.” her voice slowly going smaller and smaller at the end.
”I see, now then, could you start telling them to mind others people area in the Feast? That way there'll be no more issue started because of them.”
”Y-yes, I'll do it right away after this.”
”Good, now as for you.” I turn to Remilia.
”Hmph! I saw nothing wrong with what I done! They trespassed and I responded appropriately!”
”For this one I'm hesitant, Youmu-san, how can a Phantom died again?”
”Well, 'died' is not the best word to describe it, they will always be there until they're sent to the Nirvana, they also can be forcefully be sent to Nirvana by doing certain ceremony or got cut by Hakurouken, ah, that's my shorter sword on my waist, anyone that got cut by it will have their confusion to be cutted.” explained Youmu.
”That means if a Phantom got cutted by the sword, it will lose its confusion and will willfully go straight to the Nirvana?” I asked for confirmation.
”Yes!” replied Youmu happily.
”That mean I can do whatever I want with them, there's nothing wrong with my action at all.”
”Like I said, you don't disrespect the dead by throwing them around in the air!”
”Heh, if what I did is disrespecting the death, then what about that?” Remilia pointing toward a certain location.
”Hm? What do you mean? – Oh no!!” Youmu looks horrified to what she saw.
The scene I saw is that, Yuyuko is chewing on a Phantom.
”Yuyuko-sama! Phantom isn't food, don't eat them!” Youmu immediately darted to the Yuyuko's location.
”Fuahahahaha!!” Remilia laugh merrily.
'Poor Youmu, I pray for your will to stay strong while serving Yuyuko. ' I pray for her in my heart.
And then I accompanied Remilia until Sakuya brought me a sleeping Bara, I supposed the time is late enough for children to start sleeping. I said my goodbye to them before I come back to our Home.
-A Day after the First Feast-
”Ara-ara, I met a black cloud, I wonder what will this entail?” said Yuyuko.
'Father, Mother, I'm sorry, looks like your Son will die first before any of you can.' I morbidly thought at my current situation.
Author note:
I'm dying. I'm dying while I'm writing this chapter.
I think the update frequency gonna be random from now on, I'll be more busy because of work, just like the week before, I can't update back then because of my work, so yeah, update frequency is gonna be unknown.