I have no regrets about my 2D world!

"Okay, okay, then what made you want to come to the human world? Don't even mention that you're fine. You haven't been out for so many days, how could you possibly come out if nothing happened?"

Su Baigan was speechless. He had been practicing his skills there for the past few days, but how could Meihong say that he was just a stay-at-home mom? But how did Meihong know that they hadn't gone out in the past few days?

"It's nothing, but now that I've met you, Meihong, I have a question I want to ask."

"If I want to sell something, where should I go?"

Seeing Meihong, Su Bai also thought that he had been busy practicing his abilities these days, which resulted in a lot of extra things in the warehouse, but he had no way to get rid of them. If he continued to hoard them, he might have no room left.

Hearing Su Bai's question, Meihong pondered for a moment and said, "Selling things... If it's ordinary items, you can sell them in the human world. If it's something not suitable for ordinary people, it's best to find a place outside. Because some monsters or special humans generally won't use normal means to buy them in the human world. I'm afraid it will affect here."

"Su Bai wants to sell something?"

"Yes, we've manifested a lot of junk while practicing our abilities these past few days, but we can't get rid of them. And most of them are usable by ordinary people, so we're thinking about selling them. Besides, we can't always rely on you, Meihong, to support us."

Thinking about how we spent money so quickly when we were shopping with Tianyi just now, if they hadn't stayed out for the past few days, I'm afraid we might not have enough money to spend.

Although I can conjure food directly, it always feels like something is missing without any processing. So if I can buy food, I prefer not to conjure it directly.

"Um..."

Meihong, who originally wanted to say that this amount of money was nothing, became silent when she saw what the two men were holding in their hands.

Meihong doesn't need much money in her daily life. She lives in the bamboo forest and can find whatever she wants to eat or use in the bamboo forest. The money she saves is given to her by people out of gratitude when she protected others in the human world.

However, monsters rarely go to the human world, so even after so many years, Meihong's assets are not that rich.

Seeing that they could buy so many things just by going out shopping, Meihong gave up the idea of ​​continuing to give them money.

"I can help you find out if the residents here have any extra houses. If they do, you can open a small shop here and sell some things. If not, you can find an empty lot and build one. It's not that difficult."

"Thank you so much, Meihong. But if you don't have a house, you don't need to build one. I can just materialize it."

Hearing Meihong's willingness to help, Su Bai was also somewhat happy, but he didn't know what was on his mind, and then asked Meihong with some doubt: "Um, Meihong, why are you taking care of us so much? We probably didn't know each other before Reimu brought us here. If it was because of Reimu that we were brought here, it shouldn't be worth such care, right?"

Meihong didn't expect Su Bai to ask this question suddenly, so she instinctively said, "It's because..."

Suddenly Meihong realized, "No, I can't tell you now. Once he gets curious, he'll definitely ask, and I don't think I'll hide it. If he knows those things, whether he remembers them or not, he'll go find those people."

And when those women know he is coming, they will definitely run away. We can't let Brother Su Bai go so easily this time.

Then...

"That's right. If you were just brought here by Reimu, I definitely wouldn't be so concerned about you. But you're not ordinary humans. If I let you develop freely, I'm afraid it would affect the residents of the human world. So until you're settled, I will keep an eye on you."

After hearing Meihong's explanation, Su Bai no longer had any doubts, because in his memory, except for the day when Reimu brought them here, he had no impression of Meihong at other times.

Knowing the reason, Su Bai no longer thought about it. It was impossible for him to cause trouble in the human world unless someone really provoked him.

Thinking that his question seemed a bit rude, Su Bai quickly apologized: "Sorry, Meihong, I'm just a little curious, and I don't have any other ideas."

Meihong shook her head and said, "It's okay. It's normal to want to know the reason for being treated specially."

"You probably aren't planning on going back yet, right? Since we've met, I'll introduce you to this special place in the human world."

Hearing that Meihong wanted to introduce them to the human world, Su Bai and the others nodded in agreement.

Although Su Bai had read about various places in Gensokyo on the Internet before, that was not real after all. Now that Meihong was willing to introduce it to them, Su Bai was naturally happy to listen. Luo Tianyi was quite curious about this place, so she also wanted to listen to Meihong's introduction.

The Village of the Human World is a very strange place. Although it is a village inhabited by humans, there are so many non-human creatures who often come here and even leave their own homes here.

Yuuka Kazami, the lord of all four seasons' flowers, runs a flower shop, and Eientei maintains a clinic, though few people visit. Kirisame Marisa's home, Kirisame Shop, is also here, as is Terakoya, a private school founded by the historical mythical creature Kamishirasawa Keion. And there's the Hieda House, a place that records the events of Gensokyo. Each generation of the Hieda House has been owned by a human, its purpose being to record the mysteries of Gensokyo and the outside world. This generation's owner is a young girl named Hieda Akui.

Finally, there is a stone statue that is said to have been built for the Dragon God. The statue can be used to measure the weather. The Dragon God is rumored to exist, but except for the big monsters like Yakumo Yukari, no one else knows whether it is true or not.

And don't underestimate Human Village. Although it's just a human village, most of the monsters and gods in Gensokyo rely on the humans of Human Village for survival. Furthermore, with Yakumo Yukari, the mastermind behind Gensokyo's balance, there's generally no monster trouble here.

So that’s how it is. Are there so many hidden factors?

After hearing Meihong's introduction to the human world, Su Bai found that there were quite a few differences from what he knew. Although it was roughly the same, some details were not as detailed as Meihong's introduction.

"Thank you very much, Meihong. It's getting late, we're planning to go back. Meihong, do you want to go have dinner with us?"

Su Bai looked up at the sky. It was almost the demonic period, that is, dusk, so he planned to go back and invite Meihong to express his gratitude. However, he did not have any ability now and could not help much. She could not use the things he materialized, so he could only treat her to a meal.

Meihong shook her head. She had other things to do, so she declined, "No need. I have something else to do later, so I won't bother you. I'll keep an eye on the house. You should all go back quickly. Gensokyo isn't very safe at night."

"Goodbye then, Meihong."

"Goodbye, Sister Meihong."

Luo Tianyi waved her hand and followed Su Bai's departure.

Meihong watched them leave, stood there thinking for a while, and then walked in another direction.

In the room, the two people sat opposite each other.

"Tianyi, go and rest after dinner. I have something to go out for tonight, but it won't be dangerous. I've set up some traps in our place, and with Meihong's protection, there won't be any problems."

Su Bai thought for a moment and then said to Luo Tianyi. He actually wanted to hide it, but it seemed unnecessary. He wasn't going to a dangerous place, and hiding it would only make Tianyi more worried.

"Abai is going out, is it because of what happened yesterday?"

"Yes, I went out yesterday to find a very powerful person to teach me my abilities, but I didn't have time during the day, so I went there at night. I went to a place called Scarlet Devil Mansion."

"Scarlet Devil Mansion? Is this place really okay?"

Hearing the name of Scarlet Devil Mansion, Luo Tianyi was a little worried. After all, the word "demon" didn't sound like a good place.

"It's okay. The Scarlet Devil Mansion only sounds scary by name. The people inside are all good. Nothing will go wrong."

Su Bai could understand Luo Tianyi's worry. After all, when he first learned about the Scarlet Devil Mansion, he also thought it was not a good place. Later, after slowly getting to know it better, he changed his mind.

"Well, Abai, you must be careful."

"Yeah, I will."

After dinner, Luo Tianyi walked into the house, and Su Bai came to the warehouse and took out the talisman paper given to him by Patchouli.

After activation, a magic circle appeared on the ground. Su Bai felt that he could control whether the magic circle was running, so he started it without hesitation.

A dazzling light flashed, and Su Bai's figure was no longer on the ground.

At this moment, a figure slowly walked into the warehouse and murmured: "Abai..."

In the Scarlet Devil Mansion, a guest room has now been tidied up by the head maid.

In the empty room, a magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground, and Su Bai's figure emerged.

“This feeling is truly wonderful.”

Su Bai looked around and found an empty room. He then realized that he had arrived at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, but he was still thinking about the feeling of being teleported just now.

"So, what should we do now?"

Just as Su Bai was thinking about what to do next, a voice was heard at the door.

"Mr. Su Bai, I have been waiting for a long time. Please follow me. Mistress Patchouli is in the basement. I will take you there."

Su Bai turned around and found Sakuya already standing at the door, looking like she had been waiting for a long time.

"Thank you very much, Miss Sakuya. Please come in."

Sakuya nodded and took Su Bai to the basement.

Su Bai followed Sakuya and observed the surrounding scenery.

The dim corridor was lit with a faint light, and the candles hanging on the wall reflected their shadows. It seemed as if a breeze blew from somewhere, causing their hair to flutter slightly.

After walking for a while, Sakuya suddenly stopped.

"We're here. Patchouli-sama's library is right in front of us. Patchouli-sama is inside."

Su Bai was a little curious, because there was not only the door of the library in front of him, but also a smaller door not far from the library entrance, and it seemed to be locked.

Sakuya also noticed Su Bai's curiosity and said to him, "It's very dangerous there, please don't go there casually."

After hearing Sakuya's warning, Su Bai's guess was confirmed. That should be where the Scarlet Devil Mansion's second lady, Flandre Scarlet, lived, or where she was imprisoned.

It is said that Flandre is mentally ill for unknown reasons, and because of her innate ability "Eyes", she often unconsciously destroys things, even humans and monsters, so she was locked up in the basement by Remlia.

Su Bai naturally had no intention of looking for Flandre. Although Flandre was very cute, he was like paper in front of her, and would break at the slightest touch. For his own safety, he decided not to approach Flandre.

"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Sakuya. I will comply. Then..."

As he spoke, Su Bai pushed open the door of the library.

Chapter 13 On the Possibility of Traveling Through the Worlds

"Lady Patchouli, Su Bai has arrived."

Following Sakuya's gaze, I saw Patchouli wearing a lavender pajamas and a white hat on her head. Her delicate and graceful figure, which should have been set off by the pajamas, was covered by the dress. She was sitting at the desk reading a book.

Seeing the two people coming, he put away the book and looked at them.

"Thank you for your help, Sakuya."

Sakuya shook her head.

"It's my job."

"Then I will leave first, Lady Patchouli."

With that, Sakuya left the room and closed the door behind her.

Patchouli didn't care about Sakuya leaving on her own, but turned her gaze to Su Bai.

"Now that you are ready, let's get started and show off your abilities."

Su Bai didn't seem to expect Patchouli to start the conversation directly. After a moment of hesitation, he responded, "Ah! Okay!"

He stretched out his hand, and saw a... puppet slowly appear in Su Bai's hand?

Patchouli was silent for a moment, looked at him, and said nothing.

She thought of many things that Su Bai might manifest, but...the puppet was indeed beyond Patchouli's expectations, which reminded her of a golden-haired puppeteer.

He shook his head, putting aside these messy thoughts, and then asked Su Bai, "You should be able to manifest more than just this kind of... doll now, right? Can you feel your maximum output?"

"Yes, if I wanted to, I could manifest the power of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Even some electrical appliances would be possible."

Patchouli nodded. She could sense that Su Bai hadn't consumed much energy when he materialized the doll, and even that the energy he had consumed had already been replenished. As for electrical appliances, she had encountered them from the Kappa in Youkai Mountain, so she wasn't surprised.

In her eyes, when Su Bai used his abilities, energy circulated rapidly in his body. When he did not use his abilities, the flow of energy would gradually slow down until it subsided.

But it was just a flow of energy, and even Patchouli couldn't see anything, so she asked Su Bai to use his ability a few more times.

only...

"You guys, you like dolls so much? You and Alice must have a lot to talk about."

Patchouli finally couldn't help but complain.

Su Bai chuckled. After all, Patchouli only asked him to try a few more times and didn't ask him to manifest anything, so he just found the manifestation he liked.

"Stop playing around and try your best now."

Patchouli finally became serious. She had discovered something from Su Bai's recent manifestations, but it still needed to be verified.

Su Bai also put away his smile and followed Patchouli's instructions to circulate the energy in his body. However, something unexpected happened to Su Bai.

"Huh? Why is there nothing? I can feel that there is no energy in my body. Why... No, where is my figurine?!"

Su Bai looked at the place where he had placed the figures in surprise, only to see that all the figures that had been piled together had disappeared, leaving only an empty space.

Patchouli looked thoughtful.

"As expected, I have begun to understand what the energy in your body is."

Su Bai was silent at this moment, waiting for Patchouli's explanation.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're from the outside world. Don't be so quick to deny it. I know a little bit about the special beings in Gensokyo. If you had abilities like yours, if you weren't just from the outside world, the news would have spread throughout Gensokyo long ago."

Su Bai didn't deny it. He also understood that in Gensokyo, there was little that could be hidden from powerful people or monsters. For example, Yakumo Yukari participated in eight out of ten incidents in Gensokyo, and she knew the reasons for the remaining two incidents and watched from the sidelines.

But Patchouli hasn't explained what his abilities are yet, so we just have to wait.

"When we came to Gensokyo, I felt the connection between the realms and their differences. Although Gensokyo is surrounded by a barrier, because it was established with the participation of many powerful people, it is possible to regard Gensokyo as a separate realm."

"The energy in your body is very similar to the energy I sensed at the connection between Gensokyo and the outside world. However, the energy in your body is relatively mysterious. I have also studied the energy at the connection, but I have only partially uncovered a portion of it. As for the energy in your body, I cannot analyze it in a short time."

"However, it is certain that it has a spatial nature. However, this special energy doesn't exist in ordinary space and has only been seen between realms. If it is the legendary Amaterasu, perhaps she can understand this energy."