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His voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable force.

The night wind blew by, picking up a few fallen leaves, which swirled between the two of them.

In the distance, Fran's cheerful laughter and Ibuki Suika's drunken humming intertwined, forming a sharp contrast with the solemn atmosphere between the two at the moment.

Kotoko tapped the ground lightly with her cane, making a crisp sound, as if she was beating the rhythm for her own answer.

……

After a brief silence, Iwanaga Kotoko suddenly chuckled.

She straightened her beret slightly, revealing her left eye that sparkled with wisdom.

"Mr. Zhou Yuan, you are absolutely right~"

Her voice suddenly became serious and clear, as if she had taken off all her disguises.

"I do have something else I'd like to ask you..."

"Excuse me, do you know Gensokyo?"

Without waiting for an answer, her gaze turned to the two people playing in the distance.

Ibuki Suika was holding up a wine gourd, and Flandre was lying on her back, the two of them were having a lot of fun.

Qinzi's tone was somewhat firm:

"No, you must know. After all..."

She looked at the ghost girl meaningfully.

"That's where Miss Ibuki comes from. Since she knows Fran..."

In the moonlight, she slowly turned her gaze back. The shadow of her beret covered the prosthetic eye on her right eye, but the look in her left eye was exceptionally clear.

The cane tapped the ground lightly, making a crisp sound:

“So what I want to ask is…”

Her voice suddenly lowered.

"How much do you know about the world shrouded by the great barrier?"

In the distance, Ibuki Suika suddenly burped and shouted drunkenly:

"Kotoko, do you want to come drink with us?"

Fran also followed suit:

"Come on, come on~"

But the atmosphere here suddenly became solemn.

Zhou Yuan could clearly see the moonlight reflected in Qinzi's left eye, which was filled with an almost persistent inquiry.

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Zhou Yuan's gaze lingered on Iwanaga Kotoko for a moment, and a thoughtful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"If you say Gensokyo..."

He shook his head slightly, with a hint of honesty in his voice.

"In fact, I only heard of this place recently and have never even seen it in person."

The moonlight sprinkled on the stone road between the two people, casting mottled shadows.

Zhou Yuan tilted his head slightly, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes:

"but..."

His tone suddenly became interested.

"Can you tell me why you are so interested in Gensokyo?"

This question is like a stone, gently dropped into a calm lake.

Kotoko's fingers unconsciously rubbed the gem on the top of the cane, and the moonlight flowed in her intact left eye.

In the distance, Ibuki Suika's drunken singing and Flandre's bell-like laughter could be heard faintly, adding a subtle atmosphere to the conversation.

Kotoko raised her chin slightly. The shadow of her beret covered her prosthetic eye on the right side, but the light in her left eye was particularly bright.

"because..."

Her voice was soft, but like a stone dropped into still water.

"There might be a key to unlocking some mysteries hidden there."

"Ok?"

Zhou Yuan frowned slightly and was about to speak, but saw the girl chuckled and shook her head.

"Mr. Zhou Yuan, do you still remember my identity?"

Her tone was gentle, but it made the night wind stagnate.

Without waiting for a response, Kotoko continued on her own:

"The Princess of Monsters, the Goddess of Wisdom..."

She brushed the gemstone on the cane with her fingertips and sighed almost inaudibly.

"Sounds noble, doesn't it?"

The moonlight traced the self-deprecating arc at the corner of her mouth.

"But in fact—"

She suddenly raised her eyes, and her intact purple pupil looked directly at Zhou Yuan:

"I'm just an ordinary girl who can talk to extraordinary things~"

Zhou Yuan unconsciously held his breath. The glint in the girl's eyes seemed to contain countless unspoken stories.

The drunken humming of Ibuki Suika could be heard in the distance, making the silence at the moment even more profound.

"so..."

Zhou Yuan lowered his voice and asked word by word:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

“Tap, tap—”

Kotoko's cane tapped the ground lightly, and the sound of the gem colliding with the stone slab was particularly crisp in the night.

She suddenly stopped smiling, and the moonlight cast a silver glow on her profile.

"I think..."

The night wind lifted her skirt, blowing away her unfinished words in the air.

"To do something truly worthy of the title of Youkai Princess, and...to find the truths forgotten on the other side of the barrier."

Chapter 51: The Lost Fantasy

"so..."

Patchouli pushed her glasses, and a complex light flashed in her purple eyes behind the lenses.

"You brought your theoretical opponent home just like that?"

"Hahaha..."

Zhou Yuan turned his face away awkwardly and gave two dry laughs.

Suddenly, he turned around and looked directly at the purple-haired witch with extremely sincere eyes:

"Well... After all, in my opinion, you are the smartest person, Patchy!"

The fiery gaze startled Patchouli slightly, and a barely perceptible blush appeared on her fair cheeks.

She turned her face away uncomfortably, her fingers unconsciously curling the ends of her drooping hair:

"Okay... okay! It's not a big deal..."

The voice became smaller and smaller, and finally became almost a soliloquy.

At this moment, Iwanaga Kotoko stepped forward gracefully, lifted her skirt, and performed a standard curtsy.

"Hello~"

Her voice was clear and melodious, and her intact left eye sparkled with a friendly light under her white beret.

"I've heard a lot about you, Miss Patchouli."

"Oh?"

Patchouli was slightly stunned, a trace of confusion flashed in her amethyst eyes.

"Have you heard of me before?"

Kotoko nodded slightly, a mysterious smile on her lips:

"of course"

She tapped the gem on the top of the cane with her fingertips, making a crisp sound.

"An old friend of yours told me about you."

"Hey! Long time no see, witch!"

At this moment, a cheerful and familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door, causing Patchouli's fingers, which were turning the pages of the book, to pause slightly.

A hint of surprise flashed in her amethyst eyes, and her brows frowned unconsciously.

……

"Is it you, the drunkard?"

Patchouli sighed softly, her eyes fixed on the loli with big horns in front of her.

"Ibuki Suika..."

"Hehe~"

Ibuki Suika drunkenly shook her head, and the wine gourd in her hand spilled a few drops of crystal wine.

"I didn't expect that the first acquaintances I met would be you..."

She suddenly stopped, a rare clarity flashing in her amber eyes.

"I don't know how Reimu is doing now."

"Ok?"

Patchouli was keenly aware of something strange, and her amethyst-like eyes narrowed slightly:

"Wait... haven't you always been staying at the Hakurei Shrine, eating and drinking for free? Aren't you with Reimu this time?"

Ibuki Suika's movements suddenly froze.

In the moonlight, the long horns on her head glowed with a strange luster, and the geometric shapes on the metal bracelet began to rotate restlessly.

The wine gourd slipped from her hand and hung back around her waist.

"Well..."

Her voice suddenly became a little awkward, totally unlike her usual drunken appearance.

"It's a long story..."

The library suddenly became quiet, even the sound of turning pages disappeared.

Patchouli's fingertips unconsciously stroked the cover of the magic book, waiting for her to continue.

Ibuki Suika sighed, a rare occurrence, and scratched her head.

"Actually...I was kicked out."

She murmured softly, with a hint of grievance in her voice.