My personal opinion on Gensokyo

"...If possible, could you please stop killing those people?"

"do not know……"

Hearing the question from the witch, the young man turned sideways and rubbed his hair helplessly.

"It's not up to me."

"……Is it."

Hearing Shang Yang's helpless answer, Platycodon was silent again for a while, and only responded softly. The witch in white and red skirt gently took the ancient catalpa bow beside her and stood up.

I've gotten the answer, so let's leave it at that for now.

Just when Kikyo was planning to leave temporarily to go to the village to check on the condition of the villager who had fallen ill two days ago, she suddenly felt dizzy and her thin body swayed slightly, making her stand unstable.

"what happened?"

Noticing something was wrong with Platycodon, Shang Yang quickly stood up, supported Platycodon, who seemed to be about to fall, and asked in confusion.

"...Is it a fever?"

"No, I'm probably just a little tired."

After stabilizing himself with the help of Shang Yang, Kikyo shook his head slightly.

"Don't worry, it's okay now."

"I guess so."

Hearing Kikyo's answer, Shang Yang shook his head helplessly and advised in the expected tone.

"I've seen you've been a lot busier than usual lately. There's no need to rush things, just take your time. Look at how leisurely Inuyasha and I lead our lives every day."

However, although she heard Shang Yang's advice, the calm witch just nodded slightly.

"Well, I see."

...You don't know at all.

Watching the slim figure walking down the stone steps leading to the shrine and heading towards the village, Shang Yang sighed and complained silently in his heart.

He still looked at the thin figure walking away with a calm expression, and there was only a trace of indifference in the young man's deep black eyes.

However, the situation just now...

...Time is running out.

A few days ago, the Cloud Courtyard hidden deep in the clouds.

Similar to the surface of the earth in autumn, the forests growing on the soil in the clouds were gradually dyed with large areas of light yellow. The light green grass, like the surface, gradually withered and turned into large areas of light yellow dead grass.

However, the cherry blossom forest, which also grows on the soil in the clouds and is influenced by the eternal power of Kaguya Houraisan, has broken away from the seasonal cycle of summer to autumn. Large patches of pink cherry blossoms are still in full bloom, gently swaying in the warm autumn breeze.

Early in the morning, Yunzhongting Hot Spring Resort.

Picking up the red "rook" piece on the chessboard with her index and middle fingers, Miss Gu Mingji Jue raised her hand calmly and gently moved the red "rook" to a straight line, aiming it at the position of the black chess piece "king".

"General."

"Uh... this is the general."

Seeing Jue's move, Shang Yang was shocked to find that he had no other options left. He rubbed his gray hair helplessly and admitted defeat.

"This time, we've completely lost."

Seeing Shang Yang simply admit defeat, Miss Gu Mingdijue also smiled happily, casually arranged the red chess pieces on the chessboard, rearranged the battle formation, and invited him in a relaxed tone.

"Shang Yang, shall we play another round?"

"Another round? Sure."

Shang Yang, who felt a little regretful because he didn't notice and was directly defeated by Jue in the checkmate, quickly reset his black chess piece after hearing Jue's invitation.

"Come on…uh, love, what's wrong?"

Shang Yang was just about to signal Jue to play black chess first and was confidently preparing to counterattack with this sentence, but he did not expect that Ai, who was originally sitting at the square table, holding a brush in her delicate hands and writing something on the rice paper, suddenly put down the brush, stood up and sat down next to Shang Yang, staring at Shang Yang who was a little puzzled with her deep dark red eyes, and her meaning was very clear.

Let me take charge of this game.

Seeing that Ai also wanted to play, Shang Yang simply moved to the side and gave his seat to Ai, who also wanted to play chess with Jue.

Seeing Ai, who had taken over Shang Yang's position, and Jue were in a stalemate on the chessboard, and it was probably difficult to determine the winner for a while, Shang Yang temporarily gave up the idea of ​​continuing to watch the game and glanced at the living room.

In the living room, only Shang Yang, Ai and Jue are there now.

"Ai, haven't Kaguya, Renren, and Shana come down yet?"

"Ah."

Hearing Shang Yang's casual question, Ai, who had jumped his "horse" over the river, answered softly,

"Kaguya is still staying in bed."

Hearing Ai's unsurprised tone, Shang Yang shook his head helplessly.

I see, Kaguya must have stayed up all night watching "The Fortress Besieged" again last night.

Recently, Kaguya has been obsessed with the game "Zombie○City" and often invites Shangyang, Ai and her to play online with her.

"Lianlian hasn't gotten up yet."

Miss Jue felt helpless as she pushed the "pawn" to block Ai's "horse" that had already jumped across the river, preventing Ai's "horse" from further breaking into her own formation.

"Last night, Lianlian was dragged by Kaguya to play the zombie-killing game with her."

...Both of them stayed up late.

Shang Yang was not surprised to hear Jue's answer, and continued to ask casually.

"Where's Shana?"

However, as soon as he asked the question, Shang Yang sighed.

Ah… I forgot, this is a question that does not require love or consciousness to answer.

Shang Yang stood up, thinking of something, and casually opened the cypress door of the living room. After saying "I'll go upstairs and take a look" to the two girls in the living room, he left the living room and walked along the corridor towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

The room where Shana lives on the second floor of Yunzhongting Hot Spring Villa.

Standing in the corridor outside Shana's room, Shang Yang was not in a hurry to push the door and enter Shana's room.

Shang Yang could probably guess the situation of the black-haired girl in the room at this moment.

In the middle of the room's wooden door, on the white doorplate, the word "Shana" was written in neat yet soft, extremely smooth and beautiful calligraphy.

Volume 5: Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 292: Beauty

On the door handle under the white doorplate, there was a slightly tilted handwriting board hanging casually, and the words "Busy, especially Shangyang, no one is allowed to come in now" were written in beautiful fonts on the handwriting board.

Seeing these words, Shang Yang shrugged indifferently. After a brief pause, he raised his hand, grasped the door handle, pressed it gently, and pushed the door open.

The door was gently pushed open, and a fresh and pleasant smell slowly spread out of the room, without a trace of turbid smell caused by the air not flowing for a long time.

The room is not big. A large wardrobe, a small and comfortable bed, and a desk are the three pieces of furniture that take up most of the space in the room.

The tatami in the room was covered with a soft snow-white wool blanket, which seemed to turn the entire room into a soft big bed, and looked extremely warm.

When he gently pushed open the door, Shang Yang, without surprise, cast his gaze towards the petite black-haired girl who was lying quietly on the desk with her head buried.

The petite black-haired girl sat on the chair, leaning forward, gently lying on the desk, sleeping soundly with the sound of her own gentle breathing.

The petite girl with waterfall-like black hair was wearing only a thin white shirt and a knee-length light gray skirt. She was not wearing socks. Her legs were as smooth and flawless as ivory carvings, and her delicate and white feet were gently stepping on the pure white blanket.

Silently gazing at the beautiful scenery that looked like a beautiful painting, the handsome young man with gray hair sighed softly.

This is really...

Entering the room, the young man turned around and quietly closed the door behind him, then cautiously approached the side of the petite black-haired girl who was sleeping peacefully.

The desk lamp on the desk was still emitting bright light, and under the arm of Shana, who was sleeping soundly, there was a large notebook.

Even the exposed pages were filled with calculation formulas and various mathematical models.

The girl still subconsciously held a pen in her little hand.

Seeing the petite girl's adorable look, Shang Yang shook his head helplessly, raised his hand and carefully took the pen held in the girl's small hand, and placed it beside the desk. Then he carefully helped the petite girl to lean forward and lie on the desk with her petite upper body. Then, he put his other hand under the petite girl's legs and gently picked up the petite girl.

Following Shang Yang's movements, Shana's pretty face, which was buried in the desk, tilted slightly upwards, revealing her soft yet somewhat tired sleeping face.

Looking at Shana's tired and gentle sleeping face, the handsome young man with gray and white hair revealed a gentle smile.

Carefully picking up the petite girl, the young man took two steps forward, approached the soft and comfortable bed, bent down, and gently placed the petite girl, who had not noticed his movements and woken up and was still sleeping soundly, on the soft and comfortable bed, and covered her with a warm and comfortable velvet quilt.

It is already late autumn. Although the climate changes with the changing seasons have not had much impact on Shang Yang or Shana, it is still necessary to cover her with a roof.

After doing all this, Shang Yang stood up, walked to the desk, turned off the desk lamp, picked up the notebook that had been under Shana's arm, opened it, and the font with a somewhat messy but extremely beautiful format came into Shang Yang's eyes.

"Stripping Model Assumptions of Anomalous Causal Power"...

"A Summary of the Response to the Complete Collapse of the Only History"...

"A feasible method to break the trajectory of 'fate'"...

The notebooks filled with calculation formulas and various mathematical models all contained similar content...

There is no doubt that Shana's tired sleeping face comes from this.

In the notebook, these similar contents also have the same goal, which is how to properly and foolproofly peel off and clean up the "fate trajectory" of the "only history" under special circumstances.

This is the "special situation" that Shang Yang and Shana are facing now.

"...Currently, the concentration of abnormal causal forces has far exceeded expectations. Surrounding the Four Souls Jade, a unique causal node, those who have a deep connection with it in the past, present, and even the future, their very existence has been infiltrated by the 'fate trajectory' planned by 'the only history'..."

"...any rash contact with the Shikon Jewel would inevitably result in a massive 'existential shock'. The moment the Shikon Jewel was destroyed, Kikyo, the shrine maiden who guarded it, the villagers of Kaede Village where Kikyo lived, the village of demon hunters who discovered the Shikon Jewel, Inuyasha, son of the Inu no Taisho, Toga, and Sesshomaru would all be devastated."

"...Even the dog general Toga, who died hundreds of years ago, and the shrine maiden Tsuiko, who created the Shikon Jewel. Or the human wizard named Miroku, the human demon slayer named Sango, the fox demon named Shippo, the human girl named Ling, who will be born in nearly fifty years. And the human girl Kagome Higurashi, who will be born five hundred years from now, will all disappear from this world completely, completely vanishing from the memories of all humans and monsters except us..."

"...Whether it's Shangyang's yin-yang power, my causal power, or Kaguya's eternal power, they all possess the power to interfere with the 'trajectory of fate' mapped out by the 'One History'. However, if we, possessing such power, were to appear in a location where the abnormal causal forces that maintain the structure of the 'One History' are concentrated, it would also cause a large-scale 'existential shock' to erupt prematurely..."

In this notebook, Shana's neat and beautiful handwriting recorded in detail everything she learned through the sharing of consciousness with Shang Yang. She designed one possible solution after another, built one theoretically feasible mathematical model after another, and then one after another was rejected by Shana's own calculations.

Carefully browsing the contents of the notebook, page after page, the young man with gray hair turned his head slightly and looked at the petite girl's soft sleeping face, which still looked a little tired.

Shana, you...

He casually closed the notebook and placed it on the desk. The handsome young man with gray hair approached the bed again, leaned over, and looked calmly at the gentle sleeping face of the petite girl.

Immersed in a deep sleep, the girl's gentle breathing was even and pleasant to the ear.

Raising his hand, he used his slender index finger to slowly push aside a messy strand of hair on the girl's forehead. The young man with gray hair sighed slowly and whispered a warning with great concern.

"Have a good sleep, Shana."

As if she felt Shang Yang brushing away the long hair in front of her forehead, or as if she heard Shang Yang's caring words in the depths of her dream, the petite girl, Shana, frowned slightly.

A slightly ambiguous and pleasant voice slowly came out from the girl's alluring cherry lips.

"Shang Yang, I'm sorry... Until now, I haven't found the best way..."

The last few words were completely vague, and it was almost impossible to hear what the girl said. However, after hearing the petite girl's vague dream talk, the young man with gray hair showed a look of relief.

Slowly leaning forward, the young man and the girl's beautiful face came closer, and his tone was relaxed.

"...It's okay. Leave everything else to me."

After saying the last few words with great confidence, the young man with gray hair, who was extremely caring and loving towards the petite girl, raised his hand, gently brushed away the strands of hair remaining on the girl's snow-white forehead, and gently kissed the girl's snow-white forehead.

"Shana, just sleep peacefully and have a wonderful dream."

Volume 5: Warring States Period Shrine Maiden: Chapter 293: Shy

"Well……"

Just as the young man with gray hair gently kissed the petite girl's snow-white forehead, the petite girl seemed to feel the young man's action, and frowned cutely. She opened her eyes a little confusedly, and her clear eyes stared at the stunned young man with gray hair in front of her with confusion.

The world stood still.

Shana stared blankly at everything in front of her without any reaction. Even when Shang Yang had finished kissing her snow-white forehead and straightened his body, Shana kept her clear eyes open and stood there in a daze.

Similarly, after ending this light kiss without any sexual feelings, Shang Yang raised his head, and his deep black eyes met another pair of similar clear and pure black eyes. Shang Yang couldn't help but be stunned.

The two just stared at each other in a daze, not knowing what was happening. It seemed as if time had completely stopped at this moment.