My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Her skin was pale, an abnormally white color that made her look as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, but it also added to her endearing fragility.

The girl lay on her side on the cold ground, her eyes tightly closed, tears streaming down her cheeks as she couldn't bear to imagine what was about to happen to her. However, she covered her mouth tightly with her slender white hands to prevent herself from screaming. Even when the young man held her hand, she didn't let go of her hands, trying hard to control herself from screaming out of fear.

What a smart girl.

This was the young man's only thought at this moment.

[Captain, what should we do?]

The Lady Lord reminded the young man at the right time.

Incredibly, the young man seemed to be able to sense the Lord God's thoughts at this moment, and she also admired the girl's bravery and intelligence.

From the moment the young man opened the door, the girl had already devised a plan. She wrapped the quilt in a small fold, and with her frail body, she hid behind the "screen" next to her. As she hid, she gently pulled at the fold, making the intruder think she was still hiding in the quilt out of fear. Then, while the intruder's attention was focused on the quilt, she suddenly attacked, pushed down the "screen" to disrupt his reaction, and took the opportunity to escape.

If the young man's reaction was not far beyond that of a human, the girl's plan would have a success rate of over 90%.

Then, the most surprising thing is that when she failed to escape and was caught, although the girl was extremely scared, she subconsciously chose to cover her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming out of fear and angering the intruder, which would be detrimental to her.

Extremely intelligent and brave.

At this moment, in the young man's eyes, the girl's thin body was still trembling slightly. At the same time, because she was close to the cold ground, she seemed to have some signs of cramps. Her white bare feet were bluish-purple in color.

It was also because when I was hiding behind the "screen" just now, my bare feet were always stepping on the cold ground.

The young man sighed, stood sideways, and put his right arm around the girl's upper body, his left arm around the girl's legs, and lifted the girl up from the cold ground in a princess hug.

Feeling the young man's movements, the girl's trembling of fear eased a little. The girl in the young man's arms, her eyelashes moved slightly, and her eyes, which were still shedding big tears, gently opened.

Those were a pair of eyes as clear as a deep spring.

Without time to wipe away her tears, she stared in confusion at the young man with black hair and black eyes who gently picked her up.

Her cherry lips parted slightly, and her clear voice carried a hint of confusion.

Who is this? (Who is it?)

……

This was the first meeting between him from the distant future and her from the distant past.

PS1: Burning out...

PS2: Your first heroine Xiao Ai. ()

PS3: The first version was about a bed, but then I thought, damn, there were no Hu beds in Japan back then. Of course, it's hard to say about tatami, but I've seen Japanese TV shows about the early Heian period that seem indistinguishable from the Warring States period, so I'll just write it as they say.

Volume 1: Heian Past and Present Stories: Chapter 6: He and She

“…Is this Japanese?”

Hearing the two syllables coming out of the girl's cherry lips, he could guess that she was asking about his identity, but the young man had never heard of such a strange language.

[It's just ancient Japanese. Wait a moment, I'll convert it.]

Miss Lord God is ready to act as a translator.

The girl also noticed the confused look on the young man's face who had picked her up, and felt somewhat relieved.

It shouldn't be someone who wants to harm him.

The girl's trembling with fear eased a little, and she labeled the young man she met for the first time as "not a bad person" with some uncertainty, and began to observe the young man.

Very handsome man.

This is the second label the girl gives to the young man.

In ancient Japan during the Asuka-Nara period, although the "white face and black teeth" makeup was not as popular as in the Heian period, the old nobles had already started to paint all kinds of decorations on their faces in order to show that their aristocratic status was different from that of the common people, making them look extremely raw.

Although she was excluded and ignored by the royal family for some reasons, the girl was still a member of the royal family. Most of the people she saw on a daily basis were high-ranking nobles with graffiti on their faces. Although the girl did not think these people were good-looking or elegant, she subconsciously believed that painting on the face was common sense.

However, the young man's face was clean and his natural look made the girl feel that he looked very attractive.

What's more, the young man is very handsome.

This realization made the girl's pretty face blush a little. Moreover, the girl was being held by the young man at the moment. The girl, who had never been in such close contact with other men, was extremely at a loss.

Wait, the girl suddenly remembered that she seemed to have seen people without painted faces. They were the clan warriors of the Twelve Guardian Clan who guarded Fujiwara Palace and the imperial family.

So, this handsome young man is a clan warrior who got lost and accidentally stumbled in...

No, that's not right. There can't be such a young man among those clan warriors.

The girl's mind raced, and she dismissed the idea. From the few times she'd seen the clan warriors gather together, she'd always remembered them as a bunch of rough, shabby-dressed, unkempt men, said to exude a foul, foul odor. There was no way they could be as handsome and clean-cut as the young man before them...

So, he is... a Tang person?!

Thinking of this somewhat unbelievable possibility, the girl felt her heartbeat quicken again.

Of course, this wasn't shyness or anything like that, but rather she was incredibly curious. As mentioned before, although the girl was a member of the royal family living in Fujiwara no Miyabi, for some reason, she was ostracized by them. Not only was she denied access to the various banquets of the royal family, but she spent most of her time under house arrest. Furthermore, she was exceptionally intelligent, so despite her young age, she had read most of the books in Fujiwara no Miyabi's collection. Because the study of Chinese culture was becoming increasingly popular among the nobles of ancient Japan during this period, Fujiwara no Miyabi had a vast library of Chinese books for the girl to read. Thus, she learned a great deal about the Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains.

If there were a ranking of "Central Plains Experts" in ancient Japan at this time, the girl would undoubtedly be ranked very high.

Although it is only at the level of "paper talk".

However, although the girl knew that Tang Country didn't have the custom of face painting, were all the people in Tang Country so handsome...

The Tang Dynasty books didn't tell me this...

She stole another glance at the young man's clean and handsome face, and her face turned redder because of her unconscious thoughts.

So……

After calming herself down a bit, the girl opened her cherry lips again and uttered another language in an extremely curious tone.

"Are you from Tang? (Classic Chinese)"

So, the young man and Miss Goddess, who had no idea that so many thoughts had flashed through the girl's mind in such a short time, were once again confused by the girl's second speech.

Shang Yang was confused after hearing the completely different words coming out of the girl's cherry lips.

"Miss Lord God, did you install the translation program incorrectly?"

[…No, the second time this lady spoke, she actually used ancient Chinese from the Tang Dynasty!]

The main lady's voice sounded a little frantic, and then she stopped replying to Shang Yang. It seemed that she had returned to the depths of the Mystery of Cause and Effect to search for the ancient Chinese installation package.

"You're just pushing the blame, Miss Lord God."

After secretly complaining about the Miss Lord, the young man sighed and had to avoid the girl's curious gaze, picked her up and stood up straight. As if afraid of slipping out of the young man's arms, the girl subconsciously grabbed the young man's collar with her fair hands.

The young man did not answer the question raised by the girl in ancient Chinese from the Tang Dynasty, which made the girl start to think wildly again, but this time the girl had no time to think.

"Ugh..."

The girl, who had already released her hand covering her mouth, subconsciously groaned in pain. The sudden pain in her calves made cold sweat run down her forehead.

After standing barefoot on the ground for a while, Shang Yang pressed her to the ground, with her legs directly touching the cold ground. As expected, the girl now had cramps.

Realizing the girl's condition and understanding the reason, the young man immediately took two steps at a time and quickly and carefully put the girl back on the tatami. He picked up the quilt and wrapped it around the girl who was bent over with cramps and pain. Then he reached into the quilt wrapped around the girl and massaged her ivory-smooth calves to help relieve the pain.

As the young man moved, the girl's painful expression, which had just caused her to break out in cold sweats, slowly eased.

[Finally found the translation mechanism for Tang Dynasty ancient Chinese... I've enabled it.]

The main goddess, who had disappeared for a while, reconnected online and reported her achievements to Shang Yang with great pride, while marveling at her achievements.

[Doctor, you can actually give a massage?]

"That's all I know," Shang Yang replied as he continued to soothe the girl's legs. "I heard it from my former medical classmates. I don't know the advanced moves."

After answering Miss Lord God, the young man turned his gaze to the girl whose expression was gradually relaxing and asked naturally.

"Feeling better?" (Classic Chinese)

Hearing the handsome young man asking her in the same language of Tang, the girl's clear spring eyes flashed brightly and she answered the young man hastily.

"I, I'm fine... Please, are you really from the Tang Kingdom?"

"Yes, I came to Japan from Tang Country."

After a moment's thought, the young man confirmed the girl's question. The girl's eyes seemed to brighten when she heard the young man's answer. She hastily opened her cherry lips again and uttered Chinese characters one after another.

"The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together...?" (Classic Chinese)

...As a young girl from ancient Japan, you also understand "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng"? Are you also a Tang Dynasty expert?

Shang Yang was once again extremely surprised by the girl's intelligence and knowledge. Although the girl's ancient Chinese pronunciation had a strong ancient Japanese accent and she even pronounced one Chinese character incorrectly, the string of Chinese characters she uttered was undoubtedly the eternal quatrain from "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" by Wang Zi'an (Wang Bo), one of the Four Great Talents of the Early Tang Dynasty.

"...The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together, the autumn water and the sky are the same color."

The young man once again repeated the eternal quatrain recited by the girl in standard Tang Dynasty Chinese, and added the second half.

When the girl heard the Chinese quatrain recited by Shang Yang, her eyes suddenly brightened, and at the same time, a slight blush appeared on her pretty face again.

Of course, she was smart enough to hear that the young man had good intentions and was secretly correcting her pronunciation errors.

"Yes, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to embarrass you. I'm sorry. I just met someone who really is from the Tang Kingdom. I'm so, so curious."

The girl spoke so hastily that the young man worried that she would accidentally bite her tongue. At this moment, her clear eyes were surprisingly bright.

"You, you are a young master from a noble family in the Tang Kingdom, right?"

"I'm certainly not from a wealthy family, although my last name is indeed quite ancient... Uh, sorry, Your Highness. I didn't mean to disturb your rest. I was wrong to startle you just now. Please forgive me."

Shang Yang explained himself somewhat embarrassedly and planned to nod to apologize to the girl.

"I'm here for..."

However, before the young man could finish his words, he was interrupted by the girl's nervous and hurried tone.

"No, no, please raise your head. Confucius of the Central Plains said, 'Even though the barbarian states have monarchs, they are not as good as the Chinese states that have no monarchs.' Living in a barbarian land, I dare not hold myself up to the Tang people. Please, please raise your head and look me in the eye."

...Girl, you are really a smart guy, and your concentration is very high.

Hearing the girl even bring up the "Analects of Confucius", the young man didn't know what to say and sighed.

"I understand. So how should I address you?"

"Please, please don't call me 'you'."

The girl once again stopped the young man from addressing her respectfully with a hasty, short sentence, and realizing she was too excited, she took a deep breath.

She opened her cherry lips again, and her voice became softer than before.

"Please call me 'Ai'."

PS1: Hanshu refers to the Chinese character books brought back to Japan by Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty.

PS2: Confucius said: "It is better for the barbarians to have a ruler than for the Chinese to have no ruler at all." — The Analects of Confucius, "Eight Companions"

PS3: Jing Tang Xiao Ai. ()

PS4: In addition to protecting the imperial family and nobles, early samurai also had to undertake various menial tasks, such as cleaning up the filth and corpses in the palace. Therefore, the nobles and the imperial family of ancient Japan before the Genpei era considered samurai to be very smelly. ()

Volume 1 Heian Past and Present Stories: Chapter 7 I Want to Wait for You to Tell Me

"Love (あい)..."

Hearing the girl say his name, the young man silently repeated it in his heart and frowned.

"Miss Lord God, this couldn't be... but the timing is wrong?"

[I thought of that as well... Do I need to expend some of the causal power of the Causal Mysteries to explore from a perspective outside of time, Doctor?]

"How much does it cost?"

[One tenth.]

"Use it," the young man decided. "This is the first case we've encountered of historical data being used to identify an individual. We need to learn all the information we can."

[I agree.]

As the Lady Lord God answered, the crimson ruby ​​pendant hanging around Shang Yang's neck flashed a fiery red light. The investigative power of the Causal Ceremony left the current historical node and extended to the distant past and future with the abnormal causal power of the girl as a clue.

The communication between the young man and Miss God through consciousness was naturally not noticed by the girl. However, when the young man was thinking at this moment, he was distracted and unconsciously added a little more strength to his hands that were massaging the girl's calves to soothe them.

"Ugh?!"

The girl, who felt a little pain from being pressed to the ground by the sudden increase in force, couldn't help but cry out softly, which also made the young man's attention return a little.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"

Realizing that it was his fault, the young man hurriedly apologized to the girl.