Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

...Lianyi 128 died 4.

Yakumo-no-jū.

The aroma of herbs wafted continuously from the bubbling black clay pot on the stove, while bottles and jars around it held various medicinal herbs and foods of unknown origin.

Yakumo Ran hurriedly grabbed a rag, wrapped it around her hands, picked up the scalding hot pot lid, quickly added the chopped greens, and then put the lid back on.

"Orange! Quickly bring me the shrimp over there!"

"Yes, Lord Lan!"

After bringing over the ingredients she needed, Orange obediently returned to the door frame and stood there, waiting for Yakumo Ran's next command.

Having been a cook at the Yakumo residence for countless years, Yakumo Ran shouldn't have shown such a novice-like appearance in the kitchen. However, this was the first time in so many years that she was learning to cook meals for pregnant women.

Thanks to the internet provided by Mu Huai, she was able to easily find the recipes she wanted through search engines, and she managed to learn and cook them at the same time.

As for the person or the youkai who needs to eat the pregnant woman's meal, the only one in the Yakumo Mansion is Yakumo Yukari.

Yakumo Ran didn't know exactly what her master had gone through. She only knew that Mu Huai had suddenly come to the Yakumo residence some time ago, saying that he wanted to stay there for a while.

Yakumo Yukari and he hide in their room every day, doing who knows what. Anyway, you can often hear some really loud noises. Sometimes Yakumo Ran even suspects that the two of them are having a physical fight inside, making a loud cracking sound.

Then one day, Yakumo Yukari's room suddenly exploded. The roof and door were violently blasted apart by the airflow, but Mu Huai's figure disappeared. She was found unconscious in the room.

After some time, Yakumo Ran noticed that her owner had started to lose her appetite and occasionally felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

After searching on her phone, she was shocked to discover that these symptoms were exactly the same as those of a pregnant woman. She was so frightened that she almost dropped her phone into a pot of boiling oil.

After much hesitation, Yakumo Ran replaced her favorite fried tofu with a nutritious and delicious fish and tofu soup.

Seeing that Yukari Yakumo, who hadn't had an appetite for several days, devoured the fish and tofu soup, she became even more certain that her master was pregnant, which was why she was preparing a meal for pregnant women.

However, Yakumo Ran never discussed these matters with Yakumo Yukari, because she believed that the other party could not possibly have been unaware of the abnormality in her body.

"Lan, what's been going on lately? Why are you always making my favorite dishes? Aren't you going to eat your favorite fried tofu anymore?"

"Lord Zi, I just feel that if you always eat the same kind of food, even if you like it a lot, you will get tired of it one day. That's why I plan to temporarily stop eating fried tofu and switch to other dishes."

"It's good to be willing to try other new dishes, but don't deliberately suppress your craving for fried tofu."

"Okay, I'll make it when I want to eat it."

Yakumo Yukari nodded, said nothing more, and scooped up a spoonful of steaming medicinal porridge and put it in her mouth.

"Mmm, this tastes pretty good."

(As expected... what Lady Zi just said was hinting that I should cook more new dishes. The old ones are not suitable for her to eat during her pregnancy. The fried tofu is enough for just me.)

Because Yukari Yakumo often speaks in riddles, Ran Yakumo has developed the habit of deciphering every word she says, except for one thing she doesn't understand.

That's the saying "pregnancy makes you stupid for three years." What Yukari Yakumo is saying now may not be implying anything, it's just the literal meaning.

Volume 4, "Anything Can Happen in Gensokyo": Chapter 40 Momo: Yes, she is your daughter.

After finishing the delicious food that Yakumo Ran had carefully prepared, Yakumo Yukari, under the watchful eyes of Ran and Cheng, reached her hand into the gap, and it seemed that she grabbed something and then threw it out.

Although they were curious about what she had lost, cleaning up the dishes was more important right now, so they didn't ask.

"Heh~~ I feel sleepy after eating, I'm going to sleep. Lan, if I'm not up by mealtime, don't wake me."

"I understand, Lord Zi."

"OK, good night."

A dark gap opened beneath Yukari Yakumo, and she fell directly into it due to gravity.

This action almost made Yakumo Ran drop her bowl and chopsticks in fright. It's said online that pregnant women are particularly vulnerable during pregnancy and can't withstand any kind of disturbance.

Her owner used the gap to freefall as casually as drinking water, which wouldn't have been a problem under normal circumstances. But now that she's pregnant, what if she hurts the baby in her womb?

"But Lady Zi has always been independent and willful. Even if I offer suggestions, she will probably refuse on the grounds that it's too much trouble. What should I do now?"

"orange!"

"I'm here, I'm here, what's wrong, Lord Lan?"

"After you finish washing the dishes, come with me to Xianglintang. I need to order some soft pillows and mattresses."

"Meow?" Orange tilted her head in confusion, her cat ears twitching incessantly. "Is that boy from last time coming to stay again?"

"No, this is for Lord Zi. Don't ask me the details. Just help me carry the things when the time comes."

"understand!"

......

"Wood~~ Is this grassland really that big? It feels like we've been walking for half an hour and we're still going in the same place." Kaguya was so bored that she kept pulling at Mu Huai's hair like she was pulling weeds.

Since this is a virtual world, even if she plucked all his hair, it would automatically recover under the system refresh mechanism, so she didn't feel any psychological pressure when she started pulling.

"Asking me about this is useless. I can't open the game interface you mentioned, and you didn't include a map. I can only wander around the grassland like a headless fly."

"That's true, but isn't this grassland a bit too big?"

Mu Huai stopped and re-examined his surroundings.

An endless grassland, a pure white windmill standing at the horizon, and cows grazing leisurely on the grass.

The scenery was exactly the same as when he first met Kaguya, yet he had carried her for more than half an hour. Could it be that he had encountered a cybernetic maze?

Kaguya, who was lying on his back, realized the same thing. She shivered and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck: "Idiot, this virtual world isn't some kind of game where you can't quit unless you do something, is it?"

"Hmm... there's even a word blocking mechanism, it's definitely a game... but where's the tutorial?"

Just as the two of them were wondering what to do next, a compass suddenly fell from the sky and hit Kaguya on the head.

"pain!"

She instinctively cried out in pain, but before she could jump off Mu Huai's back and throw the compass that had hit her away in revenge, it turned into a mass of data and flowed into her body under the watchful eyes of the two of them.

Kaguya looked at the notification that suddenly appeared in front of her and said in surprise, "Huh? I think I can open the map now!"

"Quickly open the map and see where we are now."

"Ah."

Kaguya swiped her index finger down in the air to bring up the menu, and then tapped the newly added map icon. A pixelated map immediately unfolded in front of the two of them.

Besides the grassland, river, and road markers, there are four large pixelated portraits: two of her and Mu Huai, and the other two of Mengmeng and Nana.

"They're in a village across the river to the east. Which direction were we heading in?"

"Who knows? We just need to find out their exact location."

Mu Huai could guess with his toes that the compass was most likely something Yakumo Yukari had thrown at him. He just didn't understand why she had brought Kaguya here and separated him from Momo and the others.

It can't be because it's fun, right?

Following the map's directions, Mu Huai quickly arrived at the village where Mengmeng and Nana lived.

Looking at the large expanse of peculiar wooden houses built from pixelated blocks, with sharp angles, and strange, square-headed, pink creatures that squeal like pigs walking around on the hillside.

He and Kaguya exchanged a glance, both looking incredulous, then exclaimed in unison, "MC village!?"

"Hey, hey, hey, I thought this was a virtual game world like SAO, but it's turned into Minecraft here?"

Mu Huai's question remained unanswered. The next second, Mengmeng's urgent cries suddenly echoed through the village.

"Wait a minute... Seril!! Don't run around, just wait here for Father Mu Huai to come!!"

"dad?"

Kaguya raised an eyebrow and bumped her head against Mu Huai's shoulder twice, teasingly saying, "You're really something, managing to get your sister-in-law pregnant without a word."

"Neither Mengmeng nor I have ever reached home plate, so where would a child come from?"

"Wow~ Is that some kind of special name?"

"Absolutely not, but you can call me that."

Despite his complaints, Mu Huai was also quite curious about what Mengmeng had gone through to have a daughter in the virtual world. After putting Kaguya off his back, he walked alone towards the village.

It didn't take long to find Mengmeng crouching at the corner of the house, she seemed to be holding something in her arms.

"Mengmeng!"

"Ah! It's Mu Huai... no, I should call you darling now!" Mengmeng turned around with a look of surprise when she heard Mu Huai's voice, and only then did Mu Huai have a chance to take a good look at her.

Her appearance hadn't changed at all; she was wearing the same clothes as Akane Shinjo's school uniform, and she was holding a little girl with long green hair and flowers on her head.

"Mengmeng, she is...."

"Hehe, she's our daughter!"

"Wait..." Mu Huai, suddenly overjoyed at becoming a father, pressed his throbbing temples, ignoring Kaguya who was watching the scene from a distance, and earnestly asked Mengmeng, "You're not kidding, are you? We don't even have... tsk, this damn sensitive word censorship..."

"In short, we haven't done anything to have a child yet, so where would a daughter come from?"

"Hmm...maybe when the virtual world was created, our genetic material was accidentally mixed into some special plant?"

"Is this reasonable!?"

Mu Huai had no idea there was such a way to become a father unexpectedly, but the next second, he remembered his other sister-in-law, Nana, who hadn't shown up yet. His pupils constricted sharply, and his face filled with horror: "Nana, could she also...?"

"That's right, Nana also has a child with you, and they're taking a nap at home now."

"Pfft! Hahahaha!!!"

Kaguya saw Mu Huai frozen in place like a stone statue and laughed so hard she kept pounding the wall. It was probably the most hilarious thing she had seen in a while.

After she goes back, she might be able to use this as a blueprint to write a light novel, titled "About Bringing Two Sisters-in-Law and Daughter Home to Meet My Fiancée, Only to Be Discovered by Her that They Are All My Biological Daughters".

"Phew~~ This is hilarious."

Wiping away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, Kaguya prepared to go over and tease Mu Huai under the guise of concern, but she didn't expect that the pixel map that had been running all along would turn back into a compass and even start speaking human language.

"Mother!!"

Volume 4, "Anything Can Happen in Gensokyo": Chapter 41 - Yukari Yakumo Carelessly Gets Pregnant

"Quack! Don't come any closer!!"

Kaguya suddenly let out a sharp bang, like a startled fawn crashing into Mu Huai's chest, trembling as she pointed at the compass swirling around her head.

"Wood, hurry and ask Reimu Hakurei for help! I'm being haunted by an evil spirit!!"

"mom!"

"mom!"

The compass seemed like a child who had just learned to speak, constantly repeating the word "Mom" in its mechanical, childlike voice, making Kaguya's face turn green.

"Oh my, Kaguya-san's daughter is so energetic!" Mengmeng was just like a group of housewives discussing their children.

However, Kaguya was not happy at all, because although the other party's daughter had a flower growing on her head, she still had a normal human form.

Her cybernetic daughter doesn't even have a human form; her appearance is that of a compass, yet she can speak in a bizarre way.

If someone didn't have a strong mental fortitude, they probably would have fainted from fright at this scene.

To everyone's surprise, Compass suddenly called out to Mu Huai, "Dad!"

Selil, who had been sucking her thumb and looking at the others with curious eyes, suddenly became very angry when she heard Compass shout that. She struggled to fly from Mengmeng's arms and pounced on Mu Huai.

After being caught firmly with one hand, Selil's short limbs clung tightly to Mu Huai's arm, and she shouted loudly, "Daddy!!"

"?????"

Mu Huai was full of questions. He was so young, and suddenly he had two daughters who would fight over him?

"Oh dear, thank goodness Nana's daughter didn't come, otherwise the little ones would probably have fought over who's the darling." Mengmeng chuckled as she pulled Selil back into her arms.

Kaguya finally figured out how to put the compass daughter back into the game system. Without a second's hesitation, she turned it back into a map. Although the word "Mom" would still appear on the map, it was better than her constantly nagging in her ear. At least it was much quieter.

"If a daughter dares to steal my man, it's better not to have one." She said this with a dark face, then for some reason, she proudly puffed out her small chest. "Blockhead, making a good life for the two of us is more important than anything else, so let's not have a daughter, okay?"

"Good brother, I don't remember when we got together."

"Hey! Jaguar buddy, if you don't get a good deal, who will?"

Mu Huai reached out and measured Kaguya's forehead temperature with the back of his hand, then frowned and tapped her head twice with his index finger: "Did something affect your brains after you entered the virtual world? Why is your thought process so strange?"

"Something's strange there, I'm serious!"

"We'll talk about this later..."

"No, give me an answer now: are you going to do it or not? Do you want your daughter?"