The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Her face flushed crimson in an instant. The girl, with snow-white hair and pale pupils, spoke through gritted teeth, her body now fully restored.

"I don't really like the environment here. Would you like to continue on the bed?"

"Cough cough..."

Almost choking to death, Shi Bai quickly stood up and took off his coat, intending to put it on the other person.

But just at that moment, a figure appeared at the backyard gate. When Aya Shameimaru saw the scene before him, he was stunned and subconsciously pressed the shutter of his camera.

"No way, they're really going all out, even the house was..."

Before she could finish speaking, the two protagonists in front of her had completely disappeared, leaving only scattered ruins in their place.

"What's open?"

At this moment, Huan Yue and the others finally arrived and heard the second half of her sentence.

"I remember Shi Bai said he was going to help Lady recover her health... Wait, what about the house!?"

Looking at the ruins formed after the explosion, Huan Yue and her group were stunned.

"I don't know, it was like this when I came here."

Without making a sound, Aya Shameimaru put down the camera in her hand, shook her head, and looked very serious.

“I think there’s definitely something wrong here, and we need to investigate.”

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Dream House.

"...When your body recovers, it will automatically gather in the area with the most concentrated energy. The excessive energy gathering caused an explosion."

Faced with the strange gaze the girl on the bed was giving him, Shi Bai coughed a few times, turned around somewhat awkwardly, and began to explain.

"Actually, it's not that I wanted to take advantage of you on purpose. It's just that I didn't expect Patchouli's magic ritual to have such a big problem. The sudden explosion directly destroyed the rebirth location I had prepared for you, which is why you ended up next to me."

"What then?"

Lady took the long overcoat that the other person had taken off and tossed to her, and covered herself with it, speaking softly.

"Right after I finished saying that, you suddenly picked me up and brought me into this enclosed room... It seems like you really want to continue?"

"Ahem... It's all a misunderstanding, let's talk it out."

After hearing what the other person said, Shi Bai coughed a few times.

"Wenwen and the others in the front hall heard the noise and came over. I can't stay there any longer and cause an even bigger misunderstanding, right? So escaping as soon as possible is the best option... Can you put your clothes on first?"

Feeling the touch of the delicate body pressing against him from behind, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Really? But there don't seem to be any other clothes in this room..."

Snow-white hair cascaded down her shoulders, and the girl nestled against them breathed sweetly into her ear.

"So, why don't you take off your clothes and let me wear them... are you implying that I should come and help you?"

"Uh...what..."

"Hmph, as expected, all men are lecherous!"

With a flushed face, Lady slipped away, wrapping her long trench coat tighter around herself. As she channeled her spiritual energy, an ice robe appeared on her body, concealing her beautiful figure.

“I’ve remembered what happened today. I thought you were still the same upright gentleman who remained unmoved by temptation hundreds of years ago, but it seems you haven’t changed much... I’m going back to Lake of Mist first. That’s my territory, and I can’t let other monsters take it over... What are you going to do?”

Lady looked at the person who turned around in front of her with a wary expression.

"I'm warning you, what I've done so far is already the maximum. Don't even think about pushing your luck, or else..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Lady, who had been lifted up horizontally, let out a gasp.

"How about otherwise?"

Looking at the girl in his arms, Shi Bai raised an eyebrow.

"Do you know that what you did before was playing with fire, and playing with fire can lead to disaster?"

"I...you, you mustn't do anything rash, or else..."

A hint of panic flashed across her eyes as she looked at Shi Bai, who was leaning towards her. She even started to stammer.

"What else?"

With their foreheads touching, facing each other directly into the other's flustered and evasive eyes, Shi Bai's lips curled up slightly.

"And what do you mean by 'reckless'? Your heart seems to be beating really fast..."

"Woo..."

Her whole body trembled slightly, she let out a mournful cry, bit her lip, and slowly closed her eyes.

In the darkness, she felt herself being gently placed on the bed, and then a heavy object pressed down on her...

"Alright, pick one yourself, we have all kinds of clothes."

Shi Bai yawned, dumped a whole box of clothes onto the bed, and stood up from the bedside.

"you……"

Opening her eyes, Lady looked slightly dumbfounded at the huge pile of clothes covering her.

"What, are you expecting me to do something to you?"

Leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, Shi Bai pursed his lips.

"It was just a little lesson for you, what are you trying to play with me for..."

"Get out of here!!!"

Before someone could finish speaking, a pillow was thrown at him, and the girl's grief-stricken voice echoed in the room.

P.S.: Good morning!

No eunuch notification

I'm so sorry, I caught a cold this month and it's been dragging on for weeks. I feel terrible right now.

In addition, I have to pay back the bounty for another new book, so I haven't been able to update this one.

But I promise, this book will absolutely not be abandoned!!!

I will resume updating after I recover from my cold, at the latest by the end of this month.

After all, in terms of the outline, it's only halfway done...

I am so sorry!!!

Nine Lives

Chapter Thirty-One: The Traveler Is Still Traveling

The traveler is still traveling, only the recorder has stopped writing.

Shi Bai picked up his pen and wrote the last sentence on the scroll as a summary. He then put down his pen and turned to look out the window.

In the warm spring, the grass grows and the orioles fly.

The bitter winter has passed quietly, and spring has arrived.

After her body fully recovered, Lady returned to the Lake of Mist and is currently seizing the time to claim territory... Yes, "seize" is the most appropriate word to describe it.

As if to vent her frustration at being teased, after returning to the Lake of Mist, she gave a severe beating to the monsters who had tried to take over the lake while she was away...

Aya Shameimaru and her group of six from the newspaper returned to the Youkai Mountain, busy preparing for the upcoming publication of their new newspaper. The little ones had initially tried to stay put, but he chased them away with a stick.

As for Ellie, one of the gatekeepers, she returned to the Dream Mansion carrying her scythe.

During this long and cold winter, she had been guarding the gate of the Dream Mansion alone for nearly 1000 years. Because she had been helping Aya Shameimaru and the others with their funeral arrangements during this winter, she had formed a deep friendship with them, and her originally aloof personality had become much more cheerful.

Kazami Yuuka seemed to have figured it out as well, so after a discussion with him, they decided to move the Dream Mansion to the foot of the mountain near Youkai Mountain. Tokihaku had no objection to this.

After all, the original location of the Dream Mansion was quite remote, even within Gensokyo. To describe it as sparsely populated would be an understatement. It was situated on a solitary peak in a remote corner, making daily travel and communication quite inconvenient.

However, after seeing the location chosen by Kazami Yuuka, Shibai's expression inevitably became somewhat strange.

Because the new location of the Dream Mansion is right near Lake Mist, in a sense it has taken over the territory of the original Scarlet Devil Mansion... But it would be nice if the Scarlet Devil Mansion and the Dream Mansion were adjacent to each other.

It's just a question of whether Remi and the others will choose to move into Gensokyo...

After all, with his intrusion and disruption, the Western world has completely changed compared to its original trajectory. Under these circumstances, Remilia and the others might not choose to relocate to Gensokyo, a place where they are unfamiliar with everything.

However, Shi Bai didn't bother to think too much about the future, as he was on vacation right now.

It was because of this that Kazami Yuuka temporarily returned to the Dream Mansion, planning to move the Dream Mansion there in the next few days. Originally, Tokihachi planned to go and help, but because he had to help correct the book "Gensokyo Origins" that Hieda Nana had moved over, he stayed here instead.

At that moment, he was the only person in the entire flower shop.

It must be said that revising the signed books was a huge and time-consuming task. Shi Bai worked on it all winter and only just now finished revising all the books.

However, although this work was time-consuming, the process was unexpectedly interesting. Even Tokihaku was somewhat unconsciously captivated by the stories recorded by the "Children of Miara" who wrote them down in the "Gensokyo Origins".

The joys and sorrows, the past and present of ordinary people—as a human, Hieda no Shichi's only contact with these stories of the lowest-ranking yokai are these ordinary people.

"Ha... I feel like I've been sitting in that chair for a bit too long..."

Shi Bai stretched lazily and stood up from the table.

The room was quiet, with a ray of brilliant sunlight streaming in through the window and casting square patches of light on the floor, making every speck of dust clearly visible.

Just as Bai was planning his afternoon itinerary, a clear voice came from outside the shop.

"Can I come in please?"

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

After yawning, Shi Bai tidied up the books, scrolls, and other items on the table.

A moment later, after he finished tidying up the things on the table, Hieda Shichi, who was carrying a food box, came in after changing his shoes and placed the exquisite food box on the table.

During this time, because the entire "Gensokyo Origins," which involved the hard work of several generations of the Hieda family, was moved here, the other party would come over almost every day to help organize the books and also assist him.

Occasionally, the two would chat enthusiastically for hours about the contents of these records, so Hieda Shichi would often spend an entire afternoon in this flower shop, and Shiro had almost gotten used to it.

"Okay, that's pretty much all sorted out."

Shi Bai patted the stack of books on the table and spoke to the girl in front of him with a hint of pride.

"At the same time, taking certain safety factors into consideration, I have taken special measures to reinforce these Gensokyo Origins books that have been placed here with me these days. Even if they are accidentally flooded, they will not be burned even if they are thrown into lava."

"Really? Thank you so much."

Hieda Shichi reached out and tucked a strand of hair that had fallen across her forehead behind her head, then thanked him.

"To be honest, preserving these books is a rather troublesome matter. If they were accidentally destroyed, all our hard work would be for nothing."

Hmm...you seem to have something on your mind?

Sitting down at the table, Shi Bai looked at the girl in front of him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Logically, after learning that all the errors in these books had been corrected, the other party should have been even more delighted and happy. However, for some reason, he sensed a hint of disappointment from the girl in front of him.

"No, no, right?"

With a slightly forced smile, as if deliberately concealing something, Hieda Shichi quickly grabbed a food box he had brought and opened it.

"This is a meal prepared by my family's chef. It's all your favorite kind of food. Hurry up and try it, or it won't taste good if it gets cold."

As usual, the other party arrived around noon and left near dusk, bringing his lunch with him. He would eat dinner at his place.

During the time that Shi Bai corrected these mistakes for the other party, it probably became a routine.

P.S.: Good morning!

Chapter Thirty-Two: Hieda Shichi's Request

Some things are actually hard to explain clearly.

As for Hieda Shichi, she was starting to have some doubts about how she felt about the person in front of her.

Perhaps from the very beginning, Hieda Rei, until now, she has never understood these things. With each reincarnation, she loses a part of her memories, but there are images of certain people in her memories that she can never erase.

...I'm quite annoyed.