Lost Narrative Poetry

Although Xia Ran calmly displayed his true "extreme speed" -

Not only did he easily take back the negatives of the photos taken by Paparazzi Wen, he even had enough time to use up the entire roll of film in an instant, and treated the other person with his own treatment, and took a whole set of photo albums for Shemei Maruwen. .

He didn't suffer any loss, but in turn, Sheming Wanwen suffered a small setback, and the pain was still unspeakable.

However, Yukinoshita-san was still wary of what happened just now, or was she feeling ashamed and annoyed? Anyway, she doesn't want to stay with him anymore no matter what she says, so she just pushes him away...

The magician thought about it for a while and felt that today had already caused a lot of impact on the girl. After all, the amount of information was too huge. Even if Yukinoshita-san accepted it, it would indeed take time to digest it.

So he followed the good example and wanted to leave some personal space for the girl so that she could think quietly.

Facing the sunset and evening breeze, after walking around the lakeside, Xia Ran slowly walked towards the banquet venue. It seemed that the banquet was about to start soon. Although he had no appetite, he planned to join in the fun.

"Huh? Here you go..."

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure in a blue palace dress. With a slight movement in his heart, the magician turned around and walked over there.

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The so-called twilight is the moment when you encounter the devil.

It seems that there is some truth in this sentence. Ouyang Mingzhu looked at the lively banquet scene in front of him with a slightly strange expression.

The sun sets in the west and the afterglow is soft.

In the open space in front of Moriya Shrine, several long tables have been set up. People attending the banquet arrived one after another. Not to mention the bustling scene, there were also laughter and laughter everywhere, the aroma of wine was fragrant, and all kinds of delicacies were served. Serve them one by one.

But what is even more dizzying are the guests attending the banquet——

As far as Ouyang Mingzhu sees, what she sees is either a cute and adorable Loli girl with a cute appearance, or a beautiful girl with stunning beauty...

There is a young lady who pretends to be majestic, raising her head and chest as if patrolling her territory, but her height of less than 1.4 meters seriously hinders her majesty;

There was also a red and white shrine maiden who was lazy and tired, with a feeling of fatigue all over her body, sitting on the steps in front of the shrine, holding a wine bowl and waiting for the meal.

All in all, the cute attributes are all-encompassing, from lolita to beautiful girls, from witch costumes to maid costumes, from maiden hairstyles to twin tails, from humans to fairies, monsters, vampires, undead, gods, etc... and so on. Wait, everything is included.

Even though Miss Ouyang boasted that she had seen a lot in these thousands of years, she still couldn't help being shocked by the scene in front of her.

Probably because of her past experiences and the influence of someone's words and deeds, she had no prejudice against non-humans. What really surprised her was that there were so many people from different races gathered together, but they were all in harmony. Looks of harmony.

This is not a superficial friendship, but a really harmonious and playful atmosphere that makes people feel extremely beautiful.

And from what she perceived, these girls were generally very strong.

But the most important thing is...

"Why are they all girls?"

Miss Ouyang murmured to herself, suddenly feeling that the situation was really not optimistic, or should be said to be too bad.

"Well, Mingzhu, what are you talking about?"

Noticing that his students had come out, Xia Ran walked over and asked casually.

Miss Ouyang, Artoria and others did not need his special operation to leave the inner universe world inside him, but they were given corresponding basic permissions. Therefore, Miss Ouyang and Artoria can decide by themselves when to leave that world line and return to the real dimension.

As for the signposts for the entrance and exit, the magician set them up on the side of the shrine.

This is it now——

Xia Ran noticed that they had left their own inner universe, and not long afterward, he saw Miss Ouyang appearing at the banquet, so he naturally had to come over to take a look, and planned to explain it to his students and let her Get to know Gensokyo.

——This is still necessary. After all, the common sense here in Gensokyo is different from anywhere else, and general concepts and opinions cannot be applied mechanically.

Although he also has confidence in his students, he still thinks it needs to be said.

"No, teacher, I didn't say anything..."

Miss Ouyang reacted quickly and quickly shook her head with a cute look on her face. As she did this, the golden walking stick on her head also swayed gently, reflecting the golden light of the sunset, which looked really beautiful.

"Mingzhu just feels that compared to the outside world, this place is really a beautiful place with rich and clear spiritual energy. It is no less impressive than the thirty-six caves, seventy-two blessed lands, ten continents and three islands, etc. "

She had a sincere look on her face, as if she was just thinking about this.

"As far as aura and mystery are concerned, it's really not bad here. After all, there is often no difference between fairyland and fairyland. They are both inhuman places in the world, so they often become the people in legends. A paradise that I long for but cannot reach..."

The magician did not doubt his presence, nodded in agreement, and then simply made a suggestion on this topic.

"I think Mingzhu, you probably don't like the outside environment, so you can usually live here in Gensokyo, or just choose a place to live on the Monster Mountain. The open space by the Fengshen Lake is very good. Kanako and the others will probably not mind..."

Most people may just think that the original ecology of Gensokyo is very good, much better than the overall environment in the outside world, but that's all.

Because there are also well-preserved natural ecological areas in the outside world, which are no worse than Gensokyo, and some places are even bigger and better.

However, the reason why Gensokyo is a paradise of "uncommon sense" involves something more essential.

As the saying goes, "Those who eat meat are brave and brave, those who eat grain are wise and skillful, and those who eat breath are gods and live long." For ordinary people or animals, they are nothing more than meat-eaters or grain-eaters, they cannot sense the specific existence of spiritual energy, and the impact of spiritual energy on them is minimal, almost non-existent.

But Breatharians are different. The overall environment in the outside world is unspeakably bad for them, not only gods and monsters who need faith or fear to support them, but also existences such as magicians and practitioners. Need spiritual support.

This is a matter of course, just as it is impossible for humans to survive without the air as long as they have not evolved into another form of life.

Therefore, the extraordinary power of modern times has become increasingly unsustainable. Just as faith is gradually lost and people are no longer afraid of the unknown things in the dark, the situation that practitioners have to face is the same.

The magic power in the atmosphere is gradually becoming weaker, the source is almost exhausted, and the aura environment is getting worse...

Xia Ran once had such a feeling——

Living in the outside world is like a fish trapped in a small quagmire that is about to dry up. The muddy water is turbid and scarce, making him feel like he is about to suffocate at any time. Just like ordinary humans facing food crises and being threatened by famine, It was like a situation where there was no way to survive.

The Gensokyo that appeared later was an oasis in the desert.

If he hadn't had the trump card that he would often travel to other worlds at the time, and at the same time had confidence in himself, then he might not have been able to refuse Yakumo Murasaki's proposal, and he might have moved directly to Gensokyo... …

So he knows very well how Miss Ouyang feels at this moment.

Because although my student has cultivated the immortal Dharmakaya into which the elements can be transformed into pure energy, she still has an obvious flaw compared to myself, that is, "energy transformation" only gives her the ability to transform from the material state into Energy state, the ability to transform into each other between various energy forms in nature.

But there is no permanent passive effect that gives her infinite energy——

Strictly speaking, if there are no accidents, the Immortals of the Four Realms are still only transporters and consumers of energy, not producers of energy... But their control of energy is exquisite, extremely powerful, and has become extraordinary.

Therefore, unlike Xia Ran, who can turn into the source of spiritual energy for the entire world, the external environment is indeed not very comfortable for Miss Ouyang.

Even if her own magic power is extremely powerful, as long as it is not consumed very much, there is no need to replenish it, and it cannot change the fact that the outside world is currently a very bad little quagmire.

"Isn't this... no need?"

Miss Ouyang's expression suddenly changed slightly, her eyes flickered, and then she said very seriously: "In fact, Mingzhu still wants to stay with the teacher and serve the teacher well..."

How could this work? She finally waited for such an opportunity. If she couldn't stand by his side in the end, wouldn't it be meaningless?

"Serving? This is serious. It doesn't have to be like this at all, Mingzhu. After all, I have my own hands and feet. I have never needed or am used to being served by others..." Xia Ran shook her head and said that Miss Ouyang didn't need to do it. to this extent.

However, just at this time——

"Master."

Charlotte, who was wearing a black and white maid outfit, accompanied the scene that seemed like ripples on the water in the air, penetrated the great barrier from the other side of the realm, and entered Gensokyo.

The puppet maid just came in and immediately saw the magician standing nearby, so she crossed her hands in front of her, bowed slightly and shouted calmly, which was her usual habit.

"..."

"..."

"Ahem, actually I mean, there is nothing bad here. Anyway, I live in the shrine outside. The outside and inside are actually the same place. Whether it is the main body of the shrine or the Lake of the Wind God, they are just located in different places. It’s just space, just separated by a big barrier..."

Xia Ran coughed in embarrassment and could only make up for it in this way. After all, she had just said those words, but her head maid came directly to disrupt the situation, so that what she said just now was really unconvincing.

"..."

"..."

Wearing a palace attire and a long blue skirt, she looked like a girl in her twenties and eighties. The extremely delicate and beautiful fairy just smiled slightly and stared at her teacher quietly without saying anything.

"Forget it, just do as you like Mingzhu. It's not that we don't have room at home, we just have an extra pair of chopsticks..."

The magician reluctantly gave in. He thought of his student's past and knew how much she had gone through before she finally appeared in front of him. He finally softened and couldn't bear to let her down.

"Thank you, teacher!" The girl immediately beamed with joy and shouted sweetly with a dimple like a flower.

"...Let's go there now." Xia Ran sighed, but he was also a very open-minded person. Now that he had made a decision, he would no longer be entangled, "It's just a good time to meet the people in Gensokyo."

"Okay, teacher." She nodded with a smile, and Miss Ouyang was fine.

She followed Xia Ran and walked forward step by step. Her eyes swept across the banquet in front of her without leaving a trace. She quickly swept over the people and asked in a natural and casual tone: "Teacher, these people are all yours." Friends?"

"All? That's not true. I have very few friends..."

Xia Ran replied calmly, even though he shared the memory of the monster sage, he was no stranger to everyone in Gensokyo. But you must also consider other people's thoughts and feelings. From their perspective, there is no such thing.

Therefore, from a realistic time scale, the magician who had just arrived and most of the people in Gensokyo were only acquainted with each other.

"That's it..." Miss Ouyang nodded repeatedly, her eyes a little erratic.

"If you want, you can make good friends with them..." Xia Ran said casually, then as if she thought of something, she turned around and warned, "But remember, the common sense here is There are some weird things, don’t use your past common sense.”

"Huh? What do you mean?" Miss Ouyang was a little confused. She didn't quite understand what the teacher meant.

"Huhuhu~"

"Hehehe, Cirno, run faster..."

"As promised, the loser will have his head crushed by Fran!"

At this time, there happened to be a group of little lolita, most of them with strange wings behind them, laughing and holding windmills or kites, and ran quickly beside the two of them, full of childlike fun and innocence.

At the end, Fran was full of energy, and the words she shouted loudly were a bit scary, but a group of fairies headed by Cirno responded enthusiastically. They were all full of interest, elation, and even a little impatient and eager to try. look.

"Crush your head? Are the children here playing so bloody..."

Miss Ouyang couldn't help but suddenly a few black lines quietly appeared on her forehead, and she seemed to understand something.

"Child? Hehe, that's right. Even that little vampire is already 495 years old. It can be said that he is older than me..."

Xia Ran laughed dumbly, shook his head and said.

"But as you can see, Mingzhu, the common sense here is completely different. Sometimes you may see some very bloody things, but if not, it might just be a group of children playing..."

Although even the youngest Flandre is a vampire who is close to five hundred years old, not to mention those fairies who are the main body of natural phenomena such as cold and warm, rain and wind, grass growing and flowers blooming, etc. Who knows how old they are? .

But everyone is a member of the Appearance Association. Besides not talking about appearance, just talking about the mental age of these little lolita, it can only be said that they are children.

They are either vampires or goblins. They really just rely on their immortality to play casually, and they play a lot of games.

"How can we tell..." The corner of Ouyang Mingzhu's mouth twitched slightly.

What should you do if something bad really happens, but you mistakenly think that the other party is playing, so you don't have time to take action, and it eventually leads to tragedy? On the other hand, it may be that the other party is playing around, but you misunderstand it, and as a result, you may accidentally cause unnecessary hatred?

"Actually, it's very simple to understand this place, and it's not that complicated. Well, let's do this. I'll just find someone to take you to get to know him..."

Xia Ran walked to a long table and picked up a piece of fruit and said with a smile.

"Who? Is he your friend, teacher?" Male or female? He hesitated to ask the last sentence, so Miss Ouyang asked curiously.

"No, as I said, I have very few friends..."

Xia Ran smiled and waved her hands, clarified again, and turned to look at the Crow Tengu girl across the table: "Paparazzi... Wenwen, I'll leave this matter to you, how about it?"

"What good do I do?" The black-winged girl returned to the banquet and said calmly.

"It's what you want..." Xia Ran blinked, took a bite of the fruit in his hand, and said innocently.

Didn't this Crow Tengu realize that something was wrong and realized what happened, so it reappeared in front of him?

Just like he asked her for photos just now, the situation has changed.

"No, you'd better make it clearer, otherwise what will happen if you refuse to admit it later?" Sheming Wanwen negotiated the terms very calmly. She didn't think about asking for it through force, because she knew she had no chance of winning.

Although it is a bit embarrassing, this is all I can do for now. I hope this person is not like me and will be easier to talk to.

"Okay, as long as you help me once, I will return the negatives of "Wenwen's Photo Album (Part 2)" to you..."

The magician didn't care, nodded and explained directly: "This is what you want, right?"

"As expected, you left a backup -!!" The black-winged girl's calm expression disappeared in an instant, and she became filled with shame and anger, "And what does (Part 2) mean?!"

"Calm down, I still have your photo in my hand." Xia Ran said kindly, hoping that she would be sensible.

Beside, Miss Ouyang frowned slightly while watching this scene.

Is this why I have so few friends?