Genshin Impact: The Recorder of All Things

Yakumo Yukari: “…”

Is it a monster from the boundary or a monster from the gap?

"Oh my god, I can't remember what kind of monster I am!!!"

"Don't think about it anymore." Zhong Gui repeated what the system had told him.

Reimu: "No wonder I love money so much. It's all because of those messy settings. They've polluted my purity."

Zhong Gui: "No, you just love money..."

Reimu: "Stop nagging! Who are you anyway?!"

I just saw this guy, and Reimu thinks he looks familiar.

"Wait a minute." Reimu pulled a cell phone out of the cloth strip on her chest.

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Yukari Yakumo: "Pfft~"

Reimu: "What are you laughing at?"

Yukari Yakumo: "I remembered something funny."

Reimu: "What's so funny?"

Yukari Yakumo: "Our fox is pregnant."

Reimu: "Who did this?"

Yukari Yakumo: "Ah, no, I meant our Orange is imitating Lan Zang~ ...

Reimu: “…”

Reimu took a few deep breaths, muttering things like "I have one too" and "It's just wrapped in cloth," while Yukari Yakumo grunted like a pig.

While muttering to herself, Reimu turned on her phone and opened a game to compare it with Zhong Gui.

After a while, Reimu put her phone away and straightened her clothes, seemingly trying to appear more dignified.

She walked up to Zhong Gui, bowed, and then knelt in mid-air, appearing very polite.

"Hello, my name is Reimu Hakurei, I'm a professional shrine maiden. My shrine is currently closed down and I'm unemployed. Does your shrine need a shrine maiden? I'm a professional!"

Zhong Gui: "..."

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Chapter 216 Reimu: Why is the old woman acting so self-consciously? Has Reimu fallen for her?

The scene was silent for a full five minutes. Seeing that Zhong Gui hadn't responded, Ling Meng pondered for a moment, then reached out and pulled him up, revealing his shoulder.

"Kamisa, cheap and affordable, I'll consider it."

Zhong Gui: "..."

Yukari Yakumo: "Reimu, I don't remember teaching you that."

Reimu: "Heh, who spread the word in Gensokyo that we've joined the young lord of Liyue's harem, and that you, Yakumo Yukari, are the harem's mistress and queen."

Zhong Gui: "..."

Under Zhong Gui's gaze, Yakumo Yukari turned her head away with a slight blush.

Reimu: "Why is the old woman acting so childlike and alert?"

boom!

Yukari Yakumo rubbed her fists. "You really think I can't beat you?!"

"Do you know what happened to the last person who said that!?"

The *Gensokyo Shinsetsu* records: "Zi, an old woman, celebrated her birthday with a grand banquet at the home of a lost soul. When the food was finished, she brought out aged wine and offered it to the guests. None of them dared to refuse, all turning it down. Only the Emperor allowed her to drink three jugs, becoming thoroughly drunk. Zi was delighted and invited them to dance to please the guests. The guests, fearing death for their refusal, dared not speak. So they danced. The sheng and xiao began, the flute played, and Zi, with her flowing hair, was breathtakingly beautiful, thinking herself the most stunning. After the dance, she immediately consulted the guests. They were all astonished and praised her beauty. Only the Emperor, drunk, said, 'How laughable! How dare this old woman act like a virgin!' Zi, enraged, bound her and flogged her in the courtyard. The whip cracked repeatedly, and the Emperor's moans continued until he lost his voice. The guests were terrified and fled in panic. Afterwards, Zi sang and played music every year, never again seeing the Emperor, nor hearing anyone call her an old woman. Yet Zi was indeed an old woman."

Zhong Gui shook his head. Gensokyo is just too chaotic; Liyue will have plenty of problems in the future.

"Aren't you two going to do anything about this?"

Zhong Gui pointed to Lumia inside the ice.

"This..." Reimu sat in mid-air like a winnowing basket, completely unconcerned about being exposed. "I won't die, I'll be fine. But what is that black aura? It looks really powerful."

"You can call it the Devourer; I'm going to use it to devour Gensokyo."

"Huh? Whatever, I'm not going to care anymore anyway." Then Reimu looked at Rumia's body, which was slowly regaining its movement, and asked, "How is she?"

The ice gradually melted as Rumia and the black energy battled for energy, since no one was supplying the ice with power anymore.

“No problem. From now on, the one who will stay is Rumia, the youkai of the Dark Night. As for the man-eating youkai… …” Zhong Gui shrugged. “I won’t let her enter Liyue.”

“Is that so…” Reimu sighed.

Well, this past must eventually come to an end.

Just live, and let the past be forgotten.

Zhong Gui meant that he would use the black energy to devour everything of the man-eating monster, leaving behind a little Rumia who had lost her abilities and memories. Whether this could still be considered the original Rumia is a matter of opinion.

However, in Reimu's eyes, she is still herself. As long as she lives, she has a future and can create new memories.

boom!

With a deafening roar, the ice finally shattered, and Rumia, enveloped in black mist, burst out of the ice.

As soon as she emerged from the ice, she saw the red and white shrine maiden.

“This is…” Rumia bit her lip, not quite sure.

Yukari Yakumo: "It's been a long time, you man-eating monster lady."

Miss Cannibal Monster...

Cannibalistic monster...?

Years ago, these words awakened Rumia's beautiful dream; now, they have shattered her delusions.

Rumia stopped looking at the somewhat familiar figure and, as if giving up, fell into the black mist.

Reimu glanced at Yukari Yakumo with displeasure, raised and lowered the gohei in her hand several times, and finally grinned as she raised the gohei high.

"Old woman, just let me be willful this once!"

She's been a shrine maiden for almost ten years now, hasn't she?

The task of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden is to maintain and manage the Hakurei Great Barrier.

However, the existence of the barrier is merely to maintain the balance of Gensokyo. In another sense, the barrier can only be established if Gensokyo remains in a state of balance.

The balance of Gensokyo—that is, the certain balance maintained between humans and youkai.

This refers to the concept of "monsters attacking humans, and humans fearing monsters."

Eliminating all threats to the very concept of Gensokyo is the job of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, and what is needed to protect Gensokyo.

Gensokyo was built for the survival of youkai; it is a paradise and a sanctuary for youkai, and the shrine maidens are also the shrine maidens of youkai.

The Hakurei Shrine Maiden could even be described as a puppet of Yukari Yakumo, doing whatever Yukari Yakumo says, as if she has no self.

The priestess herself had no objections, because she had no power to break this balance and could only do her best to protect humanity.

That's right, the reason why the Hakurei Shrine Maiden is called the Youkai Shrine Maiden is because she wants to protect the humans of Gensokyo. As long as the balance is not broken, nothing will happen to the humans.

Of course, that original intention changed at some point...

For example, the previous generation and this generation—

Reimu Hakurei: "There's no other way. I need to eat. Yukari Yakumo paid me, so I have to do it."

But whatever the reason, Reimu did what a Hakurei Shrine Maiden should do: do nothing and let Yukari Yakumo order her to attack whomever she wanted... She probably did that...

That makes sense, but now the Hakurei Great Barrier is about to completely shatter, Gensokyo no longer exists, and the Human Village is empty.

Reimu felt she should do something!

The gohei was raised high, and countless cherry blossom-colored magic circles began to spread.

"~Dream Talisman 'Demon Sealing Array'!"

Countless talismans flew out, enveloping and binding the black energy and Rumia, and then began to slowly strangle the black energy.

Although Zhong Gui had manipulated the black energy in many ways, it was still essentially a monster of this world, and it was still restrained by the witch's spiritual power.

"Hiss—eat..." Even though the black energy felt an unusual pain, it still clung tightly to Rumia and wouldn't let go.

"Cut~"

"Divine skill: 'Eight Directions Ghost Binding Array'!"

The Eight Directions Ghost Binding Array directly caused the black energy to lose its free control over the body, if that energy can be considered part of the body.

"Rumia, come out now!"

Rumia's eyes, which had lost their luster, regained a spark. "You are...you are Reimu?"

"Idiot, come out first!"

"I... Reimu, watch out!"