Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

Chapter 41

It hangs abruptly in mid-air through the gap, with two large red bows tied at the narrow junction on both sides.

Yukari Yakumo glanced through the gap and saw the scene on the other side, nodding in satisfaction.

"blue"

She clapped her hands and called out lazily.

Immediately, a nine-tailed fox demon named Lan came in from outside the house in response to the call.

The cotton-white shoes and socks on my feet did not make the creaking sound that usually comes from old wooden boards when I stepped on them.

"What are your orders, Lady Murasaki? Would you like a meal? I have prepared some delicious fried tofu," Yakumo Ran said, bowing.

"No need for that," Yukari Yakumo quickly waved her hand.

Every time I wake up, Lan prepares fried tofu. Although I know she likes it, I get tired of it!

Leaving aside the fried tofu, Yukari Yakumo continued, "Just prepare a dish with the sauce and a pair of chopsticks for me."

"Okay," Yakumo Ran replied, then turned around to prepare the seasonings.

Seeing that Ran had already turned and left to prepare the seasonings, Yakumo Yukari turned her gaze back to the gap.

The scene inside is actually the Hakurei Shrine.

After wandering around Gensokyo for a while, Yukari Yakumo finally turned her attention to the Hakurei Shrine. She originally thought she would go and see if Reimu was hiding any delicious food, but she unexpectedly saw a table full of hot pot ingredients and a steaming hot pot.

As the de facto second master of the Hakurei Shrine, Yukari Yakumo certainly couldn't just sit idly by while the hot pot was sitting there. She stared at the hot pot with a serious expression, as if she were about to conduct an extremely rigorous food inspection on it.

Soon, Yakumo Ran's special fried tofu seasoning was served.

Yakumo Yukari immediately opened a small gap, picked up her chopsticks, and quickly and accurately picked out a piece of well-cooked mutton, throwing it into her plate.

On the other side, Akina Ze was also chewing on half a daikon radish, staring dumbfounded as a pair of chopsticks appeared out of thin air and took a piece of mutton roll that had been cooking for a long time from the pot.

Moreover, it seems that Lingmeng deliberately added this piece of mutton because he wanted to try the flavor of it being cooked until very tender.

Akina Sawa also secretly glanced at Hakurei Reimu.

Sure enough, her little face immediately fell down.

"Mmm~ Delicious!"

As soon as it was picked up, Yukari Yakumo couldn't wait to take a bite. The hot juices left on the mutton roll did not harm her at all; on the contrary, they added to its deliciousness.

The lamb rolls, cooked until tender, practically melted in my mouth; before I knew it, they were gone.

Yakumo Yukari smacked her lips twice, feeling she hadn't had enough, and reached out with her chopsticks to pick up another piece.

However, Reimu Hakurei was prepared this time. The moment she sensed the gap appear, her eyes sharpened, and she stretched out her chopsticks to block it directly in front of the soup.

"Huh?" Yukari Yakumo blinked and looked at Reimu through the gap.

Reimu Hakurei, without flinching, stared intently at Yukari Yakumo through the gap.

"Hehe," Reimu Hakurei said with a faint smile, "Taking things without informing your master is not something a youkai sage would do, is it?"

Upon hearing this, Yukari Yakumo narrowed her eyes slightly, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up.

Suddenly, a dangerous aura filled the small room.

"Don't look," Akina Ze said, pressing down on Nikua's curious little head. "Let's eat ours."

Akina Sawa also knew that curiosity killed the cat, so he should not look at what he shouldn't see, and he should not meddle in what he shouldn't meddle in.

"Waaah!" Suddenly, Yukari Yakumo covered her face and sobbed, "Reimu, you were so cute when you were little, why are you so fierce now? Waaah~"

Her acting was superb. If Akina Sawa hadn't known she was faking her tears, he probably would have been fooled.

Sure enough, few beautiful monsters are simple. Akina Sawa was even more certain of his ostrich-like behavior.

"Don't bring up the past," Reimu Hakurei said, completely unfazed, even wanting to laugh. "And if you want to eat, come over here yourself. I can't even see your face, and you expect to eat just because you're holding out your chopsticks?"

"There's no way it's that easy!" Reimu Hakurei retorted mercilessly.

"But I just woke up and I'm still in my pajamas~"

"I said with a smile."

Reimu Hakurei clearly understood the implication. Her pretty face furrowed, and she said with a frown, "Either get dressed and come, or don't eat at all."

"Reimu-chan, you're so heartless~" Yukari Yakumo was at a loss.

Clearly, Reimu Hakurei was serious, because Yukari Yakumo sensed that the location of her interstellar teleportation had been changed, and if she forced her way there, she would only be taken to the wrong address.

Without a doubt, this is one of Reimu Hakurei's many trump card skills, "Sub-Void Hole".

This skill can affect her gaps, but if Yukari Yakumo gets serious, its effect is negligible.

But we're not fighting now, so there's no need to take it seriously. Besides, my stomach is rumbling, and the food cooked in that hot pot looks really delicious. My cravings have been whetted.

"Alright then," Yukari Yakumo said with a smile, unfolding her folding fan. "Let's go over there now."

Before he finished speaking, a gap as tall as a person appeared in the shrine's living quarters.

Yakumo Yukari, wearing the fox fur coat that Lan had temporarily draped over her, walked in with an air of nonchalance.

Reimu pouted and said nothing more, lowering her head to eat the food in her bowl, letting Yakumo Yukari sit down, but suddenly eating faster.

Although she was there to eat, Yukari Yakumo didn't rush to eat. Instead, she turned to Akina Sawa, who was engrossed in eating and trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, and said with a light smile, "My Reimu is really grateful for your care."

"No, it's just a financial transaction!"

Akina Ze also broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly explained.

They're using him as a breakthrough point; becoming a battleground for powerful figures isn't a good thing. Akina Ze thought to himself.

"Yukari Yakumo! What nonsense are you spouting now?" Reimu Hakurei frowned coldly, beginning to doubt whether letting this guy in was a good thing.

Yukari Yakumo didn't refute, but smiled and shook her head silently, then turned around and scooped up some food from the hot pot to eat.

However, Akina Ze also felt a thorn in his back, as if an eye was watching him from behind.

Akina Sawa immediately stopped breathing and just kept his head down eating.

On the other hand, Reimu Hakurei couldn't care less about all that. Seeing Yukari Yakumo devouring her food, she felt a pang of heartache.

"Don't eat so fast!" Reimu Hakurei said through gritted teeth.

This kind of food isn't available every month. It's a rare treat to have it today, and Yukari Yakumo just happened to arrive at the perfect time to freeload. It's absolutely despicable.

"Sigh~" Yakumo Yukari shook her head and didn't say anything, she just sighed.

Reimu Hakurei couldn't figure out what Yukari Yakumo was thinking either. Seeing that Yukari was ignoring her, she sped up her eating, as if she was going to argue with her.

It was truly a battle of gods that brought misery to mortals; the dishes on the table were being consumed at an extremely rapid pace.

Akina Sawa stared in disbelief as a shrine maiden and a sage-like demon stuffed food into their mouths.

However, the youkai named Yakumo Yukari always looked at her with the eyes of someone looking at a pitiful fellow.

Akina Sawa wondered if he had something dirty on him, and looked around but couldn't find it.

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"Ton ton ton~"

Reimu Hakurei raised her glass and drank it all in one gulp, the golden liquid flowing down her throat.

The cool, sweet rice wine made Reimu Hakurei half-close her eyes, savoring this moment.

Yukari Yakumo always keeps countless good things hidden away, while she herself...

Reimu Hakurei glanced at her empty room and decided to have another drink.

"Lord Yakumo, did you brew this rice wine yourself?" Akina Ze asked, swallowing the rice wine in his mouth with delight.

"No~" Yukari Yakumo shook her head and said, "It's Blue Brew. Do you think this sake is good?"

Although Yukari Yakumo took out the sake herself, she actually just randomly picked a bottle from the sake stored in the secret warehouse.

Akina Ze nodded and said, "It's delicious. It reminds me of the taste of home."

"The boundless wheat fields swayed in the wind..."

Akina Ze also stared unsteadily at the golden liquid in the glass; he was somewhat drunk.

"Since it tastes good, let's drink more!"

Yukari Yakumo took out another bottle of identical rice wine from the secret warehouse.

There are many of these rice wines in the warehouse; they are all brewed by Yakumo Ran year after year using carefully selected ingredients.

However, even after the passage of time, it is not an amount that can be consumed indefinitely, because brewing wine is a very grain-intensive process.

Even Yakumo Blue only brews rice wine in years with a good harvest, so these rice wines can actually be called harvest wines.

"Wine is good, but don't overindulge! *burp*"

The alcoholic loli, Suika, walked in from outside the door, hiccuping.

Reimu Hakurei looked around, wanting to scatter some beans at Suika's feet, but unfortunately there were no beans at the shrine, so she threw a gohei instead.

Suika Ibuki laughed and took the gohei, carefully placing it on the floor.

There's only one shrine maiden left; if things go any worse, there won't be any left.

If Reimu gets the Yin-Yang Orb right away because we don't have a Gohei, then it will be Suika's fault.

Reimu Hakurei, lying prone on the table with her head tilted to the side, raised an eyebrow and looked at Suika, saying, "Why aren't you hiding anymore?"

"You're drunk." Shaking her head, Suika walked over, snatched Reimu's cup, tilted her head back, and drank it down.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

Reimu Hakurei looked at her wine glass being taken away and said angrily.

But Suika pretended not to hear, picked up her glass, and gulped it down in one go. Her eyes were shining, as if she was very interested in the wine.

Setting down her glass, Suika exclaimed, "Wow~ I never expected that Ran would have such amazing brewing skills. It's incredible. Why don't you let me have her, Murasaki?"

"Hehe, that won't do," Yukari Yakumo chuckled, fanning herself with her fan. "Blue is mine, and no one can have her."

Suika pouted and said, "Tch, so stingy."

"Hehe," Yakumo Yukari chuckled without saying a word.

Hey! Are you even listening to me?!

The Yin-Yang Jewel was tightly clutched in Reimu Hakurei's hand, her eyes fixed on Suika with hostility.

Never mess with an alcoholic, especially a drunkard.

As a drunken loli, Suika naturally understood these principles, but when she saw Reimu lying on the table with her face flushed and dazed, she couldn't help but want to tease her.

After all, it's rare to see Reimu Hakurei, who is usually either lazy or serious, in this state.

So Suika naturally accepted the ensuing response with a smile, but the only thing she miscalculated was...

"I clearly placed the gohei in front of her, so why did she still hit me with the yin-yang jewel?!"

These were the last words Suika left behind after being blasted out of the shrine by a Yin-Yang Demon God Jewel.

"Really are…"

Reimu Hakurei twisted her wrist and sat back down.

Thanks to Cui Xiang, she felt the effects of the alcohol had mostly worn off, even though she had originally intended to get thoroughly drunk...

Suika came quickly and left quickly; it was over before Akina Zeya had even swallowed the dumpling in his mouth.

"Still drinking?"

Akina Ze swallowed the dumpling in his mouth and asked.

Reimu Hakurei shook her head and said, "I'm not drinking anymore. Let's call it a day."

"Eh? Is it already over? What a pity... It seems I arrived too late..." Yakumo Yukari looked pitiful.

"Want to have some more drinks?" Akina Ze turned around shyly and asked Reimu for permission.

There's no way around it; seeing such beautiful women and scenery makes it easy to soften one's heart.