Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

For vampires, daytime is equivalent to nighttime. Remilia was incredibly sleepy at the moment and all she wanted to do was lie on her fluffy bed, curl up into a little ball, and have a good sleep.

However, due to the sudden "Sun Mushroom" incident, both she and Flandre have been moved to a safe place—Flandre's "room"—by Izayoi Sakuya using time-stopping.

This room was the safest and most secure place in the original Scarlet Devil Mansion. Even something that could send the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion flying wouldn't affect this place, except for an event that erupted from within.

"Marisa's matter is over, but Patchouli seems to have started causing trouble again, and I don't recommend that you go to see her now," Izayoi Sakuya said after using time-stop to gather information.

"Patchouli...has her stamina improved recently...?" Remilia leaned against the bed, her eyes still heavy with sleep, swaying from side to side, but she still managed to muster a negligible air of authority.

After refilling her empty cup with black tea, Sakuya Izayoi thought for a moment and replied, "Lady Patchouli's activity level has indeed increased recently. Because of the accident last time, the Great Library lost many books."

"In order to collect all the lost books, I've been seeing Lady Patchouli going out frequently lately, and I've also seen her..."

As they talked, Izayoi Sakuya noticed that Remilia, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, seemed to have become quiet.

Turning my head, I saw Remilia leaning quietly against the headboard, her serene and delicate face exuding an air of elegance. Following the strands of her hair downwards, a light blue tip nestled between her small face and her closed cherry-like lips...

She fell asleep.

"Lady Remilia..."

After waiting for a long time, Izayoi Sakuya slowly put down the tea tray in her hand, quietly walked over, and gently picked up Remilia.

Looking at the exquisite person in her arms, Izayoi Sakuya's eyes were dark and she didn't know what she was thinking, but she quickly dismissed the idea in her mind and placed Remilia on Flan's fluffy bed.

Flandre had fallen asleep sometime earlier, amidst her pile of broken dolls.

The two sisters have very similar sleep patterns.

At this moment, Izayoi Sakuya seemed to be the only conscious person present. After pausing for a moment, she slowly left the bedside, walked past the pile of dolls, and finally stood outside the room and gently closed the inner door.

Goodnight, Lady Remilia.

...............................................

The Scarlet Devil Mansion reconstruction site.

The farce here continues.

Patchouli, who emerged from the dark room, continued to release black energy, layer upon layer, until it enveloped the entire construction site and the surrounding area for dozens of meters.

Reimu Hakurei flew through the air, gazing at the place shrouded in a large black mist.

Every now and then, a bolt of lightning would flash through the black mist, followed by one or more screams from the kappa, as if they had been struck by lightning.

Reimu Hakurei, who had not yet figured out the situation inside the black mist, had no intention of going in.

Do you know what's going on inside?

Reimu Hakurei spoke to Aya Shameimaru, who was taking pictures of the black mist.

"I'm new here too, so I'm not entirely sure, but you can take a look at the photos I have here."

Before showing it to Reimu Hakurei, Aya Shameimaru adjusted the camera settings to hide some photos that shouldn't be shown, and then moved the one that needed to be shown to the front.

The camera was a bit small, and Aya Shameimaru would never hand it over to Reimu Hakurei so she could watch it freely.

So the two of them squeezed together.

"Pfft!"

As soon as she leaned closer and saw the photo, Reimu Hakurei couldn't help but laugh.

The photo shows a kappa with an afro from being electrocuted, and that kappa is none other than Kawashiro Nitori.

Furthermore, in Aya Shameimaru's photos, a large number of kappa have been transformed into afro-haired lolis, but apart from this, there is no indication that the kappa are in any danger.

Reimu Hakurei is now starting to suspect that the kappa haven't come out because they've all gotten afro hairstyles.

'Uh, wait a minute?'

In the rapidly scrolling photos, Reimu Hakurei keenly spotted a hint of purple, and Aya Shameimaru seemed to notice it as well, pressing the zoom button.

"Pfft!!!"

As the photo was zoomed in, both of them bent over laughing, unable to contain their laughter.

Akina Zeya, who was crouching on the edge of the black mist on the ground, looked at the two people flying above and almost bent into shrimp shapes, and scratched his head in confusion.

"Hey...you all saw it, right...?"

The sound was like something out of hell; the glass scraped against the blackboard, making a creaking, eerie noise.

"Hiss~" The two stopped laughing because a cold sweat suddenly broke out on their backs, and their sixth sense was giving them a frantic warning.

The two of them turned their heads slowly and mechanically toward the direction from which the sound came, like robots.

The first thing that catches the eye is an elegant pinkish-purple robe, and looking further up...

"Pfft!!! Hahaha!!!"

Their composure crumbled in an instant; the moment they saw the scene, Reimu Hakurei and Aya Shameimaru burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Akina Sawa, who was crouching on the ground far away, also saw this scene thanks to his excellent eyesight.

That's a purple afro?

Akina Sawa also had some doubts about his eyes.

air.

"Ugh! You two bastards!!!"

Patchouli's chest heaved with anger at the unrestrained laughter, but she quickly suppressed it—a testament to her composure as a mage.

Even when faced with unbearable stimuli, one can still recite the incantation quickly and without error, which requires a calm mind.

Taking a deep breath, Patchouli looked at the two people still laughing in front of her and slowly said, "Since that's the case... then you two can explode too!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Patchouli waved her hands, and the black smoke that had been gradually calming down suddenly became turbulent again.

In the blink of an eye, a thick plume of black smoke swept towards Reimu Hakurei and Aya Shameimaru with the speed of a typhoon.

"No!" Aya Shameimaru reacted quickly and moved very fast. She turned her wings and seemed about to rush out of the area in the next second.

But... a hand reached out.

The one who grabbed Aya Shameimaru was Reimu Hakurei.

As a priestess, she is not skilled in flying, so she will likely find it difficult to escape this area.

"Let go!"

"Don't let it go!"

At this moment, Reimu Hakurei had a smile on her face, and her eyes seemed to be conveying something.

As the saying goes, when masters clash, every move can be fatal.

In that brief moment of delay, the black smoke that was being manipulated completely surrounded Aya Shameimaru and Reimu Hakurei.

Akina Ze, watching from below, also saw it clearly: a bolt of lightning flashed within the black smoke...

Chapter Ten: Marshmallow

The black fog dissipated.

Reimu Hakurei awkwardly dragged the unconscious Patchouli along. From Akina Sawaya's perspective, it was clear that the tips of the shrine maiden's hair were slightly charred.

"Here, take this." Reimu Hakurei tossed Patchouli over as if she were discarding cargo.

Akina Sawa, who was squatting to the side watching the show, was also caught off guard and took Patchouli.

The first impression upon handling it is that it's soft and fragrant.

"What's this?" Akina Ze asked, looking up.

"Patchouli seems to have been affected by a huge amount of magic, but I'm curious, where did she get so much magic from?" Reimu Hakurei smoothed her slightly loose hair.

Although she managed to block the lightning, some effects were still unavoidable, but it was still better than what Aya Shameimaru had experienced.

Suppressing her laughter, Reimu Hakurei said, "Come with me, and let's see who did this."

"Huh? Okay." Akina Ze responded blankly.

At this moment, he was caught in an internal struggle.

Actually, Akina was somewhat surprised when he received Patchouli. Underneath the pinkish-purple robe was such a slender body, and her weight was ridiculously light, as if a gust of wind could blow her over. She was completely different from the arrogant person she had been just moments before. Moreover, he seemed to smell a faint scent, like lavender.

Akina Ze also pretended to glance at Patchouli's sleeping face unintentionally; her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like gentle ripples of water.

The gradually emerging fragrance made him afraid to look any longer, and he hurriedly turned his head away.

"Let's go," the shrine maiden said, pointing in the direction of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

"Miss Reimu, I'd like to ask where Miss Aya went?"

Although he was holding Patchouli in his arms, Akina Sawa was actually very concerned about where Aya Shameimaru had gone.

"You mean her?" Reimu Hakurei chuckled, as if she had thought of something happy.

"She's gone. As for why, she didn't tell me, but you can take a look at the Patchouli in your hand."

Reimu Hakurei gestured for Sawa Akina to look up as well.

Upon hearing this, Akina Sawa silently glanced at the fluffy purple hair that he had been trying so hard to ignore...

I was speechless all the way.

Having passed through the unguarded Scarlet Devil Mansion gates, Akina Sawa hadn't gone far before she saw the girl with short, silver-gray hair. It seemed Izayoi Sakuya was talking to the kappa.

Walking quickly over, Akina Sawa handed Patchouli, whom he was holding, over as well.

Upon seeing Patchouli's new look, Sakuya Izayoi narrowed her eyes slightly but remained silent.

Instead, the little devil suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Patchouli in a hug.

"Oh dear, Lady Patchouli, what happened to you? Who turned you into this?" The little devil rubbed against Patchouli's face vigorously.

Akina Ze also instinctively sensed that something was wrong, but after glancing at Izayoi Sakuya, he saw that she was shaking her head slightly at him, so he gave up the idea of ​​intervening.

Reimu Hakurei, standing to the side, pointed to the lingering black aura around Patchouli and her fluffy hair.

"Sakuya, what happened to Patchouli?"

"This is all the work of the kappa."

Sakuya glanced at Kawashiro Nitori, who looked completely innocent, and said.

Then everyone's attention shifted to the kappa's face.

Akina Zeya's gaze was merely one of curiosity, but the shrine maiden's was quite different.

Feeling the pressure from the shrine maiden, Kawashiro Nitori's cute little face scrunched up in a frown, though she really wanted to say that this was all thanks to the power of technology and that you idealistic illiterates knew nothing about it.

However, considering his own safety, Kawashiro Nitori decided to give up saying those words.

After a long pause to prepare his voice, Kawashiro Nitori finally spoke up to explain, "This is all a problem with the magic conversion device. It has nothing to do with us. It's a problem with the ancestors who created this machine. They should take the blame."

“Yes, yes, that’s it.” The kappa watching also expressed their agreement.

After gaining the support of the onlookers, Kawashiro Nitori continued:

"Initially, because there wasn't enough electricity, the engineering facilities couldn't operate without power, so Patchouli was put into this machine to convert magic into electricity to power the equipment."

“This was Patchouli’s own consent,” Kawashiro Nitori added.

Nodding, Reimu Hakurei continued, "Since you said it's magic power being converted into electricity, then why is Patchouli filled with magic power?"

After listening for a while, Akina Ze, not one to miss a good show, asked, "Since it can convert magic into electricity, can it also convert electricity into magic? So I'm guessing that maybe some kappa thought there weren't enough cucumbers and deliberately turned on the conversion setting?"

Upon hearing this, Kawashiro Nitori glanced around to see the reaction of the kappa crowd, but upon looking around, he realized that the kappa nearby had already disappeared.

Seeing everyone's thoughtful expressions, Kawashiro Nitori became anxious and said without thinking, "We kappa would never do such a thing, and our cucumbers are always delivered on time. The premise of this doesn't even exist."

"Besides, Patchouli herself agreed to use the machine, so even if she bears some responsibility, she should share it. Moreover, the magical vortex by the lake was too large, and the machine is a highly precise piece of equipment. It's very possible that this caused the internal parts to malfunction and go out of control!"

"Um... don't be so hasty." Reimu Hakurei rubbed her forehead, somewhat speechless. It was just a simple, routine question, but this kappa was acting like she was about to die.

After briefly calming the kappa down, Reimu Hakurei glanced at Zeya Akina beside her. Seeing that he didn't react, she continued, "The impact of what happened to you this time was very small and didn't count as an anomaly. I won't do anything to you, and you should have already been punished, right?"

As if responding to the shrine maiden's words, the hat on Kawashiro Nitori's head seemed to finally give way under pressure and springed up like a spring, releasing a fluffy, light blue cotton candy-like object...

Huh? I didn't know kappa had such a lot of hair.

At first glance, Akina Ze also felt an urge to take a bite; this thing must be very sweet.