The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Over there, a white-haired girl with her back to him was desperately pulling on an unidentified creature curled up in the blanket, trying to drag it out of the door.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard the other party tried, the unidentified creature wrapped in the blanket remained stuck at the doorway, never moving an inch beyond the boundary.

"Come out and get some sun!! You're covered in mold!!"

"No way! No one can make me leave my room!!"

"Let go of me now!!!"

"Give up, you stinky turkey!!!"

"You bastard... So where do you get all that strength, you idiot?!"

"No, this isn't strength, it's my unwavering determination to never leave my room, even if it kills me!! Can't you see my stubborn and resolute resolve!?"

"...You better use your determination on something better, you bastard!!!"

—A rather heated argument came from ahead.

"The power of eternity and fleeting moments... can it still be used like this?"

Looking at the scene before him, Shi Bai's expression was slightly strange.

Fujiwara no Mokou couldn't see the key point, but he did. He realized that this wasn't some nonsense about determination; it was clearly a certain NEET princess secretly using her ability to fix herself in the room...

Unless it was her own will, even if Fujiwara no Mokou were a hundred times stronger, she would never be able to pull the other person out by force alone.

"But they seem to have a pretty good relationship..."

After muttering a slight sigh and thinking for a moment, Shi Bai walked to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down... then quite skillfully took out popcorn and cola.

For the average person watching the drama unfold, this is a must-have.

As he moved, Fujiwara no Mokou, who was by the door, noticed his movements. After turning her head to look at him with a slightly puzzled expression, she froze in place, her hand involuntarily loosening its grip.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, a certain NEET girl hiding under the covers decisively broke free of her restraints and rolled into the room, completely unladylike, wrapped in the blanket.

"Today's war is still my victory!!"

Completely ignoring the smug otaku princess in the room, after a moment of astonishment, Fujiwara no Mokou silently walked to the middle of the courtyard and came to Shibai's side.

Want some popcorn?

Shi Bai smiled at the white-haired girl in front of him and raised the popcorn in his hand.

"Popcorn with Coke is... Holy crap, what are you doing!?"

Hastily grabbing the glass of cola from the table and darting aside, Shi Bai looked at the girl in front of him with a puzzled expression and asked her a question.

"Even if this is supposed to be a welcoming ceremony, isn't it a bit too enthusiastic? Don't you recognize me? It's me, I'm..."

"Even if your appearance had changed over the years, I would still recognize you."

With her hands in her pockets, Fujiwara no Mokou asked the man in front of her a dangerous question.

"Do you know how many years it has been since we last met? A full thousand years!!"

"Uh...so?"

Shi Bai's lips twitched slightly.

"So let's have a fight. To be honest, I've wanted to beat you up for a long time. You just disappeared without a trace and left me for a whole thousand years..."

She slightly moved her wrists, and flames rose around her. Fujiwara no Mokou wore a cold smile.

"A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days' absence. I am no longer the same person I used to be. This time, I must..."

Before Fujiwara no Mokou could finish her sentence, her vision suddenly blurred, and the figure not far in front of her appeared in front of her. At the same time, a finger was already pointing at her forehead, forcibly suppressing the flames rising around her.

"Okay, you lose."

Fujiwara no Mokou: "..."

"The Elixir of Penglai can only grant you immortality, but this level of savage power is not something that the Elixir of Penglai can bring... You received Xiaoxi's power as a gift?"

With a slight frown, Shi Bai examined the girl in front of him and placed his hand on her forehead to sense her.

"The power of the phoenix is ​​unlike any other. Although it's only a portion, it's still more than you can withstand. If it weren't for your immortality, you would have been completely burned to ashes long ago, even your soul... This is utter nonsense!!"

Sensing Fujiwara no Mokou's current condition, Shiro's face darkened slightly.

"Who taught you to do this? Chunhu? Didn't she explain the dangers involved?"

"Mind your own business! You haven't bothered with me for a thousand years anyway!"

A feeling of inexplicable grievance welled up inside her, and Fujiwara no Mokou turned her head to look to the side.

"Anyway, I'm a Penglai person now, so I can't die no matter what. I can withstand any kind of violent power, it's just a mere..."

"Being a Hourai native doesn't mean you won't feel pain. Even with Yagokoro Eirin by your side, you've definitely suffered a lot."

Shi Bai sighed softly and reached out to pat the other person's head.

"Just trying to subdue that rampaging power has probably killed you countless times, hasn't it? It's really... You still haven't fully mastered this power. Let me help you channel it over the next few days."

"……Um."

After a moment of silence, Fujiwara no Mokou nodded gently.

Just as she raised her head to say something, Kaguya Houraisan, who had heard the commotion inside, cautiously peeked out from the doorway.

Upon seeing this scene, the NEET girl's eyes lit up immediately. Without thinking, she rushed out of the room, threw herself into Shi Bai's arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and looked up with an excited expression.

"Brother, you're finally back!!"

Fujiwara no Mokou: "..."

...So what happened to your previous determination to never step out of the room??

P.S.: Good morning! _(:з」∠)_

Chapter 41 The Melancholy of Kaguya of Mount Hourai

Lost in the bamboo forest, the Eternal Pavilion.

"Brother, where have you been all this time?"

Beside the stone table in the courtyard pavilion, Kaguya Houraisan clung tightly to Tokihaku's hand under Fujiwara no Mokou's rather dangerous gaze, her face full of curiosity.

"To be honest, without my brother around, these past few years have been incredibly boring. Mokou isn't fun at all either, and even if we wanted to find people to play mahjong, we couldn't get four people together... What have you been doing?"

"Uh... I didn't do anything, just traveled around... Bored? Didn't I leave you a whole bunch of game consoles before?"

Feeling the subtle sensation coming from his arm, Shi Bai's lips twitched slightly.

Although in the past, a certain runaway princess of the moon capital often held his hand and watched anime and movies together, he didn't have any feelings for her back then and was even super annoyed by her. So why are he having other thoughts now...?

"Those things were all burned to the ground when Mokou went berserk..."

Resting her chin on Shi Bai's arm, Kaguya Houraisan looked melancholy.

“I clearly imbued those things with the power of eternity, but who knew that those flames could burn away even the power of eternity…”

"That kind of thing is beyond our control. You were the one who showed off by saying that as long as you added the power of eternity, your clothes would never burn again, and then you insisted on dragging me to play games with you... How can you blame me for that?"

Turning her head, Fujiwara no Mokou let out a soft hum.

"Besides, didn't I apologize to you afterwards?"

"Who's heartbroken about this? I'm heartbroken about all the new records and save files that I finally managed to create..."

Kaguya Houraisan sighed with a hint of melancholy.

"We finally managed to surpass it... but then a fire destroyed it all."

"Alright, I wasn't back before, but now that I'm back, I naturally have to give you all a re-education."

Without making a sound, Shi Bai pulled his hand out of Kaguya Houraisan's arms and began to speak calmly.

"Leaving Mokou aside, Kaguya, how long has it been since you left your room?"

"There's no way around it, because I have a disease that will kill me if I go outside."

Kaguya Houraisan raised her hand, her face full of sincerity.

"But after seeing my elder brother return, my illness was cured immediately. It must be a medical miracle."

"A medical miracle? You're just afraid of getting beaten up."

Rolling her eyes, Fujiwara no Mokou looked utterly disdainful.

"You haven't stepped out of Eientei for 500 years, and you haven't stepped out of your room for 50 years. Aren't you afraid of getting moldy?"

"The outside world is too dangerous; your own bed is the warmest place in the world."

Holding up a finger, Kaguya Houraisan looked completely serious.

"Mokou, someone like you who never sleeps in would never understand, especially in winter. A warm bed is practically a second life!"

"Tch, do you really think I'd want to bother with you?"

With her chin resting on one hand, Fujiwara no Mokou turned her gaze to the side with a hint of impatience.

"There will be plenty of people to deal with you in the future, I'm too lazy to care too much. Now that he's back, you can prepare to do the Eight-Point Exercise every day!!"

"Hmm... Yagokoro Fitness Exercise? I only made a suggestion before, I didn't expect Eirin to actually do it..."

Reaching out to touch his chin, Shi Bai turned to look at Kaguya Houraisan beside him.

"Well, Mokou, you heartless bastard!! Who was by your side when you were bursting into flames all over?!"

Upon hearing her elder brother's thoughtful words, Kaguya Houraisan's expression changed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat, just like Gordon's.

Before her elder brother could even complain about her, Kaguya Houraisan decisively slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

"Back then, during those times, I was always by your side, taking care of you in every possible way. Now that time has passed and life has gone on, you've turned your back on me!"

"How could I possibly turn my back on you?"

Fujiwara no Mokou looked completely bewildered.

"What I meant was..."

“Brother, Mokou really had a terrible time before.”

Turning her head to look at Shi Bai beside her, Kaguya Houraisan had a sorrowful expression on her face.

"Taking the elixir of immortality helped a little, but when she fused with that source of fire, she suffered immensely. Her body was constantly engulfed in flames, and she would often burn herself to ashes and then be reborn. During that time, Mokou was basically... ugh!!!"

Before the NEET princess could finish her sorrowful words, Fujiwara no Mokou, realizing something was wrong, pounced on her and forcefully covered her mouth with her hand...

Shi Bai: "..."

Even if it's only one ten-thousandth of the power from the last phoenix in the world, it's still something that Fujiwara no Mokou, an ordinary human, could never withstand.

Even if she ate the elixir of immortality and became a person of the Penglai, living forever, Fujiwara no Mokou would have suffered a great deal. Shi Bai knew this all too well.

—Later, from Eirin Yagokoro who came here, Tokihaku learned more details about what happened to Fujiwara no Mokou, including the time when Junko came to deliver medicine.

According to Eirin Yagokoro herself, it took her nearly 100 years to help Fujiwara no Mokou stabilize and gain initial control over the external power, at least preventing it from spontaneously combusting at any time.

Before this, Fujiwara no Mokou could be said to have simply walked away... and then disappeared.

Before she could achieve even the bare minimum of control, Fujiwara no Mokou was indeed, as a certain NEET princess had said, practically naked, because even before the power of the flames erupted, there was simply no clothing that could withstand the intense heat emanating from her body.

That flame burns not only matter, but also all kinds of power. Even the eternal power that Kaguya of Houraisan was attached to it would be burned to ashes, let alone other things.

Even now that Fujiwara no Mokou has basically gained some control over that power, she still has to stick fire-resistant talismans all over her clothes and pants to prevent them from spontaneously combusting.

—In the past, Kaguya Houraisan was burned to death by Fujiwara no Mokou hundreds of times.

P.S.: Good morning! (?O｀)

Chapter Forty-Two: Shi Bai and Everyone

Lost in the bamboo forest, the Eternal Pavilion.

In some respects, the Lost Bamboo Forest can indeed be described as extremely desolate.

After all, there are only three people in the entire vast Eientei. Because Emperor Pan is not here, and a certain veteran of the Lunar War is not here either, Eirin Yagokoro often spends time in her laboratory, while Kaguya Houraisan has not left her room for hundreds of years...

The only one who was somewhat normal was Fujiwara no Mokou. She managed almost all the affairs of Eientei, from cooking to cleaning.

Because Princess Tsukito had refused to step out of her room for hundreds of years, Fujiwara no Mokou had to bring her meals to her room every day during those years... after all, she was the type who would rather starve to death than step out of her room.