Stray Chapter 18: I have few friends
Although Xia Ran quietly displayed the real "extreme speed"——
not only recaptured the photo negatives that Paparazzi took secretly with ease, but even had Yu Yu to use up the entire roll of film in an instant, and used his own way to treat his own body, and shot a whole set of shooting for Maru Wen. 's photobook.
didn't suffer any loss, and in turn made Sheming Maruwen a small one, and it was still unspeakable.
However, Yukinoshita-san was still vigilant because of what happened just now, or was she feeling embarrassed? Anyway, she doesn't want to stay with him anymore, she just pushes him away...
The magician thought about it for a while, and felt that the impact on the girl today was already too great. After all, the amount of information was too huge. Even if Yukinoshita accepted it, it really took time to digest it.
So he is also kind, and wants to leave some personal space for the girl, so that she can think about it in peace.
Facing the sunset and evening wind, he walked around the lakeside, and Xia Ran walked slowly towards the banquet scene, as if the stage was about to start soon. Although he had no appetite, he planned to join in. join in the fun.
"Huh? I'm here..."
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 and walked over there.
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The so-called twilight is the moment of the devil.
It seems that this sentence has some truth. Ouyang Mingzhu looked at the lively banquet scene with a slightly strange expression.
The setting sun slants westward, and the afterglow is soft.
In the open space in front of Moriya Shrine, several long tables have been set up, and people participating in the banquet have arrived. The scene is not crowded, but there are laughter everywhere, the smell of wine, and all kinds of delicious food. The delicacies are already on the table.
But what makes people even more dizzying are the guests who participated in the banquet——
As far as Ouyang Mingzhu can see, it is not a cute loli girl with a cute and cute appearance, or a beautiful girl who is beautiful and charming...
both pretended to be full of majesty, raised his chest as if he was patrolling his own territory, but the height of less than 1.4 meters seriously dragged down the majestic eldest lady;
is also lazy and tired, exuding a sense of fatigue all over her body, sitting on the steps in front of the shrine, holding a wine bowl and waiting for the red and white witch.
All in all, cute attributes include everything, from loli to beautiful girls, from witch costumes to maid costumes, from Ji hairstyles to double ponytails, from humans to goblins, monsters, vampires, undead, gods and other people... Wait, wait, it's all-inclusive.
Rao is Miss Ouyang's self-proclaimed self-awareness in the past thousand years, but she couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of her.
Probably because of her past experience and the influence of someone’s words and deeds, she has no prejudice against non-human beings. What really surprised her was that there were so many people from different races gathered together, but A peaceful look.
This is not a superficial friendship, but it is really quite harmonious, and the atmosphere of slapstick makes people feel very beautiful.
And from what she perceives, these girls are generally very strong.
But the most important thing is...
"Why are all girls?"
Miss Ouyang muttered to herself, and suddenly felt that the situation was not optimistic, or should be said that it was too bad.
"Well, what are you talking about, Pearl?"
noticed that his students had come out, so Xia Ran who came over asked casually.
Miss Ouyang, Arturia and others did not need his special operation to leave the inner universe world inside him, but gave them the corresponding basic authority. So Miss Ouyang and Artoria and the others can decide for themselves when they should leave that world line and return to the real dimension.
As for the signpost for the entrance and exit, the magician was placed on the side of the shrine on the front side.
That's it right now—
Xia Ran noticed that they had left his inner universe, and not long after that, he saw Miss Ouyang appearing at the banquet scene, so he naturally had to come and have a look, and by the way, he planned to explain to his students , let her get to know Gensokyo.
——This is still very necessary, after all, the common sense here in Gensokyo is different from anywhere else, and it is not possible to use general concepts to imitate them.
Although he also has confidence in his students, he also thinks that he needs to say something.
"No, teacher, I didn't say anything..."
Ms. Ouyang quickly reacted, and hurriedly shook her head with a well-behaved face. Following her movements, the golden steps on her head were also swaying gently, reflecting the golden light of the evening and setting sun, making her look eerie is good looking.
"Mingzhu just thinks that, compared with the outside world, this place is really a place where Zhongling Yuxiu is beautiful, and the spiritual energy is rich and clear, compared to the thirty-six cave days, seventy-two blessed places, ten continents and three islands and other human fairyland. Give more."
She had a sincere look on her face, as if she was just thinking about such a thing.
"Only speaking of aura and mysteries, it's really okay here. After all, many times, there is no difference between fairyland and fairyland. They are both inhuman places in the world, so they often become The legendary paradise that people long for but cannot reach..."
The magician had no doubts about him, nodded in agreement, and then simply made suggestions on the topic.
"I think Pearl, you probably don't like the outside environment, so you can usually live in Gensokyo, or just choose a place on the mountain of monsters, and the open space by the lake of Fengshen is just Very good, Kanako and the others probably won't mind..."
Ordinary people may think that Gensokyo's original ecology is very good, much better than the overall environment of the outside world, but that's all.
Because the outside world also has well-preserved natural ecological areas, it is no worse than Gensokyo, and even some places are bigger and better.
However, the reason why Gensokyo is a paradise of "unconsciousness" naturally involves something more essential.
The so-called "flesh eaters are brave and fierce, grain eaters are wise and skillful, qi eaters are divine and longevity". For ordinary people or animals, they are nothing more than carnivores or grain eaters, who cannot sense the specific existence of aura, and the influence of aura on them is minimal, almost non-existent.
But qi eaters are different. The overall environment of the outside world is unspeakably bad for them, not just gods and monsters that need belief or fear support, similar to magicians, practitioners, etc. The existence also needs spiritual support.
This is a matter of course, as long as it has not evolved into another life form, it is impossible for people to survive out of the air.
As a result, 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 in the dark, the situation that practitioners have to face is the same.
The magic power in the atmosphere gradually becomes weaker, the source is almost exhausted, and the aura environment is getting worse...
Xia Ran once had this 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 that he is almost suffocated at any time. The threat of famine, it seems that there is no way to live.
And the Gensokyo that appeared later was an oasis in the desert.
If it wasn't for his trump card that he would often travel to other worlds at the time, and he also had confidence in himself, then he might not have been able to refuse Yakumo Zi's proposal at all, and moved directly into Gensokyo here. Maybe...
So he understands how Miss Ouyang feels at the moment.
Because this student of her own has cultivated a human immortal dharma body with pure energy, but compared to herself, she still has an obvious flaw, that is, "energy transformation" only gives her energy from material The ability to convert states into energy states and to convert each other between various energy forms in nature.
did not give her the permanent passive effect of infinite energy——
Strictly speaking, if there is no accident, the Four Realms Immortals are still only transporters and consumers of energy, not producers of energy... but the control of energy is meticulous, extremely powerful, and has become extraordinary.
Therefore, unlike Xia Ran, who can be turned into the source of spiritual energy for the entire world, the external environment is actually not very comfortable for Miss Ouyang.
Even if her own mana is extremely powerful and majestic, as long as she doesn't consume much, she doesn't need to be replenished, and it doesn't change the fact that the outside world is currently a very bad little quagmire.
"This...isn't it needed?"
Miss Ouyang's expression suddenly changed slightly, her eyes flashed, and then she said very seriously: "Mingzhu still wants to stay by the teacher's side and serve the teacher well..."
How can this be done? She finally waited for such an opportunity. If she can't stand by his side in the end, isn't it meaningless?
"Serve? This is serious. You don't need to be like this at all, Pearl. After all, I have hands and feet myself, and I have never needed or used to be served by others..." Xia Ran shook her head, indicating that Miss Ouyang did not It doesn't need to be that way.
Only, at this time——
“Master.”
Charlotte in a black and white maid outfit accompanied the air, as if ripples appeared on the water surface, penetrating the great barrier from the other side of the realm and entering Gensokyo.
The puppet maid just came in, and she saw the magician who happened to be standing beside her at a glance, so she folded her hands in front of her, bowed slightly and gave a calm voice, which is also her usual habit .
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"Cough, actually I mean, there is nothing bad here, anyway, I live in a shrine outside, the front and back sides are actually the same place, whether it is the main body of the shrine or the Lake of Fengshen, it is just located in It's just in a different space, just separated by a layer of great barrier..."
with a somewhat embarrassed dry cough, Xia Ran could only make up for it like this. After all, she just left that word, and her head maid came directly to demolish the stage, so that what she just said was really not convincing.
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Dressed in a palace attire and a long blue skirt, she looked like a young girl in 28 years. The incomparably beautiful and bright fairy just smiled slightly, stared at her teacher quietly, and said nothing.
"Forget it, let's do whatever you like with Mingzhu, there's no room at home, just an extra pair of chopsticks..."
The magician reluctantly made a concession. He remembered the past of his student, and also knew how much she had gone through to finally appear in front of him. After all, his heart softened and he couldn't bear to let her down.
"Thank you, teacher!" The girl burst into a happy smile and cried out sweetly.
"...Let's go over now." Xia Ran sighed, but he is also a very open-minded person, since he has made a decision, he will not be entangled any more, "I just met the people in Gensokyo. ."
"Okay, teacher." Nodding with a smile, Miss Ouyang has no choice.
She followed Xia Ran step by step, swept across the banquet scene in front of her eyes without a trace, swept over those people quickly, and asked in a natural and casual tone: "Teacher, all these people are Is that your friend?"
"All? Not really, I have very few friends..."
Xia Ran replied calmly, although he shared the memories of the Yokai Sage, he was no stranger to everyone in Gensokyo. But also consider other people's thoughts and feelings, from their point of view, there is no such thing.
Therefore, from the real time scale, the newly arrived magician and most people in Gensokyo are still limited to knowing each other.
"Is that so..." Miss Ouyang nodded again and again, her eyes a little erratic.
"If you want, you can make good friends with them..." Xia Ran said casually, and then seemed to think of something, turned around and warned, "But remember, here Your common sense is a little strange, don't apply your past common sense."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Miss Ouyang was a little puzzled, she didn't quite understand what the teacher meant.
"Huhuhu~"
"Hee hee, Kiruno, hurry up..."
"Alright, the loser will be crushed by Fran!"
At this time, there happened to be a group of little loli with bizarre wings behind them, holding windmills or kites jokingly, and ran quickly beside the two of them, full of childish fun and innocent look .
is that in the end, Fran was full of energy, and the words she shouted were a little scary, but the group of fairies headed by Cirno responded enthusiastically, each of them was full of interest, elated, and even some Can't wait, eager to sample the samples.
"Pinch your head? Are the kids here playing so bloody..."
Miss Ouyang's forehead suddenly could not help but quietly appeared a few black lines, she seemed to understand something.
"Child? Oh, well, even that little vampire is already four hundred and ninety-five years old, so it can be said that he is older than me..."
Xia Ran laughed dumbly, shook her head and said.
"But as you can see, Mingzhu, the common sense here is completely different. Sometimes you may see some **** things, but if it's not good, it may be just such a group of children playing... …”
Although even the youngest Flanders is a vampire who is nearly five hundred years old, not to mention those fairies who are natural phenomena such as cold and warm, rain and wind, grass growing and flowers blooming, who knows How old are they.
But everyone is a member of the Appearance Association, and without talking about appearance, just talking about the mental age of these little loli can really only be said to be children.
They are either vampires or goblins. They are really the kind who just rely on their immortality and play the game very hard.
"How to tell..." Ouyang Mingzhu's mouth twitched slightly.
What should I do if something bad really happened, but I mistakenly thought that the other party was playing, so I didn't have time to take action, and it ended up being a tragedy? Conversely, it is also possible that the other party is playing, but he has misunderstood, and as a result, he may cause unnecessary hatred if he is not careful?
"Actually, it's very simple to understand, and it's not that complicated. Well, well, I'll find someone to show you a good acquaintance..."
walked to a long table and picked up a fruit, Xia Ran said with a smile.
"Who? Is it your friend, teacher?" Male or female? The last sentence was hesitant to ask, and Miss Ouyang asked curiously.
"No, I said it all, I have very few friends..."
Xia Ran smiled and waved his hand, clarified again, and turned to look at the Crow Tengu girl across the table: "Paparazzi...Wenwen, I'll leave this to you, how about it?"
"What's in it for me?" The black-winged girl who came back to the banquet said calmly.
"It's what you want..." Xia Ran blinked, took a bite of the fruit in her hand, and said innocently.
Didn't this raven dog just find out that something was wrong, so he realized what happened, so he reappeared in front of him?
As if he just asked her for a photo, now the feng shui turns.
"Don't, let's make it more clear, otherwise what if you refuse to accept the account?" Sheming Wanwen negotiated the terms very calmly, but she didn't think about using force to forcibly ask for it, because she knew that she had nothing to do with it. No odds.
Although it's a little embarrassing, it can only be like this at the moment. I hope this person is not like me and can talk better.
"Well, as long as you help me once, I will return the negatives of "Wenwen's Photo Album (Part 2)"..."
The magician didn't care either, nodded and said directly: "This is what you want, right?"
"You really kept a backup——!!" The calm look of the black-winged girl disappeared in an instant, and she became embarrassed and angry, "And what does (below) mean?!"
"Calm down, your photo is still in my hands." Xia Ran said kindly, hoping she would be reasonable.
Besides , Miss Ouyang, who was watching this scene, frowned slightly.
Is this why has few friends?