Chapter 59: Garden of Sun Part 1
-Morning, My House-
-My POV-
Thinking.
Thinking.
All this time, I've been thinking about the dream.
A lot of thinking.
Which enough for me to reach a conclusion.
The conclusion?
Don't think too much about it.
…
No, I didn't just give up thinking. I just stopped thinking too hard about it. Think about it, the reason behind each of the dream sequence happened.
The "I'm dead" part, if I'm dead, that mean I fucked up somewhere, that mean the only thing that I could do is becoming more powerful, and more alert to my surroundings, if it's still happened then it's happened, tough shit.
The "Make babies with Sakuya" part, …as much as I like this scenario to happened, I need to get hit by the first step before this scenario to be alive, which is "accidently became Flandre Familiar". It sounds really appealing, but I'm sorry, I still want my freedom.
The "Saving Gensokyo" part, this scenario is unknown, as far as I know, there's only three instance where Gensokyo is threatened to be destroyed, those three instance are Subterranean Animism, Urban Legend in Limbo and Legacy of the Lunatic Kingdom, which were resolved safely by Reimu and co. So based on the context, is Yukari trying to save Gensokyo by restoring it with the help of System via me? Probably, and that also mean, I must tried extra hard when those incidents happened.
The "Mercy killing Mokou" part, …that…is a complicated scenario. She's a good person, as a fan of Touhou, I'm really happy that we know each other, and to mercy kill her. …Ugh, I don't know how to feel about that. I think Her Immortality situation was the one that shows me the bad side of immortality, and if I get the chance to help her, I might….do it? …I don't know, I'll think more about it when it happened.
And the final one, "No Bara in the dream", don't think too deeply into it, she's not there because we're in a different timeline than the "future" in my dream, and you could stop right there before headache comes because you're thinking too deeply into this stuff.
And that's about it for the conclusion about the dream, now on to the next one, the quest reward.
[Test of Bravery and Courage]
[Reward: 100.000 AP & IP, One selectable Ability and Item or 4 Random Abilities and 4 Random Items]
One Ability and Item of your selection or 4 random picks for each category, and my answer is, the random picks.
I have my reasoning for this:
The first one, I get more value by gaining more things.
Second, even if picked the other choice, I probably don't even know more than half of the skills that I could choose from, which mean, I'm pretty much pick the random choice but with my own hand and less value because of the lesser number.
Now that's out of the way, let's see the quest reward.
[Polearm Mastery Lv.5/Max]
[User has full mastery of all Polearm weapon]
Welp, that's a dud. I know Polearm is cool and all, but I don't I'll use it very often in Gensokyo.
[Glitter Glitter Sparkle]
[User could give glitter and sparkles effect on something]
Nice, it's a good skill for fooling around or intimidating someone.
[Beast Transformation]
[User has the ability turn into a beastly form]
Tried turning into a furry, check and will never do that again. Tried only turning my ears into a cat, check.
"Fluffy~, fluffy~"
"…"
Bara keep groping my ears while smiling, she's having fun. Honestly, it's a bit annoying, but I'll endure it because it's her turn now to touch me, …wait, that sentence feels wrong somehow.
I'm sure I could have fun with this ability some times in the future.
[Time Alteration Zone]
[User could create a zone that could alter the flow of time]
Jackpot? I tried using it on an orange, I set the time zone to be forward and I could see the orange slowly turned black, and then I set the time zone to be backward, the rotten orange slowly lose its blackness and then it's getting smaller and smaller before turning into a flower.
I need to channel my energy to create the zone, consumption increase with how much fast I alter the flow of time.
I could see this ability used in Alchemy, and maybe something else that I haven't thought of. Note to self, experiment this ability further.
As for the items reward.
[Ember Starter Chopstick]
[Chopstick that create ember when clashed with other object.]
Neat, but useless …NEXT!!
[See Through Glasses]
[Eyeglasses that enchanted with see through vision.]
…As of right now, there's no one wearing any appealing underwear, so that mean this item is useless for now. I did say that I very much prefer seeing their underwear/swimsuit rather than seeing them naked, so yeah, NEXT!!
[Azure Emperor Feather Mask]
[Wearer of this mask will be viewed as friendly by any bird race]
Any bird race? Can it worked with the Crow Tengu? Need to test it in the future.
[Happy Cookie]
[A bag full of cookie that will make anyone that ate it feels happiness momentarily]
…Isn't this drug? Nope, too dangerous to use it carelessly. Say no to drugs kids. …Can I use this to help Koishi? …No, it's too dangerous, and its effect also temporary.
In the end, there's nothing really useful for the item reward. Oh well, it's not like unsatisfied with what I have. I still have my points after all, which I will keep saving it until I could upgrade my stuff. I'm already half way there, …1.000.000 AP, what a number.
Anyway, that's all for the new stuff, now let's back to our everyday live.
It has been several days ever since the previous incident concluded, everything has been back to normal, the Human Village is back and be remembered by everyone, and they act like the Village never disappeared in the first place, for that result alone makes me really glad to have anti-mindfuck equipment with me, but that equipment unexpectedly bring me misfortune as well.
"Master, how do I look?" Bara asked as she spun around to show her new dress, the Cheongsam Maid dress.
"Very cute." I said after I analyze her outfit very thoroughly and very seriously.
Bara pouted. "Each of them, Master always says cute, come on~, which of them is Master favorite?"
"'Which of them is my favorite' is it? Well, I prefer the Kimono maid dress rather than all of them." I said.
"Ah, that one! Then please wait a moment, I'll bring the dress back to Master immediately!" she said as she goes up stair to go back to her own room.
Kimono Maid dress.
French Maid dress.
Cheongsam Maid dress.
Hanbok Maid dress.
Naked Apron (I asked her about it, apparently she heard this from Akyuu or some book in Akyuu's room.)
At first, I suggested to Bara about her trying some maid clothes, and then she unexpectedly asked me to get her more maid uniform variant for her to try.
I smile "So peaceful, I wish I could enjoy this more".
Let's just say that all of this is like "my last meal before the execution."
After this, I need to go to Yuuka place, she already told me after all, "When summers come, come to my place". She never said anything about what happened if I didn't come, but I surely don't want to find out about it.
Hm? You said I should fight her just like the other unknown level character?
…Are you stupid?
The only reason I won my previous two fights were because one of them going super easy on me, as for the other one, I have the exact counter for my opponent, the fight also a close one. So I have zero confident with winning with those types of people again.
"Bully the weak, escape the strong" and "winning with as little effort as possible" is my main principle in Gensokyo, or maybe in life in general.
With that said, since I can't escape, I decided to prepare some type of gift to Yuuka to appease her somehow if I fucked up down the line.
It cost 70.000 IP, so it must be worth it.
Bara comes back while holding the new dress. She asked if I could enchant it just like her other dress, I said "yes" and did it right away.
The dress reaches below her knee; A red kimono with long sleeve for the upper part, and a red skirt for the bottom part, each of them have black outline, and a frilly white apron that covered up the front of the dress. She also wears black stocking.
"How is it?" she asked with a smile.
'I'm sure she won't accept the word cute for praise anymore, guess I need to say something else for her to feels happy.' I thought. "If I'm a kidnapper, I'll kidnap you immediately." I said the first thing that's come up in my mind.
"Then kidnap me please!" she suddenly throw herself at me but I stop her by hanging her body in mid air.
"…Now that I rethink it over, that was actually really bad, and you shouldn't feel happy about it either!"
"I can't~, Master praised me after all~." said Bara while still looking happy for some reason.
My mouth formed a wry smile from hearing what she said. "Well, I'm honored that my praise makes you happy, but I think you're over reacting too much with everything I said. I think you need to dial it down."
"B-but I have reason for my overreaction! It was all because…" she looked hesitant for a moment before her look of determination appeared on her face. "It was all because I like you, Master!"
"Yes, I like you too, Bara." I replied to her nonchalantly.
"No! NO! You got it wrong! I didn't just like Master! I L-L-LOVE YOU MASTER ARAH!!"
I blink.
My head goes blank for a moment from her sudden declaration, my ability that keep Bara in mid air gone, this cause Bara to yelp as she fall on the floor.
I walk up to her and grab her shoulder.
"Is…Is that true, Bara? You even said my name, is that true that you …love….me? " I asked her with serious expression.
From her expression and the shaking of her body, I can tell that she's currently scared in this situation, but she summon her courage and slowly nod at my question, confirming her statement.
Of course, my answer to her is…
"I LOVE YOU TOO BARA!!" I shouted as I hug her tightly.
"FUNYAAA! M-M-ME TOO, MASTER!!" she startle for a moment before hug
"DON'T SAY MASTER! SAY MY NAME!!" I let go of her and look into her eyes.
"EEEEHHHH?!" she's surprised by my request, but she still do it with red plastered all over her face. "T-then, …arah…" she said quietly, I almost can't hear her with how low her voice is.
"TOTALLY CUTE! REALLY CUTE!!" I hug her and start patting her head.
*pat**pat**pat**pat*
"FUNYAAAAAAAAAA!!" she starts screaming.
And everyone feels happy.
I hate drama.
I really hate them.
That's why I answered her immediately, without being a pussy and follow what my hearth says.
Truly, this is the best "last meal" before my "execution".
…
I just heard "Phase 2 complete" from Bara while she's griping her hand as if she achieved something.
…I'm sure she didn't plan anything horrible to me, right?
-
Afternoon, Garden of Sun-
Sunflower, so many sunflowers, so many that as if the entire garden is painted in yellow. This landmark have a name, and that name is the Garden of Sun, maybe name came from how the field looks like the sun, or maybe they named it that because there are many sunflower in this area, who knows.
"Wow! So many Sunflowers!!" astonished Bara.
"Don't go too far, we don't know what might appear in this place." I warned her as I catch up to her.
"Come on! Faster, Master! Faster!" excited Bara.
I wince at her excessive energy. "…Too much energy…feels tired even thought I haven't done anything yet."
She begged, when I said that I need to go to this place, she begged for me to take her here too. She wants to be more useful for me, she wants me to trust her more, so with guilty feeling, I let her comes with me. I knew that letting her tag with me to this place is dangerous, but let's be honest, almost everywhere in Gensokyo is dangerous, you just have to know when to run away when thing become more dangerous. In my case, I'm confident that I could carry her out from here, and even if the worse happened, I think I'm only gonna lose an arm or a leg.
"…I wonder if I could replace them with robot limbs." I think loudly.
"What are daydreaming about, Master?! Hurry up!!" Bara suddenly grabs and pulled me by my arm.
"All right, all right." I just let myself being pulled by her.
As we get closer to the sunflower field, we could see the sunflower more clearly.
"The flower is so tall." said Bara in wonder.
"Yeah, it's even taller than me." I said.
The sunflower height is a head taller than me, and they are planted in a neat line across the field.
"All right, time to get serious." I pulled Bara hand away from my arm and then hold her hand back properly.
"M-master!" Bara stuttered.
"Let's go." I purposely ignore her and then I start pulling her to walk with me.
As I walk, the wind starts to blow, the sunflower are swayed, and all of its leaf creating rustling noise. And then I saw her, she's standing inside the field. With her parasol opened, she admired the
sunflower with a (creepy) smile.
'…Why do female in here always have that kind of smile?' I think.
Touhou Short - Monk Perseverance Limit (stealing joke from certain MMD)
AN: Short story that I created between creating this chapter.
The game is simple, the monk must meditate while ignore any distraction by their opponent, the winner of this game will be rewarded with big prize.
From the monk side, Hijiri Byakuren.
From the distraction side, 3 random dude.
START!!
Contestant Hijiri Byakuren immediately start meditating on the floor.
The first annoya-man comes up.
He raised a kitchen utensil in his hand.
*CRACK* *PANG* *CRACK* *PANG*
and he start playing with it! Truly what an annoying sound! Oh wait, he's not done yet!
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
He's start screeching! The screech really annoying that I want to off him myself! What a master of annoyance! But wait!
"..."
Contestant Hijiri Byakuren not even look disturbed from such display of annoyingness!
-This situation continues for 5 minutes-
Get him out! Get him out before I pulled out a gun and shot him in the head!!
The guards immediately drag him out of the area.
All right, now that's out of the way, second annoyance, come out!
The second man come out.
He walks haughtily to Contestant Hijiri.Byakuren!
He crouched down in front of her and pulled out something from his pocket!
"If you walks out from this game, I'll give you this back note I prepared in advance, how's that sound?"
he's bribing! He bribe openly to win the game! What a truly shameless man!
"..."
"Not enough? how about I increase the zero in this note, how is that sound?"
"..."
"I-is it still not enough? H-how about a new car?! A boat?! A new house?! Personal jet?!"
"..."
Contestant Hijiri Byakuren not even swayed by his offer! Moreover, if he got that much money, why did he participate in this game?! Don't tell me he just want to win it for the heck of it?!
-A few minutes later-
Okay, get him out of here! By now his words sound too ridiculous to be true and this make his early words becomes untrustworthy because of it! Guard!
The guard drag him away while he's still spouting nonsense, looks like his ego broke.
Contestant Hijiri Byakuren still looks undisturbed with what happened until now. What an aspiring monk, but I wonder if she still could maintained it after our final annoyance.
Final annoyance, come out!
He come out and walks normally to her.
He stops in front of her and then he sit down in front of her.
Both of them face to face in silent.
Spectator are waiting in silent and anticipation to what he will do disturb her..
A few second passed and he finally opened his mouth.
"It's a shame isn't it? Your release date got pushed away, and you lost your chance to get into the 'Bad Apple PV'."
...
Tears start dropping on the floor.
"THAT'S RIGHT!! MY GAME GOT DELAYED AND I DIDN'T GET INTO THE POPULARITY BOOST FROM THE MASSIVELY POPULAR PV!! WHY?! WHY CAN'T THE PV RELEASED MUCH MORE LATER AFTER MY GAME COME OUT!!" Byakuren cried down very hard on the floor.
"""""""""She lost from that?!""""""""""
Author note:
Writing have been become hard lately, it's either from my real life problem or my procrastinating habit keep resurging that keep me from writing.
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