Before anything else, I just need to point out some important information.

1. I was wrong about Cirno and Daiyousei living in the Magical Forest. This whole time, they lived at the Mist Lake. I am ashamed. Since I'm too lazy to rewrite things, I'll just let them live in the Magical Forest for this fanfic.

2. I won't be able to post new chapters for more than a week because I have an exam next week and next next week. Best of luck to me. The only thing I ask from all of you is some support by reading this and posting reviews to help me improve.

That's all I gotta say

Location- Scarlet Devil Mansion

Sakuya was about to leave the mansion and go to the Human Village to buy some groceries. But before she left, she noticed Meiling slacking off(as usual). Sakuya tried waking her up.

"Meiling." There was no answer. Meiling was still fast asleep and talking to herself while sleeping.

"MEILING!" Sakuya's voice gradually got louder.

"CHIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Sakuya snapped. With this, Meiling started waking up. "WHAT," she complained.

Ears that hear what they only wanna hear.

"The next time I catch you slacking off like this again, I'm gonna have the mistress fire you! You understand," Sakuya claimed.

"Oh really," Meiling shot back. "You already told me that like HUNDREDS of times yet you don't even do it. How do you even expect me to believe you?"

Sakuya was silent. She was busy thinking of a way to answer back.

"Oh look," Meiling boasted. "You can't even answer back."

"Welllll," Sakuya said. "First things first, I can't even find a good replacement to take your place. Secondly, you've already done this for a very long time. It's gonna be hard for you to get fired."

"Exactly! That's why I have all the reason to be lazy."

Sakuya pulled out a knife. This time, Meiling was forced to shut up. "Don't ever try lazing around again unless you wanna meet my friend, Mr. Knife," Sakuya threatened. "You're the gateguard here and you have to do your job just like me, a maid, does her job. The safety of this mansion starts within you. Now, GET BACK TO WORK!"

"But there's nothing here for me to do," Meiling answered back. "Everything's completely peaceful."

"Really, Then HOW do you explain Patchouli's stolen books?"

Meiling was confused. "Some books were stolen," she asked. "By who?"

"Marisa. She sneaks through one of the windows heading towards the library as Patchouli told me. She always tried to stop her but she was no match for Marisa."

"Then how come I don't know any of this?"

"Because you keep SLACKING OFFFFF!"

Sakuya was pissed. "I already gave you a walkie-talkie that connects to mine so that when anyone tries to sneak in, I will just stop time and throw knives outside the Mansion, scaring the shit out of people and making them leave. But instead of doing that, you spend most of your time sleeping rather than doing your job, making it easy for people like Marisa to sneak in."

Meiling was guilty. She regrets her lazy attitude. "Sorry Sakuya," she said. "I promise to do my job properly."

"Good," said Sakuya. "I'm just gonna go out to buy some groceries. And you better not be slacking off again by the time I get back. See ya later!"

Sakuya then flew away. Meiling stood up properly and got back to her obligation. She tried to be careful of any suspicious passerby. She noticed Reimu and Cirno approaching the mansion. By the time they arrived, Meiling gave them a warm welcome.

"Hello! Welcome to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. How may we help you," she greeted.

"Oh! We're just gonna go to the library because Cirno needs some books for her studies," Reimu inquired.

"Oh ok! BTW, if ever you're gonna borrow some books from Patchouli, please secure a borrower's slip from her. We can't let anyone like Marisa steal more books so please return it on the due date."

"Wow," Cirno said. "That Marisa sure is a fucking thief."

"Yep," Meiling said. "Anyway, welcome in."

"Thanks," Reimu and Cirno said.

Meiling opened the gates and the two entered the mansion. As they went in, they looked for the door heading towards the library. "Over there," Reimu said.

"Right," Cirno replied.

Before entering, they knocked on the door as a sign of respect. The door opened, and what came in front of them was a purple haired girl. It was Patchouli.

"Oh hi Reimu," she greeted. "I see you're with Cirno. How can I be of assistance."

"I just wanted to ask you," said Reimu. "Do you have any of them academic books?"

"What for?"

"Cirno needs them."

"Yeah," Cirno answered. "I need some books to help me in my studies."

"Well," said Patchouli. "It's a good thing you're not asking for magical books. Marisa keeps stealing them, telling me that she's just borrowing them and yet she doesn't even return them. But yes! I do have some academic books. I'll just send Koakuma to help you find them."

"That's great," said Reimu. "Though I can't stay here with you Cirno. I need to guard the shrine knowing how it's not very sturdy. Someone might also steal my donations. I'll just leave you be."

"Ok," said Cirno. "I'll just see you next time. Bye!"

Reimu then left her and went back to her shrine. Meanwhile, at the Scarlet Devil Mansion library, Patchouli called Koakuma to help Cirno in finding the books she needed. Cirno went around corner to corner until she was led to the right bookcase. "Finally," she thought. "This will really help."

She found a few Math books and Literature Books. She took 2 of them(one for each kind). She looked at a short glimpse of it and said, "Oh gosh! This is gonna be harder than I thought."

Cirno decided to have Patchouli to allow her to borrow those books until the exam. "Ok, you can borrow them," Patchouli said. "Just make sure you'll return those things by then and I'm sure you'll return them, because you're not a THIEF like Marisa."

Cirno felt praised by those words of Patchouli. Patchouli went and gave her a borrower's slip then Cirno filled it up. She said, "Thank you and goodbye," to Patchouli and left. She showed the borrower's slip to Meiling as proof of permit. "Ok, you're free to go know," Meiling said to her. "Good luck with those educational stuff."

The gates were opened and Cirno left to get back to her home. She was just happy that she finally found what she needed. Although she found it, she's still stressed out by the fact that she found some words and symbols to be hard to understand. She might need help from her friend, Daiyousei.

There will be a part 4. It'll most likely be the last part not of this fanfic but for this short. There will be more. Just continue to support and enjoy my stories.

Signing Out