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A/N: Motivation on the rise! More news at... tomorrow! Deadly shouting virus on the rise! Will the author survive! Yes, it even causes questions to just be shouts! On with the show!
Late night, Scarlet Devil Mansion, Remilia's PoV:
"...So that is truely how it is?" With breakfast out of the way, I had been introduced to the new addition to our abode.
"Truely, it is, milady. How you got it in your mind that she is mine and Meiling's... daughter is beyond me." The maid let out a sigh, while her hand was busy patting the girl's head. Why doesn't she ever pat my head...?
However, the patting was interrupted when Orange gave a deep bow, and said, "U-umm... Hello, I'm Meiling's younger sister, Orange. I, umm... I have nowhere to stay, and so Meiling said that it would probably be fine if I stay here, if only I ask..." She seemed nervous, as the sound of her heart was a bit faster than what it was when I first met her.
"My, a polite one, are you? Yes, you may stay." I smiled charismatically, trying to give her a good impression of myself.
The dragon of a height only slightly greater than my own began to smile, relieved, when I added, "However..."
With the prospect of a condition added to the deal, her smile faltered, and she now began to look at me with curiosity.
"However, I expect you to pull your weight; everybody does a job around here to earn their keep, and even gets paid for it. What are you good at, Hong Orange?" I crossed my arms, and waited for a reply.
"...W-well... I'm not nearly as strong as my sister, so I doubt I could help out with what she does... I have few skills, honestly, and so am willing to do anything you wish..." The young dragon gave me a pleading look, which shot an arrow through my heart.
I turned away, and held my nose, as it had begun to bleed.
Sakuya, noticing this, had brought a tissue to my nose in an instant, even if my nose quickly stopped bleeding due to my vampiric regeneration kicking in.
With that out of the way, Sakuya instantly disposed of the offending tissue, and was back in that same instant. With my eyes quite sharp, my sight penetrated her time manipulation, as she isn't stopping time, and instead slows time to an extream degree, really. However, most think it to be a perfect stop, and so we allow such a thing, as it would surely give her a better reputation.
I believe that she slows it to about 1/60th of normal speed, if I'm not mistaken.
"A-anything?" I had to be sure of what she meant. My mind had been uncerimoniously tossed into the gutter by such an offer.
However, Meiling didn't particularly like where she saw that my mind had obviously gone. As such, she took a single pebble from her pocket and fired it at my forehead with a fair bit of strength as an agressive tip, saying that her sister is off-limits, without actually saying it.
My head snapped back, and my forehead began to dribble blood for a moment, but other than that, I was fine. Unlike with Sakuya's movements, I couldn't see any of what Meiling had done, and so couldn't dodge it.
"M-milady...?" Sakuya was even more surprised, due to the fact that she wasn't even aware that I had gotten hit by anything, pebble, or otherwise.
Thankfully, that didn't stop her from tending to the wound with the same effort as my nose.
"It's nothing, Sakyua... Now, where was I... Ahh, that's right... Do you think you would be able to work as a maid?" As I stated my request, my forehead healed up in full.
"W-well, I might need a bit of training, but yes, I... I think I can do that..." Orange had a determined look on her face, which earned a chuckle from Meiling.
"So, she can stay?" Meiling, who was nearing the end of her break, figured now to be a good time to butt in, as everything seemed in order.
"Yes, yes, she can stay." I sighed, and gave the gate-keeper a dry look. If I was human, that pebble would have shot strait through my head!
Though, really, I can't get mad at her for doing as she did. Not that that is going to stop me from pouting at her, and sulking, the next time we're alone...
Hakurei Shrine, Miko's PoV:
I gave her hair a gentle stroke as she slept.
My Reimu...
Though none could see me, I could still have such simple pleasures, from time to time.
And so I sat, and gave my daughter's hair a gentle stroke here and there. She really does look just like me, huh...? Well, save for the blonde hair, and the red eyes...
Thinking of what I did still makes me shiver. My child is a youkai... It's truely for the best, as I don't think I have the power left to impregnate a third woman, and yet... I've told myself this for nearly the last 30 years, but I still retain this burning hatred for youkai, even in death... I know better than to give into it, but it's still there... I've been watching these lands for the last... well, I've been here since the beginning, so a calendar is all one must look at, really...
Today is the 12th of october, of the 126th year... Has it really been 116 years since I died? It's not the anniversary or anything, but... still...
After my death, my head cleared some, and I saw what I had done. I saw how little the youkai were the problem, and how great of a threat the humans were. I saw many things, such as the... hunting parties. They go out in a group of 5-10, and they capture the first fairy they find...
The things they do to those girl... Well, I don't even want to think about it... While the youkai tend to keep to their side of the treaty... the humans have abused it.
I may hate youkai due to what the yang overdose did to my head, but now I hate humans too, of my own accord.
