Marisa's eyes were wide open, her beautiful face paled like sheets of white silks at the memory she witnesses. Her mouth was agape yet no noises escape her lips. Her hands remain in the air, hovering over the spot where Alex's shoulder was.
"Marisa? What did you see?" Meiling asked. Alex smiled softly before grabbing the witch by her arm and gave her a healthy electrical jolt. The magical trick was successful, the said witch yelped in surprise before striking said explorer at his left cheek with her fist. The explorer accepted the blow.
"What, what the fuck?" Marisa said, her eyes still wide open from the violence she just witnessed. She may have fought Youkai on a daily basis, but it never gets to the point of it becoming bloody. Hell, even the cannon fodder she took down by Danmaku was blown up in a cute little explosion.
"What did you see Marisa? What happened?" Meiling asked, this time more forceful. Marisa ignored her and opted to stare at the explorer with fear and curiosity. Magic is something to be feared with, but if studied extensively it became an art, a medium for the user's imagination to get through into reality. But where's the beauty of smashing a demon's head in violently with your boot?
"Demons, lots of it. Them fuckers was everywhere! And then this dude just decided to fight them all by himself! And he didn't even use Danmaku at all!"
"Really? No magic?" Meiling asked, surprised by Marisa's statement. Alex nodded once. "Them fuckers know how to convert Youkai magic to hell energy, so Danmaku is practically flying health potion for them."
"Shit! How did you survive then?" Marisa asked the explorer. The explorer smiled and stared at the beautiful guard. "The only reason I was alive is because I have a very good teacher. Guess who the teacher is?" the explorer said, wiggling his eyebrows toward Meiling. The guard blushed softly at the compliment. "Why thank you, Alex. You are quite a diligent student yourself."
"Diligent? That dude literally went hand-to-hand with demons twice his size! What the fuck did you teach him to do China?" Marisa asked the guard. Alex chortled at her remark.
"My name's not China!" Meiling yelled, only for the explorer to grin. "Huh, even before I was born you were called that."
"Yeah, it was annoying! Why can't they all remember my real name?" Meiling said, pouting childishly. Alex giggled at the reaction while Marisa just stared at him knowingly.
"What history you two get ze?" Marisa asked.
Alex smiled at her. "Student-teacher, fellow Scarlet Devil employees, fellow fighter, and a good friend willing to make rape jokes on each other but unwilling to bring the relationship deeper."
Meiling got her mouth open while marisa got a dopey grin on her face. "Rape jokes? Damn you two are close!" Marisa said, elbowing the explorer light. The explorer rubbed the area where the witch elbowed him, a sign that whatever he just faced hit him harder than he thought. He decided to shrug it off and bring his canteen to his lips.
"Oi, what are you drinking?" Marisa asked him. The explorer then replaced the canteen back to his pack before answering. "Healing potion. I reverse-engineered the shit they placed in this water so that it become edible for me. Taste a lil bit stale, but it gets the job done."
"You reverse-engineered a damn potion? Are you a magician or an explorer?" Meiling asked him. Alex grinned and raised his hands in a question matter. "Why not both?" This answer seems to satisfy the Chinese warrior.
"Oi Marisa!"
All three of them turned around by the familiar voices down the lane. Coming to their direction was a young brunette in a red-white shrine maiden outfit. Marisa and Alex grinned at her arrival while Meiling just sighed in defeat. "I really can't relax right now can I?" She muttered to herself.
"Hey Reimu! You won't bloody believe who came up here now! Ze!" Marisa said to the brunette, whom we shall call as Reimu. The hakurei shrine maiden then stared at the young explorer at Marisa's side, her expression was both of bewilderment and curiosity. "Marisa? Who is this?" She asked.
"Ze! He is allegedly a member of the Scarlet Devil or something! He just came from the future daze!" Marisa said, prompting the young shrine maiden to press the doubt button on her Xbox controller. "Allegedly?" Reimu said, clearly not believing any word she said.
Marisa wasn't he type to give up. "Ze, I'm telling you he's the real deal girl! He came from the future after he fought some crazy demons in hell?"
"Hell? Yeah right" Reimu is still unconvinced.
"You know what? Fuck it, I don't care if you believe me or not. Can you get me to Yukari? I need to get back to my timeline fast!" The explorer said toward the shrine maiden. Reimu mulled over the question for a few seconds before answering back. "I can call her though, but I need to make sure that you're the real deal. She gets real cranky when somebody interrupts her sleep."
"check my memory. You know the spell right? Memoripuraiya?" Much to the explorer's delight, the shrine maiden nodded at his question. "Yes I knew that spell. But it ain't that reliable though. I can't choose what memory to play, only when it will end."
"Then do it, cast the spell."
With the explorer's permission, she touched the explorer's shoulder and muttered the spell. Soon, her consciousness merged with the explorer and she witnessed a part of history that soon will come…