Phantom of Dream
Disclaimer :
Touhou Project © Zun
Phantom of Dream © darkro90
Genre :
Fantasy, Supernatural, Spiritual, Adventure
Rated :
T
This story is based on the Touhou project, and all its canon characters, locations and events are a property of Team Shanghai Alice, ergo ZUN.
All characters and events in this story are entirely fictional and any possible similarities between them and real people and events are purely coincidental and not intentional.
Chapter 6
U.N. Owen was Her?
A little girl
With a gaze and face that would put even moon's beauty to shame.
Is she only a gullible little child?
Or is there something dangerous that lurks within her?
"Uh…"
Whom should I portray now? Clueless outsider? Long lost brother? Maid?
But there's no male mai-
Wait a minute…
That could maybe work.
After seemingly frozen in place for maybe a second or so, I straightened my back and tried my best to imitate a seemingly formal, but laid back face.
"Ahem, good evening."
Her face changed from smiling to a little confused, but still relaxed look. Although I can't describe how cute it is, I can't either fathom my sheer amount of terror I've had right now. Fortunately, I can still keep my calmness and my façade as a butler.
"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" She asked me, still with the same confused but relaxed look.
"Ah, forgive my rudeness. My name is Noru Imago and I will work here as butler starting from tonight. Is this, by any chance, mistress's bedroom? I was sent to clean mistress bedroom."
I hope this entire butler thing works.
"Onee-sama's bedroom is in upstairs. This is my bedroom."
"Onee-sama…? Ah! You must be mistress's little sister! Forgive me for my rudeness, milady, both for addressing you so rudely and intruding your bedroom without any permission." I immediately bowed to her, imitating a butler generic movement that I know from watching a certain anime.
"Ufufu, it's okay." She said it starting with a small chuckle, and a smile in the end of her sentence.
Hngh, that smile and chuckle.
Is this a test of might or something, to withstand such cuteness before myself?
To see how long I would survive?
Still, I've got to keep calm or else, I would be dead by either moe overload I've suffering now
Or with a single bite at my artery.
"Then, if you'll excuse me…"
With haste, I walked at the door to exit the room before anything else happens. But before I could complete my third step, I can feel a hand grabbing my shirt, stopping me from moving any further inch.
Crap.
I slowly turn my head back to where Flandre is standing, and sees her hand grabbing for my shirt with a small smile. Although I could barely feel any ominous feeling from it, I still kept my guard up to brace for anything that could happen at any second.
"Before you leave…"
Here it comes…
"Would you mind chat with me for a little bit?"
What?
I turned my body to face her, while still confused and landed with disbelief on what she's just said to me. Before any more millisecond lapsed, I regain my butler-look and answered her.
"Of course I wouldn't, um… do you mind I'm calling you 'Imouto-sama'?"
"Not in the slightest bit."
Whew. I thought I just made a big mistake.
"Okay, then I wouldn't either mind to chat with you, Imouto-sama."
"Ufufu, thank you."
With that said, I sat on a wooden chair that lies beside the bed where she's sitting on.
"…although I lost the game, it was still fun playing danmaku with her." She said it with a bright, cheerful face.
"Haha, I wish I was there witnessing the beautiful danmaku match between you two."
That is the truth. I really wish I was there.
Then again, I really can't believe the fan works that includes and potray Flandre as a psycho yandere or something.
For crying out loud, she just needs someone to chat with her. It's not like she was some crazy vampire that would go on rampage at any second.
"Now…" She changes her expression from smiling into a serious one.
Okay, now this is worrying.
"Tell me the truth about yourself."
Jackpot. I'm screwed.
"W…what are you talking about, Imouto-sama?"
I try to keep my calmness and formal-but-friendly demeanor that butlers usually keep.
"Now now, there's no need to lie anymore longer. If you're really a butler, you should be wearing their outfit. Beside, Onee-sama hasn't notified me about a new butler in here."
I hope she does all the eating and killing swiftly without getting too painful, if she intends to.
"Looks like I'm busted…" I said it while smiling sadly.
"Well, the truth is, I wasn't a butler here, as you've guessed."
She's still staring at me intently.
"I accidently stumbled here in the mansion. Since outside wasn't any safer, I decide to take refuge here until morning."
"Hee…"
"Also, when I was sneaking around here, I've overheard some fairy maid talking, so I know a little bit around here."
"Then, you know what I am, right?"
Here it comes…
I drank some of my excessive saliva before answering her.
"Y-yeah… so…"
"Sooo?"
"You're going to… well… you know…"
She changes her expression from serious into shocked one. It was more like, disbelief.
"Eat you? No way!"
"Huh? You won't?" I said it confusedly.
"Of course I won't! Even if they were a trespasser, they're still my guests. And I won't eat my guests." She said it with a smile.
Wow.
Not only she wasn't a yandere like she was believed to,
She is super nice?
Just wild heaven.
T.K., excuse me for using your quote.
Hearing those word, I let out a sigh of relieve before talking even further, knowing that at least my life wasn't in danger anymore, for the moment.
"T…thank god. I thought you will really eat me."
"Ufufu, you think so? That explains your tense face while we were talking."
Looks like I wasn't good enough at imitating expressions.
"Now then, I will ask Sakuya to see if there's any bed vacant for you. Usually, we have at least two in here…"
"T…thanks."
Wait a minute.
Did she just say Sakuya?
Sakuya Izayoi, the most awesome maid, who ever lived?
That looked great on a maid outfit?
Za warudo?
This is a glorious night indeed. Not only meeting Flan, I have the chance to meet my favorite Touhou character too.
When Flandre was walking toward the door, a knock echoes the room where I and Flandre reside.
"Imouto-sama? Are you there?" The voice is heard outside the door.
T...this voice!
Not too soft, not too hard, a perfect combination of both.
Full of elegance and humility.
Holy mermaid of Setouchi,
It's Sakuya!
Silver hair with long braids worn in sides of her elegantly and otherworldly beautiful face, with a green ribbon accompanying it. Wears a white maid headband, and a dark-blue French short-sleeved maid outfit with an apron and black ribbon tied around her maid outfit.
She, without a doubt, is…
Sakuya Izayoi.
As she enters the room, I can only sit quietly at the wooden chair while Sakuya immediately noticed my presence. Her face changed from a refined, elegant one into a slightly shocked, but still elegantly refined expression.
"Imouto-sama, who is this? Friend of yours?"
"Kind of. Actually, I was going to ask if we still have any vacant bed left in here."
"Indeed we have. Is it for your friend here?"
"Yep. But, I think my 'friend' here has something to say, isn't it, butler-san?" She looked at me smugly.
Ugh, looks like I have some explaining to do.
"Butler-san….?" Sakuya mutters quietly with a slightly confused look at her face.
"Um… yeah well… the truth is, I sneaked here to gain refuge from those youkai outside this mansion until morning, and I happen to stumble here at Flandre-san bedroom…" I try to look calm and laid-back, but I can still feel the suspicious look that Sakuya gave me.
"Then I introduced myself to Flandre-san as a butler to make things easier… so we chat a little bit, and now here we are." I continued my sentence.
"I see." Sakuya answered with a stern look.
"Now then, Sakuya, I'm sure our guest here needs some rest and sleep. Can I count on you to escort him to the vacant bedroom?"
"Of course, Imouto-sama. Right this way." Sakuya changed her suspicious look to her usual refined, elegant look that I adore much and walked outside while gesturing at my direction to follow her. Of course, I can still keep my blush and excitement inside myself before it roared out of my control.
"O…okay." Before I followed her further into the hallway, I looked back at Flandre to say my thanks to her.
If it wasn't for her, I would probably either knifed at all direction or eaten alive by a monster book right now.
And come to think about it, turns out my biggest fear are my savior right now. Ironic.
"Uh… Flandre-san."
"Yes?" She turned her face to me after seemingly opened the cupboard on her bedroom, looking for something.
"Thank you for your assistance, and sorry for intruding to your bedroom."
She lets out a smile that, in my opinion, would even put an angel to shame.
"Ufufu, your welcome."
Before the cuteness of her overwhelm me even further and creating an undesirable situation, I quickly closed the door and follows Sakuya that was already five steps further in the hallway.
"Looks like you've gotten along with her quite well." Sakuya said to me after I catch up with her at the hallway.
"Indeed. Your little mistress is quite charming. And for a second, I thought I was going to get my blood drained by her."
She chuckled a little after hearing my words.
"Imouto-sama hasn't chatted with other human for a while now. Humans that ever talked to her can be counted by finger, including you. So I guess I can let things like this pass once in a while." Her calm smile that decorates her face made me even further speechless on how she is extraordinarily beautiful. Combined with the fact that she is a maid that can stop time and throws knifes at you, she is a perfect maid indeed.
"I wish I can chat with her a little bit longer…" I mutter to myself while letting out a sigh.
"You have plenty of chance to do just that tomorrow, right?" Sakuya answered. It seems she hears my senseless rambling.
"I hope so…"
Considering that by morning I wouldn't be here any longer.
Damnit! For once I've wished that I could stay here for like two days or something.
"Ah, we're here." Sakuya stopped in front of a door that lies in the right side of the hallway.
"This is your room." She's pointing her finger toward the door she's standing in front of. I opened the door and peeked a little. It looked like a normal bedroom with a simple chair and table lying beside the bed. Surprisingly, there's also a light switch for the lamp in the bedroom, but upon closer examination, it wasn't electricity conduced or something. I'm guessing it was simple remote oil-lighting or magic stuffs.
"Thank you, Sakuya-san." I turned my gaze to her and bowed.
"It's okay. Besides, I should be the one who should be- ah." Her sentence cut short after a faint sound of yelling can be heard. Probably Remilia is calling her or something.
"Something happen?"
"Yes, mistress is calling me. If there's anything you need, you can ask the fairy maids that usually pass through this hallway. Now if you excuse me…"
Sakuya backs away a little and turned her back on me.
"A butler, eh… it would be nice to having a real one." I hear her mutters to herself before vanishing completely into thin air.
Is that a flag?
Ah, before I speculate further, I should get some sleep now.
Or should I put it, wake up in the real world.
I can already feel the blurring and sleepy sensation that usually befalls me before I woke up in the real world. I drop myself unto the bed that is a little bit dusty, but nevertheless comfortable enough for me to sleep on. While my consciousness drifts even further, I think about my plans for tomorrow after waking up in my apartment.
Another round of talking with ZUN about Scarlet Devil Mansion sounds like good idea.
And I can't wait for my next visit here.
With last of my thoughts passed on my mind, I drifted on to sleep.
Magnificent, isn't it?
Having your lifetime wish came true.
But… do you think it was bothersome to keep switching on, and on…
Between worlds you cared and loved?
Soon, you will have to choose, but I will give you the opportunity to choose now.
Will you choose that dull world of yours, that wasn't even worth to live in anymore?
Or will you choose the fantasy land of your dream, complete with the opportunity of living there…
Permanently?
Hmph…. Looks like you were still in doubt of choosing either.
Fine. I will not force you to choose now.
You can take your time on thinking your decision.
But spend your time wisely… because, of all the people that exists on both side,
You have the littlest of them.
Chapter 6 Ends.
-To be Continue-
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