The Scarlet Mist part 3​

Editor: Acerman

To be fair, I did deserve this.

An idiot gets embedded into the ground.

That idiot is me.

But on the bright side.

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I got this message when I was in the middle of teasing Reimu, and speaking of Reimu…

I tried to look up, searching Reimu, and found her.

Her eyes are cold! Very cold! As if she's looking at a trash! MOIST!

"…you got anything more to say?"

"…Reimu is cute when she-GHUAAAAAHAH!"

"Pervert!"

She embedded me deeper into the ground, if she did it one more time, I will officially be making out with the earth.

"That's what you get for teasing people-ze."

"*cough* yeah, maybe I deserve this."

"What did you just say?"

"I mean, yes. I deserve this, Reimu-sama."

"Good."

…heavy, must, get, out, from, the, hole, UAAAARRGGGHHHH!

…finally.

"Now, spill the beans, what do you know about the mist?"

"…wait, I need to heal first, please."

System, buy 1 Vitality Booster Pill and 1 Mentality Booster Pill

[Please confirm spending 1.000 IP]

Yes, put it in my Waist Pouch.

I opened my waist pouch and took out 2 pills, yellow and blue pills.

The effect were just like their name, I should have taken this before I battled.

The girls looked interested with the pills, especially Marisa.

Sorry girls, the waist pouch is already bound to my soul, so if you want to steal it, you gotta step over my dead body, literally. I can't wait until Seiga comes, she's the upgraded version of Marisa. Since I officially will have become a Gensokyan when she arrives, I cannot wait to see what she will do to me to get this pouch.

I swallow the pills and I immediate feel the effect.

Fatigue and headache are gone.

"*sigh* that's better." I sighed in relief.

"What are you eating-ze?"

"They are my healthy pills."

Wait a minutes, if I give them my pills then the incident might resolve itself faster. This will count as me helping them resolve the incident and the quest will be complete.

System, buy the same item 2 piece each, put it in my pouch.

[2.000 IP spend]

I took out 2 pairs of pills from my pouch and offered them to each of the girls.

"Oh young Incident Resolver, take these pills on your journey. They will definitely help you solve this incident."

Reimu gave a suspicious look, while Marisa had a shining in her eyes.

"..Why did you give us these pills?"

"Because if I help you guys then this incident will be resolved even faster. Nobody loses and everybody wins in this scenario."

Reimu looked hesitant to take the pills.

"Don't worry about it Reimu, at least he give us for free-ze."

"..Well, it's free after all, what's the effect of the pills?"

YOSHA!

"I'm glad you asked. The yellow one boosts your Vitality for 5 hours, and the blue one boosts your concentration for 5 hours."

"Is the pill made using Alchemy-ze?"

"Perhaps, perhaps not. I don't know either." Smile-desu!

Marisa glared at me.

"…cheapskate-daze."

But she still took the pill anyway.

"He's giving us the pills already; don't ask more than that Marisa." scolded Reimu.

Reimu finally grabbed her pills, while Marisa started observing hers.

"You sure these pills are safe-ze?"

"Of course, I swallowed the pills just now and I'm feeling much better because of it, and also the faster you guys solve this incident the better it is for everyone."

Reimu looked between me and the pills.

"Dammit, it's a waste that I can't analyze it in my house-ze."

Marisa swallowed the pills.

Reimu looked at Marisa and ended up swallowing her pills too.

"…How are you girls feeling?"

""…""

They're looking each other in silence.

"…hello?"

""…""

Now they're looking at me in silence…this is getting creepy.

*Punch**Kick**Jump**Jump*

And now they're going wild in place, I wish I had a Smartphone to record this.

* Punch ** Kick **Jump**Jump** Kick ** Punch **Jump**Jump** Punch ** Kick **Jump**Jump*

…What the fuck are they doing? For some reason they're going even more wild than before.

After they finished going wild, they turned to me, smiling.

"I feel great-ze."

"It's a nice feeling."

They gave me their thoughts.

"Now that was over, start talking."

As expected of Reimu, straight to the point.

"Okay then, here's what I got…"

I explain about my "theory" about the mist, its direction, and a possible suspect to be inside the Misty Lake.

"So, the suspect is really hiding around the Misty Lake."

"Then we just need to search everywhere around the lake-ze."

"Right, but of course whoever stops this incident first will win."

"You don't need to tell me twice-ze."

They're grandstanding despite me being here with them.

Damn you main characters.

Both of them faced me.

"Thanks for the pills, but-"

"Just wait in the village-ze."

And they flew away into the mist, abandoning me.

…Freaking main characters.

…They just flew away looking cool and stuff.

…You think I will just stand by and not see the awesomeness of a Touhou danmaku fight.

I smile an evil smile.

System, upgrade the Vector Change.

[Please confirm to spend 40.000 AP]

Yes, upgrade confirmation.

*Zoom*

The wind swirled around, air vibrating around me, and then the power came.

I can feel it, the flow of water, the wind, the dirt, and something that's on the tree.

I looked at that something.

A crow sitting on a branch.

It's observing me alright.

Now we were staring at each other.

"Caw!"

It cawed at me.

And I just waved my hand at the crow.

"Caw! Caw!"

Ah…it left.

It was either Tengu or Yukari that watching us just now.

Meh, just worry about it when it becomes a problem.

I looked at my status.

[Lv.39 Accelerator Junior, Arah]

Oh my god, please notice me Accelerator-senpai!

…on second thought, don't notice me please; I will get wrecked if he actually noticed me.

But for now…

I got a battle to be witness. I hope they finish it before my curfew.

I gathered the wind to fly, but I could now create 4 tornado wings.

With that I continued my journey around the lake.

-In the vicinity of Scarlet Devil Mansion-​

The Scarlet Devil Mansion, home of Vampire family, the only supernatural beings that can be said to represent the western culture. The Mansion had few windows, and a balcony that's perfect to drink tea while looking out over the garden.

Big ass mansion with giant tower clock besides, it has a big ass garden brimming with flowers.

And finally, the sky in front of the mansion.

Rainbow!

I saw rainbow pellets scatter across the sky along with yellow shining missiles homing in on the center of those rainbow pellets.

The only Touhou character that use rainbow pellets is Meiling and the only one that uses tracking missiles is Reimu.

So it's Meiling vs Reimu up there.

It's both beautiful and awesome at the same time.

A rainbow pellet storm moves toward a figure in the sky, which I deduct to be Reimu.

Dude, she dodges everything so smoothly, 2 missiles flying out in every other second.

Ah, the pellets turn from neat storm into nut storm; it's Meiling's last Spell Card.

For you guys who haven't played EoSD, Meiling's last spell card is basically just her spewing out her Danmaku randomly.

Ah, she lost. She fell to the ground.

Reimu just ignored Meiling and went to fly straight into the Mansion.

She kicked the Mansion door open and disappeared inside.

If Reimu found this place, then Marisa must have found this place too.

Then that meant I don't need to go inside; it's not like I'm much of a help with danmaku battles anyways.

I walked toward where Meiling crashed down and looked around.

There's she was, lying on the ground. I walked up to her.

As I slowly approached her, I saw her appearance.

Meiling has aqua-colored eyes and long, scarlet hair while wearing a green beret and dress resemble traditional Chinese clothing. Her beret has a gold star on the front with the Traditional Chinese character.

You ask me how I know her eye color, well…she got up and looked at me.

Martial Art Sensor too good!

Better start with a greeting.

"Good Afternoon." I said with a smile.

"A-ah, yes, good afternoon too."

"You okay? I saw you fall after you lost to the Miko."

"Don't worry, I'm a Youkai so I'll be alright even from a fall at that height."

"I see."

And the silence came.

We just stared at each other.

Why so many starings happening today?

She probably thinks I think she's human so she said she is a Youkai on purpose so I'd get away from this place or so I don't need to worry any further.

She did it with a good of intentions so I feel little happy about it.

"So, I guess you're the guard to this place; is it okay to let her in?"

"Of course not! Because she beat me, I can't do anything about it. If you want to get in too, you have to go through me!"

She suddenly got up and prepared to fight me while getting into her chinese fighting stance. Them legs between her long skirt slit!

"No, you misunderstand, my intent is only to watch. There's no ulterior motive beside that."

"Watch? Watch what?"

"The danmaku battle."

"Oh…oh, I see." She lowered her stance.

"Then do whatever you want as long as you don't trespassing the mansion." She said as she lazily walked back towards the gate.

I followed behind her.

"Then did you saw other one?"

"The other what?" she said without turning around.

"The other person of course. The Miko didn't come here alone you know."

She stopped walking.

"The other one probably snuck in while you were fighting with the Miko."

She turned towards me.

"…are you serious?" she asked, eyes wide open in surprise.

"Yes, I saw both of them with my own two eyes." I said with a smile.

Meiling dropped to her knees.

"It's over, not only I failed at my job, I also let 2 intruder get into the mansion." She's on hands and knees.

"Mistress and Sakuya-san will be angry at me." She despaired.

"But the intruders were the Hakurei Miko and her friend. There's nothing you could have done about it anyway, right? It's the Hakurei Miko after all; this mistress of your probably ain't gonna punish you too badly about it."

"…yeah…it's Hakurei Miko after all…there's nothing I can do about…yeah…I'm not gonna get punished too badly…"

Brainwashing success!

"…wanna have lunch together? Everyone in the mansion's probably busy with fighting the Miko and her friend." I suggested to her.

She looked up to me.

"…But Sakuya-san hasn't given me lunch yet."

"Then I can share my lunch with you."

She beamed.

"Really?! But is it gonna be enough for both of us? "She pondered.

"Yeah, I'm the one offering the lunch so I'm confident that there's enough for both of us."

"Horray!"

She looked so happy; she must be treated poorly if this makes her this happy.

We sat down near the gate.

Me with cross legged style and Meiling with Standard Japanese Girl Sit Style which every girl in anime used.

I took out 4 of Onigiri wrapped inside my pouch.

Each wrap have 3 Onigiri inside it.

I packed more than usual because I figured I'd fight something today. I did fight something, but I didn't expect it to be Reimu of all people.

I gave 2 Onigiri wraps to Meiling.

"I don't know about Youkai diet, so I hope this will fill your stomach."

"No, you sharing your lunch is already kind enough of you. I shouldn't be disrespectful by refusing this."

"I see, then Itadakimasu."

"Itadakimasu!"

We both ate our lunch together.

This is probably my first time I've experienced this, eating with a girl this close to me. I know there's no deep feelings about this, but it's about eating with the opposite gender, moreover on the other side is beautiful onee-san. I don't know about you but Meiling looks fine to me, red hair with big breast, big enough to make a bulge with her clothes. Anyone that thinks otherwise can scream elsewhere, I don't care 'bout what they say.

In the middle of eating, I gave Meiling a bamboo container from the pouch containing water from Gensokyo of course. I don't want someone to comment it tasting different again.

After we finished eating, we introduced each other.

[Lv.45 Rainbow Gatekeeper, Hong-Meiling]

I asked about her job as a Gatekeeper; apparently it's a boring job to do, especially when the scene in front you is mist, lake, and more mist every day. She insisted that the scenery makes her sleepy, not because she like to take a nap but because the scenery.

"You know Meiling-san, it doesn't matter what causes you to sleep because in the end you still sleep on the job."

"But this place hardly has any visitor at all! I can't really be blamed that it's too boring that it making me sleepy all the time!"

"Hahaha, I see. Then I have a question, how did you sense the Hakurei Miko approaching? After all, I saw you two do Danmaku Battle just now."

"Well, that's easy, I sensed her presence when she approached. She was blatantly announcing her presence, so much that I even woke up from my sleep when she approached." She said boastfully.

So you did sleep on your job.

"Then I will say it's okay to take a nap but please guard the place properly so you can sense someone's presence even while you sleep."

"See, I was right! Even Arah-san said it too! I tried to explain it to Sakuya-san so many times but she just scolds me and says 'Guard the gate properly'! I did guard the gate properly!"

Ah, this conversation turned into Meiling ranting about the injustice she faces when being the guard here.

I couldn't really interrupt her so I just stayed silent and nodded at everything at her complains. I mean, one of things about a girl is that just say yes when they are complaining because their mood will become better when it's over.

After some time, her rant finished. She's out of breath from all that ranting. Boobies go up and down. EROI!

"*gasp**gasp*"

Boobies go up and down, EROI!

"…Do you feel better Meiling-san?"

"Yes, I think, I'm glad I can tell my worries to someone." She said with a smile.

Onee-san + red hair + big boobies + gasping + smile = SUPER EROI!

I blushed.

"Y-yes, of course. It's my pleasure if I can lighten someone worries."

"Fufufu."

"H-hahaha."

We laughed a little.

-Meiling POV-

We laughed a little.

"By the way, I know it's kinda late but who is this Mistress and Sakuya-san that you keep mentioning?"

Oh yeah, now that I think about it.

"Ugh, sorry, I just talk randomly without explaining anything."

"Don't worry about it. You say both of their names with respect; they're probably great people."

"Of course they are great people, they are-"

From that point, I explained the greatness of Remilia-sama and Sakuya-san. He patiently listened to everything I said, occasionally nodding at what I said, shocked with something impressing I said, laughed at something funny I said; this boy wearing black Yukata is really strange, Humans usually stay away when they encounter Youkai, even if they are in humanoid form, but he's different. Even though he's young ,he listen patiently as if he's really interested with everything I'm saying…Somehow this is kinda fun too.

"Remilia Scarlet-sama and Izayoi Sakuya-san, right?"

"Yes, that's their names, aren't they great?" I ask while smiling.

"Yeah, they are awesome people. Especially the mistress, recruiting people with her charisma, it sounds awesome."

"Right, even though my job's kinda boring, I am proud that I serve Remilia-sama."

"I see, kinda boring but proud to be employed by her."

He nodded understandingly.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention something else, see that garden." I pointed toward the garden.

"I also work as a Gardener there, so I know how to treat the flowers properly."

"A Gatekeeper and a gardener at the same time; that doesn't sound that boring to me."

"The gardening part is okay, at least I do something else beside just standing around all day."

"Then why don't you do something else too while guarding? For example, training?" He said while looking at my clothes.

"You do Chinese martial arts, right? When you do fighting stance and your clothes, they look like stuff from China."

"That's useless too. Sakuya-san still said to stop playing around and guard the gate properly."

"…You have it hard huh."

I nodded.

The conversation died down.

We're just sitting on the ground, looking at the Mansion.

This is nice too, I guess.

Being by someone to guard the gate.

At least, I'm not alone…for a while.

*BOOM*

"?!"

An explosion?! From the Mansion!

"Relax, it's probably the Miko causing it."

I look at him, "But-"

"You said the Mistress was getting bored recently, so maybe this will erase her boredom for a while."

He's right, Mistress did say that recently, But …

I looked back at the Mansion.

"…I have mixed feelings about it." I crossed my arm.

"You already lost the danmaku battle with the Miko, so you can't really do anything about it even though you want go in to help anyway."

"…"

This was so irritating.

With that, we stayed silent, just waiting while the sound of explosions occasionally were heard inside from the mansion.

Until finally…

I noticed 2 figures flying from the mansion toward the sky.

"Mistress!"

Those two figures were Mistress Remilia and the Hakurei Miko. They were facing off with each other.

"…I see them, are they gonna do danmaku battle in the sky?"

The boy beside wondered.

"Probably. If the Miko fights with the Mistress right now, then Sakuya-san must already be defeated."

"I see…you better go then."

"Eh?" I looked at the boy.

"This Sakuya-san is human and very loyal to the Mistress right? That mean maybe, just maybe she battled with the Miko until her last breath."

I widened my eyes and immediately stood up, ready to run toward the Mansion

"I'm sorry good Arah-san, but I have to go."

"Yes, I understand; I hope this Sakuya-san is okay too."

"Good bye Arah-san." I lightly bowed to him

"Yes, good bye to you too Meiling-san." He lightly bowed back.

With that, I dashed toward the Mansion.

-Me POV-

And there she goes.

Meiling did a flying kick at the mansion doors.

"R.I.P Mansion door, getting kick opened again."

That was a fun talk. I didn't know Remilia uses kiddie chair when she eats. I can't really laugh at that when she's in front of me; I'd perish or something if she heard me laugh at her, or I become her new blood bag.

Now then, let's look at our light show.

I looked up into the sky.

Remilia's hands were glowing red.

It's about to start.

She shot her Danmaku at Reimu.

So red, so many red bullet.

The sky was enveloped with red not from the mist.

Remilia Scarlet a.k.a the Scarlet Devil a.k.a The Scarlet Loli.

Remilia kept spewing out red bullet after red bulled, but Reimu with her yellow shining missiles kept hitting Remilia while dodging all the red in the sky.

I kept watching the Danmaku battle.

Kept watching it until the end.

Afterwards both of them descended from the sky, I started to go back in what I thought was the direction to the Human Village.

After an hour of walking in the fog, I found the village.

I looked at the sky.

It's still red but it didn't have the brightness it used to be; that must mean it's going dark soon.

"Just in time for my curfew, I think. I don't know, it's kinda hard to tell the time here."

With that I walked towards the Hieda Mansion.

Just as I arrived in the vicinity of the Mansion I saw her.

Akyuu, standing in front of the mansion with a servant holding an umbrella for her.

She kept looking worriedly left and right.

"*sigh* seriously, that girl, she can't just wait inside the mansion."

I continued walking toward Akyuu.

As I was walking, I heard the servant voice.

"Akyuu-sama, please come back inside, that boy will surely come when it is time."

"That's right Akyuu-sama, that boy is smart, he could even make a deals with the magicians in the forest of magic. He'll come back."

"Akyuu-sama please come back inside, you've been waiting outside since afternoon. It's bad for Akyuu-sama health to this keep going."

"No, I will wait for him until he comes back. I've already taken the pills; I'll be okay."

""""Akyuu-sama, please I beg of you.""""

HEAVY! THE GUILT FEELS VERY HEAVY!

I had a talk with beautiful red hair onee-san and teased a few girls, but this girl has been waiting for me all this time!

Akyuu, please! I might be died because of this guilt!

I needed to stop her right now.

I ran toward her.

"Akyuu!" I called out to her.

Akyuu and the servant turned in the direction of my voice.

Akyuu looked happy to see me.

"Akyuu, why do you standing out here?" I asked her when I got in front of her.

"..Finally, you came back…"

Just as I heard Akyuu voice, she stumbled forward.

"Woah, Akyuu?!" I caught her.

I checked on her. She's unconscious; probably too tired from all that waiting.

"She's just tired, take Akyuu to her bed and let her rest there!" I demanded of the servants.

They complied and carried her back into the Mansion.

"*sigh* Hope this doesn't give me bad mark in Yama's book." I said, heading back into the Mansion.

And with this the first part of the EoSD finally over.

Author note:

Heyo, Author here. Still don't know what to write in the Author's note, so whatever, I will just talk randomly I guess.

About the Crow, Yukari used her crow in the Silent Sinner of the Blue to scout ahead, and the Tengu use it to gather information but it's not that likely because our beloved Tengu reporter likes to cover the information personally. So the owner of the crow is definitely Yukari. The purpose of the crow is unknown, maybe for spying on Reimu's progress or maybe to observe our Accelerator Junior on action.

About Akyuu's scene…I don't know, okay! The scene just appeared out of nowhere in my head! Even the pairing just happen out of nowhere! For God sake, DAMMIT ALL!