Chapter 51
Kusa is currently sleeping in the grasslands
Kusa: I can't sleep!!!
She apparently can't sleep
Kusa: is there a festival or something?
Kusa: I can't tell... they are rowdy for something like this?
Kusa: strange
Kusa: where is the place
Kusa: human Village?!
Kusa: I need to solve it fast or else my precious sleep will be lessened
Kusa dissapears in the thin wind leaving nothing
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Kusa appeared in the busy streets full of stalls and rowdy people
Kusa: what happened here?
Kusa: I should ask the people that I know what event currently happening...
Kusa is weaving the busy streets to go to the place where a certain individual lives
Kusa: what? Kosuzu isn't here?! that's certainly rare
Kusa started walking towards Keine's House
Kusa: she isn't here too?
Kusa: should I try Akyuu?
Kusa continues to path find her way toward her goal
Kusa: she isn't here too...
Kusa: did I miss them because of this busy street?
Kusa: weird...
Kusa keeps walking until she ends up in the plaza
Reimu: Kusa!
Kusa: Mami... Why are you transformed into Reimu?
Mami: haha~ is it that obvious?
Kusa: like having a leaf on the hair? then yes...
Mami: aw...
Kusa: don't tell me you are doing that just to get my kiss?
Mami: why would you kiss Reimu?
Kusa: she is my wife
Mami: eh???
Mami: seriously?!
Kusa: yes
Mami: How did you get married?
Kusa: we exchange vows
Kusa: but as a god, if I break it then I will lose my godhood and revert to a normal plant
Mami: isn't that risky?!!
Kusa: not at all~ after all if I break that vow then it isn't me anymore...
Kusa: losing one's self and destroying one's vow is one of the most hated things I could ever imagine
Mami: I see...
Kusa: Do you know what happened here?
Mami: Everyone in the village loses hope and becomes restless and I don't know why though
Kusa suddenly has a vine that latches on her wrist
Kusa: I see...
Kusa: so because of a yokai that lost her mask that she absorbed the hope nearby to stabilize herself
Kusa: that everything in the village lost their hope and the various religious head will try to use this event as a means to increase their influence
Kusa: and you are here to try to gather as much hope to stabilize that yokai
Kusa: meant you will try to defeat the people you will encounter to get hope in the form of a popularity contest...
Kusa: am I right Mamizhou?
Mami: how?!
Kusa: I'm just a grass nothing more nothing less
Kusa: well let me find the yokai and this incident will be solved
Mami: wait!
Kusa: hmm?
Mami: I challenge you to a fight!
Kusa: what are you talking about? I need to find her to solve this incident
Mami: By letting her wear the mask again? Kusa you need to know that what she needed isn't a mask but she needs to establish her real self
Kusa: so you're telling me to not interfere?
Mami: yes... Please heed this wish of mine
Kusa: Uwaah, that's the first time someone wished for something towards me...
Kusa is mulling over and thinking about the issue seriously
Kusa: fine as the first requester I'll grant it but make sure not to harm the innocents or else I will interfere for sure
Mami: thanks! But first, can we battle?
Kusa: request denied
Kusa turns into a puff of dandelions and dissapears from the scene
Making the spectators In awe of the dandelions
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Kusa: it seems they are doing what they want to do and here I am on the rooftop watching them fight...
Kusa: in all honesty, since they are fighting I should go outside from Gensokyo because it's very rowdy here
Kusa lies down on the roof
Kusa: at the very least I can bask in the sun... No pollution to block the sky and there's no someone is in the way to block it
Kusa: I should close my connections to the plants just to have a good sleep
Kusa closes her eyes not caring about what happened in her surroundings
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Kusa: hmm...? Stop poking my cheeks
Kusa opens her eyes and meets a pink-haired girl that is looking at her
The girl has long, pink hair and pink, empty eyes. She wears a blue blouse with a plaid pattern. Her skirt is in a pumpkin shape, depicting several faces on it
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[Hata no Kokoro - Ability to Manipulate emotions]
Kusa: who are you?
The girl's face is suddenly covered by a fox mask
Kokoro: well-well pretty lady how about you tell your name first
Kusa: a talking mask?
The mask suddenly changed into a comical expression
Kokoro: wrong! It is I Kokoro who does the talking not the mask~
Kusa: you are well aware of it yet why do you still wear a mask?
Kokoro's mask suddenly changed into a surprised one
Kokoro: what do you mean by that?!
Kusa: to tell you that truth-finding oneself is like compiling every mask that you have... merge them into your heart and become what you truly like
Kusa: be it good, mischievous, or chaotic
Kusa: no people are going to judge you from the way you express yourself so what can I say... but just be yourself
Kusa: because I know how to act like an actor just because the teacher said so... I tried to mix with the students that I don't like just so they won't lay their eyes on me, I tried to become a helpful person just because society said so
Kusa: in the end what I need isn't a mask to express myself...
Kusa: I just need to let out the real me that is under the mask and my life is much better not feel suffocation from it
Kusa: That's why I want to talk to Kokoro not the mask
Kokoro grabs the mask and reveals her face
Kokoro: Yes... Kokoro here
Kusa: Nice to meet you Kokoro!!
Kusa's upbeat tone makes the surroundings feel warm despite the sun being almost gone
Kokoro: umu... Nice to meet you Kusa
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