Chapter 43: Hmm! Marisa, it's just Marisa after all.

  What to do? What to do? What to do?! Watching the dark aura on Hakurei Reimu's body slowly wrapping around herself, Tenshi's head was dripping with sweat.

  "Hmm...Hmm...Hmm..." Although he couldn't see Hakurei Reimu's face, Tenshi could tell just by using her butt how distorted that face was.

  "You monsters are still going to be exorcised after all." Boorie held a spiritual symbol in her hand, "Are you prepared for your demise, monster!!!"

  "Please forgive me!" Chen Yi, who had just fought with Feng Xiang, didn't want to fight anymore. At the critical moment, a bright idea flashed in his mind, and he took out a piece of brightest gold from his inventory bar, "Please accept my sincere apology."

  As expected, the spirit symbol that was about to land on Chen Yi's head stopped in mid-air. Lin Zhishu, who was standing beside him, pushed his glasses up with a calm expression and said, "Tycoon..."

  "I accept your apology." In an instant, Chen Yi didn't even know how the gold in his hand had disappeared. "Be more careful next time, fortunately this time you met a easy-going witch like me... by the way, do you want to smash several more of these money boxes..."

  "Hmm? Tatsuya looked at the several treasure chests that Hakurei Reimu had brought out, as well as the expectant gaze that he could sense even through her mask. Speaking of which, was the greedy personality of the Hakurei Shrine's miko inherited from generation to generation?"

  Tatara Totsuka looked at Hoori, who was trying to get the copper coin that had rolled into the corner with his gohei, and turned to Rinnojosuke beside him, saying "Hey! Long time no see!"

  "Uh, hello."

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  “……”

  "......It's gotten cold, hasn't it, junior? Can you tell me your name? As for me, just call me Chen Yi." Chen Yi looked at the legendary half-demon in front of him who had secretly trained his lower body (fog?) to survive in Gensokyo...

  "Hmm... what's with that weird look in your eyes? Never mind, just call me Xiang Linzi"

  Xiang Lin Zi? Uh? Chen Yi's eyes became even more bizarre, and it was said that from the beginning, the sound had been strange. Now, taking a closer look, it was discovered that Lin... uh, Xiang Lin Zi's chest, which was almost imperceptible...

  Hahaha! Chen Yile was immediately delighted, didn't expect that Lin Zhushen, you guy who has been practicing your lower body in Gensokyo, would have a day like today! I'm laughing~~~

  Xiang Lin Zi looked at Chen Yi with a black line on her face, who was laughing and rolling on the ground, and Bo Li Xian Dai, who was cheering and jumping beside him for taking out the copper coins from the corner, and helplessly pushed her eyes.

  "I always feel like you're thinking of something rude, but I'm here on business today..."

  "Waaaahhhh!!"

  A loud wail from a little girl caught the attention of the rolling crowd, as well as that of Haku's predecessor, who was holding up a copper coin with excitement, and Kagome, who had discovered that the person she brought along was nowhere to be found and was searching everywhere.

  When the three of them arrived at the place where the crying sound was coming from, they saw a stunned-looking Lumiere (adult version), a smiling little Lingyue with an innocent smile, and a girl with golden hair tied in pigtails, wearing a super small witch's hat, dressed in a super small black maid outfit, squatting on the ground and crying loudly...

  Never mind who it was. Currently as 'godmother'... guardian Xiang Linzi hurried forward to coax her.

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  "Ah~ Let me introduce her." Kaorin looked at the little Marisa in her arms, "She's the child of Kirisame, a store I used to frequent, named Kirisame Marisa. Today, I didn't come for anything else, but precisely because of this child."

  Next to him, Chen Yi looked at the two little dolls in front of him, stroking his chin with his finger. Hmm, it seems that's when future 'good buddies' meet, looking at Little Marisa who was slightly startled by Xiang Ling Meng's gaze, was Little Marisa really so weak back then? Looking at Little Marisa with tears welling up in her eyes, how cute...

  Koishi Komeiji, who had been 'maliciously' staring at Marisa for a long time, finally couldn't take it anymore and jumped out of Kanako's ear with a "Waa" sound, running away in tears...

  "Hmm..." Korin wiped the sweat and said to Hakurei Reimu: "Ah, as you can see, he's extremely shy, so he couldn't make any friends in the human world either. So I brought him here thinking that your child might be able to befriend him..."

  On the side, Chen Yi quietly nodded to Roumiya, "Hey, Roumiya, aren't you good at coaxing kids? Why don't you go take a look?" Chen Yi pointed to the little Ling Meng who had already run out.

  "Uh..." Rumiya's eyes narrowed as she stared at Chen Yi, "Why say that, and we're not that familiar with each other, are we?"

  "Ah ha! Don't mind it, after a long time you'll get used to it." Chen Yi had an expression of "you're too mindful", "If you don't go out, I'll go instead, I really like kids!"

  "......" Lumiya looked at Chenyi who was about to get up and said tightly: "I'll go with you..."

  As they spoke, the two monsters quietly retreated from the house...

  ……

  It wasn't difficult for the youkai, and soon Tenshi and Rumia found Marisa hiding under a tree, sobbing.

  "I won't spoil the child, you're good at this, so it's still better if Roumiya goes." This is true, Chen Yi really can't spoil a child, and spoiling a child is probably more suitable for women... roughly speaking, but suddenly Chen Yi thought of Yong Yatou..."

  Chen Yi quietly watched from a distance as Roumia coaxed the child, looking at this harmonious scene, he should do something too...

  Rumia's survival depends on devouring the darkness within human hearts. Strictly speaking, she doesn't count as a youkai and has little to do with humans, but when it comes to the darkness within their hearts, there's hardly any difference between her and humans after all, Chenxi was once human to begin with.

  A wisp of black mist gathered on Chen Yi's fingertips, and he couldn't help but think that even if he didn't have the ability to utilize his inner darkness to enhance his combat strength, it was fine, no big deal, keeping it would only affect his mood anyway. The problem was just that this vessel was hard to find.

  Looking at the black mist flying quickly and dispersing on his fingertips, Chen Yi thought to himself that he wouldn't let Lumina treat him as a snack, or else he would really be dead. Never mind, there's still time, think of another way later. Noticing Lumina was about to look over here, Chen Yi flicked his finger, completely dispersing the black mist on his fingertips.

  Facing Roumiya's smile, he beckoned her to leave first, watching as the little Lingmei and Little Marisa played together. Chenyi chuckled and went to find Yakumo Yukari; as an old youkai, she should have a way.

  Returning once again to Yuyuko Saigyouji's home, Tenshi didn't even knock on the door, and directly pushed it open to enter.

  Pfft!!

  Tatsuki covered his nose and jumped out, and a scream was also heard from inside the house. "Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean to!" Had Yagumo Akane really become a nude heavenly fox?

  Although it was just a glimpse, at Chen Yi's level, even in an instant, he could see clearly.

  When the door was opened by Orange Miao, Chen Yi gently stroked Orange Miao's head, which brought a moment of dissatisfaction. He then entered Yakumo Yuko's home again and saw that Yakumo Ran had returned to normal. Chen Yi didn't mention what happened earlier, since the other party wasn't speaking anymore, bringing it up again would be looking for trouble.

  "Blue, purple?" Chen Yi found a place to sit down.

  "Lord Purple." Hachiguma pointed at a bulge on the ground, "Lord Purple is sleeping right there."

  "Hmm... Tanyao is staring at the drum package (quilt) on the ground with not a single gap, Ba Yunzi, your dignity has indeed been lost."

  Chen Yi quietly took out a flint and slowly approached the bulging package on the ground.

  "Alas? Isn't this not good, Yatono? Although Violet-sama is a bit lazy, but like this..." Hachiguma Aoi tries to stop Tatsuno's actions, while on the side, Mikan watches with sparkling eyes.

  Orange meow, did you feel dissatisfied with your own master's master long ago?

  "It's nothing, anyway nothing will happen." As he said that, Chen Yi accidentally knocked the flint in his hand and a few sparks splashed onto Bayunzi's quilt.

  The dry quilt caught fire as soon as it met Mars, starting with a thread of flame and slowly spreading to the entire quilt. The monster in the quilt also let out a cry of surprise.

  "Ah! Blue, how did it catch fire?! Is Orange playing with fire in the house again?! It's too dangerous......" A blanket that had caught fire was swallowed up in an instant, and Byakuren Hijiri, who had lost all sense of dignity, finally woke up.

  "...rubbed her sleepy eyes, and Baiyunzi didn't even bother to tidy up her disheveled clothes. "Ah! It's Xiao Chenyi, it's been ages since we last met, feels like a hundred years!"

  How dare you say that! Besides, didn't we just meet recently? Have you already forgotten?

  Taking the cup of tea handed over by Ba Yunlan, Chen Yi said to Ba Yunzi, who still looked sleepy: "Hey, Zi, this time you've come, is there something you want to get rid of?"

  "Oh?" Hearing Chen Yi say that, Ba Yunzi also came to life, "You can get rid of others? This is really rare, what's going on."

  "Ah, yes, Zi, you know what can carry the darkness in one's heart?"

  "Hm?" Yakumo Yuko narrowed her eyes, "Why are you asking this, it seems like you don't need that kind of thing anyway."

  "No, I don't need it anymore, Rumia knows, right?"

  "Well, we can say we're friends."

  "That's good to say, in the Hakurei Shrine, I found that she was already in a state of hunger, seemingly having not devoured human darkness for a long time, and if this continues, she won't be able to live much longer."

  “……”

  Chen Yi continued: "Although I don't know why she doesn't go eat people to get enough darkness, it can't go on like this. She's still Zi's friend, so I thought I'd help out."

  Looking at Yatsume no Murasaki who was already wide awake, Taro Ito said again: "As for the darkness, the amount stored in my own body is enough to scare even myself."

  Chen Yi spread out his palm, and the dark mist that could swallow even light began to gather in his hand. The mist slowly condensed into a substance, and the black mist that was originally dissipating stopped dispersing. Instead, threads of fine, imperceptible black mist began to gather towards the "black ball" in Chen Yi's palm...

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