Gensokyo, a Minecraft template, starting experience from plucking flower fields.

As the intellectual backbone of the Yakumo residence, Yakumo Ran understood the meaning behind those two short words and guessed the whole story.

Her eyes twitched involuntarily, and she opened her mouth, but didn't know how to respond, falling into an eerie silence for a moment.

...

Meanwhile, Yuuka Kazami was sitting on the sun lounger in front of the Dream Pavilion as usual, but she couldn't find peace as usual. She felt inexplicably anxious and had a feeling that something was going to happen.

She did not ask Bai An why he left without saying goodbye that day.

But he didn't show up for several days, and he had a vague sense of unease in his heart.

Yuuka Kazami doesn't like this feeling.

She stood up, left the sunflower field, and walked along the path to the House of Freedom.

I walked into the yard and came to a sunflower in front of the house.

"Light Sphere, is your owner home?"

"Hmm? Isn't Master in the sunflower field? I haven't seen Master for the past few days."

The ball of light was pulled out of the soil, and it said with some doubt, "My owner has been away for the past few days, and I've gotten used to it."

No, do you know where he went?

"I really don't know. My master didn't tell me. Even Mo Xiaohei can't find his master lately."

The leaves of the sphere drooped, and Yuuka Kazami frowned slightly, her mood becoming even more irritable. Her heart inexplicably ached, as if being pricked by needles.

"There's no way around it. My master recently acquired an ability called 'Gap,' which allows him to go anywhere at will and appear out of nowhere."

"A gap?"

Kazami Yuuka was stunned for a moment. Wasn't this Yakumo Yukari's ability?

Upon hearing this, she decided to go to the Yakumo residence to find Yakumo Yukari and get to the bottom of things.

A strange feeling, a dull ache in my heart, and the inability to sense his presence in Gensokyo all point to a possible possibility.

However, Yuuka Kazami immediately ruled out the possibility of this death.

If even she herself couldn't kill Bai An, how could Yakumo Yukari or anyone else do it?

Perhaps this palpitation is just an illusion.

Thinking this, Kazami Yuuka had already arrived at the Yakumo residence.

As they walked through the corridor, their gazes settled on Yakumo Yukari and Yakumo Ran in the courtyard.

"Yakumo Yukari, where is he?" Kazami Yuuka asked coldly, her delicate brows furrowed.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yukari Yakumo trembled and slowly turned around to look at Yuuka Kazami.

"Lan, you should go back first."

She whispered to Yakumo Ran beside her.

Upon hearing this, Yakumo Ran hesitated for a moment, then turned around and quickly walked towards the door.

After she left, Yukari Yakumo looked at Yuuka Kazami again.

"A subtle fragrance... him..."

Seeing Yakumo Yukari's slightly strained appearance, Kazami Yuuka's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, her ominous premonition growing stronger, even making it hard for her to breathe. She tried to suppress her unease and said coldly again.

Where is he?

Yukari Yakumo pursed her lips, looked at Yuuka Kazami in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered her head.

"I'm sorry, Yuuka."

"What are you apologizing for? Yakumo Yukari, explain yourself clearly."

Kazami Yuuka's voice rose a few decibels, her scarlet eyes suddenly turned icy, her five jade fingers clenched into fists, and a terrifying pale green demonic power swept through the Yakumo Mansion, even causing space to distort slightly.

"Dragon God, teleportation portal."

Yakumo Yukari lowered her eyelids and spoke with difficulty.

"Bang~!"

Upon hearing these two words, Yuuka Kazami froze on the spot.

Her palm trembled slightly, and wisps of pale green light dissipated weakly, turning into a shower of light that vanished into the air.

So, it was the Dragon God?

The ring, the wish, the strange behavior during this period—everything is connected.

Her worst fears came true.

At that moment, she finally understood what was causing her heart palpitations and unease.

Kazami Yuuka closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down, but she couldn't control her emotions at all.

Her body trembled violently, and her heart pounded rapidly.

Fear, regret, panic, and a host of other complex emotions overwhelmed her, making it impossible for her to think.

I'm afraid of losing him, afraid he'll disappear.

She regretted not noticing the situation sooner and letting him bear everything alone.

Pain filled Kazami Yuuka's mind; her fists clenched tightly, and trickles of blood flowed down between her fingers.

Even so, the physical pain was far less than the emotional anguish that suffocated her.

A cool sensation ran down her face. She touched her cheek with her blood-stained hand before she realized what had happened.

Tear stains, these are tears.

Did I... cry...?

This was an experience that Kazami Yuuka had never had before. Even when she was in dire straits and on the verge of death, she never showed the slightest fear.

But now, she couldn't control the tears welling up in her eyes, which raged through her vision and blurred her eyes.

"Is this what loss feels like...?"

Kazami Yuuka closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and felt the increasingly intense throbbing pain in her heart.

"Is he dead?"

After a long while, she opened her eyes again, her voice slightly hoarse.

"We don't know, but even if they aren't killed by the Dragon God, they'll most likely perish along with that collapsing world..."

"okay, I get it."

Before Yukari Yakumo could finish speaking, Yuuka Kazami interrupted her directly, her face calm and expressionless.

"Yuuka, I'm sorry."

"Ah..."

Kazami Yuuka chuckled softly, her eyes revealing mockery and sarcasm.

"You should say that to him."

After saying that, she took a step and walked out of the courtyard.

"Where are you going?"

"Go find him."

Kazami Yuuka continued walking, and Yakumo Yukari opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing, simply watching her gradually disappearing figure.

"So that means you are the shikigami I subdued a thousand years ago?"

Looking at the dragon-horned girl in front of him, Bai An was somewhat incredulous. Who would have thought that the dragon god he had been fighting for so long would actually be his underling?

However, looking at it this way, everything becomes clear.

The current timeline is before the creation of Gensokyo, when Kazami Yuuka and Yakumo Yukari were still young.

I traveled to the present day, before the creation of Gensokyo. On this timeline, I experienced what Yukari had mentioned before, and incidentally sealed the Dragon God.

Thinking about this, Bai An couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Green bean cake, then why did you take back Gensokyo?"

If it was truly a shikigami subdued a thousand years ago, logically speaking, it shouldn't have any intention of resisting, so how could it possibly reclaim the territory of Gensokyo?

It couldn't have been him who ordered the mung bean cake to be made.

Upon hearing Bai An's words, the dragon-horned girl named Green Bean Cake was slightly taken aback, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"I...forgot."

After saying that, the mung bean cake lowered its head.

"Are you sure you're not kidding me? How could you forget something like this? Think back carefully and see if you can remember anything."

"Ah."

Green Bean Cake nodded, then after a moment of silence, suddenly looked up and said, "By the way, Master, it seems you were the one who told me to take back Gensokyo!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Bai An's eyes widened, his face completely bewildered.

This really was an order he gave.

"Do you remember why I did that?"

"I don't know, my master didn't say."

"Forget it, if you can't remember, then don't think about it."

Waving her hand to stop the mung bean cake from dwelling on it, Bai An then asked the most crucial question.

"By the way, how can we get back to the original timeline?"

His tone was somewhat nervous, as if he was afraid that the other person might suddenly say something like, "We can't go back." He didn't want someone to come and steal his sweet heart away while he was away.

Upon realizing this possibility, Bai An quickly shook his head.