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Sakuya Izayoi panicked. She wholeheartedly wanted to become Momo's maid, but suddenly Momo asked her to forget her responsibilities as a maid. How could Sakuya Izayoi accept this?

"You...you don't want me, your servant?"

In the end, Sakuya Izayoi's face darkened; she couldn't immediately comprehend the complex and convoluted thoughts in Mo Mo's mind.

"No, no, no, how could I bear to part with such a beautiful, lovely, elite, and capable maid as Izayoi Sakuya?"

Momo smiled and explained, not holding back his praise for Izayoi Sakuya. Izayoi Sakuya was absolutely capable of handling all of this, and Momo could completely entrust the internal affairs of the entire Hall of Heroes to her.

Of course, the internal affairs of the Hall of Heroes are not just household chores, but more about the living conditions of the growing number of people within the Hall. Previously, all of this was overseen by Jiang Lihua, with Kurasaki Fuuko handling the tasks concurrently. However, Jiang Lihua also had the responsibility of managing Hourai Island and Academy City, and Kurasaki Fuuko had to manage the quantum network within the Hall of Heroes. Now, with Izayoi Sakuya by their side, they can focus on their own tasks.

Therefore, even though Izayoi Sakuya no longer has the ability to control time, Mo Mo believes that she can handle everything perfectly well, given her earnestness and dedication.

"Then, what do you mean by this..."

Izayoi Sakuya asked hesitantly, somewhat unable to follow Mo Mo's train of thought. Mo Mo smiled faintly. If Izayoi Sakuya could so easily follow his train of thought, wouldn't all his previous battles and experiences in life have been meaningless?

"I just want to see a more real and adorable Sakuya when we're alone together. And in that process, when I take your hand when we're alone, that's the switch to activate this command, turning the elegant and perfect maid Izayoi Sakuya into an ordinary and easygoing girl, Izayoi Sakuya. Do you understand?"

Momo slowly raised Izayoi Sakuya's slender hand to their chests. It was hard to imagine that Izayoi Sakuya had supported the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion in Gensokyo with just those two hands.

According to the actual setting of Gensokyo, Izayoi Sakuya is only between ten and fifteen years old. Even considering the passage of time, she is at most around fifteen. While all the girls around Momo are exceptionally talented, none of them, like Izayoi Sakuya, have single-handedly supported the daily lives of their entire family in a non-modern context.

This tests not only mindset, but also ability and perseverance.

As for why Izayoi Sakuya appears much more mature than her actual age, we can speculate that she uses her powers to make each day feel like several days in order to complete the chores at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. This would mean that, as a human, Izayoi Sakuya's life is passing away at a rate many times faster.

And this is the price that the elegant and perfect head maid, Izayoi Sakuya, pays for her elegance and perfection—her own life.

After saying all this, Mo Mo reached out again and gently stroked Izayoi Sakuya's cheek. This time, Izayoi Sakuya shuddered, her cheeks flushed uncontrollably, and her breathing became rapid and disordered.

She instinctively wanted to resist Mo Mo. She believed that if she could project a cool and perfect image, even a lecherous maniac like her master would succumb. Unless Mo Mo awakened a masochistic mentality and could lay a hand on her while Izayoi Sakuya looked at her like trash.

Hmm... Izayoi Sakuya suddenly realized that this situation might be a novel kind of play for Momo!

Sakuya Izayoi shuddered, afraid to delve deeper into the thought of that situation. She dreaded that if Yui and Momo found out about her fantasy, Momo might actually act on it. If that happened, wouldn't her only self-protective mask become a prop for shameful play?

Moreover, Izayoi Sakuya must now devote all her attention to dealing with the current situation.

Without a doubt, Mo Mo had instantly shattered Izayoi Sakuya's self-protective attitude, and Izayoi Sakuya was very clear that the hand on her cheek that made her blush and her heart race was, to put it bluntly, Mo Mo's revenge for her reaction just now.

She had just removed Mo Mo's hand and given him a whole bunch of high-sounding principles, but less than ten seconds later, Mo Mo returned the favor with a gentle, sweet treat, and brazenly touched Sakuya Izayoi's face again.

However, Izayoi Sakuya found it hard to refuse, because... after temporarily abandoning her mindset as a cool and perfect maid in accordance with Momo's orders, she suddenly felt that Momo's hands were quite comfortable. Otherwise, how could so many girls have fallen for them?

Her master, the King of Heroes of Valhalla, has undoubtedly undergone countless trials on every inch of his skin. Even the slightest touch can sweep across the girls' hearts like a feather.

This... perhaps it has reached another level of infinite martial arts training?

The Yangtze River Knight would probably cry if he knew.

"I understand, I will obey orders."

Sakuya Izayoi dared not think any further and quickly answered Momo. Then, she hurriedly removed Momo's hand from her cheek and, as if afraid that Momo would do something again, tightly gripped both of Momo's hands, refusing to let go.

She tilted her head slightly, not wanting to look directly at Mo Mo, even though she knew that the pink on her face had already betrayed her. However, Izayoi Sakuya still instinctively wanted to maintain her composure.

At this moment, Izayoi Sakuya truly realized the treacherous nature hidden beneath Momo's seemingly gentle and joking orders.

Simply put, if Izayoi Sakuya wants to refuse Momo's advances, she needs to revert to her perfect and elegant maid mode. Once Izayoi Sakuya reverts to her elegant and elegant maid mode, she will not refuse or question Momo's orders.

In other words, if Momo were to take Izayoi Sakuya's hand as ordered, Izayoi Sakuya would naturally obediently extend her palm. In this way, even if Izayoi Sakuya, now in her little girl form, tried to refuse Momo, it would be meaningless, because Momo could shamelessly play an endless game of holding and letting go with her.

Even though Sakuya Izayoi had only recently joined the Hall of Heroes, she already had complete confidence in her own judgment on this point.

So, no matter how unwilling Izayoi Sakuya was, when Momo took her hand when they were alone, she could only silently accept it, her face flushed and her heart pounding. The only thing she could do was control the extent and pace of their contact, preventing Momo from taking her hand so easily.

Having transformed into a little girl, Izayoi Sakuya completely lost her dashing demeanor and composed attitude. She dared not look at Momo, and could only gaze at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, because she needed to find something to distract them both, so that she could immediately escape this situation of being alone with Momo.

Otherwise... Izayoi Sakuya didn't know how much longer she could hold on. She was afraid that it wouldn't be long before she would follow in the footsteps of those ladies she had never met.

No, that won't do!

Sakuya Izayoi... but she's a maid, a lady or something...

“Actually, Sakuya,” Yui’s seductive voice whispered in Sakuya’s ear, “Sakuya, you don’t have to be my mother. You can act all calm and collected on the surface, but secretly be Daddy’s mistress. That sounds so exciting, Daddy would definitely love it!”

"Shut up! You and your daughter are cut from the same cloth, the bane of girls!"

Sakuya Izayoi protested angrily to Yui, venting her embarrassment and anger. Yui, as the embodiment of the Hall of Heroes, could know the thoughts of all Heroic Spirits, a fact no one could resist. However, Yui never used this ability proactively; even if she knew something, she wouldn't tell Momo unless Momo used his authority to inquire.

This is the foundation of trust within Valhalla, and everyone works together to maintain it.

However, the current situation is an exception; Yui is clearly here to help Momo tease Izayoi Sakuya.

Sakuya Izayoi understood this as well. She chose to ignore Yui and Momo's teasing gaze, took a step forward, and pulled Momo along, saying, "Your Majesty... no, Momo, let's hurry to the Scarlet Devil Mansion!"

167 Who allowed you to break into my home!

Mo Mo saw Sakuya Izayoi's resignation to her fate and her compromise with fleeing, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Resignation was the natural choice for the intelligent Izayoi Sakuya, who had sensed Momo's plot and was too lazy to continue her futile resistance. The instinct to flee became her first instinct, allowing her to make her situation as comfortable as possible without disobeying Momo's orders or violating her own principles.

Momo didn't stop Izayoi Sakuya's actions. Izayoi Sakuya was already burning with desire, and Momo didn't intend to let her explode with embarrassment. After all, Izayoi Sakuya was a dashing and perfect maid. What Momo wanted was a maid who could be both dashing and perfect, shy and capable, and able to switch freely between the two. This required Momo to cultivate her little by little, and absolutely couldn't go too far.

Once she's gone too far and ruined Izayoi Sakuya, then all Momo can do is hold Izayoi Sakuya's sincere and passionate body and cry sadly.

Therefore, it's best to take things slowly when it comes to Sakuya Izayoi's... cough, nurturing.

The two quickly arrived at the main entrance of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Just like they had seen it from afar, everything appeared normal on the surface. The only puzzling thing was that one of the gatekeepers, Hong Meiling, nicknamed China, was missing from the main entrance.

Although Hong Meiling was constantly exploited and cheated by the Scarlet Devil Mansion family without being paid, she still had a strong sense of responsibility. At least, even when she was dozing off, she would be sound asleep at the entrance of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and it was rare for her to be completely absent from her post like this.

Especially since it's only just nightfall, even if Hong Meiling wanted to be lazy, she couldn't do it at this time. If the eldest daughter of the Scarlett family found out, she would definitely be in deep trouble.

But facts speak louder than words: Hong Meiling really disappeared. The entrance to the Scarlet Devil Mansion was deserted, the doors wide open, seemingly welcoming everyone to enter, or perhaps having given up on resisting any enemies.

This sight caused Momo and Izayoi Sakuya to exchange a glance, both seeing the unease in each other's eyes. Could it be that something serious had happened to Hong Meiling, or even the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion?

However, that shouldn't be the case. Sakuya Izayoi entered the afterlife after her death. Could it be that the other members of the Scarlet Devil Mansion did not enter the afterlife after their accident?

Mo Mo took the initiative to release Izayoi Sakuya's hand, and Izayoi Sakuya seemed to switch modes instantly, becoming a different person with a serious expression, and several throwing knives appeared between Izayoi Sakuya's fingers.

Sakuya Izayoi's current ability is a spatial ability she learned from Hyouka Kazakiri. Therefore, even without her original time-stopping ability, Sakuya Izayoi's combat strength is still considerable, and she is even more agile and versatile.

The two walked through the main gate into the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and immediately felt its desolation, as if no one was there at all. Not only that, but there was still no trace of Hong Meiling, and everyone else in the mansion seemed to have vanished as well.

Seeing this, the two felt a chill in their hearts and quickened their pace, beginning to wander through the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion. Soon, as they traversed the entire mansion, their expressions became thoroughly grave.

There was nothing inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Not only were there no people, but much of the furniture, decorations, and so on that should have been there had also disappeared. Many rooms were simply empty huts, some without even any decoration. The most typical example was the second young lady's room, which had absolutely no decorations; the walls were just made of stacked stones.

It gives the impression that Momo and Izayoi Sakuya entered not the Scarlet Devil Mansion in Gensokyo, but a Scarlet Devil Mansion that had just been built and was not yet fully decorated.

What is going on here?

Why did everyone in the Scarlet Devil Mansion disappear?

Did something strange or unexpected happen to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, causing it to be completely abandoned?

Izayoi Sakuya obviously didn't know any of this, so what exactly happened to the people in the Scarlet Devil Mansion? Are they alive now, hiding or moved somewhere, or have they all died and not entered the afterlife like Izayoi Sakuya?

The two exchanged a silent glance, both seeing the disappointment and worry in each other's eyes. A faint chill rose from the soles of their feet, enveloping their entire bodies, as if to freeze them in place.

However, just as Izayoi Sakuya was at a loss, Mo Mo frowned. He carefully examined everything around him, then said to Yui, "Yui, based on my other clones, can you locate me?"

"Okay, Dad... Ah, Dad, something's wrong!"

Upon hearing this, Yui immediately complied and gave Momo an answer almost instantly.

"Dad, Gensokyo doesn't have satellites or GPS devices right now, and we don't have a detailed map of Gensokyo, so we can't locate it using latitude and longitude for the time being. But Dad, Yui has drawn your movement trajectory based on the locations of several dads. You can take a look."

After he finished speaking, a holographic 3D map appeared. This map wasn't very accurate; it was more of a schematic diagram. On the map, chibi versions of Momo and Izayoi Sakuya were holding hands, laughing foolishly, swinging their hands high back and forth, and skipping towards the entrance of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Mo Mo: "..."

Sakuya Izayoi covered her face: "Yui, did we look like this just now?"

"That's right. It's one thing for a father to have no morals or bottom line, but hehe, Izayoi Sakuya, your performance just now was really silly. I almost burst out laughing."

Sakuya Izayoi blushed deeply. She knew, of course, that Yui's words were definitely exaggerated and that she was helping Mo Mo tease her. But she had to admit that, thinking back to her expression when she held Mo Mo's hand just now, she probably really did have a bright smile on her face.

Oh my god, I really want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it!

Izayoi Sakuya secretly glanced at Mo Mo, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that Mo Mo wasn't looking in their direction. At that moment, Izayoi Sakuya suddenly realized that she wasn't holding Mo Mo's hand. In other words, she was currently in her powerful, perfectly cool maid mode.

Sakuya Izayoi was a little flustered, but she quickly calmed down, stood still beside Momo, resumed her elegant and perfect maid demeanor, and respectfully awaited Momo's decision.

However, she also looked at the holographic diagram created by Yui. After all, Izayoi Sakuya still had an inexplicable concern for the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion.

"what!"

Sakuya Izayoi gasped in surprise after just one glance at the image Yui had created. She noticed that the two people who had been walking straight towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion's entrance had inexplicably turned a corner, followed a U-shaped path, and moved away from the mansion.

Moreover, according to her memory, Momo and she should have explored every room and corner of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. If their route were drawn, it would definitely be winding and turning like a twisted tree trunk.

Through the diagram drawn by Yui, she could see that the two people who walked out of the U-shaped path continued to walk in a straight line without any deviation, heading straight towards... the Lake of Mist!

"Yui, release the airborne cyclone and various small detection devices, and then the detection results will be directly converted into a field of vision and brought into Sakuya's and my eyes."

"Understood, Dad!"

Both of them realized something was wrong, because according to Yui's diagram, they had already entered the area of ​​the Lake of Mist, and even stepped into the water. However, to them, everything before them still appeared as if it were the Scarlet Devil Mansion, seemingly incredibly real. And not only their eyes, but everything they perceived through their five senses also seemed perfectly normal.

Between the diagram Yui created and the scenery seen through Momo and Sakuya's eyes, one of them must be fake. Momo undoubtedly believes Yui, so there's only one conclusion: his and Izayoi Sakuya's five senses—sight, smell, hearing, touch, and even taste—all their bodily sensory systems have been tampered with.

In other words, what Momo and Izayoi Sakuya saw at the Scarlet Devil Mansion was an illusion from beginning to end. The two of them were deceived by the illusion, and were even tricked into going to the Lake of Mist, and even after they were in the lake, they were completely unaware of it.

"It's done, Dad! Oh, you and Izayoi Sakuya, be careful, you're underwater!"

The scene of the Scarlet Devil Mansion before Momo and Izayoi Sakuya's eyes blurred and disappeared in an instant. What appeared next were the results detected by the detection devices that Momo had conjured. These results, combined by Yui, became images and sounds, replacing everything that Momo's eyes had seen.

The Scarlet Devil Mansion vanished, replaced by a murky lake, and the figures of Momo and Izayoi Sakuya already submerged in its waters. Izayoi Sakuya's maid outfit billowed in the dark lake, her ribbons even tangled with the seaweed.

Before the two appeared not only seaweed, but also frogs and crabs. The frogs were clearly frightened by the two uninvited guests and were using their swimming skills to escape at high speed. As for the crabs, they were doing the opposite, extending their scorpion claws at Momo and Izayoi Sakuya with displeasure, seemingly intending to fight the two uninvited guests to the death.

Mo Mo ignored the little guys and instead pulled Izayoi Sakuya upwards, instantly leaving the water.

"Cough cough..."

Sakuya Izayoi coughed painfully, spitting out bitter lake water. Only then did Momo realize that the two of them had not only been submerged, but had also been in mortal danger without even realizing it. If it weren't for their instinctive breath-holding and their early awareness of what was happening, Momo, this clone, and Sakuya Izayoi would likely have drowned.

There was no way around it; the two of them were clearly under some kind of spell, experiencing hallucinations or entering a dream world. Even the strongest person, if left to drown, will eventually die if they are allowed to drown.

"Yui, based on the detection results, continue simulating the remaining sensations."