My personal opinion on Gensokyo

"Kagome, why don't you lie down and rest for a while? Old Lady Kaede said that you consumed too much spiritual energy last night to save that Inuyasha guy. You must get a good rest."

“Hmm… is that so…?”

Hearing the little fox demon's caring words, Kagome Higurashi, who was still dazed and her thoughts were still very confused, finally remembered what happened last night.

"Oh right... Last night, in order to remove the miasma that was corroding Inuyasha's body, I forcibly used the purification technique that I had not yet fully mastered. I introduced the miasma that was corroding Inuyasha's body into my own body, and then used all my spiritual power to purify it... Ah!"

Recalling the vague scenes in his memory, he instantly thought of the key person Kagome Higurashi. Regardless of his own physical condition, he looked around for a dog-like half-demon who was in danger before, his tone panicked.

"W-where's Inuyasha?! Shippo, is Inuyasha okay now?!"

"Well... now we have to care about that Inuyasha guy..."

Seeing this scene, the little fox demon complained somewhat unhappily.

"I really don't know what's wrong with that guy. Don't worry, Kagome, you completely eliminated the poison that corroded him. After you fainted from exhaustion, old lady Kaede also carefully confirmed this and bandaged Inuyasha. He will probably be well again soon."

"That's right..."

Hearing Shippo tell her in a complaining tone, Higurashi Kagome breathed a sigh of relief and slightly put her worries to rest.

"Great... I did it, Inuyasha he's okay... ugh!"

As she let go of her worries, because her concentrated mind had relaxed, Kagome Higurashi belatedly realized that her entire body was aching. The weakness and pain all over her body even made Kagome cough uncontrollably.

"Look, let's talk about it."

Seeing this, Shippo, who was complaining in a tone of voice, immediately helped the weak Kagome Higurashi to lie down gently with concern.

"Kagome, lie down quickly. Old Lady Feng said that if you overdraw your spiritual energy without getting enough rest, there may be serious sequelae. You must rest well."

"Oh... Miss Kagome is awake already?"

At this time, Master Maitreya, who was guarding the door and heard the noise inside the house, rubbed his sleepy eyes, got up and went into the house.

After seeing that Kagome Higurashi had woken up, Master Miroku felt much relieved.

"That's great. Miss Kagome doesn't seem to be in any trouble. She's just exhausted. Don't worry, Miss Kagome. Inuyasha will be fine. I've already checked his condition before."

As he said this, Miroku glanced at Inuyasha who was sleeping soundly in another place in the house, and smiled with relief.

"Inuyasha is sleeping soundly. It seems he is recovering well. His physical injuries will probably be completely healed in no time."

"Ms. Kagome and Inuyasha, you can all rest well in the house. Don't worry, I will always be guarding the door."

"Lord Maitreya..."

Looking sideways at the young monk approaching her, Kagome Higurashi felt relieved again and revealed a faint, weak smile.

"Well, thank you, Miroku-sama."

At the same time, deep in the forests of the mountains in the East Country.

On a rugged mountain road shaded by trees, a girl wearing a light-colored kimono, carrying a large and strange object on her back, with a slender and weak figure and long black hair scattered on her shoulders, was walking alone on the rugged mountain road.

The pretty face is soft but with a bit of heroic spirit, coupled with the girl's determined brown eyes and the touching light pink eye shadow, making this girl walking in the mountains extremely charming.

After crossing the mountaintop, the girl looked up at the foot of the mountain in the distance and muttered to herself.

"...Is that the place? It's said that a youkai who stole the fragments of the Shikon Jewel is haunting the village."

PS1: Anyway, let's start with coral... I've always thought coral eyeshadow was so pretty since I was a kid. (Nods)

PS2: It would be a shame to give that lsp to Miroku, Miss Coral, just let Saya eat it too. (Thick fog)

PS3: Also, there is one thing that makes me hesitate. Is it necessary to let one of the household registration books of the Coral family die this time? It is indeed too tragic for Miss Coral, and it makes people feel sorry for her.

Volume 6: Longing Across Time and Space: Chapter 439: The Girl Who Defeats Monsters, Coral

Dongguo, a remote village deep in the mountains.

"Flying bones~!"

The rotating flying bone drew an arc in the air and instantly hit the body of the ugly monster that was unable to dodge.

puff!

As the monster roared in pain, its huge body was shattered by the spinning flying bones, and its limbs and flesh were scattered all over the ground.

"Huh...it really took quite a while to find this monster."

The girl, wearing tight black clothes and protective armor, with her long black hair tied into a ponytail for ease of combat, caught the flying bone that was like a boomerang. She then put the huge flying bone on her back again and walked towards the monster's remains scattered on the grass.

Bending down, the heroic girl with a ponytail didn't care about the bloody and broken flesh of the monster's remains, but naturally stretched out her hand to search for something among the pieces of flesh of the monster's remains.

“…Ah, here it is.”

The girl, having found something among the monster's wreckage, raised her hand.

What the girl picked up was a piece of broken jade shining with a deep purple light.

"A fragment of the Four Souls Jade... Unfortunately, it's a contaminated fragment."

After staring at the dark purple jade fragments in her hand for a moment, the demon hunter girl with a ponytail felt a little regretful.

Although after discovering that the Four Souls Jade had reappeared on this land and was scattered in various places in the form of fragments, almost all of his clan members went out to search for the traces of the Four Souls Jade fragments.

However, compared to the monsters' instinctive yearning for the aura of the Shikon Jade, it is still too difficult for ordinary people to search for the fragments of the Shikon Jade.

Even if the villagers heard about the monsters and rushed to fight them, most of what they could find were fragments of the Four Souls Jade that had been contaminated by the evil spirits of the monsters.

Just like the fragment I found.

Thinking of the difficulties faced by the people in the village who have been engaged in exterminating monsters for generations, the ponytailed monster exorcist girl frowned slightly.

Recently, because of the Shikon Jade, when the villagers accept commissions to exterminate monsters, they are often attacked by monsters that have suddenly become powerful after obtaining the fragments of the Shikon Jade. Many people who go to exterminate the monsters are also injured. If this continues, it is possible that the villagers will suffer casualties, which is really not a good thing.

Moreover, as more and more fragments of the Four Souls Jade contaminated by evil spirits were brought back by people who went out to exorcise demons, the demons in the mountains were gradually attracted to the area near the village by the aura of the Four Souls Jade. Recently, even during the day, greedy demons would break into the village, trying to seize the fragments of the Four Souls Jade.

In order to ensure the safety of the village, the villagers had to station more people familiar with monster extermination to guard the village, and the number of people who could go out to receive monster extermination treatment was also reduced a lot...

Thinking of this, the demon hunter girl sighed lightly and no longer thought too much about the difficulties her village was currently facing. Instead, she carefully put the contaminated fragment of the Four Souls Jade in her hand into the wooden tube made for the purpose of preserving the fragment of the Four Souls Jade.

Fortunately, the degree of contamination of this fragment of the Four Souls Jade is not too deep. If it is completely contaminated by evil spirits, the demon hunter girl cannot even reach out to touch it, and even if she carries it on her body, it will attract monsters in the mountains.

"Oh! The demon exorcist has successfully defeated the evil monster!"

In the distance, seeing the brutal and ferocious monster being smashed and killed by the giant boomerang of the demon exorcist girl, the villagers who were staying in the distance with nervous expressions and tightly grasping their hoes and wooden forks were relieved and cheered for the demon exorcist girl happily.

"That's great! Our village can finally live in peace from now on!"

"Damn youkai! You deserve it!"

As they cheered, the villagers also came closer.

"Master Exorcist, these monster remains..."

Staring warily at the countless bloody pieces of flesh of the dead monsters scattered on the light green grass, the villagers respectfully asked the demon exorcist girl.

"...Ah, please gather up the remains of these monsters and bury them somewhere far away from the village."

Guessing the villagers' worries, the demon hunter girl, dressed in tight black clothes and protective armor, gently comforted the villagers.

"This dead monster simply went mad due to some kind of stimulation. It's not a highly poisonous monster. We just need to bury its remains deeper. It won't pollute the soil in this area."

After a while, we arrived at an old house in a village deep in the mountains.

In the dim room, the demon hunter girl, dressed in tight black clothes and protective armor, carefully took off the armor and clothes. After checking that the clothes and armor were not stained with the remains and blood of the dead monsters, she put away the demon hunter's attire and changed into loose light-colored clothes. At the same time, she untied her hair and let her long black hair fall casually on her shoulders.

After changing her clothes, the girl picked up her equipment and luggage, casually opened the door, walked out of the house, and walked towards the villagers who were waiting for her in the distance.

"Thank you all for your care. I will take my leave now."

Bowing politely to the villagers who looked at her with respect, the charming demon hunter girl smiled faintly and said goodbye to the villagers.

"If you need anything, please feel free to call me back."

Seeing the demon exorcist girl bid farewell to the villagers gently, the villagers were a little overwhelmed, and one of the villagers was a little hesitant.

"Ms. Exorcist, as for the reward..."

"Ah, forget it this time. I'll just take this."

Taking out the fragment of the Four Souls Jade, the demon hunter girl explained softly.

"As for this Four Souls Jade fragment, it originally came from our village and has some connection with my village."

“Uh, is that so…?”

Looking at the gleaming broken jade in the hands of the demon hunter girl, the villagers who had no idea what the Four Souls Jade was seemed a little unable to accept it.

At this time, the children who had been left at home by the villagers were allowed by their parents to play outside.

Seeing the demon hunter girl about to leave, the children in the village gathered around her with longing and envy. Some of the boys even cautiously stretched out their fingers to poke the flying bone on the demon hunter girl's back.

"Amazing! Is this what the demon slayer sister used to kill the evil monster?"

"Ah~! This thing is called Flying Bone."

Seeing that the children in the village were curious about her weapon, the demon hunter girl, who was the eldest daughter in the family and had always taken care of her younger brother and who already loved children, generously took off the flying bone on her back and showed it to the children.

"It's made using secret methods from the bones of monsters. It's a weapon unique to monster hunters."

Bending down, the demon exorcist girl gently explained to the children.

"Generally speaking, the shells of monsters are very hard and invulnerable to weapons. Therefore, most monster hunters need to make weapons from monster bones. They use the remaining demonic energy in the monster bones to destroy the monster's shell in order to cause damage to the monster."

"This flying bone was made with the bones of more than ten monsters."

"Oh~! That's amazing~!"

Just as the children were exclaiming at the origin of the flying bones, another villager scratched his head and recalled.

"Hmm, a fragment of the Shikon Jewel? I seem to have heard that name somewhere... Ah, now I remember. A few days ago, when I was carrying food to sell in a nearby castle town, a merchant there told me that his caravan had been attacked by a youkai on a mountain road, and that a miko who happened to be passing by had saved the caravan."

"That miko not only possessed powerful magic, but also had a kind heart. Not only did she defeat the terrifying monster, she also treated the wounded people in the caravan."

"It is said that the miko said that recently many fragments of the Four Souls Jade have been scattered across this land, causing countless monsters to go berserk and attack ordinary people. The vicious monster that attacked the caravan was driven mad by the fragments of the Four Souls Jade. The miko also told the merchant to be careful of such monsters."

"What? Did you hear that a miko is also collecting fragments of the Shikon Jewel?!"

Hearing the villagers' words suddenly, the demon exorcist girl named Coral, who came from a village that made a living by exterminating demons, was also a little surprised. She stood up with a serious expression and looked at the villager who was scratching his head and reminiscing, and her tone was serious.

"Well, although this may be a little embarrassing for you, please think carefully. Did the merchant in the castle town tell you where the miko-sama went after that?"

Volume 6: Yearning Across Time and Space: Chapter 440: Arrival at Maple Village

Coral heard from the villagers in this village that there was a shrine maiden who was also working hard for the fragments of the Shikon Jewel and protecting people who were attacked by mad monsters. She felt a little surprised, but also a little happy.

Fifty years ago, the Four Souls Jade was guarded by the village of demon hunters from which it came. Later, because the demons that coveted the Four Souls Jade attacked the village more and more frequently, the villagers found it increasingly difficult to resist the attacks. After discussion, the villagers had to take the Four Souls Jade out of the village and entrust it to a shrine maiden who was highly respected and had great spiritual power fifty years ago to guard the Four Souls Jade.

However, unfortunately, it is said that not long after, the Four Souls Jade that brought countless disasters attracted a powerful and terrifying monster.

In the attack of the terrible big monster, the shrine maiden who had been guarding the Shikon Jade was unfortunately defeated and died. The Shikon Jade also disappeared and has disappeared without a trace in the past fifty years.

For fifty years, the people in the village where the demon hunters came from have always felt regret and apology towards the witch who had a rough life in the past.

This is also the reason why after hearing the news that the Four Souls Jade had appeared again on this land, the villagers spontaneously went out to search for the traces of the Four Souls Jade fragments.

However, although the people in the village where he came from have been making a living by exorcising monsters for hundreds of years, they are still just ordinary people. Even though they can rely on the knowledge in ancient books and secret weapons to eliminate weak monsters, they still find it difficult to deal with monsters with powerful demonic energy.

Since searching and collecting more and more contaminated fragments of the Four Souls Jade, the village has been constantly attacked by monsters.

This is also something that Coral is extremely worried about.

There are more and more contaminated fragments of the Four Souls Jade in the village, and the aura of the Four Souls Jade is becoming more and more obvious. Then one day, some powerful and terrifying monsters will be attracted to the village where they were born.

By then, the people in the village, who are unable to resist, will probably...

Thinking of this, Coral became very worried.

But when Coral heard the villagers here say this, she felt a little happy.

The witches of this land are different.

Most of the shrine maidens who are blessed by the gods possess a pure power called spiritual power.

This pure mysterious power can purify the fragments of the Four Souls Jade that have been tainted by the filthy evil spirit of monsters, and purify the Four Souls Jade that contains both light and darkness into a pure and kind gem.

If the shrine maiden that the villagers had heard of also had the power to purify the Four Souls Jade like the shrine maiden from fifty years ago, then she could easily purify the many fragments of the Four Souls Jade that the people in her village had collected.

That way, the village wouldn't be attacked by monsters so often.

Coral, who had secretly made up her mind, asked in a serious and somewhat anxious tone.