My personal opinion on Gensokyo

With a light hum, Jue lifted up his little feet in slippers, turned around, and walked forward with a clattering sound.

Seeing this, Shang Yang shrugged, pulled his shoes out of the pit, followed Jue, and walked towards a palace-shaped house not far away.

Underground, the residence of the Jue sisters.

Jue invited Shang Yang into the living room. In fact, the living room of this mansion had never received any outside guests since it was built. Sitting on the tatami, observing Jue's house, and thinking that he was the first person to visit Jue's mansion, Shang Yang felt very honored.

As the host, Jue naturally had to make tea for the guests. After Jue stepped into the inner room, Shang Yang casually looked at the layout of the living room. Because it was still a thousand years ago, the layout of Jue's house was also in the Tang Dynasty style, mixed with the style of the underground monsters on the other side, not the Western style of the Earth Spirit Hall in the Gensokyo era. Just now, Shang Yang observed the current residence of the two sisters from the outside and found that it was far less spacious and comfortable than the later Earth Spirit Hall. It could even be said to be a bit simple and narrow.

This may be because Gu Mingdi Jue is not the manager of the Old Hell yet, and has no other income to build the house. When entering the house, Shang Yang did not find any signs of any pet activity, indicating that only two sisters live in the house now.

However, even though the house is small, Jue has carefully painted the interior in a girlish light pink using some unknown method, which makes people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts when they enter.

After a while, Jue came out of the inner room with a tray carrying a teapot and teacups. Behind her was a woman of similar height, appearance and clothing style as her. The only difference was that Jue's short lavender hair was light green, and slightly longer than Jue's. She also had an Eye of Jue on her chest that was exactly the same as Jue's, but this Eye of Jue was tightly closed.

Tightly closed eyes of love——Komeichi Love.

"Sister, sister, he is exactly what you said. He won't feel any disgust towards you. He is a very interesting guest from another world, right?"

Lianlian ran lively to Shang Yang who was sitting there, bent down slightly, and looked curiously at the interesting guest her sister mentioned.

She is Gu Mingdi Lian...

Shang Yang was thinking in his mind and was about to ask Jue to introduce him.

"Don't you already know everything?" Jue, who had already read Shang Yang's thoughts, placed the tray with the teapot and cups on the table and politely sat opposite Shang Yang. While gently lifting the teapot to make tea for the three of them, he gently reminded his sister, "Lianlian, you should sit properly when there are guests."

Upon hearing this, Lianlian immediately followed suit and sat at the table in the same posture.

Even Lianlian, who is unconscious most of the time, has an instinctive attachment to her sister.

"Thank goodness," Jue sighed softly, reading Shang Yang's thoughts, and slowly pushed the full cup of tea towards Shang Yang. "If Lianlian hadn't relied on me even in her unconscious state, I really don't know what I would have done."

That's it...

Shang Yang nodded thoughtfully and turned his gaze to Lianlian who was sitting on the side.

When Lianlian found that this unfamiliar brother was looking at her, she immediately showed off happily to Shangyang.

"My dear brother, I've brought out the best tea in our house to entertain you! Just now, when I was making the tea, you looked so happy. It seemed like you were very happy to have me, my dear brother, come to visit us!"

"Lian, Lianlian!" The originally calm expression on her face was suddenly broken by her sister's words. She called out Lianlian's name in panic, with a barely perceptible blush on her face and she stuttered when she spoke.

"You, what are you talking about?! Who would be happy to have this guy as a guest?"

As a result, before Jue Huang could finish his defense, Lianlian looked at her sister strangely and spoke frankly.

"It's you, my sister. 栮⊙⑵d弍依3令娃娃#貳"

"...Woo."

Suddenly, the girl with short lavender hair let out a helpless and troubled whimper, and her pretty face turned bright red, and her cuteness instantly increased several times. Although there was actually nothing to be shy about this idea, for Jue, who was extremely lacking in communication with outsiders, it was indeed a very troublesome and embarrassing thing to have this idea known by others, especially a male.

Obviously, Jue was ruined for the second time by his sister's unconsciously frank remarks, and his habit of saying one thing and thinking another was instantly overcome. The third eye on Jue's chest subconsciously turned to Shang Yang, who was touching his chin as if thinking, and he instantly read Shang Yang's thoughts.

"...Little Five's initial favorability is unusually high."

A white and tender little fist waved over.

“…Don’t let your imagination run wild!”

Bang!

Lord Jue’s friendship-breaking punch!

Volume 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Chapter 59: Jue and Renren

Looking back at the three days, the journey ended.

Bang!

When they came to the house where the two sisters lived again, just as Shang Yang was recalling the memory of the first time she came to visit the sisters' house, Jue, who had been reading Shang Yang's mind, read this shameful scene again. Jue suddenly became angry and, like before, raised her white and tender little fist, knocked Shang Yang away with one punch, and shouted at Shang Yang in shame and anger.

"Don't think about it!"

"Hiss... I feel like you're really cruel."

Shang Yang quickly climbed up, rubbing his chest that had been hit by Jue's white and tender little fist, and complained to the young man.

"Humph, anyway, stop imagining things."

Jue snorted, retracted his white little hand that was clenched into a fist, sat back in the chair, and demanded dissatisfiedly.

Shang Yang walked over and sat down on the chair opposite Jue. He looked at Jue, who was sitting opposite him and had regained his composure, pouring tea for the two of them.

Lianlian is not here. Yi Lengyi is feeling guilty and sad...

The young man rubbed his hair and found that Lianlian was not there this time.

"Lianlian is running around again," Jue said as he poured tea, complaining with some dissatisfaction, but more of a worry. "She runs around every day. This is the dangerous underground on the other side. Fortunately, she can be ignored by the underground monsters, otherwise I would never let her leave the house."

Seeing Jue's worried look, Shang Yang nodded and thought to himself.

Lianlian's abilities have great potential for growth, but she has no subjective awareness, which is really a problem.

"That's right, it would be great if Lianlian could take the initiative to improve her abilities," Jue sighed, "but Lianlian herself doesn't actively practice her unconscious power at all. It only grows slowly through subconscious use."

That's why she worked hard to improve her strength, and even took the initiative to accumulate reputation in the world of hell on the other side, so that if any monsters could sense Lianlian, they would be wary of her sister and would not dare to hurt Lianlian easily.

Looking at the petite girl with short lavender hair in front of him, Shang Yang seemed to be lost in thought.

Jue is really a very qualified and good sister.

"Well……"

After reading Shang Yang's thoughts, a hint of pink appeared on Jue's pretty face as she was drinking tea from the cup, but it quickly disappeared.

"...Creating a good living environment for my younger sister is the eldest sister's natural responsibility."

Jue put down the teacup and said this as a matter of course, then picked up the teapot, filled tea for himself and Shang Yang again, and did not continue to talk about this topic.

Seeing that Jue had no intention of continuing, Shang Yang casually observed the living room which seemed a bit richer than in previous years.

Over the past ten years, Shang Yang has come to the underground of the other side many times. Compared with the earth, the living environment in hell is very harsh.

Jue and Lianlian are not native to the hell monster race. Although hell, which gathers many negative auras such as the underworld, corruption, darkness and death, and is completely different from the human world on earth, will not cause any harm to Jue and Lianlian, it is not a pleasant living environment. Facing the deserted underground hell filled with various corruption auras every day, Jue and Lianlian will not feel better even if they are monsters.

In addition, Jue and Lianlian were not liked by the monsters in the underground of the other side. If Jue was not very powerful, the two sisters would have been driven away by the underground monsters to who knows where.

"When I first met Jue, I wanted to invite the two sisters to live in the hot spring villa on the ground, but Jue refused."

The young man with gray and shaggy hair couldn't help but recall.

"So I told you the reason, didn't I?" Jue naturally read Shang Yang's mind. He was still a little surprised by Shang Yang's thoughts at that time. "But you really shocked me. You actually invited someone you met for the first time to live in your home. If I hadn't read that besides caring about me and Lianlian, you only had some expectations for future developments, I really would have thought you were just trying to use us."

The young man felt a little embarrassed when he heard the girl with short lavender hair repeat his thoughts at that time without reservation.

“I think that’s quite disrespectful.”

"……Is it?"

Jue asked with a little doubt.

When it comes to psychology, even if it is a slightly difficult topic, Jue can put on a serious face. This is probably the same as the biology teacher who is not embarrassed when teaching physiology. Jue herself is very good at psychology. Although the word psychology does not exist yet, she does not feel too embarrassed when talking about psychology and other people's thoughts.

"I know from reading Shang Yang's mind that long before I met you, you were living in another world... well, you said it was called a parallel world. Anyway, it was at that time that you got to know Lian Lian and me. Moreover, Shang Yang, you also... well, how should I put it, you have a good impression of Lian Lian and me. In turn, Shang Yang, you hope that Lian Lian and I will have a good relationship with you. At least I don't think there is any problem with this."

The girl with short lavender hair stretched out her index finger with a matter-of-fact look on her face. However, when she said this, she seemed to suddenly think of something a little embarrassing. Her pretty face quickly turned to the side, her little face slightly red, and she muttered softly.

"But, but... your desire to get close to me is much stronger than your desire to get close to Lianlian... I've always been confused. This seems very abnormal. Even if we are different, Lianlian and I should be similar. How can there be such a big gap? Is this the factor of 'liking me' that I read in you?"

Hearing the girl with short lavender hair speak frankly about her feelings, the young man with gray hair couldn't help but rub his hair in embarrassment.

"...Xiaowu, please don't talk about this again. I feel embarrassed."

"I told you! Don't call me Xiaowu anymore!"

Hearing that Shang Yang still couldn't change this habit, Jue suddenly felt unhappy, but she quickly calmed down and answered Shang Yang a little embarrassedly.

"The first time I read that you thought I was pretty, cute, and... well, 'cute' or something like that. At the time, I thought you were only interested in petite girls like me, and... because Lianlian and I have always been disliked, I don't quite understand the feeling of 'liking'..."

When he said the last sentence, he felt a little lost.

…No wonder you keep calling me a lolita-con after learning so much about the world I came from from me…

Shang Yang's mouth twitched, and he complained in his heart with difficulty.

"Well, anyway, only you and I know the meaning of this word."

Hearing Shang Yang's complaints, Jue also put away his somewhat lonely expression, revealing the dark side of his character, covering the corners of his lips and smiling sweetly.

"If someone asks you what this word means, just explain that it's a special honorific for you."

"...though if you say that, more people will call you that in the future."

...If in the future, whenever others mention Shang Yang, they will suddenly realize and say, "Ah, that lolita complex," I might as well commit suicide.

The young man with gray and messy hair held his forehead with his hand.

"Hum..."

After reading the thoughts of the young man with gray and messy hair, the girl with short lavender hair showed a smug smile on her pretty face.

Seeing Jue's happy smile, Shang Yang felt that it didn't matter even if he was being joked about. Jue rarely had such an obvious smile on his face on weekdays.

Life in the underworld hell is definitely not easy for the two sisters Jue and Lianlian. Since moving underground a hundred years ago, Jue has been trying to improve his strength almost all the time in order to protect Lianlian. In addition, he has to take care of the house and take care of Lianlian on weekdays. It is not easy for Jue at all.

By the way, don’t be fooled by Jue’s frail and petite appearance. The girl possesses strength that is at the pinnacle of the real monster level. The several underground monsters at the monster level who wanted to harm the two sisters and were extremely brutal and wanted to be killed by Jue proved this with their deaths.

However, even though Jue is a powerful demon at the top of the demon level, it is still very difficult for his sisters who were originally demons on the ground to live in this underground.

If I invite Jue to live in the hot spring villa again, I wonder if he will agree... The possibility is very small, as Jue has a strong sense of self-esteem.

Shang Yang ruffled his hair and thought.

"No, I didn't refuse because of my pride. Although I value self-esteem, if I can provide Lianlian with a good living environment, this little bit of self-esteem is completely irrelevant."

Hearing the young man's thoughts, the girl with short purple hair immediately denied it. At this point, the girl looked a little lost.

"I mainly don't want Lianlian and I to cause you any trouble. Lianlian is fine, but my race is a big problem. Even if Shangyang has never been disgusted by my mind-reading ability, it's because Shangyang already knew about it when we were in other worlds. Miss Ai and Miss Kaguya in the hot spring villa may not be able to accept it."

"Also, the feelings Shang Yang has for me might bother Miss Ai and Miss Kaguya, whom Shang Yang cares about... If possible, please take Lianlian to live on Earth, and I'll stay here. I'll be very happy if Shang Yang thinks of me and comes to talk to me occasionally..."

PS1: I have watched "Foul Detective". I will check later to see if there is any information worth integrating.

PS2: Shang Yangjun's feelings towards Jue are the feelings of liking the main character of Gensokyo. Jue does not understand the difference between liking and "liking".

PS3: I don’t understand the difference either. (Distant view)

Volume 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Chapter 60: Shang Yang's Level Leap

“…So Jue has always thought this way.”

Hearing the girl with short lavender hair unexpectedly reveal her true feelings today, the young man with gray and white hair rubbed his hair again.

"...How about this? After I complete my ascension here, Jue and Lianlian will come with me to stay on the surface for two days. I'll treat you two sisters to a trip. You can also meet Princess Aihe and decide whether to live on the surface or not."

"Hmm... in that case, it should be fine..."

After reading Shang Yang's advice, Jue raised his index finger and lightly touched his cherry lips. After thinking for a while, he nodded in agreement.

After being away from Earth for so long, I feel like I have almost forgotten what the world on Earth is like. It would be nice to go back and take a tour.

“…Wait! Leaping here?!”

When recalling Shang Yang's thoughts, Jue suddenly grasped a key word, and immediately stared at Shang Yang with an incredible look, unable to believe it.

"I remember that you've already reached the pinnacle of the monster realm. And the word 'leap' isn't used to describe reaching the pinnacle of the monster realm. The word 'leap' is only used when you're about to reach a higher level, leaping to a higher level of the monster realm. Could it be that Shang Yang, you're about to reach the level of a great monster?!"

Having said that, Jue had already stood up and leaned forward, almost touching the table. The girl with short lavender hair stared at Shang Yang in surprise, with a look of disbelief on her face.

"That's right. I originally had more than twenty years left, but unfortunately, I used my trump card when fighting Ibuki Suika and the others. The Yin-Yang power lost its suppression, and within a few dozen days, it has grown to a point where it is sufficient for a leap to a higher level. My mana has also rapidly accumulated to match the growth of the Yin-Yang power. Now, I can release the suppression of the Yin-Yang power at any time and leap to the level of a great monster."

Seeing Jue asking questions excitedly, looking so eagerly waiting for the answer that she even forgot to read her mind, Shang Yang hurriedly explained.

"Well……"

Hearing this, he sat back in his chair feeling rather dejected, and was very unwilling to accept it.

"Shang Yang, you've left me far behind. You're about to leap to a level that transcends the laws of all things, and I haven't even touched the edge of that level yet..."

Seeing the unwilling look on the pretty face of the girl with short lavender hair, the young man with gray hair couldn't help but reach out to rub the girl's short lavender hair and comfort the very unwilling girl.