My personal opinion on Gensokyo

It was said a long time ago that the immortal species, which are non-human and alien species, have no sense of the passage of time. Even if decades or even hundreds of years have passed, to the immortal species, it is just like "Wow, so much time has passed..."

The long river of time flows endlessly and slowly forward.

Sixty years later.

In 816 AD, the 11th year of Yuanhe reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty and the 7th year of Kōnin reign of Emperor Saga of Japan.

Nara, Mount Yoshino, hot spring resort.

Although the Onsensou mansion has been located in Mount Yoshino for nearly two centuries, Shana's "Isolation of Cause and Effect" prevents it from being disturbed by external causes and effects, Shang Yang's "Two Principles of Reality and Void" allows it to exist essentially outside the real world, and Kaguya's "Eternal Barrier" allows it to maintain an "eternal" state that does not appear in history.

Because of the protection of these three forces, the hot spring villa remains the same as it was before, without any change.

It was November, late autumn, and the leaves on the trees in Mount Yoshino were dyed golden yellow, which was a unique sight compared to the emerald green of spring and summer.

Speaking of which, autumn is actually a very comfortable season. It is dry and cool, and it is also a season of harvest. It is completely different from the scorching summer.

At least after the autumn heat came and went, Shang Yang slept comfortably every night. The dry and cool nights were much better than the hot and humid summer nights.

Shang Yang got up early in the morning, tidied himself up a bit faster than usual, and quickly went downstairs to the living room.

When Shang Yang opened the door to the living room, he saw Jue sitting at the table with a cup of tea.

Hearing the sound of the wooden door opening, Jueye looked towards the door and happened to meet Shang Yang's eyes. Seeing Shang Yang come in, Jueye nodded slightly, with thoughts flashing through his mind.

"Good morning, Shang Yang-jun."

After reading Jue's thoughts, Shang Yang rubbed his still sleepy eyes and greeted Jue casually.

"Good morning, sleep."

Hearing Shang Yang's answer, Jue hummed softly, and his lavender eyes were fixed on Shang Yang.

Come to think of it, the Gu Mingdi sisters and Shang Yang have known each other for quite some time. Ever since Shang Yang experienced a leap in level and achieved the realm of a great monster, he invited Jue and Lianlian to live in Yoshino Mountain for a while. Jue had a very good impression of this place. It was lively and happy, and his sister Lianlian no longer had difficulty finding people to play with like she did when she was underground.

In order to make it convenient for Jue and Lianlian to come often, Shana used some method to use her own causal power and Shangyang's yin and yang power to create two connected doors. It felt quite similar to the random door in Doraemon, but it could only be used to teleport between the two doors.

One is placed in the house of the Komeichi sisters in the underground hell, and the other is placed in the corridor on the second floor of the hot spring villa.

Volume 3: Above the Moon Sea: Chapter 87: Worry

However, even after the door was installed, Jue and Lianlian still mainly lived in their room in the hot spring villa. After all, it was crowded and lively here, and they didn't have to pay rent.

You know, people usually feel more comfortable using other people's things for free.

Noticing that Jue was looking at him, Shang Yang didn't react at all. He just walked to the opposite side of Jue and sat cross-legged opposite the square table where Jue was sitting.

Shang Yang knew what Jue meant. He had gotten up early today just for this matter, but Shang Yang did not give in. He felt as worried as Jue.

So what exactly is going on? It's actually quite simple: Aesthetic's ability, the "power of the mind," has reached a critical point of qualitative change, about to reach a higher level.

Back then, when Shang Yang's abilities were about to go out of control due to his leap, Jue risked everything by infusing his spirit into Shang Yang's spirit, and worked with Shang Yang to regain control of the runaway Yin-Yang power. Although Jue's spirit was greatly damaged and he did not recover until a few years ago, because Jue's spirit directly touched the Yin-Yang power that transcended the "principles of this world", Jue's mental power also improved rapidly, and the speed of transformation accelerated. The realm of great monsters that originally took nearly a hundred years to reach was now within reach in the blink of an eye.

But this is not good luck. Although the power of the mind has reached the limit of the monster level, and it will immediately usher in a qualitative change and leap to a higher level, Jue has suffered great consumption, and the spiritual power that has only recently recovered and has not increased at all cannot complete the level leap at all.

If Jue faces the level leap by himself now, either he will be attacked by the big monster-level mental power that he cannot control and lose most of his strength, or he will directly lose his mental power.

Both of these results are unacceptable to Jue, who has always wanted to protect his sister Lianlian on his own.

Therefore, when he felt the signs of his leap that he could no longer ignore yesterday, he had originally planned to invite his friends to come and play at the Gu Mingdi Mansion. But last night, he went directly through the random door connecting the Gu Mingdi Mansion and the Hot Spring Villa and came to the Hot Spring Villa to ask Shang Yang for help in preparing for the leap in the level of the big monster.

After Shang Yang realized that Jue's mind-reading ability had become increasingly unstable, he thought about it and made a decision. The next day, that is, today, he would help Gu Mingdi Jue complete the level leap and achieve the level of a great monster.

However, early in the morning, the young man with gray and messy hair did not seem to be in a hurry. He turned around and took out a tea can from the TV cabinet, apparently preparing to make tea for himself.

Seeing Shang Yang like this, the girl with short lavender hair looked at the young man with gray and white messy hair with a look of dissatisfaction, and there seemed to be a hint of resentment in her eyes.

The general meaning is, I almost lost my life to help you, Shang Yang, what do you mean now...

Noticing the dissatisfied look of the lavender-haired girl, the young man shrugged and said comfortingly.

"It's just a level jump, don't worry too much."

“…How can I not be worried?”

Hearing that Shang Yang was irresponsible and didn't seem to care about what he said at all, Jue sighed and looked a little discouraged.

It seems that he thinks Shang Yang doesn't care much about his level leap, and he feels a little disappointed.

Seeing Jue's devastated look, Shang Yang sighed helplessly and felt emotional in his heart.

…My attempt to show that I was confident would influence Jue to relax and be less nervous failed.

Shang Yang had long realized that with Jue's personality, it was impossible for her not to worry about the level leap, and her own leap state would still lead to failure.

Although she had known for a long time that Shang Yang would help her, she was still very worried.

It is right to attach importance to it, but what Shang Yang is worried about is that he will feel nervous because he is too worried and concerned.

Although it can be said that there is absolutely no problem in helping Jue to advance to a higher level with his current spiritual power, even if it is "absolute", he still has to be wary of unexpected situations.

Moreover, when using innate abilities to erode the depths of the world and maintain the objective laws of the essence of all things, there must not be a single distraction. Think about it, Shang Yang even chose to hide the fact of his ascension from Ai in order to prevent himself from missing Ai too much. You can understand how much concentration is needed when the big monster leaps.

But now Shang Yang felt that in his current state, it would be difficult for him to devote all his energy to the leap.

Rather than saying that Jue is worried about the leap itself, it is better to say that Jue is worried that if the leap fails, the best result will be that his strength will be greatly damaged. How will he protect Lianlian in the future?

One can tell from Jue's appearance that Shang Yang had delayed until today just to let Jue have a good rest. For this purpose, he specially asked Kaguya and Ai to take Lianlian away to sleep together, so that the girl with short lavender hair could sleep alone and comfortably. But looking at Jue's somewhat tired eyes now, you can tell that this girl must have been worried until very late last night, and she probably got up very early today.

Thinking of this, Shang Yang's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to think about how to help Jue sort out his emotions and state.

Wow.

Just as Shang Yang was thinking and feeling a little lost, the living room door opened with a sound, and Ai, Shana, Kaguya and Lianlian walked into the living room together.

"Good morning, every body."

Seeing them come in, Shang Yang put aside his thoughts for the moment and raised his hand to greet the girls.

"Good morning, sister~ Good morning, brother Shangyang~"

The petite girl with light green hair greeted Jue and Shang Yang in a spirited manner.

Seeing his sister, Jue concealed his somewhat lost expression and asked his sister with concern.

"Lianlian, did you not disturb anyone last night?"

Well, Lianlian is very well behaved."

Facing her sister's concern, the petite girl with light green hair answered confidently.

"Yeah, that's right, Lianlian is very obedient."

Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon City nodded in agreement.

"Lianlian and I played Monster Hunter until very late last night. Lianlian's intuition is very strong and she cooperated very well with me."

"...Kaguya Horaisan, you've instilled strange things into my sister again."

The girl with short lavender hair felt very speechless and complained in her heart about the princess who played games all day long.

"Don't listen to Kaguya," Ai explained to Jue in a low voice, "I urged them to go to bed when it was time to go to bed last night, so they didn't stay up too late."

"Well," after hearing the dark-haired girl's whispered explanation, Jue, who trusted Ai very much, nodded slightly and expressed his gratitude to Ai, "Thank you for troubling you last night, Ai."

"Nothing, when Jue goes out for a level leap today, Kaguya and I will keep an eye on Lianlian."

Seeing the big eyeballs floating on the chest of the lavender-haired girl slowly moving towards herself, the black-haired girl also habitually let the words she wanted to say pass through her heart.

"I see. Thank you, Ai," Jue replied gratefully in a low voice after reading Ai's thoughts. "Please also thank Kaguya for me. I will keep this friendship in my heart."

"Well, it's okay."

After nodding nonchalantly, the girl with long black hair still told Jue in her heart.

　"Well, I'll go get breakfast ready."

After silently telling Jue in her heart, Ai walked towards the kitchen.

"Ah, wait for me, Ai," seeing Ai walk into the kitchen, Kaguya, who was in a good mood this morning, followed, "Let me help too."

Volume 3: Above the Moon Sea: Chapter 88: Sisterly Bond

"Sister, you look very unwell." Lianlian didn't care that Ai and Kaguya went to the kitchen. She immediately noticed the loss and fatigue in Jue's lavender eyes, and immediately cared about her sister. "Sister, are you in trouble? Tell me, okay?"

Seeing her sister's concerned look and the anxiety on her cute little face, the girl with short lavender hair felt warm in her heart. She smiled and gently comforted her sister.

"Don't worry, Lianlian, I'm fine. It's just that the animation recommended by Shang Yangjun attracted me so much that I watched it very late last night without realizing it."

"Hmm, is that so..."

Lianlian tilted her little head, feeling a little confused and hesitant.

However, Lianlian seemed to put aside her confusion and chose to believe her sister.

"Since that's the case, sister, please be careful next time. You look so unhappy."

Hearing her sister's caring advice, the girl with short lavender hair felt warm in her heart.

He nodded seriously to his sister who looked concerned, and made a sincere promise to her.

"Okay, don't worry, Lianlian. I will take care of myself in the future and won't let Lianlian worry anymore."

"Yes! I believe my sister!"

Hearing her sister's promise, the petite girl with light green hair nodded vigorously with a firm tone.

"Sister has never broken a promise with me, so I believe you and I trust you."

Hearing the trusting words from her sister whom she had always missed so much, Jue was stunned. Then, her vision became blurry and she suddenly felt like crying.

"...As long as Lianlian believes what I say."

Thinking of this, the girl with short lavender hair hurriedly concealed her uncontrollable emotions and looked at her sister seriously.

The sister with short lavender hair nodded heavily.

"Hmm, right!"

Seeing this scene and feeling that Miss Jue was gradually no longer worried and anxious, the young man with gray hair rubbed his hair helplessly.

"...It was all in vain. Lianlian solved it with just one sentence."

While putting aside his worries about Miss Jue's condition, Shang Yang casually turned his gaze to Shana beside him, but suddenly found that Shana was looking at the heartwarming interaction between the Gu Mingdi sisters with longing.

"...Shana, who has lived alone since childhood, has always longed for a warm family. I wonder if her current life still makes her feel lonely..."

The young man couldn't help but daydream like this, and noticing the young man's gaze, the petite black-haired girl looked at him in confusion and snorted.

"What's wrong, Shang Yang, do you have anything you want to tell me?"

"...No, it's nothing."

After a little hesitation, Shang Yang chose to ignore it. Of course, looking at Shana's skeptical expression, he knew that Shana didn't believe Shang Yang's perfunctory answer.

At this moment, Jue completely relaxed due to Lianlian's unintentional encouragement. The elder sister with short lavender hair looked at her younger sister with satisfaction as she smiled happily.

"Lianlian, I will definitely make sure you no longer feel excluded by others... Then, you will be able to make many, many good friends and will never be alone again."

Seeing Jue become more confident because of Lianlian's words, Shang Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The young man turned his gaze towards the petite black-haired girl who was staring at the sisters Jue and Lianlian with an inexplicable longing in her eyes.

Noticing Shang Yang's inquiring gaze again, Shana turned her head and looked at Shang Yang with confusion.

Seeing that Shana noticed him, Shang Yang carefully signaled to Shana with his eyes.

After hundreds of years of getting along, Shana and Shang Yang have an unusually high level of tacit understanding. After seeing Shang Yang's actions and inquiring eyes, Shana immediately understood that Shang Yang was asking her whether she wanted to help Jue like she did last time when she helped him to make a level leap.

The moment Shana understood Shang Yang's question, she had already made a decision. It couldn't even be said that she had made a decision, but rather that she did it without hesitation and took it for granted.

Almost at the same time, Shana nodded slightly to Shang Yang.

Seeing Shana agreed, Shang Yang nodded slightly. Although he was sure that everything would be safe, with Shana's help, he could have another layer of insurance besides being safe.

The leap to a higher level of consciousness must be a complete success.

qi~② !*③0思诌旗彡4 Hot Spring Villa, entrance.

At the entrance, a young man with gray hair explained to the girls who stayed at home.

"We're going out and will be back soon."

"be careful."