Gensokyo, I am a slime, everyone loves me.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out in front of her, interrupting her thoughts: "Stop eating tea-soaked rice, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

After saying that, Bai Luo took the rice porridge on the table and turned into the kitchen. Not long after, he came out of the kitchen with two bowls of fragrant noodles.

Bai Luo handed one of the bowls of noodles to Ling Meng, and sat down himself. He picked up a piece of vegetable with his chopsticks, blew on it a few times and put it into his mouth: "Try it."

"it is good."

Reimu replied softly.

There are some chopped green onions floating on the noodles, which, combined with the white and tender noodles, exude an enticing fragrance.

Bai Luo ate the noodles very quickly and finished most of it in a short while. However, Reimu on the other side was still hesitant to pick up his chopsticks.

Seeing this, Bai Luo raised his head and looked at her:

"What? Don't you want to eat noodles?"

Reimu shook her head, lowered her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

After half a minute, she suddenly looked up, her gaze falling on Bai Luo, staring into those pure golden eyes: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Her voice was filled with confusion.

The better Bai Luo treated her, the more uneasy she felt. She didn't dare to get used to it, let alone be greedy.

"Because we are friends."

Bai Luo didn't hesitate and blurted out, smiling, "Of course, if you don't mind, you can treat me as a family member."

He said it casually, but his tone was so serious that Reimu didn't know how to respond and couldn't bear to meet his gaze.

Perhaps out of nervousness, perhaps out of fear, her clenched fists had faint veins showing, and her whole body was trembling slightly.

Suddenly, she was gently hugged and surrounded by a familiar breath.

The night wind blew in from the open window, hitting my body and dispelling many of the worries in my heart.

No one spoke and time passed quietly.

After a long time, a childish yet exceptionally gentle voice rang in my ears: "I just hope you can have candy even if you don't cry. When I was little, I cried many times, but I couldn't get candy. I don't know what love feels like."

Silence, still silence.

But Bai Luo could feel the person in his arms trembling.

Reimu was lowering her head, pursing her lips tightly, trying not to let tears fall. Her hands were tightly grasping the corner of Bai Luo's clothes, as if she was afraid that if she let go, she would lose him forever.

I do not know how long it has been.

Only after feeling Reimu's breathing steady did Bai Luo carefully use teleportation to send her back to the bed, and then quietly came to the outside of the shrine.

Sitting on the sloping stairs at the end of the main approach, he quietly looked up at the bright sky.

It's easy to guess why Reimu doesn't want to attend the celebration.

Sense of identity, or identity.

As a human being and a shrine maiden, she hangs out with monsters all day long. This will definitely cause the villagers to be wary of her, and they may even attribute Reimu to the camp of monsters and non-humans.

Even though Gensokyo today doesn't attach much importance to the gap between humans and non-human races, it still has some concerns.

It's so unfair that Reimu is the one who solves almost every incident, but she still has to accept people's strange looks.

The previous generation of Hakurei shrine maiden passed away when Reimu was still a child. The biggest reason for this was the Hakurei Great Barrier.

In order to maintain the Hakurei Great Barrier, each generation of Hakurei shrine maidens is selected from the children with the strongest spiritual power and trained from a young age.

The consequences are also obvious.

Short-lived.

The average lifespan of a Hakurei shrine maiden is only over twenty years old.

"Great Sage, I think this is unfair."

He murmured this, and the great sage responded:

[I'm telling you. As a human, I single-handedly isolate Gensokyo from the real world. This is the price I pay, and also my fate.]

"Fate?"

Bai Luo muttered, looking in the direction of the shrine, and suddenly laughed, "Great Sage, do you believe in fate? Do you think everyone's fate is fixed, or even planned from the beginning?"

【Do not believe】

The great sage answered decisively.

"Then I want to help Reimu."

There was silence. The Great Sage did not answer. Bai Luo continued, "Since you haven't rejected it, there must be a way. I want to help her."

After a while, the great sage's voice sounded again:

[According to analysis, the two major barriers surrounding Gensokyo can be compared to advanced energy calculations, capable of splitting into clones and transferring the energy borne by individual Hakurei Reimu to the clones.]

[This method is considered an overload of energy. According to calculations, it will eventually lead to a collapse value of +10%]

Ten percent?

Bai Luo felt that it was not much. "What are the current evolution and collapse values?"

【Evolution value 58%】

【Destruction value 42%】

"That's still sixteen percent short. Even if you add that ten percent, isn't it still six percent short?"

Bai Luo decided to use this method. After all, the evolution value increased faster than the collapse value, and it would not affect him.

...

early morning.

The sunset glow shone through the curtains, and Reimu gradually regained consciousness, and the memories of last night gradually returned.

The peach-colored eyes were filled with confusion.

I slept very comfortably last night, and at the same time, the feeling of being covered by the huge spiritual power of the great barrier miraculously disappeared.

When I walked out of the room, the air was filled with the aroma of food. When I looked up, I saw Bai Luo busy in the kitchen.

"Are you awake? Come over here and have breakfast! I've been busy all morning preparing this breakfast just to give you some nutrition. You must eat it all out of gratitude!"

"why?"

Reimu didn't move.

"Hmm? Of course you're malnourished. You need to eat more to replenish..."

"That's not what I asked."

Ling Meng interrupted Bai Luo and looked at his slightly pale face. She pursed her lips and said, "I'm talking about the Great Barrier. Will this have any impact on you?"

"Yep."

Bai Luo pretended to be uncomfortable and uttered two words with a dim look in his eyes. When Lingmeng heard this, she clenched her hands and guilt filled her heart.

"How can I be fine? For you, I have exhausted all the cultivation I have worked so hard for thousands of years, and my strength has been greatly reduced."

At this point, Bai Luo sighed deeply: "Originally, my strength was almost surpassing Asan's."

Seeing this, Reimu breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to forcibly pull Bai Luo away from the kitchen:

"Just go sit down, I'll do the rest."

It was the first time Bai Luo had seen Ling Meng working so hard. He lay on the table and said with a grin, "For you, I've lost my thousand-year-old cultivation. Do you want to be responsible for me?"

Ling Meng had just finished cooking the remaining dishes and placed them on the table. She looked at Bai Luo's childish face and said, "But Bai Luo, you don't even look as old as me. How could you have cultivated for a thousand years?"

"Nonsense! What do you mean I'm not even as old as you! Don't judge someone's age based on appearance, okay!"

Bai Luo yelled in dissatisfaction, "Look at Yakumo Yukari, she looks okay, but her age..."

After that, Bai Luo didn't say anything else, but he already knew what was going on.

"That's right." Reimu nodded in agreement.

"What the hell with you!"

A hand stretched out from the gap and hit her forehead with such force that she gritted her teeth in pain.

Yakumo Yukari used the same trick again, trying to hit Bai Luo on the forehead, but was dodged by a teleportation.

She glared at Bai Luo and said, "What do you mean by looking okay but so old? If you don't know how to speak, don't speak. If you do it again, I'll throw both of you into the dark room!"

After leaving a threat, Yakumo Yukari closed the gap and left.

Seeing this, Bai Luo just felt strange.

I thought it would be another chase, but it turned out to be so simple.

Old Lady Zi is particularly easy to talk to today.

Chapter 51: Heading to Eternal Pavilion

Another half month passed, and it was mid-May in the blink of an eye.

Summer is quietly approaching and the weather is getting hotter.

This should have been a day to sleep in and enjoy the air conditioning, but the atmosphere was ruined by the early morning interruption.

Bai Luo looked at the little bit of pale sky that had just appeared, then glanced at Fujiwara no Mokou beside the bed, and felt a sense of irritation.

"You're committing a crime by disturbing people's sleep so early in the morning!"

"Didn't we agree to go to Yongyuan Pavilion together today?"

"But you shouldn't be here so early! The sun has just risen!"

His young face was filled with resentment, and he slammed the bed angrily.

Fujiwara no Moeko was at a loss for what to do. She stood there for a long time before she managed to squeeze out three words: "I'm sorry."

Hearing this, Bai Luo's expression still did not improve. He covered himself with the quilt and ignored Fujiwara Mokou.

The room fell silent.

After a while, Fujiwara Mokou's voice sounded again, her voice weak: "I just made breakfast for you and wanted to bring it to you early."

breakfast?

Bai Luo lifted the pillow a little and took a peek through the gap. Fujiwara no Momo was holding a thermos bowl in her hand.

After waking up for a while, the grumpiness from waking up was almost gone.

"Next time, come back at noon. Don't wake up before the sun comes up again."

"Yeah, okay, I got it."

Seeing that Bai Luo seemed to be forgiving her, Fujiwara no Momoko nodded repeatedly and opened the lid of the thermos bowl.

"This is pumpkin millet porridge. Eat more and you'll grow taller."

Sure enough, I shouldn’t forgive him!

A few more black lines appeared on Bai Luo's face.

"What do you mean by being able to grow?! Do you think I'm a child?"

"...isn't it?"

Fujiwara no Moeko was once again confused by Bai Luo's sudden dissatisfaction.

Before leaving, Huiyin specifically warned her: "Bai Luo is still young, so you should be more humble and yield to him in everything. You can treat him like a child."

And she was obviously doing what she was told.

Looking at Fujiwara no Momoko's confused and innocent look, Bai Luo could only sigh silently and finish the bowl of pumpkin millet porridge in a depressed mood.

The taste is still good.

It was made by Fujiwara no Moeko herself.

He had tried Huiyin’s cooking last time, and since his cooking skills were almost at the top level, he could naturally taste it.