Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

So, Reimu Hakurei lazily lay on the table, her eyes fixed on the entrance of the shrine, quietly waiting for Alice and the others to arrive.

A short while later, a commotion was heard at the end of the road leading to the shrine.

Have Alice and the others finally arrived?

Thinking that help had arrived, Reimu Hakurei's eyes lit up and she sat up.

As the sound drew closer, the first thing to appear was a pair of enormous horns, one of which was adorned with a blue bow.

Upon seeing those horns, Reimu Hakurei immediately shrunk back down.

"Reimu! I'm here!" The voice came from afar.

Since the "person" who came was Suika Ibuki, it's best not to expect her to help. It would be best if she didn't make things worse.

"Gurgle gurgle~ Reimu? What's wrong with you?"

While drinking from her gourd, Suika Ibuki approached the limp Reimu Hakurei.

"Suika, do you know what holiday it is today?" Reimu Hakurei said weakly.

"Of course I know! And I've come up with a great performance for the banquet tonight!"

With that, Suika Ibuki plopped down on the tatami mat.

"Huh? Suika, you actually want to perform? I thought you only knew how to drink from your gourd, pfft!"

Despite being exhausted, Reimu Hakurei covered her mouth and laughed.

"Hmph, don't you even know who I am!"

Suika Ibuki proudly stood with her hands on her hips, sporting a pair of enormous horns on her head that seemed completely out of place on her petite body.

It seems she completely failed to grasp the irony in Hakurei's dream.

After all, it's a ghost.

"By the way, Reimu, would you like to see my performance? I'll show you first~"

After sitting for a while and feeling a bit bored, Ibuki Suika stood up and said.

"I don't want to, I don't want to."

Reimu Hakurei flatly rejected Suika's suggestion.

"No, please! Just take a look!"

However, Suika Ibuki did not give up and pleaded with Reimu Hakurei.

Okay, let me see.

Having no other choice, Reimu Hakurei rested her chin on her hand and tilted her head to look at Suika Ibuki.

"Hehe, I definitely won't let you down!"

Ibuki Suika gripped her fist tightly and began to gather her strength.

A gentle breeze gradually stirred in the calm, windless courtyard as Ibuki Suika's aura built up.

Then the wind picked up and blew from the courtyard all the way into the main hall, causing bits and pieces to collide and create a loud and noisy sound.

"Stop it!"

Sensing something was wrong, Reimu Hakurei quickly spoke up, trying to get Suika Ibuki to stop.

However, due to the loud noise of the wind, Ibuki Suika could not hear Reimu's voice at all and kept gathering power into her body.

Furthermore, because the wind was revolving around Suika Ibuki, Reimu Hakurei was unable to reach out and interrupt her.

All we could do was watch as the momentum that Cui Xiang was building grew stronger and stronger.

Then, the tipping point arrived.

"drink!"

Suddenly, Suika threw a punch into the courtyard outside.

A wisp of almost solidified air was blasted out by Suika Ibuki with lightning speed. As a shockwave spread outwards, a huge, explosive sound also ravaged Reimu Hakurei's ears.

"Hehe! Reimu, isn't my 'dance' (martial arts) amazing?"

Looking at the clouds on the horizon with a large hole punched in them, Suika Ibuki said smugly.

"Yes! That's really amazing!"

Behind Suika Ibuki, Reimu Hakurei silently stood up from the tatami mat that had been blown into disarray by the wind, and the once clean room was now littered with clutter.

"Then pay the price!"

Reimu Hakurei's entire body seemed to be enveloped in a layer of dark purple flames, her eyes turned blood red, and she gripped Suika Ibuki's neck tightly with both hands.

"Do you know how hard I work cleaning this house! How dare you! How dare you!"

Reimu Hakurei burst into tears.

Under the setting sun, the shadows of the two people inside the shrine were stretched very long...

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Fireworks Banquet

"Reimu! What are you doing?"

Upon arriving at the shrine, Marisa witnessed this scene.

Suika Ibuki, the Demon King, was viciously choked by the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, a mere human.

Moreover, the scene around them was a complete mess, leading one to speculate that the Hakurei Shrine Maiden had finally hardened her heart and decided to exorcise the demon that was lodging in the shrine.

The existence of demons in a shrine is illogical to begin with, so it's not incomprehensible that Reimu would choose to betray her own family for the greater good.

Marisa, who thought she had guessed the truth, nodded repeatedly while resting her chin on one hand.

"Marisa! Do you know what heinous crime this girl just committed?!"

"Huh? What's up?"

"She actually messed up the shrine that I had painstakingly cleaned! It's unforgivable!"

Speaking of anger, Reimu pinched Suika's eye hard again, and Suika's eyes started to swirl like mosquito coils.

"No, no, no, how could that be?" Marisa waved her hands repeatedly.

"Why is it impossible? Marisa, you also think that no human being could do something like this!"

"Sorry, Reimu, I'm a demon." Suika Ibuki silently complained to herself.

"No, no, no, I mean, Reimu, how could you be so diligent? Alice and I cleaned it for you at this time last year. Remember when you said you would clean it yourself next year? Could it be?" Marisa leaned closer to Reimu, bending down, her eyes full of teasing, and said, "You forgot to clean and deliberately framed Suika!"

"I really cleaned! Marisa, you bastard! You're so annoying!" Reimu glared at Marisa angrily, but Marisa just grinned as if the truth had already come out.

"Alice, you believe me, right?"

Seeing that Marisa didn't believe her, Reimu looked at Alice with hope in her eyes.

"Sorry, Reimu."

However, Alice did not respond to Reimu's expectations, turning her head away and avoiding eye contact with her. She still believed Marisa's explanation more.

No way...

Reimu was shocked that no one believed she had cleaned the house, and she began to doubt her image in everyone's eyes.

"Ahem, I can testify that Reimu did clean it."

Just then, Suika Ibuki, whose neck was being choked by Reimu, managed to speak with difficulty.

"You all heard that, didn't you? It really is!"

Reimu Hakurei released her grip.

"Yay! Yay! It's finally alive!"

Taking advantage of the moment she broke free from Reimu's grasp, Suika Ibuki immediately picked up her sake gourd and took a sip of sake.

It seems that when she said she came back to life, she meant she had drunk alcohol again.

knock!

"How dare you say that? How are you going to clean all this up for me?"

Although Reimu released Suika, she immediately reached out and tapped her on the forehead, pointing to the mess in the room.

"Hululu~"

Her response was a series of snores.

Suika Ibuki was already lying on the tatami mat with her eyes closed, snoring softly as she slept.

"Hey! You bastard!"

Reimu Hakurei instantly flew into a rage again, pulling up the sleeves of her leaking shrine maiden outfit to reveal her snow-white, lotus-root-like arms. Enraged, she grabbed Suika Ibuki and shook her wildly, trying to lift her up.

But no matter how much Reimu pushed, pulled, or shook her, Suika was as if she were nailed to the ground; she couldn't be moved or woken up.

"I'm sorry, Reimu, it was my fault for not believing you just now!"

Marisa clasped her hands together in apology.

"Me too," Alice said.

"Hmph! I'll forgive you since you came to help me."

Reimu Hakurei stood with one foot on Suika, her arms wrapped around her flat chest, and accepted their apologies with an arrogant expression.

"Haha, Reimu, what do you want us to do now?"

Marisa scratched the back of her head and looked at Reimu, asking a question.

Alice looked at Reimu.

"Could you guys help me clean up the hall that Suika messed up? It's getting late, Akina, come with me to the kitchen."

"Okay!"

Marisa and Alice, who were there to help, naturally agreed to Reimu's plan.

"Akina, come with me."

With that, Reimu Hakurei stomped hard on Suika, who was lying on the ground pretending to be asleep, and then turned and left.

During the time they were climbing the mountain, Cirno came up with some wicked idea again and ran away with the Great Fairy, leaving only Niqua as the fairy.

"Niqua, you stay here and help Marisa and the others clean the courtyard. It's perfect that you're a water fairy."

Akina Sawa also squatted down and patted Niqua's head before following Reimu's footsteps and leaving the hall.

"Wow, Reimu's getting stronger!"

Noticing that Reimu had left, Suika Ibuki sat up from the floor and gently patted her waist.

Although she kept saying that Reimu's strength was increasing, she didn't react at all to the part of her body that had just been stepped on.

As if nothing had happened, he continued to pour wine into his mouth from the gourd.

The gourd that Suika uses to drink is also very special; the wine inside seems to flow continuously into Suika's mouth and into her stomach.

The two people cleaning nearby ignored Ibuki Suika, who had sat up, and focused on cleaning up the trash in the room.

Only Nikua looked on in surprise at Ibuki Suika, who had been impossible to wake up just moments before but was now sitting up on her own.

"Would you like a sip? It's really delicious!"

Noticing Nikua's gaze, Ibuki Suika smiled and handed her the sake gourd.

Nikua, who had never seen alcohol before, curiously leaned closer.

"Want to drink?"

Cui Xiang shook the wine gourd, and the wine inside made a sound like water hitting the inner wall, which was tempting.

From the perspective of someone unaware of the situation, this is the scene they would see.

A little girl, reeking of alcohol, was holding a huge gourd and waving it in front of another little girl, trying to tempt her.

Fairies are naturally curious, and even Niqua is no exception.

"Gulu~"