The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

However, it is worth mentioning that during this time, Fujiwara no Mokou accidentally picked highly poisonous mushrooms while gathering ingredients, which caused the entire Eientei to be wiped out more than once.

However, later on, because Fujiwara no Mokou and Houraisan Kaguya thought the mushrooms were quite delicious, for a long period of time, the two of them were basically in a cycle of eating, collapsing, reviving, and continuing to eat mushrooms... repeating this process over and over again.

"If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening!"

Penglai Shanhui gave Shi Bai a thumbs-up with a serious expression.

"In this world, only food and games should not be missed!!"

"So, at best, it's just that you two are too useless, right?"

Rolling his eyes, Shi Bai seemed a little speechless.

"The toxicity of those mushrooms is actually easy to remove, and their flavor even improves after the toxicity is removed. Eating them while you're at it, I think you're completely addicted..."

"Hmph, anyway, nobody cares about us."

Standing to the side with her arms crossed, Fujiwara no Mokou let out a soft hum.

"Die if you want to die, live if you want to live, be free... what are you doing!?"

With one hand covering her head, Fujiwara no Mokou glared angrily at the person in front of her.

"It's nothing, just fun to tap it."

With a pursed lip, Shi Bai stood up from his chair.

"It's almost noon, and you two came to help me out, so I'll make you a nice meal."

"I want to eat a Manchu Han Imperial Feast!!"

Upon hearing this, Kaguya Houraisan's eyes lit up immediately, and she raised her hand without hesitation.

"A Manchu Han Imperial Feast...that's fine too."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai smiled and reached out to pat the other person's head.

"Since we haven't seen each other for so long, I'll grant your wish."

"whispering sound……"

Seeing the happy and harmonious scene of the brother and sister family in front of her, Fujiwara no Mokou, with her hands in her pockets, turned her head to look to the side with a slight displeasure.

"Mohong, what about you? What do you want to eat?"

At that moment, Shi Bai's voice came over.

"Whatever, I'll go get my things."

With a soft hum, Fujiwara no Mokou turned and walked out of the courtyard, but the slight upturn at the corner of her mouth betrayed her true feelings.

For the first time, Eientei came to life because of someone's arrival.

The Manchu Han Imperial Feast consists of a total of 108 dishes.

The banquet brings together many famous dishes from both Manchu and Han cuisines, selects fresh seafood, and seeks out rare and exotic animals from the mountains. The entire banquet consists of 196 cold and hot dishes and 124 snacks and tea snacks, totaling 320 dishes. It is served with a complete set of famille rose longevity tableware and silverware, which is rich and gorgeous. The dining environment is elegant and solemn.

To be honest, it's quite a technical job to completely replicate this one-to-one.

However, these things are naturally not a problem for Shi Bai. His only worry is that there might not be enough food for just a few people.

So after a moment's thought, he decided to hold a grand banquet at Eientei, since Eientei was big enough and there was no shortage of seats.

Since I'm back from being away for three months, it's only reasonable to hold a banquet to celebrate, right?

Therefore, while Fujiwara no Mokou and Houraisan Kaguya were staring blankly at the 108 delicious dishes in front of them, Shi Bai decisively went out to call for help.

In the village of the human world, there is a flower shop.

When Shiro returned here, Hieda Shichi had already come to visit and was sitting with Kazami Yuuka, talking excitedly about something. The two seemed to get along very well.

"You're back? I thought you'd stay with her a little longer."

Her brows twitched slightly, and as she turned to look at Shi Bai who had just walked in from outside, Kazami Yuuka narrowed her eyes slightly.

"What, didn't you two chat for a little longer?"

"Yonglin has been spending all her time in the lab; I heard that one of her experiments will be completed soon..."

Feeling inexplicably uncomfortable under Yuuka Kazami's gaze, Shibai turned his attention to Hieda Nana as he spoke.

"...Have you eaten yet? If not, that's perfect, there's a banquet being held at Eientei in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost today."

"The lost bamboo forest, Eientei... Is it that newly appeared mysterious bamboo forest?"

When Hieda Shichi saw him, her face first blushed slightly, and then after hearing his words, her eyes immediately lit up.

"That's right, I'll take you there now."

Looking at Hieda Shichi in front of him, Shi Bai first frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed, and began to speak with a smile.

—Heida Shichi's life is coming to an end.

At the foot of the Mountain of Yokai, lies the Dream Pavilion.

This place, not far from Lake Mist, was originally a large, flat grassland, which was also the favorite gathering place for those monsters.

However, ever since the powerful Yuki-onna from the Misty Lake returned, and since Yuuka Kazami moved the Dream Mansion here, this place has become a dangerous place that those youkai cannot easily approach.

The great youkai who rules the Lake of Mist, Lady Horvatlock, and the true master of the Dream Mansion, the Flower Field Tyrant (crossed out) Lord of the Four Seasons of Blooming Flowers, Yuuka Kazami, are not people these youkai can afford to offend.

And to some extent, things aren't peaceful here either.

Although Ellie is the only doorman at the Dream Mansion, it is usually quite lively.

Yumezuki, Gengetsu, Tatara Kogasa, Shameimaru Aya, Himekaidou Hadateru, Inubashi Momiji... plus Lady, who occasionally drops by to check if someone's back. With all these people around, it's hard to keep things peaceful here...

P.S.: Good morning! (?????)

Chapter 43 This is Gensokyo

Lake of Mist is located at the foot of Mountain of Yokai.

This lake got its name because it is often shrouded in thick fog during the day.

In the past, the Lake of Mist easily attracted fairies and monsters, especially in summer when it was easy for monsters to come and drink. In the past, monsters fought many wars to compete for dominance over this place.

But that was before. Ever since the true owner of this misty lake returned, it has changed completely.

Although the aggressive monsters have been driven away, peaceful fairies and monsters are welcome here. In addition, as summer approaches and the weather gradually becomes hot, Lake Misty has become the best place to escape the heat.

Therefore, this place is usually quite lively.

The location where the Dream Pavilion was relocated is not far from the Lake of Mist, with the two places being less than a few hundred meters apart.

During the previous winter, Allie and Lady were the closest of friends, and since they lived nearby, they often visited each other.

At the same time, this place is located at the foot of the Youkai Mountain, and Aya Shameimaru and her friends often come down here. Recently, due to the increasingly hot weather, Aya Shameimaru and her friends simply moved their newspaper office here.

Anyway, the Dream Pavilion is big enough, so there's no worry about not having enough room.

Aya Shameimaru, Momiji Inubashiri, Hatake Himekaidou, Yumezuki, Gengetsu, Kogasa Tatara, along with Ellie and Lady, reunited the group that had gathered during the winter.

However, this area is not only inhabited by just a few people. For example, there are the three spirit sisters who live in an abandoned mansion not far from Lake Misty and often come to Lake Misty to perform, or the mermaid Princess Wakagi who lives in Lake Misty, as well as other gentle fairies and monsters.

Even more remarkably, at times, they can even see a kappa wearing a hat drifting downstream from the mountain of monsters...

The river that flows into the lake originates from the Mountain of Yokai, so it's not surprising that kappa would drift downstream. However, the kappa race itself isn't strange; what's strange is this kappa named Kawashiro Nitori...

To be honest, during the three months that Shiro was away from Gensokyo, quite a few interesting and fun things happened there.

For example, Aya Shameimaru conducted a special interview with the three griffin sisters who lived in the abandoned mansion: Lunasa Prismriba, Merlin Prismriba, and Lilika Prismriba. She even organized a singing competition for them, which made headlines for several pages.

A poltergeist is a type of ghost, specifically a ghost that makes noisy noises. Or, "poltergeist" is not a specific type, but rather a general term for ghosts that make noisy noises.

—However, the three soul sisters are an exception.

Because they themselves were created by human power.

The abandoned mansion where the three Spectre sisters lived was originally called Prismliba Manor.

Before Gensokyo was created, or even going back a thousand years, Gensokyo was a desolate border region of the Eastern Country, a sparsely populated area inhabited by youkai.

People feared monsters, and often some brave people would go out to kill them. Some people, in order to keep the monsters away from human villages, settled in Gensokyo, which was not yet Gensokyo... That was the predecessor of the humans living in the current Human Village.

Prismriba Manor existed in Gensokyo back then, where Count Prismriba and his four daughters lived and stood on the front line against the youkai.

However, due to some unfortunate accident, the four girls lost their families, and the Prismriba family also declined.

And so, the orphaned children were adopted one by one, except for the fourth daughter, Leila, who refused to leave the original mansion.

After her sisters left, Leila, who lived alone in the mansion, used all her strength to create souls with the body shapes of her sisters... This is the origin of the three soul sisters.

After that, Leila and the three griffin sisters, along with the Prismliba Manor, mysteriously disappeared, and no one knows where they went.

However, human life is ultimately finite. After the four human sisters passed away and Leila also reached the end of her life, the vanished Prismriba Manor reappeared in Gensokyo, remaining as a soul residence and becoming the abandoned mansion it is today.

It is precisely because of this peculiar origin that the three poltergeist sisters are among the few youkai in Gensokyo who do not harbor any malice towards humans, but rather have quite a bit of goodwill towards them.

After getting to know Aya Shameimaru and the others, he would often come over to... freeload meals while playing his musical instruments.

As for Princess Wakagi, a mermaid yokai who lives in freshwater and is rarely seen... she was caught by Aya Shameimaru while she was fishing.

Lake Misty is also famous for its legends that monster-sized fish can be caught on the night of the new moon, with the largest fish said to be up to ten fathoms long.

So on a typical New Moon night when a banquet was being held by Lake Misty, Aya Shameimaru enthusiastically dragged Gengetsu along to the lake to go fishing.

That very night, the three Sore Sisters were improvising, and Wakagi-hime, drawn by the music, unknowingly ended up by the lake... and was then unwittingly fished out by Aya Shameimaru.

It was because of this incident that Aya Shameimaru always felt that Wakagi-hime was probably a little mentally unstable, and that the rumor that one could catch a big fish at the Misty Lake on a new moon night might have originated from her...

So this cute and cuddly mermaid monster probably wasn't caught for the first time?

So it's truly a miracle that she hasn't been eaten as food yet...

Like the three succubi, Wakagi-hime is also a yokai who has a fondness for humans, which is probably related to her weak personality, which makes her unable to even kill an insect.

Because it was a rare encounter, and because he was worried that the other person might actually be caught and eaten by someone else someday, Aya Shameimaru warmly invited the other person to join the banquet.

However, since the other party was a mermaid and did not have legs to walk on land, the only temporary solution was to bring a large pot, fill it with water, and let the other party come ashore... Although the situation at the time looked like they were going to cook and eat the other party.

And so, before long, Wakagi-hime became good friends with them...

—Serving as a backup food source when there is nothing else to eat.

P.S.: Will I be a scammer? (?????)

Chapter 44 Aya Shameimaru

When Haku arrived at Lake of Mist, Aya Shameimaru was working on the next issue of the newspaper at the Dream Pavilion.

With Yuuka Kazami's permission, a large study became their temporary newspaper office.

However, at this moment, only Aya Shameimaru was in the Dream Pavilion; the others were nowhere to be seen, perhaps they had gone to cover the news.

As for Ellie, the gatekeeper of the Dream Mansion...

Shi Bai glanced at a certain member of the sect who was sleeping soundly under the shade of a tree, using his sickle as a pillow, and decided to reduce the other person's salary later.

Just before entering, seeing the busy state of a certain news reporter, Shi Bai politely knocked on the door with his finger to remind him.

"Hmm? Hua, you're back just in time. Come and help me out. I've already booked the next issue's headline. We just need to process this photo and we can publish it."

Hearing the sound coming from the doorway, Aya Shameimaru waved her hand without looking up and then greeted them.

"Since that guy has decided not to come back for so long, then don't blame me for making him the headline news. Anyway, it's all... uh?"

Halfway through her sentence, Aya suddenly realized something was wrong and looked up, just in time to see Shiro, who had somehow appeared at the table, reach out and pick up the photo on her desk with great interest.

After a split-second decision, Aya Shameimaru decisively snatched the photo.

"Haha... I didn't expect to run into you here. You're back?"

Seeing Shi Bai staring at him with a dark expression, Shameimaru Aya quickly put her hands, which were holding the photo, behind her back and chuckled dryly.

"This is my home, isn't that a coincidence?"

With a dark expression, Shi Bai extended his hand to the other person.

"Give me the photo obediently, or don't blame me for taking it by force. Also, when did you take this photo?"

"It was only filmed a few months ago..."

Aya Shameimaru's gaze wandered, and he changed the subject.