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The vampire girl's expression finally changed.

"If it's true, then it's really... a very serious situation."

This girl's abilities are not simply limited to possessing the physique of a vampire.

She also possesses the ability to manipulate the degree of fate.

This girl is capable of properly exercising abilities such as guiding and observing destiny.

So, this ability did indeed help her just now see the fate that Accelerator had described as being drawn by that monster.

What exactly did she see?

Even now, recalling the results she observed, the girl still can't help but furrow her brow.

She truly had no memory of those monsters.

However, even though she had never seen these monsters.

The destiny she observed through all of this was beyond anyone's imagination.

In other words.

"The destruction of Gensokyo... could it be related to that kind of monster?"

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After leaving the balcony, the two went straight back to the area on the first floor.

Accelerator followed behind the silver-haired maid and did not leave to go anywhere else.

"...Is there a problem?"

After the other party noticed his gaze, he turned his head to look at Accelerator.

He gazed at the maid before him.

This guy... doesn't recognize me at all. Could he really be a completely different person?

He shook his head and simply put the idea out of his mind.

"That's your young lady? I think her five hundred years of life should be greatly reduced."

"Regarding this, I think it's just that the young lady does this to maintain her youthful mindset."

"They are indeed young, but this situation should be described as naive rather than immature."

Recalling Remilia's attitude earlier, Accelerator didn't know what to say.

"That brat called you Sakuya, so that's your name?"

“Izayoi Sakuya, my identity is the head maid of this Scarlet Devil Mansion.”

"Head maid... does that mean there are other maids here? How come I haven't seen a single one?"

"Normally, they will only appear when needed. By the way, all the maids except me are just fairy maids."

"The result was as expected," Accelerator thought to himself.

No matter how you look at it, this Scarlet Devil Mansion doesn't seem like a place where normal humans would ever come into contact with it.

"If you're looking for humans, this is the place."

"what?"

But that sudden remark immediately surprised Accelerator.

Before them stood a girl who called herself Izayoi Sakuya.

That being said.

He then realized that the vector patterns on the other person were almost identical to those of a normal human.

That means——

"Are you human?"

"Hmm... is this really that surprising?"

The beautiful silver-haired maid blinked casually.

That was indeed a very surprising thing.

Accelerator once wondered where humans might exist in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Perhaps the only place where humans might exist is the food storage room.

But it seems that's not the case now.

In a mansion filled with non-human beings, there are even human maids.

This was something he found hard to believe.

"It's probably quite surprising, but the details are definitely worth exploring."

Even so, the maid in front of her did not intend to go into these details.

It seems this is another story that will be difficult to tell in a short time.

Accelerator pursed his lips and continued to follow behind her.

The two walked to the end of the corridor on the first floor.

"This is it."

Sakuya Izayoi opened the door in front of her directly.

However, what appeared before Accelerator was not a staircase entrance in the conventional sense.

"Spiral...?"

It was a spiral staircase entrance.

The left and right sides were blocked by white walls, and the only accessible staircase was very narrow.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a typical entrance to the basement.

But the place that Izayoi Sakuya went to was definitely not wrong.

Accelerator followed closely behind, heading underground alongside the girl.

"When I looked inside from the outside, I didn't realize this place was so big."

"It's about expanding time and space, after all, I possess the power to manipulate these things."

"That's true. Using an ability as a support tool for a maid is indeed a very cost-effective situation."

Accelerator continued to follow Izayoi Sakuya towards the bottom.

Before long, the two arrived at the deepest level.

There was only one door in front of them.

however.

At that moment, the first person felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

He couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"...Behind this door is what you call the library?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

The girl in front of me stated this fact in a very simple and clear way.

Although Accelerator was indeed surprised, he didn't say anything more.

then.

The two then went directly into the room.

"Oh, you've finally arrived."

A girl in pajamas appeared before them.

That was the figure I had seen before.

"Let me introduce myself first... My name is Patchouli Norage, and I am the owner of this library."

The girl, dressed in purple and white pajamas, spoke softly in a somewhat timid tone.

"As for my identity, I am a mage of the Seven Luminaries."

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The girl, dressed in pajamas, immediately introduced herself.

Wearing a purple and white pajamas, she walked directly to the desk next to her after her introduction and plopped down in the chair next to it.

She picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of black tea, and then laid the book in her arms flat on her lap.

"You've come to see me, haven't you?"

"They already foresaw this?"

"It's not really a prediction, just a simple guess. I guessed that Remi wouldn't be able to solve your problem, so she would definitely pass you on to me."

"That guy really doesn't seem very authoritative."

"Hmm... Even though he's a vampire who's lived for over five hundred years, he's still a child at heart."

Patchouli Norrege.

This is a girl's name, and it sounds like a Western-style name, just like everyone else here.

After finishing her tea, Patchouli looked directly at the head maid behind Accelerator.

"Sakuya."

"Understood, Lady Patchouli."

In the short time it took to respond, Sakuya already had Patchouli's empty teacup in her hand.

"Go tell Remy that she doesn't need to worry, I will take care of this human's problem."

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you to take care of it, Lady Patchouli."

"I'll do my best."

In the short time it took to say just one sentence, the silver-haired maid had already left.

Accelerator didn't pay any attention to this matter.

"So... your name is Accelerator, right?"

"Just know the name and that's enough. I don't have time to waste on such trivial matters."

"What a self-willed human being."

After glancing briefly at the first person in front of her, Patchouli put the books on the table and looked at him again.

"It's truly unbelievable that a human like you could actually scare me..."

"...What do you mean by that?"

Patchouli's words clearly contained other meanings.

But Patchouli did not answer the question immediately when Accelerator raised it.

"Come this way with me."

She stood up again and gently touched the depth of the bookshelf.

The earth seemed to tremble as a result.

At first glance, it seems as if Patchouli's simple action directly caused an earthquake.

But that's not actually the case.

Accelerator narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the bookshelves in front of him.

They then began to move.

"Although this is a large underground library, it is still close to being bursting at the seams."

"Because there are so many magic books piled up everywhere, the contents of these books have reached a point that I myself find hard to believe. If we try to put them away without special methods, it will become a complete mess."

As Patchouli moved her finger, the entire series of bookshelves moved in tandem.

One road after another intersected before him, and finally, a brand new, winding road took shape before his eyes.