Episode 23
Paying another visit to the Hieda mansion ～ Gensokyo Chronicle Arc
Yesterday I finished writing my page, which is now located on my desktop, however, I woke up very late, around ten in the morning... Fortunately, Ran is still at home, or rather, in the living room.
I made myself a cup of green tea, and decided not to eat anything, because I wasn't hungry.
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Later, I went back to my room to change my clothes, this time I'm going out with my original uniform, I put the page in my pocket, and headed to the living room. It turns out that Lady Yukari was there too, much to my surprise.
[Izuru] “Good morning, Lady Yukari and Ran!”
[Yukari] “Good morning, you woke up late”
[Ran] “Good morning, Izuru”
[Yukari] “Are you going to the Hieda mansion today?”
[Izuru] “Oh, yeah” “While I'm at it, is there anything else to do before I return, Lady Yukari?”
[Yukari] “You could do the shopping” “Ran goes to the Human Village sometimes”
[Izuru] “Ran, are you coming with me?” “Please, Lady Yukari”
[Yukari] “Very good” “I shall concede”
[Ran] “I could go to the mansion with you, Izuru, don't you think?”
[Izuru] “I don't mind”
[Izuru and Ran] “Lady Yukari, we are leaving”
[Yukari] “Take your time, I'll wait for you here at home”
[Izuru] “See you, my lady”
[Ran] “See you later, Lady Yukari”
And so, Ran and I left, first to the border of Gensokyo, and from there, to the village. For a moment I thought about flying towards the mansion, instead, I continued walking next to Ran.
[Ran] “Manipulation of the equivalent and opposite... it sounds strange to me how you named your ability” “Even I, being a shikigami, can't understand it”
[Izuru] “It's like the yin and yang”
[Ran] “Oh?” “I knew that sounded like something in particular!” “How could I not notice?”
[Izuru] “Aw, please” “I hadn't even noticed before, it doesn't help that that was very recently.” “Apart from the flight, didn't you see anything else on the page?”
[Ran] “The 'Shikigami Mode'?” “Seems more limited in comparison” “To being a shikigami, that is”
[Izuru] “Yeah, I know that” “It's still too early for me to handle it” “Oh, Ran, look!”
[Ran] “We arrived at the mansion” “I'll knock the door”
A little later...
[Voice behind the door] “Can I know who you are?”
[Ran] “Ran Yakumo and Izuru Yakumo, servants of Yukari Yakumo”
[Voice behind the door] “Oh, it's you, you can come in”
It turns out that the voice that answered us was one of Akyuu's maids, and she invited us in From there we headed to where Akyuu is located.
[Akyuu] “Hello, Miss Ran and Izuru”
[Izuru] “Hi, Miss Akyuu”
[Ran] “Hello, Akyuu”
[Akyuu] “Have you finished reviewing the draft I gave you?” “It will be included in the Gensokyo Chronicle later today”
[Izuru] “It's all yours, Miss Akyuu” “I've mostly rewritten it, on a new sheet”
[Ran] “Izuru and I were talking about it while walking here.”
[Akyuu] “Miss Ran, what is Izuru to you?” “I mean, you two are Miss Yukari's servants”
[Ran] “My coworker, but he's almost like a brother to me”
[Izuru] “I owe my life to Ran”
[Akyuu] “You are like family”
Meanwhile, at the Yakumo residence...
[Yukari] “I'm bored” “I guess I'll go bother Reimu, hehehe”
Lady Yukari went to the Hakurei Shrine on a gap, I'm not going to elaborate what happened here. Now, back to the Hieda mansion...
[Akyuu] “My apologies, I had you here for a long time, I'm almost done including the article.”
[Izuru] “Oh, it doesn't matter”
[Ran] “Izuru, we should go, right?”
[Izuru] “Yeah, that's right” “See you, Miss Akyuu”
[Ran] “See you”
[Akyuu] “See you!”
We left the mansion to shop in the village, mostly to replace the missing items at the residence, but we still had a lot of fun being in company of each other. Naturally the shrine maiden was annoyed (by Lady Yukari) and our master went back home without a warning.
[Ran] “We're back home!”
[Yukari] “Hm?” “Oh, welcome back”
[Izuru] “I finished what I had to do” “I also helped Ran with shopping”
[Ran] “In fact, we had fun doing it.”
[Yukari] “Well done” “We could have dinner now, don't you think?”
[Chen] “Lady Ran!”
[Ran] “It's you, did something happen to you?”
[Chen] “Same as always”
[Yukari] “Do you want something to eat?” “I invite this time”
[Izuru] “Oh?” “A pizza, please!”
[Ran] “Sushi and fried tofu!”
[Chen] “Sardines!”
[Yukari] “Very well”
Obviously, she's not one for cooking, so she brought everything from the outside world in the blink of an eye. The art of boundary manipulation, right?
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After that I just don't remember anything else, but eventually I went to sleep, knowing that I accomplished my mission.
To be continued