Chapter 16: Chapter 16

It's been several weeks and winter hasn't stopped

“that's strange”

“What's strange Kourin?”

The person that questioned me is the magician that had a new haul in her back

“since when did you get inside here?”

“The door is open, so might as well”

Did I forget to close the door? That's impossible!

“What do you think is strange?”

I guess I could only answer her question because I can't properly think if this continued

“The winter was supposed to weaken and end several days earlier, yet I didn't see it stopping anytime soon”

“Now that you mentioned it… It's probably an incident!”

She started to run outside, but there was something in my mind that I need an answer to

“wait”

“What?”

“The way you treat Ibaraki is odd”

I see it as an oddity like she has been charmed or someway, I don't believe Ibaraki used underhanded tactics just to get some sweets

She is more like a person that doesn't care about things and rather be absentminded most of the time

“what's odd?”

“It feels like you aren't the Marisa I know after you met her”

Yes, every time she converses with Ibaraki she listens to her unlike me when I talked to her

And it feels she is aiming for something by giving Ibaraki some sweets

“ehh?”

“I guess it's to see her smile…”

Hmm…?

“How to explain this…”

She stayed silent for a while

“Even if I say it, you won't get it anyway, I'm off!”

She slammed the door to closed

Now that made my curiosity flare-up

Speaking of Ibaraki, I didn't know where she is

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Freezing…

That's what I feel after meditating under this snowy surrounding

I mean, I need to clear my mind and be relaxed but

Isn't it way too cold?!

Ahhh! This cold makes me want to do calisthenics to warm up a bit!

But I can't show that I am getting impatient because Kasen will probably be sad

I only need to be out here for at least thirty-five minutes to make Kasen feels she isn't doing something wrong

That reminds me Marisa is way too comfortable with me

She used me as a personal heater, For goodness’ sake!

Aaaaahhh!!! But I can't tell her because I'm under her roof.

Did I hate her? Nope!

What do I feel about her? A close friend, maybe?

.....

I only have three friends Marisa, Reimu, and Rinnosuke

I have encountered other people, but I'm sure they are being put off by me being an Oni

Hmm… Speaking of my race, I don't know what they do in Gensokyo because I haven't encountered one yet.

Kasen is a former one, so she didn't count…

Drinking and fighting, if I'm guessing it right…

“Ibaraki that's enough”

Finally!!

I open my eyes and see Kasen with a plate of Daifuku

Daifuku is a glutinous rice cake stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, which is sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.

As a sweet lover, I will be ashamed if I don't know the name of sweets and what they are made of

“Woah! That's certainly delicious”.

“Let's eat”

We started munching the food as the hot tea let out steam in contrast to this frigid weather

If it comes from a heat source it's called smoke, but if it comes from a cold source it's vapor

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“Ibaraki, can you tell me about yourself?”

Which one? I mean, it's obvious that you want Ibaraki Douji's backstory.

“Of course, let's start how it started”

“I am part of an Oni noble family, meant I was born to lead the clan at one point”

“but my mother teaches me virtues and how to be more ladylike, it's very annoying, but I can't say I hate her”

“due to that, I'm not the type of person to hit someone without a reason like the majority of Onis”

“I like fun, so I do break the rules and got scolded for it…”

I continued to talk about how Ibaraki continued her life until she met Shuten

“an Oni named Shuten come”

“She is quite interesting, you know… The vibes she emits are very majestic”.

“Though she kept many secrets I don't mind, so I treated her like my sworn sister”

“Ehh?! That easy?”

“Yeah! You could say it is love at first sight…”

“I tried to curry favor from her, but I got teased a lot, and she didn't take it seriously”

“and then I made the palace of Onis in the mount of Oe”

“Wait, you made it?”

“Yup! I've pillaged many villages just to get the materials!”

“Because maybe she will like me if I put effort into giving her a great place…”

“But-”

I felt someone hugging me and it was Kasen

“it's okay, just let it out”

What is she saying?

Until I felt a wet sensation on my cheeks

I see…

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“thank you”

“don't worry”

“I guess I'm still not fully moving on from that”

“no, I'm sorry for being insensitive”

“you are not the one at fault, it's mine for thinking I was fine all along”

“I kept running away all of my worries and I didn't share this heavy feeling in my heart, that's why I am glad you are for hearing it”

'Ibaraki smiled, making Kasen surprised'

“Hmm? What is it?”

“Your smile”

I felt my entire body being rigid

Does my smile bad? Am I ugly when I smile?

I'm scared to ask…

“W-what?”

“It's beautiful”

Speechless… Am I being hit on?

Nah… I guess that's a genuine compliment?

“Thanks, I guess…”

“Though something is missing, I guess we could work out with that”

“I felt like you are training me how to be happier”

“don't you know, a happy person is a stable person”

“if you have a healthy mental state, you wouldn't have to lose of control so frequently”

Now that she mentioned it, that'd probably right

I guess I'm still hung up on being in another world, not killing the bastard, leaving Stella alone, being the sole survivor, and not getting the love of Shuten

I've got so many issues

“I guess you still have many things weighing you down”

Ahh… You just don't know.

“Well, I could slowly fix it”

I hope

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This will be an under 50 chap fanfic (hopefully)

I want to try to make a Genshin Impact fanfic… Even though I have zero clue how the plot progress, but I know the characters due to their popularity.

I don't play the game because it's too large for my outdated phone

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