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At the head of the round table on the Scarlet Devil Mansion's hall staircase landing, Remilia sat with her arms folded, her half-lidded eyes filled with displeasure.
In the seat beside Remilia, Patchouli had, quite unusually, emerged from The Library. She sat there with a book in her hands, looking down at it with her usual calm and intellectual expression.
Besides Remilia and Patchouli, Sakuya was naturally present as well. She stood behind Remilia, her face likewise full of helplessness.
Looking closely, Wu Yan stood in front of Remilia, Patchouli, and Sakuya—right before the round table on the staircase landing.
But Wu Yan did not look very presentable at the moment.
His clothes were a mess, scorch marks covered various parts of his body, his hair was thoroughly disheveled, and though his face bore no obvious injuries, his expression was utterly bedraggled. He looked like a victim who had just fled a fire scene after only wiping his face clean.
"You really had the nerve to do something like that..." Patchouli said without changing her expression, her head lowered as she read.
"You actually destroyed the Hakurei Shrine. In all of Gensokyo, you are probably the only ones who have ever done such a thing..."
"Reimu must have been furious, right?..." Remilia looked at the bedraggled Wu Yan with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was gloating or amusement.
"Otherwise, you would not have ended up like this..."
"Lord Bai..." Even Sakuya could not help speaking up, giving Wu Yan a reproachful remark.
"This time, you went a little too far..."
"I wasn't playing around..." Wu Yan replied listlessly, his shoulders slumped.
"It was all