(Heartfelt thanks to 'Ling Luochuan' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Sui Feng Qi Wu' and 'otakujerry' for their rewards!)
Night quietly descended...
"Whoosh—!"
The clamor echoed endlessly throughout the Scarlet Devil Mansion's main hall.
It was the sound of the youkai reveling.
There was no need to guess. As always, Remilia had thrown a banquet that night, inviting all manner of youkai to celebrate in the Scarlet Devil Mansion's hall.
Aside from the invited youkai, both Remilia and Flandre attended the banquet. Sakuya, as usual, busied herself throughout it in her role as head maid.
This time, Patchouli did not attend. Like Koakuma, she remained in her underground library, presumably immersed in the world of books.
Wu Yan did not attend either.
As the Scarlet Devil Mansion's butler, Sakuya had instructed him last time that he had to serve as the banquet's organizer and host, helping Remilia, the mansion's mistress, prepare for it.
Wu Yan had not forgotten that. Just as Sakuya had requested, once Remilia decided to hold the banquet, he mobilized all the Fairy Maids in the Scarlet Devil Mansion to hurriedly prepare the food and wine, then sent people to invite youkai from all sides to attend the banquet at the mansion that evening.
Yet after all the preparations had been completed, the invited youkai had arrived, and Remilia appeared with an excited Flandre, Wu Yan slipped out of the banquet hall without anyone noticing.
Not for any other reason.
He simply was not in the mood to attend the banquet.
Returning to his room—or rather, the room shared by Remilia, Flandre, and himself—Wu Yan lay on the bed with his eyes closed. Scenes from the past dozen days in Gensokyo flashed through his mind.
It sounded unbelievable, but no matter how much had happened, it