"Peaceful days are so good."
Reimu Hakurei sat on the tatami mat, with only a dilapidated wooden table in front of her, holding a cup of tea with a tea stalk sticking out of it.
Her beautiful face was full of ease and contentment.
However, despite the still warm weather, dark clouds suddenly loomed over the city, and large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Reimu: "..."
No way, no way! We were just celebrating world peace, and now another strange thing has happened?!
It's only been a short time since summer began, and this is already the second time it's snowed heavily.
The first heavy snowfall blanketed the entire Gensokyo in a silvery white. When the villagers of the Human Village woke up, they found a meter-thick layer of snow piled up in front of their homes. Then, the summer sun quickly melted the snow, causing varying degrees of flooding in several parts of Gensokyo.
Unfortunately, they weren't alert when it snowed heavily for the first time, and by the time they went to investigate, they couldn't find any strange traces. But it's happening again today!
"It was supposed to be a harmonious day."
Reimu sighed and prepared to go out to see which brat had caused this strange phenomenon.
A spatial rift appeared beside Reimu, and half of her body emerged from it. The blonde girl chuckled, "This time, the problem wasn't caused by Yuyuko ~"
"Who is that?" Reimu asked, startled.
What other thing besides a great youkai could do to make it snow on such a large scale in Gensokyo?
In particular, Yuyuko has a criminal record.
Previously, just to see what the Saigyou Ayakashi looked like when it bloomed, she caused a heavy snowfall in Gensokyo, and Reimu went to great lengths to defeat her.
Yukari Yakumo shrugged; she had only come to Reimu's place to check on things because she didn't know.
The entire Gensokyo could be said to be subject to her senses as a youkai sage, but she really had no idea why these two heavy snowfalls were happening.
Unless the person who triggered the blizzard is far more powerful than her, this situation is impossible.
Reimu seemed to be deep in thought. "Isn't it Yuyuko?"
"Come out with me and let's take a look."
Unable to find an answer, Reimu pulled Yukari Yakumo out of the gap, and together they went out to find the source of the anomaly.
At this time, there were quite a few people in Gensokyo who were paying attention to the heavy snow.
Reporter Aya has been flying around for news material, while Yuyuko and Youmu are indoors, curiously watching the heavy snow outside.
Meanwhile, a black and white mouse took advantage of the opportunity to sneak into the Crimson Devil Mansion, intending to see if there was anything to pick up, since a thief never leaves empty-handed.
However, all of the black and white mouse's movements were being monitored by Patsy.
Just as the black and white mouse was about to take away a certain book, Patchouli used a Magic Hand to grab her from afar and bring her right in front of her.
"Marisa, you really don't learn your lesson. You've come here so many times, and I've caught you every time. You still come."
Patsy was speechless.
If Patchi hadn't yet awakened Su Xi Avatar's memories, she might not have even noticed the rat's visit.
"Hehe, Patchouli, you caught me again. But I'm not stealing, I'm just borrowing it temporarily." Marisa grinned sheepishly.
She didn't know why Patchi had become so powerful lately, managing to catch her every time.
This time, they took advantage of the sudden change in the heavy snow outside, thinking they could distract Patchouli, but they didn't expect that she hadn't left the library at all.
"Okay, if you have any questions, just ask me next time."
As one of Su Xi's incarnations, Su Xi raised them from a young age so that they could have perfect life traces, and Patchi was no exception.
Therefore, before Su Xi's memories were formed, she had already become an immovable library, having memorized almost all the books in the library.
In other words, in addition to Su Xi's life memories, she now has an additional set of memories that belong exclusively to Patchouli.
So now she can answer any question anyone has about the library.
"Eh, really?!" Marisa exclaimed in surprise.
Patchouli nodded and used her Magic Hand to put Marisa down.
"Wow, Patchouli, you're so nice!"
At this moment, Marisa noticed that Patchouli seemed to have stopped coughing, and her previously frail body looked much healthier. Curious, she asked, "Is your asthma better?"
"I guess so."
Patty didn't answer directly, but gave a vague answer.
After Su Xi Avatar the memory Su Xi, those powers gradually returned.
This power is irresistible to everyone except for Yuuka Kazami, Cirno, and the Crimson Devil Mansion members; even a powerful youkai like Yukari Yakumo cannot withstand it.
That's the power of a god; how could it possibly be resisted by a great demon?
Therefore, Patty didn't want anyone else to know this.
Marisa asked Patchouli several questions, and after receiving the answers, she said, "It's snowing heavily outside. It seems like something strange is happening. Do you want to come with me to take a look?"
"An anomaly?"
Patchouli raised an eyebrow.
However, the reclusive nature that belonged to Patchouli's body memories made her not want to learn too much about it, since it had nothing to do with her anyway.
"Yeah, there's so much snow. I wonder who made it."
Patchouli thought for a moment and said, "It might be Cirno."
This guy awakened his memories even earlier than me and has tried to test me several times, but I didn't have those memories back then and didn't understand what Cirno meant.
In Patchouli's memory, the snowstorm caused by Yuyuko had already passed, so it definitely wasn't the other party who caused it.
This heavy snowfall, which had never occurred in the original setting, was something that, apart from Cirno, no one knew who had caused it.
"Cirno? Huh? How could that stupid fairy be so strong?"
Marisa was dumbfounded upon hearing this answer.
In her memory, Cirno was still an ice fairy who could only freeze frogs. How could she possibly have caused such a heavy snowfall?
"The Lake of Mist isn't far from here, let's go take a look."
Patchi thought for a moment and said that she also wanted to know if anyone else had awakened their memories.
It seems that none of the Crimson Devil Mansion members have regained their memories, otherwise they would definitely have come to test them.
"Okay, DA☆ZE."
Lake of Mist is right outside the Crimson Devil Mansion, and Cirno is in the lake; it's easy to find her.
Outside the Crimson Devil Mansion.
Lake of Mist.
This place is the habitat of some fairies.
But at this moment, in addition to the fairies, two elves who were not locals also appeared.
"Phew, this is much cooler." Cirno said happily, watching the snow falling from the sky.
Although she wasn't affected by the sweltering summer heat, she still found a cooler environment more comfortable, so she had Yoshino create a heavy snowfall.
Yes, Yoshino from the Date A Live world is here too.
Yoshino is not an incarnation of Su Xi, so naturally she does not have Su Xi's memories or power.
So how did she get through it?
Of course it's Kurumi, who else could it be?
For those of them who had awakened their memories and powers, the Creation Space was no different from their backyard.
So Kurumi easily abducted Yoshino and brought her to the Lake of Mist.
Hearing this, Kurumi rolled her eyes. "Aren't you afraid that the shrine maiden will come knocking on your door if you create this heavy snow?"
Yoshino grabbed Kurumi's skirt, hid behind her, and looked at the blue-haired loli who was about the same height as her.
"Don't worry, even if it's Yukari Yakumo, they won't know who did it," Cirno waved her hand and said.
"Alright, what do you want from me?"
It took her a lot of effort to get the Great Fairy and the others away.
"No, I just brought Yoshino out to play. You know, the story has just progressed to Yoshino's stage, and I don't want Yoshino to get kidnapped, so I brought her out to play~"
Kurumi said with a smile.
She was completely unaware that her current actions were also a criminal act of kidnapping.
And you still bring up this kind of topic in front of the other person.
Cirno pursed her lips and said speechlessly, "Well, you've also managed to bring Yoshino over now, haven't you?"
"Ara ara~"
Before Kurumi could say anything, Yoshino mustered her courage and retorted, "It wasn't Kurumi- neechan who kidnapped me..."
Kurumi chuckled and said, "Oh, you heard that? I, Kurumi, am a good person~"
Cirno rolled her eyes at this.
A moment later, a purple-haired loli wearing a pink bathrobe landed, followed by a black and white mouse, Marisa.
As soon as they landed, Patchouli was surprised. "Kurumi is one thing, Yoshino?"
She remembered that Yoshino was the embodiment of the Mop God of War.
"Hmm, I brought it," Kurumi said matter-of-factly.
Patchouli: "..."
Two unfamiliar people appeared on the scene, which Marisa found a bit strange. After all, their clothes were very conspicuous, and Gensokyo wasn't very big. If they were from Gensokyo, she should have seen them before.
Of course, this oddity is nothing special.
What puzzled Marisa the most was the sense of vicissitude that Cirno exuded.
How come this idiot seems to have grown up overnight and experienced a lot of hardships?
Marisa looked slightly bewildered.
"You remembered?" Cirno asked.
Patty nodded.
What did she remember? Marisa listened to their conversation, completely bewildered.
With outsiders present, the group couldn't talk much more, so they changed the subject to other topics.
After chatting for a while, Marisa, realizing she couldn't get a word in edgewise, took her leave.
The black and white mouse always came and went in a hurry, so none of them found it strange.
"By the way, who has awakened now?" Patchouli asked impatiently as Marisa left.
Cirno: "Her Flower Mom, that girl woke up a long time ago. She wouldn't have said anything if I hadn't tested her."
Patsy was speechless.
Yuuka Kazami, commonly known as Flower Mom, is one of the few symbols of violence in Gensokyo.
"Aren't you afraid that the other party might not be awake and start fighting with you?"
"Hmph, you think she can beat me before she's awakened? I'm Gensokyo, the strongest in Cirno!" Cirno said arrogantly.
Kurumi chuckled, "It's starting to have that idiot vibe."
"Hiss..." Cirno gasped, then said, "It doesn't matter, I am Cirno now anyway."
Memory has a tremendous impact on a person.
Currently, Cirno's body contains both Su Xi's memories and Cirno's memories.
Su Xi's memories are peaceful, while Cirno's memories are vibrant.
It influences her behavior at all times.
"Besides Yuuka Kazami, is there anyone else?" Patchouli continued to ask.
Cirno shook her head and said, "Right now, you're the only one awakened in the Crimson Devil Mansion; the others haven't awakened yet."
Kurumi said, "I have them. After I awakened my memories, I traveled through many worlds in this Creation Space. So far, I have found that Mavis, Nymph, Snow Wind, Kanna, and Ilena have all awakened their memories. As for the others, they haven't."
"This awakening of memories seems to have no pattern," Cirno said.
Kurumi shrugged at this; she really hadn't noticed any pattern.
Among so many people, she seems to be the first to awaken her memories, after all, in addition to Su Xi's memories, she also has Su Jiang's memories.
The group chatted for a while longer.
Kurumi notices that a certain red and white witch and the gap old monster are investigating everywhere and are almost at the Lake of Mist and the Crimson Devil Mansion.
Kurumi then said goodbye, "I'll come back to find you after everyone in the Crimson Devil Mansion wakes up. If Reimu comes and finds me and Yoshino, she'll most likely realize something's wrong."
Cirno said nonchalantly, "They can't beat us anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?"
Kurumi smiled and said, "Su Xi is currently in a state of deep sleep at the Combine with Dao stage. If something happens to the Creation Space, she probably won't be able to wake up and deal with it. It's best to avoid causing widespread collapse for now."
"Speaking of Honkai... how's Theresa doing?" Patchouli asked.
"It's not a big problem right now. Her storyline has only progressed to the point of establishing St. Freya Academy. The three starter families might not even be fully formed yet," Kurumi said, shaking her head.
She reversed her state and left the Lake of Mist, holding Yoshino's small hand.
Just then, the Crimson and White Witch Reimu Hakurei and the Gap Yukari Yakumo arrived.
Both Cirno and Patchouli seemed somewhat surprised to see them together.
In their memory, Patchouli and Cirno didn't seem to be that close.
"Hey, you two, have you noticed anything unusual?" Reimu Hakurei asked directly, not caring about their relationship.
All she wants now is to deal with the anomaly as soon as possible and then go back to bed.
"No," they both said in unison.
Reimu's face showed regret as she said, "Alright."
She thought the heavy snow might be related to Cirno, since her ability was to manipulate cold air and change the weather, right?
Reimu left with doubts.
Yukari Yakumo glanced at the two of them thoughtfully, then said with a smile, "You two seem to have a very good relationship, don't you?"
Then I got two eye rolls in return.
Nonsense, they're all from the same person, how could their relationship not be good?
Yukari Yakumo chuckled and returned to the gap.
He squinted and muttered, "Strange, I seemed to sense some spatial fluctuations here just now, but when I tried to sense it more carefully, it seemed like there were no fluctuations... Was it just my imagination?"
After the two left.
Patchouli asked, "Do you want to go see Flower Mom?"
"Why go to her place? You'd be better off freezing a frog."
Patchouli: "... Fine, I'll go there myself then. I need to talk to her no matter what."