"What! So this incident was caused by you again?!" The soft, lazy words made it clear that her owner had no motivation whatsoever, instead giving off a perfunctory feeling.
"What kind of attitude is that, you idiotic Red-White? How rude!" The blue-haired fairy with six icy crystal wings on her back shouted in dissatisfaction.
"So, what exactly is going on?" The Armpit Shrine Maiden floating in the sky had dealt with this idiot more than once or twice. Looking at the idiotic fairy's expression, she knew that this incident shouldn't have been caused by her. However, the current situation was extremely strange: the fairy was floating on the Mist Lake, while three or four people were sitting on the shore of the Mist Lake. She knew one of them, an idiot named Lancelot, a fool on the same level as the idiotic fairy, who always liked to come to the shrine to scrounge for senbei. Although he was a human, he didn't like to go to the Human Village, and spent every day aiming to challenge the idiotic fairy, who was said to be "Gensokyo's strongest."
The other three were unknown. Could they be newcomers from the Human Village?
The Red-White Armpit Shrine Maiden, Hakurei Reimu, speculated.
"What, Red-White, you're here? If I had known, I wouldn't have come out during the day." A very strong and tsundere voice. Another person flew in from the sky, a small girl with a pair of bat wings, who was incredibly petite yet incomparably noble. Kayal couldn't guess her age. If based on height and appearance, this girl was only about twelve years old at most, but if based on her tone and habits, this girl might be older than his own father?
"Hey, hey, Yukari, aren't you coming out yet? Tell me what's happening here." After a low greeting to the very proud little girl in the sky, the Armpit Shrine Maiden slowly floated down. As the maintainer of the entire Hakurei Barrier, she should be the most sensitive to the fluctuations of the gap, and easily detected them.
"Ara, Reimu, you're still so 'sensitive'~" The very strange tone seemed to deliberately lead people's thoughts in an evil direction.
"Shut up, you old hag!" The Armpit Shrine Maiden was not afraid of the woman who was a Gap Youkai and shouted back without ceremony.
Visible veins popped on the Gap Youkai's forehead. Even her soft golden hair couldn't hide the Gap Youkai's fury. She snapped open her fan to hide her expression. The Gap Youkai was terrifying at this moment: "Do you want to die once, you shameless woman?"
The Armpit Shrine Maiden was furious: "Do you want to fight, you old hag?!" Countless talismans or spell cards instantly unfurled in her hand.
"Come on, try it!" The two powerful auras confronted each other. The bat-winged girl in mid-air had completely lost her sleepiness and floated there, gloating as if watching a movie. If only she had popcorn and soda, she would truly look like someone enjoying a blockbuster.
"Stop!" Kayal shouted. He came between the two, completely unaware of how terrifying and shameless these two women were, nor how dangerous his current situation was.
"Alright, although I don't know who you are, nor why I was able to come in, nor why that fairy in the lake isn't a fairy but an idiot, nor that what's floating in the sky isn't necessarily an angel or a bird-person, and I don't want to know why a Shrine Maiden wears an armpit-exposing outfit, nor why space would be gapped, and I don't even want to know how an idiot like Lancelot got in... But!!!"
But he had to figure out the cause and effect!
Kayal shouted loudly, simultaneously subduing both of them. Everyone watched Kayal pacing in circles, muttering deductions: "Very good, first, I know this is a barrier.
Question one: Why was I able to enter the barrier?
Question two: Is Irene's outburst related to this barrier?
Question three: How did that idiot Lancelot get in? ... There are only about this many questions. I can probably guess most of the others: if there are fairies, it's not surprising to have Vampires, right?" Kayal pointed at the girl watching the show in the sky and nodded slightly, "Two beings of unknown origin, though very strong." He said, pointing at the Armpit Shrine Maiden and the Gap Youkai.
Obvious tic marks appeared on both their foreheads. Both women wished they could strangle this outspoken brat.
"Where did it go wrong...?" Kayal shook his head, lost in thought.
Suddenly, he looked up and asked the Gap Youkai: "Hey, young lady over there, do you have any clues? Also, why was I able to come in?"
Kayal's address of "young lady" improved the Gap Youkai's expression quite a bit, but the Gap Youkai still said testily: "Who knows how you got in! You strange brat, you're really too strange. You brats are just... I hate clever brats like you the most." Shaking her fan, the Gap Youkai seemed indescribably leisurely.
"Then what about you, Shrine Maiden?" Kayal asked.
"Information costs money, you know! Money!" The Armpit Shrine Maiden shouted proudly, completely unashamed of asking for money.
"Who do you think I am?" Kayal said proudly: "I am a man who, at the age of five, had already formulated a plan, and in just five years, had swallowed up gold and silver like a whale. I am a man who can turn the entire Red Leaf Ridge into the commercial heart of Camelot. How much money do you want? Silver coins? Gold coins? Ten thousand? A hundred thousand? A million?"
At this moment, Kayal was truly like a rich second-generation and official second-generation, with immense wealth. His father didn't have that much money; his intelligence was his greatest asset, making the entire Red Leaf Ridge vibrant and attracting merchants from all over the world. His wealth was far more than what appeared on the surface. Just the fact that his father had recently begun preparations to expand the extremely expensive Knight Order showed how much he had earned.
Therefore, Kayal was not afraid of lacking money. Buying information with money was the most practical thing. However, looking at the Armpit Shrine Maiden's face, flushed and breathing heavily as if in ecstasy, Kayal didn't know if what he had just said was right or wrong.
"My lord~! My lord~! Please take me with you." The Armpit Shrine Maiden, who had just been exuding a strong aura, now prostrated herself before Kayal, holding his hand as if caressing gold: "Ah, ah, ah~ This must be the divine right hand that turns stone into gold, right? Please feel free to swing me, please feel free to turn me into gold~"
She became shameless in an instant... Kayal was instantly petrified...