Marisa and I are sitting on the log near the stream inside the forest of magic
True to its name the forest is magical and breathtaking with its massive biodiversity and countless inhabitants
But the forest is very deadly to humans because of the massive mana lingering in the air and people that have resistance can only venture here
"Ibaraki"
"What is it?"
"Can I ask what you think of me?"
"what do I think about you?..."
"I could answer that you are my close friend but I doubt that's the answer you're looking for
"to be honest you are quite eccentric"
"ehh?!"
"you just go here and there without caring about consequences, you just do what you want and have fun with it"
and I envy that...
"But despite it, you could say that kind of way of living is strangely attractive"
For me as a person that is being shackled by my mind
"I see~"
She seemed in a good mood after hearing it...
"how about me? What do you think of me?"
"I think you are a very kind person"
All of my body was just taken aback after hearing that
"What makes you say it?"
Because if you said that in front of the people that I killed I'm a hundred percent sure you will be drowned by curses
I'm not kind I'm just good at acting unbothered and restraining myself
Also, I always attack other yokai daily if they attack me and I didn't plan to spare them
"I don't know I just feel like it"
"what do you mean?"
"Whenever I always get touchy towards you, you didn't push me away or shove me but gently chided me to not do it"
And I'm tired to be repetitive so I don't bother to chide you again
"whenever Reimu tried to borrow money from you, you didn't get angry at her for not paying it"
What I can do against her? She can avoid anything and I'm weaker than her
"I see..."
"though This bothered me lately..."
"You seemed troubled every time Ibaraki"
Yeah... I admit that I have no solutions to help me with it and I could only hope to have amnesia if I wanted a new start without these unsolvable problems
"I've just realized how much knowledge I don't know about myself"
"I usually impulsively do things"
When I broke their strings that have been deeply embedded in me
I feel I lose a sense of purpose it's like I have no goal...
"goal..."
"that's what I need!"
"I forgot the most essential thing for a living being and that is a goal in its lifetime a long-term goal or a finish line"
Many people's goals will be to have a happy family and live their best
But I don't have a goal so I am wandering absentmindedly
"But I don't know what my goal is"
"then how about we should find it together?"
I heard that word comes from her mouth and a strange feeling intruded into my swirling emotions
It's heartwarming and I am very grateful for it
"I agree... Let's find it together"
'Ibaraki smiled as the surrounding brighten'
'the smile without worries and feeling carefree while reaching her hand make it deeply etched in the magician's mind'
"yeah!"
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"How did it end this way?"
a brown-haired girl that wears a light green dress and has a plushie of Ibaraki-Douji and yellow roses'
'looking at the grave beneath her on the hillside near the beach as a tree serves as a shade for the grave and the girl'
'she put the plushie lean towards the grave as she put another fresh rose to replace the dead ones '
"Young miss- no, the accursed family is gone now Sofia"
"you successfully defeat him Sofia, the entire surroundings celebrated his downfall"
"yet they forgot about you..."
"they treated you the same as them... That's wrong..."
"I and your underlings make this grave because the people won't make you rest in peace..."
"I've tried my best to clear your name yet... I've failed... I'm sorry sofa..."
'tears have come and drips down staining the dry grave'
"They didn't know... How much you suffered..."
"I want to hate them... Because of how unjust their judgment... But..."
'I always remember your saying"
"you don't like being held as a hero and you don't want me to be angry for your sake"
"I've been questioned by the media but they twist my words to make you bad..."
"sorry Sofia I hate them, I hated them to my very core"
"they've been painted you as the evilest person just because your so-called parent is one of the evil criminals"
"and some say you deserve it..."
"That's why I'm here to say it to you... Even you will never forgive me for doing this..."
"I will make sure to make them feel pain and make the entire world know that you are a great person"
'the fragile girl has been replaced by insanity as her smile becomes cruel'
a person that wears a formal suit has come over towards the tree'
"all of the people have been reduced and the equipment has been checked"
"What is your call Don Satella?"
"In the night when the wolves howl"
"We shall commence it"
"we will overthrow the government"
'This is how a kind maid that once exists created the most dangerous organization that successfully shift the power balance of the world'
'she is known as Apep the serpent that successfully swallowed the sun'
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"hahaha... Who would've thought..."
'a light orange-haired girl seemed in disbelief seeing how the maid become a tyrant in a simple passage of time"
"Kusa, I know that you feel bad but let's not interfere"
'A tanned man that has red hair said it towards the girl'
"it's my fault"
"Why do you insist that it's your fault?"
'A beautiful white-haired lady has spoken towards the young girl
"well basically Sofia will be fine except she will be in a vegetative state"
"but because I remove her from her body and put it in Gensokyo I didn't think Stella become insane"
'the two stayed silent while looking at the girl with a disappointed expression while the girl only watch her reflection on the floor'
'but the man breaks the tension in the room'
"Why did you do it?"
"Well, I'm bored... And I use the name randomizer to search for a particular person that has the exact name for it"
"I will tell this towards your harem and you're banned from using your powers to interfere with the soul"
'the white-haired lady flatly tells her words'
"fine..."
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The government is depicted as a sun because they are the lighthouse when times become cloudy
Sofia is being subjected to quite different poisons and drugs since young and she gain massive resistance against poisons so the poison only managed to make her go vegetative state