Magic. Some say that it has it's benefits to help with life... While many others said the opposite. They cause great destruction, calamity, and darkness.
Gensokyo has tolerated magicians for generations, until an experimentation ruined their reputat...
As I slept, I feel myself being grabbed by hands. My spirit being taken away, towards a bright light and when I opened my eyes I see that I am in front of my home, surrounded by the dense woods of The Forest of Magic.
"So, we finally meet at last... My student."
The lights inside are on, indicating that there may be a visitor or maybe a thief entering? But both are wrong, as I see two familiar figures in front of one of the windows. One is a blonde girl standing her ground, wearing a black capelet and dark blue dress. And what made my eyes open wide is the person she is accompanying...
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What makes me recognize her is her cone shaped hat, with the motif of a yellow sun within a dark blue sky, with white ribbons decorating the sides of the hat. She had green hair and eyes, and wears a blue dress as well.
"...Master? Is that really you?" I am at a lost at words.
This woman, who is now sitting on the wheelchair is named Mima, a vengeful spirit that once dwells around Reimu's shrine back in the good old days. But she went missing for years... Could she be trapped in this incident as well?
"Of course it is, my student."
I walked forward, and I spread my arms, wanting to hug her. She smiled, and she opened her arms as well. Afterwards we wrapped our arms around each other's body, embracing the warmth shared between the touch of our bodies.
"I missed you, master."
"I could say the same to you, Marisa. I never thought you would get into this mess as well."
"But I think I started it..."
"Part of it's true, yes. But we'll explain about that further when your real body reaches this house."
"Why? And Why is Alice here?" I motioned towards the black outfitted girl.
"Oh, her? That's not the real Margatroid. Just some doll that I made, so that I had someone to talk to. Even I can be lonely, you know."
Both of us chuckled, as Alice kept smiling. We then separated our hugging, and I ask, "What should I do now, Master?"
"Find a way home. Here, in the waking world though. But the forest entrance is blocked with overgrown vines, and the cloud had obscured most of the area above the tall trees of this forest."
"I get it. How am I supposed to remove the vines?"
"The vines grew out of control, due to the corruption of The Greater Fairy of The Misty Lake to the incident. Find and defeat her, then the vines will be destroyed."
"I know her. Thank you, Master-"
"I see you had that thing with you."
I darted my eyes towards my mini-hakkero, which I put on my side.
"This? Yes of course, it is important."
"But the mana inside it is waning. I can fix that for you, come here."
I handed the device to her, and after a bit of tinkering with a little light show here and there, she gave it back.
"Now try to fire a laser from it. Try it on one of the trees there."
Previously, my mini-hakkero doesn't even make a hole in a tree, just leaving a burn mark on it, But after hearing master's words I decided to give it a try. I took it back, and aimed at one of the trees nearby.
"Alright here goes nothing."
I fired out a simple laser beam out of the mini-hakkero, which travels at a much faster speed this time, and it hits the tree in full force. When it dissipated, and I inspected the mark, I found out that it had dug into 1/4 of the tree. It wasn't this strong before.
"Now you can defend yourself even better with it."
"Thank you, Master. How can I get out of here?"
"Simple. Wake up."
She snapped her finger, and my surroundings changed. I find myself back inside Suzunaan, sleeping on the floor behind the counter.
I smiled, as I just met master once more. The master who had disappeared on me and the others for years. But now, I need to head home. And to do so, I have to hunt a fairy.
