Becoming an Oni in this land of illusion

Chapter 10: CoLA 1

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Gensokyo is fully covered in snow

I don't know how much time has passed since I've come here and starting to work with Rinnosuke

I've met many people who are connected one way or another to Marisa

Especially that shrine maiden who wants to exterminate me at first but Marisa helped me to clear up the misunderstandings

I've met some interesting individuals from a certain mansion too

More importantly, Kasen is kind of my teacher to improve my mentality, and thanks to her I could not get angry easily anymore

*thunk*

Ibaraki: REIIIMUUU!!!

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Gensokyo shines with silver in the early afternoon.

Pristine white snow falls gently and silently to the earth, turning the land into a fantastical dreamscape. All that could be heard were faint cries like the shrieks of youkai. And Ibaraki's loud voice that can be heard from far away

Not a footprint can be found in the fresh powder that covered the road. Humans do not often come this far.

At the end of this unmarked path, there may be found a mysterious shop, whose proprietor may often be found warming himself by a stove from the Outside World, reading some incomprehensible book. He always seems to have plenty of time for this on his hands

Within the shop may be found numerous articles from the Outside World. Although Gensokyo is frozen in what the Outside World would call the Meiji Era, many items from later times may be found here. The purposes of most of these items are unknown.

On the store's sign are the characters kou rin dou. This is the place of the Kourindou Curio Shop.

*knock* *knock* *knock*

Ohh... it's Ibaraki

Rinnosuke: Come in

They say Oni's are hard to deal with but Ibaraki is an exception to that

She is more human than the magician and the shrine maiden he meets

She is polite and does her job properly

Ibaraki: sorry for my late appearance Rinnosuke

Rinnosuke: it's okay... why did you scream?

Ibaraki: a shrine maiden decided to intrude very early in the morning and now she is chasing a yokai

Rinnosuke: Hmm... I hope she won't make a fuss later on

Ibaraki: and that's a jinx

Jinx is one of those sayings that if you though an event that you don't want to happen out loud it will do the opposite

Reimu: Mr. Rinnosuke?

And speaking of the devil... Jinx is a real thing

I see Ibaraki shrugs her shoulder and continue to clean the dust that has been collecting on the shelves

They say Customers are gods but... this particular person doesn't have any godly features in them at all

Reimu: you're in there, aren't you?

The goddess dressed in red did not need to bother preventing my potential ruse as she was already behind me.

Reimu: also where is Ibaraki?