M: Mystia
W: Wriggle
Y: Yuki (a girl in a village)
G: Genma (a youkai hunter)
(General note:
Wriggle calls Mystia "Myschy" and Mystia calls Wriggle "Wrigglun." Spellings are not definite.)
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Touhou Project Fan Comic
Touhou Duet
Humans and youkai...
By nature, youkai prey on humans and humans exterminate youkai. However, there seem to be some oddballs among them...
Today, I'd like to tell you a story about these oddballs, a human and a youkai. Now the fun story begins...
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Box above Rumia: A forest where youkai dwell
tweet tweet tweet
gi gi gi gi
Sign:
Danger
Keep Out
Village Chief
M: Lalalala~
M: Lulululu~
M: Blue sky
M: Cool wind!
M: What a wonderful and refreshing morning
M: it is...
M: I just want to start singing, but...
M: Well...
M: This isn't a good time to mumble like this... I guess...
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M: So...
M: How did I get caught by this trap all of a sudden?
Trapped
Box: Night Sparrow Youkai
Mystia Lorelei
M: Geez, I was just strolling around and suddenly...
M: Gatchiiin!
M: ... I guess today is just not my day.
Tap
M: Hmm. I'm in trouble now.
Hmmmmmm
M: This trap is more solid than it appears to be...
M: I thought I could simply destroy it but...
M: Hunting traps sure have improved these days ...
M: Hmm.
M: What should I do...
W: Hey, Myschy!
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W: Mornin'!
M: Ah!
M: Wrigglun!
Flutter flutter
Box: A light bug swarming in dark
Wriggle Nightbug
W: What are you doing here?
W: Just sitting around?
M: You came at the right time...
M: Help me Wrigglun!
Land
W: Ah?
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W: Ahahahahaha!!
M: Mmm~
M: You're laughing too much, Wrigglun.
Hahah
W: Ha, but...
W: Haha...
W: Ahahaha!
W: No one gets trapped by that thing if they are normal!
M: Just take this thing off of me.
W: Ah~, you're pretty scatterbrained, aren't you?
Haha
M: Shut~ Up~
M: Do you know who are responsible for it?
M: Humans.
Point
M: I got stuck here because they set these traps aimlessly.
M: Selfish, irresponsible idiots. That's what they are.
W: Here you go again.
W: Miss Anti-Human criticizing her enemies.
M: They are the ones who see us youkai as their enemies.
M: Ah, enough talks already.
M: Take this thing off of me.
W: Okay okay...
W: Hm?
W: Wait...
W: This is bad, Myschy.
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W: Take a closer look at this trap. This isn't a hunting trap for animals.
M: Eeh?
W: This is a capturing trap specially designed for youkai.
W: It's got talisman seals all over the place. We can't use our mystic power to destroy it.
M: Eeeeh~ What should we do now, Wrigglun!?
W: Don't worry.
W: Maybe an ordinary youkai can't do a thing to it but...
No no
W: If I gather all of my power to its fullest extent...
W: I can crash this little trap with...
Grrrrr
W: One
W: Blow!!!
Bam
Smirk
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W: I did everything I could.
W: Terribly sorry to disappoint you...
On the trap: Not even a scratch
M: That's it!!?
Shock
M: Wrigglun~
M: Don't say stuff like that~
M: Help me~
Cling
W: Well...
W: That thing is more solid than I thought.
W: I don't think I'd ever be able to break it.
W: On top of that, a talisman seal is on the releasing lock. Youkai can't do a thing to it. Ask a human for help, OK?
Rustle rustle
Rustle rustle
Twitch
W: Crap. I've been hanging around here too long. Somebody is nearby...
M: Wr... Wrigglun~
W: There's no way I could face the person who set this powerful trap...
W: Maybe I'll surprise-attack from the back...
W: No
W: I'll just have to use my ultimate move.
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Buzz buzz
W: Goodbye my friend.
W: Good luck to you.
W: And,
W: I've lost such a good friend...
W: Eeh? Wait... your ultimate move is running away!?
W: And you speak of me as if I'm already dead?
(Note: Or "And, I'm not dead yet.")
M: Hey! Wait...!
M: Y... you indecent bug!
Shock
M: Ahhh...
M: At this rate, I'm going to be exterminated by humans...
M: Or maybe in my case, they are going to say "she looks yummy" and then I get grilled or boiled to become their food...
Rustle rustle
No~
Y: Lalalala~
Y: Lululululu~
M: Hm?
M: Is this person...
M: ...humming?
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Rulstle
Y: Ah...
Y: Hello...
Blink
Y: Uh, are you...
Y: by any chance, a youkai?
M: ......Eh?
W: A child...!?
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Y: Ah
Y: It looks painful!
Y: You got trapped!?
Y: Let me see it!
Twitch
Jump
ha ha
Y: ...? Umm...
Y: It's all right.
Y: Don't worry.
Y: I'll only take the trap off of you, that's all.
Y: I won't hurt you.
M: ...What is this girl doing...?
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Y: What a misfortune you had.
Y: Similar traps are all over this place, so be careful.
M: I guess I'll have to say thank you for now.
M: Well, I'm leaving...
Y: Wait wait!
Smile
Y: I've hardly ever talked to a youkai!
Y: Let's introduce ourselves and chat for a while.
(Note: More literal translation: "This may not be an accidental meeting." "Let's chat for a while ")
Y: I see~
Y: You're a night sparrow.
Gi gi gi gi
Flap
Flap
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Y: ...Ah.
Y: I think I haven't introduced myself.
Y: My name is Yuki
A villager
Yuki
Y: What is your name?
M: ....Mystia?
Y: Wow! What a beautiful name you have!
Y: What is this girl thinking...?
Y: She isn't even a bit afraid of a youkai...
W: Hm...
Y: Uhuhu...
Y: I didn't expect to see a youkai caught by that kind of trap.
Y: You must be a pretty hasty youkai .
M: Well, it doesn't matter, does it?
Humans are always dangerous.
M: She's letting her guard down.
M: I'll slash her right now...
zrr...
Y: I...
Y: want to be a good singer.
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Freeze
Y: In future, perhaps.
Y: I have a dream now.
Y: Do you know anything about picture-story tellers?
Y: They tell us stories with picture panels.
Y: I've always wanted to become one of them.
I dream about telling stories with music and songs.
Y: I think songs make people happy.
I think songs can make both humans and youkai happy.
Y: We both can share wonderful time with each other.
Y: Wouldn't it be great to have someone...
Y: who can create such a moment?
(Or, "Y: If we have such a picture-story teller...
Y: it'd be great, don't you think?")
Y: So I often come to this forest to practice singing.
Y: Well, I'm not nearly as good as I should be, but...
Y: Ehehe...
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W: I didn't expect to see you have a talk with a human.
W: I thought you'd be saying like "Today's dinner is a human~" or something.
M: Wrigglun...
M: How dare you give up on me and run away!!
W: Gugh!
W: I give up, I give up!
W: I'm sorry! I apologize!!
Squeeze
Raged
M: Well...
M: Let's just say...
Cough
Dom
Dom
M: I felt like talking.
M: Besides, I wasn't hungry at all.
M: I'm leaving now!
W: Ah... okay.
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M: Songs that make everyone happy...
M: Humans and youkai sharing fun time... huh?
M: I didn't know such a human existed....
Gi gi gi
Who who
Box: Next day
Y: Mystia-san!!!
Y: Good morning!!
Y: Ehehe~
Y: I came here again to hang around.
W: Oh.
Y: Aah.
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Y: You have a company today?
M: Well yeah...
M: Her name is Wrigg....
M: She's gone!!?
Shock
M: That bug! I'll make sure she knows who is closer to the end of the food chain later.
(Or "M: That bug! I'll make sure she knows who in the upper tier of the food chain later.")
Squeeze
Y: Is there something wrong?
Y: What made you scream all of a sudden?
W: Don't blame me for this, Myschy...
W: I just can't miss this juicy event.
W: I'll hide here and take a peek at what you'll do.
Box: Wriggle Nightbug, an unexpectedly cunning youkai.
Y: Yeah, now I remember.
Y: Today...
Y: I brought these.
M: Rice balls!
Ta-da
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Y: I made a lot of rice balls today.
Y: So I thought it'd be a good idea to bring some for you.
Next to Y: Here you go
M: Ah, this tastes good.
M: Salmon
Y: Many different kinds of food are in those.
Y: Ahh..
Y: Seaweed
Y: Pickled Ume
Y: And chicken!
Bam
Next to M: Spit
Y: Don't be shy and eat as many as you want!
M: Eh...
M: Well...
M: Ah...
M: I ate some food a while ago.
M: So... I'm not that hungry.
M: Ahahaha...
W: Myschy~
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Sshhh
Y: Ahh, I'm so happy now.
Y: I'm always alone and hardly have a chance to chat like this.
Y: I'm now so happy that I finally got a friend...
Y: Well, a youkai friend, that is. Huhuhu...
Jump
Y: Refreshing wind...
Sshhhh
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Y: Waa~!!
Y: Mystia-san, you like singing too!?
Y: And your voice is so beautiful!
M: Ah, well...
Y: Wow, this is awesome!
Mmm
Y: Teach me how to sing next time I come here!
Approach
M: Eeh okay...
M: But my voice isn't that great...
Y: That's not true! I'm moved!
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W: Hm. Seems like she is getting along pretty well.
Nod nod
W: I guess I didn't have to worry about her.
G: Ah, you're here. I finally found you.
Rustle
W: Hm? What's going on?
G: Ka!
Rustle
G: I saw an empty youkai trap back there, so I assumed it was an ugly monster that got out of it.
G: But I only see a little girl.
G: Wait, monsters hide their true faces behind their pretty masks.
G: That's right. I shouldn't let my guard down.
Gggrrrr
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M: A trap..?
Next to M: Who is this?
W: Crap...
W: This guy looks pretty tough.
W: He is probably...
Y: Ah...
Y: He is...
G: But as long as I'm around as a youkai hunter,
G: You'll never set your foot in the village!
Bam
Box: Youkai Hunter in the village
Genma
M: Hunter...!
SSh
M: So he is the one who set that trap...
G: You, youkai...
G: You were a little too careless back there, leaving your mystical scent on the trap. I was able to trace it back to here.
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G: You youkai are the biggest threat to us human beings.
G: Every single of you must parish!!
G: Be prepared!!!
Bam
Twitch
Y: H.. Hey, Wait a minute, Genma-san!!
M: Yuki!!
Y: What are you saying all of a sudden!?
Slide
Y: Mystia-san isn't a bad youkai!
Y: She is... she is my friend!
Y: So please put your bow away!!
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G: You're from the village, aren't you?
G: What are you doing here!?
G: Don't you know this place is off limit?
G: And what did you say?
G: She is your friend?
G: ....Ka!
G: Have you lost your mind?
G: Listen.
G: Youkai are...
G: A bunch of shit!!!
G: There are no bad youkai or good youkai.
G: They trick us.
G: They rob us.
G: They kill us.
G: As if they're entitled to.
G: They love to see us scared.
G: They love to play around with our fear.
G: Their mere existence is cancer!
G: When we find them, we kill them. Every single one of them!
G: So get the hell out of my way!
Gggrrrr
M: That's right.
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M: That's
M: What humans do.
Y: No!
Y: You're wrong!!!
G: Ah?
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Ssssrrrrr
Y: There are many youkai who aren't as bad as some adults say.
Y: There are many youkai who want to be our friend.
Y: You'll understand she isn't a bad youkai if you listen to her song...
G: Stop dreaming, you moron!
G: I've seen so many people who said the same things and got killed.
G: These youkai are fundamentally evil. They're monsters.
They never intend to be our friends... They simply betray us.
G: Ah, I've seen your clothing...
G: You're a night sparrow, aren't you?
G: Ah~ I see I see.
G: I thought something was wrong.
This is just horrible...
G: Ka! You youkai are pieces of trash after all!!
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G: I know you night sparrows can charm humans with your songs. Puppeteering, you call it?
G: You charmed a little girl. That's terrible.
G: She is now completely manipulated by a youkai, like a puppet.
G: It's too late to save her now.
G: I guess I'll have to let her sleep in peace.
Y: Wha... What!?
Y: Genma-san, you misunderstand!
Y: I'm not being manipulated!
G: I don't know what you were trying to do with a little child, but...
G: Don't worry.
G: You won't feel any pain at all.
G: All you'll see is darkness!!
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M: What are you doing!
Y: No, Mystia-san!!
Y: He isn't a bad guy...
Y: He just had a rought time in his past...
Y: So if we talk to him, he'll understand...
Shake shake shake
M: Yuki...
M: Why are you even doing this...!?
Y: Genma-san!
Y: Please listen to me!!
Y: Gen..
W: Geez!
W: I can't watch it any longer.
Rustle
Y: Don't fight!
Y: Humans and youkai must be friends...
Grind..
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Whack
Bang
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Gggrrrr
Y: Eeh...?
W: Myschy...
G: What do you think you are doing!!?
Raged
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M: Oh Geez...
M: You two have been yapping too much...
M: Shut up already, pitiful humans!!!
M: I'm sick of hearing opinions of selfish humans...
M: You there, you said you were a youkai hunter.
M: But you aren't taking me seriously, are you?
M: How could you even think abut coming solo?
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M: You'll see soon enough...
Gich
M: That humans and youkai belong to completely different leagues!
G: Ka!
G: Interesting... let me see it...
G: You monster!
Y: Gugh, it hurts...
Y: M... Mystia-san...
Y: Wha... What happened to you?
Y: You're a kind person...
Y: This isn't like you...
Y: You shouldn't fight...
Y: At any cost.
M: Not like me?
Kind?
M: Don't be ridiculous.
M: I'm a...
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G: Youkai...
G: Isn't that right?
G: You manipulated this little girl because...
G: You wanted to attack our village, right?
Y: No!!
G: You were planning to use this girl to get yourself into the village and prey on us, right?
G: Eh? Ain't I right?
Y: Mystia-san will never...
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M: Yeah, you're right...
M: She came at the right time. I took advantage of her.
M: I had been deceiving her pretty well...until you came.
W: Myschy...
W: You...
Y: M...
Y: Mystia-san...
Y: You're lying, right?
Y: We became friends...
Y: You promised to teach me how to sing too...
G: It seems that...
G: You haven't been manipulated.
G: You've been deceived...
G: By this fucking youkai!
Shake shake
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G: Stay back...
G: And take a good look at
G: Her cursed eyes.
G: Those are the youkai's eyes!!
Under M: Jump
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Stamp
G: Ka!
G: Ka! Ka!
G: Ka!
Dom Dom Dom
Dodge dogde
Smirk
gigigi
M: Wha...
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Kaboon
M: Seal Bombs!
M: What an explosion.
M: That solid rock was shattered.
M: Ha..!
G: Ka! Ka! Ka! Ka! Ka!
M: Ugh!
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M: His attacks are too quick!
M: And I have to do something about these seal bombs...
Y: Stop!!
Y: Please stop!!
Y: I...
Y: I don't believe it.
Y: Mystia-san!
Y: I don't believe it!
Y: I don't believe that you have been deceiving me!!
Y: You wouldn't be able to sing those beautiful songs if you were a deceptive person!!
Y: So...!!!
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M: Ugh...
M: S... Shut up...
M: Shut up, human!!
M: If you want to get killed that badly, I'll kill you right now!!
Y: Ugh, gr...
Y: Gr, um u...
G: You rotten bustard...
G: You there!
G: I told you to stay back!
G: You... with that trick of yours...
G: How many people have you deceived?
G: How many people have you killed?
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G: I guess you youkai never understand the sadness of losing loved ones or the despair of being betrayed.
G: Well, I don't even expect you to...
G: Listen Youkai!!
G: As long as I'm alive, not even a single youkai will ever enter the village!!!
G: It doesn't matter how you try to sneak in. I'll slay you all!!
Ggggrrrr
G: The threat to human beings
G: Must be exterminated.
G: Be prepared...
Ssh...
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Bom
Bom
Bom
M: He missed?
M: No. This is a smoke screen!!
M: What is he doing?!
M: He can't aim at me with this...
G: I don't need to...
Pohooo
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Bam
M: Hm? Where is his bow...?
M: Close range... Crap...!
G: Explode!!!
Grrr
Stamp
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M: Wrigglun!
G: Um!
W: You're too careless, Myschy.
G: What...!?
W: Too late.
Little Bug Storm Beam
G: Ugh!!!
Dom
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G: Who the hell are you!
W: Okay, Myschy...
M: Ah Wrigglun...
M: Thanks...
W: We'll run away.
M: What!?
G: A dazzle attack...
G: Cheap trick...
G: ...Um!
Huuuuu
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Silence...
G: They're
G: gone?
G: Hmph.
G: They ran away.
G: I didn't expect to see an ally come in to help that youkai.
G: Well, this has just gotten way more serious...
G: I guess I'll retrieve once, get some more weapons, and start chasing them as soon as possible...
Y: Uh uh..
Y: Uh
Y: Uh..
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G: Hey you.
G: As you can see, this place is dangerous.
G: Go back to the village at once.
G: That youkai might bring some more allies to attack us again.
G: We should hurry up.
Y: Uh..
Y: Uh..
Sob sob
G: Youkai never change...
G: We can never coexist.
G: Just accept it.
G: Otherwise, we are the ones who will eventually get hurt!!
G: Getting along with youkai?
G: Becoming friends with youkai?
G: Geez...
G: Looking at you brings up my bad memory.
G: Listen to me now.
G: I'll tell you what happened in the village a long time ago.
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G: I used to have a little sister. She always said "Humans and youkai can get along and become friends" or something like that. Just like you now.
G: One day, she brought one of her friends to my house and that friend was a youkai. She surprised the hell out of me, but I was also pleased to see my sister get along with a youkai. I had never thought that could be even possible.
G: But...
G: My sister was simply manipulated by this youkai. I don't know how much of her thoughts was being manipulated, but...
G: In the end, over a half of innocent villagers were killed, and my sister also died. That youkai just used my sister to sneak into the village...
G: Then I realized
G: Humans should never trust youkai. There is no chance in hell we could coexist.
G: I learned from my past mistake.
G: Since then, I've become a youkai hunter and never trusted a single youkai.
G: ...and the village has never been attacked ever since.
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Y: I didn't know he had experienced such a tragedy...
Y: So that's why he hates youkai so much...
G: Listen.
G: Don't you ever trust youkai!!!
G: They always manipulate us and deceive us!!
(Note: Or "They are nasty manipulators and deceivers!!")
G: They look and talk like humans but they are man-eating monsters inside!
Y: I don't believe it...
On top of Y: Sob
Y: Mystia-san can't be a man-eating monster.
Y: Manipulate us?
Y: Deceive us?
Y: Deceive?
G: She is now completely manipulated by a youkai, like a puppet.
G: It's too late to save her now.
M: I had been DECEIVING her pretty well...
M: until you came.
Y: Mystia-san...
Y: You said...
Y: You said you had been deceiving me...
Because... because...!
Y: Genma-san.
Y: Genma-san.
G: Hm?
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Sob Sob Sob
Y: G... go ahead and return to the village without me.
Y: I.. I'll...
Y: Go home once I finish crying.
Sob sob
G: Alright... But make it quick.
G: Now I know that this play is way too dangerous...
Sob
G: I'm going to set a boundary by the village so that villagers can never get in here.
G: You have to come back till then.
You got that?
Y: Genma-san!
Y: Genma-san!
Y: I still want to believe it...
Y: I still want to believe that humans and youkai can laugh together someday...
Y: I really believe it...
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G: Ka!
G: You can believe whatever you want...
G: But let me tell you one thing.
G: They live in a completely different world. In the end, you'll reget it.
G: This is from my personal experience.
G: Becoming friends with youkai... huh. Now, I never know how much of my sister's thoughts was manipulated by that youkai...
G: Or what my sister really thought back then.
...But I got my answers that day.
G: Youkai are our enemies!
G: We have no choice but exterminate them all!
There is no other way...
I won't bend my own belief either...
Ahahahaha
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W: Well, anyway...
W: I didn't think I'd ever witness such unpolished acting from you. You hate humans after all.
M: Ah~ don't talk about it too much..
M: But if I didn't act like that then...
M: She might have been...
W: Well yeah.
W: That hunter has got some serious hatred toward us for sure.
M: We become friends but...
M: I guess I'm disliked now...
Depressed
W: Humans and youkai...
W: I think it's still difficult.
W: But even if you were disliked, what you did back then was a right thing to do.
M: Yeah...
W: Hm?
W: What? I just heard something from over there?
Next to W: A voice?
M: Hm? What? I don't hear anything.
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Y: I believe in you!!!
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Drip drip
Y: Mystia-san...
Y: You are a really really kind person after all!!
Y: You're my
Y: my best friend...!!!
Y: I won't be able to come back to this forest any more... but...
Y: I promise you... I'll realize my dream!!
Y: Then I'll come back to see you again!!!
Y: At that time!!
Y: Please sing with me again!!
Y: On a stage where humans and youkai can share great time togather!!!
Bam
W: Ha... hahaha!
W: I see...
W: She noticed your acting too, Myschy...
W: Ahahaha!!
W: Friends, huh.
W: Humans are truly interesting!
W: Right, Myschy!
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Drip drip
M: Yeah.... Yeah...
M: ...I promise!!!
W: Myschy...
W: Ha!
Hahahahahaha!!
You look awful, Myschy~!!!
W: Blow your noose, will ya!!?
M: Mggg~, Wrigglun~!!!
Ahahahah
So, this was a story about a human and a youkai.
As long as they try to understand each other, their friendship can't be broken.
Well, today's story ends here.
Next time we meet, I'd like to present another story "A night sparrow opens a stand."
Have a wonderful day, everyone....
The End
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Humans and youkai fight for their dignity!
Mystia Lorelei is a night sparrow youkai who hates humans. One day, she was caught by a trap that seems to have been set by a human. With a help of a youkai firefly Wriggle Nightbug, she attempted to get out of the trap, but then an unexpected visitor suddenly appeared on the scene!! Now starts a story about a battle between a human and youkai!