I love those "An idea has presented itself." "Does it involve something I don't want to do?" "The idea is no longer an option." moments.

[x] No need to make her do something she’s not comfortable with. If I have to nix the idea then so be it.

I can't think of a single character who acts more like a lady, so I want to act like a gentleman.

[x] No need to make her do something she’s not comfortable with. If I have to nix the idea then so be it.

[x] No need to make her do something she’s not comfortable with. If I have to nix the idea then so be it.

Honestly, being given the choice NOT to do it when Wakasagihime clearly isn't too comfortable to do so just makes it rather clear to not do it. Besides, we already kinda messed up with Kogasa and it's a lesson to take to heart.

[X]Go in through the front gate...
-[X]...but put on a disguise. To beat the tanuki one has to think like one.

Myouren Temple is already compromised.

[X]Go in through the front gate...
-[X]...but put on a disguise. To beat the tanuki one has to think like one.

[x]Sneak in through the graveyard. No witnesses - no problems.

This chapter was a pain to write because I didn't want the story to go here and where it will next chapter.

Reimu slept better than she expected to. Maybe the ceiling of vines, leaves, and flowers had helped. Whatever those glowing blue lights were had also disappeared. She stepped out of her plush mushroom bed and cringed at the touch of the cold moss floor. She sat there adapting to it before she stood up properly and moved to leave the room.

She found Chen in the main sitting room, drawing something. The cat turned to her and said, “Hi, Reimu!”

“Good morning, Chen.”

“Good morning!” the cat spoke again. Then she pushed herself up, grabbed her paper, and presented it to the shrine maiden, face beaming proudly all the while.

Reimu was no stranger to situations like this, thanks to Keine dragging her to the temple school, but usually, the kids would show her a picture of something resembling an animal or how much their characters had improved. “Oh…! This is… really good! Good job, Chen!”

“Sanskrit!” the cat said smugly, rolling back and forth on her feet.

The human nodded slowly. “…Wow! That’s… impressive!” She handed the paper back to the youkai. “I’ll let you get back to that then.” Chen’s smile somehow widened even further before she brought it back to the table. Reimu moved into the kitchen and sat down at the high table sitting in the middle.

Ran set down a cup of tea, a bowl of rice, and a plate of eggs in front of the shrine maiden, saying, “Good morning. It is currently 10:13:28 AM.”

“Huh?”

“The time,” the shikigami spoke as if it explained anything. She put her hands in her sleeves before continuing. “Was the quality of your sleep adequate?”

“I guess. I think that room you gave me is better suited for Marisa, though.”

“I agree, but I have no say in the interior decorating beyond, ‘get rid of everything that proves too much of a hassle to bother keeping.’”

“Like what?”

“It depends. It could be something dangerous, hard to clean… Stuff l

Ran should be amazing at bowling though. Even aside from the shikigami calculation but, Chen’s a living, whirling bowling ball! :p

I’m looking forwards to Reimu’s plan backfiring. Her incident instincts might always be right, but I’m pretty sure these aren’t!

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This isn't WaHH Reimu so there's a non-zero chance of it going well. A very low chance