Chapter 663: No Regrets for Entering the East?

An unfamiliar ceiling.

Su Lin wasn’t joking this time, nor was he recycling a tired meme—he genuinely didn’t recognize the ceiling above him.

A wooden ceiling light with a hexagonal prismatic frame, a tatami room with unmistakable Japanese style, saturated with the musty aura of antiquity.

‘Did I get beaten up upon entering this world?’

A thick cotton quilt covered him, and the profound weakness, like the aftermath of being forcibly ejected from a dungeon, quickly gave Su Lin a hypothesis.

Probably the heavenly blessing had worn off, and the new injuries from Yan Sen’s experiments had erupted.

He hadn’t expected that damn NEET would actually drag him to see a doctor—otherwise, he’d have at least waited a while, until his lower body could walk again.

Lower body.

Come to think of it, why do my feet feel so heavy?

Su Lin pulled back the quilt and saw a girl curled up, shivering, with wrinkled rabbit ears on her head.

She trembled, huddled beneath the covers, her purplish-brown hair falling down, wearing a suit jacket, a red tie, and a pink pleated skirt.

‘Eh?!’

Startled, she scrambled backward, but was trapped within the confined space of the quilt.

Wait a moment.

It’s not even Mid-Autumn Festival—who stuffed a moon rabbit into my bedding? Where’s the mooncake?

Trying to distract himself and act normal, Su Lin shifted his feet, attempting to move away from this scenario that would inevitably trigger a door-slamming disaster.

But—

The rabbit-eared girl, her flushed face illuminated by the ambient light, gathered her courage and grabbed Su Lin’s legs:

‘Aba… aba.’

‘It’s my first time… but I’ll serve you well… w-wah.’

Coach, isn’t this plot twist a little off?

Is this one of those infamous nude-photo scandals from TV dramas?

Su Lin’s expressionless face summoned the Azure Manifestation, lifting the rabbit-eared girl—who stammered incoherently, her reason long evaporated under terror, tears still streaking her face.

He scanned the surroundings warily, suspecting hidden pinhole cameras or recorders somewhere nearby.

‘Nothing?’

Then how do you explain this non-human girl right in front of me?

Swish!

A paper sliding door, distinctly retro in design, slid open.

Hōrai-san Kaguya entered, carrying a small, pale pink gothic-style dress-wearing rabbit-eared girl.

‘Do you prefer a more brutal approach?’ Kaguya glanced at the lifted rabbit-eared girl and said coldly:

‘Suzuka, did you follow my instructions?!’

‘Your Highness, I—I—’ Suzuka stammered.

‘You’re first, then the order,’ Kaguya pulled out her phone, displaying a colorful manga, and exclaimed: ‘Then it’ll be me and the Emperor.’

She set down the girl named Inaba no Tei and pushed her forward, then began removing her outer coat, leaving only a thin nightgown.

‘Why are you still standing there?’

Kaguya pointed to the bedding laid on the floor and said: ‘Begin the Fantasia Gardenization Plan.’

Su Lin stared blankly, releasing Suzuka, who was still covering her face, and asked: ‘Did you not grow a brain when you were resurrected last time?’

No, she could still communicate—her brain must still be there.

‘Did you lose your IQ after collecting the achievement of gazing directly at Azathoth?’

Kaguya half-lidded her eyes and studied him for a moment:

‘Hey, I prepared this dream scenario for you, and you’re not even reacting? Are you even a man?’

‘Who dreamed of this?’ Su Lin was beginning to suspect her brain had been grafted onto a doujinshi.

Kleine, you’ve done too many bad things.

‘So unforthcoming. Now you’re denying it?’ Kaguya tapped her phone twice and opened a recording.

【Have you ever read my doujinshi?】

【Of course!】

【Have you ever… gone through it?】

【Ah, uh… yes, more than once! Thank you for the treat!】

【To be honest, among all the characters in Fantasia, who do you like the most?】

【I love Hōrai-san Kaguya the most!!! Long black hair is the best!!!】

‘I was ready for a river of blood,’ Kaguya spread her hands.

Identical voice.

Mr. Su Lin is a respectable man—even during his online trolling phase, he’d never say such things. Who else could it be? Need I ask?

‘Su Tuoni, I’m going to kill you.’ Su Lin controlled his toes, refusing to dig holes into the tatami to avoid compensation.

‘Be honest,’ Kaguya turned her head away, clicking her tongue in annoyance: ‘Don’t you know that wooden male protagonists in light novels are already outdated?’

‘By 2024, they’ve gone from trendy to toilet paper.’

Su Lin retracted the Azure Manifestation and leaned against the wall, retorting: ‘And in my current state, what exactly do you expect me to do?’

‘Just click auto-play in the top-right corner.’

Kaguya waved her hand, removed her nightgown, revealing a regular undergarment beneath: ‘Follow me.’

This black-hearted NEET.

Leaving the ‘helpless’ rabbit-eared girl behind, the ten-year-old-looking Inaba no Tei, in contrast to the relieved Suzuka, curiously studied Su Lin.

The lucky white rabbit… seems to possess the ability to bestow luck.

Su Lin suddenly remembered this, and after locking eyes with the girl for a moment, he asked Kaguya ahead: ‘Can I take her home?’

‘?’

Inaba no Tei’s rabbit ears instantly stood upright, and with extraordinary leaping ability, she vanished in a blur down the corridor’s end.

Ah, she ran off…

I was planning to place Bai Qian, Will, Inaba no Tei, and Su Tuoni’s heads at the four cardinal directions for the Infinite Fortune Ritual.

What a pity. What a pity.

‘Minimum three years, maximum death penalty.’

Kaguya grinned mischievously, hands behind her back: ‘But if you become a son-in-law of Eternity Pavilion, I can arrange you a warm-bed maid~.’

‘Have you recently become fond of ancient-style NTR series?’ Su Lin glanced down.

The corridor floor was laid with smooth wooden planks that creaked faintly underfoot; one side featured rows of traditional paper windows.

Through the semi-transparent paper, soft sunlight spilled in, but offered no warmth—only a hazy glow.

‘Here,’ Kaguya slid open a door and stepped inside: ‘Yulin, the patient’s awake~.’

Su Lin followed behind. To his surprise, several familiar faces were there: Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, Ye Fan, Shi Hao, Yan Sen—all present.

The room held alchemical furnaces, fire cauldrons, test tubes, and alchemy equipment; anyone unfamiliar might think it was an exhibition on the history of global medical development.

A distinctive aroma of mixed herbal plants lingered in the air.

‘Awake?’ The woman holding a test tube had a cold face but a warm tone.

An astonishing volume of hair, white and tied into a ponytail; her robe, interwoven with red and purple, embroidered with constellations.

She scrutinized Su Lin meticulously, then spoke again: ‘Miracle.’

A medical miracle?

Su Lin pointed at himself, puzzled.

The intellectual woman called Yulin by Kaguya was Hachii Yulin, one of the Three Eights of Fantasia—the one who created the Penglai medicine that allowed Kaguya to repeatedly defy death.

‘That’s enough,’ Hachii Yulin handed the test tube to Yao Chen.

‘Using Dragon’s Blood Vine’s blood qi as the main ingredient to boost auxiliary herbs’ dosage and accelerate absorption—so that’s how it’s done.’

Master Yao sniffed the potion at his nose, his eyes gleaming:

‘But this will cause depletion side effects in the user—though only under normal circumstances.’

He passed the potion to Ye Fan, who glanced at it and drank it down in one gulp.

The dark god’s cosmic energy lingering in his Wheel Sea surged violently, then mixed with the blood mist bursting from Ye Fan’s pores.

Like specks of starlight, swirling into a cosmic nebula-like pillar of creation.

Within the slowly rippling Wheel Sea, the mist grew denser, permeating his acupoints and flowing along his meridians.

Finally, Ye Fan exhaled a long, turbid breath, opened his eyes, and nodded with delight:

‘Would you be interested in opening a hospital in Zhutian City?’

Not missing a single business opportunity, huh?

Su Lin once again bowed his head in admiration of Ye Fan’s grand ambition and Sihe Academy.

After preparing another test tube for Shi Hao, Hachii Yulin finally regarded Su Lin with a gaze he recognized all too well.

‘Could you cooperate with me on some experiments?’

Impossible to maintain composure.

Is Mr. Su Lin, in the eyes of these mad scientists, some kind of precious experimental specimen?

‘Are you sure you found me a doctor?’ Su Lin asked Kaguya.

There’s a certain beauty to being about to be laid out on an autopsy table.

“Haha, my apologies,” said Yagami Eirin, her eyes clearly tinged with regret as she smiled. “You must be Su Lin?”

“I am Su Lin.”

Upon hearing Su Lin’s answer, Yagami Eirin’s gaze grew complex.

“Your Highness has been well taken care of,” she said, pulling a small notebook from a drawer, rubbing her forehead, and asking:

“Forgive my boldness, but what is written here—”

What the hell?

Su Lin leaned in and saw the notebook contained:

【“04.24: Went to the Tree of Numerical Void with Su Lin. The warmest place in the world is at its summit.”

“04.25: Went to the Hakurei Shrine with Su Lin. Someone was holding a wedding there.”

“04.26: Went to Pinocchio with Su Lin. The nightmares were terrifying—but because Su Lin was there, they weren’t.”

“Su Lin is the best.”】

Some insiders suppressed their laughter, then immediately switched to expressions of feigned shock, as if utterly unaware.

“Didn’t you burn that notebook?”

The Azure Celestial Form seized Kaguya, who had tried to slip away and was already at the corridor’s corner, and dragged her back.

Kaguya scribbled on the notebook: [Hehe~(/≧▽≦)/]

Old woman, what are you doing, acting cute?!

“I left it in my room when I came back. Why are you invading my privacy, Eirin?!”

“Who do you think cleans up the trash in your room?”

“Uh…”

Kaguya poked her index finger, smiling awkwardly: “Isn’t it Reisen?”

As if long accustomed to Kaguya’s antics, Yagami Eirin sighed and dropped the matter, turning her gaze instead to Su Lin’s Azure Celestial Form.

Slowly, her pupils contracted, and she seemed to drift into another realm entirely.

“Doctor, is there still any hope?”

“.”

Yagami Eirin withdrew her gaze and looked at Su Lin. “Are you a god, an immortal, or an angel?”

“I’m human.”

“?”

After asking several questions and observing Su Lin’s “digital avatar” for a while, performing routine checks like pulse-taking and blood-drawing, Yagami Eirin fell into deep thought.

“The physical body and soul should have ceased to exist long ago. The spirit-body bears traces of immortality. A broken world.”

“From the world’s perspective, complete restoration is impossible.”

“Maintenance? Filling? Healing? Perhaps improvement along these lines is possible.”

After consulting with the expert team and discussing Su Lin’s condition, Yagami Eirin said:

“Further research is needed, but there’s no need for excessive concern. You are friends of Her Highness. Please stay at Eternity Pavilion for a few days.”

Nice doctor.

Su Lin’s brow relaxed slightly, and he stepped out of the room with the others.

“Your Highness,” said Yagami Eirin. “You stay behind.”

Kaguya grinned, closed the door, and cast Eternity Moment. “What is it, Eirin?”

“Those people—never mind, it’s nothing,” Yagami Eirin said, rubbing her temple with a wry smile. “You really know how to give me trouble.”

“But isn’t it interesting?” Kaguya tilted her head and asked.

“Neither Gensokyo nor the Moon Capital has ever seen anyone or anything like this!”

“Kaguya,” Yagami Eirin glanced at her, then handed her the notebook. “Be careful you don’t get lost in it yourself.”

“Eirin, what do you mean?” Kaguya kept smiling.

Yagami Eirin shook her head and fell silent.

“Me?” Hōrai Mountain Kaguya tucked the notebook away, stood still for a moment, then smiled and walked off with light steps.

In the evening.

In a courtyard of dry landscape, stone lanterns, a small pond, and meticulously pruned vegetation.

“Why did you all come too?”

Xiao Yan was part of the medical team, Ye Fan and Shi Hao were fellow patients—what were these people doing, dragging around luggage like they were on vacation?

“Pilgrimage to the holy site!” Huai Shi said. “I’m a hardcore otaku.”

“At least protect this last patch of purity from your hands,” Lu Mingfei muttered nonsense. “No regrets in this life for entering the East; may I be reborn in Gensokyo next life!”

Actually, it was during class on Water Mirror Peak that Irena’s barrage of question marks in the group chat, plus her openly priced lessons on Dragon-Slaying Magic for students of the Heavenly God Sect, had made him uneasy.

So when Kaguya asked in the group if anyone else wanted to come, he decided to come early and hide.

“I was planning to play the new Black Myth during my nap.”

Kleine pressed his calculator and said:

“All my snacks, drinks, and console are gone. The crime scene only left behind a monocle. Any ideas?”

The culprit has to be Amon. Who else?

The snacks and drinks were probably eaten by Starbo. Don’t shove that string of numbers in front of me.

Though letting in one outsider is one thing, bringing in so many at once—

Su Lin looked toward Kaguya, who smiled and waved her hand.

“Just don’t devour the Great Barrier, okay~”

Damn, that devour joke.

“Eternity Pavilion has little to offer you all—please make yourselves at home,” Kaguya said, gracefully covering her face with a smile.

“Though I am not truly the mistress of this place, I extend Eternity Pavilion’s greetings to you all.”

“Welcome to Gensokyo, the land beloved by the gods.”