Hakurei Shrine

"So, after that, the professor said nothing as she approached the drunkard and gave him a case of 'lateral cranial impact enhancer'..."

While Reimu and Marisa were off investigating the invisible portal that's been siphoning Gensokyo's Spring away and with their communicators currently offline, Chiyuri decided to tell the Little Witch Mob some stories about Yumemi from back in her world. Meanwhile, the Shrine Maiden Mob are all huddled up at Reimu's kotatsu in the opposite side of the room.

Of course, since Chiyuri has been using highly scientific words in her stories, many of the terms mentioned went right over her audiences' heads, as she notied the confused looks they gave her.

"'Lateral cranial impact enhancer', meaning that the professor used a wrench to hit him in the head, knocking him out." Chiyuri then explained in layman's term.

"Oh." The Little Witch Mob collectively muttered as they understood the simpler term used.

"Question!" Ako raised a hand like a student in class asking questions. "What did the drunkard said that led to Professor Okazaki retaliating with physical force? Was it that offensive?"

Chiyuri paused as she wondered how she can answer that question.

"Well, let's just say the guy learned that insulting a scientist in front of another scientist who idolizes him is not a good idea." The assistant decided to summarize the answer instead.

"Another question here!" Markle raised her hand this time. "Why didn't Professor Okazaki just shoot that guy?"

"Well, where we came from, it is illegal to shoot anyone for any reason. So that wasn't an option at all." Chiyuri answered that straight away, due to it being a much simpler question.

Before Fey and Rey can ask their own question, Yumemi suddenly poked her head into the living room from the kitchen. "Chiyuri, were you telling them stories from back home again?"

"Yeah, I am." The assistant responded to the professor. "You got any problems with that?"

"Actually, no." Yumemi said. "In fact, try telling them about the former friend of mine how she lost a bet to me and still owes me a million in Chinese Yuan."

"What was the bet about, again?" Chiyuri brought up a question of her own. "It's been a while, and I don't remember it..."


Yet another Interlude just to prove that I haven't abandoned this fic yet.

Speaking of, I'm sorry for the unannounced and extended hiatus. About two months ago, I went to work on a short story called The Shiny Witch and the Warden (only available on AO3 as of now) which is basically Disney's The Owl House with Little Witch Academia characters. The hiatus was due to the story being harder to write than expected, as well as real life deciding to be a dick at the same time. That aside, do give it a read (on AO3) if you're interested.

"And that, as they say, is that..."

Afterword ends here.