Chapter 14 Touhou (Patreon)

'I have made a mistake...' I thought with dawning horror as the hungry ghost woman literally ate the whole roasted ducks in less than twenty bites for each of the two roasted ducks, I had put down with her deceptive bites cleaving through bone and sinew alike with no sign of discomfort as she literally ate the whole wing of the bird in a single bite with her throat expanding to take the load.

"Ohh... This is sooo good!" Yuyuko Saigyouji moaned as she was forced to now take slower bites of the more individual foods like the salads and the fruit platter I laid out.

For a moment I considered pulling out the Noble Phantasm's sake I made off copying Shuten Doji's sake gourd to offer it as a drink but then I was viscerally reminded about the consequences of drinking such a potent brew, what with the Oni's doing perverted things within my waters and Yuugi was having the more clear minded members of her race building a literal statue of the form I took when I visited her when she was hammering on my barrier underground.

No... Let's not get dead drunk with one of the more mischievous members of the Touhou cast that's not dressed as a literal clown.

But either way I didnt see a problem teleporting some of the Sake from my rivers in the underworld that I had formed. "Excuse me I just realized I haven't offered you a drink. What kind of Sake do you like?" I asked making her eyebrow perk up in interest.

Yuyuko finished eating her watermelon slice and didnt even let the rind escape her stomach as she flirtatiously laid a hand against her cheek. "Oh, dear even on the first day of meeting me you desire to ensnare this hapless lady with probably divine Sake that will ruin me for all other drinks!" I snorted and then a teleported dozen different flavors of my Sake in large masonry jars.

"I think you will enjoy this one the most if the rumors I have heard of the ghost princess is correct." I said tapping the Sakura flower flavored jar which gently floated towards her.

She hummed in thought before she froze at the powerful fragrance literally bursting out of the sealed earthen jar as I had added a literal spell and as she broke the seal, and the cork was shot out the pink mist coming off the Sake formed a beautiful Sakura tree in full bloom with the flowers on the tree blowing off after a couple seconds leaving the bare tree.

Yuyuko's hands clenched feeling a plethora of emotions at the sight the tree started gently fading away into pink mist from the bottom of the tree towards the top.

But I could only smile proudly as the fading mist reached the top and the branches violently grew another generation of flowers and the top of the tree full of blooming flowers flew over the courtyards wall in defiance to Yuyuko's sudden motion to grasp it within her hands.

I knew this would affect her as her human body was still sealed underneath the demon Sakura tree that was beside her manor and she definitely had complicated emotions about this topic.

"I made that little theme after hearing how you 'stole' away spring from Gensokyo. No matter what happens life will find a way in the end." I said while also reminding myself not to get too cocky as I just said people will always find a way.

She just hummed obviously in thought and gently sipped some of the Sake out of a cup as I seriously had no interest in trying to drink out of a damn bowl like a dog.

"It has a full and hearty flavor at first. then it gets bitter." She said after a few drinks of the Sake before she tilted her head and I saw her moving her tongue around in her mouth against her cheeks as she found the third flavor. "Then it has a gentle sweetness..."

She smiled as she took a longer drink and then gently laid the cup down as she savored the flavor.

"Would you mind supplying this alcohol to me?" She asked and I realized as her violet eyes twinkled at me that this was the first time, she had made eye contact with me.

I nodded gracefully and with a snap of my wrist two more large jars of the same Sake teleported along with more than three dozen pork buns I had made while we been talking.

"Yes, that's fine, its nothing to me honestly. Oh, by the way do you know of the religions of the outside world?" I asked with a mischievous thought.

"Hmm I do know a decent bit?" She said running her finger along the rim of the cup as with devouring two whole ducks and several other dishes she was savoring the meat buns more for the flavor than to fill her void of a stomach.

"Oh, I was just curious about what you could tell me about mountain gods as I am the only one in Gensokyo and obviously I can't contact any of the others in the Outside World." I said switching tracks as I was about to make a joke about this Sake basically being my blood in a sense.

Yuyuko shook her head frowning before she smiled and before I could react, she reached over and grasped my hand within her cool hands. Thankfully this form was impervious to her instant death touch as if she did it, the attack would only rip the connection I have to that human form and could just reconnect to it as I smite her with divine lightning.

But my fear was wrong as she simply cupped my hands gently before letting go and leaning back with her large breasts falling off the table as she made the motion and literally made a light clapping sound with her not wearing a bra as was common in this world. "Moria, you have made me quite happy with this Sake so I will call in a favor with a couple friends if necessary to learn more."

Her saying that meant that so long as it didnt bring her any problems than she will probably be asking some of her acquaintances.

Even as we switched over to some more lighter topics such as how her attendant was off on an adventure to steal the bag of ever flowing rice that some dragon gods from the Shinto pantheon had supposedly lost here in Gensokyo.

"If that rice bag was here, Yukari would have sensed the divine signature and threw it out of Gensokyo." A voice said with Ran walking over wearing a thin sleeping rope that outlined her voluptuous body.

"Wait so my dear Youmu was tricked! And I have been starving, and waiting for her return for nothing!" Yuyuko cried out with much more emphasis on her being the one starving and being mistreated.

Ran just rolled her eyes as she sat down beside me on the long couch across from Yuyuko. "I am not sure why you are here now but either way... Plus you are always starving you hungry ghost! You even stole food from our house when Lady Yukari invited you for drinks!" Ran angrily pointed out huffing.

"Lord Moria, do you mind if I have one of these jars." She asked respectfully and I had to think for a second.

"What flavor of Sake would you prefer Ran." I asked in response.

After learning she preferred a more dry and tart drink, I handed her a jar that had its only wintry theatric motion but my attention was taken away when Yuyuko asked Ran with a loud whisper. "Ran you called him lord... does that mean you have abandoned Yukari and eloped with this man!" She announced dramatically making Ran pat her chest to avoid coughing at the scandalous question.

Ran glared at the unrepentant ghost princess as she said coolly. "No... I am not abandoning my master. I am here to help Lord Moria help get used to being a mountain god and perhaps if he is amendable, he could release the barrier as the tengu and other Yokai clans are basically rioting around the Moria Shrine."

Me and Yuyuko both ignored her words as I will not tolerate people claiming my body as their own and Yuyuko only giggled as a thought came to her mind. "Oh, I bet Sanae is having so much fun solving all the little incidents that will pop up with all those Yokai fighting."

Ran started berating Yuyuko who simply covered her obviously laughing expression with a fan making Ran through her hands up in defeat.

I was actually enjoying talking like this to people I could conceivably call my equal especially with knowing my lifespan was going to be longer than literal gods.

I knew I was subconsciously keeping a decent distance even to my champion Hiro as he will live a paltry couple centuries maybe even a thousand years with my blessings. But his soul will decay and run out like a candle will flicker out like a flame burning out the remainder of a wick.

But although these Yokai, Gods, and others will certainly live much longer but even they will not live as long as my mountain will stand tall as I am a divine mountain unbound by the weathering of the world so my base lifespan could be said to be in the millions of years should I not take motions to protect myself at all from being weathered away or pulling more matter into my mountain.