Shoujo Grand Summoning Chapter 1718: Give up on Flan
"I am only here because you're still Flan's sister."
The air turned heavy with this sentence.
Inevitably, his line cut Remilia's heart like a razor.
Sakuya wanted to intervene, this was no way to talk to her mistress.
Remilia loves her sister but she could have done better.
Flan lived miserably under her care.
Flan herself is also a walking hazard for people weaker than herself.
Remilia was pushed into a corner, how to care for everyone's wellbeing while caring for her sister's happiness too.
Locking her away seemed like the only option she had.
Were there other methods she could try?
Gensokyo is a place of wonders.
Surely, there must be another way.
Sakuya felt indignant. Seeing as Remilia couldn't say anything.
"You outsider, you don't know what Remilia has been through."
Sakuya scoffed.
"She cares so much that an outsider like you can't possibly fathom."
"Ah? Still want to defend her case? You enabled her too."
Wu Yan gave them looks as if he was looking at pitiable individuals.
"I might not know everything about your mistress. Yet, Flan finds me more of a brother figure than her blood-related sister, what say you of that? Do you know Flan?"
Remilia and Sakuya flinched.
Did they ever try to understand Flan deeply enough?
Did they write her off simply as a deranged kid?
They never tried to put much thought into this, did they?
Sakuya and Remilia were stunned for words.
"You know she is a troublemaker, but did you ever stop and wonder why Flan wanted people to play with her?"
Wu Yan asked Remilia.
"Isn't it because she doesn't want to be alone?"
"What choice do I have?"
Remilia protested.
"Anyone playing with her would have been destroyed!"
"You!"
Wu Yan calmly addressed Remilia.
"Try to recall a time when Flan actually hurt you with her powers?"
"Did she ever hurt me?"
Remilia recalled that no matter how much Flan rampaged, she never used serious powers on her.
"You thought that was natural and wrote it off because you think she wouldn't dare?"
Wu Yan read Remilia's mind.
"Well, that's because she wouldn't, you're her sister!"
"I..."
Remilia stuttered.
"You think it was hopeless so you locked her up. Yet, the thought of trying to talk it out with and understanding root causes never occurred to you."
Wu Yan lost interest in the topic.
"Of course, you never thought about how to make her happy either, Flan was a chore for you, a problem to solve."
"Had you tried to understand her, you would have arrived at this place."
Wu Yan sighed.
"Imagine if you took time out to play with her every day? her problem would be solved sooner or later, no?"
Remilia's face turned pale as it dawned on her.
"She wouldn't feel so lonely and wouldn't rampage because of a lack of companionship."
Wu Yan roamed his gaze over her.
"You said it was for her own good. How is it good to lock a person with a kid's mental age in a room for hundreds of years? Did you imagine another outcome?"
"Face it, you never thought about it from her perspective."
"I... I..."
Remilia couldn't find the words to retort, not while looking at Flan who is peacefully sleeping in Wu Yan's embrace.
"Ojou-sama."
Sakuya tried to call out to Remilia.
"Hey, you!"
Reimu frowned.
"You're going overboard."
"Merely stating the facts."
Wu Yan looked at Reimu.
"Look, Remilia cares a lot about Flan but her direction is wrong and this caused Flan to rampage and suffer mentally."
Wu Yan continued berating Remilia.
"Flan came from a dark place. This is why I am going to make sure she gets her light and happiness back."
"If you can't do that. I advise you to give up Flan."
Remilia looked back defiantly.
"I will never give her up."
Remilia was determined to earn back Flan's trust.
She is her sister.
"Well, that's not for you to decide."
Wu Yan snorted.
"I will bring Flan over to the Red Devil Mansion tomorrow. Prove that you can make Flan stay."
Wu Yan went to the Shrine's door while bypassing Remilia.
Remilia looked sad as her shadow cast a gloomy shade over the path they trod.
Sakuya and Reimu watched silently as Wu Yan left.