On the ○○○th of ○○○, a strange pattern suddenly appeared in the gardens of the Scarlet Devil Manor.

The pattern was in the shape of a five-pointed star, and people began to whisper about crop circles at the Scarlet Devil Manor.

However, the pattern wasn't formed by flowers being pressed to the ground, but rather, the flowers in the pattern had all turned white, as if a group of white flowers had sprung up among the crimson ones.

People are saying this state of affairs at the Scarlet Devil Manor is an example of the much-rumored crop circle.

Crop circles are a deeply mysterious phenomenon where geometric patterns appear in fields.

However, nobody had ever seen one before, so it had remained a mysterious rumor.

The mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Remilia Scarlet (vampire), had this to say about the phenomenon:

"Crop circles are a good omen, aren't they? A white star in a flower field ... It's surely a symbol of victory, no?

It's unclear whose victory it's meant to represent, but it certainly is nice to look at the brilliant pattern in the flowers.

Crop circles certainly do seem to be good omens of sorts.

The individual in charge of the garden in question is the Scarlet Devil Manor's door guard, Hong Meiling (youkai).

I asked her about this incident as well.

"Is it really a crop circle? It doesn't really look like one to me ... I was so scared because I thought she'd get mad again. I'm in charge of maintaining the garden, after all. Even if she told me to change it back, I don't have the slightest idea how to do that, or how it happened, so I'm so glad the mistress likes it."

Even now, the Scarlet Devil Manor's garden has a white star where the flowers have changed colors.

The star-shaped crop circle makes the brilliant crimson flower garden even more amazing to look at.

Nobody knows who did this or why, but people still talk of it being the work of aliens.

Meiling    

Well, the mistress got tired of it, so she told me to change it back.

Aya    

So the star pattern is still there?

Meiling    

I don't even know how to make flowers change colors, so I can't really make it change back just because she says so.

Aya    

Why don't you try telling her that?

Meiling    

That won't do me any good~

Aya    

Why don't you try tricking her somehow until they wilt?

Meiling    

There's no way I could do that~

Aya    

Well, she'll get angry if you don't do anything, right? You should just tell her it's impossible.

Meiling    

How could I tell her that? She knew I couldn't do anything about it from the start. But the mistress likes teasing people, so ... *sob sob*

Aya    

In any case, I wonder what that star pattern is.

Meiling    

Yes, that is the question, isn't it? But nobody will touch it. Everyone just says how beautiful or interesting it is. I'm the only one worried about it, since I'm in charge of maintaining the gardens.

Aya    

Everyone calls it a crop circle ...

Meiling    

But it's not even circle shaped. It's kind of suspicious how it just appeared suddenly out of nowhere. It happened in the time it took me to make my rounds around the perimeter of the mansion. It was only about thirty minutes.

Aya    

Was it really that short?

Meiling    

Probably.

Aya    

You didn't fall asleep on the way, did you?

Meiling    

I-I wouldn't slack off like that!

Aya    

Hm, that's not normal. Still, it's hard to believe it's the work of aliens, like some people say.

Meiling    

Oh? If you're not as smart as aliens, I bet you'd think they couldn't do it.

Aya    

But what could this garden mean to the aliens? It's just a star.

Meiling    

Mean? Anyway, I wonder what crop circles are. I've never even heard of them before, so I don't know much about them-

Patchouli    

They say that crop circles are used in the outside world to breathe new life into an old village. Supposedly somebody thought of it as a way to bring tourists to old towns in the middle of nowhere with nothing but farming fields.

Meiling    

Oh, Miss Patchouli, it's so unusual to see you out here.

Patchouli    

You still haven't turned it back to normal? Remi will get mad, you know. In any case, nobody really knows what crop circles are. They say they might also be formed by something rising up to the surface from underground.

Aya    

You seem to know a lot about crop circles.

Patchouli    

However, this star-shaped crop circle is an experiment of mine. I devised it from the rumors.

Meiling    

Huuuuuh!? What did you say!?

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Hong Meiling

She is the gate keeper of the Scarlet Mansion, and is able of controlling "Chi", martial arts.

Appearances:

Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Immaterial and Missing Power