Chapter 1: The Cicada Flies Away With Dragon Wings

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The radiance of its life was shorter than the twinkle of a falling star, its flame of life was fleeting like a lightweight snowfall.

Its demise was peaceable with neither feeling, temperature, nor odor, it was merely black with no gravity nor horizon.

That individual had died in darkness and grabbed the sunshine of life introduced, in that case wouldnt his lived life and demise be nearly nonexistent?

As a result of he had spent nearly all of his brief life in darkness.

I used to be born in an egg and lived in darkness till that day of my seventh summer season after I was lastly capable of escape. I had been residing in concern of ants and moles within the earth up till that point.

I assumed that there was solely darkness resulting from residing in that setting for seven years.

The everlasting darkness with out endbut I trembled in pleasure after I lastly met the sunshine.

I greeted the morning mist that day as I broke out of my shell and for the primary time discovered concerning the factor known as life.

Gentle.

The sunshine of the new child solar slowly began to disclose its true nature.

The mushy pink rays of sunshine immediately modified angle and colour.

Because the solar had ascended above me I used to be dazzled by its radiance to the purpose that my eyes noticed white and the surface of my shell was burning scorching from the scorching solar.

A strong wind blew by means of like 1000’s of soppy feathers, and the extraordinary odor of grass cured my unreliable sense of odor.

Ah, how extreme life was.

Within the fierce daylight my small and lidless eyes shook dizzily.

Gentle was actually life. The life that shone fiercely.

Earlier than I noticed it I used to be flapping my wings within the sky.

I didnt be taught from anybody, my instincts knew methods to fly.

How fantastic it was to fly within the skyonly those that flew would perceive it.

In comparison with the migratory birds that flew far excessive within the sky, the diploma with which my small wings might flap was like crawling on the bottom, however it was sufficient for the small me.

I ran round in a daze beneath the stagnating midsummer gentle. At the moment, I used to be actually alive.

On the backside of the new and heavy ambiance, I flapped my wings to the purpose that they shook and continued to fly until noon.

Rain fell by means of the shade beneath the cover of bushes,

I usually flew from the hungry beak of crows,

and I slipped by means of the nets of the bug catching kids,

Flying, flying, flying, flying

Then I noticed that I used to be mendacity on the bottom.

The final true dragon of this world had lived on this island for generations, ever since historic occasions.

Earlier than its demise, that dragon left behind all of its energy and data, inserting it into an egg it gave beginning to.

And hatching out of the eggwas me.

My insides have been overflowing with sage stage knowledge and infinite energy.

Extending outdoors with the brand new gentle was the deep blue sky.

Earlier than I had realized it I used to be spreading my wings within the sky.

My time as a cicada couldnt examine to this physique, my wings have been incomparably stronger, flapping within the daylight.

The earth quickly grew to become smaller and the sky step by step grew close to.

After I handed by means of the lumps of clouds that my small cicada wings might by no means attain, I laughed from the underside of my abdomen.

Pondering of my earlier life and the way I used to be born once more, I began laughing.

I wasnt capable of snort due to my small cicada mind.

Look! This reborn physique.

My arms and toes which have been skinny like a wire have change into thick and powerful, a lot in order that they might even raise an enormous rock mountain.

My skinny wings which have been at all times blown away by the wind might now create storms when flapped.

My fragile outer shell was now lined in scales tougher than any mineral.

My jaw that would solely sip sap might now crush even the shell of an iron turtle.

The lowly creature known as cicada had change into a superior being, a dragon. Destiny is whimsical, it appears?

A cicada, not to mention a creature from a distinct world, didnt have to know the explanation why it inherited the physique and data of a dragon.

Now that it was a dragon such issues grew to become trivial.

I actually nonetheless had the reminiscence of my time as a cicada, nevertheless such a small reminiscence would disappear from my thoughts instantly.

Im a dragon.

It was silly to check this to my lifetime of a cicada, a protracted life awaited me now.

I now not needed to be frightened by insect nets or the beak of a crow, a strong life awaited me now.

My newfound data was talking.

Im now the strongest being on this planet. All residing beings on the bottom can solely tremble at my roar.

On this new world there isn’t any one to be afraid of and I ought to take pleasure in this given life to the fullest!

I used to be now this skysno, I had change into this worlds king!

I sang with a loud voice for the start of the brand new life as a dragon!

Resounding on this planet was my track of pleasure and courtship.

1. From Touhou wiki: A quote from the Juujuushin ron (, lit. Consideration of 10 Lessons of Thoughts) written by Kuukai, founding father of Shingon Buddhism. The interpretation extra becoming to the unique sentences is: As one repeats to reside many many occasions, he solely is aware of the beginning or residing identical to below the shadow. As one repeats to die many many occasions, he merely is aware of the top or dying identical to within the shade. It is best to know one of many peculiar Buddhist dogmas is that each one peculiar lives are embedded within the eternally rotated wheel besides Buddha (or the enlightened monks ) individuals at all times get to reside as different individuals after demise, except they attain the state of enlightenment (satori), the last word objective of Buddhism. The unique that means of the phrase is seen that peculiar individuals dont/cant notice what the life and demise is (i.e. what the self is what the last word reality of Buddhism is) although they’re repeating residing and dying, and that Kuukai thinks that he’s additionally one among them.