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Leo absolutely didn't need to manually worry about exhaustingly arranging the dorms and luggage for the massive swarm of Uma Musume. After politely, sweatingly greeting Special Week, he immediately headed directly back home to the farmhouse, incredibly eager to finally escape the blazing sun and aggressively enjoy the luxurious convenience of modern, electrical appliances!
The massive mountain of heavy cardboard appliance boxes expensively bought by Symboli Rudolf were currently piled up precariously at the dusty edge of the farm's dirt fields. Although they technically weren't exactly from his exact same Earth dimension, the Uma Musume world legally had billions of ordinary, non-horse people too, and their commercial technology was completely, wonderfully similar to Leo's native world. He quickly, frantically dug through the boxes and successfully found the absolute, single most important, life-saving appliance for surviving a tropical summer.
"Next! It's finally time to visually witness a modern miracle!"
Violently, aggressively unpacking the heavy cardboard and styrofoam in a few quick, tearing moves, under the incredibly strange, completely bewildered gazes of Yukari Yakumo and the other Youkai, Leo aggressively stuck his butt out and began frantically installing the massive, white air conditioner unit.
The heavy outdoor compressor unit was carefully placed directly at the grassy back of the small wooden house, and he heavily relied on having Ran Yakumo casually help him violently blast a perfect, smoldering hole entirely through the thick wooden corner of the wall with a terrifying, point-blank Magic Cannon just to run the copper pipes! Finally, after coughing through the smoke and sawdust, he meticulously connected it directly to the massive, sleek floor-standing air conditioner currently sitting in the living room.
Beep!
Leo exhaustingly wiped the thick, greasy sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and triumphantly pressed the glowing power button on the remote. Since the blazing summer had officially arrived on the calendar, the ambient temperature and crushing humidity in Stardew Valley had violently, significantly risen. At this suffocating temperature, it was barely fine if you absolutely didn't physically move a single muscle, but literally even a tiny little bit of physical activity would violently leave you completely drenched in sticky sweat. He genuinely used to absolutely love Ran's massive, fluffy nine tails, but right now, literally even just visually looking at that massive wall of dense fur made him physically feel suffocated by the heat!
The massive air conditioner immediately hummed to life with a vibrating purr, and an incredibly powerful, freezing blast of freon-chilled cool air violently blew directly from the swinging vent, instantly, magically dispersing the thick, suffocating heat that had oppressively built up in the cramped room.
Refreshing! Absolute heaven!
Greedily enjoying the freezing, artificial cool breeze hitting his sweaty face, Leo slowly turned his head incredibly smugly toward Yukari Yakumo and the other Youkai. See that?! Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! This is the absolute, physics-defying power of modern technology!
But... he completely didn't hear the loud, awestruck gasps of absolute wonder he had arrogantly imagined in his head.
Turning completely around, he depressingly realized that this massive group of supposedly 'ancient' Great Youkai from the backwards countryside absolutely didn't look completely stunned or full of blind admiration exactly like the clueless, primitive characters in a cheap isekai novel. They all looked incredibly, painfully indifferent, completely lazily lying sprawled out on the plush velvet sofa and comfortably eating a massive, freezing glass bowl of fresh fruit salad directly from the fridge, clearly knowing exactly how to aggressively enjoy themselves even better than he did!
"Aren't you guys... shocked at all? This is an air conditioner! It's an air conditioner that lets you sleep in the summer without waking up in a pool of sweat!"
After heavily, depressingly washing the sticky sweat off his flushed face in the sink, Leo also aggressively grabbed a freezing plate of chilled, sliced strawberries and heavily sat down on the sofa. He kept aggressively, bitterly staring resentfully at the completely calm, unimpressed crowd; since absolutely no one was magically acting shocked to properly satisfy his massive, male vanity, his mood was incredibly, completely sour, and he suddenly absolutely didn't feel like cooking dinner for them at all.
"Alright, alright. Wow~~ it's actually an air conditioner! How amazing, it can actually blow cool air. Little brother, you're just too incredible."
Absolutely unable to stand Leo's intense, bitter staring a single second longer, Yukari Yakumo rolled her eyes and incredibly reluctantly played along, her ancient voice dripping with such massive, heavy, deadpan sarcasm it could physically cut glass. Hmph, a mortal man's fragile ego and vanity is truly a completely strange, pathetic thing.
"How did you guys spend the summer in Gensokyo before?"
Yukari Yakumo's completely bored, monotone voice made Leo physically feel even more utterly defeated. He was now genuinely, intensely curious about exactly how absolutely everyone used to magically get through the brutal, humid summer before he arrived with AC.
"Marisa's cooling potion lasts for two days per bottle. The Cirno-brand cooling artifact only costs three meals a day and a few insincere compliments. Patchouli's cooling magic circle can continuously generate ice, but the price is a bit steep since that Remilia girl asks for too much. There's also a low-end version of an evil god summoning circle that can also radiate cold, but you have to deal with whatever strange things get summoned yourself."
Yukari Yakumo completely casually, lazily gave Leo a few terrifying, magical examples between bites of salad. The base technological level of their isolated Gensokyo absolutely wasn't high, but their raw, reality-bending magic was! Magic could effortlessly, casually handle such tiny, trivial matters as room temperature, so what on earth was there to be violently shocked about over a noisy plastic box?
If she casually went outside right now and drew a couple of complex, freezing magic circles for the sweating Uma Musume, it would legally be complex enough for their modern scientists to frantically study for a literal lifetime!
It was strictly just an entirely different, evolutionary direction of societal development. Did this smug little human really, arrogantly think they were all just clueless, mud-eating country bumpkins?!
"Fine, I overthought it. Then I'll enjoy this massage chair myself. You guys probably have a substitute for this too, right?"
Leo sighed in defeat, stood up, and aggressively unpacked another massive, heavy cardboard box, violently moved the massive, sleek, leather massage chair out onto the rug, plugged the thick cord in, and heavily lay down on it, pressing buttons to start the chair completely according to the thick, translated manual's instructions.
Symboli Rudolf had incredibly expensively purchased these massive luxury appliances completely according to the strict, premium Mejiro family standards. The Mejiro family was a massively prestigious, incredibly wealthy aristocratic household in their world, so the daily things they used were naturally, aggressively top-tier. Especially for something directly related to the physical body and athletic recovery, it was completely custom-grade, high-end technology. These specific two massage chairs were completely, expensively purchased directly from the Mejiro family estate suppliers in the official name of the Three Goddesses!
"So incredibly comfortable~~"
Lying back completely on the plush leather massage chair, his entire, aching body instantly felt exactly like it was being incredibly gently, perfectly pressed and kneaded by dozens of countless, warm, small expert hands. Leo was so incredibly, meltingly comfortable he absolutely didn't even logically have the physical strength to sit up anymore, loudly letting out highly questionable, strange, vibrating groans exactly as he was deeply massaged by the internal rollers.
"Is it really that comfortable?"
Yukari Yakumo absolutely hadn't really cared at all about the bulky massage chair at first. If she ever lazily wanted a deep massage, she literally had Yuyuko, Youmu, and Ran at her absolute beck and call; exactly one massive, full-body massage only politically cost her a single, cheap steamed bun to Yuyuko! But seeing Leo's absolute, melted, blissful state, and hearing his embarrassing groans, she was actually getting entirely a bit genuinely curious.
"Get up and let me try it~~"
Walking gracefully to Leo's side, Yukari Yakumo violently poked his relaxed arm, but he completely just closed his eyes lazily and aggressively waved her away exactly like a swatting a fly, entirely too lazy and relaxed to even physically move. He pointed a limp finger directly at the massive, unopened boxes still piled outside, silently signaling for Yukari to exhaustingly build it herself.
"I just don't know how to set it up."
Yukari Yakumo lazily waved her pale hand and magically used a dark, eye-filled Gap to instantly, violently transport another massive, heavy cardboard box directly into the middle of the living room with a loud thud. After blankly looking at the thick, technical instruction manual, which completely seemed exactly like an undecipherable, complex ancient grimoire text to her ancient brain, she gave an incredibly awkward, embarrassed smile. She absolutely wasn't very fond of operating modern technological products; back then, it literally took her forever just to slowly learn exactly how to painfully type on a tiny smartphone keyboard, and even now, she absolutely still didn't quite logically know exactly how to use the shopping cart to shop online without breaking the app!
"Let me do it, Lady Yukari. I think I understand after watching just now."
Ran Yakumo completely, helplessly sighed, took the thick manual from her Master, and efficiently, magically assembled the heavy, complex leather massage chair exactly according to the strict mechanical instructions. Yukari Yakumo absolutely couldn't patiently wait to lazily lie down completely on it, happily closing her eyes as she eagerly waited for the magical mechanical hands to start the massage.
"Hmm... why on earth are there so incredibly many modes? Relaxation, heavy sports fatigue, powerful deep tissue pressure, fascia back-opening... there are absolutely so many. Which one did Leo choose just now?"
Looking completely bewildered at the massive, glowing, complex digital control panel, Ran Yakumo fell into deep thought, her fox ears twitching. She gracefully walked over to Leo's humming massage chair and leaned in closely to see exactly how he had made his specific selection on the screen.
"Custom? He specifically chose the absolute gentlest settings? If the gentle ones are exactly like this, wouldn't the powerful ones be even more incredibly comfortable?"
Having completely, flawlessly misunderstood absolutely everything through terrifying Youkai logic, a highly confident, bright smile magically appeared on Ran Yakumo's face. She happily selected the 'Custom' profile on Yukari's control panel, violently, aggressively cranked absolutely all the pressure and speed parameters completely to the absolute maximum setting, and firmly pressed the glowing red 'Start' button!
Click. CLACK.
The massive, heavy luxury massage chair suddenly, violently popped out several thick, heavy metallic buckles to instantly, aggressively restrain Yukari Yakumo's wrists and ankles! The entire massive leather chair began to violently, mechanically transform exactly like a Decepticon, and several terrifying, cold robotic arms rapidly extended from the hidden base, aggressively equipped with heavy jade guasha boards, freezing-cold steel fascia scraping knives, and massive, high-suction glass cupping jars!
The terrified Yukari was also violently, mechanically flipped completely over onto her stomach in the terrifying process!
"Ran?! Ran! I... I absolutely don't think this feels right?!"
A massive, terrifyingly bad premonition violently rose in Yukari Yakumo's ancient heart, but naively thinking of Leo's incredibly blissful, melting expression earlier, she temporarily, foolishly gave up physically struggling to see exactly what this strange, transforming machine was actually going to do to her back.
By the way, since it was the blazing, humid summer, absolutely everyone had thankfully stopped wearing those massive, bulky, multi-layered traditional clothes and had completely changed into light, breathable shorts and thin short sleeves, completely revealing their incredibly fair, unprotected arms and bare legs to the air!
The terrifying, heavy robotic arms, originally designed to meticulously mimic the brutal, deep-tissue hands of elite sports physiotherapists, began to press heavily on Yukari Yakumo. Although the crushing mechanical force was absolutely a bit terrifyingly heavy, Yukari stubbornly felt she could physically handle it; the massive intensity was just barely right on the edge of pain... until the freezing-cold, unyielding steel fascia scraping knife violently, aggressively pressed incredibly hard against her soft, straight, slender bare thigh!
"SO COLD... AHHH!!!"
This specific, terrifying maximum-pressure mode was originally, strictly intended for brutally, aggressively relaxing the massive, rock-hard, physics-defying leg muscles of elite Uma Musume after grueling, high-speed training.
Now, violently applied completely to the soft, lazy Yukari Yakumo—who literally exclusively used magical Gaps to teleport absolutely everywhere and whose entire annual physical exercise mathematically didn't even equal a single, pathetic day's worth of a standard Uma Musume warmup—an incredibly massive, blood-curdling, agonizing scream violently pierced the dark night sky, completely, terrifyingly scaring away the many Little Fairies happily playing in the dirt on the farm at night!