/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>45513579
I see the library and by extension Patchouli being a lot like an in-house R&D department for Remilia's schemes and ambitions that Patchouli can usually make happen thanks to both her presence and the library's usefulness. The library probably existed in a much smaller form as is fairly standard anyway for stately home built in a certain age to have a library of some size so it's likely the SDM had one before Patchouli arrived. That said I doubt Remilia really has the attention span or interest to use it much herself so it's more like her giving Patchouli a blank cheque to keep on expanding to it as long as it can be useful for Remilia's ambitions when needed. I suppose it's a lot like historical royals or aristocrats patronising artists, philosophers, scientists or engineers and having them resident in their court/household as long as overall they're useful to their patron they're somewhat free to pursue their own pet projects alongside fulfilling their patron's desires. Remilia and Patchouli's relationship seems a lot like that although there's probably also some close personal friendship there as well considering they address each other on familiar terms rather than like a mistress/servant.

It's time Gensokyo's best magician got some appreciation