< Cirno | Back to Title of Contents | Sunny Milk > Fairy Herald of Spring Lily White Usual threat level: Low Ability: Announcing the arrival of spring Threat level: Extremely Low Human friendship level: High Main place of activity: Varies When it is spring, humans, youkai and ghosts suddenly become more active. In fact, there are few who do not. The fairy who symbolizes this activity is the fairy who bears spring, Lily White. Lily White notices the trivial changes that normal humans don't notice, and tells all living things(*1) that have been in deep hibernation during the winter that the season of awakening has come. After the passing of this fairy, everything becomes wrapped in the joy of spring. Her height is quite low, and she has many thin wings(*2). She is not agressive, and even if you come across her, her threat level is low. However, disturbing her while she is conveying her message would not be wise. This is when this fairy is at her strongest. Like other fairies, where she lives is unknown. And she has rarely been seen during any season other than spring. Because of that, Lily has become synonymous with the season of spring. 1: Including phantoms and ghosts. 2: It may appear that she has a great number of thin, bird-like wings, but in fact, she has two large wings. Eyewitness Reports The snow falls Is she here yet? The white mountain Searching for signs of The Fairy Herald of Spring (Spring Person) The Fairy Herald of Spring referred to in this poem is Lily White. She always appears from the west and disappears toward the mountain(*3), but there is no instance in which she has been seen going back the other way. Where in the world does she live? (Reported by many sources) Perhaps the reason that she's never seen returning from the mountain is that, each year, she's eaten by the mountain youkai and stops announcing spring. My child caught her. Perhaps because she immediately said "Let me go!" and my child promptly let her go, there fortunately wasn't any damage. (Anonymous Parent) This fairy isn't the sort that would usually injure humans, but it's generally safer not to get involved with non-humans. Countermeasures If you don't do anything to her, there's no real danger. In fact, catching sight of her is a good omen. She simply wants to celebrate the fact that spring has come. If she happens to attack, it's possible that she's just excited, so the best course of action is to leave the area. This fairy won't be able to leave any place that is turning to spring. If you get away from her, there's no need to worry that she might chase after you. In fact, it could be interesting to set out bait in order to tame her. If you prepare some flower seeds for her, she'll gladly make any nearby flowers bloom. Because of this, she's a fairy who's very popular with florists. 3: Youkai Mountain. Mentioned later. < Cirno | Back to Title of Contents | Sunny Milk >