Onmyoji Shikigami Don't Cry

Chapter 177 Lonely
There is a faint fragrance in the air in early spring.

Chen Yan, who was wearing jeans and a hoodie, could feel the cool breeze in the air, blowing into his body continuously from the cuffs and neckline.

At this moment, the dormitory of the kindergarten is no longer what it used to be.

However, other places have not changed.

It's still dilapidated, but it won't be thrown away casually.

Everyone just muddled along.

As long as it doesn't fall, no one will care.

What's more, the current Qinghe town is still in danger, and everyone stays behind closed doors, afraid of the ghosts wandering in the world.

Therefore, no one cared about the chores in the kindergarten.

Chen Yan walked around the kindergarten.

Things are wrong.

Some of the children I took care of have already graduated.

The rest can't come.

Since there was no one there, Chen Yan went to Teacher Xiaomei's house alone to take a look.

After all, before Chen Yan, Teacher Xiaomei was a teacher in the small town of Qinghe.

If it weren't for the firefly grass and zashiki boy, and the incident of eating children.

Perhaps until now, Teacher Xiaomei will still be a teacher in the kindergarten in Qinghe Township, and Chen Yan may be engaged in some other industries.

When Chen Yan arrived at Teacher Xiaomei's home, Teacher Xiaomei was holding her child and singing a lullaby.

The sound is very light.

The child also slept peacefully, with a smile on his face, as if he had a sweet dream.

It was Teacher Xiaomei's husband who opened the door.

After the incident with Gu Huo Niao, teacher Xiaomei's husband found a job not far from Qinghe town.

Every day I go back to Qinghe town to be with my wife and children.

"It's Chen Yan."

"Well, is Teacher Xiaomei here?"

Chen Yan asked.

"Yes, please come in."

Teacher Xiaomei's husband opened the door and let Chen Yan in.

But after Chen Yan entered, Teacher Xiaomei's husband quickly closed the door again.

People nowadays already have a sense of fear of ghosts.

Even in the daytime, as long as you can not go out, everyone will try not to go out.

When at home, the doors and windows are also closed.

This is also understandable.

After all, no one wants to die inexplicably, let alone being eaten by ghosts.

In the courtyard of Teacher Xiaomei’s house, there is a large water tank, which is used to store water.

The water tank is full at the moment.

Teacher Xiaomei is basking in the sun in the yard. In the early spring when there is still a tinge of chill, sunshine is undoubtedly very precious.

"Chen Yan, are you here?"

"Well, Teacher Xiaomei, how are you doing recently?"

"It's fine, we're fine. The outside world is not safe, Chen Yan, you'd better go out less."

Teacher Xiaomei looked at Chen Yan and said to her.

"Mr. Xiaomei, it's okay. During the day, those things dare not come out. I just came to see you suddenly."

Teacher Xiaomei's husband went to pour Chen Yan a glass of water.

Chen Yan took the water and drank it.

"Chen Yan, why do you suddenly want to see me?"

"There is no one in the kindergarten in Qinghe town now. Those children are all staying at their own homes. This makes me a little uncomfortable, so I want to come and see yours."

"When I left the kindergarten, I was not used to it just like you. But after a long time, I was relieved. People, but they are all alive."

Teacher Xiaomei looked at the child in her arms and said to Chen Yan.

The smile on the child's face is the same as that of Teacher Xiaomei.

It was that shallow, contented smile.

Obviously now they have all got the life they want.

In other words, they have compromised with life.

Then, got a quiet life.

As far as the ending goes, there isn't much difference between the two.

It's just that some people will never compromise with life, they can't let go, and it's impossible to let go of a certain obsession.

So it's been fighting, struggling, and resisting.

Even exhausted and scarred!
"Teacher Xiaomei, I'm leaving..."

Chen Yan was a little disappointed, but he had no choice but to leave.

Teacher Xiaomei is not like herself. She has a good husband and a son who depends on each other.

As for Chen Yan, he was alone, without even his parents.

There is no one she can rely on, no one she can pin her emotions on.

Chen Beibei is just an older brother.

Although he also takes care of himself, and loves himself very much.

But, that's just my brother.

……

It was dusk when I got home.

The sun is hanging on the western mountain, and it has been a long time since it will set.

The whole world is glowing red.

The hazy feeling makes people have a sense of illusory unreality.

The old locust tree in the yard stands quietly in the setting sun.

The occasional movement of the leaves proves that it is not dead yet.

Green leaves.

When Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, it also turned into the same color as the setting sun.

Glowing red, drowsy!
The hut of the nightmare-eating tapir is at the west foot of the courtyard wall.

It is a small room more than one meter high, two meters long, and 1.5 meters wide. It can also be called a big cage.

The only difference is that the cage will enclose the contents.

Where the nightmare-eating tapir lives, there is a door that can be opened freely.

From this point of view, the place where the nightmare-eating tapir lives is closer to a human house.

They are free after all.

Rather than being forced to be locked inside.

A living place that can be freely entered and exited is called a house.

The thing that confines others, no matter how big it is, is a villa, a castle, or a kingdom.

In a sense, it is the same as a cage for a bird.

……

At this time, Chen Beibei didn't know where to go.

So Chen Yan is the only one in the family.

It was not dark yet, and the nightmare-eating tapir was sleeping in its hut.She will not go out until after dark.

As for the other monsters, they don't seem to be at home either.

The whole house fell into silence.

Under the dim sunset, Chen Yan's shadow was stretched very long.From the door to the wall.

Chen Yan moved a chair and sat in the yard.

When you are alone, although you will be lonely, there will be some benefits.

That is quiet.

When quiet, people can think about more things.

You can also give yourself a good rest.

Chen Yan leaned on the chair, completely relaxed his body, closed his eyes, and looked towards the sun.

It's blood red.

Chen Yan opened his eyes, and the blood red faded away, leaving behind a hazy yellow, the color of the setting sun.

Chen Yan just sat there, not thinking about anything.

Even seeing the sunset, the yard, and the old locust tree.

That too was just seen.

They are just what they are.

Nothing else.

No feeling, no emotion attached to it, not even a thought about what they were once about.

It's a very strange feeling.

at times like this.

Chen Yanhui felt that everything was meaningless, even life.

Because Chen Yan still has a lot of things he hasn't figured out.

Questions about people.

No one thinks, but some questions have no answers.

It was those unanswered questions that made everything about Chen Yanjue meaningless.

This meaninglessness is negative.

Chen Yan understood.

However, there has been no way to get rid of this feeling.

"Chen Yan, little master."

The soft voice of the dream-eating tapir sounded, with a hint of shyness.

Although the nightmare-eating tapir and Chen Yan have become good friends now, they are still a little shy when talking.

The voice of the nightmare-eating tapir is very small.

This is true no matter who you are talking to, and there is probably no way to change it.

After all, the nightmare-eating tapir has grown up and is no longer a little monster.

These habits have almost been finalized.If you want to change again, unless you make great efforts.

Yellow clouds float slowly in the sky.

The leaves of the old locust tree have always been motionless, as if there was no wind.

But the cloud really moved.

The voice of the nightmare-eating tapir pulled Chen Yan back from his thoughts.

Chen Yan opened his half-closed eyes, and the clouds in the sky stopped floating.The leaves of the old locust tree rattled.

In the sky, a red plastic bag was blown up and down by the wind, but it never fell down.

"Dream-eating tapir, what's wrong?"

Chen Yan asked.

"Master Chen Yan seemed to be in a dream just now. It's still daytime. If Master Chen Yan is sleepy, please go to the room. It's cold outside, so be careful of catching cold."

The dream-eating tapir looked at Chen Yan and said in a low voice.

People can fall into dreams even when they are not asleep.

Just like Chen Yan did just now, he completely relaxed his body.

Then think about nothing.

Give everything to your own body and mind, and let them run everything.

"The dream-eating tapir, thank you. I'm not sleepy yet, do you know where Chen Beibei and the others have gone?"

Chen Yan asked.

At this time, Chen Yan was fully awake.

So when speaking, the voice is clearer.

"Master Chen Yan, I was sleeping all the time just now. I don't know when the master left. But the master seems to be saying to find Prajna."

The nightmare-eating tapir walked to Chen Yan's side and said slowly.

Wisdom.

That is, evil spirits!
Chen Beibei now brought his own Shikigami, and the Inugami he entrusted to take care of from Kawahira Yuki.

If it's just a prajna, there's no need to be afraid.

At least he won't be bullied by Prajna.

But whether we can find Prajna is another question.

After all, it has been such a long time, Banruo has never appeared in front of Chen Beibei and the others.

Even if you saw it, it was hard to find it was her.

Chen Yan also has some understanding of Prajna, but it was all told by Chen Beibei.

He followed Chen Beibei all the time.

Chen Yan was already familiar with some ghosts.

So when I heard that Chen Beibei had gone to find Prajna, I was still a little worried.

Although no dead people have happened in Qinghe Township yet.

The ghosts haven't started their hands yet.

However, in Luoying City and other places, it has already started.

All of this may be due to the existence of Chen Beibei.

Jiu Tun-douji didn't want to get involved with Onmyoji after his strength recovered, after all, it would be very troublesome.

That's why he didn't let his subordinates harm humans in Qinghe Town.

Now if Chen Beibei goes to the door in the morning himself.

Then Shuten-douji might not be able to endure any longer.

After all, no matter what, Onmyoji has already made a move.It seemed pointless for Shuten-douji to continue hiding.

"The nightmare-eating tapir, do you know where Prajna is?"

Chen Yan looked at the nightmare and asked her.

"do not know."

The nightmare-eating tapir replied.

Although the nightmare-eating tapir had already seen Prajna before.

However, he did not seek refuge with Shuten-douji with Hannya, so it is not yet known where Hannya is.

"Well, are you going out now?"

"Well, it's almost dark."

As soon as the nightmare-eating tapir's voice fell, the last rays of the sun also disappeared.

When the sun goes down, it gets dark.

The light of the moon, sprinkled from the east, brings a hint of coolness.

"Then you go, if you see Chen Beibei and the others, tell them to go home quickly."

"Well, little master Chen Yan, then I'm leaving."

After finishing speaking, the nightmare-eating tapir walked out of the yard, and closed the door with its long nose.

Chen Yan sat on the chair alone.

Although it was already dark at this time, Chen Yan still didn't turn on the light.

With the faint moonlight, you can see the places where there is water on the ground, which are extraordinarily bright, reflecting silvery white light.

Be it the locust tree or the dream-eating tapir's hut, they all turned into pitch-black, fuzzy shadows.

when the leaves sway.

The shadow cast by the old locust tree on the wall will also move.

Opening its teeth and dancing its claws, it looks like a ghost.

late at night.

Chen Beibei finally came back with the shikigami, the dog god walking in front of Chen Beibei, and the snow girl and Guhuo bird standing on Chen Beibei's left and right sides.

The other shikigami followed behind Chen Beibei.

"Chen Yan, what are you doing sitting here?"

Chen Beibei asked.

Chen Beibei, who had just returned home, saw Chen Yan sitting at the entrance of the main hall.

Chen Yan crossed his legs, looked at Chen Beibei, expressionless: "Chen Beibei, what did you die for?"

"I'm going to find Hannya. She is one of Shutendouji's four major ghosts. And she is a ghost who likes to harm humans. I want to get rid of her first."

Chen Beibei replied.

"You get rid of Hannya? What do you use to defeat her? Don't you know that Hannya followed Shuten-douji 1000 years ago? Such an evil spirit that has lived for such a long time, you think you Can you really beat her?"

Chen Yan was a little excited, and when he spoke, his body trembled a little.

"I have the help of Inugami, and the boy Kirie Anzuna. Maybe I can defeat her."

"Heh, have you fought her before? Do you know her strength?"

"This one……"

Although Chen Beibei knew the story of Prajna, he also knew what Prajna was.

But it is true that he has never fought with Prajna.

As for the strength of Prajna, it is even more unclear.

After all, Chen Beibei couldn't accurately grasp the strength of his shikigami, and could only guess based on the panel values ​​set by the system, let alone the Wisdom that he had never encountered before?
"I won't let you do anything you're not sure about!"

Chen Yan looked at Chen Beibei and said seriously.

(End of this chapter)