Onmyoji Shikigami Don't Cry

Chapter 241 The Past of Jiaotu and Clam Essence

The lights are dim, and the stars are dotted.

The town of Scarborough was still brightly lit at night, and it seemed that the energy of these foreign businessmen hadn't been exhausted at all during the day.

Night is another kind of life, another kind of carnival.

The girl in the blue kimono walked down the streets of Scarborough with a sad face, even a little helpless.

"Clam essence, clam essence, you obviously care about me so much, but...why do you cherish yourself? Don't you know that when you're not around, no one can protect me?"

As Jiaotu walked, he thought about some memories about the clam essence.

The first time I met the clam essence was on a beach. It was a scorching noon. The sun in the sky was scorching the earth like fire, as if it wanted to burn everything in this world.

Jiaotu originally planned to surface to take a breath of fresh air, but saw the clam essence trapped on the beach.

To be precise, it was a river mussel.

The mussel was standing on the beach, there was no water around it, the mussel could not move anymore, and it was when the mussel was in despair.

Jiaotu used his own body to dig a small ditch from the sea water, leading the sea water to the clam essence.

The clam spirit felt the moisture of the sea water, and slowly opened its shell.

"You saved me?"

The clam spirit asked.

"Ah? I just want to come and have a look. It's so boring to be in the sea every day..."

Jiaotu replied.

Although Jiaotu didn't seem to come to rescue the clam essence on purpose, but the clam essence still remembered Jiaotu, a small blue fish.

Very strange.

Such a color is not common in the shallow waters of the sea.

"Don't you have any friends?"

clam spirit asked.

"friend?"

Jiaotu asked back.

"Little fish, aren't they all in groups? Why are you alone? Why are you bored?"

The clam essence slowly moved towards the sea in the water drawn by Jiaotu, asking Jiaotu while moving.

"Have you ever seen a school of little blue fish?"

Jiaotu asked.

"Why is your color blue?"

clam spirit asked.

From the beginning, the two asked each other questions, but no one answered, until the clam spirit returned to the sea.

"Little blue fish, what's your name?"

Clam Jing turned her head, looked at Jiao Tu, and asked her.

"Will you remember?"

Jiaotu asked.

"Ah."

The clam spirit replied seriously.

"My name is Jiaotu."

Jiaotu replied.

"Very special name, if you want, you can come with me, I will take you anywhere you want, how about it?"

Clam Jing looked at Jiao Tu and said to her.

At this time, the clam spirit is actually a monster, but its mana is still very weak, but if it is in the sea, it can basically live freely without encountering other monsters.Jiaotu helped Mu Jing, so Mu Jing wanted to repay her.

"no need……"

After Jiaotu finished speaking, he flicked his tail and swam lightly and quickly in the sea water, before disappearing in front of the clam spirit.

This is the first meeting of two people.

Jiaotu was still wandering around the small town of Scarborough. At this time, the clam spirit was not by her side, which made her feel very helpless.

After all, ever since I followed Clam Jing, I have become used to having him protect me.

Everything, you don't have to worry about it yourself.

Don't worry about anything either.

"Clam essence, you once said that you will always protect me, have you forgotten? Otherwise, why did you leave me alone?"

Jiaotu asked softly, with a hint of sadness in his voice.

Recalling back, the scene of the second encounter with the clam spirit.

That day, Jiaotu swam to the territory of a group of tilapias. The ugly tilapias have the same heart as their appearance.

Jiaotu was bullied by this group of tilapia long ago.

And was warned: "Let us see you next time, we will eat you..."

Big fish eat small fish.

It is justified.

The reason why those tilapias said that was because they couldn't swim as fast as Jiaotu and couldn't catch up with Jiaotu, so they just said a harsh word.

If they were able to catch up with Jiaotu, then Jiaotu would have probably died the first time he encountered the group of tilapias.

This time, Jiaotu came to Tilapia's territory only by accident.

"Hey hey, this time...it depends on where you go."

A fat tilapia popped out of a mud hole with its mouth open, and said to Jiaotu.

The color of tilapia looks ugly.

And hiding in those gray places, it's hard to miss them, what a bunch of disgusting guys.

The tilapia came out suddenly, which startled Jiaotu.

But Jiaotu quickly regained his composure. The last time Tilapia didn't catch him, it can already prove that Tilapia's speed is slower than himself.

"Tch, you ugly fish, you can't swim with me."

Jiaotu flicked his tail and swam quickly in the opposite direction, but a group of tilapias also appeared in the opposite direction.

It seems... this time, they were premeditated!
"Poor little blue fish, you are already surrounded by us, so don't struggle. And... no one will help you, right?"

said the fat tilapia.

"Hey hey, big brother, we have observed this little blue fish for a long time, it has always been with one person and does not belong to any fish school."

A tilapia with a dark head followed.

"Alone... In this sea area, no little fish dares to swim alone. It seems that you have been abandoned by your friends."

The fat tilapia looked at Jiaotu and said to her.

Jiaotu has indeed lived alone all along, and has never had any friends. This has been the case since it was born.

Jiaotu doesn't even know who his parents are.

It doesn't know who its brothers and sisters are, and it doesn't even know what kind of fish it belongs to.

In the shallow water area, there is no such pure color as that fish.

Because they are different, they are isolated by all the fish schools, but this is nothing to Jiaotu.

Because Jiaotu was isolated from everyone since he was born.

Loneliness has been with her since she was born, and she thinks it's a normal feeling, and she doesn't feel sad because she feels lonely.

Nor will you feel bad because other fish do not accept you.

"I haven't been abandoned by my friends..."

Jiaotu looked at the tilapia and argued.

"Hey, if you haven't been abandoned, why do you live alone and come to our territory alone? Now we will eat you and see if someone will come to rescue you."

After the fat tilapia finished speaking, it rushed towards Jiaotu: "Brothers, eat it!"

Tilapia swarmed up...

"I really haven't been abandoned by my friends, because... I've never had any friends!"

Jiaotu closed his eyes and shouted loudly.

Jiaotu was already prepared to die. At this time, there was no need to resist, after all, the enemy was numerous.

And it's so ugly.

Resistance will definitely excite those ugly fish, and, in the end, they will die, Jiaotu has already figured it out very clearly.

……

"You have friends~"

Jiaotu felt that he had been eaten by something, the greasy flesh was rubbing against its body, and there was also a kind of mucus.

Could it be... Has it entered the belly of that tilapia?

Sure enough, it's disgusting!
Jiaotu thought of it in disgust, and was about to take a bite of the belly of the tilapia, but chose to give up because of the mucus on the pink flesh.

Jiaotu thought that he would be bitten to death by the tilapia, and then eaten and digested.

I didn't expect that since it would be swallowed directly.

It's disgusting, it's so simple to die directly, why let Jiaotu stay in such a place.

Jiaotu felt the urge to hit him head-on to death.

But it was surrounded by soft flesh, and it was impossible to crash it to death.

"Huh...huh...I'm really pissed off."

Jiaotu thought so.

Time passed slowly while Jiaotu was thinking about how to commit suicide, until Jiaotu became sleepy and slowly fell asleep.

Jiaotu never thought of it.

Since I have slept the most beautiful sleep ever, I have a sense of security that I don't have to worry about anything.

"Probably... because I'm about to die, so I'm not afraid of anything."

Jiaotu thought so.

Jiaotu has been waiting patiently, being slowly digested by the corrosive liquid in the belly of the tilapia.

This waiting is uncomfortable.

It was simply suffering, a hundred times worse than a quick death!
……

strong sunlight.

Dazzling, dazzling, Jiaotu has never seen such a dazzling sun, and has never seen such a beautiful sun.

Even the strong sunlight made Jiaotu's eyes sting a little.

But Jiaotu faced the sun with his eyes open, because Jiaotu hadn't seen the sun for a long time...

"What's going on here... Did the tilapia spit me out? Or did someone cut the belly of the tilapia open??"

Jiaotu was full of doubts.

"Hey, Jiaotu, we will be friends from now on!"

A voice suddenly sounded.

My mind is full of pepper pictures of tilapia, and the fat, ugly, and disgusting tilapia comes to mind immediately.

"Bah, do you think I'm so easy to deceive? Eat me up and spit it out so that I can be your friend. It's delusional, you perverted tilapia!!!"

Jiaotu said angrily.

"Tilapia? What tilapia?"

the voice asked.

It was only at this time that Jiaotu realized that the voice was somewhat different from that of a fat tilapia.

One is sunny and gentle, the other is greasy and husky.

Because Jiaotu opened his eyes and looked at the sun for a long time, at this time, his eyes were already a little unclear.

Jiaotu blinked vigorously before he could barely see clearly.

In front of Jiaotu is a shell!
The shell seems to be a little weak, and there are even some cracks on the shell, and there is some kind of shell fluid, probably something like blood, but it's not red, it's the same color as sea water.

"Are you... that shell on the beach that day?"

Jiaotu asked suspiciously.

What happened now made Jiaotu even more puzzled...

Could it be that he was not eaten by tilapia before?But was eaten by this shell?
"Ah."

The clam spirit replied.

"Okay! You heartless shell, I saved you, and since you're repaying your kindness, eat me!"

Jiaotu scolded.

"But... if I don't eat you, you will die."

The clam spirit explained.

At this time, Jiaotu realized that when the clam essence ate him, he was surrounded by a group of tilapias.

And those tilapias rushed towards him...

"Ah... sorry... sorry!"

Jiaotu lowered his head in embarrassment, quickly apologized, and then vomited a few bubbles embarrassingly.

"It's okay, it just so happens that you save me once, and I save you once, that's just right."

The clam essence said softly.

"Well, then... I'm leaving."

After Jiaotu finished speaking, he was ready to leave.

After all, Jiaotu grew up alone and never had any friends, so at this time, all Jiaotu thought of was leaving.

Others don't want to be with themselves.

It must be because I am not worthy to be their friend...

"Jiaotu, I'm injured now, if you just leave like this, don't you feel a little heartless?"

Clam Jing looked at Jiaotu who was about to leave, and said to her.

The clam essence was indeed injured, which was obvious, and Jiaotu could tell it at a glance, so the clam essence was telling the truth.

"Uh... sorry, I didn't notice..."

Jiaotu replied.

"You don't need to say sorry all the time. We have saved each other, so we are already friends. There is no need to say sorry between friends."

Clam Jing looked at Jiao Tu and said to her.

When the clam spirit was talking, the sun shone on it, and it looked very sunny and bright.

Jiaotu, for a moment.

I feel that clam essence is completely different from myself, one is lonely and dark, while the other is sunny and cheerful.

"Can I ask you a question..."

Jiaotu looked at the clam essence and asked him.

"Well, you can ask."

The clam spirit replied.

"Those... tilapias, were you driving them away?"

Jiaotu asked.

"Yeah, they are really terrible guys. Since they even bit my shell, but fortunately... I still defeated them."

The clam spirit replied.

There was a hint of pride on the clam essence's face. After all, it did save Jiaotu, and this feeling made it very comfortable.

Hear the clam spirit's answer.

Jiaotu looked at the sun in the sky, it was still very dazzling, and the whole sea water felt bright.

Jiaotu... suddenly felt that it seemed... that he could try... to make a friend!
"You said we were friends?"

Jiaotu asked in a low voice.

Because Jiaotu asked this question in a very low voice, the clam essence didn't hear clearly, so the clam essence asked, "What did you say?"

"We...are friends...?"

Jiaotu's voice was a little louder.

"Yeah, of course!"

The clam spirit replied affirmatively.

"So... in the future, will you protect me?"

Jiaotu remembered what Tilapia said before, so he asked.

"Yes, I will always protect you!"

The clam spirit replied seriously.

Jiaotu felt very happy, and poked the clam essence's wound with his pectoral fin, and the clam essence immediately cried out in pain.

Jiaotu said with a smile: "Clam essence, this can't protect me~ If you want to protect me all the time, then you must not die in front of me."

　Jiaotu, please don’t be sad~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)