Neighbors in forbidden land

"..."

"Gulu Gulu. (Swim, turn.)"

Now, I, Yimi, Xiaogu and two monsters are soaking in the sea,

The purpose is "to wash away the mud on the body".

But there was no other sound except that Xiaogu was circling around Yimi and spitting bubbles.

Yimi is soaking the parts below her neck in the sea, her light orange long hair is fanning out in all directions on the blue sea surface, the sparkling water waves caused by the little goo drive Yimi's long hair on the surface of the sea rippling.

Yimi's delicate skin showed a faint paleness in the sea water, and even the faint blush on the surface of the skin was covered by the sea water.

And the mud on her body gradually dissipated under the soaking of sea water, and disappeared without a trace, revealing the slender curves underneath.

I was lying on the shallow sea cautiously. If I moved casually, I would probably stir up waves in the calm sea...

But Yimi hugged her naked body with both hands, trembling unceasingly.

"Little black..."

"Let me tell you... It's fine if Xiao Gu is a monster... Why aren't you cold, Xiao Hei... Cold..."

Because I'm a monster too... I don't feel anything at all...

"Gulu Gulululu (human beings, sea water, monsters, sea water.)" Little Goo was still circling around Yimi, saying words that even I couldn't fully understand.

"He actually talked about something... Obviously, obviously younger than me..." Yimi's body was still trembling in the sea water, not to mention washing, she felt that she couldn't continue soaking like this.

I tried to make a suggestion, but was quickly interrupted by a shivering Yimi.

"No! Your body... how can you not wash it if it's so dirty... especially you, Xiao Heihei... I'll check it later..." Yimi's words were almost squeezed out through clenched teeth , I saw that her originally rosy face and lips were also covered with a layer of light gray at this moment.

"Before I go ashore...Xiao Hei, you are not allowed to go ashore...Did you hear that?"

I looked at the desolate land under the sky, which was darker than the sea water.

Even though the traces of last night's torrential rain can still be seen on the wet beach, the land is still full of sunshine.

Under the vast sky and above the empty sea, there are only our two monsters and a human figure.

"so cold……"

Yimi was soaked in the sea, shaking desperately, but she just didn't want to go ashore.

I was soaked in the sea, motionless, but in order not to let Yimi suspect me, I decided to call it cold, although I didn't know what it felt like to be cold.

Probably I want to keep shaking my body like Yimi, but I can't shake, lest Yimi and Xiaogu will be blown away by the waves.

"Goo, gurg, gurg, gurg. (Bite, bite, bite, bite.)"

Little Goo was soaking in the sea, constantly biting Yimi's long light orange hair soaked in the sea.

Ok.

Ok?

I hastily called out to stop it, but even if it was an exchange of consciousness, it was impossible for Xiao Gu to understand human language.

"Huh? What's the matter, Xiao Hei? Who else is pulling my hair?" Yimi, who didn't know anything, turned her head, but because her eyes were closed, she couldn't see the person who was gnawing happily and spitting bubbles at the same time. Goo.

"Goo, oo, oo, oo. (Chew, gnaw.)"

I tried to stop Xiao Gu, but there was no way at all, just relying on words.

Although Goo has a sharp tooth, he bites very slowly.

Fortunately, and Yimi's hair is longer and longer, Xiao Gu only ate the ends of a handful of hair.

"It turned out to be Xiao Gu." As a result, Yimi just turned around to face Xiao Gu very normally, stretched out her hand along her long hair, and gently touched Xiao Gu with her fingers, "Little Gu, don't be naughty, my The hair can be eaten, and it can't be eaten."

Eh?

Why is the treatment so poor?

"Googling! (Human! Human!)

What surprised me the most was that Xiao Gu, who obviously couldn't understand what Yimi was saying, actually stopped her mouth movements, and her chubby body spun around along Yimi's fingertips, and then followed Yimi's fingertips. Swimming directly into Yimi's arms, he kept rubbing against Yimi's slightly protruding chest with his fins and face.

"Ha... ha... Xiaogu don't want it! Good, it's itchy!"

"Gollum, Gollum. (Human, human.)"

"What, why?" Yimi, who stretched out her hand to push Xiaogu away, was in vain. Xiaogu walked around Yimi's body in a circle, and then began to rub Yimi's smooth body in the same way. Yimi, who couldn't reach her white back, could only laugh and splash in the water.

I don't really understand human emotions.

But I can see the difference on the surface.

Laughing is not the same as crying, and crying is not the same as being angry.

So, differentiated treatment is not the same.

"Ha... Xiao Gu... stop making trouble... Didn't I say it! Don't rub my face, Xiao Gu is a monster after all..."

"The same... Can humans and monsters be the same? Goo, stop messing around..."

Yimi, who finally waved Xiao Gu aside, said with a smile.

at this point.

Me too was a long time ago.

Just know.

"But... now I feel that they are all the same."

Yimi's voice suddenly became very soft, and her closed eyes faced the far side of the sea.

The south, where Yimi once lived, is also the place where she was once called "Princess".

I didn't say anything, just quietly listening to Yimi's words.

"Because we met here, didn't we?"

we.

Me, Yimi, and Xiaogu.Little Goo rushed to my side at a very fast speed, and after circling around my tail, he also got into my arms, rubbing against my extremely rough body with his fins and face.

"Gollum, Gollum. (Monster, monster.)"

That's right.

"Huh... ah... I thought it wasn't cold anymore, but it really was an illusion... Xiao Hei, have you finished washing?"

It is better to say that I am always in a state of being washed, and the mud on my body has long since disappeared into the sea.

"Then... hiss... let's go ashore..."

Yimi walked back to the shore slowly while talking, and I also got up gently after Yimi landed, and took a small step towards the shore.

"Gulu, Gulu, Gululu. (Humans, monsters, etc.)" After the little Goo spit out a few bubbles of unknown meaning, his silver-white tail flashed on the surface of the sea, and then disappeared into the depths of the sea .

"Sure enough, it's much warmer after going ashore... For the first time, I feel that neither rain nor wind is such an important good thing."

It should mean that...

"Huh? That's it... By the way, Xiao Hei, you can even understand this..."

"Is that so... Will I be able to understand it one day?"

After all, if monsters want to communicate with humans, they must understand the language of humans, or humans must understand the language of monsters.

But so far, I haven't seen a human who understands the language of monsters.

As for the monsters who understand human language, there are only a few of them.

By the way, is she a monster or not?

I thought of that... that great goblin who always lives in the far north.

The last time I saw her was a thousand years ago.

When Yimi had a fever, I went to the extreme north to look for snow, but I didn't see her except for a giant tree made of ice crystals.

she won't also...

"Ahhh~ Xiao Hei, what you can do, why do you say I can't?"

"A mere idiot Xiao Hei dares to be arrogant, and I can do a lot of things that you can't do?"

I raised my paw and scratched my head. Yimi really knows a lot of things that I don't.

"Okay, idiot Xiao Hei, go and find me some vines and leaves, I'm going to make a new cloak." Yimi squatted down gently, grabbing her two underwear in her hands.

I took two steps lightly towards the north, then used my paws to huff up a pile of leaves and vines that had been destroyed by last night's wind and rain, and returned to the seaside.

"Wash it first, I guess Xiao Hei must have come here with a handful of mud..."

I looked at the pile of leaves and vines I found, and there was indeed a lot of mud on them.

"Isn't it just a waste of time to take a bath like this?" Yimi said to me while patting the off-white fine particles that stuck to her body at some point with her hands, "Xiao Hei, you are really stupid."

I hastily threw the vines and leaves into the seawater, but when I fished them up, not only were they missing a lot...some of them were even chopped into pieces by my claws...

"Okay, turn it aside for me, if you dare to peek again this time..."

Yimi didn't say what she wanted, but I quickly turned my head to the south and looked at the sea that couldn't see the other side.

For a long time, only Yimi's low murmur sounded at my feet while weaving the cloak with the same technique, other than that, there was only the occasional sound of the wind passing by.

There is nothing on the calm sea.

Except for a wooden box.

Ok?

Except for a wooden box that was floating in our direction.

Huh?

Except that Xiao Gu was pushing a wooden box floating on the sea at a very fast speed, and was swimming towards Yimi and me.