Neighbors in forbidden land

where do i come from?

I do not know.

When I can see this colorful world, I am walking.

With two legs, step by step through the majestic mountains, through the green grassland.

I don't want to fly with biplanes because I want to get a good look at the world.

In some places, the woods under your feet spread towards the sky, and whenever the wind blows, you can see countless leaves rising into the sky, embellishing the blue sky.

In some places, there are golden sand and stones under the feet, hovering in the dazzling sunlight, and throwing up dust that obscures the sky.

In some places, there is an endless ocean under your feet, and the waves are rolling in the blue, making waves one after another.

In some places, the feet are covered with pure white snow, and the silver-white ice crystals are falling in the dark clouds all over the sky, covering the whole world with plain veils.

In spring, the breeze blows small buds; in summer, bright flowers bloom; in autumn, withered petals wither; in winter, seeds breathe in the ice and snow.

Then spring comes again.

It's really a world of colors.

Along the way, though, I also discovered that there are other things in this world.

There are giant black beasts crawling among the mountains, giant snakes dancing wildly in the dark deep sea, big birds flying between storms, and giant dragons gathering among the cliffs.

These are things that are about the same size as me, or even bigger than me.

Everyone seems to be able to communicate, but they don't seem to want to communicate with me.

Of course, there are many things smaller than me.

Monsters crawling in the wilderness, great goblins living in the snow and ice of the extreme north, animals living in green mountains and green waters...

as well as……

Gathered in piles, constantly expanding the realm of life——

Humanity.

Each one is not as big as my claw tip, and looks extremely weak, but they are more numerous than any other kind of existence, and they also have the most living space.

Originally, it was only a small area, but it gradually developed into an incomparably huge large area.

They can hunt other animals and monsters that are far stronger than them, and perform many behaviors that I can't understand at all.

Of course, they were also more "unwelcome" to me.

Every time I want to get closer, unlike those monster animals, in addition to running away, they will also attack me.

Although it doesn't have any effect on me, I also understand what they mean.

They don't want me near them.

The language they use is different from the language used by the monsters, but luckily I can understand it.

"White! White monster!", "Run!", "Kill it!" are basically similar sounds.

So, I chose to stay away from them and wander elsewhere alone.

The world is big, and there are many places without humans.

I have traveled a lot.

The moment the sun rises from the skyline, I slowly get up and start the day's journey.

Looking at the sun is shining, the wind and rain are precarious, and the snow and ice are mixed.

Although many beings would sense my arrival and flee quickly, those plants were still there.

They really can't move...

Watching the sky turn from blue to dim yellow, and finally turned into a dense night.

I just stopped and looked at the stars in the sky and the moon that illuminated this world with soft silver light.

I will spread my white wings and watch the plants around me emit a little bit of light.

In the silent night, there is only a constant breeze.

Until the morning sun raised its head, wiped out all the starlight, and let the moonlight hide above the white sky, I slowly got up again and continued to move forward.

Over one mountain after another, swim across the seemingly endless sea.

This world is really big.

until one day.

"What exactly are you?"

A little girl with short brown hair and a dusty white dress spoke to me.

A simple and clear voice sounded at my feet.

Incredible.

She is not afraid of me.

She actually spoke to me.

"Human...you...are you not afraid of me?"

As a result, she gently covered her ears with her hands, with an expression on her face that I couldn't understand:

"I was quite scared at first, but I watched you walking slowly and carefully avoiding those trees from a distance, so I guessed that you must not be as scary as you seem."

But she narrowed her black eyes and stuck out her tongue lightly: "But your voice is so loud, can you lower it, my ears are deafened by you!"

"Sorry……"

I tried to lower my voice, and she laughed even more.

"I'm sorry or something... You really aren't as scary as the adults say."

"Is it……"

"Yeah, and you can talk like that, it proves that you can get along with us, right?"

"what……"

This is how it all started.

Later I learned that she was a child from a village near the area where I was at that time, and because she had no parents, she liked to go to a place far away from the village to play by herself.

After that, we made a promise to meet here every day and chat together.

She wasn't afraid of me because of my appearance, because I was a monster.

However, there is only her.

"I didn't tell the people in the village that you were here. I guess they would never believe that you are a good person."

"Oh."

I lay down among the mountains and forests, folded my tail and wings to hide my body, and listened to her quietly.

"What's your name?"

"I don't have a name."

"Haha, it happens that I don't have a name either. I don't like the names the adults give me. Don't you find it ugly to call me 'Chunhua' or something?"

"Is it?"

Later, I gradually realized that I could use my consciousness to communicate with her.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh! It's amazing, your voice is so nice, if you can use this voice with other—er, appearance..."

"Indeed."

Other than her, I don't think humans would be as willing to talk to me as she is.

"Hey... my sister, you just use that voice to communicate with me... It seems very powerful when the voice appears directly in your head!"

"That's right, your voice is much nicer than other girls'. You must be older than me when you grow up so old. I'm sure there's no problem calling you sister."

In this way, we began to communicate slowly. I told her that there are many places full of various colors in this world, and she told me a lot of human knowledge, such as hooks.

"Sister! Sister! Let's pull the hook?"

"Hey... I don't understand this, sister, you are so stupid."

"Look, it's two people hooking their little fingers together and making an unbreakable oath to each other, huh? Pulling the hook ~ hanging ~ 100 years ~ not allowed to change, that's it?"

"That's right, sister, you are so big after all, and your claws are so sharp."

"Well...it's okay, but even if you don't hook me up, sister, you will come to play with me every day, right?"

"That's good... Ah, but as compensation, you will give me a gift when you come tomorrow?"

"Although my sister always brings some weird things, as long as it is given by my sister, I like it."

Although many times she herself can't tell clearly, such as liking.

"Sister, I like you."

"Well... my sister, I can't answer you if you suddenly ask such a question."

"Of course! Like is a feeling, an emotion, even if you can't say it, you can like it!"

"Haha, it's okay if you don't understand, sister, you just need to know that I like you."

"The difference is huge! If I like you, sister, I just want to stay with you, and I want to stay with you all the time!"

"Sister, do you like me?"

"Sister is so cunning..."

Her slightly puffed cheeks, and the answer to that question.

I have no idea.

"Hey... Sister, the beautiful stone you gave me yesterday was taken away by the adults in the village..."

With her hands behind her back, she lowered her head and whispered.

I gave her the stone that was picked up from a nearby mountain before because it would shine in the sun.

"Hey, it's not necessary!" She laughed suddenly, and then spread her hands behind her back in front of me.

In her dusty palm were beads of various colors.

"But they gave me a lot of sugar, and I gave some of it to other children. Can you eat these with me?"

"Don't say that, spread your paws!" she said, and dropped the beads, called sugar, into my paws.

Then he threw one into his mouth.

"Well, it's so sweet, sister, try it quickly."

I put those tiny beads in my mouth.

Of course, nothing was felt.

"How about it?"

"Eh!"

Such days continued.

It goes on and on.

"I forgot to write in yesterday's diary..." She said to me dejectedly.

"It's something to record what happened every day."

Her eyes became extremely soft, revealing a faint smile.

"Because there are some things that I don't want to forget, and I can't forget."

She looked up at me, and I looked down into her dark eyes.

"Every day with my sister."

I don't know how many days have passed.

Every day she comes to me, sooner or later, every day she leaves, sooner or later.

I didn't continue to wander, but stayed among the mountains, waiting for her arrival.

"Sister..." As a result, she came today, but her face was not very happy.

"I told the people in the village about you."

"Some of them said I was a little liar, and some told me not to come to you again."

"They said you were dangerous, they said you just wanted to eat me, some people even scolded me, I almost couldn't come today..."

Her voice trembled.

"Why is this so, why don't they believe me? Why don't they want to believe you, sister?"

She raised her head, and crystal drops of water swirled in her eye sockets.

"Don't! Sister, if you leave..."

"There is no one to accompany me..."

Her voice is different from usual, without vitality, without many things that I don't understand.

I understand.

Human beings, even if she understands me, so do other people.

and so--

"That's right!" She raised her head suddenly, ran two steps forward, and came to a place with a wide view.

"The grown-ups were very happy with the luminous stone you found last time, so as long as you give them gifts, they will be happy and believe that you have no malicious intentions! "

Tears still glistened in her eyes, but she had the same smile on her face as usual.

Her smile, her smile.

She held out a finger, raised her head and pointed to the sky.

"The moon is so bright and beautiful, sister, if you take the moon off, it will be a gift!"

I spread my long unused wings and looked at the moon in the sky.

Start off the ground.

"See you next time, sister." She on the ground, with black eyes narrowed into a line, short brown hair and a gray white dress swaying in the night breeze, smiled and waved to me.

Every day we say goodbye like this.

I waved my paw at her.

This is what she taught me.

then.

That day.

person.

The day of disaster.