Neighbors in forbidden land

"Water some water before it gets dark." After walking out of the potato field surrounded by huge rocks, Yimi said softly to the sky that was already on fire.

"Use your hands?"

"Stupid, of course I use tools. Now, Xiao Hei, is it convenient for you to find wood?"

"uncertain……"

After all, there are no normal-growing trees in this area as Yimi said, and all of them are dead branches that may not even be able to withstand strong winds.

But if you really want it, you can find it by flying north.

"Forget it... If you don't have wood, you can use stone. It's heavier." Yimi raised her hand and put it gently next to her cheek, thinking for a while, "Let's make it like a bowl. It's better than holding it in your hands."

"Bowl? What's that?"

Something not heard of.

"Hmm... Xiao Hei, you don't know about bowls... it's roughly like this..." Yimi spread out her hands, and then put them together, and folded them slightly inward, "It can be used to hold things, now I understand Is it gone?"

"probably……"

After seeing Yimi's actions, I probably know what's going on. Although it looks very simple, it's really not easy to figure it out...

"Hurry up and come back, I spent too much time building this thing today." Yimi pointed slightly at the huge rock beside him, "I just planted it today and I have to water it..."

"clear."

So I flew to the foot of the mountain twice, and began to look for stones in the fading sunset, and used my fingers to whittle them into the shape of the bowl Yimi asked for, so that it could indeed hold water.

It's just that this process is not simple, because even stones can be easily broken by my hands, and it can't be too big.After repeated failures many times, I roughly made a barely curved stone bowl that looked like it could hold some water, carefully put it in the palm of my hand and took it back.

Humans... do they all do this?

Looking at the stones rolling on the ground in the shattered setting sun around me, I couldn't help but think.

When I went back, Yimi was standing there with her arms around her arms, the last ray of setting sun took away the remaining light from her face, leaving only a layer of shadows that proved the coming of night.

"I'm back, Yimi."

"You're back, how are you doing?"

"Yimi, do you think it's okay?" I tried to carefully hand over the stone bowl that was flat on my palm, and Yimi took the stone bowl with both hands, and roughly touched it. Feel the appearance of the stone bowl.

"Hmm...it's a little heavy...it's basically just a general shape...the whole bowl is full of holes..." Listening to Yimi's evaluation...it seems that it's not done very well.

"Do I need to get another one..."

"No need." There was a smile on Yimi's face, "After all, it's only used for watering, so let's do it if you can. It's too late now, isn't it?"

So I saw Yimi holding a stone bowl in both hands, walked to the edge of the ditch and squatted down, scooped water from it, and walked towards the potato field.

"Be careful, keep to the right." Seeing that Yimi almost ran into the huge rock, I hurriedly gave instructions.

"Is this okay?" Yimi stopped, turned slightly to the right, and asked me with her head tilted.

"it's OK now."

Watching Yimi step by step into the potato field surrounded by huge rocks, she spilled the water in the bowl.

"Yimi? Let me do it?"

Seeing that Yimi, who kept repeating the same movements back and forth between these two places, was always adjusting her steps, I couldn't help shouting.

"Xiao Hei, it's already very difficult just to get this back with your hand, isn't it because you want to water the stone bowl because you intend to directly destroy it?"

"This is..."

When Yimi came back to scoop water again, she smiled softly:

"Xiao Hei, your kindness...I appreciate it, but I still leave this matter to me."

I didn't know how to answer, so I could only stand there blankly, watching Yimi keep going in and out with the stone bowl in her arms.

until the night comes.

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"Huh..." Sitting beside the crackling fire, Yimi let out a sigh of relief.

This is the entrance of the cave. After Yimi finished pouring the water, I ran to the beach again to ask Xiaogu for a fire. Yimi returned to the cave with a stone bowl and adjusted the position of the remaining pile of potatoes. It is necessary to get closer to the depths of the cave, so that there will be more space for activities.

I also folded my wings and put them on my back, put my tail around me, imitated Yimi and bent my legs close to my body, then hugged my legs with my arms and sat across the burning fire. Opposite to Yimi.

After eating, Yimi just sat in front of the fire and hummed the brisk melody softly. At this time yesterday, Yimi had already fallen asleep early because she was too tired.

But now Yimi doesn't seem to want to rest. The swaying fire emits soft light and falls in this cave. You can see Yimi and my shadows being projected onto the black cave wall.

The current body seems to be able to barely understand the reason why human beings need fire every night. It can clearly feel that the temperature brought by the breeze from outside the cave is different from the temperature when sitting next to the fire. The fire can guarantee The temperature at night is similar to that during the day, which seems to be more suitable for human survival.

Just turn your head slightly, and you can see the rainy darkness outside the cave, and the huge shadow of our potato field looming in the distance.Looking up, only the shining stars are dotted in the vast night sky as the only remaining light.

A long time ago, under the clear sky, it would not be so dark, because there was always a bright moon hanging high to illuminate the world with soft light instead of the sun.

But now, it is gone.

Only the dense night and us who live under the night are left.

"Yimi, are you... singing?"

Although I don't understand it very well, I know that it is different from the roar of wild beasts, the roar of monsters, and the natural humming.

This must be the sound that humans call song.

"It's just humming. After all, I can't see my fingers at night here, and there's nothing to do." The low-pitched melody stopped abruptly, and Yimi smiled to explain her behavior.

"Will there be anything to do at night over there?"

Over there... refers to the palace.

"Well... usually I'm studying, and there may be a party or something..."

"Study? Party?"

"Uh...Xiao Hei, you may not be so clear if you haven't experienced this before..." Yimi turned her face to the outside of the cave, and the firelight hit her side face, illuminating the fair neck on the black collar, "but actually Nothing..."

Seeing Yimi like this, I seem to remember it.

Because of the shock of my transformation into a human being, there is one problem that I seem to have forgotten.

The question I promised to Azusa.

I don't know why, but at this moment, this question is a bit difficult to ask.

But I know very well that I have to face it.

"Yimi..."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"you……"

Tongue seems to be trembling.

For the first time, I felt that speaking with my own voice was so difficult.

"...do you want to stay... here?"

I could see Yimi's expression froze in the firelight.

"Why do you ask?"

"I just thought... if you don't want to stay here..."

I will send you back.

I couldn't say this sentence because of a momentary pause.

result--

"If you have this idea, Xiao Hei, why did you bring me back in the first place?"

"That is……"

because i want to...

"If I didn't have this idea, why did I follow you back in the first place?"

"..."

"You brought me to this kind of place, so you don't plan to take responsibility so soon..."

I can no longer tell whether the redness on Yimi's face is due to the burning fire in front of my eyes.

I only know that Yimi at this time still has that expression that I can't understand.

"I'm not……"

"Since you plan to be responsible, don't say such things!" Yimi turned her face back abruptly, and her voice became louder than usual.

"Can the spilled water be recovered?"

"Huh? Can't you take it back?"

If Yimi's previous expression was stunned, then this moment should be regarded as frozen.

"Small, black, ah..."

Yimi's face drooped slightly, her light orange bangs blocked her eyes, the expression on her face was shrouded in shadow, and her voice became a little deeper.

"Eh?"

I seem to have said something wrong again?

"Could you please take a look at the atmosphere when you speak next time!"

Yimi's voice suddenly increased echoed in this not-so-wide cave, and even the firelight began to waver.

"Go to sleep!"

Finally, after Yimi said this, she stood up and walked towards the piece of land that was cleared yesterday, and then she didn't even move to dust off the dust with her hands, she just lay on her side on the ground with her back facing this side.

"...Yimi?"

"Sleep! Don't talk!"

"Don't be angry... I was wrong..."

"I'm not angry? Why should I be angry? Is there anyone worthy of my anger?"

Yimi twisted her body, as if adjusting her posture, but she still didn't intend to calm down.

I tried to switch from sitting to crawling, and slowly climbed to Yimi's side.

"Yimi?"

I tried to call Yimi's name softly.

"..."

The result was only the sound of weak breathing diffused in the silence.

Are you asleep?

But generally not so fast ah?

I climbed a little closer to Yimi, and then put my head close to her face from above, wanting to apologize to Yimi again.

But because he blocked the firelight behind him, he couldn't see clearly.

I had no choice but to stick my body out from above Yimi who was lying on my side, and put my face closer to Yimi's face.

All he saw was Yimina's tightly closed eyes and slightly flushed face.

"I really fell asleep..."

Maybe it's because I'm tired.

So I pulled away from Yimi, just about to stand up from the crawling posture——

"Small, black, ah..."

An unprecedented deep voice emerged from the rear, instantly enveloping me who hadn't gotten up yet.

"You put your face so close..."

Eh?Eh?Eh?

Didn't you sleep?

"Just to see if I fell asleep!"

Afterwards, Yimi who got up suddenly grabbed the fine sand and dirt on the ground and threw them towards me.

"Xiao Hei, you idiot! Big idiot!"

Flooded by the soil, at a loss.

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"The potatoes are finally planted, but I always feel that there are still many things I need to learn.

It seems to be No.40 thirty-five thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine days. "