Neighbors in forbidden land

"Are you going to catch fish?"

Wu Shao, who was walking beside us, was looking around while arranging the equipment on his body, as if he was confirming something.

Now she wears the dried clothes on her body. The style of the public account YuriAcgn is completely different from Yimi's fluffy dress. The brown dress does not have so many laces, and the skirt is shorter than Yimi's skirt The big section is basically exposed from the thigh down, but it seems to be thicker.In addition, the body is also covered with silver-gray metal that seems to be used to protect itself. In addition to the weapons hanging on the waist, the tools that I can't understand at all are put in bags and carried behind my back.

"Yeah, thanks to someone, we don't even have potatoes to eat, and there are not many potatoes left, so we have to plant them." Yimi just put on a helpless face and faced the direction of progress, while Holding my shoulders with my hands, I moved forward.

"So a little potato is enough for Princess Yimi and Sister Black Pearl..."

"Is this what a person who steals other people's potatoes should say..."

"Sorry, I will definitely help you replant it to compensate..."

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

"But I have a question to ask Princess Yimi, please forgive me if I offend you..." Suddenly, Wu Shao stopped looking around, but focused on Yimi's face.

"Princess, can you really...can't open your eyes to see things?"

"What do you mean?" Suddenly, Yimi's footsteps stopped, so I stopped too, to ensure that Yimi's hand could continue to rest on my shoulder.

"No... I just feel that even if someone supports you, princess, your steps are too steady..."

"Yimi used to wrestle a lot—" Hearing Wu Shao's question, I hurried to explain.

"Xiao Hei, shut up first." But Yimi cut it off.

"..."

"Ahem." Yimi put her other hand to her mouth to cover her flushed face, and coughed lightly, "I'm familiar with these roads, after all, I'm a local."

Obviously they were still wrestling before...

But in this way, Yimi's progress can be described as obvious.

Now Yimi can walk from the cave to the beach normally without holding my shoulder most of the time, but according to Yimi, holding my shoulder can walk faster.

Even if the ground is bumpy, it seems that Yimi can maintain her balance to the greatest extent.

But... I remember that's what I said, right?At that time, I said this sentence to cover up why I could understand Xiao Gu's words.

"Princess, when did you become a local..." Wu Shao also showed a somewhat surprised expression, just like Yimi back then.

"It started from the day I was exiled here." Yimi put a little more force on my shoulders while talking, "Let's go, don't waste time in this kind of place."

"Didn't you stop, Yimi?"

"...Then don't waste time on such insignificant issues, let's go." Yimi squeezed my shoulder a little bit harder, then stepped forward, and I had no choice but to hurriedly follow her footsteps.

"The relationship between Princess Yimi and Sister Black Pearl is really good..."

From the beginning, I felt that something was not right.

When I heard the word "Princess Yimi" from Wu Shao's mouth, I don't know why, but there is a strange feeling in this part of my chest, a feeling that I never felt before spread from my chest to my body.

"Can I... say one thing?"

"What's the matter?" Yimi turned her head slightly in doubt.

"I... want to tell Wu Shao..."

"Me?" Wu Shao widened his black eyes and pointed to his face.

"Yeah." I nodded lightly, and at the same time saw Yimi showing a puzzled expression.

That feeling slowly spread to the top of my head, and then——

"Can you...don't call Yimi a princess..."

"This...why?" Wu Shao was obviously confused by my request, and just moved his eyes from me to Yimi, and then back to me.

"Because Yimi is...my princess."

I felt like the whole world fell silent after those words came out.

It was as if the sound of footsteps stepping on the soil stopped, and everyone's movements froze.

And the next moment-

"Hey, what are you talking about!"

"Pfft! Haha! Haha... I see, I see..."

Yimi, whose face turned red in an instant, rushed towards me, one hand came from behind and strangled my neck, and the other hand covered my mouth.But Wu Shao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, and slapped his thigh while laughing.

"It's not like this, it's not what you think, Xiao Hei is just—" Yimi, who was almost clinging to me, kept shaking my body, blushing and trying to explain something, but Wu Shao He just narrowed his eyes and turned into a flat smile.

"Ah... I understand, I understand, then I will call you Your Highness Yimi from now on, do you mind?"

"do not mind."

"Xiaohei, what did you answer!" Yimi obviously increased his strength in his hand, but it was still too light.

"Because Yimi, you are my princess. As you said before, no one is willing to call you a princess anymore."

I still remember Yimi's expression at that time.

It's like recalling the mistakes I once made, like recalling all the things that happened in the past.

No more smiles, no more joy.

"that is--"

"But I would."

"..."

Yimi's movements stopped, and her face was close to mine. Under the curved light eyebrows were the eyes that were still closed tightly, and there were traces of pink on the crimson face, which was solidified. The expression seems to be surprised by something, and the slightly sideways face seems to dodge for something.

What does this expression mean?I still can't figure it out.

But I felt a feeling called warmth, a warmth different from sunlight.

That was Yimi's slightly short of breath.

"Okay! Congratulations!" Sudden continuous applause and energetic words from around me broke the tranquility of this moment. The next moment, Yimi almost pushed me away and walked away from me. Then he folded his arms around his chest and turned his eyes away from his still flushed face.

"Hey...I really didn't expect that sister Heizhuzhu looked dull but could be so bold...Your Highness Yimi, don't be shy."

"I, I'm not shy! Who else is Your Highness Yimi!" Yimi just turned her head further away, and pouted her small mouth.

"Okay, okay, let's move on, then? Sister Black Pearl, Your Highness Yimi?"

"Ah."

"It's not 'um'! It's all because of you, Xiao Hei! Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot!"

do not know when.

The strange feeling in the chest disappeared.

Rather than disappearing, it might as well be replaced by another feeling.

But what is the new feeling?I still can't tell.

One day I will be able to understand.

As long as I am with Yimi, she will definitely teach me.

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When we reach the beach.

"I landed from here... By the way, what do you usually catch fish, His Highness Yimi and Sister Black Pearl?"

"I can't catch fish."

I've tried this and it's hard to do.

"Sister Black Pearl won't...Yimi...Your Highness?" Wu Shao's gaze shifted from me to Yimi, and at the same time changed from doubt to...surprise.

"Why did you turn into a tone full of doubt and surprise when you came to me?"

"No... It's just that His Royal Highness Yimi can catch fish, which is beyond my expectation..." Wu Shao scratched his face with his fingers, narrowed his eyes and smiled apologetically.

"I didn't seem to say that I would either?" Yimi's mouth showed a slight arc, and she waved her hand slightly.

"This means..." Wu Shao's expression became even more confused.

Thus, Yimi raised her hand to her mouth and called out to the calm sea, "Little Goo."

"Little Gu?" Wu Shao repeated the name curiously.

After a while, there were little waves on the calm sea surface, and then, like a violent wind, waves hit the beach one after another. Countless tiny foams rose from the sea, broke on the sea surface, and turned into billowing white tides.

A violent sound replaced the previous tranquility, roaring across the entire beach.

"What, what's the situation?" Yimi and I, who are used to it, didn't make any movements, but Wu Shao stared at the churning sea, and at the same time pressed the knife at his waist with his hand.

The next moment, Xiao Gu's huge body broke through the sea, dancing wildly and rolling up the raging waves. The blue-black scales shimmered in the sun, and the pair of white eyes on the huge head were tightly closed. Stare at us on the beach, then:

"Gulu Gulugu? (Who is this again?)"

"This, this is... Levi...Tan?" Wu Shao almost stared at Xiao Gu with widened black eyes, but did not pull out the knife in his hand.

"This is Goo."

"Little, little Gu?" Wu Shao stared at Yimi as if he couldn't believe what was happening before him, but his gaze was always on Little Gu.

"That's right, because she always grunts, so I call her Xiaogu." Yimi said briskly, and then waved her hand lightly, "Don't be afraid, Xiaogu is very cute."

"But, cute?" I felt that Wu Shao was about to roll his eyes.

"Xiao Gu, it should be noon by now? Can you go and get some fish?" Yimi greeted Xiao Gu as usual, and Xiao Gu turned around after taking a last glance at Wu Shao. Drilling into the sea, the turbulent tide gradually calmed down, leaving only little ripples rippling on the blue sea.

It's not that Xiao Gu can understand Yimi's words, it's just because it has been like this for a long time recently, so Xiao Gu has gotten used to it.

"..." Only Wu Shao was left stunned on the beach.

"Xiao Hei? Go and get some plants to prepare a fire for grilling fish."

"clear."

"Wait a minute... let me do it..." Wu Shao, who had recovered at some point in the end, moved weakly along the way we came, and moved slowly with somewhat vain steps.

"Are you... are you okay?" I tried to ask her about her status. Compared with Yimi in the past, her current appearance is not much different. They both look bad...

"I think I need to do something to calm down...haha...maybe I am calm now?" Wu Shao just said this in a different tone from before, and then turned back to the way he came up.

It should be... to find plants, right?

"Let her go."

I wanted to say something more, but Yimi stopped me with her calm voice.

"She's better than me, isn't she?"

"what?"

Yimi's tone was also very flat, and she just sighed softly.

That's why I was a little confused about what Yimi was talking about.

But, next thing, I get it.

"Xiao Hei...Little Gu...she...looks like Bechymos...not much different, right?"

After hearing what Yimi said, I thought about it carefully.

Although Yimi saw Behemoth, she never saw Little Gu at all.

"Still very different..."

In terms of appearance, there is a big difference between Goo and Behemoth.

"But... Xiao Gu is now... no longer the one I could hold in my arms."

But for humans, they are all monsters, huge monsters.

Far bigger than an individual human being, far more powerful than a group of humans put together.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"After all, she can even let me ride across the entire sea..." For some reason, Yimi looked at the sea with an expression that I couldn't understand, and lowered her head with a wry smile, "Nah , Xiao Hei."

"I'm here."

"You said if I saw Goo...would I... faint like when I saw Bechymos?"

It was a whisper like a sea breeze.

"No... right?"

"why?"

"Because you didn't faint when you saw me." At this time, the gentle tide pushed forward from a distance to the beach, making a soft "crash".At first I thought it was Xiao Gu who came back, but after a while I realized that the voice was too soft.

It is but a sign that noon has come, and the tides come only at noon and midnight.

As a result, Yimi was stunned suddenly, and then covered her mouth with her hand as if she couldn't help it, and smiled softly:

"Pfft...Xiao Hei, what's your answer? Why did you faint when I saw you?"

"..."

It shouldn't have turned out that way.

It's just a coincidence.

A coincidence for which there is no reason.

Yimi, you will faint, just like when you saw Behemoth.

But because of this coincidence, because I became like this, this result was avoided.

However, such coincidences can happen.

It is also a result I hope.

Because at that time, I really didn't want you to see me.

Yimi gently wiped the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes with her hands, then turned her back to me, put her hands behind her back, and kicked the fine sand all over the ground with her toes:

"But... Maybe I really fainted."

"Eh?" I didn't understand Yimi's words for a while.

"Because I didn't think of it when I opened my eyes, Xiao Hei, you..."

Yimin's light orange long hair and black skirt fluttered.

"...It's really cute enough to make me faint..."

Yimi's voice was lifted by the sea breeze and blew into the distance.

"Yimi?"

I wanted to ask something, so I took a step towards Yimi——

"Oh, I'm back! There are really few plants here, but it's very convenient to make a fire like this!" Wu Shao, who had regained his strength, came out from behind me with a pile of vines and dead wood.

"You recovered so quickly, you..." Yimi turned around slowly, lowered her head slightly, and said this sentence.

I feel that Yimi's face is a little red... Is it because of the sun?

"That's right, people like us can't live without a good attitude, but Your Highness..." Wu Shao threw the plant in his hand on the ground, patted the ashes on his hand lightly, and then slowly Ask Yimi.

"what happened?"

"How on earth did you get this monster to listen to you..."

"This..."

Yimi turned her face to me and smiled.

"That's a long story, right? Blackie?"

"Ah."

"Eh? I'm curious, can you tell me?"

"Can you grill fish?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Let's decide on the fish you grill later."

"It's decided~"