Neighbors in forbidden land

The dim yellow flame flickered, only illuminating the small piece of ground at the entrance of the cave, and the rest of the place was shrouded in thick night. Even if the sky was clear and cloudless, the shining stars still couldn't illuminate this dark land.

"I'm going to eat this again..." Yimi reluctantly grabbed a piece of roasted Behemoth meat, and I tore up the Behemoth meat for Yimi's convenience, but Yimi still doesn't seem to like it.

After all, as she said, the meat of Bechymos is unpalatable, and it should not be touched unless it is absolutely necessary.

But now it's time of last resort, we have no choice at all, or... Yimi has no choice at all.

"Come on." Speaking of which, this is the first time I use this body to eat Behemoth's meat, right?

Yimi handed the skewered meat to my mouth, and I gently tore open Behemoth's meat with my teeth, and then put it in my mouth to chew.

It is indeed much harder than fish... Unlike fish, the taste of Behemoth meat seems to be more "obvious", and there are indeed various sensations running around in the mouth. Come.

"Xiaohei, do you think this is delicious..." Yimi raised Bechymos's flesh in front of her eyes with two fingers, and said with a look of disgust.

"It's not delicious." I shook my head, not because my sense of taste is enough for me to evaluate the taste of food like a human being, but because if Yimi says something that is not delicious, it must be bad eat.

"Xiao Hei, when you ate Behemoth meat, there was no unnecessary movement..." Yimi moved her face closer to me, with a curious expression on her face, "Now I can hear the slight chewing sound …Xiao Hei, did you swallow directly without chewing before…”

"That, that... Yimi, didn't you teach me to be quiet when eating..."

At least to a certain extent, what Yimi said is not wrong, but that is not what this body can do.

Now my mouth is quite small, it would be difficult to swallow without being torn apart by my teeth.

"Hey... I remember it quite clearly at this time, so did you really swallow it in your stomach without chewing..."

"Bad, almost..."

It's really not that bad... It's just that there is a pile of dirt that was swallowed with me.

"is it?"

"Yes."

Yimi withdrew her face, and carefully put Behemoth's meat into her mouth.

After chewing twice quickly with a livid face, he clenched his fists and swallowed the meat forcefully. He let out a long sigh of relief as if he had completed some difficult task, and his expression became softer:

"It's really unpalatable."

"..."

"Ah... suddenly remembered... where is that child?" Yimi asked me softly.

Hearing Yimi's words, I turned around slowly and looked at the girl who was still lying quietly behind us.

Still lying on his side on the ground, with his hands casually placed by his side, his peaceful face was illuminated by the firelight from between Yimi and me, and the dark scales on his plain white face reflected a little bit of orange light.

"It seems...still sleeping." I imitated Yimi and spoke softly.

Although I can't be sure whether she will sleep like a human, because I am also not a human and I don't need to sleep, but looking at her, she is somewhat similar to Yimi who is sleeping, so quiet.

"Should I ask her to get up and eat something..." Yimi picked up a bunch of Bechymos meat skewered with branches and inserted by the fire, and shook it in front of her face.

"I don't think... don't you need it?"

After all, I don't know if she is sleeping, and I don't know if she needs to eat or not.

"Hmm... so be it." Yimi finally put the meat of Bechymos into his mouth with a bitter face, and then stuck out his tongue lightly:

"No matter what, it's still very unpalatable..."

"..."

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After the meal, Yimi and I both washed our hands with water from the ditch beside the cave, and I carefully bypassed the girl who was directly sleeping in the middle of the cave, and put the remaining Bechymos meat on the table. Into the top of the layer of vines in the deepest part of the cave.

Originally, this was where potatoes were placed, but now it is just right for Behemoth meat.

I threw more meat on the other side of the mountain. The current body has no way to get all the meat back. It is not a lack of strength, but a lack of size.

"Let's rest today... If this child sleeps here, we can't say anything." Yimi said softly while slowly squatting down beside the girl.

"Yeah." I nodded to Yimi.

Originally, this time was roughly the time when Yimi taught me all kinds of human knowledge.

"Speaking of... I don't know what's going on with Little Gu..." Yimi asked with some concern.

"Yimi, rest first, I'll go and have a look later."

"Then... I'll leave it to you, Xiao Hei."

"no problem."

So Yimi supported the stone wall of the cave with her hands, walked to the side of the pile of vines used as a bed, and lay down quietly.

"Good night, Blackie."

"Good night, Yimi."

The little goblin who had been quietly floating in the cave since she was playing with fire also flashed for a moment as if saying good night. The next moment, the light in her whole body dimmed a lot, only the firelight remaining at the entrance of the cave. Also incomparably two eyes.

As in the past, I flew to that mountain to write a diary, then collected some vines and dead branches and returned to the fire at the entrance of the cave, looking at Yimi who was resting in the cave.

Because the temperature at night is lower than that during the day, if you want to ensure that Yimi, who is a human being, can rest normally, you can only rely on this flame to ensure the surrounding temperature.

I remember that Yimi, who lived in the cave for the first time, had no way to rest at all. Apart from complaining about the poor conditions here, after lying down, she would call my name every once in a while to confirm My location, to confirm whether I am still by her side.And now Yimi can at least have a good rest. I looked at Yimi who was lying motionless in the cave. Is it because of getting used to it that he was able to change to what he is today?

And... now there is one more girl...or a monster, who can rest in the cave so quietly.

With my arm, I pulled part of the vines and dead branches into the burning fire, and watched the weaker flame burn more violently after a slight crackling sound.

I remember the first time I threw all the vines and dead branches I found into it, but instead of burning more intensely, the flame became dimmer and dimmer until it was completely extinguished.

Obviously adding a small amount of vines can burn better, but it will go out after adding more. Yimi explained it for a long time, but I didn't quite understand it.

Seems to be because of the interface with air?Or what is the opposite?

Thinking of this, I took one last look at Yimi in the cave, then turned around and flew towards the sea.

However, even there, there is only calm sea water, with little ripples under the sea breeze.

I once remembered that in the distant past, the bright moon was reflected on the black sea, as if endless tides were washing over the endless sandy beach.

"Little Goo?"

I waited for a while, and there was no response.

"Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho. (Xiao Gu Xiao Gu.)"

Still...no response.

At the next moment, a trace of white tide appeared on the dark sea, advancing towards me.

"Little Goo?"

I took a step forward in a hurry, but the shallow tide just rushed on the beach layer by layer, submerged my ankles, and then slowly receded, leaving only a layer of white foam.

It's just midnight.

Nothing but the sound of the tide.

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It's just that I didn't think of it.

After the sun shone a ray of light from the skyline, and the pile of flames in front of the cave was only a pile of black residue, I looked inside the cave.

At some point, the girl hugged Yimi from behind, and the two of them were sleeping soundly on their sides.

...So it's possible to fall asleep like this?

"Get up, Yimi, the sun has come out."

I tried to wake up Yimi as usual, but Yimi just snorted softly, twisted her body, and didn't look like she was about to wake up.

"Yi, Mi?" I tried to speak like Yimi, but it didn't feel like it at all.

"Hmm..." Yimi's hand moved slightly, then raised it and pressed it on the girl's hand from behind to her chest, lowered her head slightly, as if confirming something, "Xiao Hei? "

"Well, I'm here, that's not my hand."

"It's not...your hand?" Still confused, Yimi touched the girl's hand again, and then licked her fingers.

"Why are you here again, are you a pervert!" Then he yelled suddenly, broke free from the girl's hand, got up and punched the girl behind him——

What happened at this moment, I don't know what to say anymore.

Why use "also", and why is it just a punch...

And why, that girl moved so fast.

She directly bypassed Yimi's fist, and threw Yimi who had already got up to the ground again.

I realized now, whether it was because of the lack of light or because she was curled up all the time, what I saw last night was not the same as what I saw now.

She was taller than Yimi, and her arms and legs longer than Yimi easily suppressed Yimi.

No, it should be said that the power of monsters is stronger than humans, isn't it normal?

No, the focus now is not this!

Since I can't use my hands either, I had to rush over.

As a result, because my left foot tripped over my right foot, I fell straight forward and landed on the girl, that is, the two of us pushed Yimi to the bottom.

"Uh cough! You... two... want to kill me!" Yimi could almost hear Yimi coughing out a breath.

"Hey, Yi, Hei, come and play!"

And below me, there was no sound of panic at all.

and many more.

blah blah blah blah.

"What did you just say?" I seemed to hear some familiar words.

"hey-hey."

"I figured it out... Cough! No matter what you say... Get up first, I'm about to be crushed to death by the two of you, Xiao Hei! And Xiao Gu!"

"Yes!"

"Gollum!"

I hurriedly flapped my wings and jumped up, but because of too much force, I hit the stone wall of the cave directly.

And the girl "slid" off Yimi's body like a fish without using her hands, then lifted her upper body as if she had no force at all, put her hands on the silver-white skirt, Eyes full of joy flitted back and forth between me and Yimi, who was lying on the ground and coughing constantly.

At this time, I saw it for the first time.

Her eyes are white with a hint of silver.

I seem to think of something, no, I always feel that I saw something.

No way……

"Little Goo?" I tried to call out the name.

"Yeah!" She flicked her hand violently, but slapped herself on the face because of the excessive arc.

"It hurts!" As she said that, tears welled up in her eyes, and I... didn't know what to do anymore, so I had to ask Yimi with my eyes.

It turned out that Yimi was also stunned.

"I didn't expect...really...it's Xiaogu..." Yimi just showed a helpless expression, and covered her face with her hands.

"Hmm!" Seemingly hearing Yimi calling her name, Xiao Gu, who had a sad expression on her face, replied happily again, this time she didn't make any more moves.

Is this why she didn't respond when she was called all the time yesterday?

It turns out that she has always been by our side...

"..."

"..."

"hey-hey."

"Don't smirk, get up first, you don't know how worried we were about you yesterday..." Yimi seemed to have quickly accepted the fact, got up from the ground, and gently patted the dust on her body.

"Get up?" In the end, Xiao Gu just looked at Yimi and me in confusion.

There is always a feeling of... déjà vu. "How do you get up?"

"Are you the same..." Yimi let out a sigh of relief, and stretched out her hand, "Grab my hand."

"Eh? Is it okay?" Xiao Gu just looked at his own hand, and then at Yimi's hand, and asked timidly.

"Of course..." Yimi snorted softly, "Don't make me say it a second time."

"En!" So Xiao Gu stretched out his hand and grabbed Yimi's hand.

The moment Yimi tried to pull her up.

Let go.

"Eh?", "Eh?", "Eh?" The three of us were stunned at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Yimi kept the same posture, Xiaogu looked at his hands suspiciously, and then tried a few more times.

I didn't catch it at all, no...I always feel...

"Little Gu, don't you know how to use your hands..." I thought of this.

Thinking about it carefully, I was not used to this body when I first became a human, and many movements were easily deformed.

But no matter what, I was originally a monster with arms and legs, and the basic movements are very similar.

But for Goo...

"If you don't know how to use it, I'll help you up first... that's okay." Yimi walked slowly to Xiaogu's side, and then grabbed her arms and waist with my hands, and I also walked to their side.

"ah!"

"Don't scream, I didn't see you screaming when you touched me yesterday... Hehe..." Yimi blushed slightly and wrapped Xiaogu's arms behind her, then helped her up .

At this time, looking at Xiao Gu who stood up tremblingly, I was sure that Xiao Gu was indeed taller than Yimi.

It seems that the legs have grown... Although it is blocked by the silver-white skirt, I can't see clearly.

"Little Gu, when did you touch Yimi yesterday?"

Obviously I can't even touch it.

"Don't worry about it, Xiao Hei, let's go—hey!" As soon as Yimi took a step, Xiao Gu's whole body pressed against her, and I hurriedly used my shoulders and wings to resist them to avoid it. They fell together.

"No way..." I felt Yimi's face trembling slightly.

"Little Gu, you...can't even walk?"

"hey-hey."

"It's not 'hehe'!"

"Ah~ Xiaogu is also an idiot."

"Xiao Hei, stop talking, come and find a way!"