Neighbors in forbidden land

We sat quietly on the beach, looking at the dots of sunshine on the calm sea.

If it was normal, Xiao Gu would definitely take Yimi to play in the sea again. Of course, our original purpose was indeed to come to the beach to rest and relax, but there is a reason for keeping so silent.

"The quiet sea, I don't know what kind of noise it used to be." Because sitting next to us was a human male with a white cloth wrapped around his body several times and holding a strangely shaped piece of wood in his arms. A place a few meters away expresses emotions that I can't understand at all, "But at this moment, what is quieter than this vast ocean must be the heart of a noble person."

Xiao Gu is always very quiet when he sees "strangers", but he is probably more worried about Yimi being taken away than this.

It seems that Yimi's departure last time left her with a very "profound" memory.

"I said... who is he?" Yimi just sat quietly between the few of us and asked Wu Shao this question as if he was holding back something. After all, I saw Yimi's facial muscles It seems to be a little twitching.

As for why Wu Shao was asked, because this human male came here with Wu Shao.

"He said he wanted to see Your Highness Yimi, your glory... and said that if I didn't bring him, he would not be able to kneel..." Wu Shao just covered his face with his hands and desperately apologized to Yimi.

"Then why don't you just let him kneel like this?"

"I'm just an ordinary person..."

"So..." Yimi simply turned her head to face the human male, "Who are you?"

"I'm just an unknown poet who came to pay respects to Princess Yimi. Please forgive me for disturbing you."

"It seems that I saw you when I went to the camp, but remember that I should have said the sentence 'I am not some princess' more than once?"

"It's really offensive, dare I ask how should I call it?"

"..." As a result, after the man asked this question, Yimi fell silent instead.

"He hesitated so far, is it better to be called His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess?"

"It's up to you..." Yimi just said this helplessly, while Xiao Gu supported Yimi's shoulders and stared at the man with wary eyes.

"His Royal Highness, Princess Xie."

"There is no need for etiquette... Tell me what you are here for."

"As I said before, come here to visit me." The man just smiled slightly, and then stared at the three of us with interest.

"..." After seeing Yimi's silence, Wu Shao hastily explained: "Your Highness Yimi, don't worry too much, he is just such a person, we are all used to it in the camp..."

"You're also very calm. You always feel that the people I meet are not normal?" Yimi also smiled slightly at the man.

"Are you talking about me?" I couldn't help interjecting.

"Children don't interrupt when adults are talking." Yimi gently pressed my head and pressed me beside her.

"It's an honor, but what Her Highness the Eldest Princess said is overrated, I just suppressed my inner excitement to talk to Her Highness the Eldest Princess, it's better to say that I'm not only very excited, but even want to recite a poem -"

"We call him crazy in the camp..." Wu Shao whispered in our ears.

"Is it excitement rather than fear?" Yimi chuckled lightly.

"Although the fear in my heart cannot be eliminated, I also believe in the character of Her Royal Highness. After all, after witnessing Her Royal Highness's heroic appearance in the camp that day, even if I don't know anything about fighting, I know that Her Royal Highness did intend to spare that person's life. .”

"...I just don't want to dirty other people's hands." Yimi said at this time, it should be Xiao Gu and Lan Xue.

After all, what happened in the camp that day was all done by Xiao Gu and Lan Xue.

"Sure enough, she is worthy of being called Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. It is not an exaggeration to say that she has the spirit of a queen."

"Behind my sister—cough, is it really good to say such things behind your back, Queen Lily of the Lane?"

"Respect will not be lost because of praise. As many people as you can praise, you can respect as many people. There is no conflict between the two."

"Can you human beings still say such weird things..." Lan Xue, who had been silent for a long time, just rolled her eyes and looked at Yimi and the man, "It's really boring..."

"That's really a crime." The man just smiled and gently moved the strange piece of wood in his arms. I seemed to hear a brief clear sound, but I didn't find anything else.

"After such a long circle, is your so-called visit just to chat here?"

"That's part of it."

"What about the rest?"

"Confirm the material of the poem."

"I've heard of bards...although I never thought that you would dare to go to such a place for poetry."

"After all, people have their own ambitions, and I really don't understand people who dare to run to this land just because of money."

"So... we are the material you are talking about?"

"That's right, Her Royal Highness is indeed a very good prime... It would be too impolite to call it a material, it should be called a legend."

"How much have you misunderstood me..."

"Actually, I also think that Your Highness Yimi is like a legend..." Wu Shao also said softly, looking at Yimi with some hesitation.

"It's better to say that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess will one day become a legend, and her story will be passed down forever in future generations."

Me, Xiao Gu, and Lan Xue all looked like they no longer knew what they were talking about, while Yimi's expression was exactly the same as when he saw me being stupid.

"It's all because of Her Royal Highness, the revival here, isn't it?"

"No, it's not because of me." At this time, Yimi put on a soft smile, and slowly turned to face us, "It's because of them."

"So that's it, then..." The man turned around suddenly, and bowed to Yimi while maintaining a kneeling posture, "I have also been entrusted by someone, and I have a question to ask Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

"What's the question?" Yimi asked curiously.

"Then I will repeat the original words below. Please forgive me if I offend you." The man solemnly put the wood in his hand on the ground, and then solemnly spoke. "How did a girl younger than me make such a decision after carrying so many things... She is already a hero who quelled the war, why did she give up everything and come to this place where there is nothing... Yes, that question."

As a result, the one who responded earlier than Yimi was Wu Shao with a surprised face: "Big sister's question..."

Although I couldn't understand what Wu Shao was saying, it seemed something surprising, so should I show the same expression?

When I looked at Yimi, I found that Yimi also recovered a calm expression, and said slowly:

"I'm not carrying any heavy things. Many of the things you said don't make sense to me." Yimi raised her head slowly, facing the infinite blue sky, and the indifference on her face was swept away. , the smile is like the sunshine that dispels the dark clouds, "But there is nothing here, it is better to say..."

While saying this, Yimi gently held my wrist with his hand.

"Here... has everything about me."

"I'm determined to convey this, but from this point of view, this is indeed an extremely beautiful story." The man also showed a more obvious smile, tidied up the white cloth strips around him, and then put the The strangely shaped wooden block was hugged again, "I have a song that I want to dedicate to Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess. Would you please show me your face?"

"random."

"Then it's a shame."

I didn't know what the block was for until the male's fingers moved over the strange block.

As long as a finger touches the connecting thin wires on it, the wooden block will emit a unique sound.

Although I haven't heard that kind of sound, but I don't know why, I think of the bird's call, and Yimi's singing.

It's completely different, but it feels very similar... Is this also some kind of "song"?

The male's fingers moved lightly on the wooden block, and the singing sound flowed around us like a river, spreading along the beach to the distance.

The few of us are listening to this song quietly. Yimi once said that every excellent song has its own emotion, whether it is joyful or sad, or lively or heavy, at least all of which are entrusted to the composer and singer. Heart.

I can't understand what excellence is, nor can I understand those emotions, in fact, I can't even understand what a song is.

But this kind of melody will always leave some feelings in the brain.

And this song reminds me of the long time from the past to the present.

Even with wind and rain, sunrise and sunset, I did not leave this land.

It is precisely because of this that I was able to meet Yimi.

That's great.

After the song was played, the man left, and Wu Shao escorted him back because he was worried about the monsters that had recently appeared nearby.

We looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say for a while.

"You humans... are really strange." Lan Xue looked at the distant skyline in the south, "Or is it that our majesty is gradually weakening?"

"There doesn't seem to be any majesty in your current appearance." Yimi sighed softly and smiled wryly.

"No?" Lan Xue said, shaking the wings on her back that were not much bigger than our palms, and her tail that was not much longer than our arms. The golden light flashed, "No?"

"It's better to say that Xiao Hei may be more terrifying in the eyes of ordinary people..."

"How am I not as good as this guy?" Lan Xue pointed at me angrily.

But... Sure enough, my appearance was also terrifying, that's why I was beaten by Li Le that night.

"In every way... right?" As a result, Yimi just showed a more complicated smile than usual, and for some reason, the hand that grabbed my wrist was a little harder.

"Am I scary!" Xiao Gu jumped on Yimi's body fiercely, and then rubbed against Yimi's face with his own face.

"It's not scary, is it?"

"What's so scary about an ancient loach..."

So, Lan Xue and Xiao Gu rolled on the beach again, pinching each other, and the sand was rolled up and flew around, lightly hitting Yimi and me.

And Yimi just grabbed my wrist gently, without saying a word.

After a while like this, after a gentle sea breeze blew by, Yimi spoke slowly:

"Little black."

"I'm here."

"Can I... hold your hand?" I was a little surprised by Yimi's sudden request.

"No way... Yimi, you will get hurt."

My fingers are my claws. If Yimi's fragile hand touches them, I don't know what will happen. I dare not imagine.

"Will it be?"

Yimi's rhetorical question made me a little puzzled, what happened suddenly?

"It will definitely be..."

After all, these hands can cut anything they touch.

"Didn't we hold hands before?"

"Is there...?" I began to try hard to recall all the things that happened with Yimi, but I didn't have such an impression at all.

When did I hold hands with Yimi?

"Xiao Hei, is your left hand... missing a finger?" As a result, Yimi didn't continue to ask, but changed the question.

"Yes." After all, in order to make Yimi happy, I smashed one of my claws to avoid hurting Yimi, but what I didn't expect was that after becoming a human, I lost a finger because of it. not big.

"The place where you are missing a finger...can I touch it?" Yimi hesitated a little and asked softly.

"It might work?"

After all, if I really want to talk about it, it seems that I can touch it except for my fingers. After all, Yimi is still holding my left wrist.

"But, Yimi, you have to be careful." After hearing my words, Yimi nodded lightly, then slightly loosened my left wrist, and slid one finger down the back of my hand instead.

"Be careful, you might have to move a little to the right, yes, just continue down slowly." I instructed Yimi to slide her finger down slowly as if pointing the way. Finally, Yimi trembled a little. The fingers slowly approached the spot where I was missing a finger.

Then, he nodded gently.There seemed to be a special feeling flowing down Yimi's fingertips into my palm, but when I looked carefully, nothing special happened.

"Does it hurt?" Yimi frowned slightly, and gently tapped my finger on the gap of my finger, asking me in a low voice.

"I won't hurt—" Before I could finish my words, Yimi moved the fingers of his other hand over and pressed them lightly on my lips, preventing me from continuing.

"Don't say such things next time." A wry smile appeared on Yimi's face, "My heart aches."

"Can you agree?" Yimi asked me again.

I nodded slightly.

"That's so plausible..." Yimi smiled lightly, and moved her fingers away from my lips.

However, the fingers of the other hand rubbed against my "wound" for a long time, as if unwilling to separate.