Neighbors in forbidden land

changed.

Unknowingly, this land has become different from before.

I have also thought that the world will slowly change.

On the day of disaster, the whole world turned into a sea of ​​flames, the scorched earth, the shining fire, and the gray sky were everything in this world.

This world has been repaired bit by bit over a long period of time, the flames will eventually be extinguished, the earth will no longer dry up, and the smoke and dust will dissipate as in the past, but that's all.

This piece of land has been kept barren for an unknown amount of time, thousands of days?Or tens of thousands of days?

Only fragile plants are struggling to crawl on this land, the sun rises and sets in the east, life blooms and withers, and the color of this land has not changed in the end.

But, now-

"Okay, move those onions and garlic to the deck."

Basking in the mild sunshine after the storm, we brought the crops that had been sheltered indoors back out onto the deck once again.

"The deck is flooded...Little Goo!"

"it is good!"

Following Yimi's order, Xiao Gu waved his hand.The next moment, the water on the deck quickly gathered towards the center, and then turned into a sun-drenched water line and flew into the sea.

We started moving the containers of various small crops onto the deck.

Although I said so, I didn't participate in the handling. After all, my hands can't do these jobs.

Standing on the deck, I looked towards the north, and occasionally I could catch a glimpse of a bird or two flapping its wings and gliding across this land. This was a completely unimaginable scenery in the past.

It has nothing to do with what the world has become, at least for me, no one would dare to approach the area I was in.

Now... I looked at my hands, and they were a pair of clean white hands that were indistinguishable from human females. If there was any difference, it would probably be that my left hand only had four fingers.

If I look down at my body, it is similar to that of a human woman. I am even wearing human clothes. As long as I shake my body casually, the two ribbons behind me will flutter gently with my movements.

Just as I never imagined that the world would become what it is today, I also never imagined that I would become what I am today.

From this point of view, "disaster" should be considered to have disappeared. Although I have always known that I am only a monster after all, Yimi always makes me live like a human being.

"It's useless to think about these things. No matter if you are a human or a monster, Xiao Hei, as long as you follow me, your lifestyle must follow what I say." Yimi told me this way.

Yimi made me get used to it, so I followed Yimi's request.

But it's not all about the changes.

On this land, some tiny seedlings began to emerge.Although the number is not many, but... I don't know why they look familiar.

After planting so many things with Yimi, I gradually realized that although the plants look similar when they are planted, there are still differences when the seedlings emerge from the soil.

For example, these seedlings... look very much like the seedlings of the few trees we once planted by the lake.

"It's probably the effect of birds... You know, birds can easily disperse seeds when they are flying and foraging." After I asked this question, Wu Chao answered me like this, "And I heard that these The only advantage of an improved tree is its ability to survive..."

When I heard Wu Shao talking about this, I remembered that the trees by the lake had grown very tall, although apart from the leaves, the flowers themselves were very few, and as we have seen, they really would not grow Something that can make Yimi eat.

If you think about it carefully, potatoes are better, mainly because they are edible.

"By the way...His Royal Highness Yimi, our camp seems to be expanding, is that okay?"

"Why do you ask me?" Yimi just straightened her long light orange hair and asked casually.

"Because no sign of disaster has been found, the palace seems to have the idea of ​​expanding its territory... something like that." Wu Shao glanced at Yimi's face with some hesitation, "To be honest, our living conditions The reason why it is not good is because our camp is only a 'temporary' thing. Once the palace and the guild reach a consensus and revise the policy, it may become the country's new territory... These are the simplified rituals and music to tell my stuff."

"Wouldn't it be nice if you could get more resources because of this?"

"Your Highness Yimi... don't you mind?"

"Why should I care? This land is so big, as long as no one comes to disturb me, they have their own considerations about what to do."

"So that's the case... I thought you, Your Highness Yimi, disliked us landing on this land."

"This land is not my property. Although it makes me a little uncomfortable to want to get close to this place after the environment has improved, I don't want to worry about so many things anymore, and..." Yimi said Then he turned around to face Wu Shao, and smiled softly, "Some things still have to be exchanged from you, don't they?"

"This..." Wu Shao just smiled wryly twice, "Your Highness Yimi, you can just tell me what you want, after all, there is still a lot of money left from the sale of Bechymos' claws."

Last time, Yimi's alchemy failed. In the end, we fished out Bechymos' claws and gave them to Wu Shao to sell. As for Lan Xue's brother's scales, we returned them to Lan Xue.

"He almost cried when I returned the scales, he said something like 'Is my brother no longer reliable'... Please other clansmen are there..." This is Lan Xue with a dark face Feedback with us.

But I heard from Wu Shao that Bechymos' claws are quite valuable. Although I can't understand this concept, it is enough for Yimi to understand, and it is precisely because of this that we can get a lot of things that Yimi needs.

That's why Yimi can now get a lot of daily necessities for human beings from Wu Shao. "Since there are still leftovers, it's fine, but I really didn't think that I would have a day when I would have to settle accounts..." Yimi sighed softly, "I have to always remember which crops should be watered. It's time to fertilize...it's unbelievable..."

"As a queen, it's really unbelievable..." Wu Shao could only smile wryly.

"Wait... what did you just say?" Yimi suddenly changed into a puzzled look, "What queen?"

The expression on Wu Shao's face now is very similar to when I knew I had made a mistake, and then I covered my mouth with my hand and said nothing.

"Say." Because of Wu Shao's sudden silence, Yimi seemed to realize something, and then urged slightly, "If you're here, don't worry about anything."

Wu Shao looked away, with an expression that did not dare to look directly at Yimi's face: "Your Highness Yimi, do you still remember the bard who came to see you before..."

"Remember, what's wrong..."

"That... After he went back that day, he said that he was thinking like a fountain, and then compiled your story into a poem. At first, he called you the queen of the forbidden land, and that poem was also spread in the camp Now..." Wu Shao's expression seemed more like he didn't know what to say, "But later, Li Yue judged that the title of Your Highness Yimi in this poem seemed to involve political sensitivity, so he gave this poem to you. Forbidden, although it is for his own good, but now most of the people in the camp are calling you Your Highness Yimi as Queen in private..."

"What nonsense, allowing him to do this is not to let him fool around..."

"And he seems to have started turning poems into fairy tales to avoid political sensibilities..."

"Can you throw him into the sea..." Yimi just raised her hands to cover her face, her body seemed to be trembling slightly.

"Do you need me to go? Soon." Yimi didn't seem to be in a good mood, so I tried to ask her opinion.

"Forget it..." Yimi moved her hand away from her face, with helplessness written all over her face, "Looking at Xiao Hei, you are so serious, I suddenly feel that there is no need for this."

"But he didn't tell about the existence of Little Black Sister and the others."

"He's smart."

"So in his description, Your Highness Yimi, you have become a strong man who can command wind and rain in this land, the kind that is more than enough to tear disasters away..."

I seem to have heard something weird.

"Let's just throw him into the sea!"

"After all, if you don't reveal the existence of Little Black Sister and the others, in the eyes of outsiders, Your Highness Yimi, you have survived to this day by relying on your own strength. That's why you call Your Highness Yimi the Queen..."

"That can't be written indiscriminately..." The corners of Yimi's mouth seemed to be twitching slightly.

"You human beings are really ridiculous... This kind of talk is a lie, even if it is spread, will human beings believe it?" Lan Xue, who had been silent all this time, interjected.

"Many people seem to be convinced..." Wu Shao also had a helpless expression on his face.

"Humans really can't do it."

"But Yi is very good!" Xiao Gu excitedly helped Yi Mi speak.

"After all, I have been here for a long time. Calamity has never appeared, so many people really think that Calamity was killed by His Royal Highness Yimi..."

This is really... But it's okay to think so, after all, the calamity has indeed "disappeared".

For some reason, Yimi didn't say anything more after that.

But after that, Yimi asked Xiao Gu, Lan Xue and Wu Shao to stay in the lounge first, and then asked me to go out for a walk with her.

Set foot on the sandy beach with a little stagnant water, and move forward step by step along the north side.

"Xiaohei." Yimi suddenly leaned over and took my arm.

The soft feeling coming from my body was something that my past self could not experience.

"I'm here."

"Remember when I first came here?"

"of course I remember."

"We met on this beach, didn't we?"

"Ah."

"But speaking of it, it shouldn't be considered a meeting, right?" Yimi chuckled, "At that time, I didn't know what you looked like at all, and I thought you were my hallucination."

"It's true... I also had a lot of problems at that time..." After all, I didn't dare to let Yimi see me at all.

Yimi didn't speak anymore, and we also slowly walked from the beach to the mud, watching a bird fly over our heads, leaving a sound of flapping wings.

Once there was only barren land, dead branches and vines.

However, here now, a brand new life can already be seen.

There are lives that came here from other places, and there are lives that we planted with our own hands.

Yimi, who was walking by my side, no longer needed my guidance, and could walk forward casually with her eyes closed.

"Little black."

"I'm here."

"A lot of things have happened on this land..."

"Yeah, after you came, Yimi, a lot of things really happened."

"Not welcome?"

"Impossible not to be welcome."

None of this would have started without Yimi.

None of this will change, and neither will I.

"When I think of the days when I was blown by the wind and rain and lived miserably without enough food, I feel that I have really changed a lot." Yimi slightly raised her head to the sky, and said softly, "It's all thanks to you, Xiao Hei. He has been with me without complaint."

If you really want to say, there is a reason.

Because I don't want to make mistakes again, and I don't want to sit back and watch my life pass away without being able to do anything, so——no, in fact, I didn't think so much at the time.

"...It just comes naturally, so let's do it."

This is the real reason. Wanting to stay with Yimi all the time is an idea that gradually sprouted during getting along.

Because I am calamity, Yimi is human.

We were... never meant to be together.

"Thank you."

"Me too, thanks."

I have it too, there are too many things I want to thank Yimi for.

We continue to move forward slowly. Along the way, we can see many seedlings emerging slowly. They are no longer dead branches and shriveled vines, but full of vitality and colorful life. This land has lost life for a long time. "Be careful, turn to the right a little bit." After my instructions said this, they also took Yimi to the right, avoiding a sapling on the way forward.

"Are those little saplings?"

"Ah."

"Can it grow up..."

"Okay, after all, we don't care about them and they can grow up."

"is it?"

"It should be..." Although their vitality is really tenacious, but Yimi asked me a little hesitant.

As a result, Yimi suddenly let go of my hand, and suddenly accelerated to trot several meters in front of me, turned around, faced me with his hands behind his back, and said with a light smile:

"The first time I opened my eyes and saw you, Xiao Hei...was it here?"

Hearing what Yimi said, I looked around and found that it was indeed... nearby.

"It seems to be around here."

"What a coincidence, I still remember that when you asked me to open my eyes, Xiao Hei, I was shocked."

"Hmm." Actually... I was also taken aback.

Suddenly, Yimi's smile slowly faded away, leaving only a faintly visible arc:

"Hey, Blackie."

"I'm here."

"Xiao Hei, what kind of thought did you have at that time to make me open my eyes?"

"I just think... Yimi, you should know the truth." Although there are too many factors interfering.

"Hey~ is it?"

"yes……"

"Little black."

"I'm here."

"Little black?"

"I'm here."

"Little Black..."

"I'm here."

I was a little puzzled why Yimi suddenly called my name so many times, so——

The light orange long hair fluttering slightly in the wind exudes a bright light against the backdrop of the sun. This color has been deeply imprinted in my memory since we first met.

It's just that now, there is a black gleam in those eyes that are bluer than the sky, without a trace of emotion.

No... Or maybe it's an emotion that I don't understand at all.

The vermilion lips parted slightly, and the crisp voice has not changed since that day, and it is also the voice I hear the most in my memory.

"Little black."

"I'm here."

"If I call you a calamity, do you... dare to agree?"