Those days in Honmaru

At close to six o'clock in the evening, even the students who participated in club training all left the campus, and the entire campus became completely quiet.

A boy in private clothes suddenly ran out from nowhere, breaking the calm. He ran along the playground all the way to the back gate of the school, looking behind him from time to time, as if something was chasing him in an empty place Even though he was out of breath, he didn't dare to stop.

The boy's goal was very clear. The back door of the school could lead to the nearest shrine. This was the path he was most familiar with after arriving here.

After he ran out of the campus and rushed all the way up the hillside, the existence that was chasing after him became even more unscrupulous. With a strange wind, he rolled up the falling leaves and hit the young man on the back forcefully, making him Involuntarily staggered forward a few steps.The young man gritted his teeth and rushed forward a few steps with all his strength.

The shrine is not far away.

The moment the boy stepped into the torii of the shrine, as if he suddenly lost all his strength, his feet went limp and he fell directly to the ground.He struggled to sit up and turned to look outside the torii gate.A distorted creature like a child's paintbrush hovered outside the torii gate of the shrine, and a not-so-obvious transparent barrier spread from the center of the shrine, blocking all strange creatures from the outside.

That is a world beyond the reach of ordinary people.A world called Yokai.

The boy was obviously relieved, he has been hiding all the way since school, and now he finally has time to rest.

This should be an Inari shrine, and there is no clear indication of who is enshrined. After all, it is a shrine so small that there is no sign on the map. This is just a guess made by the boy from the fox stone seat at the entrance of the shrine. That's all.He didn't break into the shrine without permission, but walked to the back of the shrine, where there was a very huge tree with countless branches spreading out, covering half of the small shrine.

The boy's tense face finally showed a tired look. He walked over and sat down under the shade of the tree. As soon as he relaxed, he closed his eyes involuntarily. The closed eyes trembled uneasy, and the light brown hair was blown by the wind. Gently blowing, the breath that was still panting gradually calmed down.

With any luck, today's "daily exercise" will be over by now.

A gust of cool wind blew over, and the boy couldn't help shivering. He reached out and rubbed his arms constantly, hoping to make himself warmer.It was already early autumn, but this brown-haired boy was still wearing short sleeves. There were many bruises and abrasions on his exposed skin. There were irregular bandages on his wrists and a patch on his cheeks. Bandage.

It looked like he had been subjected to domestic violence, which made the boy look even more pitiful, but he obviously didn't care about it, and his whole person revealed a calmness that was rarely seen in children of this age. calm.

When he didn't pay attention, the fox stone seat in front of the shrine suddenly shook, and the gray-white stone was gradually blurred with yellow and white colors, and finally turned into a white head and yellow body, with a mysterious painting on its face. Little red-streaked fox.

The little fox twisted its body on the stone platform. It seemed that the previous shape of the stone made it very uncomfortable, but it quickly remembered its task. If it can complete this task, the adults must give it a lot of fried tofu ~

The little fox stretched his legs, jumped off the stone platform, and walked straight to the back of the shrine.Turned only one corner and saw a sight that made it unforgettable.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the leaves, casting only mottled light and shadows on the young man's handsome face. It looks like a phantom that can be broken at the touch of a touch, and the slightest sound will make the picture disappear at this time.The boy just sat there quietly, and he has already become a picture in the eyes of others.

"Natsume-sama, Natsume-sama~" The little fox didn't dare to make loud noises, but it still had to wake up the young man. No matter what direction the future takes, there must be such a beginning.

"Who's there?!" The boy woke up suddenly, stood up swiftly, looked around vigilantly, and then realized that the person talking was a young fox with a strange appearance standing by the tree.

"How is it possible? Isn't it safe inside the shrine?" Natsume stopped stopping, turned around and ran outside the shrine. His movements were extremely skillful, as if he had been doing this all year round. In the blink of an eye, the boy was gone Has disappeared.

"Ah, that's bad!" The little fox realized that he had lost the target person, and turned around anxiously, "Isn't Fox's appearance not cute enough? Why did Natsume-sama run away when he saw him? "

The little fox suddenly slammed on the brakes and stopped, but because he couldn't control his body, he rolled on the ground, "No, no, the most important thing now is to quickly find Master Natsume!"

The little fox cheered up, shook his head, and hurriedly chased in the direction Natsume ran away.

"Wait for me! Natsume-sama!"

Natsume ran all the way down the mountain from the shrine, and finally stopped in a park where few people passed by. He sighed and sat on the swing. Since this morning, he has been chased by all kinds of troublesome monsters. Here, I'm afraid I'm like a lunatic.

At this time, the sun had completely set, and the new moon brought only a faint light, but for Natsume, it was enough.

He didn't want to go back home so soon, anyway, he was just a child who boarded in someone else's house, and he was also a disgusting nuisance.That family is complete enough, there is no need for him to exist.

And around him, there are always those troublesome things coming to him.To the unseen, those uncanny presences are just a means by which a teenager desperately tries to attract attention.And he, who has been haunted by monsters, has lived alone for more than ten years.

"Master Natsume! Finally... finally found you!" Natsume was still immersed in his own thoughts, and suddenly heard the voice calling his name again, and it came from directly above.

Looking up, the little fox was teetering on the railing of the swing, and then fell on Natsume's face.

"Wow!" Natsume was taken aback, unable to grasp the center of gravity, fell off the swing, and the little fox also rolled to the side, the originally bright yellow fur was now dusty, lying on the ground Can't move.

"It hurts, it hurts... Fox... Fox Nosuke, I can't hold on anymore..."

Probably because the little fox looked too miserable, Natsume couldn't bear it and moved a little closer. "Are you OK?"

"Oh! Natsume-sama is talking to me!!" The little fox heard Natsume talking to it, and immediately stood up energetically, raised a small paw, and said excitedly: "Natsume-sama~ this is Foxnosuke, yes The Shikigami appointed by the Government of Time, now invite you to join our Government of Time and become a member of the important god judges."

Natsume looked at it speechlessly, "Are all monsters making up stories like this now?" He shook his head, seeing that Foxosuke didn't seem to treat him like usual monsters, so he was ready to go back.

Seeing that he was about to leave again, Foxnosuke immediately ran over and hugged Natsume's calf, crying pitifully: "Please wait a moment! Master Natsume, please listen to Xiaohu."

Foxnosuke tried to open his eyes wide, tears gradually leaked from the corners of his eyes, and his tail drooped weakly on the ground.My lord, have you seen that Foxnosuke also worked very hard to be cute today.

Reason told Natsume that he should not get involved with monsters anymore, but instead of going back to that cold home, it would be better to chat with monsters to pass the time.Sometimes, humans are much more terrifying than monsters.

Natsume shook his head and sat back on the swing again, looking at Foxnosuke: "Tell me, is there any other story to make up?"

Foxnosuke honestly let go of Natsume, sat not far in front of him, and began to explain professionally: "Master Natsume, the government of time was established in 2205 AD to deal with those 'historical revisionism' that aim to change history. 'Ad hoc governments' formed by those historical revisionists we call the 'Army of Retrograde Time'."

"In order to protect the history from being modified and prevent chaos in the future, the Government of Time has organized a large number of 'god judges' who are entrusted with the mission of protecting history. The god judges have powerful spiritual power and can summon the strongest Fu Sangshen, the 'sword man', uses the time-space conversion device to go to the historical battlefields of various time and space, fight the 'time retrograde army', and protect history."

"However, the war has not stopped for a long time. The number of god judges is always not enough. If there are not enough god judges, there is no way to summon enough sword men to win this victory." Fox Nosuke was slightly funny The face looked very serious now.

"Therefore, the Government of Time decided to look for people with spiritual power in various eras without affecting history, and hoped that they could sign a contract with our Government of Time, even if it was only for a few years, and become god judges to come together Let's protect history!"

Foxnosuke jumped up and turned around in mid-air, and said to Natsume emotionally: "So! Natsume-sama, please follow me to the Government of Time and become a member of the God Judge!"

Foxnosuke's voice gradually dissipated in the air, Natsume didn't give any response to this, which made Foxnosuke smile a little awkwardly, "Master Natsume?"

"Ah... finished?" Natsume raised his forehead, never expecting to hear such a complete story, the imagination of monsters nowadays is really comparable to that of humans.

"Anyway, it's really late, I should go back." To that home.

Foxnosuke never expected that Natsume didn't believe what it said at all, "Does Natsume-sama not believe what I say?"

"The story is well written, but how can you believe the monster's words?" I believed it, but it was just another trick, letting the monster and humans watch jokes together.There was a haze in Natsume's eyes, he closed his eyes fiercely, intending to ignore Foxosuke.

"I have evidence!" Honosuke jumped up and down anxiously, trying to gain a sense of presence, "Master Natsume! Please look at this!"

The little fox patted the bell hanging around his neck with his small paws, and several light screens appeared out of nowhere on the ground in front of him. Without exception, there are some strange people standing around them, wearing unique clothes and holding guns, as if they are guarding the people in front of them.

"These are the judges of the government of time, and their men with swords."

Natsume looked at the scene in front of him in shock, "Illusion?" But, can illusion really do this?Each of those people on the screen is so real.

"Please, Natsume-sama, please trust me." Foxosuke persuaded again and again, its eyes were a little sad.

Foxosuke's eyes lingered on the wounds on Natsume's body, "These wounds were all done by monsters here, right? If Natsume-sama and I go to the Government of Time, we won't meet those bad monsters again! Anyway, At least it’s better than you staying in this world.”

Natsume trembled, Fox's words undoubtedly hit his only weakness.

Indeed, he had had enough, no matter whether he was teased by monsters, squeezed out by the people around him, or pushed around like a ball by those so-called relatives, he had had enough.

Even if he followed this weird little fox away and his life would be taken immediately, it didn't matter if it was just for a moment, he didn't want to stay in this place anymore.

Natsume looked at Foxnosuke, then squatted down and slowly raised the corners of his mouth, reaching out to it, "Forget it, just trust you once. Anyway, it won't be worse."

Foxnosuke was only stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "You agreed! That's great, Natsume-sama!" Foxnosuke dug out something similar to a pocket watch from somewhere, and put it in Natsume's hands, "Then, I will now take you to the Government of Time!"

As soon as the words fell, a golden light radiated from the pocket watch, which was not dazzling. After completely covering Foxunosuke and Natsume, their figures disappeared completely as soon as the light dimmed.

The author has something to say:

In this article, Natsume is set to be 15 years old. She has not met the state before the Fujiwara couple. It is also the time when she is most vulnerable and hurt the most by humans and monsters.

This is the first time for the author to write an article, or publish it for the first time, because he is in the late stage of lazy cancer... At first, he was addicted to games, and then suddenly a brain hole popped up, thinking that he could try to write something to cheer himself up.

I was complained by a good Jiyou that there is no motivation to write if no one chases after me.

So, I hope you all enjoy the update!The author will update it if he softens his heart!