Those days in Honmaru

Not all swords can easily let go of their feelings for their former owner, such as Fudo Xingguang who always holds on to the wine bottle.I am different. When it comes to loyalty to the current master, I don't think any other sword can surpass me.

Speaking of that man, I'm more incomprehensible than loathing him.Why am I, who is absolutely loyal to my master, abandoned so easily.This time, the master's arrangement allowed me to directly contact that person, not as a sword, but to observe him from the perspective of a bystander.

Then I understood that Oda Nobunaga will never give anyone absolute trust.After experiencing such a thing, no matter who it is, it will change, let alone a natural overlord like him.If you think about it this way, it's not difficult to guess. At that time, he was wary of Master Rushui's talent, so he rewarded me to Master Rushui.

I will not look back on the past, in the future my blade will only exist for the master.

——Observation Diary of Master Hasebe

They walked for a long time, from the already remote mountain forest to a more desolate place. It was dawn, and Natsume looked at the surrounding scene, and asked the butterfly spirit suspiciously: "This should be Xiaoye's dream, right? But why?" We've been walking for so long, but we haven't met him yet."

Butterfly patted the tambourine, and this time the tambourine only made a short sound, she confirmed: "That's right, it's here, the child is nearby."

Natsume didn't have time to say anything, suddenly heard hurried footsteps, the butterfly spirit pulled Natsume's clothes, raised his index finger at his mouth, the nightmare-eating tapir shook his body and exhaled, this time The mist surrounded them tightly.

Natsume looked at the mist curiously, and then found that his body had become translucent, not only him, but also the Butterfly Spirit and the Nightmare Eater.

The Butterfly Spirit waved to him, let Natsume squat down, and whispered in his ear: "In this state, as long as we don't touch the dreamers, they won't be able to see us."

Natsume nodded and looked in the direction of the voice.

A woman in plain cloth walked quickly with one hand holding something in her bosom, and the other hand was holding a little boy. They were all hurrying with their packages on their backs, as if they had traveled for a long time. Look closely. The boy could see that he looked almost the same as Saya, but he was indeed an ordinary human child.

Natsume didn't expect to find such a child here by accident, and the fact that Die Jing said that Xiao Ye was nearby made him unable to help but follow.

The woman didn't realize that Natsume and the others were following behind. She looked down at the little boy from time to time and kept holding the things in her arms tightly. That was the only way for them to continue living in the future.

It was a dagger belonging to the Zuowen Dao School, a relic left by her husband, and the purpose of going out this time was to sell the dagger.

She shouldn't have done this, but treating her husband had already used up almost all of the family's savings. In order to take care of their only child, she had no choice but to make a bad move.

And even such a simple dream can quickly become a luxury.

The woman pulled the boy behind her, and looked at the bandit who was walking towards her step by step with a terrified expression. The man had a hideous scar on his face, and he looked at the woman with a cruel smile: "You seem to be Is there something good hidden here?"

The woman shook her head in despair, she was unwilling to let go of the dagger in her hand: "Please, if you don't have this..."

The bandit quickly walked up to the woman and forcibly snatched the dagger from her. The woman, who did not know where the courage came from, rushed forward, grabbed the dagger desperately, and cried, "Please, please!" Already!"

"Let go!" The bandit tugged a few times but failed to snatch the knife away. He didn't expect this seemingly weak woman to have such strength. People cut off.

They didn't realize that the boy who had been staying behind the woman didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and he stared at the bandit with an indescribable expression.

Seeing this scene, the woman was so frightened that she almost lost her mind. She lowered her head and closed her eyes, not daring to look at the bandit again, but she never felt the severe pain of being cut by a knife.

The woman opened her eyes hesitantly, only to find that the bandit was firmly bound by several blue and white chains that came out of nowhere, unable to move, and his entire head was wrapped up, so that the bandit even called out. No sound came out.

Beside them, a strange-looking young man suddenly appeared. He was wearing a pure white hunting suit that was completely out of date in the deep mountains and old forests. His clothes were not even stained at all. The fox mask with a unique pattern makes everything look extraordinarily mysterious.

Natsume was still holding a few spells in his hand, and he was relieved when he saw that the bandit was successfully controlled.

He just listened to the Butterfly Spirit and followed them without interfering with their movements.

Until the bandit was about to kill the woman, he finally couldn't help but shoot. At the moment when the spell turned into a chain, the fog used by the nightmare-eating tapir to make him invisible suddenly dissipated, which made Natsume so dramatic. suddenly appeared.

With a "snap", the woman was overly frightened, and accidentally dropped the dagger she had been protecting firmly on the ground. Natsume looked over and picked up the dagger curiously.

There was no scabbard or handle for this short knife, it was just wrapped with a bunch of cloth strips, Natsume uncovered those cloth strips, and engraved the sword inscription in left characters on the knife stem.

"Could this be... Xiao Ye?"

Xia Mu's gaze skipped over the woman who fell to the spot and stared blankly at him, and looked directly at the little boy behind her. The boy who looked like Xiao Ye Zuowen also looked at him, and then stood up suddenly.

At the same time, both the bandit and the woman acted as if the stop button had been pressed. Natsume looked at them in a daze. The chains that bound the bandit suddenly loosened. underground.

"Mother, I didn't die because of this, don't I need to take revenge for this..." The boy glanced at the woman and whispered, and he closed his eyes.

The surrounding scene suddenly shook, the bandit and the woman disappeared, and the dagger in Natsume's hand turned into light spots and danced around the boy, dipping into his body little by little. When the boy opened his eyes again, he had become a ghost again. Saya left the text.

After seeing Natsume, Xiao Ye opened her eyes wide in surprise, walked a little towards him, and said, "...Master?"

Seeing Xiaoye's appearance, it seemed that he didn't know what happened before. Natsume touched his head and said, "Are you okay, Xiaoye."

Xiao Ye shook her head and said, "By the way, I encountered a strange thing before, and I seemed to fall down immediately. Brother Zongsan, he should be right next to me. Mr. Candlestick Cut's breath is gone..."

"Don't worry, we'll find them."

Natsume looked aside, and was about to call the Butterfly Spirit and the Nightmare Eater, when the Butterfly Spirit appeared not far away, beckoning to Natsume.

Before Natsume could speak, Xiao Ye drew out his dagger and pointed at the butterfly spirit who appeared suddenly. He glanced at the girl's strange dress, especially the huge wings that fluttered slightly with her breathing, and said in a deep voice, "A monster? Then, go to hell. "

Natsume hurriedly stopped: "Wait a minute, Saya!"

The short knife stopped instantly, and the tip of the knife was only a hair away from the girl's throat. Xiao Ye didn't look back, and asked suspiciously: "Master, don't you want to kill the monster?"

Butterfly Jing was startled by Xiao Ye's speed, took a few steps back, looked at Natsume with a bitter face and complained: "Look, Master Onmyoji, even such a small Fu Sangshen likes to bully monsters!"

Natsume had no choice but to comfort the coquettish butterfly spirit first, and then said to Xiao Ye: "Not all monsters are bad monsters, the butterfly spirit and the nightmare eater are all my friends."

After hearing his name, the nightmare-eating tapir also showed his figure, and shook his nose to say hello to Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye looked at this pink creature curiously, and liked it inexplicably.

Seeing that everyone was getting ready, Natsume said to Butterfly Spirit: "I'll continue to ask you, and I have to find Sosan and Candlestick Kiri."

Following the guidance of the Butterfly Spirit, Natsume and the others quickly arrived at a new place, which was a place similar to a cliff, and the familiar figure was standing on the edge of the cliff.

Zong San Zuowen stood there quietly, the mountain wind blew his hair, his eyes kept looking down the cliff, occasionally he would raise his foot as if he was about to take that step, and then retreated hesitantly, his whole body seemed to be on the verge of collapse look.

"Brother Zongsan!" Xiao Ye wanted to run towards him, but found that no matter how long she ran, the distance with Zongsan could not be narrowed.

Natsume also noticed something was wrong. From his point of view, Xiao Ye had already run far away, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ye returned to his side. He asked the Butterfly Spirit, "What's going on, do you know?"

The Butterfly Spirit pursed her lips, her face full of confusion, and said: "This kind of situation is rare, which means that the dreamer does not want others to approach him."

"Could it be that we can only look at him like this?" Natsume was a little worried about Zongsan. The other party's condition looked very bad. He didn't know what Zongsan encountered in his dream and how long he stayed there, but Obviously this time has exceeded a reasonable length.

Thinking of this, Natsume looked at Butterfly Spirit, and said with some reproach: "The dream world may be a very safe place for you, but for others, it feels uncomfortable to be trapped in a dream for a long time."

Butterfly turned around in embarrassment and didn't look at Natsume: "They're Fusangshen, and at most they're just having nightmares here, so it doesn't matter..."

Natsume patted the little girl on the head, and called her name in an unquestionable tone: "Butterfly spirit?"

"I got it, I got it." Butterfly Jing secretly made a few expressions at the nightmare-eating tapir. Taking advantage of Natsume's and Xiao Ye's attention not on it, the nightmare-eating tapir shook its body and let the bell gently sounded.

Butterfly didn't turn around until then, and said hesitantly: "Maybe, you can approach him, right..."

Natsume said in surprise, "Really?"

"Fu Sangshen's spiritual power is all given by you. In theory, he will not reject you." Butterfly Spirit himself hesitated, and added: "But I can't guarantee it!"

Regardless of whether what Butterfly said makes sense, Natsume will always try it.

After Natsume took a tentative step, he paused for a moment, and turned his head to confirm, and found that he was indeed not affected.

Xiaoye seemed very happy, he clenched his fist and said to Natsume: "Master, Brother Zongsan, I'll leave it to you."

"Don't worry, Zongsan will be fine." I don't know who he was speaking to, after taking a deep breath, Natsume slowly walked towards Zongsan.

Under the explanation of Yingcao and Meng Po, Yamabukiri finally understood his situation.

By the way, his white cloak is still hanging in the backyard of Meng Po Tang Medicine Store, and the one who washes it is the hard-working pot demon Yaya.

"Then when can I leave here, I have to find the master quickly."

Yingcao and Granny Meng looked at each other, and in a tacit understanding, they left the mountain grandma alone and hid in a corner to communicate.

"He's going to see the master, isn't that Master Onmyoji?"

"Let's go take a look too~"

"What about the butterfly spirit?"

"That's right, I made an appointment and can't get in the way." Yingcao looked depressed, "Damn it, why did you lose in the boxing game? I also want to see Lord Onmyoji."

Yingcao and Po Meng talked endlessly, Shan Muqie hesitated for a long time and finally mustered up the energy to intervene, when the door of the decoction shop was knocked open.

Yamabachi looked back, and was knocked to the ground by an unknown object in the next second, and a very young child jumped on top of him.

Yamabachi watched in astonishment as the child with rabbit ears knelt on him indifferently, and then stepped on him a few times before standing aside and hugging the unknown object, rubbing his cheeks several times, Saying in his mouth: "The magic frog is so fast~hahaha~"

The two people in the corner also came over, Granny Meng happily took the child's hand and said, "Shantu, you are here too~"

"Yeah~ The magic frog took me there in a 'swish'." The mountain rabbit also greeted Yingcao, and asked curiously: "What are you all doing?"

Granny Meng told Shantu about the matter, and Shantu laughed and climbed onto the magic frog, "Go quickly, go back quickly, just take a look from a distance~"

"That makes sense..." Yingcao stroked her chin, gave Granny Meng a high-five, and laughed in the direction of Shan Baqie.

Finally recovering from his breath, Yamabuchi got up and felt three strong gazes behind him, his whole body trembled, and he turned his head slowly, "Huh?"

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