Those days in Honmaru

He always said that I was not vigilant enough, repeating it over and over again.And when I was with him, he said don't worry, just leave it to him.

At first I didn't understand what he meant.

Now, I understand.

——Natsume's Diary

Kagome looked around and sighed: "Today I finally don't have to camp outside!"

Natsume also breathed a sigh of relief. Since leaving Granny Feng's village, they have spent almost all of their time in the wild, and today they finally reached a larger town.

Leaving aside Inuyasha's energetic half-demon and Qibao, Coral who is a demon exorcist, and Maitreya mage who always roams around, they have long been used to traveling for a long time, so only Natsume and Kagome Tired for a while.

Inuyasha couldn't get excited at all, the dog's ears drooped, and he said listlessly: "It's boring, Naraku is missing, and I can't find any news."

That day Inuyasha and Kagome Shippo were tricked away by the puppets set by Kagura, Coral and Maitreya were lured away by Kohaku, and Natsume was almost killed by Kagura. None of the people who asked him to deliver had ever been seen.

But Mitreya nodded and said seriously: "Which house are you going to cheat today...ah, no, you are going to practice magic to eliminate demons? Inuyasha, you go with me!" That kind of righteous look, if you don't listen to him In other words, it would really give people an illusion.

Coral put aside her worries about her younger brother for the time being, and said to Kagome: "This is a rare opportunity, let's take a bath together today." Then she picked up Mica as well, "Let's go with Mica too~" Mica rubbed against her happily , screaming coquettishly.

Kagome smiled and agreed with Coral's suggestion: "That is to say, it's not good to be tense all the time."

Qibao jumped on Natsume and hugged him, "Then Natsume will continue to tell me about your place at night~"

Natsume smiled at Qibao, inadvertently, Natsume realized that there was an extra figure in his sight, he subconsciously looked there, it was a completely pure white girl.She has long pure white hair, wears white flowers on her head, wears a white kimono, and holds a mirror larger than her face in her hand.

The girl looked at Natsume quietly with a pair of lifeless black eyes, and said slowly: "...Natsume..."

When meeting the girl's eyes, Natsume felt chills all over his body for a moment. He quickly realized that the girl didn't make a sound, but just opened her mouth. He imagined that the other party called out. his name.

Besides, given the distance between them, it was impossible for Natsume to hear what the girl was saying.

Then Natsume just blinked and the white girl disappeared completely, giving the illusion that "she never existed".

"Eh?" Natsume asked a question, before he could think any more, Qibao had already patted him several times from behind, "Natsume, Natsume~ What's the matter, what are you thinking?"

"...It's nothing." Natsume came back to his senses, shook his head at Qibao, did not tell what he just saw, but answered Qibao's words: "There are many children in this pill, if you meet them We must be able to talk."

Qibao smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Are they coming soon? I haven't seen Fu Sangshen yet. I'm really looking forward to it~"

Natsume's footsteps paused a little, and he replied softly: "Well, they will be here soon."

-

Natsume and his party finally found a hotel in the town that didn't care about the appearance of Inuyasha, Shippo, and Mica, and was willing to take them in for a night.

After everything was sorted out, soon as it had been decided before, Master Maitreya completely ignored Inuyasha's reluctance written all over his body after inquiring about the strange incident that happened to the richest family in the town. Forcibly dragged him away, and started his best routine.

Before leaving, he confidently told everyone that he would bring back a satisfactory reward.

The two girls Kagome and Coral went to the hotel owner together, and after asking about the bathhouse not far away, they left Qibao and Natsume and set off early.

Qibao sat at the window with his hands folded, watching the backs of the girls gradually going away, he said a little depressed: "Kagome and the others go enjoy themselves without me, hum! I want to take a bath too."

"I can't help it." Natsume pressed his hand on Qibao's head and rubbed it a few times, thinking that it feels really good, no wonder everyone likes to touch their heads, and said, "After all, Qibao is a fox demon. People who are afraid of monsters in this era More."

"But Mica also followed."

"Well..." Natsume recalled the appearance of Mica being forced into the bag by Kagome, and persuaded: "After all, Mica is smaller than you..."

Qibao couldn't help shaking when he thought of that scene, he changed the subject and looked at Natsume curiously and asked: "In the era of Natsume and Kagome, were humans not afraid of monsters?"

"How should I put it..." Natsume smiled, "At that time, humans and monsters will seem to live in two different worlds, and only a few people will be able to see the signs of monsters."

"It's incredible, I can't imagine a world like that."

"Okay, do you want to continue listening to the story?"

"want!"

Qibao listened to Natsume's story about Honmaru with relish, and suddenly yawned. He rubbed his eyes and looked very sleepy. Natsume glanced at him, and said amusedly, "It's you who vowed to talk all night. Qibao."

"Ha... ah..." Qibao half-opened his eyes, and continued to say: "Of course... let me show you the perseverance of the monster..."

In the middle of speaking, Qibao closed his eyes and sat down on the ground, staggering as if he was about to fall down at any time. Natsume hurried forward to help him, and within a minute Within a few minutes, the little demon fox fell into a deep sleep.

"I still have perseverance..." Natsume had no choice but to put Qibao on the bed without any complaints, covered her tightly with the quilt, looked at Qibao's sleeping face and couldn't help but said: "I fell asleep so quickly, even if I am a monster, but Still a kid..."

After watching for a while, Natsume rubbed his chin and complained secretly: "This kind of talent can be regarded as a child. Those people should really see it."

A gust of wind blew from Natsume's back, fine strands of hair floated in front of his eyes, he grabbed the hair back and said, "Hey, did Qibao open the window just now?"

After Natsume turned around, his entire expression changed all of a sudden.

The pure white girl I saw in the morning suddenly appeared in the corner of the room at some point, still holding the mirror in her hand, she quietly looked at Natsume without saying a word.

This girl is naturally Kanna, Kagura's nominal older sister, and the first sex that Naraku created for herself.

However, Natsume didn't know this, he couldn't feel anything on this girl, there was no ghost or human breath, it was a completely strange existence.

"Who are you?" Natsume could now vaguely understand why Qibao fell asleep suddenly, it must have been a trick done by the other party, just in case, he stood in front of Qibao to block the little demon fox tightly.

Kanna stood quietly the whole time, slightly moved the mirror in his hand, and Natsume's figure was completely reflected in the mirror.

The moment he was reflected in the mirror, Natsume could no longer control any of his movements, and he couldn't even make a little sound. He could only watch the girl approaching him step by step.

Natsume saw her own face in that mirror, and the next second she heard the girl whisper: "Natsume..."

This voice was not so much said by the girl as it appeared suddenly as if it had directly entered Natsume's mind, and this voice was exactly the same as the voice he had mistakenly thought was his own imagination.

"Natsume……"

"Give me your soul..."

The mirror instantly emitted a dazzling white light, and some invisible hand-like things stretched out from the mirror, trying to grab Natsume.

The protective spell on Natsume's body finally reacted at this time, and a small barrier appeared again, and those "hands" were immediately blocked by the barrier, and after many attempts to no avail, they fell to the ground and squirmed helplessly.

However, this time the enchantment looked much darker than before, and Natsume didn't have time to care about this, at least now he could control his body.He first set up a protective barrier for Qibao behind him, and then controlled the talisman paper to fly towards Kanna.

"..." Kanmu looked at Natsume's movements calmly. The only thing she did was to turn the mirror in her hand again. The talisman paper bounced back directly under Natsume's surprised gaze.

"Oops!"

The talisman passed through Natsume's barrier and stuck to himself, and several familiar chains entangled Natsume himself.

Before Natsume had time to cancel the spell, at the same time, those "hands" lying on the ground quickly climbed up along the chain, and when they touched the barrier, there was an electric arc between the "hands" and the barrier. The same light, and then a clearly visible crack suddenly appeared on the enchantment, and then the whole shattered.

The position of the curse seal on Natsume's shoulder was as hot as burning, but the heat dissipated quickly, and Natsume knew that the mission of the curse seal had ended.

Those "hands" directly took advantage of the void and surrounded Natsume.

Natsume felt his body become extremely cold in an instant, and his brain's reaction speed was unprecedentedly slow. He seemed to see some illusory things floating out of his body, and then his consciousness began to become blurred.

At the last moment of falling into a coma, he heard a knock on the door, and then fell down uncontrollably.

Kanna turned his head and glanced at the door, and then at Natsume who was no longer moving, retracted the mirror, took a few steps back, and disappeared.

-

Kagome and Coral returned to the hotel after taking a bath, Kagome stretched and said with a smile, "Well~ Sure enough, only taking a bath can take away fatigue~"

Coral nodded in agreement, "That's right, I haven't felt so relaxed for a long time. Where's the mica?"

The kitten lay listlessly on Shan Shan's shoulder again, and yelled softly in Kagome's direction. Kagome reached out and touched it a few times, hugged it into her arms and said apologetically, "At least when you take a bath Still enjoying it?"

They talked and laughed and walked to the door of the room. Kagome knocked on the door and said, "Natsume-san, Qibao, let's come back."

There was no movement in the room, Kagome opened the door with doubts, and saw Natsume lying motionless on the ground, and Qibao lying on the bed, surrounded by an enchantment obviously set by Natsume.

"Natsume-san!"

Kagome didn't expect to see such a scene as soon as she came back. She ran to Natsume and found that although Natsume's eyes were still half-opened, she was obviously out of mind.

Coral hurriedly checked Qibao's status, and after confirming that the other party was simply asleep, she slowed down a bit, and said to Mica: "Hurry up and bring Master Mage and Inuyasha back."

Mica nodded, quickly jumped out of the window, turned into a huge monster in the flames, and ran towards the distance.

Kagome looked at Natsume helplessly, she didn't find any wounds on Natsume's body, let alone imagined what happened during the time they left.

"Let me see." Coral is a professional exorcist anyway, she quickly checked Natsume's state, and said worriedly: "The breathing and pulse are quite weak, and the whole person is in a state of extreme weakness, but looking at his It doesn't look poisonous..."

She said to Kagome: "Gagome, your spiritual power is relatively pure, try sending a little spiritual power to Master Onmyoji, it should make him feel better."

"Yeah." Kagome nodded and grabbed Natsume's hand, the milky white light lit up in his hand, Natsume's complexion looked much better all of a sudden, but he still couldn't recover.

"What should I do? What should I do?!" Kagome said anxiously, tears gradually dripping from the corners of her eyes.

At this time, there was a slight movement from the window behind him. Coral thought that Mica had returned so soon, but when she looked back, she was surprised to see a person standing there who should not have appeared.

Kikyo, who was wearing a red and white priestess costume as always, stood there quietly, with a few dead souls circling around her.

Coral gave Kagome a hand, looked at Kikyo and asked, "Why are you here?"

Kikyo ignored Shan Shan's question, looked at Natsume and said, "Give him to me."