[Complete] Sibyl the Immortal

It was late autumn in a blink of an eye.On October [-]th, Jun Xun suddenly visited HOMRA on April [-]st.The boy in the high school uniform stood awkwardly at the door of the bar, scratching his head and embarrassedly said to Izumo Kusanagi, Well, I am looking for an unknown lady.

"You are the person that day... The unknown lady is upstairs, please come in, I will call her."

When Kusanagi said "Please come in", an old man suddenly appeared behind April [-], wearing an old-fashioned kimono, wearing a bamboo hat, holding a red light in one hand, and bowed his head to Kusanagi. Yun saluted.

"Then, the old man is bothering you."

Seeing Kusanagi's puzzled and slightly guarded eyes on April [-]st, he looked away in embarrassment.

"That...in fact, it's this unknown lady who has something to do, please let me bring him here."

"Because if the old man is not allowed to enter the house, he can't come in. So please help this little brother." The old man took off his bamboo hat. He has a very strange nose. "My master has a letter to pass on to the Miss, Mr. Lao has passed on the message."

Kusanagi thought about it, smiled and held out his hand.

"Then, give me the letter, and I'll give it to the unknown lady."

***

When Kusanagi Izumo came in, the girl was sitting sideways on Zhou Fangzun's lap, reading a book in his arms, Zhou Fangzun was lazily leaning on the back of the sofa, staring at the ceiling in a daze.The sun shone from behind them through the glass window, and the outlines of the two were plated with a layer of gold. His hands were loosely around her, and she leaned docilely in his arms. The pot beside the window was planted by the girl herself. The red poppies are swaying against the breeze and sunlight, and the flowers are reflected in unreal colors. This scene is as beautiful as a scene in a Japanese drama.

Kusanagi shook his head, and couldn't help coughing when he came back to his senses, Zhou Fangzun just glanced at him lazily, the girl put down the book in her hand, and tilted her head to look at him.

"Mr. Kusanagi?"

Kusanagi Izumo handed a letter to the girl.

"For me?" The girl was a little strange, and opened the letter, "Sincerely..."

Her voice gradually trailed off.Zhou Fangzun glanced at the letter paper and couldn't help frowning.

"what is that?"

Kusanagi Izumo also poked his head over to look, and was immediately embarrassed.

"Isn't this just a ghost painting talisman? You can actually understand it?!"

"What a disrespectful human being! You actually said that the master's letter is a ghost drawing talisman! Ignorance! Those are the words of a monster!"

The old man's angry voice sounded at the stairway, Kusanagi looked back and saw that the beard of the old man with a strange nose was raised angrily.He snorted fiercely at several people, his face began to change, his nose stretched out longer, his ears became pointed upwards, the corners of his eyes were raised high, and he turned into a monster in the blink of an eye——

"Tengu?!"

On April [-], Jun Xun stumbled over from behind, grabbed the old man Tengu, and laughed awkwardly, but the veins on his forehead kept jumping.

"Well, grandpa, didn't you promise me that after I brought you in, you would never attack anyone here?"

"...For the time being, the old man is looking at your face!"

Tengu put away his weapon angrily, stomped on the ground, frowned and stared at the girl, and handed the red light in his hand angrily forward.

"With this lantern, you can freely enter and exit the forest, but only on the day of the Red Leaf Celebration. The master's invitation has been delivered, so I will leave!"

A gust of wind whizzed by, and when the wind stopped, the old man had disappeared, leaving only the swaying flowers by the window.

Kusanagi Izumo looked at the girl dumbfounded.

"What the hell is he here for?"

The girl frowned and looked at the red light, a scene suddenly flashed in her mind.

【"Mibu-sama's flower banquet?"

The man in the white safari put the bat fan on his rouge-like lips and smiled.

"That is a famous feast among monsters. It is not an easy task to win the favor of that god, Miss."

While talking, the man picked up the red light that the monster put down, and played with it in his hand with great interest.

"Using the red light as an invitation letter, that adult is really elegant."]

Fragment ends.

She stared blankly at the letter in her hand.The rouge-colored letter paper was ingeniously sprinkled with fine gold powder, just like the red leaves with the shadow of the sun falling, and the words of monsters were written in beautiful fonts, flowing and elegant.

"Yours

Since the farewell in the past, I don't know that the time has passed like a white horse, and it has been a sea of ​​vicissitudes, and many old people don't know where to go.

Today, I suddenly heard that the king is still here, and I was overjoyed and panicked, but I didn't know where I was.Recalling the past, my heart is at a loss.I only wish to drink a cup of turbid wine with you, so as to comfort my feelings.

The red leaves illuminate the mountains with great beauty, and also illuminate the sleeves of passers-by.I have swept the couch to welcome you.

Mibu Jingshu"

The general meaning of this letter is that since I parted from you back then, I don’t know that time has passed by like a fleeting horse. In the blink of an eye, many years have passed, and everything in the world has changed. I don’t know where many of my former friends are.Now I suddenly heard that you are still here, and I am very happy, but then I feel a little flustered, and I don’t know how to deal with myself.Thinking of the past, I feel very sad.I just hope you can come and let me have a few glasses of wine with you to comfort my parting feeling a little bit.The way the red leaves illuminate the hillside is really beautiful, and it also reflects the sleeves of the passers-by in the mountains. Now I have prepared everything and respectfully wait for your arrival.

"So, does this 'Master Mibu' know you, Miss Unknown?"

Kusanagi Izumo rubbed his chin to think, the girl tilted her head, recalling the impact that flashed through her mind just now, and hesitantly responded.

"...I'm not sure, but I seem to know him."

Who is that man in white?

A hand patted her shoulder lightly, and Zhou Fangzun's voice rang in her ears, with his usual lazy taste, low and magnetic.

"If you want to know, just go and see for yourself."

The man's strong arms encircled her in his arms, resting his chin on top of her head.The girl leaned against his broad chest, a fiery embrace with a slight smell of tobacco, which made people feel extremely at ease.

"I will go with you."

He said.

***

October [-], evening.

At dusk, the hour of magic.

As if afraid that the girl would not know how to get to the forest, Mibu sent a pick-up chariot [a kind of monster, shaped like a bullock cart, with a huge human face in front of it, which can fly]. Now, the girl is Sitting on the hazy car, looking out from Zhou Fangzun's arms at the sunset sky.

The orange-red sunset reflects the red leaves all over the mountain. It is the maple forest that is like fire, and the frosty leaves are about to burn, like a colorful and extraordinary brocade, stretching all the way to the horizon.Faint music and human voices could be heard, and the car turned around in the air, heading towards the place where the music was the loudest!

The hazy car stopped suddenly in the middle of the crowd.No, it shouldn't be the crowd, but... a hundred ghosts.

And the person sitting under the shade of the tallest maple tree is the master of this forest, the god named Mibu.

He raised his glass of wine to the obscuring car and smiled.It was as if he was still the handsome and gentle god when he first met the girl.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

The girl looked at him quietly, her thick and long black hair curled around her waist, like a black arm, and put her on the ground.Zhou Fangzun jumped off the car, stood behind her and supported her.Because she couldn't stand on her feet, he almost held her in his arms.

Then, she shook her head lightly.

"Sorry, Mibu-sama, I don't remember you."

The woman who was playing the piano at the side suddenly made a wrong note.She lowered her head to Misheng in fear.

"I'm extremely sorry, Mibu-sama."

"It doesn't have to be like this, Light Onion, go ahead. Your piano sound won't be blemished by this mistake."

Mibu smiled at the banshee.When he looked back at the girl again, his eyes were covered with a touch of melancholy.

"So, as they say, you lost all your memory, right?"

"That's right, Mibu-sama, the owner of the Isatsuki no Mori. This child doesn't remember anything."

A female voice came from behind them, and Yuko Ichihara, dressed in Furisode kimono, came with a bong in hand, holding a lantern behind her teeth on April [-]st.

"I see. I haven't seen you for a long time, Miss Yuko." Mibu nodded lightly, and gestured to several people, "Please sit down. Today I invite everyone to enjoy the beauty of red leaves."

The banshee Qian Cong who was playing the piano continued to play, and the dancing girl began to dance lightly, all the ghosts were clamoring and excited.Ichihara Yuko sat beside the girl and smiled at her.

"Mibu-sama is the master of the Isatsuki Forest. There are all kinds of noble monsters living in this forest, and Mibu-sama is the god here. He has a very good reputation among the monsters. Every year, the banquet he holds is all monsters. Occasionally, predestined humans are invited. It is said that thousands of years ago, even Seimei Abe was invited by him.”

As the sun gradually sinks to the west, all the ghosts gradually gather. The tengu that the girl had seen before lit the torch, and the red leaves were reflected more and more coquettishly by the fluffy flames.Yuko Ichihara smiled and toasted with the group of monsters, and tried to stop him with a headache on April [-]st, but Yuko dragged and forcibly drank a glass of wine and blushed.Zhou Fangzun asked the girl to sit sideways on his lap, put one arm around her and held the wine cup in the other, and drank one cup after another.The girl held a strangely shaped fruit in her hand, and she didn't eat it, but watched silently.After losing her sense of taste, she even lost her appetite, only pursuing a little satiety, but she suddenly became more interested in the shape of food.

Zhou Fangzun noticed that she hadn't eaten anything since coming here, so he put down the wine glass and looked at her for a while, then suddenly reached out and took the fruit from her hand, crushed it, held it in his hand and fed it to her piece by piece .

"Don't think so much." He fed the food very bluntly, almost rudely stuffing it into her mouth, "I'm here."

The girl was so stuffed that she choked. Hearing this, she hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands to signal no, and then smiled at him.The cheeks are bulging, and she looks a little cute.

"Ah."

***

By the time the banquet was over, the moon was sinking.A full moon hung above the night sky.

When parting, Mibu raised his wine cup to the girl.

"At that time, did your wish come true?"

The girl was startled, silent.

The spirit is clear, and there is a touch of melancholy in his eyes.

"...That's right."

For some reason, seeing the gloomy expression of the god, the girl suddenly felt a little sad.

"sorry."

Sorry, I forgot, those things you remember.

Sorry, I'm not who you remember.

I'm sorry I broke your heart.

Mibu smiled.He shook his head slightly.The eyes are gentle and comforting.

"It's okay. You don't have to feel sorry. It's not your fault."

***

On the way back, the girl held Zhou Fangzun's hand tightly, and after a long time, she bit her lip and said her decision.

"Hey, Zun, I want...to get back my memory."

Because, hiding willfully, not looking at anything, not thinking about anything, not knowing anything, this is too cunning... It is too unfair to those who still remember.

Zhou Fangzun carried her behind his back, he didn't say much after hearing that, he just shook her hand stiffly.

She didn't realize that when she said this, her hands were shaking all the time.

The author has something to say: Sprinkling sugar is too difficult and tiring.I would rather write classical Chinese than sweet jokes! ! !

Mibu's letter to my sister was written by myself, please forgive me for the bad writing in classical Chinese _(:з」∠)_.

The waka line in the letter, "The red leaves shine on the mountain is so beautiful, and also shine on the sleeves of passers-by" comes from the ancient and modern waka collection, authored by Mibu Tadasen.The full text is as follows——

[[-] is the family of Prince Zhen (これさだのみこのいへ)の歌合(うたあはせ)に音(よ)める

Rain falls (あめふ) れば衣野山(かさとりやま)の红叶(もみぢば)は行交(ゆきか)ふ人(ひと)の箱(そで)さへぞPhoto(te)る

It is sung by Prince Zhen's family song

When the rain falls, take the hat and take the red leaves from the mountains. The red leaves shine brightly, and the red leaves shine on the mountains. They also shine on the sleeves of passers-by.]

Mibu and Isatsuki no Mori are from Natsume's Book of Friends. Asagi is the girl who has a disease that makes her body peel off like mud. She used to work as a luthier in Mibu.

Hazy car

Red leaves

Asagi