Yaohi Hill

Until Tokigami's shikigami brought the clothes and she put them on, this ugly but unexpectedly shy monster didn't even move.

His eyes, which could be considered huge compared to ordinary people, were tightly closed all the time.

"You can open your eyes now."

Hearing these words, the monster let go of the hands that subconsciously covered its eyes.

He looked at Shi Kui, his face was a little red, and he said very shyly, "I'm sorry..."

Shi Kui straightened the cuffs of the clothes. Although the clothes didn't fit well, they could still be worn.

She looked at the monster strangely: "No need to apologize, I know you didn't mean it."

"It's just that this is the first time I've encountered a monster like you."

The monster seemed to be stimulated by a certain word in her words, and tears poured out of a pair of eyes as big as copper bells: "I, I am not a monster..."

"Aren't you a monster?"

Shi Aoi was a little surprised that the other party would deny the fact that he was a monster.After all, in her career as a witch for nearly a hundred years, almost all the monsters she met were quite proud of their identities.

She stepped forward and approached the monster, only to realize that although the monster looked ugly like a monster, he was wearing ordinary farmer's clothes.

The evil spirit on his body is also weak and difficult to detect.

It's not so much like a monster, it's more like a combination of a monster and a human...

"Are you a half-demon?" Shi Kui blurted out.

"Don't get closer..." The other party didn't pay attention to her words at all. Instead, when she walked over, he covered his face with his hands in extreme resistance, and his body trembled slightly.

Seeing his movements, Shi Kui thought he was dangerously aggressive, but only noticed his entire flushed face.

"Yes, I'm sorry...I've never talked to a girl this close..."

The monster took a few steps back, then picked up the herbs scattered on the ground, and Aoi's voice was very low when his back was turned.

"There are monsters eating human viscera nearby. Many people in the village have been eaten. You'd better leave quickly..."

Shi Kui was stunned after hearing this kind reminder.

In the decades after Cuizi's death, the weather was smooth and the world was in balance.It can be said that it was a very peaceful age when monsters and humans did not invade each other.

In the previous era, it was rare for monsters to attack humans on their own initiative.

But what about the present era?

Monsters have come back out of the arena again...?

"Wait a minute, what about the viscera-eating monster you mentioned?" Shi Kui followed the pace of the half-demon, and when she approached, his body became stiff again for a short while.

It seemed to be very nervous, the half-demon turned her head away, and lowered her voice deliberately, as if she was afraid of scaring the human woman who was several heads shorter than him in front of her: "I... I don't know, but recently there are many people They all had their hearts eaten, and they must have been made by unknown monsters."

"Leave quickly, it's dangerous here..."

"Are all the monsters so arrogant now... Why are the onmyojis and demon slayers who specialize in catching monsters..." Shi Kui murmured to herself, then she raised her head and asked Ban Yao: "Thank you very much, but I think I may not be able to leave now."

As a priestess, when encountering monsters that slaughtered humans, it is obvious that she can only take the initiative to fight, instead of cowardly escaping.

Although Shikui feels that she doesn't have many great feelings, she has been doing what Cuizi did during her lifetime for so many years, just because of Cuizi's words before her death.

It's just that when she finished speaking, the half-demon hurriedly walked up to her and blocked her way.

"No... no." The half-demon shook his head and said, "What are you going to do?"

"Of course I went to kill that monster." Shi Kui said as a matter of course, but saw that the half monster's face was flushed: "No...you will die."

"If it is an ordinary human being, it is indeed possible to die. But I am not, I am a priestess, and purifying the four souls of monsters is what I must do."

Although she couldn't understand the second half of what she said, the half-demon understood that Tokioi in front of her was a shrine maiden.

Miko-sama has a very high status in the hearts of ordinary people, but he still doesn't want a weak and slender human woman who is several heads shorter than him to face such a cruel battle alone.

after all……

It was the first time that a human woman was not afraid of his appearance and had a conversation with him as a normal person.

The monster touched the bruise on his neck, as if recalling the painful past, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Just when Aoi was about to search for traces of the monster in the mountains, her stomach groaned at this moment.

She said with some embarrassment: "...it seems that I can't go now, I'm a little hungry."

Although human beings who eat mermaid meat are immortal, their bodies need enough food and water just like ordinary people, otherwise they will suffer from physical insufficiency.

Her body has entered a long period of sleep, and it is normal to feel hungry and dizzy when she wakes up.

Ban Yao breathed a sigh of relief, probably thinking that she won't be going to die in a while.

"My house... has food, if you don't mind, you can go to the village with me..."

"Of course I don't mind...just trouble you to lead the way."

Shi Kui said so, and then Ban Yao's face turned red again.

It's the first time to entertain a girl he doesn't know. Although the other party doesn't seem to care at all, it still makes him feel very happy...

"Suddenly remembered, my name is Shikui, what's your name?"

"Di... Di Nian'er." The half-demon murmured.

"Did you read it?" Just as she was saying the name, the other party stopped as if she had been greatly stimulated.

"what happened?"

Di Nian'er didn't dare to look at her, but silently tidied up the medicine basket and continued on her way.

He felt very ashamed.

It's just a normal exchange of names, why am I so satisfied... But for a monster like him, making friends is a luxury.

After walking for a long time, Shi Kui realized that Di Nian'er was about to leave the village, she asked a little puzzled, "Don't you and your mother live in the village?"

"Everyone said... I'm a monster... If I live with them, my mother will be bullied." Di Nian'er whispered, his expression was surprisingly calm.

Di Nian'er pointed to a wooden house not far ahead: "That's it."

At this time, an old woman with white hair opened the curtain and came out. Her voice was full of air and could be heard clearly from a distance: "Di Nianer, why are you only here now!"

Di Nian'er scratched her head, then bent her body and entered the house, not wanting to introduce Shikui to the old lady: "Mother... this is Master Shikui, the witch."

Di Nian'er's mother is very fierce, but if you look closely at her facial features, she should be a beauty when she was young.

Shi Kui thought so.

The old lady glanced at Shi Kui, a little surprised, she never thought that Di Nian'er's terrifying appearance could bring back a young and beautiful woman.

Still a witch.

Shi Kui greeted her, but was a little uncomfortable to be looked at by the other party's substantive eyes.

After looking at her for a while, the old woman said, "You read without fear?"

"Di Nian'er... is just a half-demon, and he doesn't have a strong demonic aura." Shi Kui said in a daze, "Besides, he has no malice towards humans."

"It would be great if everyone thought like you." The old lady asked her to sit in, but she heard Di Nian'er reminded her in a low voice: "Mother... Miss Miko is hungry, is there any food at home?"

"Hmph... I said, what are you doing bringing people back here?" Even so, the old woman took out the only food left at home, "So many people starve to death these years, parents with several children would like to starve their children to death Come to reduce a few mouths to eat, you are good, you will only bring trouble to the family."

Di Nian'er was almost shrunk into the ground: "I'm sorry, mother..."

"Okay, what else can I say after you brought everyone back with you?" The old woman waved her hand, then turned to look at Shi Kui who couldn't eat anymore.

"That's all that's left in the house, so don't dislike it, Miko-sama."

Shi Kui shook her head with a wry smile: "It's okay, I'm the one who troubled you..."

The old lady sighed: "It's fine if you don't dislike it. To be honest, these days are getting more and more difficult."

"Why do you say that?"

"Looking at your child, you look more like a daughter of a city lord who doesn't leave the house than a witch." The old woman pounded the firewood under the hanging pot with a fire stick, "There have been constant wars for years, and the nobles are only interested in fighting for power and profit. It will control the life and death of us civilians."

"I don't know why. In the past few years, there have been droughts or insect plagues. The harvest has become worse and worse, the taxes are heavy, and they are bullied by bandits. It is difficult to survive."

"I heard from Di Nian'er that there are heart-eating monsters nearby." Shi Kui glanced at the huge body hiding in the corner, he seemed to be secretly paying attention to her, and quickly lowered his head after meeting her gaze go.

"Monsters are no longer a rare thing." When it comes to monsters, the old woman is very calm. "There are naturally many monsters that eat people, but monsters like Di Nian'er's father still exist."

"Look at this kid, he doesn't look like a monster at all, does he?"

Shi Kui nodded: "He is very kind. If every monster is like him, I don't need to purify monsters."

"Di Nian'er is a good boy." Hearing Shi Kui boasting about her child, the old lady became elated again. "Looking at him, I always think of the days when I met his father..."

"Mother..." Di Nian'er poked her head out again, "It's already late, why don't you go to rest."

The old lady's memories were interrupted, and she gave Nian'er a displeased look: "You child, I finally chatted with the young girl, and you also want to disturb me."

Seeing this warm picture, Shi Kui couldn't help but also smiled: "It's okay, I'm not sleepy yet."

"Mother-in-law, please continue to talk, I am really interested in the encounter between you and Di Nian'er's father."

Next, it was time for Di Nian'er's mother to fall into nympho memories.

From her mouth, Shi Kui probably understood that Di Nian'er's father was a perfect monster, handsome, gentle and kind, better than most human beings.However, in addition to this, she also learned that the current era is a bit strange, but she can be sure that the era she is in now is after Cuizi's death, not before.

And now, how many years have passed since then?

She sighed involuntarily.

The author has something to say:

Let's understand the current era first before moving on to the next plot. I'm looking forward to knowing Tokioi's reaction when the Four Soul Jade is shattered...

Plus I really like this cute demigod!