Blade of the Sky

The days of training passed day by day, and all the qualities of my body were improving rapidly.

This day ended the morning training as usual. I stood on the mud floor and wiped the sweat that was about to flow to the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand.

Recently, I often fly out to play, but Feijiu, who can't see the bird's shadow, stands quietly on the rock beside me and looks at me.

While Master Purgatory was lighting a fire and cooking, I was a little dazed looking at his busy back.

"What's wrong?" Master Purgatory turned around and looked at me and asked, my thoughts were pulled back immediately.

After hearing his words, I regained my composure and was stunned for a moment, then said: "Ah... that Master Purgatory, this afternoon I... can I ask for leave?"

"Ask for leave? Hey... so dangerous." After listening to my words, Master Purgatory suddenly remembered that he was still busy lighting a fire in his hand, so he quickly turned around and gave firewood to the fire that was about to be extinguished. Dui Qihuo said, "Are you tired, Shenliu? That's right...the amount of training has indeed been a bit heavy recently."

"Ah, I'm not tired." I replied hastily.

"That is?"

"I... want to go back to... the town."

"..."

After hearing my words, Master Purgatory stopped what he was doing, and then he turned around and met my eyes.

His bright orange-red eyes seemed to be filled with dazzling sparks, giving people a feeling of peace of mind and determination.

Then I heard him say to me, "Go."

I stood in front of the wooden table, looking at the bamboo hat and shawl that I asked "Yin" to prepare for me.

"It's all ready for you! By the way, where are you going?" The one who took care of me while I was lying in the hospital bed, the one I know best named "Kido Yamae" "Yin" stood beside me. Looking at me from the side, I asked.

"I have something to do." I picked up the bamboo hat and put it on my head, and the veil immediately hung down from the edge of the hat to cover my whole body.

"...Well, it's your freedom to go wherever you go, so I'll go first."

"See you."

Watching him go, I tidied up my clothes and was about to go out when Fat Jiu flew in from the window, and then stood on my shoulder through the veil hanging down from the bamboo hat.

"Do you want to go with me?"

"Jiujiu! Yes!"

I chuckled lightly and took it out the door.

But just as I was about to walk out of the gate of Butterfly House, I suddenly remembered a very important thing——

I can't recognize the way.

...... What should I do, go to Kido to help lead the way?

I stayed in the same place with some confusion, and murmured to myself: "Hey... I didn't expect to forget such an important thing... I don't know the way or anything."

Just when I was about to go back home to ask someone to show me the way, Fat Jiu, who was standing on my shoulder, suddenly started flapping his wings "fluttering" and jumping his feet.

I turned my gaze away with some doubts, met the little guy's beady eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

The little guy flapped his wings and kept gesticulating: "I know the way! I will lead the way!"

I was a little taken aback when I heard it.

After a moment of hesitation, I finally realized——

No wonder this little guy has played and disappeared from time to time in the past few days. It turns out that he has memorized the terrain by flying around in the past few days.

It's so convenient, Fei Jiu, it's really easy to use.

Not only can it serve as an evening newscaster, but it can also be used as a navigation, which is great.

I thankfully rubbed Fat Chirp's fluffy head with my fingertips, then walked out of the gate of Butterfly House, and then left the "base" of the Ghost Killing Squad.

Fat Jiu flew in front of me and led the way, and I followed behind.

Maybe it's because the tandem is too strange, or maybe it's because my outfit is very conspicuous, and I can feel all kinds of gazes from all directions along the way.

I didn't care about these gazes, and I still followed Fat Jiu, who was flying low in front of me.

I was a little dazed looking at the people coming and going on the street.

Once... the small town was like this, but the female ghost incident caused those hanging lanterns to fall on the buildings, and the flames immediately swallowed the layer of red paper outside the lanterns, and then ignited the buildings. The wood of the house, and then the fire continued to expand.

I remember when I was taken away by Sister Yuan, a small area of ​​the town was engulfed in flames at that time... I don't know how it is now.

...... As a result, I still dare not face the surviving townspeople directly.

This is not acceptable...

I am indeed a coward, not to say that I have no courage to face them, but that as soon as I see them, the sense of guilt that settles in my heart will immediately arise, and then "wrap" my whole body into this thick Yes, in the feeling of guilt that makes people breathless.

...I should go visit...the families of the boys first.

Unconsciously, the scene at that time emerged in my mind-the blood and screams are still floating around me today.

Actually, I'm still scared.

No matter how strong you look on the outside,

Even if a goal has been set,

Even if you have decided to live a good life with their expectations......

But I know I'm still scared.

Afraid of losing again,

Fear of being powerless again.

Along the way, I kept thinking about all kinds of things, and my mind was as chaotic as a messy ball of yarn.

Just when I was in a trance, Fat Chirp, who had been flying in front of me and leading the way, called out, and the crisp bird song brought my thoughts back.When I came back to my senses, I immediately looked at it.

"Jiu Jiu!" Fat Jiu flapped his wings and flew back to stand on my shoulder. I took a closer look and found that I had returned to the small town.

I couldn't bear to close my eyes—half of the town was already in a mess, except for a few circles of houses on the outskirts of the town, the rest of the area was full of residues left after being swallowed by flames, and the sky was still alive. There was a faint smell of burning wood.

I looked at the one I met Yuan Jie for the first time, the tall and red-painted pillar standing at the entrance of the town as the landmark building of the town.

...I remember that I was so hungry that I fell to the ground (although part of it was pretending), and then I was rescued by the passing sister Yuan, and then I became an employee of the "co-living house", and I naturally integrated into it In people's lives, I also met many people, Mrs. Hara...young brothers...the old woman next door...the children headed by Ogurihara...

...That's right, this is the Taisho period, and it is impossible to save such a fire.

On the way here, the cultivated land belonging to the town was already overgrown with weeds, and no one was managing it. It was obviously abandoned... Even if there were survivors, they all moved away.

The female ghost's attack before only targeted the area where I was. It stands to reason that there are still so many houses in the town that have not been destroyed, and many people have survived... Is there no one left here? ?Even if there is only one person.

strange,

too weird,

The town feels so strange to me now.

With a strong sense of disobedience, I walked into the town slowly.

The "co-living house" is still in its original location, and it survived the fire because it is located on the outer ring of the town.

It was still the same as the day my sister Yuan and I left to attend the celebration, the doors and windows were tightly closed.

I came to the wall outside the backyard with ease, and then jumped over the earth wall lightly. The fat jiu on my shoulder flew up because of my large movements, and after flapping its wings a few times, it returned to me. shoulders.

I landed in the backyard and then observed the surrounding environment.

The layout of the backyard has not changed in any way. I miss the wooden stakes in the yard and the hatchet I inserted on them.

I walked into the house from the backyard. Because the doors and windows were closed, the inside of the house looked very dark, only the light coming in from the back door brought a glimmer of brightness.

This time I came back to pack some things, so I went straight up to the second floor after entering the house.

Walking into a familiar room, I start thinking about where I put things.

Fat Jiu flew to the edge of the bed and stood looking at me.

According to my memory, I came to the wooden cabinet placed in the corner. This wooden cabinet was specially bought by sister Yuan for me a few months after I came to the co-living house.

... I silently opened the drawer.

Probably because of the relationship in the first half of my life, I have never had any material desires.

Apart from basic clothing and food, there is not much to want.

So my drawer is not filled with many other things like others... I only have this one thing to fill my drawer.

"Jiujiu." Fat Jiu flapped its wings and flew over curiously to look at the drawer I opened, but just as it flew over and took a look, it froze in place.

"..." I picked up the only thing in the drawer——

The candy box my brothers gave me,

The candy box they bought with the money they sweated.

When they gave me this candy box, I put it away and never opened it.

At that time, the sugar making technology was not very high, and even foreign candies were not as delicious as the world I lived in, but this box is already a luxury that is difficult for ordinary children to eat in this era product.

I caressed the smooth and bright iron surface, and the cold touch immediately came from my fingertips. The iron surface reflected my appearance indistinctly, and the brown hair that was mixed into a lump was extremely conspicuous.

I gently buckled the iron buckle on the lid, then opened the iron box, and then took out a packaged Huamei candy, and then slowly took it apart and put it in my mouth.

A sweet but slightly bitter taste stimulated my taste buds.

Sure enough, it was not as delicious as expected——

It's just empty-handed.

I covered my eyes with one hand, and the other hand, which was naturally hanging by my side, clenched into a fist unconsciously.

The candy was crushed by me and swallowed, I then put down my hand, grabbed Fei Jiu on my shoulder and left the room with the box of candy.

Even if I miss those beautiful days again,

The tears rolling in the eye sockets did not fall after all.

"Chirp." Fat Chirp on the shoulder called out softly. For some reason, I could hear comfort and worry in this soft call.

After taking a few seconds to gather my mood, I thanked it with a smile: "I'm fine, I just remembered some old things...it's not important anymore."

Yes, those are not important anymore,

What is lost can never come back. No matter how much I desire, I can only continue to live hard.

People are inherently mortal, but it is only in the order of early and late.

After leaving the "co-living house", I continued to walk in the town.

I looked at the surrounding buildings, looking for the house in my memory.

After turning a few corners, I managed to arrive at the destination - Maeda Ori's house, and Maeda's house was spared and not destroyed.

Standing in front of this hut, I suddenly felt annoyed and shameless.

I should go back to the town to take a look after I recover from my illness. How can he live as a sick old man without Maeda's care...Moreover, I guess he may have... ....

"Chirp chirp chirp!" The rapid bird call interrupted my thinking.

The fat jiu on my shoulder was very excited from the moment I came to Maeda's house, shouting all the time, and then flew around me, as if urging me to open the door.

When I came back to my senses, I immediately shook my head, signaling myself not to think about it so much, and then knocked on the wooden door under Fat Jiu's urging.

What I didn't expect was that the moment my hand touched the door, some dilapidated wooden doors opened slowly with the sound of "creaking——".

Fat Jiu immediately flew in impatiently.

After the door was opened, the bed, tables and chairs behind it were revealed—there was no Maeda's grandpa.

"... Strange, is there no one?" I stood at the door and looked around the house with some doubts.

And look at the little dust on the bed... It's been a long time since anyone lived here.

"Yo!" Just as I was about to take Feijiu out of the room and leave here, a strange male voice came from behind me, and I immediately turned around to look - an old man dressed as a farmer with a backpack on his back, beckoning to me He started to say, "Are you looking for it?"

I immediately walked over and asked, "I'll find the owner of the Maeda house, is he at home?"

Fat Jiu also flew out of the room and followed me.

"Oh, you said him... I know where he is."

"Then can you tell me where he went?" I asked eagerly, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

Thank goodness Maeda's grandpa is still alive.

After I asked this question, the uncle came over with a frightened expression and said: "Let me tell you in a whisper... Before our town accidentally made the mountain god angry, and the mountain god let out flames in a rage Burned half of the houses in our village, there are not many people left in our town... hey... a crime..."

Wait, the last time the ghost attack was misrepresented as the anger of the mountain god? !what are you kidding...

I continued to listen to the old man's speech with mixed feelings.

"Then, fortunately, the leader of our Eternal Bliss Sect prayed for us, and the fire was extinguished. Now they are all taken in by the good leader, and Maeda's grandfather also lives there. I will go there later before the fields are planted."

After hearing his words, I froze in place.

The leader of the Eternal Bliss Sect?God?Take in?

At that moment, a deep uneasiness spread in my heart.

The author has something to say:

Momotou is coming!I forgot to say that!Momotou only accepts women!So those who were taken in... actually ahem, they were taken in on the surface, but they were actually "accidentally" made up on the way there. "The angry mountain god gave OVER". live(.)

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感谢在2020-02-2507：26：23～2020-02-2515：29：28期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～

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