[Comprehensive] Goat Song

During the daytime class the next day, Takashi Natsume sat in his seat and thought a lot.He thought of supernatural beings, and outsiders... those things that he had never had the chance to touch in the past ten years or so came to him in that instant.This made the teenager feel a sense of suffocation.

"Hello, Natsume." Nishimura, who was sitting at his front desk, interrupted his contemplation, dragged his chair and leaned back. "Look at the school gate, isn't that girl carrying your fat cat?"

"The school gate?" Hearing what he said, Natsume Takashi also turned his head to look at the school gate.

Aiya Nakahara, who said goodbye to him and left the Fujiwara house this morning, was standing there.Instead of wearing the little skirt that Fujiwara Toko helped her clean up, she changed into a more convenient hooded sweater and blue shorts.Her legs were wrapped in striped stockings and high-top sneakers.This outfit made her look very lively, not at all the same as yesterday's ladylike style.

If it wasn't for the cat teacher squatting next to her, Natsume Takashi wouldn't have noticed it at a glance.

"Huh? Central Plains?"

"What, Natsume, do you know that kid?" Nishimura immediately began to gossip, and accidentally raised his voice.The teacher in class suddenly broke the chalk in his hand and smashed it hard on Nishimura's head.

"Hey, Nishimura-san! Keep your voice down in class!"

"Yes--"

Nishimura's protracted voice made all the students in the class laugh, and even Natsume Takashi showed a somewhat happy expression.When the class quieted down and the teacher turned around to write on the blackboard again, the boy turned his head to see if Aiya Zhongyuan was still there.

The cat teacher with a pair of good eyes noticed that Natsume Takashi was looking at this side, raised his front paw and patted the girl's calf.Aiya Nakahara immediately raised her hand, made a movement like a bird spreading its wings, and then pointed in the direction of the Tengu Bridge with a large movement.

Then, she waved her hand big and ran away with Teacher Cat.

Of course, Aiya Nakahara, who got a paid vacation, would not just stand here and wait for Takashi Natsume to leave school.She ran along the field ridges with the snake-like teacher cat, picking flowers here, pulling grass there, and even followed him into the grove at the end.

Teacher Mao is not that kind to take care of the children. He has a lot of good time to find someone to drink, but since Aiya Zhongyuan said that he will "worship" him and give him a tour guide fee, it is not impossible to allocate a day's time .

The cat teacher who had let go of himself nodded his feet, and walked out of an elegant catwalk with his chubby body.When Aiya Zhongyuan picked the flowers, he opened his mouth wide and sucked it full.

"Mr. Cat...you don't want to eat grass, do you?"

"I'm impolite, little cub, I am a carnivore, Mr. Spot." Hearing what she said, Mr. Cat spit out the limp wild flower in his mouth with a bah.

The big monster didn't care how heavy his shell was. He shook his butt and jumped onto Zhongyuan Aiya's shoulder, holding her head in disgust and sitting on her shoulder.

"Okay, let's go! Today I want to eat steamed buns with red bean paste from Seven Tsujiya!" He was afraid to slap the girl on the head. "Hurry up and dedicate the offering to Madara-sama."

Of course Aiya Nakahara doesn't care about this, and as a monster, it is impossible for Mr. Cat to strictly abide by the rules of the human world.One wished to fight and the other wished to suffer. Later, the girl who ate delicious snacks simply bought a big bag and came back.

This kind of time-honored store always has its own taste, and Nakahara Aiya likes to try new things like this.

The two non-humans didn't feel anything wrong, and even ate their stomachs full while holding the bag.After Natsume Takashi got out of school, when he found two people under the Tengu Bridge as promised, Mr. Cat was lying on the ground with his belly protruding, and his face was full of scum.

Then Takashi Natsume gave him a hammer.

"Mr. Cat...why are you bullying Zhongyuan again?"

"I didn't bully her, this is her offering." Lying on his side on the grass, Teacher Cat shaved his teeth with the tip of his paw.

"Well, it's the tour guide fee." Aiya Nakahara stretched her legs and jumped up from the ground. "Mr. Cat took me to play with One Eye and the Cow in the morning."

"One eye...intermediate?"

"Well, that's the name." Having said that, she smiled happily.The two middle-level monsters may look scary, but they are actually good-hearted and easy to get along with. Even though Yimu is impatient, he is actually taking good care of the children.

Although it is estimated that [-] points are for Natsume and Madara, and [-] points are for the two of them who find that they cannot beat Aiya Nakahara at all.

"Originally, I should have returned to Yokohama after the letter was delivered, but my father's immediate boss told me that I could stay for a while longer," Aiya Nakahara snapped her fingers twice, "Two weeks of paid rest in Yahara I can get the money for three night missions... this time I can buy gifts for Hongye."

Aiya Nakahara didn't quite understand why Mori Ogai asked her to stay in Yahara, but since he asked her to do so, there must be his reason.Although the girl thought of the sender, what kind of identity was this person whose full name might be "Natsume Soseki" and what was his relationship with Mori Ogai... She didn't know anything about it.

The two years of life have taught her not to think too much about the leader's thoughts, and she has grown from a chess watcher to a future chess player to a player in the game inside and out, and has become a chess player. A well-behaved chess piece.

Of course Natsume Takashi didn't know the inside story, so he showed an expression that he didn't understand why Aiya Nakahara started working when she was only in her early ten years old.

"Where are you going to live in Zhongyuan for half a month? Have you found a place?"

"Father's subordinates helped me find a house, and even found a housekeeper aunt, so it's okay."

Two people, one big and one small, were walking near Fujiwara's house. The older one was not good at making excuses with strangers, and he was not a talkative person; the younger one was also born quiet and was used to quietness.Fortunately, Natsume Takashi still had a noisy cat teacher sitting in his arms, so the atmosphere wasn't too awkward.

Natsume Takashi didn't know where Aiya Nakahara lived temporarily until he arrived at Fujiwara's house.Because that house is right next door to the Fujiwara family, and the girl lives alone in a small detached house, it's not "it doesn't matter" at all, it's more of a problem.

"Living in a house alone is not without problems, right? It's too dangerous..."

"It's okay, it's okay, if there are thieves or robbers, they can't beat me, I'm a supernatural being."

"But what if you get hurt?"

Natsume Takashi didn't know what kind of conversion formula there was in Yokohama for the combat power between supernatural beings and ordinary people, and he didn't know what ability Nakahara Aiya, who was brought out by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in superhuman combat, had.He was simply worried about her.

"You don't have to worry about me, Kishi. Although I can't say the reason, compared to Yokohama, Yahara is already much safer."

Yahara, which is full of monsters, is safe, so what is the state of Yokohama?

Hearing this, Natsume Takashi's face turned dark.

Then, during the night, the boy had a dream.

He dreamed of the fireflies all over the mountain, dreaming of the fireflies rising from the branches, from the lake, and rubbing against the leaves.They are like exhausted souls who have finished their lives, and they rise all the way to the high and far sky.

【Tired of waiting...From the Obon festival, snowflakes are falling...Children are crying too...】

In this piece of fluorescent light, the boy heard someone singing a lullaby.The singing was soft and soft, like a gentle mother guarding the child to sleep.

"Excuse me, is anyone here?" Natsume Takashi put his palms around his mouth and shouted loudly.But his voice seemed to fall on the snow in winter, and it disappeared completely after a while.

[Waiting for another day, have you lost weight, hurry up... through this place

, What I saw in the distance was my parents' hometown...]

The singing voice was getting closer and closer, and by the time of the last sentence, the voice had already approached behind the boy.Natsume Takashi's body was stiff, and he could even clearly feel the hot breath coming from behind.

"Did you see it? Did you see it?" The woman said in a very gentle voice against his ear. "Did you... see it?"

Suddenly, she stretched out her hand and grabbed Natsume Takashi's neck. If it wasn't in a dream, she might have twisted his neck with such force.Even so, he felt a strong sense of suffocation.

"Let go... let me go!!" Natsume Takashi yanked her with his hand, but that hand was as hard as iron, and he couldn't shake it with his strength.

【——】

"Give it back to me!" Natsume Takashi, who was pinched by the woman from behind, couldn't see her expression, but could feel her getting closer and her manic emotions. "Give him back to me!!!"

【——head】

"Give me back my baby!!!"

【Natsume! 】

When Natsume Takashi was about to lose consciousness due to suffocation, he saw a bluish-white light cast into his dream from above his head.The woman behind him screamed loudly as if she saw something terrible, and threw him away.

And the black mist that fell along with the light immediately bullied him, enveloping the boy's body, and even branched out a few wisps to catch the monster.

Although he failed to catch her, at least he left a deep strangle mark on her leg.

【Wake me up, Natsume. 】

In the sound of calling, Natsume Takashi suddenly opened his eyes, lay down in the quilt and coughed violently.He still remembered that he was at home, and he was worried about waking up the Fujiwara couple, so even his cough was very muffled, pitiful.

"What happened to you today, that you will be dragged into a dream." Madara, who had already changed back to her original form, probably saw that the boy was safe, so her tone changed again.

He curled up in Natsume Takashi's room, which was a bit cramped for his body, and faintly wrapped the boy's body in his arms.

"I've been in class, so I didn't encounter anything..." Natsume Takashi held his sore neck and spoke with some difficulty. "Central Plains...Has Zhongyuan been here just now?"

"Huh? Why is that little girl here?" Madara grinned and twisted her tongue.

"I saw it in my dream. I saw the supernatural power of Zhongyuan to help me." Thinking of this, his expression suddenly changed.He quickly got up, opened the window, and seemed to be planning to run out along the window.

"You stay in the room, I'll go and have a look."

Madara bit Natsume Takashi's clothes and threw him on the quilt.And he himself turned into a lucky cat again and jumped out.

He came back scowling, looking a bit annoyed.

"How is it, Mr. Cat! Is Zhongyuan okay?"

Looking at Natsume Takashi's anxious expression, the resentment on Mr. Cat's body was about to overflow.

"I don't know where the little monsters dare to mess around in my territory... The little bastard Aiya from the Central Plains is gone."

Natsume Takashi's face turned pale in an instant.

"Central Plains... disappeared?"

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the story behind:

Dazai: Heh heh heh~ Today~ how are you going to make fun of~ Kunikida~ (Wearing earphones, with Aiya’s recent data at hand)

Teacher Natsume: I think this kid has a strange painting style, and there are faint differences from ordinary people. Let me observe carefully (it’s funny to squat by the side as a cat)

Dazai: Oh, Mi-chan, are you interested in her too?

Teacher Natsume: I don’t think so. This girl looks like she’s going to explode. It would be bad if it explodes in Yokohama.It's time for my children to take action... Mori Ogai really doesn't know how to take care of children

Aiya: Ha... ha chirp!

Chirp: Ha Chirp! !