After pretending to be blind in front of the cursed king and being exposed

The lower body of the snake-like monster is thick and round, and the densely packed slender limbs are like suction cups to help it occupy the log-style ceiling. The upper half stretches out a slender neck like noodles from the jointless limbs, and the top end With a huge spherical head, she looked down on Rena from above like a chandelier.

"Live... alive?" The basilisk squeezed out human language, hoarse and unpleasant, like a rusty saw tearing through metal, and the pronunciation was also stiff and distorted, as if the language function was not perfect.

If the monster had been kinder, Rina would even have wondered if it was able to wait there patiently for so long because it cared about her physical and mental health like the maids in kimonos.

Too bad it's more like a predator waiting for its prey to let its guard down and bite down.

This is the predator, the IQ does not seem to be very high.

Linai's eyes acted like a confused girl recovering from a serious illness, and after a little focus, they fell on the woman close to her.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Master Aoi, you finally woke up. You just got a terrible burn, and the doctor is already on his way. If you still can't wake up, I won't be able to explain to Master Urakami and Master Fuji."

The woman nearby looked older than the others. The dark red kimono with patterns showed that she was different from those maids here. Unfortunately, reflecting the candlelight in the room, the dark red kimono complemented her bright red. The corner of the curved mouth made Rina uncomfortable.

Linai had already sat up halfway at this time, and looked sideways at the person beside her who might be her mother, so that she didn't need to sweep things on the ceiling.

She opened her mouth and was about to ask something, but she saw a smile and looked behind her "mother", with a head hanging in mid-air as if it had been pulled down by a thread.

"Can't you see...can't you...?" The monster looked confused.

"..."

Rina has long been familiar with such a scene, and it was much bigger than this scene when she fought as an Onmyoji in the Heian era.

But her hands hidden under the loose long sleeves were trembling slightly.

The last time she was transformed into the daughter of Yin and Yang masters in Heianjing, she discovered that the original owner did not die, but still lived in this body. They may be able to hear and see, but the conscious owner is Linai for the time being.

The physical fear produced by this body is more like the original owner's fear than an instinctive reaction.

So the original owner, who is called Aoi, can also see these monsters, just like the one in Heianjing.

The girls she travels through can all see these monsters like her, right?

"Aoi, don't be afraid. These monsters like to see their prey scared. The more you are afraid, the stronger and happier they will be. If you want to live, you must overcome this fear." Lina said in her heart, she hoped The girl can help her overcome the subconscious fear in this body, otherwise she will be spotted by this monster.

It didn't work, his hands were still shaking.

Is she guessing wrong?Or where is it wrong?

Well, then it's up to her alone.

"Mother, I forgot..." Lina turned her face forward and lowered her head, stretched out her arms and hugged herself, "I just remember that I had a very scary dream."

Although the body is trembling slightly, but with these words, there is no violation.

The woman didn't show any doubts either, it seemed that the "Mother" was the right call.

The head didn't stop, and moved in front of her again, like a big non-luminous light bulb blocked in front of her.

It's really not over.

Based on Linai's understanding of these spell spirits, they have different intelligences due to the difference in power, and only a small part of them can communicate in human language, and this kind of people who can simply burst out a few words is not a big deal. How powerful.

But this is also measured by her status as an onmyoji. As an ordinary person without special powers, this kind of curse spirit is enough to eat this nest.

The basilisk, who didn't know that he had been defined as "not powerful", spoke again: "See...can't you...?"

It has not attacked so far, indicating that it has other purposes.Why did it only target Rina instead of attacking everyone else in the house?

—Because the owner of this body can see it.

After this idea came into Rina's mind, the idea of ​​continuing to pretend not to see the monster deepened.

"Master Aoi, the doctor should immediately..." The mother spoke again from the side.

Although Linai lowered her head, she was always watching the movement of the monster.

"Really... see... disappeared...?" The head was like a turntable, turned to the left, then to the right, and then opened a big mouth full of sharp teeth...

not good!

The girl sitting in the futon in the middle of the room suddenly moved like a rabbit, and threw her entire upper body into the arms of the woman in the crimson kimono nearby.

At the same moment, the big head passed through where her upper body used to be, and the air flow passed the girl's side, lifting her white clothes in an instant.

He bit his head for nothing, and let out a suspicious "huh?", turned his neck in the air, and turned his head to the side where the girl was pounced on.

The girl was buried on the woman's knee, her body trembled, and she sobbed loudly: "Mother, mother, that dream is so terrible, I'm so scared."

If other people could see all of this, it would be a seamless coincidence. They didn't see the monster girl who was too afraid to seek shelter from her mother because of the nightmare, and luckily avoided an attack from the monster.

Lina, who was trying to squeeze her tears, didn't feel the comfort from this "mother". She raised her head slightly, but saw the woman's hands raised in the air in embarrassment. Compared with the formulaic smile just now, there was a trace of suspicion on her face .

In just a second, she improved her state, and seemed to help her up a little naturally: "The doctor will be here soon, and Aoi-sama, please cheer up and prepare for the demon-eliminating ceremony of Goto-sama at dawn. "

Instead of comforting him, he also made demands?

This is "mother"?So indifferent.

On the other hand, the movement of the monster reversed for the better.

Linai didn't know if she could understand her acting skills with the monster's IQ, but this big head took a long time to sort out the situation, and finally spit out a few words: "Look...it's gone."

The window in the room seemed to be blown open by a gust of wind, and it hit the wooden wall with a "boom", which shocked everyone except Rina.

Then the monster was like a sensitive snake, with countless jointed limbs leading it to slide out of the window frame deftly, blending into the pitch-black night.

The uncontrollable trembling on Rina's body disappeared.

The window was closed by the maid, and the candle light flickered for a while. It seemed that she cared deeply about the maid and the mother who were taking care of her here, but on the contrary, Linai's discomfort deepened.

The candles were flickering in the house. After the doctor made a diagnosis and asked Linai a few questions, she was led out of the door by the so-called mother.

The sliding door was closed, but the shadow outside could still be vaguely discerned, and Linai could vaguely feel that the mother was relieved.

But it felt less like "my daughter is okay" and more like "I'm okay".

"Are you having a bad time in this house?" Linai asked Aoi in her heart.

Of course no one will respond to her.

The people in her big house worked around her all night, and finally gradually quieted down when the sky was slightly bright.

The peace lasted only a brief moment, and her door was flung open.

Her "mother" knelt outside the door, and the maid beside her was dragging a bright red kimono.

"Master Aoi, it's time, dress up and go to Master Fuji to perform the exorcism ceremony."

Layer after layer of complicated clothes added to the body, the "mother" was like an overseer, sitting there with a smile on her knees and looking at her.

The lengthy dressing process was over, and the maid began to dress her up.

"I want my mother to do my makeup, you all go out."

Everyone was startled, as if they didn't expect her to make a request at this time, and then all looked at the woman sitting upright.

The woman was obviously taken aback, and after a moment of consideration, she got up and asked everyone else to go outside to guard.

This ceremony is too important, and no one should refuse her request as a miko at this moment.

A wooden comb stroked her long hair gently.

"Mother, I have some questions to ask you." Linai felt the brushing stop in her hair for a moment, and then obediently moved down against the hair.

"Master Aoi, tell me, I'm listening."

"The illness last night made me forget a lot of things. Can you tell me something about this country?"

That time in the Heian era, she also asked the maid beside her to tell her the background, so that she could understand the time and space she was in.

This time, the wooden comb did not stop, but the woman refused her: "Master Aoi, this is not in compliance with the rules, you just need to concentrate on your exorcism work."

"Mother, the exorcism ceremony is about to begin, don't we all hope that everything goes well today?" Linai's tone couldn't be more natural, but she knew that a woman would not be able to refuse this time.

There was a brief silence in the room, and the woman quickly spoke out.

Linai's guess is right, she is her "mother", but she doesn't care about her body and mind at all, so naturally she won't ask her why she asks these things or forgets something, she just needs to ensure that the tasks assigned to her go smoothly .

This was an era even more backward than Heiankyo, and the ruler was called Emperor Nintoku.

If we insist on comparing with her era, it is about 21 years ago in the 1700st century.

In this era, curse spirits have been bred.However, people in this era just call these curse spirits monsters. Ordinary people are troubled by monsters but cannot see and get rid of them, so there are some demon masters and witches who can perceive monsters and get rid of them.But after all, these people only account for a very small part, and only the royal family or nobles can afford to hire them.

In addition, the woman told her that in this era, there is a monster that bothers the royal family. It is called the double-faced Su Nuo. Similar to Shuten-douji in the Heian-kyo era, Seimei was also troubled by the curse spirit. He was intelligent and skilled in magic arts. People were afraid of him, but there was nothing he could do about him.

And she, Urakami Aoi, a well-known priestess in this state, is about to perform an exorcism ceremony for the noble Fuji who can control this state.

Now comes the question, is there any particularity to the exorcism ceremony?