It is said that Sun Pillar-sama is the god of fire

"I heard from the servants that I was stillborn when I was born, and I was found alive when I was about to attend the funeral."

The child's voice gradually flowed in the silent room, but the content of the words made Tanjirou Kamado couldn't help shivering down his spine.

"They said that I could only be resurrected after being possessed by something unknown, and that I was a monster that shouldn't exist in this world."

Resurrection from the dead should be something to be celebrated, but someone ran to the obstetrician Shiki's house, pointed at him and said, "This child's life must be ended immediately, otherwise it will become a disaster for the world." The root of it will lead to the misery of life."

The people of the tribe believed in this, but because his father was the patriarch of the Ubuyashiki clan after all, he could be regarded as the young master of the Ubuyashiki clan anyway, and knew directly that if his life was spread, it would have the reputation of destroying the Ubuyashiki clan. , put him in such a remote place, with the intention of letting him fend for himself.

It is true that he was only a hair's breadth away from death many times.If it weren't for the support of the belief in desperately wanting to live in the bottom of my heart, I am afraid that I would have died in the cold winter of an unknown year.

Even though he is only a child less than ten years old, Yue Yan is even more afraid of death than some octogenarians.

His life has only just begun, why should it end in such a short time?

And - the black-haired child looked at the god in front of him with a worried expression on his face, and silently clenched his hands hidden under his sleeves.

It was hard for him to meet Tanjirou. This may be the luck that no one else has in his life. How could he die so easily?

With such a strong obsession to live, maybe he is really a monster.

"Not at all!"

Kamado Tanjirou suddenly stretched out his hand to straighten his face, his crimson eyes were facing the dark eyes, his expression was gentle but firm, as if he believed in the next words.

"You are not a monster!" Vulcan's tone was firm, and his sharp words seemed to break away countless prejudices that had been imposed on him.

"You are not a monster." Shenming repeated, although the room was dark, Yue Yan seemed to be able to see the dazzling light like the sun from those eyes.

"You are a miracle."

Born from death, the miracle of life alone.

The black-haired child suddenly opened his eyes wide, and firmly imprinted the sincere and sincere appearance of the god in front of his eyes.

Vulcan doesn't seem to be lying, he really thinks from the bottom of his heart that he was born as a miracle, not a filthy monster as others said.

Unspeakable turbulent emotions gushed out from the bottom of my heart, and my mind was in a mess for a while.Yue Yan subconsciously opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't say a word.

All his small thoughts seemed to be invisible under the gaze of Vulcan's crimson eyes, and an unspeakable embarrassment gradually spread in his heart.

In the end, he didn't say anything, but silently buried his face in Vulcan's chest, closed his eyes, and let the warm breath slowly wrap his whole body.

If it was Tanjiro, he should be able to trust him without any worries, right?

****

"come--"

Holding a spoon, Kamado Tanjiro was trying every means to coax the child in front of him to open his mouth and drink the medicine in the bowl obediently.

However, the black-haired child in front of him was quite uncooperative, frowning and turning his face away, not wanting to look at the black medicine that Tanjirou was holding in his hand, which still gave off an almost disgusting smell, without saying a word , full of resistance.

If he was alone, he might have frowned and swallowed the medicine forcibly, but in front of Tanjirou, Tsukihiko just wanted to be willful for some reason, and was unwilling to drink the medicine obediently.

The child was unwilling to cooperate life and death, and Tanjiro Kamado put down the medicine bowl rather helplessly.With him around, I don't worry that the medicine will completely cool down, but it doesn't mean that Yue Yan can stop taking the medicine like this.

The cold winter is about to pass, and green sprouts are faintly emerging from the snow-covered land, silently telling the approach of spring.

Tsukihiko's health was not good, and Kamado Tanjiro didn't know what to think of to invite a doctor for him, and prescribed a lot of medicines that were unpalatable to drink at first sight.

He was originally weak, and the wind and cold he had suffered was basically carried over by himself. When the doctor diagnosed him, he shook his head and marveled that he could survive to this day.

Tanjirou Kamado turned his back under the suspicious eyes of the black-haired child, and he didn't know if he had cast some magic. When he turned around again, he had a few pieces of sweet-smelling candied fruit in his hand.

He put the candied fruit aside, and picked up the medicine bowl again: "If there is candied fruit, the medicine will not be bitter."

"Spring is coming soon. When Yueyan is in better health, I'll take Yueyan out to play together, okay?"

He also wanted to take the child to see the beautiful scenery that only belongs to spring.

Yue Yan didn't speak, but pursed his lips silently, and looked out the window silently.

The door paper blocked his sight, and he couldn't see the spring that had gradually emerged outside the window, but he could still feel the coming of spring from the gradually warming temperature.

He never knew what spring was.

Taking the medicine bowl from Kamodo Tanjirou's hand, the child raised his head and gulped down all the bitter liquid in the bowl, the delicate features of his face were all pulled together by the bitter medicine.

The bitter taste lingered on the tip of the tongue for a long time, and the black-haired child was so uncomfortable that he almost wanted to retch, but the moment he opened his mouth, he was stuffed with sweet and greasy preserves.

The candied fruit, which tastes too sweet in itself, neutralizes the bitter taste that can almost paralyze the tongue. The sweet breath melts in the mouth, silently suppressing the original bitter taste, almost the whole heart is filled with the sweet smell in the mouth .

Subconsciously chewing the candied fruit in his mouth, the black-haired child raised his head subconsciously, and bumped into the pair of deep red eyes without any surprise.

"How about it, isn't it bitter?"

Tsukihiko nodded, then shook his head again.

It's not that the medicine is not bitter, on the contrary, it's so bitter that he doesn't even want to try it again for the rest of his life.

But the sweetness of candied fruit can easily neutralize this almost unbearable taste, so that there is only a sweet taste in the mouth, and only a little bit of astringency that still remains in the mouth hints at the bitterness that once existed.

He looked at the god in front of him, the light from outside the door made it impossible for him to see the expression on Vulcan's face clearly, but even if he just imagined it, the gentle expression of Kamado Tanjiro had already appeared in his mind, extremely vivid.

The child squinted his eyes, his thoughts drifted away unconsciously, and he didn't know which corner he drifted to.

He thought, maybe Tanjiro is his candied fruit.

He should have been groping in the darkness with no end in sight, stumbling forward along time, not knowing where his end point was.

But Tanjiro appeared in his life so suddenly, like a flame, violently and involuntarily pulling him out of the original dark environment, and gently bringing him to a completely different world.

Tsukihiko sometimes thinks that it would be great if he could stay by Vulcan's side forever.

But how is that possible?

Leaving aside the short lifespan of human beings, it is still unknown whether he can live to adulthood, let alone the illusory word "forever".

"What's wrong?" Kamado Tanjirou turned his head in doubt as the child stared at him without saying a word, and the flower card pendant hanging on his ear also shook slightly.

Completely ignoring that the child was just looking at him, Vulcan turned his head along his line of sight. The yellowed door paper couldn't block the dazzling sunlight outside at all.

"Does Tsukihiko want to play outside?"

Tanjiro, who was completely wrong, asked with a smile, and continued without waiting for the child to refute.

"It's too cold outside now, and Tsukihiko will catch a cold if we go out." Reaching out his hand to ruffle the child's neat black hair, Kamado Tanjiro said softly, "When it gets warmer, the cherry blossoms will bloom When the time comes, call Ye Bu and Slick Ghost, and we will go to enjoy the cherry blossoms together."

Hearing a certain guy's name, the black-haired child immediately frowned and pursed his mouth slightly, looking very unhappy.

He really hated that god named Ye Bu.

That guy tried every means to hold Tanjiro down every time, and he didn't want Tanjiro to come to him-although basically Kagami would regard this as a blue-eyed god acting like a spoiled child.

"I don't want to see the cherry blossoms..." Tsukihiko muttered softly, avoiding Vulcan's gaze, his voice was so small that he could barely hear it.

"I want to see wisteria flowers."

Surrounded by wisteria flowers that symbolize Vulcan, is it also close to Vulcan in another sense?

"Hmm...but the wisterias haven't bloomed at this time..." Tanjirou Kamado held his chin, thinking hard for a long time.

"Although it is said that wisteria flowers bloom all year round in my shrine—but there is no way for Tsukihiko to enter."

"Why don't you do that?" He bent down and leaned in front of the black-haired child, and the bright smile of Vulcan was reflected in Yue Yan's dark eyes.

"In a few days, let's go to see the cherry blossoms first. After the wisterias bloom, I will accompany you to see the wisterias?"

Seeing the child's still tightly frowning eyebrows, Kamado Tanjirou felt amused, shook his head secretly, and added: "Only you and I will go."

Only the two of them went to watch the wisteria flowers.

After understanding the meaning of Kamado Tanjirou's words, the expression on Tsukihiko's face loosened, the child's round black eyes stared straight at the god in front of him, and his tone was quite serious.

"Really?"

"Of course!" Kamado Tanjiro nodded, "Gods don't lie."

This is not true.It's not that gods can't tell lies, it's just that in people's minds, what the gods say must be true.

What the gods say is the truth.

"Besides, there should be a market at the foot of the mountain, and maybe there will be a temple fair at night." The Vulcan paused, looking at the child with softer eyes.

"Speaking of which, Yue Yan probably hasn't participated in a temple fair yet, right? You can look forward to it."

The black-haired child nodded obediently, and slightly closed his eyelids to hide the lack of interest in them.

He has no interest in that kind of small temple fair at all.

What really made him yearn for was the once-a-year grand Vulcan Sacrifice.

It was the festival that allowed him to meet the gods.