……

so lonely.

So sad.

Youkai have been in this mansion for a long time.

She used to be someone's shikigami, and the exorcist she served died.Unlike some demon extermination masters who insisted on living and dying with monsters, the exorcist she was assigned was like a different kind in the family, and liberated all the monsters before leaving.

The other party had no children during his lifetime, and the monsters who approached the demon master had no sustenance.

The monster stayed in the mansion where the other party once lived, accompanied by loneliness.

Human life is too short, and the intersection with people makes monsters feel the short-lived happiness like flowers in a mirror and moon in water. If you invest too much emotion, it will take too long to gradually let the sadness pass away.

Soon a new person moved into the mansion.

It was a newlywed couple who had just had a daughter.

The little girl is very cute, reminding the monsters of the demon exorcist when he was young.

She was caught by the opponent's family and reduced to a shikigami. The seal has all kinds of restrictions that are not good for youkai, and she can't even have the slightest thought of disrespect.

But at this moment, she no longer has the resentment that should have existed.

It was because her exorcist was very happy when he was assigned to her, as if he had obtained some treasure, and looked at her with bright eyes, and there was nothing else in it except pure joy.

The ability to eliminate demons is not strong, but he cherishes shikigami very much.

Never used those unpleasant spells.

This continued until the exorcist's age was exhausted and he passed away naturally.

Human cubs are very cute, and the monster suddenly has a new pastime. She watches the little girl who is only three or four years old day and night, even if the girl cannot see her.

Since the parents are very busy, the girl can have a good time playing with the toys alone.

The monster sometimes pretends to be cool and pushes the toy with its monster power to make the little girl laugh.

Children are always keen, although they can't see, sometimes when a little girl is held in the arms of her parents and monsters approach, she will go to a place where no one sees her to hug her.

The mansion is huge, and the couple held parties in the house.

When the monster saw the human monster exorcist, he deliberately stayed away, and lowered his sense of presence by the villa's wall.

But not long after, she heard cries for help.

It was the voice of a six or seven-year-old girl who had grown up over time.

There is a pool in the villa. The girl has always hated water, but this time she fell into the water somehow.When the monster arrived, no one paid attention to her cry for help, and she lost her strength and turned to the water.

sink.

The monster rescued the girl and was discovered by humans at the same time.

She was restrained by a man who displeased her all over. That man was like most exorcists she once hated... No, it was even worse than those humans, and his whole body was full of evil aura.

"Don't worry, the monster has been caught, and you will not suffer from disasters in the future."

The girl was held in her mother's arms and was unconscious. She kept staring at the position of the monster, as if she could suddenly see it, and wanted to reach out and pass.However, her mother held her and took her back to the house without hesitation.In the end, even if the girl clearly didn't know why she wanted to pass it, she just felt very uncomfortable after she failed to do so.

Yokai are used to experiment with evil spells.

Clearly promised that the family would not suffer any more disasters, but repeatedly destroyed the monster's reason and drove the monster crazy, and put her in the family's home.

"I'm really sorry, it seems that you have been targeted by monsters for revenge. It's very difficult to deal with. She is getting stronger and stronger. Even I have to pay a heavy price. If you want to get rid of the monster," the sorcerer said He stretched out his two fingers and rubbed them together, making a public gesture, "We need to increase the price."

Damn, hateful humans.

The monster had no strength, she panted silently, and suddenly remembered that when she was caught by the demon masters, it seemed no different from now.

It's just that she was assigned to a good exorcist.

It's just that she likes humans.

So she is not infected with resentment, so she is peaceful and beautiful.

But it seemed that the resentment was getting heavier and heavier, as long as she was around, there would be bad luck. The magician also said several times in succession, and finally developed a new business.

Use her resentment, use her uncontrollable demon power, trap her on people, and bring bad luck to those people.

At first, the magician didn't think he was cruel enough, but later he realized that the monster had completely lost himself, so he was willing to give up.

dark.

chaos.

The monster didn't know how long it had passed, and he didn't know what he had done.

She just kept venting.

The pain, sadness, despair, resentment, pouring out without leaving room, these seem to have no end, go round and round, endless.

Just when the ego was about to be annihilated, there was only a ray of light, only stars, but it strongly shone on her heart that was suffering.

"What's causing you so much pain?"

Only then did the monster realize that before the young man said this to her, at some point, the young man had not resorted to any tools to let Wen

And the quiet singing echoed around her.

The young man hummed softly.

"There were bursts of ritual sounds in the distance. I thought it had nothing to do with it, and there was no dividing line that I really wanted to see."

The singing narrates that they are only satisfied for a brief encounter, but they are nostalgic but never painful.

……

"I will leave now, the warmth in my memory has always been there, I can't forget it—"

The boy kept humming the song to the end.

He sat on the edge of the balcony fence outside the bedroom, immersed in the end of the song, closed his eyes and faced the wind, letting them take the unfinished song far away.

The setting sun gently covered his body with a golden veil.

The black mist-like monster separated from the man, and she approached the boy, but stopped three meters away.

It's so painful, so uncomfortable, so warm, and I really want to be close.

But... it would hurt him.

The weak sense returned to the cage, and the monster under the black mist shed tears silently that no one could see.

As if being bruised by a gentle flame, she felt unbearable hiding under the black mist, the monster flinched, and she wanted to hide where no one could see.

"……Where do you want to go?"

The boy turned his head, as if he could see her... No, the monster clearly saw his reflection in the boy's eyes.

The human child could indeed see her.

After the singing ended, those negative emotions surged into her heart again, soaking her in fear, despair and resentment. Her remaining rationality made her feel that she couldn't get along with others, and she was about to leave regardless of the boy's words.

But he saw the boy reach out to her.

"You have no place to go back to, right?" the gentle boy invited her, "Do you want to come to me?"

why?

Never.

You will be like those people... by me...

"I'm alone now."

The white bird flew from the eaves to the young man's shoulder, rubbed against the other's neck fluffy, and the young man kept stretching out his hand.

He slowed down his tone, his eyes were focused, and everyone could feel his expectation and seriousness.

"Would you like to come with me?"

The monster under the black mist fell silent.

"..."

After such a long time, she was almost unable to speak, but it was still difficult. She dragged her dry throat and spoke intermittently.

"As long as... I am here, you will feel pain. Even so, you are sure..." Do you want me to accompany you?

Before she finished speaking, she hesitated at the end.

But the young man smiled, as tolerant as the beautiful sky behind him.in the air

Suddenly a gust of wind blew away a few dead leaves hanging precariously on the nearby tree.

"It won't hurt."

I don't feel pain.

"I promise you that."

So nothing to worry about.

After struggling several times, the monster finally stretched out its hand longingly to the boy.

The human and the monster hold each other, and the picture disappears in the white light.

Natsume Takashi suddenly opened his eyes.

The surrounding area was quiet, it was already dawn outside the window, and the sky at the end lit up with a thin light, but even the birds hadn't chirped yet.

He stared at the ceiling in a daze for two seconds, then looked around.

Zong Jin fell asleep on his side, and the two were very close to each other, so they could see equally clearly.

The eyebrows and eyes similar to his are peaceful, the long eyelashes cast shadows in the dim light, the tea hair fits softly on the face, and the body rises and falls with breathing.

The monster wrapped in black mist seemed to be the same as the one seen in the dream, the difference was that most of the mist on her body had dissipated at this time, and she could vaguely see what seemed to be a woman with long hair.

She remained silent, knelt down beside Zong Jin, and when she saw Natsume Takashi's movement, she bowed slightly to the boy.

Then he got closer to Zong Jin and returned to the boy.

It was through the lying posture that Natsume Takashi discovered that after the monster disappeared, a black circular mark appeared between Zongjin's left collarbone.

——That was the trace of the curse.

In fact, he didn't remember the content of the dream very clearly, but he just felt very sad, very sad.

What Takashi Natsume remembers most clearly is the encounter between the monster and the human at the end.

As beautiful as a dream.

Fat Chirp turned over and rolled from Zong Jin's pillow to Natsume Takashi's face, only a fist away from hitting him, with his little paws stretched upwards, Chirp made a small sound.

"..."

The way the little guy sleeps can easily make people smile knowingly, Natsume Takashi did so, and then closed his eyes in a side-lying position.

...It's still early, and I can still sleep for a while.

When he came back yesterday, Zong Jin had met the Fujiwara couple. The two very gentle elders adapted well to his arrival, and they were probably regarded as Natsume Takashi's brothers.

Although I have never heard of Natsume having other brothers, Fujiwara Toko is still very enthusiastic.

After chatting for a while, Zong Jin and Natsume Takashi looked at each other and rejected the other party's proposal to cook food. Zong Jin spoke a little bit of a lie.

"I'm sorry... I'm a little, scared of strangers."

There was some enthusiasm on Zong Jin's face. His skin was fair, which was obvious under the indoor light, and Toko Fujiwara knew it.

"Ah, Kishi-kun was like this when he first came home... It's okay, you two children can play on it, and you can call me for anything, don't be afraid of trouble." Fujiwara Toko showed a kind smile.

"Thank you, I stopped nagging, please go to bed early at night." Zong Jin heaved a sigh of relief.

It's not that he can't deal with kind and enthusiastic people, but he just uses Natsume Takashi's image, even if he made the settings himself, he doesn't want to create any situation that would make Natsume Takashi uncomfortable.

Even that gentle boy would not mind.

But Natsume Takashi would be sad even if he didn't find out.

It's just human nature.

"If Teacher Cat bothers you, please don't hesitate to punch me on the head."

When the two teenagers were having breakfast, Zong Jin deliberately showed some restraint. When he returned to the room, Natsume Takashi picked up his schoolbag and said to Zong Jin who was going to stay nearby for a while.

After all, Mr. Cat volunteered to be Zongjin's tour guide, and Natsume Takashi always felt that something was wrong.

"Natsume!!" Cat teacher frowned.

Why does this kid still teach outsiders how to deal with him, but, hum, not everyone can be like Natsume.

"I see." After Zong Jin responded obediently, Fei Jiu ate the bird food and drank water, then flew to Zong Jin's shoulder and patted his hair.

Zong Jin leaned over slightly: "Then Mr. Cat, can I hug you?"

"..." Teacher Cat stared at him for a while, then turned his head away, "No, you stink."

"Cat teacher!"

Before going to school, Natsume Takashi demonstrated to Zongjin what it means to punch the head without mercy.

"Natsume-kun, and Kishi-kun, be careful on the road."

Fujiwara Toko looked at the two teenagers outside the door, Natsume Takashi responded, and Zongjin, who had a bird on his shoulder, also nodded slightly at her.

Natsume Takashi went to school, and Zongjin walked in this small town in the countryside, feeling the atmosphere.Fei Jiu flew in the air, stopping to rest from time to time.

The scenery and air here are quite good, and the pace of life is very slow. In short, the whole town gives Zongjin a comfortable feeling.

Occasionally, traces of monsters can be seen, but even monsters are mostly peaceful.

Sure enough, he really liked it here.

Teacher Cat followed for a while, but couldn't take it anymore.

How does this person stop and go?

a while.

He jumped onto the fence on the side of the road and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zong Jin turned around when he heard the words, and smiled, not hiding his evil intentions at all: "Well... I'm waiting for my tour guide to show me the way."

"Human, you are very courageous." Mr. Cat squinted his eyes and snorted coldly for half a second, "...Come here, follow me to a place."

He jumped off the fence and ran in one direction.

It was a confectionery shop with the Nanatsujiya brand.

Zong Jin understood what he saw the moment he saw it, and went to the store to buy steamed buns in a funny way. Besides the loose ones, he also bought two boxes of gift boxes.

It's a bit of a stretch this way, but the shop seems to be doing a good job.

Zong Jin tasted one, and saw Mr. Cat staring at the bag in his hand but not speaking, as if it was some kind of test.Zong Jin laughed, and didn't whet his appetite, and directly put the mantou in front of Mr. Cat.

Mr. Cat said one by one with an expression on his face. Although he didn't say it, his overall performance was "you are sensible".

After taking care of this, Zong Jin made some steamed buns for Fei Jiu to taste, and walked towards Fujiwara's house.

Mr. Cat, who was paying attention to Mongjin Natsume's actions, looked calm and jumped off the table to follow.

"Hey, what are you doing in Yayuan?"

Zong Jin looked sideways, maintaining a gentle expression as if he had thought for a while, and then slowly said: "I heard that he was adopted by a family named Fujiwara in Yahara, so let's take a look."

They all knew that "he" referred to Natsume Takashi.

One person and one cat walked away quietly for a while, and the cat teacher asked: "Then what do you see?"

Zong Jin smiled slightly: "Well... I can see that he is doing well now. He cherishes this precious and rare happiness. The family who adopted him is very good, and there are others."

Speaking of the cat teacher who tilted his head to look at his feet and walked with short legs, he was unwilling to touch him: "It's good to have you by his side."

As a result, Mr. Cat felt as if his tail had been trampled on: "Who is it? If it wasn't for Natsume's friend..." Realizing the gaffe, the cat turned its head and snorted, walking with the back of its head facing Zongjin.

That... Is this the point of the fried hair?

Probably this is the so-called arrogance.

Zongjin Natsume smiled helplessly.

On the way, they had short conversations from time to time.

"Is your name real?"

"Well, real name." Natsume Takashi's real name is Natsume Takashi, there's nothing wrong with it.

There was not a long silence, but the actual walking atmosphere was peaceful and no one was there.

Anxious about it.

"Do you know the account of friends?"

"What is that?" Zongjin Natsume didn't know.

Seeing that he was about to return to Fujiwara's house, Teacher Cat jumped onto the wall on this road and asked, "Are you really a demon exorcist?"

Zong Jin was a little indulgent to the questions that always popped up, and replied, "Yes."

Zong Jin was taken aback by the sudden weight on his shoulders, and when he turned his head, he saw Mr. Cat's fluffy body lying on his shoulders, and said lazily, "Don't look at me, I'm tired from walking."

"Ah."

Back at Fujiwara's house, there was no one in the living room, but the door was unlocked.

Is Aunt Tazi tidying up the room upstairs?

Knowing that there was someone at home, Zong Jin put the gift box on the table, left a note saying that he would not eat at home at noon, and asked Mr. Cat who jumped on the ground when he got home without looking back: "Do you want to go shopping later, Mr. Tour Guide?" ?”

Teacher Cat looked "Do you still need to ask?" and scratched his ears with his hind legs: "Of course!"

If so, go out again.

Follow Mr. Cat on the road. The road is flat loess, and there are green fields on both sides of the road. From time to time, people can be seen working in the field.

This road looks familiar.

"Water... water..."

With empty hands, Zongjin paused as he walked forward, looked at the ground aside, and saw that Mr. Kappa who was about to be killed fell silent.

"It's you again." Teacher Cat said with dead fish eyes.

Seeing Zong Jin picking up the Kappa on the ground, Mr. Mao was not surprised at all, and did what fits his status as a tour guide: take Zong Jin to the nearby river.

The road is not far, but quite close.

This was just an episode, Zong Jin didn't wait for him to recover after carrying the monster away, he knew that as long as there was water, the kappa would get better with time.

They continued to walk forward, and Zongjin saw a building in the distance, and it turned out to be near Natsume's school.

Zong Jin bent down to pick up Mr. Cat: "Can we not take the big road?"

Teacher Cat looked up: "What's wrong?"

Zong Jin said it bluntly: "It's not good to be seen."

Teacher Cat probably didn't understand, but he didn't refuse on this question. He patted his paw and said, "Then you go this way."

Walking in the forest, I have already walked a certain distance. Although I don’t know where the destination is, it is still very pleasant to walk in nature.

Suddenly, a black mist gushed out from Zong Jin’s back, and Mr. Cat slid out of Zong Jin’s arms like a liquid. Zong Jin let go without stopping him. Mr. Cat jumped to the ground one meter away to be extra vigilant

.

The black mist of resentment oppressed the young man, Zong Jin seemed indifferent, and greeted the monster behind him as usual.

"Are you awake? Good afternoon."

The monster bent its arms and seemed to touch Zongjin with its head as a response.

"Want to listen to music?"

The monster moved, and Mr. Cat felt a gaze falling on him, and the black mist-like existence seemed to be hesitant.

"I see."

Zong Jin took a look at the distance between himself and the school. This area should be the back mountain. In fact, it is no problem to be directly here, but he personally still wants to find a good place.

Before he left, he paused and looked at Mr. Cat: "Does Mr. Cat want to come together?"

Soon he found an open place, and he hummed the prelude as he walked.

Even if there is no instrument, the melody hummed with the voice alone is quite pleasant.

"As if announcing the end of summer, the flowers on the side of the road are still blooming quietly, even the wind that is not covered by the night is not aware of it, it is the lush gentian."

Fat Chirp heard him singing, swept away the drowsiness that had just crouched above Zong Jin's head, spread his wings and circled around Zong Jin's head.

"Although I am afraid of being hurt, I have to hide my thoughts."

"Who is by my side to give me warmth, and who taught me everything."

The black mist on the monster's body gradually dissipated with the singing. Although it was so small that it was almost indistinguishable, it was indeed dissipating.She was very quiet. It would be better to say that except for that time when she spoke, she never took the initiative to say anything.

"This is not a farewell, but an unknown distance ahead."

The climax of the song is like an emotional tilt, it is warm and gentle, it looks sad but not sad, only a touch of sourness can be heard, leading to look forward.

Zong Jin leaned against the tree, and the speckled light and shadow from the fallen leaves blurred his expression.

No one can see what is hidden in the brown eyes.

"Even if I am going to leave, in memory, I will continue to hold my breath."

……

"Even if I get lost one day, somewhere in my memory, that warmth still illuminates the front."

After a piece of music is over, when I come to my senses, there are many monsters gathered in front of this place.

Seeing Zong Jin raise his eyes, all the low-level little monsters gathered because of the singing scattered like birds and beasts.

The resentment on the monster behind Zong Jin dissipated so much that she could vaguely see most of her body, only her face was still blurred.

She lowered her head and lightly leaned against Xia Zongjin's head again, then got into his body and disappeared.

Mr. Cat, who was lying on the side and closed his eyes, looked at Natsume Munekin who came to him and squatted down.

"Sorry, Mr. Cat," Zong Jin apologized for his previous sudden action. After all, he temporarily put down the action there without saying a word, "Where did you want to take me before?"

Teacher Cat didn't answer this question: "Do you sing to her every day?"

The resentment on the other party seems to have been accumulated for a long time. Since Zongjin Xiamu's singing can finally appease the monster's resentment, it shows that the generation of this resentment not only has nothing to do with him, but can even cause people to be hurt by humans. Trusted by grudge youkai.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, if the person in front of him is really another Natsume Takashi.

It is not surprising that such a result was achieved.

And... Judging from the concentration of resentment, before it is dispelled a little bit, how heavy the resentment that is not even suitable for monsters should be.

Even so, do you dare to carry it on your back?

"Well, as long as you have time." Zong Jin replied.

Hearing this answer, one can make an inference based on the situation on the monster, so Mr. Cat is not surprised at all.

"Boring, aren't you a monster extermination master? Isn't it good to just eliminate this kind of monster who has lost himself?"

It makes sense, other monster extermination masters don't care whether they have lost themselves or not, as long as they are monsters, weak ones can be eliminated, powerful ones can be captured, and occasionally medium ones can be captured as shikigami.

Zong Jin stared at Mr. Cat, more like a statement than a promise, with a faint smile on his lips.

"I protect humans, and likewise, I will protect monsters."

Ming Ming's tone was very light, but it sounded like an oath.

Teacher Cat opened his eyes wide.

"What are you kidding..."

He was speechless for a while except for this sentence, unable to comment on what Zong Jin said.

Because how arrogant is this to think that he can protect both parties at the same time?The monsters and humans killed each other, but I don't know how many years it lasted.

"It can be done."

"I just stare at my eyes," Zong Jin said, "It's just such a small area, it's not as difficult as I imagined."

The author has something to say: the lyrics are all quotes, no bilingual after the v, and the lyrics don't need to be repeated (full text).

The song is the theatrical version of op[remember], so I can only... babes automatically replace it with Kamiya Natsume's voice _(:з」∠)_!

Congratulations to Munekin Natsume for achieving the achievement:

[like feeding]

[sing remember]

[hugging cat in arms]

[Exorcist]

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