Born as a dog, I'm sorry

"It's ok."

Kikyo hugged Takihime in his arms, and gently patted her trembling back with his right hand.

A great, unspeakable sadness emanated from her.

This pain that came from nowhere made Kikyo, an outsider, feel heavy.

Kikyo's voice is very soft: "If you forget it, just forget it."

"Mayue, you are a big monster with a long lifespan. It is normal to forget. If you have been indulging in the memories of the past, it will make your life hard."

"So, that's fine for now."

"The past that you can't remember clearly, let them be the past, there is no need to delve into it, and there is no need to be sad..."

Takihime buried her head in the pit of Kikyo's neck, and tightly hugged her with both arms.

The more gentle she is, the more restless she feels inside.

The scalding tears falling down quickly wet the white singlet of Kikyo.

Kikyo sighed, pulled her out of his arms, raised her sleeves to wipe off the water stains on her face, and said softly, "Don't cry."

"It's just that you don't remember some things, but you are still you. Everyone's love for you will not disappear just because you don't remember."

"If you're sad all the time, you're going to make those who look at you and love you sad."

"So, stop crying."

Kikyo wiped her face little by little, and then supported her drooping head, motioning her to look at the clear blue sky above the forest: "Look at this clear sky, do they look like moonstone eyes?"

Takihime looked in the direction of her hand: "...not like that. Moonstone's eyes are bluer and deeper. Compared with the clear sky, they are more like the bright starry sky that can only be seen when standing on the top of a mountain. .”

When you are in a sad mood, it is a good way to change the subject.

Therefore, Takihime quickly calmed down.

She pulled Kikyo's left hand distressedly, the white and tender skin on the back of her hand was scratched with several bloody cuts by her sharp nails.

It's not deep, but it's oozing blood.

Takihime hurriedly licked her.

Kikyo's body stiffened.

But soon, she wanted to understand.

When beasts are injured, they all have the habit of licking their wounds, and Takihime is no exception.

Although she is still a bit uncomfortable with the licking between beasts, her body is no longer so tense, and there is no abnormality except for the slight redness of the ears and cheeks.

Takihime is a great monster, and her saliva has the ability to promote healing to a certain extent for humans.

It's a pity that the person in front of her is a witch.

The spiritual power of the maiden clashes with that of the youkai.

In other words, at most she was disinfecting Kikyo's wounds, and she had to rely on Kikyo herself if she wanted to recover.

Takihime soon realized this, and drooped his head in frustration.

Kikyo reassured: "Don't be nervous. It's summer now, this little injury will heal soon."

"Human beings are really too fragile."

Kikyo didn't deny it: "Yes, human beings are very fragile creatures."

"Panchotomy."

Takihime suddenly called out her name again.

Facing Kikyo's questioning eyes, those eyes made of broken gold moved, and soon, she made up her mind: "Jikyo, stay with me!"

"……what?"

Before Kikyo could open his mouth, Takihime snapped it up: "I like you very much. As soon as I see you, I feel very at ease, and I feel so lazy that I don't want to wake up. This feeling is like returning to my mother's side."

"Besides, it's still the kind of mother who won't pinch my legs and is more gentle."

"I really like..."

"But you are too young, and my mother is still alive."

"Of course, the most important thing is that she is different from a big dog. If she knew that I wanted to find a new mother, she would definitely boil my unfilial daughter into soup and drink it in one gulp."

"But I really want to be by your side forever, so you can be my cat too!"

"As long as you are willing to hug me once in a while, I will always protect you, treat your affairs as mine, and never let you suffer any misfortunes!"

"This one……"

Kikyo couldn't laugh or cry, "But I'm a human being, so I can't be a cat."

"Of course you are still you,"

Takihime took it for granted, "It's just that from now on, besides the identity of Kikyo, you have another identity, and that is my witch cat!"

Afraid she wouldn't understand, Takihime gave an example: "Just like moonstone, it is my beloved cat, and at the same time, it is also my beloved younger brother."

Now Kikyo understood what she wanted to say.

However, she didn't answer right away, but raised her hand, caressing Takihime's silky silver long hair, her dark and soft eyes looked gently into her eyes, and said apologetically, "Mayue, I can't do it." Your cat."

"I am a witch."

"My duty is to use my power to protect the village, purify and protect the jade of the four souls, and do my best to save all the weak in need."

"This is my fate."

"I can bear it with you, but it's only a hundred years." Takiji didn't think it was a big deal.

Kikyo just looked at her apologetically.

——This is a gentle and silent refusal.

Takiji's heart tightened, and she quickly held her hand: "Kankyo, I'm serious..."

Kikyo held her hand back: "I know. It's just that you should have a freer and better future instead of being confined in this small village with me."

"But I just want to!" Takiji was about to die of anxiety!

Kikyo smiled, and changed the subject again: "Besides, even if you don't want to be your cat, if you want to stay, you can still stay..."

"No, no, no!"

"This is already the best solution."

"No, no, please think of a way!"

Kikyo is a resolute girl who stubbornly resists Takihime's coquettishness.

And Takihime, who returned home in defeat, did not give up.

She ran to the main hall of the shrine where the Jade of the Four Souls was enshrined, and lay down on the altar, flicking the clean and radiant bead with her fingers: "Cuizi, please bear with me."

"I have more important things to do now. I want to stay with Kikyo and make her live a happy and complete life. So, I may have to wait for her to die of old age smoothly before I can think of a way to save you."

"It's a bit bad to go back and forth, but..."

"You've been here for hundreds of years, even if it takes another 100 years, it won't be a big problem, right?"

"Well……"

"If you think the problem is serious, it's okay. After you're free, go to General Inu, and use your witch's spiritual power to beat that guy out of his wits."

"Although he is not the direct murderer, he is the chief culprit who indirectly caused your death."

"If he had assumed the responsibility of being a father from the beginning, those two guys would have died long ago. Neither you nor me..."

After consciously fooling Cuizi, Takihime hugged the moonstone and ran out of the main hall without any hesitation.

The life in the small mountain village is plain and simple.

Even the wealthy households in the village are not necessarily rich.

Especially since they don't eat meat!

They don't even eat meat! !

Takihime was shocked: "None of the daimyos fully complied with the ban on meat, why did you follow it so thoroughly? The man who lives in the castle tower, just makes you respect from the bottom of your heart?"

Feng's pupils trembled: "What stupid things are you talking about?!"

"Then why don't you eat meat?"

"It's not that I don't eat it, it's that I can't catch it."

Kikyo smiled and explained, "We are all ordinary farmers. We don't have any weapons at hand, and we don't have agility. We don't dare to go too far from the village, let alone step into the depths of the forest where the sun cannot be discerned."

"If you are not a hunter who is familiar with the mountain conditions, when you go into the forest, you not only have to worry about whether you will get lost, but also whether you will encounter jackals, tigers and leopards."

"So, although life is poor and difficult, few people will take the initiative to hunt in the mountains. Occasionally, they will only go to the waters near the village to catch some fish and shrimp, but even so, many people died because of this in previous years."

"poor thing……"

Takihime sighed, crunching and chewing the chicken feet, and swallowed them together with the bones.

Kikyo: "Yes."

"but……"

Takihime pushed the roasted pheasant to them, "Now, you don't need to worry about eating meat anymore, you have me~"

"You know, I'm a good meat eater."

As a big monster, not only did she gain experience from killing monsters, but she even bullied small animals one by one.

Up to birds and fish, down to boars and hares.

There is only what she doesn't want to eat, and there is nothing she can't eat.

If you catch too many, the small ones will be raised, and the big ones will be slaughtered by the village knife masters. Some of them will be taken away by themselves, and the rest will be distributed to everyone.

You know, stale meat is not tasty.

At home, the most raised are hares and pheasants and ducks with their wings pulled out.

Takihime saw Feng squatting outside the cage, happily feeding the hares, and talking to them non-stop, with a weird expression for a moment.

She patted Feng on the shoulder, and reminded solemnly as someone who had been there: "Hey, just feed them, but, you have to remember, don't name them."

Food is no longer food once it has a name.

Feng: "I, I don't have any!"

Takihime glanced at her again, but said nothing else.

However, just as Takiji was worried, when the rabbits were about to be eaten, Feng didn't stop them, but walked up and down, looking at her pitifully: "Can't you keep them anymore?... Can you really not keep them anymore? Little Yezi is so cute, why do you have to eat it? Didn’t you finish eating wild boar before?”

Takihime: "The meat is no longer fresh, and now is the season for harvesting radishes. The man who often helps us slaughter wild boars sent us a basket of fresh radishes in the morning. At this time, take rabbit meat and radishes together Stewed, the best!"

"Jiangsu accepted the commission and said that he would probably be back in the evening. By that time, the meat would be rotten and the bones would be crispy."

Feng whimpered and couldn't say anything against it.

"Who is Little Leaf?"

Feng pointed to one of the rabbits that kept struggling in her hand: "It has a bunch of white hair on its head, which looks a bit like a leaf, so..."

Takihime sighed: "Let me just say, don't name the food."

Feng covered his face, extremely sad: "...I'm sorry."

Takiji didn't want to eat Maple's little leaf because of her greed, so she raised her hand and rubbed the top of her soft hair vigorously, took the little leaf's rabbit ear, and handed it to her: "Forget it, you can raise it if you want. alright."

Feel full and warm.

With a stable life and enough food, Takihime would naturally want a better living environment.

Besides, it has been cold day after day, lying on the hard and hard floor, how can it be more comfortable to lie on a soft mat with a warm mattress?

And Takihime is not short of money.

She has a box full of gold, silver and precious stones that Ji Guoyuan gave her!

It was not enough for Cai to buy daily necessities, she also sold a lot of silk clothes that are rare in small villages, as well as rouge and gouache that girls like.

There's nothing like dressing up your little ones so they can dance around you.

After the food caught up, everyone was no longer skinny and weak, who could be blown away by a gust of wind.

Her body was soft to the touch, and even her face had the characteristic baby fat of a child.

White and tender, it looks delicious.

Thinking of this, Takihime fell suspiciously silent.

"Speaking of which, I've never eaten a child."

Takihime roughly recalled her life, and finally had to painfully admit that there are still things in this world she hasn't eaten.

She beat her chest and stamped her feet in frustration: "Once upon a time, there was a cute child of Yuxue on my lips, but I didn't cherish it. If I had known, I wouldn't be able to eat a child for so many years. Back then, I shouldn't have easily let go of that little child from Dongguo." monster!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"Even a child hasn't eaten it!"

"What's wrong?" Kikyo sensed that she was not in the right mood.

Takihime shook his head, wiping away the tears that didn't exist in the corners of his eyes.

Her emotions have always come and gone quickly.

Without waiting for Kikyo to ask any more questions, Takihime grabbed the newly bought rouge and looked at her with great interest, her broken golden eyes sparkled: "Nah, Kikyo Kikyo, let's play a house game!"

Kikyo didn't follow her train of thought for a while.

"You come to be a mother!"

Takihime patted her chest and assured, "Don't worry! I'm good at crafting, and I've been experimenting on those children for a long time, and I'm sure I can dress you up as the most beautiful mother in the world!"

"Prettier than my mother!"

Kikyo quickly refused: "No, no, I don't need..."

As if she didn't hear it, Takiji leaned forward, hooked her chin with one hand, and pulled it in front of her eyes, and wiped her with a handkerchief soaked in warm water in the other hand, without giving Kikyo any time to resist, and said to herself: "No Move, I want to moisten your face first."

"Face powder is very troublesome to use. No matter how clean the face is, it must be washed before applying makeup, otherwise, it will not fit. When I first used it, I made myself very embarrassed..."

Takihime began to tell Kikyo about his history of suffering.

"Hey?"

Kikyo was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the end of her eyes, where there were traces of pink and coquettish, "Is this... a painting too?"

Takihime noticed her scrutinizing eyes: "This is not."

"This thing should be our dog's own."

"Not only me, but my mother, Big Gouzi, and even my father who died a long time ago..."

"Hey?!!"

"Is that terrible father who abandoned you and threw you to the leader of the Eastern Kingdom dead?"

At some point, Feng had brought her friends around, and immediately covered her mouth when she heard this, and let out an unbelievable exclamation.

Takihime immediately froze in place.

She forgot.

If a lie is not to be exposed, it needs countless lies to make up for it.

Kikyo looked at Takihime subconsciously, and saw her face changing back and forth, obviously emotional ups and downs, and suddenly, she couldn't help laughing.

"Dead, already dead."

Takihime almost gave up on herself, and repeatedly supported Kikyo's chin, allowing her to raise her head slightly to make it easier for her to move, "He did something that made me angry, naturally he would have died long ago."

"Ah, there is no father in May, so pitiful."

"Yeah, Wuyue doesn't have a father..."

"poor thing."

"Whoa, why is May so pitiful?"

The other children don't know the grievances between Takihime and her father, and they don't quite understand the love and hatred in the adults' words. They just start from their own feelings and feel from the bottom of their hearts that children without a father are so pitiful .

After all, their lives may be poor and difficult, but their parents are by their side, and they may not be able to provide them with good living conditions, but as parents, they have fulfilled their responsibilities as parents.

So, even if a family lives in a small room, as long as the family is around, no one will feel hard.

Adhering to this naive concept, the child became more and more sympathetic to Takihime.

Even if she is so strong that she can catch wild boars with bare hands, isn't she without a father?

Woohoo, so pitiful.

It's so pitiful!