[Comprehensive] Demon Fox Hiding Horse

The research and investigation on the Creation God Mokonah is still not making much progress as before.

But during this period of time, I have experienced many big and small incidents with Natsume - many of which involved the "gods" of this world, so that Kurama has a clearer understanding of the world he is currently in. Some cognitions also made Mokona, who is very sensitive to the breath of the main body (?), sensed a faint but real existence belonging to the creation god Mokona from a certain mid-level god in a certain incident. breath, so that the two of them really confirmed the conclusion that this world seems to be inseparable from that little creature...

"However, I can only feel his breath to confirm that a certain world was created by him. How does this help the progress of the matter..."

Crouching in Natsume's room in the kotatsu that Toko had set up early, Kurama felt a little drowsy from the comfort, but at the same time was still worrying about the research that had made no progress.

Although Natsume has not heard all the complete information from him, he also knows that Kurama is looking for a special existence, and various information related to that existence. There, there is also a very important person who seems to be helping him find it together, but the two of them have worked hard for so long—from the early summer when Zangma just came here, until the winter has come now—but they still seem to be unable to find a solution. After getting a little clue, it's no wonder that the patience is so good that Zangma couldn't help but finally complained a few times.

Think about it, when I was worrying about my friends account and monsters, Kurama, who seemed to live a comfortable life and lived a very leisurely life every day, was not without any worries...

——Thinking of this, Natsume smiled and held out a mandarin that had been carefully peeled.

Seeing a certain demon fox lying in the kotatsu like a fool, together with his white dumpling and his cat teacher, sharing it with happiness, the brown-haired boy couldn't help squinting his eyes, and stretched out in the warm kotatsu. Stretch your legs...

"It's so warm, kotatsu."

Cang Ma, who was lying on his side, didn't care about his obviously off-topic response. Instead, he nodded in agreement, as if he couldn't agree more: "Yes, it's so warm."

"I always feel...with this bed, I don't need anything at all. I can completely understand the feelings of those old men who want to sleep in the kotatsu in the afternoon when they have nothing to do..."

"...Understanding what that kind of thing does =="

Originally the topic was going well, but why did it suddenly turn to such a decadent direction in the middle?

Natsume raised his forehead, and stretched out his hand to push the demon fox beside him who was so lazy that he could hardly open his eyes: "Okay, wake up, it is enough for us to have a teacher here, a decadent middle-aged man, don't follow me, Kurama."

The innocent cat teacher lying on the gun exploded in an instant!

"What do you mean 'it's enough for us to have a teacher and a decadent middle-aged man'?! Natsume, you AHO! A noble and beautiful monster like me..."

The cat that picked it up to give the boy a "fatal blow" was blocked in the air by the round cat's face before it even touched the opponent's face.

The young man's warm and soft amber pupils reflected the figure of him waving his limbs and desperately trying to get closer, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curved into a nice shallow arc: "Teacher, do you want to refute me? Then the last time I said it while holding a grilled squid in my mouth." "This is the middle-aged person's enjoyment is the middle-aged person's romance!" Who is it? Isn't it you, Mr. Cat?"

"—Mmmm!"

—— Being poked just right, the expression on Mr. Cat's cute round face went blank for a moment, and then he turned around in the air and landed on the ground lightly: "Forget it, Don't argue with you little brat."

Natsume looked at him with raised eyebrows, and smiled without saying a word.

Kurama was lying on the side with Mokona in his arms, watching the fun with a smile on his face.

Every time the two of them chattered and suddenly started bickering, they felt warm and joyful.

And looking at the boy who was originally a little silent and melancholy, whose whole body seemed to be shrouded in a kind of melancholy that could not be understood and penetrated by others, gradually because of his association with cats, various people and monsters, When they met, they became the gentle and safe person they are now, with a soft and warm smile always on the corner of their mouth...

Raising his hand and rubbing his chin in contemplation, Yaohu felt that the present Natsume seemed to have entered this state a period of time earlier than in the original work, and the self who suddenly broke into this world seemed... to have a little bit of credit Is it necessary?

For a moment, a vague light seemed to flash along this thought in my mind, but when the demon fox got serious and followed the direction where the light disappeared, he suddenly found that the tail of that fleeting thought had been connected. , can't catch it.

Not much annoyed, just a little disappointed at most, Zangma sat up abruptly, turned his head and looked at him with scorching eyes, completely forgetting the meaningless quarrel just now, and now he is holding Mr. Cat in his arms again, carefully Natsume stroking Shun Mao: "That's right! Natsume!"

"Well?"

When his name was called suddenly, the boy looked back in a daze: "What's the matter?"

"The one from before~ the one from before!" Kurama stretched out his hand and pinched the tip of the cat's ear, "Didn't the teacher seem to be doing something stupid? When I came, you said that you were going to take him out to find herbs of."

As a result, the kotatsu was too warm and comfortable, and the two chatted for a long time, so it was no surprise that they completely forgot about it after the chat!

If it wasn't for the moment when Kurama sat up, he caught sight of Mr. Kitty's figure from the corner of his eyes, who seemed a little less flexible than before, and no one would have thought of it for a while.

And when he reminded Natsume like this, he suddenly realized "Ah": "That's right! How did you forget such an important thing? Teacher, are you all right? How about we set off to find herbs now?"

Originally, when Mr. Cat twisted his waist, he was going to take him to find herbs immediately, but at that time Aunt Tazi asked him to drop by and buy milk and some condiments, so he went home first. They planned to put down their things before going. Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the house, they met Zangma and Mo Ke Na for a visit. The two decided to go upstairs to have a cup of tea to warm up their bodies, and then went out to find herbs together. As a result...

"In the end, the kotatsu was so comfortable that I fell asleep and forgot everything =="

After saying hello to Toko, he hurried out the door. On the way, Kurama also shyly (?) agreed to come back for dinner with Natsume because of Toko's overly enthusiastic invitation. Under the leadership of Mr. Cat, the four People go straight all the way to the depths of the jungle.

Compared with the other three seasons, the forest in winter has a special flavor.

Although most of the trees are not evergreen, they have lost all their leaves at the beginning of winter, so the scenery presented at this moment is full of bare branches, but it reflects the thick white snow on the ground , and the staggered posture of the branches layered in the forest, it doesn't seem to make people feel completely boring.

"But speaking of it, I don't think I've ever been here before."

The scenery became more and more unfamiliar as we walked deeper into the jungle. Natsume looked around and finally came to this conclusion.

Zangma has been to the vicinity because of the relationship of sketching, but there is no such thing as going deeper.

So, "Cat sauce, are you sure it's here?"

"Of course! Who do you think I am? And don't call me Cat-chan. Knowing that your body is also a big monster with almost the same majesty as me, I feel very cold to be called so."

"What, it's obviously cat sauce."

"...I said no ==+"

"Pfft, no matter how you look at it, the teacher is a cat~"

"Natsume, don't add to the chaos!"

"But that's the truth... ah!!"

……

……All right.Zangma actually didn't know how things turned into the current situation.

In short, when he reacted, he had already sat down in the snow with Natsume out of breath, and there were many crystal snow particles on their hair and clothes. They looked a bit embarrassed, but compared From the cat teacher opposite who was "besieged" by two people, the whole cat (?) was about to change from color to pure white, they are already considered very "tidy"!

Looking at the figure of the cat who said angrily, "I won't continue to play this childish game with you guys because I went to find herbs!" and disappeared into the bushes, Natsume shook his head helplessly, and turned to face Zang Ma smiled and said, "Teacher has escaped, how cunning."

"Yes." Kurama smiled and nodded in agreement.

Immediately, under Natsume's inexplicable gaze, he suddenly approached and stretched out a hand in the direction of the boy...

"Here, it's snowing."

I don't know when the handkerchief in his hand gently wiped the boy's cheeks and forehead hair. Seeing that Natsume's handsome face slowly flushed, his eyes quickly lowered and stopped looking at him. The fox blinked. Blinking eyes, he stuffed the handkerchief into the palm of the other party who was at a loss and froze in mid-air, and seemed to want to reach out to his palm: "You have to dry it well, otherwise, if you catch a cold, Aunt Tazi Uncle Hezi and the others will be worried?"

As he said that, he got up naturally like a fox, and patted the snow stains on his clothes: "Okay, let's hurry up and look for herbs, too? It's not getting too early."

Natsume lowered his head and nodded quickly.

Thinking that the child might be a little shy, because after all, he seems to be rarely treated by other people in such an intimate manner, so Yaohu thoughtfully left first, leaving space for the boy alone.

And just as his figure disappeared into the bushes, Teacher Cat's rare and serious voice sounded behind him: "Hey! Don't approach that guy casually! If...you can't guarantee that you will never leave."

Natsume seems to have gradually gotten used to the short encounter and parting, and has learned to draw the strength and insight needed for growth from it. However, there has never been any existence that has completely integrated into Natsume's life like Kurama, but clearly Let both parties know that one day they will leave.

"Don't look at that guy as if he doesn't care, but you know it too?"

——Once recognized by him, accepted by him, and put in his heart, what precious and sincere emotion he will deliver.

"what."

Zangma didn't turn around, but the earnestness and firmness in his voice made the eyes of Mr. Mao behind him gradually calm down: "I know."

"Don't worry, Mako-chan. I won't... make Natsume sad."

After speaking, Lin Zhong was silent for a long time.

Just when Kurama thought he would not get a response, a chuckle of "huh, that's good" suddenly came from behind him, and when he turned his head, Madara's figure had disappeared from there.

Yaohu smiled helplessly, and turned his head to find a direction to help find the medicinal herbs. However, at this moment, he had just left not far from the direction of the clearing in the forest where Natsume was, but suddenly there was a scream—— —

"what!!!!!"

Zangma paused when he heard the sound, then immediately turned around and ran towards the direction he came from...

And when he rushed out of the bushes and returned to the clearing in the forest again, the scene in front of him made his eyes widen in surprise——

In the middle of the huge open space, Natsume was sitting down on the ground with a face full of horror. Madara had already come back to guard him, but his aura was not so vigilant.

And not far from the two of them...

"Ah! What kind of animal is this? A snow rabbit? It's so cute~~~"

——A slender and tall figure that Zangma is no longer familiar with is appearing there, happily rubbing against a strange creature in the shape of a snow rabbit...

"--count?!"