[Comprehensive] Perfect Raiders

She really can't remember.

Suzuki Suzuka's first consciousness was the severe cold of the world of ice and snow. The buried snow made her bones tremble, and woke her up from the coma.

Probably, she also passed out from the cold.

It was really cold.

Her clothes were only a thin single piece, which could not resist the frost at all, but the snow on her body was thick and hard.And she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes to look.

His face was completely frozen, and if he moved a little, dense tingling pain would be felt on the surface of his body, and then gradually, the pain disappeared.

She thought she would die in this place.

Because she didn't even have the strength to call for help or struggle.

With her eyes tightly closed, Suzuki Suzuka could still vaguely feel a little light, but the color that glowed in the dark was getting weaker and weaker, just like her life.

puff-

The hard and sharp metal shoveled on her flesh, and finally, Suzuki Suzuka cried out in pain, "Ah——"

The sound was like the snoring of a malnourished kitten, trembling and slight, but it was a sound that could be heard by others.

The snow covering her body was quickly dug away.

The people who came to help surrounded her. They didn't know when the girl came here or how she was crushed under the snow, but she was undoubtedly dying.

Rather than asking, the first thing to do is to save the girl.

But to the hesitation of the people in the village, the clothes on her were completely different from theirs.The thin girl was wearing a strange top and trousers.

In such a cold weather, her clothes were thin and short, and the cuffs of the clothes only reached her upper arms. The pure white clothes were softer than linen, slightly harder than silk, and the long trousers of unknown texture were even more strange.

What shocked them even more was that her body was covered with black blood.

Everyone thought that someone had killed her and then dumped her body into this remote village on a snowy night.If it wasn't for the weak whimpers from the girl lying there stiffly, no one would have believed that she was still alive.

Only the witch mother-in-law who brought her back for treatment knew the truth. I'm afraid it wasn't someone who killed her, but this girl who killed someone.

That's not girl's blood.

"What do you remember?"

The old mother-in-law knelt on one side, touched the forehead of the girl lying on the couch, and watched the thin child shake her head. She didn't pursue what happened before she brought him back, but just sighed pitifully. .

In this day and age, it is not uncommon for anything to happen.

When a child is made to kill, it is often because something forces him to do so.

After scrubbing the girl clean and changing her into a new dress, the witch mother-in-law smiled helplessly at her finally revealed face, "Then I'll call you Bell Flower."

In the shabby hut that is still cold even with a fire, with dim light and rough tables and chairs, the girl lying on the couch raises her eyes and looks timidly at the witch mother-in-law several times. She is sick but still moving, like a vast snow field. The flowers in full bloom can make people feel beautiful even at a young and fragile age.

Her skin was severely frostbitten, her face was still purple, and her lips were chapped, but her nose bridge was straight, her brows were gentle, and her star-shaped eyes rolled in their sockets. She could arouse people's curiosity even without saying a word Notice.She had very pretty eyes, and no doubt she would be a very pretty beauty too.

"I am the witch of this village." The witch mother lifted the quilt for the girl, "You can call me Grandma Suzuki, and you will follow me from today on."

If it weren't for the many things that happened after the mother-in-law died, she should also become a witch like the Suzuki mother-in-law.

She is very popular here.

Before Suzuki Suzuka appeared, no one thought that there would be girls who looked like this in the world.After the injury was healed, her skin returned to its original fairness and tenderness. Unlike the women in the village who had to do rough work, their hands, feet and faces would be left with traces of sun exposure and hard work, but Linghua's skin was so fine. It's like you've never worked.

Many people said that she must come from a rich family.

The girl's long hair is black and beautiful, and when it is loose, it will shine like satin, and her eyes are gentle and beautiful, dotted with tiny stars, not to mention the bright red lips and white to transparent skin.

For people who have lived in the village since birth, Linghua looks like a fairy from the sky.

And it was the witch mother-in-law who was raising her.

In other words, Suzuka will become the next shrine maiden of this village.

Just thinking about it like this makes the people in the village very happy.If there is such a priestess guarding the village, it is almost like being blessed by a god.

And she is also a fast learner, Suzuki's mother-in-law praised her for her excellence more than once.

But the bad thing is that the bell flower is really beautiful.

Not only the villagers who have been living in the village think she is good-looking, even the city guards who pass by here to rest and see the world will be so dumbfounded that they accidentally smash the bowl in their hands when they see her.

Even for princes and nobles surrounded by beauties, the bell flower is undoubtedly the one that is extremely beautiful.

People in the village knew that Suzuka would be the next shrine maiden, so even though there were many people who admired her, no one would ask her to marry her.

Every day, people give her things for various reasons. The strong hunters will cut off the fattest meat parts and send them to her. The weaker men will help repair the house where she lives, and even have souls. A handy woman sews her clothes and prepares the ingredients for her.

Granny Suzuki is a very respected priestess, but even she has never received such high treatment in this long-lived village.

If things go their way, Suzuka will become a much-loved and beautiful shrine maiden.

But Granny Suzuki died.

She has lived for a long time, so long that everyone in this village can be called the child of Grandma Suzuki.Until this day, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, and then never opened them again.

Granny Suzuki is the longest-lived person in the village, and it is rare for her to live to old age.

According to the customs of the village, her children should inherit her name, and with the good wish of bearing the good luck of old age and death, they can also pass on her legacy.

So bell flowers become Suzuki bell flowers.

They said that only those who are very powerful can have a surname and a four-letter name.

Suzuki Suzuka became the only person in the village with four characters in his name.

After the old witch dies, she will become the next witch in the village.

For the bigger and more prosperous people in the outside world, this status was nothing, so they dared and were willing to find her and propose to marry her.

Whether to be a priestess who serves the ruined Nomura, or a noble lady who is served, this is not too difficult a choice.

Even if Suzuki Suzuka refused, there would always be other ways to force her to agree.

That mighty monster came to the village at that time.

His beast body was terrifyingly large, almost as large as the mountain outside the village. If it wasn't for the big white dog beast covered in injuries, maybe he could transform into an even bigger beast.

If Suzuki Suzuka hadn't gone to a very far place to collect medicine that day, she would never have met such a big monster.

For Suzuki Suzuka, this monster hurts badly.

But to the monster himself, this may not be a big deal, as long as he lies still for a period of time, the horrible wound that is deep to the bone will slowly heal itself.

However, the crimson blood that flowed out still left a mark on the ground. The bloody smell of monsters is stronger than that of humans, so it is easy to be missed.But as long as they cast some spells, they can still easily seduce people, and even coax human beings to use them as nourishing food for healing.

If he didn't want Suzuki Suzuka to find out, she couldn't see General Inu.

He had been there for a while, and few humans came over, but Suzuki Suzuka was not the only one.But the dog general allowed her to see and touch his true form, and then this is the only human being who walked out alive.

She comes here often.

The girl was wearing a shrine maiden outfit familiar to the dog shogun, a white top and a long red skirt.As a witch, she is still a little too young, which is probably why she shuttled back and forth between the mountains, but never noticed anything strange.

Grandma Suzuki passed away too early, she only had time to tell Suzuka how scary those monsters were, and she hadn't had time to teach the girl she brought back how to find and identify monsters, how to get rid of them and attack them.

More importantly, she never only said how scary those monsters were, but Suzuki Suzuka had never seen them.If you haven't experienced it, you won't really understand it.

Words convey things are always too pale.

What's more, compared to the unreachable monsters, selfish and cunning human beings can directly threaten Suzuki Suzuka.

More and more people came here from outside, and Suzuki Suzuka had to use the excuse of gathering medicine to go far away to avoid those who came here with no kindness.

The village does need a lot of herbs, and there is never too much of this life-saving thing.

So Suzuki Suzuka often went to the mountains outside the village.

She would come in with a wooden square basket and go back with a basketful of herbs.She had never encountered any attack in this place, and there was no wild beast in the remote mountain forest. The girl felt strange, but it was a good thing not to encounter wild beasts, so she came more frequently.

Even stop going to other dangerous places and focus on this strange safe area.

There is a big monster with frightening strength sitting here to rest. The monster can sense the coercion of the monster, so it has to avoid it from a distance of a hundred miles. Birds and beasts are more sensitive and escape faster.

So the living thing that the dog general can often see is this fragile human being.

He watched her come here from the dawn when the morning sun broke through the clouds and mist. The first ray of sunlight in the morning will shine on the morning dew. The stem of the plant was broken, and dewdrops would slide down the curved leaves, drip onto the girl's fingers covered with fine scars, and moisten the skin that was so white that there was no blood at all.

That was when she was closest to General Inu.

Putting aside the cover-ups he used, the girl is actually squatting in front of the dog general, and if she gets closer, she can even touch him.

But she didn't, the girl just put the herbs she picked into the wooden basket, stood up and walked in another direction.

When the girl left, it was the time when the sun was about to set.

The red sunset glow penetrated from her slender back to the far end of the sky, rendering the sky a clear crimson color, but it was not as rosy as her lips.

General Inu can almost tell time by her coming and going.

His injury did not heal quickly.

After regaining his mobility, the dog general should leave here, find a place that is more suitable for his recovery, or simply return to his own territory.

But he didn't move, and even let the other party see himself.

Walking towards the place where the medicinal herbs she wanted to pick were concentrated, the girl squatted down and searched patiently, and soon she found that a leaf was stained with blood.

She had only been to this place yesterday, and Suzuki Suzuka was sure that this was not the case.

Someone was hurt and she should go to the hospital.

This is what Grandma Suzuki told her.

She carefully followed the blood to the depths, and the more she walked in, the more blood was spread, so much that even if the blood in a human body was drained, it would not be enough for one-third of the dried and frozen blood here.

Before seeing Inu Daisho, Suzuki Suzuka realized that the injured person was definitely not human.

But seeing such a huge body lying there, Suzuki Suzuka took a quick step back in shock and almost fell over.

Many of the snow-white mane were dyed reddish-brown, and the body lying on the ground sunk the whole ground. This is an extremely huge dog demon.

And whether it was the sharp claws or the fangs that glowed with cold light, they could kill Suzuki Suzuka, and even with a sweep of his tail, he could kill the slender girl directly.

Seeing him for the first time, Suzuki Suzuka wanted to turn around and run away.

Nerves were trembling in the girl's brain, she should run away from here quickly, she didn't even learn how to deal with a little monster, let alone such a terrifying monster.

Grandma Suzuki said that monsters will eat humans, they are different from humans, they like human flesh and blood, human hearts, and human souls.

"run!"

If Granny Suzuki was here, she would definitely say that.

But Suzuki Suzuka felt that if she really escaped, the monster would definitely kill her.

Her attire shows her identity, and her escape means fear. She left, and maybe she will bring back a more powerful witch, and maybe more humans who drive away monsters.

And if he didn't want to, it was impossible for her to run away.

Running away would kill her faster.

Dogs seem to prefer running prey.

Looking at the sharp white teeth hidden in the monster's mouth, Suzuki Suzuka still trembled uncontrollably. If she was bitten, her body would be directly pierced.

She couldn't even imagine how painful that kind of death would be.

Taking a deep breath, Suzuki Suzuka forced herself to move forward instead of retreating in accordance with her inner fear.

The girl walked forward step by step with trembling steps, the giant beast lying on the ground moved, and the golden pupils as big as the windows followed his movement of raising his head and stared at Suzuki Suzuka.

He had no intention of killing her.

When she stretched out her hand, Suzuki Suzuka's fingertips trembled, and finally she touched the dog's fur, which was softer and smoother than she imagined, but the coagulated blood entangled many hairs, It's hard to make sense of.

The monster did not stop her.

So Suzuki Suzuka knew what she should do.

Granny Suzuki always said that she is very smart and she is good at observing others. Granny Suzuki likes Suzuka Suzuka so much because she knows what kind of girl Granny Suzuki likes.

She was picked up. If Granny Suzuki didn't want to raise her, Suzuki Suzuka would have nowhere else to go.

Maybe it's because the environment she lived in was too dangerous, so she had to be careful, maybe she was born good at it, and Suzuki Suzuka didn't know it too well, but she just knew how to please others.

The same goes for monsters.

Raising her hand, she pulled out the wooden hairpin from the bun she had casually rolled up for convenience, and the girl's long hair fell down, falling into a beautiful dark night weave. Suzuki Suzuka didn't mind those loose hair, she needed more care Unfortunately, this is only a monster that can decide her life or death.

Following the bloodstains, she quickly found the wound. The girl carefully picked up the dirty hair around the wound with a rough wooden hairpin. She first roughly cleaned the knotted long hair to reveal the complete scar.

The scar was horrific, but it was still not as strong as the pressure that Inumon itself put on Suzuki Suzuka.

He was so huge that Suzuki Suzuka didn't even know how long he would have to clean up if he wanted to help him deal with his injuries.

As if knowing Suzuki Suzuka's embarrassment, the giant beast gradually shrunk in size.

It was not Suzuki Suzuka's will from discovering this monster to bringing him back.Bringing such a dangerous creature back to the village would cause trouble.

Suzuki Suzuka was enough trouble for the village by herself, but in the end she brought an extra beast-shaped weapon.

But if she did anything to dissatisfy the monster, she would definitely die.

This came from Suzuki Suzuka's strong intuition, that bright premonition even overwhelmed her fear, prompting her to show a slightly softer look.

Of course, the smaller dog beast is also one of the important reasons for the increase in Suzuki Suzuka's acceptance.

She wasn't yet sure what the monster wanted.

But she knew what the people who came to this remote village in a steady stream wanted to get.

Suzuki Suzuka didn't even know why these messages could travel so far.

They say that the first man who came here and came back went around saying that in this village lived a maiden with the beauty of a goddess, and they said someone drew a picture of her, and they said someone wrote a poem about her , there are poems about her, there are stories about her.

In the end they said that common people cannot have surnames.

But by becoming a noble lady, her name can be legalized.

Finally, a man came to the village who could offer a generous gift that the village chief could no longer refuse, and he was the confidant of some big man who wanted to offer Suzuki Suzuka.

This is no longer a question of whether you want to or not, but whether you dare and whether you can refuse.

Suzuki Suzuka should have left even for the sake of her village and the witch mother-in-law who guarded the village until her death.If she stayed here any longer, she would only continue to bring threats to the village.

Grandma Suzuki, who served here, taught Suzuki Suzuka the dangers of monsters from the first day she adopted her. However, it was not the horrible monsters brought back by Suzuki Suzuka that really threatened the village in the end, but the human beings outside.

"Human, what do you want?"

On the day the monster recovered from his injury, he spoke his first human words.

After scrubbing, the white dog, which was as beautiful as a fairy beast, healed, the hair all over his body was thick again, every long hair was as white as silver, and his limbs were strong and his body was strong. The golden beast Hitomi is extremely beautiful but cold and ruthless, still reminding Suzuki Suzuka of the blood that was all over that day.

It was not only the monster's own blood, but also the blood of the losers who died under his fangs, used to commemorate the wounds on his body.

Kneeling on the ground, the girl tentatively stroked his erect white ears.

Suzuki Suzuka pursed her lips and didn't smile. Even though she became more and more intimate with this beautiful big dog, she never forgot that it was a big monster that could slaughter an entire village.

Before Suzuki Suzuka approached him flatteringly, he wanted to gain a bargaining chip to keep himself and other villagers alive.

Now she can be sure that he will not kill her.

Because he left Suzuki Suzuka a title like a name, allowing her to call, and even use it to call him.

"Monster, are you very powerful?" Suzuki Suzuka slowly and gently combed his white hair with his hands, "...if you are very powerful, you can take me away here?"

It was at that time that she knew the name of General Inu.

So even if he left the next day, Suzuki Suzuka believed that he would not leave her alone.

So that day she was extraordinarily obedient, even if someone smeared something unknown on her face, Suzuki Suzuka endured it silently.

Her long hair was pulled up, no longer Suzuki Suzuka's own random way, they carefully braided and coiled the soft hair, so that the bride-to-be, who was about to be sent to the city, showed her slender and white hair neck.

That was Suzuki Suzuka's first time wearing silk.

After taking off the red and white priestess costume, the girl was put on an exquisite and thick Chinese costume, and those delicate fabrics were piled up layer by layer, and she changed from a beauty in the village to a kind of girl who can only be seen in the palace. The lady I saw.

The sedan chair has already parked at her door, and Suzuki Suzuka is only needed to be helped in, and strong horses and men will transport her all the way from here to the legendary palace that is rich and prosperous but extremely far away.

"sorry."

The village head sent him a long way, but he finally had to stop, he couldn't leave the village alone.

The girl didn't speak, but just lowered the drawn curtain, and the face that had been painted with makeup looked even more delicate and charming, hidden behind the curtain of the sedan chair.

It was human beings who sent her away, but it was monsters who came to pick her up.

The time of departure is the dawn of spring, the moon has not completely disappeared, the sun has not yet risen, and the sky is hazy.When the sun and the moon alternated, everyone saw that scene.

A huge white tengu flew down from the moon and came to the world on the morning clouds and morning fog.

People screamed in shock and didn't know what to do. The horses galloped in panic and some even broke their reins. The beauty in the sedan chair just sat quietly without opening the curtain to check.

That dog beast is so huge that it can take the whole sedan chair up by biting the reins of the sedan chair, and fly with him to the mysterious distant place in the sky.

He took Suzuki Suzuka away like this, and no one dared to stop him.

This scene is too unimaginable and bizarre, but because Suzuki Suzuka's identity as a priestess has inexplicable sacred meanings, no one even thought that it would be a monster.

It was the god who didn't want his servant to marry, so he took her away.

People think so...

"madness!"

A still immature child's voice sounded, even though the clear and clear tone was still a child's, but the cold and undulating tone possessed maturity and indifference beyond age.

"Well said, Master Sesshomaru!" The half-palm-sized monster jumped up and down in approval, "Human beings are such stupid creatures."

The long-haired woman sitting on the couch did not speak, and she did not make a sound to remind the chattering monster that she was also a human being.

But the silver-haired boy standing aside didn't want to listen any more. He turned to glance at the monster on the couch where the woman was half lying, and the noisy petite monster slowly closed its mouth.

A look from Sesshomaru is worth a dozen words from Suzuki Suzuka.

She raised her hand and pinned the long hair scattered around her face behind her ears, and let out a slow sigh, like the most beautiful ballad that can be sung by monsters who use their voices to seduce the enemy, "Mingjia, what about the general and the madam?" When will you be back?"

Reluctantly, he glanced at the human being who invaded the palace of the Western Kingdom. She is another lady whom General Quan loves very much. Ming Jia shook his head and sighed, "It depends on the situation of the war. It's you who asked, so just leave it alone."

"Half a year."

When Ming Jia spoke, he said something briefly, Sesshomaru ignored him, and just answered Suzuki Suzuka's question aloud.

General Inu is the commander of the West Country, and Sesshomaru's mother is the wife of the commander. They are both powerful monsters, and they often have to participate in battles.

Suzuki Suzuka didn't know the reason for the fight, but Meijia was right. The less she knew about things as a human being, the better.

She never asks those complicated things.In this era, no matter whether it is between humans and humans, between monsters and monsters, or between humans and monsters, there is no peace.

All Suzuki Suzuka needs to do is to fulfill the tasks entrusted to her by General Inu Dai.

She needs to take care of Sesshomaru when both of them are away.

Usually it doesn't take too long, and sometimes wars come suddenly and end quickly.Then the tall and glamorous silver-haired beauty who resembles the dog general will take her son back, and the dog general will come to her to rest after dealing with the post-war affairs.

For youkai, this is indeed very short, but these times are too long for Suzuki Suzuka.

One year or two years?

Ten years or 100 years?

She used to count, but now she doesn't care much.

There is no doubt that her life has been extended.

Otherwise, even if she is still alive, it is impossible to still be so young.Staying in the kingdom of monsters, the time is stretched extremely long, and the people around are all the same, Suzuki Suzuka will almost forget the passage of time.

Only Sesshomaru, who grew up, reminded her of time.

"Killing pill..."

The boy who was more like a mother turned his head slightly when he heard her calling, and focused on Suzuki Suzuka.Their relationship was somewhat awkward, she was his father's other woman, his mother's enemy.

But their long-term truce, Suzuki Suzuka never tried to talk about his mother in front of Sesshomaru, and his mother would never talk about Suzuki Suzuka, at least Sesshoumaru's attitude proves that his mother did not talk about Suzuki Suzuka Bad words.

Even with the same husband and raising the same son, they are still two separate women.

Looking down at that handsome but indifferent face for a long time, Suzuki Suzuka can also find many shadows of the general dog, but the general is gentle, and Sesshomaru's mother is more glamorous, so the expressionless Sesshoumaru is even more beautiful. like a mother.

"how old are you?"

There was some doubt in Suzuki Suzuka's familiar golden eyes, she smiled helplessly, she stretched out her hand to stroke his silver hair, but she retracted it halfway, Leisurely sorting out the clothes on his body, "I mean, how old are you? 50 years, 100 years?"

Sesshomaru looked at her, she was not like his mother, nor was he, this woman who had lived here since he was born was different from everyone in this place.

She's human, and they're all monsters.She should have died, but his father managed to keep her alive and young forever.

All things have a price.

What did General Inu exchange for the human life span he brought back?Is it the blood of 1 innocent humans, the soul of a thousand monsters, or his own monster power?

Seeing that Sesshomaru didn't speak, Suzuki Suzuka didn't ask, she was just curious, but Sesshoumaru's age also means how long she survived, Suzuki Suzuka didn't want to know that much.

"Is the witch happy?"

This taciturn child asked Suzuki Suzuka a question for the first time, and the woman opened her eyes in surprise, "What?" She actually heard it clearly, but asked one more question in surprise.

After thinking for a while in silence, Suzuki Suzuka smiled softly.

"It's just a story, Sesshomaru."