[Noragami] I was not there

"haven't seen you for a long time."

When she saw that girl again, what she heard was this long time no see.

Indeed, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and the last time they saw her was the night she left with Ye Bu more than ten years ago.

Did Ye Bu come back then?

She searched, and the only emotion called hope in recent years was ignited in her eyes, but she was soon disappointed, she did not find him, only the girl in front of her was still smiling at her.

"you……"

It's really strange that after so many years, she is still so young and so cute, and she has not changed from the way she was more than ten years ago.

"I almost didn't recognize you, Shimoki."

The girl still smiled so gently, but one sentence pierced her heart hard.

She touched her face and pulled a weird smile - it turned out that she was the only one who was getting old after so many years.

But that's of course, she was only in her teens when they parted, and she was already over [-] at this time... But why didn't she grow old?No, or not grown up at all.

It took a while for her brain to realize that something was wrong. She looked at the girl in disbelief as if she had just woken up from a dream, but she disappeared with a smile and disappeared.

"Impossible, impossible." She murmured in a low voice, shook her body a few times and left in a daze.

She had never felt that kind of fear.

She said that she is not afraid of waiting. The only thing she is afraid of is not being able to wait. One day, she will grow old with the passage of time, and even be accompanied by death. She is really afraid that by that time, the person she was waiting for will still not come back .

Yebu, why didn't you come back?

Yebu, why didn't you keep the agreement?

Yebu, why are you lying to me?

With the ostracism of the villagers and the successive deaths of his parents, Xiaqi has been pushed to the critical line, and he even feels that he can no longer bear the reality in front of him, and he is only one step away from collapse.

She can only be like a drowning person, who regards all the thoughts of Ye Bu as the whole of her life, as if she is possessed by a demon, and the girl who suddenly appears at this time seems to be the last straw that crushes her.

So desperate... She was really too desperate for this world.

A few days had passed between the girl's reappearance and the last time, she showed a smile that seemed to have the power of bewitching, and said softly to her who was on the verge of collapse——

"Shimo, do you know why I haven't changed for so many years?"

"Xiaqi, do you know what an artifact is?"

"Xiaqi, as long as you become a divine weapon, you can always be by the side of Ye Bu who is a god, just like me."

"Xiaqi, do you want to become an artifact?"

She wanted to...of course she wanted to!

But the girl said to her again——

"But, the only way to become a divine weapon is to die."

The air froze in an instant, she met the girl's calm gaze, saw her lips kissed, and said as if inviting——

"Xiaqi, do you want to die?"

... Do I want to die?

She asked herself, and then there seemed to be countless voices behind her answering for her——

"Of course you want to die, isn't that what you want most? Stay by that person's side, stay by that person's side forever, death is the best way, there is nothing in this world worth your nostalgia .”

That's right, she has no family or friends, and the only thing that can keep her going is the waiting... If that's the case, then just accept it.

She didn't realize that something had begun to dominate her will... No, maybe it started earlier.

So that night, she stood by the river alone, those voices were still telling her that as long as she jumped down, she could become a magic weapon, and as long as she jumped down, she could see Yebu.

Then, on that windless night, looking at the calm river, she jumped down.

The icy river water felt by the skin, the burning of the lungs after suffocation, and the process of going to death is obviously so painful, but she is smiling, a smile that she thinks is happy.

Immediately... Immediately you can leave this village, and you can see Yebu immediately.

Then, she woke up.

Right on the riverside where she jumped off, she saw her body rising and falling with the river in the distance, and she knew that she had succeeded—she was dead.

"So you can take me to see Ye Bu?"

But the girl looked at her and suddenly laughed, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xia Qi, there is one thing I've been forgetting to tell you."

"Eh?"

"A person can become an artifact after death, but a person who commits suicide does not have this opportunity."

"..."

"You will never become an artifact."

"So you lied to me?... Feiyin."

Fei Yin smiled, but said nothing.

Yes, Feiyin lied to her, maybe she had other purposes from the beginning.

On the empty riverside, she looked at the sky alone and wondered why she had fallen to this point?

Then she laughed.

It only took a moment to degenerate into a demon. The tens of thousands of demons that had been entrenched around the village in the early years attacked from all around and devoured her completely in a short time.

Her consciousness of being a human disappeared at that time, but the huge hatred and innate spiritual power dominated this body that was fused with many demons, just like Gu worms fighting each other to determine the strongest, she became a powerful One of the things that the powerful hatred in her life urged her to do was to massacre the village.

Xiaqi killed all the people in the village where she lived since she was a child, leaving no one behind. She had no goal and could not see the future. Her only purpose was to kill.

Until she lost consciousness at the end, her last will as a human being was still to be with Yebu forever after becoming an artifact, and when she woke up again, she faced only the memory she had forgotten to protect herself and the strange man who picked her up.

He told her that you can become that person's artifact, the god named Yato, and then you have been innocently living as a so-called artifact until now, disguised with the power that clearly belongs to the demon.

Everything is like a dream, perhaps from the moment I met Ye Bu, the dream began.

<<

At this moment, looking at the man in front of her, she felt relieved, even though the huge monster power in her body had been awakened, it took all her strength just to suppress it.

"Yebu, I've finally waited for you." She smiled sincerely, as bright and brilliant as she was when she was 14 years old, "But it's been a little longer, you're too slow."

Yato was taken aback, the name he wrote down on the ground when she first met Xiaqi, she didn't pronounce it as Yato, but his real name Yabu, and he who got used to using Yato's name later on didn't. Much explanation.

He understood that Jiu Yin who called out his real name had already remembered everything in his life.

The remorse that he had been desperately enduring finally broke out completely at this moment, his hands holding Jiu Yin tightened, his eyes filled with tears: "I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

——"If you pay too much attention to humans, Dad will be very embarrassed. You don't want that little girl to be hurt."

——"Any kind of agreement is fine. Creatures like humans will always forget everything about you. You should know it best."

——"The boring bond will only increase your troubles, Yato, as long as you do what your father ordered, you will be fine."

But no matter what the reason was, the deceit was real. He really didn't go back to see Xia Qi, and he failed to keep the agreement at that time.

But she shook her head, raised her head, patted his cheeks with both hands and rubbed it twice: "There is nothing to be sorry for, it's because Xia Qi's obsession is too deep, and he fell into evil ways when he didn't even notice it, and Ye Bu has been doing it all the time." Protecting Xiaqi, isn’t it? Jiu Yin’s memory is not false, never using Jiu Yin to kill is the best proof, isn’t it?”

"..." Yedou was stunned, his face was rubbed indiscriminately, which seemed a bit ridiculous, but the girl was indeed right, and this was the reason why he kept rejecting Jiu Yin.

"Anyway, it's great to see you again." She looked at the man in front of her with a smile, wanting to remember his appearance better, even in the next life, "and thank you You, even at this time, never gave up on me."

"..."

Before Yato could respond, she took a deep breath and stood up, with veins popping out on her forehead because of suppressing the power in her body, and the thoughts of wanting to destroy everything tried to devour her hard-earned sanity countless times. There are degenerate artifacts that Bishamon has not yet cut out, and there are monsters attracted by the smell from a hundred miles away. It seems that the situation will only get worse and worse.

There are things she has to do.

As if he had already guessed what she was going to do, Yeto stood up abruptly and wanted to grab her hand, but he was still a bit slow. He waved his hand empty, only brushed the corner of her clothes, and looked at her back about to disappear—

"...Ju Yin!! Don't go there—"

He had just taken two steps but fell to his knees on the ground again, holding his neck so painful that he broke out in cold sweat, the black spot on his skin was spreading hugely, it was the same symptom as Bishamon, stabbed by the divine weapon Fallen Demon The ailments caused by the master, Jiu Yin, who became his divine weapon in the body of a monster, once recalled everything and recovered his memory, of course, such symptoms would double back to him in an instant.

From just now, Yato has been desperately trying not to show it, because he knows that once he shows pain, Jiu Yin will definitely...

But the girl still heard the movement behind her, she stopped, and when she turned around, she saw Yato who was being eroded by chiggers, exactly the same as the Bishamon she saw just now, she immediately understood: "Is it because of me? ...Is it because I am a monster that you are doing this?"

"No... no, Jiu Yin." He smiled and wanted to deny it, but he couldn't stop the cold sweat on his forehead growing more and more.

"I don't want to hurt you, Yato." She hurriedly wanted to help him up, but when she stretched out her hands, she saw her veins protruding from her hands, which were not human-like, and she immediately hid them.

"What should I do? What should I do?!" She whispered, and suddenly turned her head to look at the Bishamon in the distance, "...Yes, I know, I know what to do."

"Don't go there!" Yeto stood up holding his neck, but he could still bear this level of erosion, "Let's think about what else we can do to solve it?"

"There is no way, as long as the fact that I am a demon exists objectively." She smiled and pretended to calm down, "By the way, there is actually something I haven't told you, and I wanted to give you a surprise. "

Yato looked at her puzzledly: "..."

She stretched out her hand and gestured with two fingers: "Although I don't understand why I can become a magic weapon as a monster, but fortunately I have been practicing secretly, and Mr. Zhao Ma has praised me more than once."

Unable to wait for Yato to react, she concentrated her strength on her fingertips and drew a line forward: "One line!"

Yato was stunned, of course he was familiar with this movement, but he didn't expect that Jiu Yin would do it too, so that he was blocked one step away without any precautions, this is a more powerful barrier than the ordinary front line Power.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine soon." She withdrew her hand, as if to comfort Yato, but in fact it was all for herself.

After saying that, she turned around and ran away, and covered her ears with her hands. She knew what the man behind her was saying loudly, but she knew even more that she couldn't listen, and she couldn't be shaken in any way—

"It was Xiaqi who made a mistake."

"Then let Jiu Yin end it all."

<<

The lower realm was rumbling again, it was the sound of huge boulders collapsing, and after the dust was raised, the corpses of monsters that had piled up like a mountain disappeared, replaced by a small figure, with her long and pointed nails hanging down. It was full of blood, falling drop by drop to the ground, and in front of her was a huge wind hole, which opened wide due to the huge change in the world, and the foul wind roared out along with the demons of Huangquan, but it didn't take long for her to leave. Chop the meat in half with raised hands.

Her wish was fulfilled, and she knew very well that her sanity would soon be wiped out. Xia Qi had already completely turned into a demon the night she died. If the depraved artifacts of Bishamon were not completely cleaned up, she would appear. Yu instinctively swallowed it into his stomach to absorb more power, and even did unpredictable things to Yato, Bishamon and Zhaoma, who already exuded attractive fragrances.

So, she had to end everything before that, including... herself.

After she cleaned up the last monster, she smiled softly at Zhaoma next to him. Behind him was Bishamon who had already collapsed into a coma. She frankly met his slightly wary gaze, and said "please rest assured" language.

She looked back at the huge cave, and she could say goodbye to the world completely by falling into it, which she only knew thanks to Zhaoma.

So...just jump in and end everything, right?She can atone completely, and Yato won't be hurt.

"Do you really want to do this? Why don't you choose to continue to exist in this world with a new identity when you have such a good opportunity?"

The girl's smiling words came from behind her, she knew who it was, it was exactly the same as the voice that coaxed her to commit suicide.

"If you are worried about continuing to stab Yato, you can terminate the contract with him, and someone more suitable will become your master."

"A more suitable person?" She didn't look back, but said lightly, "Actually, I've always been curious, what exactly are you doing these things for?"

Feiyin laughed softly: "It's not for any particular reason, I just think it would be interesting if you were a fallen demon, and Yetou's annoyed and regretful expression is also very interesting."

"You're really bad." She turned her head to look at the girl who was smiling all the time, "Sometimes I really want to tear your smile off."

"Then why don't you take action? I'm the chief culprit who caused your death as a fallen demon. Do you really want to let me go so easily?" Fei Yin tilted her head, as if she was really puzzled.

"If you want to provoke me, then I will definitely not do what you want."

"That's a pity."

Feiyin closed her eyes, it seems that my father is going to be extremely disappointed, obviously I have done so many things for this day, but the uneasy factors that cannot be used by me should just disappear, but my father will be very sad about this two days.

Fei Yin smiled and stopped trying to stop her: "If there is a destiny, we will meet again."

She didn't respond, she turned around and continued to walk towards the huge wind cave. It was pitch black below, and she didn't know what was waiting for her, but her heart was so calm that there was no wave, and the life on her body could end with her death.

She closed her eyes, and the sound of running water seemed to be heard in her ears, just like that night, but this time it was completely different, she made the most correct choice with her own will——

Death, that would be the most suitable ending for her.

She took a step forward, felt the wind sweeping through her body, and then she fell down. The feeling of falling surrounded her for a moment, but when she was about to fall endlessly, someone suddenly held her right wrist firmly, stopping her Actions.

"Sister Jiuyin!"

"Miss Jiuyin!"

She opened her eyes, Liao and Zhaoma appeared from above who didn't know when they came, they were looking at her anxiously, and the person holding her wrist was gritting her teeth and trying to pull her up , that was Yato, who should have been blocked by a line, and the ailment spread from the neck to the upper body, even the hand holding her.

Why do you want to come here? ... He was obviously the one he didn't want to be seen the last time!

"Ju Yin! Don't end like this!"

"..."

He told himself so, but... but—

"It's too late." She finally relaxed at the critical moment of life and death, bursting into tears, crying uncontrollably, "Hey, Yato, if only life could start over again."

"Don't...don't! Jiuyin! You are my magic weapon! Whether it's sin or sin, let's bear everything together, shall we?!"

She saw that her right hand was tightly held, and on the back of the hand was the word "blame" that Yato had left for herself, which meant sin, and it turned out that this was the reason why he named himself.

She smiled in relief, but still shook her head: "That's fine, I'm willing to give up everything that belongs to you."

She raised her head and met Kami Yato's blue eyes—it's good that you were the last person to see.

As if realizing what she was going to do, the astonishment and fear in Yato's eyes gradually amplified, his right hand grabbed her wrist more forcefully, and even leaned forward even more, trying to pull her back with both hands, but in front of his eyes After a sudden blood red, the weight on his hands disappeared.

Broken palms, fallen girls, scarlet eyes everywhere...

"Ju Yin——!!!"