This winter has been extremely cold, and insomnia has become common. Moreover, I would walk to the place where Onikiri used to live.

I felt very sad, but I couldn’t delay Kagura’s affairs. Because the treatment required too much spiritual power, my brother rested for a month. When I saw him again a month later, I was wrapped in the thickest kimono.

Sitting on the edge and looking at the cherry blossom tree in the yard.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu didn't give us any more tasks. Perhaps the incident with Onikiri made him wary. It made him realize that we are not so reliable and loyal.

My brother sat next to me and placed the cherry blossom wood carving with a red string on the edge.

"It's been a month, have you found anything?" asked my brother.

I tilted my head habitually, and for a moment, I felt that Onikiri was sitting next to me, with rice balls made by him.

"...No." I blinked and lowered my head, "I couldn't find anything...no matter whether it was the sacrifice miko or Onikiri...nothing could be found."

"That's it." My brother put his hands on the sides of his body and looked up at the gray sky like he did when he was a child.

"Well..." Even though he was wearing the thickest clothes, he was still cold, "Probably... I can't save anyone. I always thought I was great... With a little strength, I could speak words of protection without restraint...

…Actually, no one can protect you.”

My brother's eyes fell on my hand: "Since you know you can't save it, just give up. You are neither willing to give up nor continue anymore. You are the stupidest person. There are obviously two ways, and you can go there unimpeded.

If you keep going, you have taken the most difficult path. So, give up. If you can't do anything, you won't hope for anything. If you don't hope for anything, you won't feel so uncomfortable."

I clutched my sleeves: "I have no hope!"

The elder brother sneered and said: "As early as the beginning, I asked you why you came to Genji. You said you came for me. When you see me like this, it can be said that you don't want to stay with me that much.

, isn’t it? At least what I look like now is different from what you expected. If you plan to associate with monsters, you must have the consciousness to be my enemy. If you plan to be with me, you must give up the so-called sympathy.

.I am not willing to give up anything, and I will gain nothing.”

"..." He is right. I am not willing to give up anything, and I can't change anything.

"You self-righteously embark on a path that you think is right. As your brother, of course I will remind you. Unfortunately, you don't care about what I say. The path you are taking now will have greater consequences in the future.

The pain you are experiencing now is completely inconspicuous. In my opinion, your path will not work, and it is impossible for you to go on."

The weight of the kimono made me breathless.

"That's what I want to say." My brother took a long breath and said, "The next thing is what that guy said. That guy can always detect your emotions. If I hadn't suppressed him, I guess he would take you out now.

Genji Gate."

I took a deep breath and continued to listen to him.

"One day, I will kill him. Anyway, sooner or later you have to give up on what you want to protect."

"Azi, it's too early to give up now. So don't give up. You must be able to think of other ways, right... Boom! This guy!"

I forced back the tears and looked at my brother with red eyes: "No matter which brother it is, actually... he wants to see me continue walking, right?"

My brother raised his eyes and looked at me indifferently: "Don't compare me with that guy."

"I know..." I quickly turned my head, "Did my brother find something?"

"...It's a reward for you." My brother replied lazily, "I'm just interested in the real power behind Genji. Minamoto no Yorimitsu can create a life as powerful and incomplete as Onikiri. That power must be a god.

.”

Create life? I pushed open my sleeves, and the purple triangular mark appeared in front of me again. The vivid mark moved slowly on the inside of my arm.

"The sacrificial shrine maidens will be delivered to the altar in March. However, I don't know where the altar is. From Minamoto no Yorimitsu's tone, it seems that this is the last batch of sacrificial shrine maidens from the Genji." My brother said, "Minamoto Yorimitsu."

Guang is now the head of the family, and everything is decided by him. He is back today, and it seems that all his outings these past few days are related to Onikiri, so you can go and have a look tonight."

No matter what, let's go and see Minamoto Noraimitsu first... I haven't seen him since I came back.

Because I had changed rooms, when the maid led me to the bamboo curtain of the room, he was staring at somewhere in the yard. The dim light illuminated the vegetation around him, and a kind of desolation enveloped him.

"Do you want to ask Onikiri or Kagura?"

Probably aware of the purpose of my arrival, Minamoto no Yorimitsu turned around with a rare look of fatigue on his face.

"The weather is getting warmer. Such thick clothes will make your already weak character even weaker."

I didn't say anything, I just followed him.

"You stopped talking to me because of Onikiri?" Minamoto no Yorimitsu laughed at me and sat down under the edge.

The bright light shone on his gauze-wrapped upper body, and the wounds were very hideous. He only had a haori on his shoulders, and the haori was still embroidered with gentian patterns. I subconsciously looked at my kimono and the cuffs.

There are also gentian flower patterns. I don’t know how Onikiri is doing now...whether the wounds have been treated.

"Sometimes, I feel sorry for you, and sometimes I hate you very much." I said dryly.

"What about now?" Minamoto Noraimitsu looked at me with his bloody eyes, "What are your feelings for me now?"

"...I don't know." I lowered my eyes, "I think I should hate you, but you always make me unable to hate you. I always feel that it makes sense for you to do this...I try to understand,

But in the end, I found out that this was also the result of you taking advantage of me."

Minamoto no Yorimitsu chuckled: "Don't you understand yet? Ziji. Since you are from Genji, you will definitely be loyal to Genji."

"So... when one day, my brother and I are no longer valuable, will you abandon us just like you abandoned Onikiri?" I raised my head and asked him.

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" Minamoto Yorimitsu said nonchalantly, "Now that you have the answer, it would be a mistake to seek the answer from me."

I raised my feet and sat on the edge beside him, looking down at my hands.

"I will do whatever it takes to get everything I want. Emotions are just tools to me. Zi Ji, you know this very well." Minamoto no Laiguang smiled, "Sympathy and hatred are all influenced by me.

means. You must also learn how to use emotions to achieve your own goals."

My hands were held tightly together and I felt uncomfortable again.

"Just like you now, you feel extremely uncomfortable because of what I said." Minamoto Yorimitsu said, "Onikiri was sealed in the underworld by me. Whether he can come out depends entirely on him."

I suddenly raised my head and looked at Minamoto Norimitsu: "You didn't...you didn't kill him?"

Minamoto no Yorimitsu chuckled and asked: "Are you expecting me to kill you brother and sister in the future?"

The feeling was both reasonable and unexpected. The hand on his head was somewhat similar to his father's, but it was obviously colder.

"I know you want to stop me." Minamoto norimitsu retracted his hand, "then give it a try."

I opened my eyes suddenly.

"I think this is an indispensable part for you to grow quickly." Minamoto Noraimitsu said, "As for the future, I will look at your changes and then make a decision."

Does it turn out that he knows everything? He just doesn’t say anything...

"Zi Ji, if you are not strong, you will eventually be swallowed up by fate." Minamoto Noraimitsu stood up and looked into the distance.

destiny?

"As early as when I created Onikiri, I thought that one day I would face off against him with swords. It is indeed a monster I taught. It can be considered a great success for me if it can hurt me like this."

Minamoto Yorimitsu looked down at me: "I know that you will definitely confront me with swords in the future, so I will use your sympathy to avoid such losses. This is the biggest difference between you and Onikiri, because your

Emotions are never pure."

No one knows me better than myself, the only one who doesn’t understand me is myself.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu is very strong. He doesn't care about my blocking or my hatred. He knows that I also hate my brother, he knows that I hate Kagura, and I also hate myself. He knows even better that my hatred is just the foundation.

, the emotion born from hatred is the best to make use of.

The cherry blossoms in the yard bloomed a little earlier this year. When the cherry blossoms bloomed in February, my brother went out with Minamoto Yorimitsu to conquer, and I returned to the days when there were no Onikiri. Minamoto Yorimitsu personally taught me sword skills and also let me

Help with Genji's trivial matters.

I stayed in the yard practicing sword skills and studying Onmyoji, and the only thing in my mind was to save Kagura.

The cherry blossoms finally bloomed, and the mark on the inside of my arm became active - Xiaozi came out.

"Have you heard? It's that Onmyoji Seimei!"

"Ah...it's actually him!"

"...He is good-looking and powerful!"

"..."

Xiao Zi wrapped around my arm, straightened up and wanted to rub my face. I touched its head, but it avoided it, as if it was a little unhappy.

After seeing the maids leaving, I stood up and asked, "What's wrong? Are you angry?"

Xiao Zi blinked, climbed directly onto my shoulder, stretched out her body and rubbed my face. Xiao Zi's body was now no more than the size of a branch, and her scales rubbed against her face, which was a little itchy.

"Okay, okay, come on." I stretched out my palm and said, "Today's mission of searching for outside news is completed."

Xiao Zi reluctantly returned to my arm, and finally got into the mark without saying a word.

I still keep Chihaya from Yatama, thinking about when I can return it to him. However, he always appears when I am in the most embarrassing situation, so maybe he won’t be able to return it next time.

As for Qingming...

Sure enough, he became a great onmyoji.

And that day is coming soon.

Most of what I guessed is correct. Xiaozi is life, and it was given to me by Yamama Yuan. Xiaozi turned into a mark and appeared on my arm, which already shows that Yamama Yuan has a relationship with the gods.
Chapter completed!