"Ah, it's A Xi!"

While I was waiting for Kui Zi to buy something, someone tapped me on the shoulder.

When he turned around, he saw an unfamiliar and immature face.

Obviously, the other person is just a child as big as a sunflower seed - he must also be a child who often plays with his brother.

"Xiao An, why are you here?" Kuizi walked over from the side holding the things she bought, and then put them all in the basket.

Although I came here to buy it with Kuiko, I didn't actually see many people while standing under the tree waiting for her.

"Ah, we are moving out today. We want to say hello to everyone before leaving." The child named "Xiao An" scratched his head.

"Really." Kuiko complained, "If you really want to leave, just leave quickly. Everyone will be sad if they see it."

Xiao An looked helpless: "Kuizi, you really hit the nail on the head."

But Xiao An didn't seem to be planning to leave immediately.

"Um, Kui Zi..."

Kui Zi flexibly fiddled with the things she bought in the basket without looking at Xiao An. I looked at Xiao An curiously, but Xiao An seemed to be deliberately avoiding my eyes.

Kui Zi glared at me, then turned to look at Xiao An: "What? Are you okay?"

"Kuizi, I will come back. Will you be my wife then?"

Xiao An was obviously panicked, but he pinched the corner of his clothes and tried his best to calm down.

After hearing these words, Kui Zi suddenly opened her eyes wide, and the beautiful broken hair on her forehead moved with her movements: "I don't want to!"

"Then do you just want to live in a home like that forever?" Xiao An's hand holding the corner of his clothes became tighter, "You'll live in the mountains and forests all your life?"

"Deep in the mountains and old forests? What's wrong with A Xi's family?" Kuiko said impatiently, "Let me tell you, they are members of the Genji. Do you know the Genji? They are nobles in Kyoto, and sooner or later they will return to Kyoto.

It's much better than a young boy like you."

"Kuizi, you-" Xiao An's face was even redder than before.

"Don't be stupid, how can someone like you know about the nobility of Kyoto?" Aoiko made no secret of her thoughts, then turned to me and said, "Go and push him away."

As she said that, Kuizi pushed me in front of Xiao An. But Xiao An ran away before I could say a word. I froze on the spot and didn't know what to do, but Kuizi ordered me to go to the village to find a place to stay.

of a family.

However, this is one of my few downhill experiences. Let alone asking people for directions, it is extremely difficult to even say a word to them.

"Sister Kuiko...I'm sorry..."

After returning in vain, I can only say this to Kuizi.

"I know you are like this. You have always relied on others, and you are of no use at all. If you were like this when I was a child, I would have probably starved to death. Okay, you stay here and I will go find an acquaintance."

Zi pointed to the basket under the tree and said.

So, I guarded the basket under the tree and waited for the sunflower seeds to come back.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Don't you know this tree is a sacred tree?"

Just when I was leaning against the tree and falling asleep, a man shouted loudly. When I opened my eyes, I found that there were several men surrounding me.

"...Sacred tree?"

"Yesterday, when there was thunder, it happened to hit this tree, but nothing happened to it... Speaking of which, you look a lot like that kid who often comes to the village to play. They all say you can drive away monsters with Yin Yang magic.

By the way, there happens to be something strange happening around here. That guy Xiao An says every day that he has a good friend who knows Yin Yang magic. It seems that it is you. You helped us a lot last time, so you can do it this time too. Dalang

, take him there."

After hearing this, a villager reached out and grabbed my collar.

"But...I..."

I suddenly realized that I couldn't talk about that thing at this time. Kuiko once told me that everyone knew that my father and brother lived together in the mansion in the mountains, but my existence must not be known. And everyone's default thing is

, my brother knows onmyoji and can defeat monsters, but I can’t...

No matter what my father taught me, I have never been successful in onmyoji.

"What are you all doing here?"

I have never looked forward to Kuiko's appearance as much as I do now.

"Oh, it's Kuizi. You came just in time. Don't you live with this kid?" A villager said, "Something strange happened recently. Let him go and take a look."

I looked at Kuizi and shook my head desperately to express that I wouldn't do it, but Kuizi showed her usual sweet smile: "So that's it, Ah Xi must be very willing to help everyone, right? Ah Xi."

I couldn't nod, because I knew that this was not something I could do. My brother said that if you force yourself to do something that you can't do in the first place, it will only lead to disaster...

But Kuiko didn't care about me. She took away the basket placed under the tree and waited aside like the villagers.

"Since that's the case, I'll take this brat there first."

I was taken to the woods on the other side. The villager seemed to be very scared. He let go of me and left quickly. The chirping of cicadas in summer sounded very strange at this time. It was just an intuition that I could feel the surroundings.

of chill.

"...father...brother..."

I could hear myself crying quietly, then my legs became weak and I sat directly on the ground.

"Don't...don't leave me..."

The shade of the trees formed a thick darkness on the ground, almost swallowing up all the sunlight that finally fell through the gaps in the leaves.

Even though I was almost unconscious from fear, I still vaguely remembered the talisman on my body. The talisman my brother gave me... it shouldn't matter... It's just that this time, I want to survive...

While crying, I took out the charm from my belt. The crumpled charm seemed to be quite useful, and the chill around me was dissipated a lot.

I reluctantly stood up and started to look around. They were all trees... I couldn't see where the road was, and I couldn't even see any light.

"laugh!"

Just when I calmed down a little, I looked up and met a pair of huge eyes. I was so scared that I even forgot to scream.

There was a "rustling" sound all around, and I suppressed my fear and looked down. It turned out that my feet had long been suspended in the air, and now I was wrapped in the tail of a giant snake.

It is the fear that has been lost for a long time, the first fear when coming into contact with those things that are different from human beings...the first fear.

"No... please... don't eat me..." I didn't know why, but I spoke.

This young me, out of my control, completely released the fear and fear in my heart, and at the same time, the initial fear expanded in my original heart.

"Please..."

Why did I say such things at that time? Why did I plead like this...?

As I cried and choked, the giant snake narrowed its huge blue eyes and slowly put me into its bloody mouth.

Looking at the mouth getting closer and closer, I grasped the talisman with both hands and really pressed against the sticky flesh.

"Hey!"

The moment I came into contact with the spell, I felt my body loosen and then be thrown far away. I got up from the ground and ran as fast as I could.

Surrounded by darkness, I could not see the familiar road at all. Fear and grievance kept colliding in my heart, making me have to run and cry at the same time.

I know that I can't stop at this time. Once I stop, everything will end here. The memories I once forgot, the memories that were carefully decorated by my father, I once wanted to go back to this time and change all my moods.

——Once you stop, all these will disappear completely.

The young thoughts and the thoughts that should have merged little by little, and there was finally light ahead.

The afternoon sun fell on me, which was unreal, but I had really come out of the forest. But...why were there giant snakes in the forest? And...can they eat people? If so, why didn't my father?

Come to get rid of it? Even my brother let it go?

I rested for a while and planned to go around the forest to find sunflower seeds in the village. But after checking the place again, I found that there seemed to be a shortcut here that could bypass the village and go directly to my home in the mountains.

Why...is there...such a road here?

I subconsciously looked at my hand - the charm was gone. Does this mean that the snake just now...

By the way, those eyes look like they've been seen before somewhere...but where exactly are they?

An idea took hold of me.

I turned around, fell into the woods, and ran back. An indescribable emotion made me cry again for some reason.

When I returned to that place, the snake had not completely disappeared. It seemed to sense my arrival, raised its head with difficulty, and looked directly at me with a pair of blue snake eyes. Because of the spell, its

The body is slowly disappearing.

"What on earth are you..."

who is it?

It looked at me, lowered its head, and finally fell to the ground overwhelmed.

"Who is it...?"

Like the emeralds I had seen in my father's room, those eyes were as dazzling as emeralds, but at this time the brilliance of the emeralds was fading away. At this time, I saw the giant snake's forehead - that

It is a place that has lost its original scales, with a few sunset flowers blooming.
To be continued...