I am the one holding the Higan flower in my hand

Everyone will have an unforgettable day.

The same goes for Kuriyama Kuriko. It’s a snowy day that she will never forget even at the end of her life.

He walked through the snow to the dying woman and asked in a nonchalant tone,

"Do you want to live?"

A young man with pupils as red as blood.

My own answer.

"To ask such nonsense, you are really an unworldly young man."

"I want to live, I want to live -"

"Just want to survive."

Probably the first time the two met was not a pleasant memory. Onibutsuji Muzan was more tolerant of Kuriyama Kuriko than any other oni.

Because she exposed her true nature from the beginning.

Recalling this point, Kuriyama Kuriko, who has turned into a ghost, does not want to know what the face of Onibatsuji Muzan was at that time when he was told, "Asking such nonsense, you are really an unworldly young master."

Anyway, when she woke up again, her legs, which were bloody and bloody after being hit by snowballs, had miraculously recovered. She had never believed in gods, so she began to think in her mind, could it be that there had been a "miracle?"

The black-haired girl immediately put her hands together and began to thank the unknown god. She did not notice at all that there was a woman holding a pipa in the corner of the room.

Naruto finally waited until Kuriyama Kuriko woke up. Before she could say anything, she saw the awakened girl thanking God loudly for her love.

With the kindness of God, Naru was silent for a few seconds before speaking.

"you're awake?"

A pleasant female voice sounded in her ears, and Kuriyama Kuriko, who was immersed in her own thoughts, realized that there was someone else in this room. She felt a little sad in her heart, and quickly turned her head to look at the place where the sound came from.

The strange woman's appearance was covered by long black hair. She was wearing a black kimono and was sitting in the corner of the room. In her arms, she held an instrument that Kuriyama Kuriko didn't recognize.

"This is the first time we meet, I'm Naru." Naru raised her head slightly and observed the woman in front of her who was brought back by Muzan... No, the other party couldn't use the word "female" yet, she should use "girl".

A girl who has turned into a ghost, but does not have any ghost characteristics in her appearance.

The girl's clothes were washed until they turned white, and there were several patches. Although she didn't reach out to touch them, judging from the heavy feeling, the filling of the clothes should be cotton that has been used for many years.

Naru's sizing gaze was not obvious, but people who had been vigilant since waking up immediately felt it. She subconsciously lowered her head to look at the clothes on her body, and her face suddenly showed a little panic, "I..."

There were blood stains on the clothes.

Did I bleed so much that most of my clothes were stained red?

Kuriyama Kuriko tried her best to recall what happened at that time, but at that time her consciousness had long been blurred and she could not remember anything at that time.

"Have you felt any changes in your body?" Naru didn't care about the confused expression on Kuriyama Kuriko's face and directly asked what she wanted to know.

"Body changes?"

Kuriyama Kuriko repeated in confusion, was it referring to her miraculously restored legs, or... something else?

Since childhood, Kuriyama Kuriko has never trusted anyone easily, and she quickly regained her composure. He stood up and sat down with an embarrassed smile on his face, "I'm Kuriyama Kuriko. I'm very sorry. I just woke up and my brain is not working well. What kind of physical changes are you talking about?"

As she spoke, she tried to find possible unknown changes.

"Normally, you should feel hungry."

Becoming a ghost requires a huge amount of energy, so ghosts are very hungry and need to eat a lot.

"I don't feel hungry." It might be difficult to be sure about other feelings, but whether she was hungry or not, Kuriyama Kuriko felt that she should still know. She didn't feel this way, so she answered very decisively.

Narume was not surprised when she heard the answer. Kuriyama Kuriko did not appear to be hungry.

This means she has eaten before.

There are indeed a few ghosts who are too hungry and confused during their newborn period. After their appetite is satisfied, they forget what happened during that period.

But this one is not like that. She is more like someone throwing food in front of her before she wakes up, and her body automatically preys on the food while the person is still awake.

Ghosts don't necessarily eat people with their mouths.

As she was thinking about things in her mind, Naru's fingers touched the pipa, and the cool touch brought back her wandering thoughts.

Forget it, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me. I just came here to tell this child that she is no longer a human being. "You are no longer a human being. Can you feel it?"

When Naruko asked if she had felt any changes in her body just now, Kuriyama Kuriko was already seriously feeling the changes in her body that she was talking about.

Yes, if you want to describe it, Lishan Lizi, who lives in a remote rural area and has no knowledge and culture, can only say that he has become stronger around him. She didn't know how to describe other more clear and detailed descriptions.

Looking at Narume, who looked like she was well-educated at first sight, Kuriyama Kuriko's voice became a little softer. She lowered her eyes to hide her inner uneasiness and inferiority, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her voice revealed her embarrassment... .... "I feel... my body has become stronger. I can kill a dog with one punch."

her cultural accomplishment.

"...", Naruhito.

As the saying goes, eyes are the windows to the soul. If you look into a person's eyes, you can understand what that person is thinking. However, at this moment, Kuriyama Kuriko felt that she could understand what the other person was thinking without looking into Naru's eyes.

"...It's a very interesting description," Naruto, who was silent as she was being fucked, finally thought of an echoing word in her mind for more than ten seconds.

Very simple, very honest, very real, very...

Okay, she admitted that this was how she described the changes in her body the first time she saw a ghost. If she hadn't seen with her own eyes that it was a girl, she would have thought that the person opposite her was a slovenly middle-aged and elderly man.

"Then I'm not a human being, so what have I become?" Kuriyama Kuriko was curious.

She raised her head and her blue eyes were completely curious. She was only curious about what she had become, not the panic of other species.

Something flashed through Naruto's mind, this girl... "Do you know ghosts?"

"Ghost?... I should know..." Of course, the 'ghost' Kuriyama Kuriko knew, but she felt that the 'ghost' the woman named Naru-onna was talking about should be the same as her. The perception was different, so her tone was uncertain.

"That adult chose us, gave us blood, gave us new life, and gave us power far beyond that of humans."

"Eternal life..."

"Eternal life?"

Naruto was speaking with concentration and seriousness, and the people opposite her were also listening very seriously. Therefore, this repeated sentence really caught people off guard, causing Narume's words to come to an abrupt end.

Mainly the sound of chestnuts is exciting and high-pitched.

The words were suddenly interrupted, and Naruto was a little unhappy. She looked at Kuriyama Kuriko quietly with one eye through her hair, and then looked away slightly uncomfortably.

Kuriyama Kuriko's eyes were like big light bulbs, astonishingly bright, and he stared at Naruto without blinking, "Eternal life means that you can live forever, right?"

"Yes."

"Wow——" Kuriyama Kuriko was so excited that he didn't care to listen to Naru's next words. The smile on his face was so bright that he almost jumped up in the room, "Really?"

She couldn't believe it, "Can I live forever? This is great, so happy."

"Is there really such a good thing in this world? Can you live forever?"

"Become a ghost and you can live forever? This is... so beautiful," it's so beautiful that I want to cry. How could there be such a simple way to survive?

Is it good to live forever? Seeing Kuriyama Kuriko's excessive excitement, Naruko was a little confused. Naturally, she wouldn't say that living is not good, but simply living is not something worth being so happy about...

"Is there something you want to do that makes you so happy?"

Narume was not of a curious nature, but the girl opposite was actually so happy, so happy that one couldn't help but be curious.

"No," Kuriyama Kuriko's eyes sparkled, her tone was so natural, and her smile was like the sun in the sky, very dazzling, "I don't have anything I want to do."

"I'm just happy to be alive, do you need any other reasons?"

"This is the greatest happiness."

"Ever since I was little, I have been thinking about how to survive."

"Now, if you tell me that you can live forever by becoming a ghost, I'm really happy." Kuriyama Kuriko raised her head, tears flashing in her blue eyes, but she didn't want anyone to see it, "Just It seems like I don’t have to worry about food anymore—”

Kuriyama Kuriko, who was speaking sadly, suddenly stopped feeling sad in her heart. She suddenly looked at Naruko and asked nervously, "Well... ghosts shouldn't starve to death, right?"

Narume, "..."

Seeing that Naru didn't speak, Kuriyama Kuriko thought he had guessed correctly, and suddenly felt despair. It was over, and he would be hungry forever...

The joy of becoming a ghost disappeared immediately, and her face visibly slumped. Narume thought there might be something wrong with her eyes, otherwise why would Kuriyama Kuriko suddenly become ten years older?

"Ghosts don't starve to death."

Kuriyama Kuriko's eyes brightened, and his skin exuded a youthful glow.

"but....."

Kuriyama Kuriko's eyes dimmed a bit.

"If you don't eat for a long time, the ghost will lose its mind."

"Indeed, when I was hungry, I thought about taking a few bites of myself. Can ghosts eat themselves?"

"...That's not the case...Why are you so hungry that you want to gnaw yourself?..."

"Because he is very poor," Kuriyama Kuriko replied calmly, "very, very poor."