Summary: The Elves' Daily Love

"——So, you are the little tree of the future?"

"That's right." Yun Ci smiled and showed her necklace to little Natsume Takashi, "This is the token of love you gave me, little sun~"

"We are in love..." Little Natsume Takashi blushed and hid his face behind the bowl of noodles, but his eyes were staring at Yunci brightly, "So, will Xiaoshu and I become a real family in the future?"

"of course."

“Do we have our own home?”

"——Of course." Yun Ci rubbed Natsume Takashi's head with a gentle look in her eyes, "The little sun in the future is so powerful that it can protect me from monsters."

"I...?" Protect the little tree from the monster?

Natsume Takashi didn't quite believe it.

How is this possible?

He is too weak.

Always being chased and bullied by monsters.

Moreover, it was Xiaoshu who had been protecting him from the monsters.

Natsume Takashi met Yun Ci's eyes, but felt that she could not possibly lie to him.

“Will I be very powerful in the future?”

"Of course, so Xiao Yang Yang, don't forget the Kung Fu I taught you." Yun Ci waved his fist, "Keep practicing!"

At this point in time, she had already taught Takashi Natsume how to do hand and foot kung fu, but because he moved again and changed his guardian, it was from this time that the two of them could no longer meet, until later Natsume Takashi moved to the Fujiwara family...

It had been a long time since I last saw such a young Natsume Takashi, and Yun Ci felt itchy and kept rubbing him.

After dinner, Yunci accompanied Xia Muguizhi to school. When they arrived at the door, she squatted down, held Xia Muguizhi's hand, and said seriously:

"Little Sun, can I ask you for a favor?"

Natsume Takashi nodded seriously: "Tell me! I will definitely help you!"

Yun Ci smiled with her eyes curved: "Then I'd like to ask Little Sun to take good care of yourself before we meet again, okay?"

She raised her hand to straighten the boy's clothes and winked at him: "Hey?"

At the end of little Natsume Takashi's memory, the girl stood in the light and said to him gently:

"I will wait for you to come home. Aunt Tazi and Uncle Zi will wait for you together. Wait for you to come back to our home—"

*

Natsume Takashi suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the girl's face with her eyes closed.

The moment the monster left his body, green light burst out from the girl's body, and the extremely gentle and warm power that fell on him burned the monster to ashes bit by bit.

Yun Ci slowly opened her eyes, and the dark green color slowly faded away.

She looked at the boy's dazed face, smiled gently, and slowly leaned down to kiss the corner of his lips.

"Welcome back, little sun."

Natsume Takashi smiled and was about to respond, but he saw a big head popping out from behind the girl.

"You're still too weak, Natsume."

Natsume Takashi: "..."

Although I am very grateful that you, Mr. Cat, have always been by my side and called him, it would be a real shame if you showed up at this time.

Yun Ci smiled and she and Natsume Takashi supported each other to stand up, and they walked towards home together.

——Dai Town, go west along the Dai River.

At the end of the road is home.

The Natsume residence, which has been uninhabited for many years, has been covered with grass.

Natsume Takashi raised his hand and stroked the almost faded words "Natsume", then silently took out the key and opened the door.

"……I'm back."

Seeing this, Yun Ci took two steps forward, turned around and extended her hand to Natsume Takashi.

"Welcome back?"

Natsume Takashi laughed and walked forward to hug Yunci.

"I always feel like... I can see our future."

"By then, maybe there will be two little brats running around and calling you 'Dad'." Yun Ci deliberately said, "Natsume Dad?"

Natsume Takashi blushed, took Yunci's hand and walked into the house together, but did not say anything to spoil the fun.

"——That's really exciting."

The two of them and the cat walked through every corner of Natsume's house, and finally came to the place that Natsume Takashi remembered most vividly, and sat down to watch the sunset.

"I remember that Natsume's mother planted a flower in the yard. Do you want to move it to our house when you leave?"

"With your little pomegranate?"

"Let's find a companion for Little Pomegranate—"

It's time for them to go home.

Return to the home where someone is waiting.

*

Later, the group went to look for the lemonade spring again.

This time, of course, it was found successfully.

Although the taste of the soda has changed a little due to the rust on the container, it is still so delicious.

In the window of Takashi Natsume's wardrobe, next to the photo of the four boys and the photo with Yunci, there were two more photos today, with Uncle Shige, Aunt Tachiko, and -

A photo with the cat version of Madara.

*

17 is old.

Yun's house held another banquet.

Festive decorations, a long buffet table, and——

Natsume Takashi and Yun Ci were dressed formally and had a pair of rings on their hands.

A door opened between the Yun residence and the Fujiwara residence.

On the other side, Fujiwara's house was hosting a banquet for human friends.

Yun Ci and Natsume Takashi shuttled between the two banquets, welcoming the blessings from every friend.

"Excuse me, but we are not late, are we?"

"Welcome, Mr. Natori, Mr. Deba—"

Natori smiled at Yunci on Monday, "I didn't expect to see my 'girlfriend' marry someone else today. It's really sad, even though that man is Natsume."

Yun Ci also smiled: "Mr. Natori is too impatient. Today is just an engagement party, an engagement."

Natsume Takashi looked at the two people with similar auras, and exchanged a glance with Deba Shizuji, and they both laughed out loud.

*

18 is old.

The day after they graduated from high school, they went to the district office to register their marriage and officially became a family.

Also at the age of 18, on the day of Natsume Takashi's birthday, Yun Ci took Natsume Takashi, who had not changed much, to the newly renovated Natsume House, which was no different from what he remembered.

*

20 is old.

There are two new little kids who love to scribble at Natsume's house.

*

80 is old.

Yunci returns to the long river of time and space.

Yun Ci died right after Natsume Takashi passed away.

And Natsume Takashi died with a smile under the gaze of his monster friends and the children who were reincarnated from the leaves of the Tree of Life.

The soul leaves the body.

Yunci floated on the long river of time and space, controlling the small paper boat to return to the place where everything started.

In the hospital, Mrs. Natsume is doing everything she can to give the fruit of her and her husband's love the right to survive.

Yun Ci's soul floated beside the delivery room, gently injecting Mrs. Natsume with a vitality that was enough to support her for a hundred years.

"Whoa whoa-"

The newborn baby cried to announce his arrival. The woman gently rested her head on her son's tiny head and smiled at Natsume's father, who had also been baptized by the power of vitality.

Natsume's father bent down and used his fingers to tease the baby, who was grinning toothlessly.

"Takashi, Takashi, this is mom, I'm dad—"