Natsume’s Youth Story

“What’s wrong? Can’t sleep at night? ”

Natsume asked Mai.

“Well, if you rest now, it’s really too early, so I want to come out and stroll.”

Mai smiled a little, ruffled her windswept hair behind her ear, and then looked at Natsume.

“What about Natsume? How did you come up with the idea to come out for a walk? ”

“My words… You see. ”

Natsume raised the cat teacher in his hand and showed a wry smile.

“Hey? Drunk? ”

Mai looked at the drunken cat teacher and instantly understood.

“Well, so take the cat teacher out to sober up.”

Natsume explained.

“Let’s go shopping together, shall we?”

Mai extended an invitation to Natsume.

“Okay.”

Natsume nodded in agreement, and the two of them walked forward along the riverbank together.

Mai looked at Natsume beside her, smiled, hugged Natsume’s arm, and rested her head on Natsume’s shoulder, appearing very intimate.

“Mai…”

Natsume smiled bitterly, why is a person so bold?

“Don’t refuse me.”

Mai glared at Natsume with a coquettish expression, something she was willing to do.

“……”

Natsume, who didn’t know what to say, could only walk forward with Mai.

As he continued to walk forward, Natsume saw a man and a woman, standing by the river, looking ahead, without the slightest communication between the two sides, and did not know what to do standing there.

“Natsume, is that man so strange? Just standing there like that, what is this trying to do? Is it pretending to be melancholy? ”

Mai followed Natsume’s line of sight and also saw the man standing by the river, revealing a curious expression.

“Hey? The man? ”

Natsume looked at Mai in surprise, and then thought of something, could it be said that Mai couldn’t see the woman?

“What’s wrong? Is there anything strange? ”

Mai looked at Natsume strangely, why did she think Natsume’s tone was very strange?

“Mai, did you just see someone?”

Natsume asked again.

“yes, I can only see one man, how? Is there anything I haven’t seen? Is it a yokai? ”

Mai instantly came to the spirit.

“Well, I can see that behind that man, there is a girl accompanying him.”

Natsume explained what he saw.

“Hey? Can you show me? ”

Mai asked as she looked at Natsume expectantly.

“Well, you can.”

Natsume made a seal, and the array of manifestations enveloped the other inside, and then Mai saw the girl behind the man.

“Sure enough, there’s a girl here.”

Mai came to the spirit, “Natsume, let’s go over and see, there is definitely a story in this.” ”

After all, she has experienced a lot with Natsume, so Mai is also very bold, and she is not so afraid of youkai things, and besides, with Natsume here, she is not afraid of anything.

Because of the approaching of Natsume and Mai, a man named Akira who was standing by the river turned to look over.

“Hello.”

Natsume and Mai greeted each other.

“Hello.”

Akira nodded amiably at Natsume and Mai, and then asked curiously, “You guys are a couple who came to the hot spring inn, right?” ”

“Yes.”

Natsume wanted to say no, but was directly answered by Mai, and then Natsume didn’t know what to say.

“Like this? It’s really good to be young. ”

Zhang Shi smiled and thought of his past.

“Mr. Zhang Shi, are you thinking about someone here?”

Natsume couldn’t help but ask.

“Do you believe in the existence of youkai?”

After hearing Natsume’s inquiry, Zhang Shi did not answer directly, but inquired.

“Yokai?”

Both Natsume and Mai showed surprised expressions.

“Well, when I was a child, I could see youkai, which is incredible, right? Of course, I guess you are also thinking in your hearts that I am lying. ”

Zhang Shi laughed, after all, he knew that this kind of thing sounded too mysterious, and it was normal for normal people not to believe it.

“And then?”

Both Natsume and Mai became curious, so why couldn’t the other party see the youkai behind him now? What really happened afterwards?

“When I was a child, I was able to see youkai, and then I met a youkai here, and gradually got along, we developed feelings between us, although we haven’t said it yet.

However, I don’t know what happened, I suddenly lost the ability to see youkai, and then… I couldn’t see each other, couldn’t hear each other’s voices, and just like that, we completely lost contact.

I couldn’t even know if she was still with me. ”

Speaking of Zhang Shi here, there was also a trace of sadness in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

After hearing the other party’s words, Mai glanced at the youkai behind Akira and wanted to tell the other party that the other party had always been there, however, she was stopped by Natsume.

“Wait a minute, Mai, the other party can’t see… So even if we know, it’s just sadness, and before we tell each other, we have to listen to her thoughts. ”

Natsume spoke his mind.

“Well, I see.”

Mai reacted, indeed, her own idea was too simple.

“Zhang Shi…”

After hearing Zhang Shi’s words, the monster standing behind the other party also had a trace of sadness in his eyes, but so many years have passed, from sadness and despair at the beginning to indifference now.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, let you hear this, just treat this as a story.”

Akira, who reacted, said to Natsume and Mai with a smile.

“It’s okay.”

Natsume shook his head, signaling that it didn’t matter.

“It’s a very moving story.”

Mai said very seriously.

“For so many years, Mr. Zhang Shi, have you been waiting here?”

Natsume asked with concern.

“Hmm.”

Zhang Shi nodded, “For so many years, even if I can’t see it, I will still appear here as long as I have time, but for me, staying here is also a good way to relax, and here, I can get a kind of inner peace.” ”