Grandmother Dressed Up

"Master Drunken Moon!"

"Master Drunken Moon!"

"Master Zuiyue, we have asked about that brat!"

When the mid-level monsters crowded around the big rock together, the moonlight in the sky was beautiful, and Zuiyue stood on the rock rarely, without drinking.

Since Zuiyue knocked down the rhino monster that was bullying the monsters on the hill, these mid-level monsters surrounded him one by one, "Master Zuiyue", and they couldn't drive him away no matter how hard they tried.

So Zuiyue simply sent them to investigate Natsume Takashi's affairs.

Zuiyue was a little concerned about that child's situation.

The moonlight sprinkled on the rock, and behind the reflection of the drunken moon appeared the butterfly wings that had almost healed again. Those wings were no longer drooping weakly like before, but stretched gently against the wind.

But those mid-level monsters surrounding him seemed to be unable to see the shadow of the pair of butterfly wings.

"We followed the little ghost to a house in the town, and asked about the monsters that haunted that house. The human kid seemed to be different from other humans."

"Because you can see monsters?" Zui Yue didn't find it strange.

"I heard that he seems to be something... an orphan. He was an outsider who came to this small town four months ago. The owner of the house he lives in now is a couple with a very bad temper. They made a bet with others to take in that little devil Four months." Intermediate monsters don't know much about human beings.

But Zuiyue at least knows that Natsume Reiko and even the child's parents may not be alive, and Natsume Takashi may not even have a real home. He is clearly a child, but he seems to be on the road of wandering all the time.

"No wonder he always wears ill-fitting clothes and worn-out schoolbag." Zuiyue murmured to herself.

"Master Zuiyue." The mid-level monsters don't understand humans, but they can see that the powerful Master Zuiyue cares about that human kid very much, so they stepped forward and said, "The four-month period is coming soon, and that child will soon be here." Get out of this town."

"Master Zuiyue, how about leaving that child on the hill and living with us?"

"That's right, Master Zuiyue! The people living in that house treat that kid very badly. Sometimes they don't even help prepare food. Why don't they live with us on the hills!"

"Master Drunken Moon..."

"Master Drunken Moon..."

"Shut up!" Zuiyue, who was surrounded by mid-level monsters, was still a little drunk, but now she was getting a headache from being quarreled by the mid-level monsters again, "Stop talking."

The mid-level monsters booed instantly, and some even covered their mouths hard.

"First of all, I don't know how long I can stay here. It may be a few years, it may be a few months, or it may be a few days. How can I take care of a troublesome human cub in this situation?" Drunk Yue looked at the mid-level monsters in front of him again, "Should I leave it to you guys who are so scared that they can't walk when they encounter powerful monsters?"

The mid-level monsters drooped their heads weakly.

"And why are so many humans willing to contact monsters? Even if that kid is willing, do you want him to live on a rock like me? Eat wild fruits, drink stream water, and pick up human clothes to wear?" Zuiyue shook her head helplessly, "The wolf boy living in the mountains will eventually return to the human world one day. What that little ghost has to do is to integrate into his own kind, instead of fleeing to the unsafe monster paradise."

"You also stay away from him." Zuiyue picked up the bottle and took a big sip, "For his own good, don't disturb his life."

"But that little ghost is different from other humans, and it feels very interesting." A middle-level monster couldn't help but said, "I wasn't afraid at all when facing that powerful monster, and even wanted to scare him with Master Zuiyue. interesting!"

"Little guy." Zuiyue was much taller than that intermediate-level monster, so she bent down, stretched out her finger and tapped the monster's forehead, "As a senior, I will give you a piece of advice, don't be easily interested in humans. "

"Why?" The intermediate monster tilted his head like a child.

Zuiyue smiled, and whispered four words——

"You can't get married."

Every time Zuiyue wakes up from the cocoon, Zuiyue's body looks fine, and her spiritual power and strength are not affected, but in fact, there is always a piercing pain in her body, which bursts out from the depths of her soul day and night, It made Drunk Moon look like a butterfly with broken wings, no matter how hard she tried to fly, she couldn't fly too far.

Only moonlight and wine can alleviate such pain.

But Zuiyue has long been used to this kind of pain, and knows that as long as she stays in a place where the moonlight can shine for a while, this pain will gradually disappear.

At that time, it was time for Zuiyue to leave.

Only this time, although the pain that had been tormenting Zuiyue has disappeared, he still stayed on the rock.

Because of the little tie called Natsume Takashi, Zuiyue still stayed on the rock as before, drinking the wine just brought by the monsters.The amount of wine sent by the mid-level monsters on the hill has increased a lot. If Zui Yue didn't drink hard, it might pile up the entire rock.

It's a pity that the quality of the wine has not improved much.

Because she drank too much, Zuiyue lay down on the rock directly, hanging down from the rock with one hand holding the rope of the flagon, watching the hanging flagon swing back and forth.

Zuiyue also saw Natsume Takashi as usual, but the child didn't stay by the rock as usual, but walked past the rock in a low mood, and walked all the way to the stream not far away, staring at him blankly. The surface of the water in the sun.

In the afternoon sun, the shadow of butterfly wings that had completely healed behind Zuiyue stretched lightly. He just fell off the rock with the flagon in his hand, touched the ground lightly with his bare feet, and followed Natsume Takashi .

The small figure slowly sat down by the river, without saying a word or moving.

Zuiyue also walked over, tidied up the hem of the broken kimono, and sat down beside Natsume Takashi.

The silhouettes of one big and one small are reflected on the surface of the stream, shimmering in the sun, and they look very harmonious.Natsume Takashi didn't turn his head to look at Zuiyue, but he also saw the kimono monster reflected in the water.

"My uncle who lives in another city wants to take me in for a while." Natsume Takashi hugged his knees and curled up into a small ball, "After that, I may be sent to live with relatives in other cities, again and again, again and again. Once, always like this."

"Maybe that uncle will be a good person." Zuiyue said something that she didn't quite believe.But Zuiyue, who may leave this world in the next second, really can't make any promises to Natsume Takashi.

"En!" Natsume Takashi turned his head and smiled at Zuiyue.

He was obviously smiling, but the child's beautiful amber eyes seemed to be artificial eyes made of glass, too empty to show emotion.

"Master Zuiyue." Natsume Takashi still stubbornly called him that, "Is there anything in particular you want to do?"

Considering the need to set a correct example in front of her grandchildren, Zui Yue coughed lightly and said, "Don't look at me now, I have something to do."

"I've been looking for someone."

"people?"

"Well, a half-baked onmyoji." Zuiyue looked over the hill to an unknown distance, "I don't know what his name is now, where he is now, or even what he looks like now, but I want to find that person."

Someone who doesn't know their name, face, or where they are?

Natsume Takashi tilted his head, a little confused.

"Then how do I find it?" Takashi Natsume seemed to have forgotten his troubles for a while, "Is there really an Onmyoji in this world?"

"As long as you see that person, you can recognize him." Zuiyue smiled, looking at the dangling wine bottle in her hand, "In Natsume Reiko's world, he might be a demon exorcist in this life, anyway, he is such a stubborn person. guy."

Natsume Takashi didn't quite understand what Zuiyue said, nor did he really understand who he wanted to find, but...

"It's great, Master Zuiyue has something he wants to do." Natsume Takashi said enviously, "But I don't know where I'm going after connecting."

"Master Zuiyue, will I see you again after I leave here?" Natsume Takashi looked at the monster in kimono beside him, as if hoping to get a small promise from Zuiyue.

But Zuiyue shook her head and said with a smile: "I am the rock monster of this mountain. I was born here and grew up here. Because I am not strong enough, I have no way to leave here."

"That is to say, after Master Zuiyue becomes stronger, you can leave here?" The little Natsume seemed to have discovered a happy thing.

"Yes." Zuiyue smiled without showing any trace, "Why don't we make an agreement?"

"Agreement?"

"When I become strong enough, I will go to you. No matter which city you live in, I will settle in that city, okay?" Zuiyue looked at Natsume who opened her eyes wide.

"Really?" There was light in the child's eyes.

"Really, but I have one condition." Zuiyue suddenly stretched out her finger, raised Xiao Natsume's chin, and said with a smile in her eyes, "At that time, Natsume Takashi will become an outstanding person."

Zuiyue's fingertips slid down Xiao Xiamu's neck. The child's clothes didn't fit very well, and the collar was too big, so Zuiyue's fingertips finally stopped at the child's collarbone, leaving behind a small A very faint butterfly imprint.

A brand that humans and even mid-level monsters cannot see.

Zuiyue sat by the stream with Natsume Takashi for a long time, one big and one small, one person and one monster, and didn't say anything more, and just said goodbye quietly when the sun was about to set.

"Master Zuiyue." A middle-level monster who had previously said that he was interested in Takashi Natsume poked his head out from behind the rock, "Why did you tell that human kid that you are a rock monster?"

The monsters on the hill knew the origin of Zuiyue very well. They knew that he was a mysterious big monster who walked out of a white cocoon not long ago, and it was impossible for him to be a native rock monster.

"Is it strange that monsters lie?" Zuiyue took a big sip of wine, shook the flagon and found that all the wine was gone, then glanced at the little monster with a charming look.

"What about the agreement between Master Zuiyue and the human imp?"

"That little guy is very confused now." Zuiyue drank too much wine and walked forward with her waist swaying. "So someone needs to give him a thought, let him know that there are things worth looking forward to in the future. Anyway, the monster Lying is not illegal, so I just said it casually, and put a protective lock on that child by the way."

"Protection lock?"

Zuiyue smiled and didn't answer, she threw the empty jug in her hand to the middle-level monster behind her and said: "I will leave here soon, and you don't have to bring me wine from today on."

"Master Zuiyue, are we not doing well enough?" More mid-level monsters came out from the shadows.

"Master Zuiyue, you can stay here!"

"Master Zuiyue, we are willing to follow you forever!"

"Master Drunken Moon..."

"You guys..." Zuiyue half-closed her eyes, combed her beautiful black long hair, and the terrifying spiritual power around her instantly burst out, "Do you want to keep me here forever?"

The surrounding mid-level monsters immediately fell to the ground with limp legs. Compared with the sweet spiritual power that made them salivate, the spiritual power that Zui Yue burst out at this moment will only make them see fear.

The monsters who fell on the ground looked at Zuiyue standing there high above, and suddenly realized that the strength of the mysterious big monster in front of them was impossible to guess, and it was impossible for them to stay in this remote low hill.

After Zuiyue gathered her spiritual power, waved her sleeves and turned to leave, a mid-level monster asked tremblingly, "Zui...Master Zuiyue, you...where will you go?"

"Look for a place where the wine is better." Zuiyue waved her hand, "Find someone who has been taken advantage of and make you a new suit."

The mid-level monsters just watched Zuiyue leave, and suddenly felt in their hearts that this might be the last time they saw this mysterious big monster who had protected them and this hill.

The next day, little Natsume Takashi was taken into the car by a strange relative.

The drunken moon also seems to have disappeared from this remote hill.

Eight years later—

In a remote town near the mountains in Kumamoto Prefecture, in the small but warm house of the Fujiwara family, a boy with light brown hair and beautiful amber eyes sat in the room on the second floor, sorting out the things left by his grandmother Natsume Reiko. some relics.

He is about fifteen or sixteen years old, with very gentle eyes.

Next to the boy is a small animal that looks strange and too round, like a beckoning cat that has eaten too much.

"Little ghost, there is something I've been wanting to ask you for a long time." The fat cat narrowed his eyes and looked at the collarbone exposed from the collar of the boy's shirt.

"What's the matter, Mr. Kitty?" The grown-up Natsume Takashi glanced at Fat Cat strangely.

"What's with that mark on your neck?"

"Yinzi?" Natsume Takashi looked bewildered.

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