King Solomon's Road to Righteousness[Comprehensive]

Compared with big cities like Tokyo, the place where Natsume Takashi is located can be regarded as the most rural place.But although the population density here is very low, and various commercial facilities are not as complete as those in the capital, he still loves his current place of residence very much.

There are no high-rise buildings, but there are high mountains, and there are no department stores, but there are exquisite and retro grocery shops.Most importantly, compared to the previous experience of being shunned by relatives in the city, Natsume Takashi received the affectionate care from his father's distant relatives, the Fujiwara couple, in this small countryside, which made his heart full in the cold concrete woods. The traumatized mind was comforted and healed.

He likes where he lives now, every plant and tree here, and everyone here.

but……

Natsume Takashi followed Solomon and slowly climbed the mountain road, and suddenly he couldn't help shivering because of the overly desolate atmosphere around him.

He seems to be trying to climb the mountain for the first time since he moved here.Because both Solomon and Mr. Cat confirmed that there is a passage leading to the lower world in a certain corner of this mountain, so the former is to find the nameless heroic spirit in the account of friends, while the latter is to protect the account of friends. Because of Natsume Takashi, they set off for this mountain containing endless secrets after a little preparation.

The journey from Takashi Natsume's house to the foot of the mountain was smoothed by the creature Solomon summoned for transportation.Although Mr. Cat blew up the hair all over his body in horror when he saw the creature that looked like a vicious dog, and kept screaming at Natsume Takashi, such as "This is a hell dog!" Dangerous", "I regret it, Natsume, don't let me go!" and so on, but from the perspective of Natsume Takashi's own senses, he didn't feel that the strange creature that was as big as a horse had anything to do with it. How terrible.

Although it has curved horns on its head, rows of sharp teeth in its open mouth, and even a tail with a small triangle on its buttocks is standard for little devils, but looking at the unknown As soon as the creature appeared, it pounced on Solomon like a big dog, and quickly slobbered the opponent's face, Natsume Takashi let go of his guard against it.

Really worthy of King Solomon.He watched Solomon subdue the hellhound with two or three strokes, and once again had a deep understanding of the other party's identity.

Legend has it that after King Solomon received the wisdom bestowed by God, he not only governed the ancient country of Israel smoothly, but also created miracles in the creation and application of magic.According to legend, this mysterious oriental king could summon 72 Demon God Pillars and spirits between heaven and earth. To this day, there is a classic of demonic summoning called "The Key of Solomon" named after him.

To some extent, "The Key of Solomon" may be the ancient Israeli version of the account of friends, right?Natsume sat straddling the back of the recruited Cerberus, squinting his eyes to resist the oncoming wind, thinking about it in his mind.

The other party said that he was Solomon, and Natsume Takashi believed it.Because he always treats the world with the greatest kindness, the world will respond with the greatest kindness to him.

If he had categorically rejected Solomon's request for help and wanted to hide the friend's tent as Mr. Cat thought, then wouldn't he be riding on the back of a hellhound now, but would be caught by its sharp claws? Stepping on it, has it become a completely cold corpse?

Of course Natsume Takashi would not imagine what would happen to him after rejecting Solomon, the only one who would think so was Madara—the monster that Natsume Takashi called Cat Teacher.

When the big monster boarded in the beckoning cat doll saw Solomon for the first time, he saw the hidden strength of the other party.Although the other party once revealed a few words of information about his "ability not fully recovered" in his words, but after thinking about it, if the current level of the other party can still make him feel frightened as a great demon, then wait until he completely takes it. Back to his own strength, such a situation...

Madara rested on Natsume's shoulder, shaking his head, trying to clear this terrible idea from his mind.

This idiot Natsume is truly a fool.If he is always so honest, how can he protect his good friend's account, how can he protect his own life?Don't you still have to work hard for yourself in the end?

Thinking of this, Madara tightened his claws on Natsume Takashi's shoulders again, and let out a soft "hum" when he grabbed the opponent, and relaxed his strength a little.

Solomon didn't know, or rather, he didn't care what the other two creatures aboard the Cerberus thought.He just held his breath and concentrated on feeling the traction from the magic, and constantly adjusted the direction of the mount under his crotch.

"This mountain has a natural barrier. Cerberus dogs can't get in."

After driving the transport mount to stop at the foot of the destination mountain, Solomon explained to Natsume Takashi and Madara who were sitting behind him: "The flow of magic power here is very chaotic, maybe I will need to constantly locate the target passage. So , I have to trouble you to hike up the mountain with me."

In a word, it turned what was considered an easy journey just now into a difficult mountain climb.

"The atmosphere here, here is so gloomy."

Natsume Takashi stretched out his hand and grabbed a branch that protruded abruptly to stabilize his figure.He touched the sweat on his forehead and looked up at Solomon who was floating in mid-air.

"what……"

He gave a small exclamation.It wasn't because Solomon used magic because he was lazy, but because he found the golden ring on the man's toe.

"Mr. Solomon... don't worry about your fingers, don't you feel uncomfortable if you wear rings on your toes?"

"Ok?"

Solomon, who was holding the account of friends and trying to sense the direction, instinctively snorted softly as an answer to Takashi Natsume.

"No, it doesn't feel bad."

He withdrew his gaze from a distance, and fell down on Natsume Takashi who was tired from climbing the mountain.

Solomon floated in the air for a few seconds, then suddenly lowered his figure.He bent down, leaned in front of the other party, stretched out a finger and tapped the chestnut-haired boy on the forehead.

"A little magic trick."

He said in Natsume Takashi's surprised eyes suddenly: "Because the traces of the rules here are obvious, I can't levitate you with magic from another world. I'm very sorry."

"No, please don't worry about it."

Natsume Takashi, whose body seemed to be as light as a feather, moved his hands and feet a little out of curiosity.He thanked Solomon, stretched out his hand and patted the cat teacher hanging on the tree branch to appease him, and finally asked the question buried in his heart.

"From another world? Is Mr. Solomon's magic a product from another world?"

"It's better to say that I come from a world different from yours."

Solomon smiled slightly at Natsume Takashi: "Although this world also has Solomon and the third king of ancient Israel, I think our composition should be different."

"Yes, is that so?"

Natsume Takashi felt that his three views began to become a little precarious.

"That……"

He suddenly thought of something: "Mr. Solomon, the person you want to find is also from..."

"Yes."

Before Natsume Takashi said those three words, Solomon complied very calmly.

"He is the him in my world, and I am the me in his world. We are one-to-one correspondence, inseparable."

"This sounds... inexplicably romantic? Ah, sorry, I got distracted for a while."

Natsume Takashi didn't know why, when he heard Solomon's ambiguous words, he blurted out his inner feelings in the next second.

This is really a bit rude, how could I have that kind of thought and say it directly.He bit his lower lip a little uneasy, and looked at Solomon erratically.

Solomon didn't feel offended by what Natsume Takashi said that could almost be called "joking". Instead, he smiled kindly at the other party who showed a little panic on his face, as a comfort.

"Everyone is unique and indispensable to that world. Whether it's you, me, or him."

"As long as it exists here, it has its value... just like this branch."

Solomon pointed to the dead branch that Natsume Takashi had just clinged to, and he didn't see any other movements. However, in the next second, on the dead tree, a few tender green leaves appeared. Quietly pushing away the withered bark of the branches, poking out tremblingly from it.

Under Natsume Takashi's shocked eyes, the tree that should have been dumped on the ground and turned into rotten dust, just like this, quickly glowed with its other colors within a few seconds visible to the naked eye through Solomon's finger. The glory of the most prosperous moment.

Facing the dumbfounded expressions of the boy and the beckoning cat, Solomon withdrew his hand very calmly.

"Just a little magic trick."

"It's not good enough," he said.

"Let's go."

"Amazing……"

Natsume Takashi carefully reached out and fiddled with the new leaves growing on that branch.He was stunned for dozens of seconds before he came back to his senses under Zai Madara's reminder, and he pulled up to keep up with Solomon in front of him.

"Mr. Solomon, ghosts...ah no, I mean, heroic spirits, do heroic spirits have such wonderful powers?"

"What do you mean?"

Solomon activated the magic to make himself float a little higher.

"Does it mean the ability to revive dead wood? Then I'm afraid that's not the case."

"but……"

After seeing Natsume Takashi's slightly disappointed eyes, he added a sentence later: "Heroic spirits are the crystallization of history, and human beings' praises and records of their deeds will become the unique abilities of this heroic spirit. So in fact , each Heroic Spirit has its own unique abilities... We usually call them treasures."

"Treasure?"

"Yes."

As Solomon said, he showed Natsume Takashi his hands.Except for the middle finger of his left hand, there are pure gold rings on the bases of his other nine fingers.

"'The Ring of Ten', this is the representative of the wisdom God gave me at the beginning... It is also one of my treasures. The resurrection just now was completed with their blessing and help."

Natsume Takashi nodded unconsciously.

"But……"

He said, "Mr. Solomon, you only have nine rings."

Solomon didn't expect Natsume Takashi to ask such a question after learning about his Noble Phantasm.He froze for a moment, then his eyes swept over his hand, and finally settled on the empty left middle finger.

"This ring..."

He said softly: "If there is no accident, it should be taken by him with him."

"……he?"

Natsume Takashi and Madara looked at each other, and he cautiously asked each other: "Is it... the heroic spirit you are looking for?"

"Exactly."

"Ah, is that so..."

Natsume Takashi sighed: "Suddenly, I became a little curious again. Mr. Solomon, the person you are looking for, the person who left a portrait on Natsume Reiko's friend account... What kind of existence is he?"

Hearing what could be called an abrupt sigh from the other party, Solomon let out a soft "Huh?"

"He's an amazing guy."

When he thought of the other party, he subconsciously softened his brows and eyes.

Solomon withdrew his hand, gently stroking the only finger without a ring, as if answering Natsume Takashi's question, or talking to himself.

"After all, he is the one who gave me the definition of 'life' again."