Fuyuki Canteen

The Wandering Gods and the Firefly Forest and the Book of Friends.

At this moment, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the round, pink-white object handed to him.

"Takashi, let's have one. This one is delicious!"

When he raised his eyes, what came into view was Yato's bright smiling face leaning forward with one hand propped on the table.

After untying his knots and eating delicious food, his smile is innocent like a child's, and his ice-blue eyes are also lit up by the enjoyment of food, which is naturally very contagious.

Seeing him laughing like this, and thinking about his gloomyness before, Natsume's heart suddenly softened.

The worry just now was dispelled, he smiled and said "Okay", and then took the dessert.

It was a Daifuku with a beautiful pink color in the snow white.The skin is as soft as new snow sprinkled with a little glutinous rice flour, and because of the filling, there is some delicate pink color, which looks very delicious.

Not sure what it tastes like.

Is this color black tea, cherry, peach or strawberry?

Natsume took the first bite with such curiosity.

Then he was immediately captured by the sweet and strange taste.

The skin made of glutinous rice has a delicious stickiness and a light taste, and it feels very elastic to the touch, which complements the dense and rich red bean paste wrapped in the next layer.The core is a whole fresh bright red strawberry. The unique juiciness and refreshingness of the fruit is fascinating. The sweet and sour taste is balanced with the sweetness of red bean paste. The overall fragrance of glutinous rice makes them completely different but equally Delicious flavors wrapped together, it is a simple but delicate dessert.

Just sighing like this, before he knew it, Natsume had already finished eating that strawberry Daifuku.

What a delicious dessert... Ah, wait.Can't forget that.

"Yato." Natsume touched the cat teacher who was lying on his lap eating dessert, calmed down with the soft fur, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked aloud, the dark brown pupils contained obvious worries , "In your opinion, how is Yin's current state?"

Yato, who was eating happily just now, stopped his movements.

Even though Natsume was ambiguous, Yato obviously heard what he meant, so he fell silent.

Seeing the young god like this, Xia Mu, who originally just wanted to test it, suddenly sank.

"...not very good." The boy in the dark kimono wiped the corners of his mouth with his cuffs, and raised his pure light blue eyes to look at Natsume.Now that color is like a glacier again.He said softly, "That guy, Silver, is actually not a human being, and he's different from you. You understand this too, Kishi?"

Facing Yato's statement, Natsume just shook his head with Madara in his arms, then lowered his head wordlessly.

In his heart, Yin is the same as himself, an unquestionable human being.Although I can't touch each other, although I live in a place far away from the world... But Yin, who longs for company and shows such a warm smile, is no different from himself.

Natsume has always thought so.

So he couldn't look at things about Yin rationally and calmly like a god who had lived for a long time.

Yin is a boy who survived only because of the favor of the mountain god.

It cannot be touched by humans, and once touched, it will disappear.So for so many years, I have been living alone in the mountains, accompanied by mountain gods and monsters.

To be precise, an existence that cannot be touched by humans is no longer human.

It can't even be called a ghost, let alone a god. The most suitable word may be "spirit".

Natsume met Yin for the first time on a night out alone.

He was chased by monsters, and ran into the deep mountains in a panic, but he didn't want to run into a bigger gathering place of monsters.

The silver-haired boy who appeared in front of him at that time and blocked the youkai who was about to attack him was none other than Gin.

Many monsters in that mountain regard Yin, whom they watched growing up, as their relatives.They left under Gin's persuasion, and Natsume faced Gin who turned around and stretched out his hand to him who fell on the ground, and for the first time felt that he was lucky to have met the same kind.

But the monsters before leaving warned Natsume: You are human, don't touch silver.

So Natsume's outstretched hand was fixed in mid-air.

He was stunned.

Isn't the boy in front of him human?

The silver-haired boy wearing a mask was stunned for a moment, then as if remembering something, he picked up a branch from the ground next to him and reached out to him again.

Natsume then smiled, grabbed the branch in the silver-haired boy's hand and got up, thanked him, and asked about the way down the mountain.

Yin readily agreed, and personally led him down the mountain.

During the process, the two chatted based on the intimacy of their peers, and it was at that time that they exchanged names.

Yin talks softly and politely, and knows everything about the mountains and forests.It was rare for Natsume to have such an intimacy with a person of the same age when they met for the first time, so the two chatted all the way down the mountain, nothing happened, and left peacefully in front of the torii.

"If I come here again, will I still see you, Silver?"

This was the last question Natsume asked before parting.

The silver-haired boy seemed to be silent for a few seconds, and then said softly, "Bon voyage".

Standing behind the torii gate and watching him leave, the silver figure wearing a fox mask is the deepest memory of Natsume who left in the coming night that day.

Natsume sent a thank you gift the next day.

On his rest day, he climbed the stone steps and walked deep into the mountain, and gave Yin a handmade lunch box made by Aunt Tazi as a thank you gift for saving himself from the mouth of the monster and leading the way down the mountain.

Back and forth, Natsume and Yin became friends, and they have maintained a stable friendship to this day.

However, when they found out that both parties knew Yato, they were taken aback, and lamented the fate between the three, but then they formed a small friendship group of the three, which has continued to this day.

"I understand this." Natsume finally just lowered his head and stroked Madara's soft fur, "But in my heart, Gin is a very important friend. What does Yato think?"

Yato reminded him how Silver exists, in order to remind Natsume that as long as Silver continues to have indirect or direct contact with humans, one day he will face the danger of disappearing.This is unavoidable.

Natsume also understands this.

But even so, even if he is human himself, friendship with Yin will bring danger, Natsume still wants to maintain the friendship with Yin.

Because silver is really lonely.

It can be seen from the fact that he does not refuse the approach of Natsume or that little girl because of his own danger.

They are not monsters and gods in the safe range, but real human beings.

Natsume asked Madara if he could lift Gin's restriction of not being able to contact humans, but he only got a negative answer that the big monster couldn't help.

And Yato is also looking around for relevant information.

"Well, it is indeed what Takashi would say, and Silver will be very happy to hear it." Yato put down the empty three-color ball stick and shrugged, "I have some ideas. But I tried it with Silver before. I failed once, and I asked the old man Daozhen why he failed, even he didn’t know what would happen if he transformed the spirit blessed by the mountain god into a divine weapon.”

The experiment that Yato talked about, because it happened in the period after Yato met Gin and before Natsume met Gin, Natsume is not very clear, or Yato personally told him the cause and effect.

It is said that Yato wanted to try to transform silver into an artifact that could be in contact with gods, artifacts, and a small number of humans.With the approval of the mountain god, Yin also made up his mind, but failed.After having important people, Yin never tried again, it is said that he did not want to forget them.

As for the reason for the failure, Yato asked the gods he had made friends with, and only Tenjin Michizane, who was regarded as the god of knowledge, gave a relatively definite answer.

It cannot be transformed into an artifact because Yin is still alive.

Only the soul of the dead can be transformed into an artifact, this is an unbreakable law.

But the question is, if Yin is in such a state, if he dies, will even his fragile soul disappear...

"I also asked Mr. Cat, and he said that there should be no better way." Natsume looked at the empty plate on the table and said in a low voice, "So, I can only try my best to take good care of Silver's interaction with humans, and let him not touching humans, and—”

In that last resort situation that one day will come, try the last method.

Natsume and Yato remained silent together, apparently knowing the method that they had talked about several times in private.

Because the place where Yin is located is the territory of the mountain god, Yato can't stay too long in the deep mountain where monsters live.Natsume's physique that easily attracts abnormal things is even more impossible. He also has the big trouble of friend account. If a bunch of monsters come over, Mr. Cat, who is a big monster, may be overwhelmed... But, they will definitely found a way.

Definitely save Yin at that time.

Even if the memories belonging to important people will be forgotten, maybe they will meet again one day... When that moment comes, Yin will definitely agree, right?

If this is not the case, please take it as the selfishness and arrogance unique to my unqualified friend.

"That girl, her name is 'Firefly', right?" Natsume lowered her eyes, thinking of something, suddenly smiled, and started a less serious topic, "Every summer, I will come to accompany Yin during the summer vacation. Look. Going to pay more attention to them in the summer.”

"Hmm." Yato ate the meatball again, and said vaguely, "But ah, isn't there a proverb, 'If you disturb someone's relationship, you will be kicked by a horse'—wait. That old fox went to someone else's place Oh, is it all right?"

Natsume heard the words and quickly turned around to look around.

Wait, Mr. Kitty...!

It turned out that Mr. Fukuzawa was here today.

Natsume noticed that Madara jumped towards the silver-haired man sitting in a corner of the restaurant when he was in a trance, covered his forehead helplessly, apologized to Yato, and chased after Madara's short tail.

According to the usual practice, after apologizing, the cat teacher who was greedy for the small dried fish carried by a certain gentleman was caught back. Natsume and Yato said goodbye at the door of the store. Yato also specially emphasized that he must bring him to this store again next time. shop.

Sure enough, Mr. Cat ate too much of the bento before.Yato is not full at all, it seems that it is the right time to bring him here.

Natsume secretly sighed, and took the big monster lying lazily on his shoulders, and set foot on the road home.

The following days passed day by day, and the girl named "Firefly" also came to the deep mountains to accompany Yin during the summer vacation.

Natsume and Yato occasionally went with them, more often they just followed quietly.

Hotaru is an ordinary human being, and will soon forget the existence of Yato, and her impression of Natsume is only a kind big brother.

She played with Yin since she was a child and liked him very much.Yin did the same to this young girl who watched her grow up, and there was indeed an inexplicable affection between them.

Natsume was very happy for them, but felt a little sad because he had a premonition.

As the distance between Yin and Yingying gets closer step by step, that day may not be far away.

That day, I heard that Gin was going to take Hotaru to see a youkai festival. Natsume and Yato tried their best to sneak in and follow behind wearing kimonos and masks. They almost missed it because of the excitement, but finally caught up with that moment.

Seeing the silver-haired boy embrace the girl, the satisfied smile gradually turned into light blue fireflies in the air, and Yato rushed forward.

"Give you a place to return to, who has nowhere to go, and who cannot die. My name is Yato, and I have been given a taboo name. I will stop here. I will name you under a false name... Turn my artifact into a name-"*

The author has something to say:

The *line comes from the time when Noragami Yato collected Yukine as an artifact.Some content is omitted, but Yato was very handsome at that time.

Silver is back.

There may be bugs in the settings, please don't delve into it.

Although it is possible for the artifact to restore the memory of its life and become a monster, but if it is silver, it will definitely not.

His last regrets were just making Hotaru sad and not saying goodbye to his friends properly.