Ema's younger brother

I can't believe that there is a god living here——

The winding stone steps were covered with moss, and weeds on both sides of the steps faintly covered the ground, so Hinata Chen had to brush the weeds away with a bamboo knife to move on.

The shrine, which looks dilapidated, supported only by a few decaying long pillars, seems to collapse at any moment, is covered in dust, so dirty that people feel that there is nowhere to stay when they look at it——the wandering thoughts are overwhelmed. Evoked by the sound coming from under his feet, the delicate-faced young man lowered his head following the sound - the tablet covered by a thick layer of dust was lying peacefully at his feet.

The heart seemed to be stabbed unexpectedly, and the sourness gushing out made the eye sockets turn red.

Ryu Xiangchen squatted down, picked up the tablet, and gently wiped off the dust on the card with his hands—the two vigorous and powerful characters of Fengshen came into his eyes.

"This road is a bit slippery, it would be better to concentrate on walking."

A jade-like cold and calm voice suddenly sounded in front of him, mixed in the blurred sunlight, and passed into the eardrum along the wind.

Ryu Xiangchen held the tablet and looked up - the man standing on the steps had beautiful silver hair like moonlight, and there was a faint orange-red outline like flames around the edge of his golden eyes. After noticing the young man's gaze, he carefully His eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes were gentle.

"Hmm." After realizing who the person in front of him was, the boy bent his eyes and smiled, "It's okay to be dangerous, right? The gods here will protect me."

The man froze in place.

"I heard from the elders in the family that the wind god here once saved them in the flood, but after they moved away, they couldn't come back to worship due to physical reasons, so they felt very regretful and guilty." Ryu Xiangchen lowered his head and wiped the dust off the tablet Erase them all, "So I want to visit Lord Shenming instead of the elders."

"Are you... that adult?"

He raised his head and raised the corners of his lips, revealing his small canine teeth and small dimples, looking cute.

"I'm just a monster, I can't be called an 'adult'." The stunned man lowered his eyes after hearing this question, "However, I will protect you and prevent you from falling."

He was wearing a blue kimono, with a slender and tall figure, but when he turned his back to Hinata Chen, he was inexplicably lonely.

Hinata Chen helped the guitar bag on his shoulder that was about to slip off, and ran to the man in three or two steps while holding the tablet: "That monster, what's your name?"

"...one eye at a time."

"Yimulian?" The young man nodded thoughtfully, and then raised a smile as beautiful as the warm spring sun, "I remember. Have you met Lord Fengshen? Is he very gentle, And very tough? Like plum blossoms."

The man's footsteps paused invisibly: "I haven't seen him before."

"Besides, he's not as good as you said." Yimulian's cold voice was very clean and transparent, giving the listener a feeling of being blown by the breeze on a hot summer day, "He's just a coward Forget it, he obeyed the villagers’ prayers and sacrificed one eye, but he didn’t dare to ask the villagers to believe in him so that he can continue to live as a god.”

"He didn't even make up his mind to leave this land that betrayed him, every day...staying here like a fool, waiting for a group of human beings who are impossible to appear."

He stood in front of the dilapidated shrine, a hint of sadness appeared in his golden eyes, his thin lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak any more.

"Didn't he wait for me?"

Standing beside him, Hyu Xiangchen was silent for a while, and then looked at him with frowning eyes: "Didn't he wait for me? I decided to be his believer from now on and always believe in him."

"...Why?" Yimulian asked in a murmur, with expectations hidden in his eyes that he didn't realize, "What you said before to visit the gods on behalf of the elders is all false, right? If those people really If Fengshen hadn’t been forgotten, this shrine wouldn’t be dilapidated like this.”

He stared sadly at the dusty shrine in front of him.

"Well, that was a white lie." Hinata Chen half-closed his eyes, and the smile in his eyes made his already beautiful eyes even more dazzling, "I wanted to give that lord some comfort—but it seems like Nothing worked."

"Since it's not for the elders, why do you believe in him?"

The young man who heard this sentence tilted his head, his delicate facial features were more delicate under the sunlight's depiction, and his whole body was shining like a pearl leaving the shell: "Because he protected me all the way to the shrine."

The reason he said was so simple that Yimu was stunned for a moment, and the information revealed in those words made the former god unconsciously clenched his hands: "You know? I am the Fengshen."

"Your Excellency didn't hide from me seriously, did you?" Hyuga Chen crossed Yimulian and walked into the shrine, wiped a piece of ground with his sleeve before putting down the tablet, "It's been here all this time, why don't you protect your tablet and the shrine well?" Woolen cloth."

The boy looked at the surrounding environment and sighed: "It's so old, it will be very troublesome to repair."

"...repair?"

"Hmm." As if to dispel the suspicion in Yimulian's heart, Hinata Chen nodded seriously and solemnly, "After all, it is the place where the gods I believe in live, so it's not good to be so simple."

He bent his eyes and ran to Yimulian: "Does your lord have anything you like? I'll bring it next time. Also, when is it better to start repairing?"

"……It will be all right."

She answered his question blankly, and then her handsome eyebrows gradually softened.

"But, I am no longer a god."

"So don't worry so much about me."

"Can't you become a god again?" Hinata frowned, "If many people believe in you, can you become a god again?"

"Impossible." Yimulian shook his head lightly, his silver hair drew a smooth arc in the air with his movements, "Gods who have degenerated into demons cannot regain their status as gods."

"So don't worry so much about me."

He repeated what he said just now, and his clear and pleasant voice was stained with laughter, making it extraordinarily soft.

"Then I will believe in you as a monster." The young man standing opposite him thought for a while, and made his own decision with a relaxed expression, "The next time I come, I will help you make a new tablet of!"

"How about just calling the tablet Yimulian?"

"Eh?" The monster froze for a moment, "But why do you insist on believing in me?"

"Because you protected me all the way to the shrine."

Without hesitation, Hinata Chen said the answer he had just said not long ago. After he finished speaking, he couldn't hold back a very bright smile—it was as warm as his hair color. smile.

——Because you look lonely.

——So I believe in your words, will you feel better?

And I suddenly understood why the people from Asahina's family treated me well...Maybe I also inadvertently showed such a lonely look?They are very gentle people, so they want to save me and bring me out of the abyss of loneliness.

I... have never been sure.

I was afraid that they would suddenly let go of their hands just before walking out of the abyss, and then I could only fall into a darker and colder world full of despair... crying continuously.

But ah.

They can be trusted, right?

Just like you, my lord, you guarded this land so firmly, even if you wanted to give up, even if you wanted to leave, you still chose to stay here silently in the end, protecting every human being who came here.

Will they be as gentle and firm as you?

Not sure of the answer, I've been in a panic until then.

However, after meeting you, I suddenly realized—even if I was abandoned by them, there is still a place to go, right?Even if I get hurt again, I can still hide in this harbor you sheltered, right?So... it seems that I suddenly became brave.

——So I want to believe in you.

——In order to make you no longer so lonely.

— in return for your courage.

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The image of Yimulian is awakened without the two horns on the head.

And there are fewer comments from the little angels, rolling and crying

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