[Peaceful Fantasy] The summer solstice has not yet come

☆、Chapter 4 Unseen scenery (1)

见たこともないScenery The scenery I have never seen before

そこが帰る where is the place to return to

たったひとついのちにThe only one

たどりつく place where life can reach

Since He Maoming was very young, he had no parents around him.Since he was born able to see spirit bodies at the age of three, Ming, who is amazingly gifted, has been receiving rigorous training to become an onmyoji since he was a child.For my parents, I only have such a thin impression of my father who betrayed the family and disappeared, and my mother who died young.From his own grandfather, who is now the head of the family - He Mao Weixing, He Maoming has not received much care from his relatives.

Immersed in the Yin-Yang Dao, Ming doesn't have too much perception of other people and things outside.For a long time, only the long and arduous Qingxiu accompanied He Maoming.As for the matter of cultivation, Ming himself was quite happy with it.He also never thought he needed a playmate.He Mao has always believed that playing with Onmyoji is enough.

However, even so, Ming also once felt envious of his peers.In the few rare times he went to the street, he saw a child about his own age, crying desperately for the sugar man he couldn't get, and threw himself into his mother's arms and acted like a baby.Although the mother comforted and blamed the child for being ignorant in a low voice, the eyes she looked at the child were always as tender as water.As a result, the father of the child on the side bought a sugar figurine for the child and handed it to the child.The child burst into laughter in an instant, and the mother began to mutter about her husband's doting again. The husband looked at the child and his wife and smiled helplessly.Under the glare of the sun, the warm picture of a family of three separated He Maoming from that gentle world.For the first time, he realized that there are things in the world that yin and yang can't do-for example, a mother who can gently blame himself and a father who loves him wholeheartedly.He Maoming knew little about the word "family affection".For some reason, I have more respect and fear than love for the head of the family. In fact, he has never received the warmth that truly belongs to the family from his grandfather.When falling asleep at night, He Maoming would occasionally recall the way the family on the street held hands.At this time, there is always a faint envy in his heart that cannot be resolved.

When he was ten years old, He Maoming accepted the task of exorcising demons for the first time-a female ghost was haunting a certain adult's house, which made the whole family restless, so he specially invited an onmyoji to come and do it.Even though he was only ten years old at the time, He Maoming showed his outstanding skills as an onmyoji, successfully getting rid of the hostility of the female ghost and dispelling her.When the female ghost's hostility was removed and she returned to her normal posture, what He Maoming saw in front of her eyes was a peaceful and elegant woman.After she told He Mao the reason for this visit, Ming finally found out that this female ghost was an unfavored concubine of the family before her death.Due to falling out of favor, the concubine's newly born child was forcibly taken away by the eldest family to raise him.

Without seeing her own child, the concubine's life would be worse than death every day.Later, the concubine learned that Dafang didn't care about her child at all, which caused her son to catch a cold and became more and more out of control.She was so distraught that she cried and hugged her husband's leg and begged him to save their son in front of the head of the family and Da Fang, but was kicked out of the door by her husband in disgust, accompanied by Da Fang's sharp and merciless ridicule. Voice.In the end, after exhausting all means, all she could meet was the child's stopped breathing and icy body.

Speaking of this, the female ghost left two lines of tears in her eyes.She said that she felt at the time that her child's death was too pitiful.She swore in front of the child's grave that she would avenge him.Now that she is powerless to live, only by turning into a ghost after death can everyone in this house who took her child live a life worse than death.Therefore, on the second day after the child's death, the woman threw herself into the well wearing a red dress, and she also turned into a fierce ghost full of hostility and unable to survive as she wished, but now she is subdued by He Mao.

In order to completely save her, He Maoming managed to extradite the soul of the dead child so that they could meet again in the underworld.The female ghost was able to meet her beloved son again, and wept with joy.After paying a big gift to Kagamo, she went to reincarnation with her child.

When the female ghost was about to go to reincarnation, He Mao couldn't help asking: "The dead are already dead...Why did you not hesitate to give up reincarnation and turn into a ghost to take revenge?"

The female ghost looked at the baby in her hand lovingly, and smiled slightly: "Because they are the murderers who took away and killed the baby. They can kill me, but they shouldn't hurt my baby. Master Onmyoji, you may not understand why we The mood of a mother. Whether it is life or reincarnation, for any mother, as long as it is for her child, she can do nothing. Now, I am finally reunited with my son, and I have to go to reincarnation with him Yes, my lord, thank you for reuniting our mother and son."

After the ghost exorcism incident was resolved, He Maoming didn't care about his excellent performance as an Onmyoji debut.On the contrary, the last words of the female ghost, like the key to reveal the truth, set off a corner of the scattered memories in the depths of He Maoming's mind.In the dream at night, Ming seemed to feel that he was in the forest surrounded by green bamboos.At this moment, his mother was crying in his ear.Not far ahead, his father was guarding the two at the door, yelling something.In front of his father was a huge, dark shadow.

"Let's go quickly, quickly—"

"Please, don't..."

"Please, don't take Ming away, don't—"

The shadow of the rising green bamboo, the cries and shouts in the ears, the magnified rustling of bamboo leaves, and the unknown shadows in the distance all intertwined.The dream turned into a nightmare, making He Mao even more unable to move, as if he was about to fall into the abyss of memory.Suddenly, a low singing sound flowed into He Maoming's heart like a winding spring in the distance.As the singing became clearer and clearer, before He Mao's eyes, the painful picture was slowly blurring, and the nightmare was gradually disappearing.The abyss no longer fell down, and I felt surrounded by a soft white light, and all the pain seemed to be far away from me...

In the darkness, He Mao opened his eyes.wake up.The display in front of him was as usual.Suddenly, his pupils shrank - that ethereal singing voice, which seemed to be absent from the world, is now continuing to come from a distance, echoing in He Maoming's ears.

Putting on his clothes and getting up, following the source of the singing, He Maoming came to the depths of the family's back mountain dreamily alone in the night.After traveling for an unknown number of ways, he pushed aside the twisted thorns, and under the moonlight, the singer appeared in front of He Mao.It was a very elegant woman, dressed in noble clothes, exuding a faint silver light all over her body.Seeing Ming's arrival, she stopped singing and stood quietly in front of He Maoming.The silver bell on the hairline shook slightly, making a sound like a ring.

"Minger... You can really hear it..."

He Maoming was very surprised.The woman in front of her looked like a soul that had been dead for a long time.However, this feeling is different from the female ghost I met today.Ming always felt that the woman in front of him had an indescribable kindness.This kind of feeling was never felt by Ming Zai's own grandfather Wei Xing.

"Who... are you..." He Maoming asked intermittently.

The woman smiled faintly, but did not answer.

"Minger...I don't have much time...Let me tell you what you want to know, about your parents..."

The chants-like whispers start again, and the past years, like scrolls of pictures, are gradually presented before Ming's eyes...

Decades ago, He Maoming's father, a well-known onmyoji in Heian capital, He Mohoshi fell in love with the local fox fairy Su Ye when he visited Setjin.However, because Su Ye could not leave Abeno in Settsu, Baoshi decided to give up everything in Heiankyo and the family, and stay with Su Ye in the deep mountains.Soon after, He Maoming was born, and the family of three happily lived in seclusion in the mountains surrounded by green bamboos.

However, this happiness did not last.After a while, after learning that his son was bewitched by the fox fairy and would no longer continue to guard Ping'an Jing, Baoshi's father, the most powerful onmyoji of the He Mao family, and the current head of the family, He Mao Weixing, was furious.Weixing goes out in person, and by virtue of his powerful mana, breaks through many obstacles and finally finds the small mountain house where Baoshi's family lives in seclusion.In front of the family of three, Weixing asked Baoshi to kill Su Ye with his own hands, and brought Ming back to Ping'an Jing.At this time, He Maoming was born less than a month old, and Su Ye was weak after giving birth. The couple were not opponents of Weixing at all.Baoshi, who vowed to protect his wife and children to the death, refused Weixing's request, and was finally severely injured by Weixing, and he did not know his life or death.The weeping Su Ye tightly hugged the newly born Ming, knelt down and begged Wei Xing not to take his son away, but in the end Wei Xing mercilessly killed him...

"...When Weixing was about to leave, Su Ye's people rescued the dying Baoshi at the last moment, and went to the forest of the demon world, which humans cannot touch. But in the end they failed to take you from Weixing's hands. Not long after you were born, you were taken away by Weixing to be raised, and Baoshi was finally removed from the family tree as a traitor of the family, and his life and death are unknown...you know the rest of it."

The picture of the past gradually disappeared from Ming's eyes.At some point, He Maoming was already in tears.As if experiencing all the past, the last situation of my parents appeared in front of my eyes like yesterday: I knew that I was invincible, but resolutely stood in front of my mother, and at the last moment, I still yelled for my mother to take him to flee for my father; Wei Xing don't take himself away, even after death, he still hugs his mother tightly.From the first time I saw the appearance of my parents in the picture scroll, I greedily looked at the self of my parents in my memory; until I saw my parents almost died in order to protect myself.Joy and pain came to Ming's heart one after another, and he sat down on the ground dejectedly.At this moment, he wanted to cry loudly, but he felt that there was no sound in his throat.Only tears kept falling down, silently telling my sadness.

The woman looked lovingly at Ming who was sobbing.She floated gently towards Ming.Plain hands ran across Ming's cheeks, as if wanting to wipe away his tears.However, those hands went straight through Ming's body.

"My poor child... I'm sorry... If I were alive, Wei Xing wouldn't be like this..."

"Actually, Weixing used to be...not such a person...Because of my death, hatred blinded his eyes. Today's Weixing is no longer the Weixing I met for the first time, but A man who lives for hatred. He never saw me again a long time ago, but I have been following him...Ming...you must not mention our encounter today..."

"You are... grandma..." Ming's tearful eyes gradually filled with surprise.At this moment, he suddenly felt the woman leave him.She floated lightly towards the distance, until she reached the center of the full moon in the sky.Under the moonlight, the light around her gradually faded.

"I'm sorry, Ming'er," the woman showed a gentle smile to He Moming. "As a family member, that's all I can do. Originally, I hoped that I could watch you grow up instead of your parents, but I'm afraid this spirit body is about to die. Tomorrow, grandma hopes that you can grow up safely and happily." Daddy, one day, I will be able to spend my whole life with the one you love..."

"Also, Minger, promise me... When you grow up enough to fight against Wei Xing, replace me to restore Wei Xing's twisted heart... But before that, you must be patient..."

As soon as the woman's words fell, the clear night sky seemed to suddenly fall with white snowflakes.The snowflakes fell more and more, blurring Ming's vision, making it impossible for him to see the other person's face clearly.

"Grandma—don't go—" Ming wanted to shout, but felt that he couldn't make a sound.In an instant, he felt his eyes go dark, and his body was involuntarily falling into the darkness.As if falling into a warm embrace, Ming felt his consciousness gradually drifting away irresistibly.

"Grandma, I must..."

"ひとつめの言叶は梦梦りの中からののの奥の暗阳をそっと连れ出すの..."

The heavy snow covered the graceful singing like weeping and complaining, and the crisp silver bells in the hairline until they were inaudible.