[Peaceful Fantasy] The summer solstice has not yet come

"Ahhh——" Standing by the corridor, looking at the pile of ghost-like charms that Kurata left for himself at last with a bald head, his "signature" that he was proud of, he couldn't help but sighed aloud. tone.

"The sadness of parting and the like are completely destroyed..."

Guang carefully looked at the stack of talisman papers in his hand, and couldn't help muttering: "Does he keep so many talismans by his side every day? This is too powerful..."

However, after all, Guang still carefully stored this large pile of spells.At this moment, Kurata's words appeared before his eyes again:

"...It's just that he strives to be strong, and even if he has any weaknesses or difficulties, he won't tell them. If something happens in the future, you may not be able to help..."

"...You have to have a clear understanding of your own value..."

Hikaru closed his eyes, and Akira's face floated in front of his eyes.In an instant, the past of the two of them getting along day and night for many years and defending against the enemy together vividly appeared in front of my eyes:

The first time I saw He Maoming was when I was 12 years old.

Everything changed completely after receiving the seemingly ordinary task of "send a message to Mr. Zuowei who lives in the suburbs of Beijing".From the first time I saw Zuo Wei, the first time I went to Qingliang Temple, which I thought I could never go to in my life, to the first time I saw him——He Maoming, a genius onmyoji who is well-known in the capital.

"I've been waiting for a long time. This is our first meeting. I'm He Maoming, an onmyoji. Please give me your advice in the future."

Comely facial features, indifferent expression.This is their first meeting.

From the first meeting, Hikaru's eyes couldn't move away from those indifferent and lofty shallow green pupils.When I was still talking about "hoping that the demons in Heianjing will no longer wreak havoc" as a distant dream, and I was still trembling after entering the Qingliang Palace, as a peer, He Mao had already stood on the cusp of subduing demons. line.In order to use Zuo Wei's excellent chess skills to divination the location of the demon, as Zuo Wei's bodyguard, light and light, and Zuo Wei formally formed a team and started a joint operation to eliminate demons in Heian-kyo.

Although He Mao didn't expect the weak Konoe to do anything in this adult battle at first, Konoe Hikaru longed in his heart to share the heavy responsibility of resisting demons with He Maoming.Since the first time he received the Yushen Saber from He Maoming, Guang has been desperately improving his strength.He doesn't remember how many times he was rescued by He Maoming after fighting to exhaustion, and he doesn't remember how many times he went back to the battle once he recovered, and repeated this until he defeated the enemy more and more times and was rescued. less and less time.For a long time, he regarded He Maoming as an unattainable goal and chased after him. For this reason, he did not know how many battles, injuries, and hardships he experienced. The weak Konoe Hikaru is the best combat partner of He Mooming, the No. 1 Ping An Jingjian Non-Violation Envoy, the premier Onmyoji in Kyoto.

Recalling the beginning, Konoe Hikari, like his colleagues, was secretly envious of Kamo's unattainable strength, but at the same time hated Kamo's superior tone and arrogant attitude.However, under Zuo Wei's persuasion and his own understanding, Konoe gradually realized that He Maoming was actually just a peer of his own.After cooperating and observing again and again, Guang gradually understood that this guy He Maoming might not be as bad as he looked.As a companion, in addition to the absolute sense of security brought by his superb strength, Guang gradually discovered the other side of "the unreasonable onmyoji He Maoming".Whenever Hikari was about to fight against powerful monsters, Ming would say something like "Your poor strength is really worrying", which made Guang very angry, and at the same time gave Hikari the battle aid that he carefully prepared in advance. ;When Guang defeats the demon and returns triumphantly, Ming always hides his smile while teasing that Guang's posture against the demon is always as awkward as ever; however, when Ming himself is in danger, he will choose to fight Take responsibility, don't let the light get involved in the dangerous vortex, even if you get angry with the light and are misunderstood by the light, you will not hesitate.

After a long time, I vaguely felt that there were two He Maoming in my subconscious mind: one was the "pretend" He Maoming who was doing things outside, perfect but indifferent, and indifferent to everything; Gentle and kind, the "real" He Maoming who wanted to protect everything.The more he got in touch with, the more he seemed to be able to vaguely grasp the shadow of the real He Mao: the first time he ignored He Mao's objection and forcibly held He Mao's hand to solve the incident of He Mao being impersonated; Shigeru's indifferent and ruthless attitude forced Kamo to shout out in front of him for the first time, "I can't live only by magic"; When he smiled; when He Mao was controlled by a demon, he ignored He Mao's desperate warning and took the risk to save He Mao...

Perhaps as Zuo Wei said, as a genius, although He Maoming adapted to the adult world early, his heart did not keep up.It is precisely because of seeing the distant, lonely, clumsy but kind-hearted Ming who hides behind the mask, the light will always involuntarily want to approach him, warm him, hold his hand, and lead him to look out at the world.

Over the years, with the retreat of the big monsters, the number of demons in Heian-kyo has become less and less controllable, and the combination of Kamo and Konoe has always been unfavorable, and everything has gradually moved towards the bright direction.Gradually, when He Guang himself and Zuo Wei were together, He Maoming's disguised mask began to gradually melt: he would go to Zuo Wei to play chess with Guang, and you ended up arguing at Zuo Wei's house. He will let the light take him to the market that he never liked to visit in the past, and carefully select the plums to be eaten by Zuo Wei; he will secretly hide it from the light, wear a mask to participate in the lively celebration, and then from Light sprang out from behind, startled him, and finally accepted his recklessness and confusion, and together with him, carefully planted unknown southern flowers in the courtyard...

Guang suddenly realized that not only He Mao had changed, but also himself.These years of peaceful and worry-free life have caused He Maoming to almost abandon the former false mask in front of him.And I was completely used to getting along with the real He Mao——He Mao's childishness, He Mao's smile, He Mao's awkward gentleness—so that when He Maoming put on a cold mask again for some reason, When he faced himself ruthlessly, he had already lost the awareness he should have!

"Damn it!" Guang stood up with a "huh".After too long a comfortable day, and the sight of those dead plants from the southern country had too much impact on the light, it made him careless for a while, ignoring the facts behind these actions.Whether it's the dead flowers and plants, the "two worlds" theory, or the rumors of marrying the daughter of the Tachibana family, none of this is the truth.He Mao-he must have encountered an unsolvable danger now!

"Damn it, why didn't I notice it earlier!" Konoe Hikaru picked up the Imperial Sword and rushed out,

"He Mao, you must be safe and sound!!"

Through the crowd, through the street, through the winding path, Konoe ran frantically, and rushed all the way to the gloomy Kamo mansion.

Konoe Hikaru was about to shout loudly, suddenly, as if he had stepped into some kind of trap, Konoe Hikaru felt his body sank, and the surrounding scenery suddenly became distorted and even blurred.

"This is--"