juvenile onmyoji

The moonlight was slanting westward, but the streets of Heianjing were noisier than during the day.Although the fires everywhere had been extinguished, the smoke smoked the people out of the house.As long as the residents who are not far from Buku can look up, they can see the sunny dolls covering the sky.

But outside Buku, the bustling crowd was so crowded that they couldn't even see the road.

Instead of attacking, the giant Sunny Doll flitted through the air with great interest.Thousands of little sunny dolls around it also flew around, laughing endlessly.

"Hee hee hee, there are a lot of people."

"They're all friends."

"Come and see us."

"Master Qingming, how will Yinyangliao deal with Qingtian dolls?" Lizi looked up at the dolls flying all over the sky.

"All of them should be wiped out," Qingming also looked at the sky, "but I think these monsters are a little different from other monsters."

"How is it different?"

"They look very lonely."

"Lonely?" Lizi looked at Qingming with a puzzled face.

"Well, they seem to just want to be watched, and that alone makes them happy."

Lizi looked at the sky again, she wondered if she was thinking too much, the biggest sunny baby seemed to be looking at her all the time.

"No matter what the reason is, they really want to burn Heian-kyo." Yuan Chuyu stood beside them and said, staring at the sunny dolls flying in the sky with disgust.

"Then there must be a reason why the adults in Yinyangliao didn't order them to be killed?" Lizi asked.

Yuan Chuyu glanced at her because if there was any intention of defending Seimei in her words, "Because the adults are divided into two groups. One group wants to understand why the monsters attacked Heian Jing, and the other group advocates killing them directly." .”

"It sounds like it's more sensible to know which school." Riko said.

Qingming nodded and said, "In order not to suffer from such a thing, it is indeed very important to understand the formation of monster resentment."

Listening to their casual conversation, Yuan Chuyu frowned more and more tightly.

"Brother Qingming——" Nanako ran over wearing a skirt embroidered with butterflies, and her headdress was also a butterfly, very lively.

"Why did you bring her here?" Yuan Chuyu was a little surprised.

"I didn't bring it," Qingming said quickly, "She insisted on following the teacher. I can't meddle in other people's affairs, right?"

"That's true." Yuan Chuyu frowned and looked at Nanako who was rushing towards Chao Qingming, and moved away from her without any trace.

Seimei flashes faster.He stood directly behind Li Zi, holding her shoulders with both hands to prevent her from moving.

"Protect me well."

There was an itchy breathing sound in her ears, and she subconsciously turned her head, her pupils filled with the warm smile of a young man.

Nanako stopped in front of Riko, with a surprised expression on her face.Isn't that young man standing in the shadow with his arms folded, with a cold and lazy expression on his face, Yuan Chuyu?He has always been at odds with Qingming, why is he standing here?

"Brother Chuyu, are you here too?"

Yuan Chuyu raised a pair of world-weary eyes, turned his face away and refused to answer this question.

Nanako was not angry, but instead said sweetly to Riko, "Brother Hatsue has such a temperament." Yuan Hatsue, who is indifferent and straight, has never been in her consideration.She only likes the warm and powerful Abe Seimei.

When she was young, a dragonfly flew into her home by mistake.It was Brother Qingming who was reading in the pavilion, and he stretched out his arms to block her.At that time, her eyes could no longer be separated from this warm boy.In particular, he has also grown into the most promising onmyoji in Heian-kyo.

What could be more exciting than having a father and husband who are both the most prestigious onmyojis?

Praise that everyone likes, best if there is one.If not, it's not a pity.

"Brother Qingming, my father told you to go there. Hee hee, I took over the task of calling you. Even though there are so many people crowding around, I am not afraid, am I strong?"

Yuan Chuyu sneered unabashedly.

"Teacher told me to go over?" Qingming frowned slightly.

"That's right, my father said that the adults in Yinyang Liao are analyzing the habits of monsters. I want you to go and listen."

Qingming hesitated for a moment, but Lizi immediately said, "Master Qingming, hurry up."

"Yes, hurry up Qingming." Yuan Chuyu urged with a half-smile.

Seimei glanced at him, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Although the analysis of the masters of Yinyangliao is very touching. But it is also a rare experience to fight against monsters with your colleagues." He looked at Nanako, "Just pass it on to the teacher for me."

A disappointed expression appeared on Nanako's face immediately, but she knew Seimei wanted to say the same thing, and it was difficult to change the decision.So she nodded obediently, "I'll go and tell my father right now." She frowned again, and said with a smile, "I'll listen hard at the side. Even if you don't understand, just memorize it. I'll tell Brother Qingming later."

She glanced back at the dark motley crowd, except for the onmyoji who were more of rude warriors.There was a little fear in her voice, "Brother Qingming, will you take me back? There are so many people here."

"Didn't you just boast that you are very good?" Yuan Chuyu laughed.

"Brother Qingming." Nanako looked at Qingming pitifully in a long voice.

Qingming was also afraid that something would happen to her, so he nodded and agreed to send her back.

"you are the best."

Looking at the two who could no longer be seen as they squeezed into the crowd, Lizi blinked her eyelashes lightly.

At this time, the adults of Yinyang Liao had already made a decision.The samurai were gathered together and raised their bows.The cluster of arrows is bound with a charm to purify youkai.

The sunny dolls didn't know the danger at all, and they were still flying around, "Play with me, watch me, or I'll burn you to death." What they said reminded Lizi of the sentence, if the rain continues to cry, you will die. Cut off your head, exactly the same.

"Archery." An icy command sounded in the darkness.

The buzzing sound broke through the air, and rays of light illuminated the sky.The sunny dolls were in an instant of confusion.A bright light rose from the shot puppet, and it fell like a shooting star screaming.

The huge Sunny Doll wrinkled its stiff facial features, "Didn't you already give you Sunny, why didn't you let us go? I was just playing with you by setting the house on fire, and no one was in danger."

However, no one listened to it. Arrow clusters shot into the sky like locusts, and there were more and more meteors.

"Ah, stop, I'm really just joking." Da Qingtian dodged the arrows while talking.But its size is too large, like a target that does not need to be aimed in the sky.Clusters of arrows passed through its body one after another, and soon it burned into a huge meteor.

Is it over so easily?Everyone looked at the huge falling meteor in amazement.

After sending off Nanako, Seimei came to find her.Lizi leaned back on the bullock cart behind her, and was just about to talk to him, when the moonlight shrouded her surroundings suddenly trembled slightly.Above their heads, something was slowly forming with a shuddering pressure.

Those Sunshine Dolls that were shot down on the ground turned into balls of black smoke and soared up.The sky full of stars was immediately covered by black smoke.Amidst the rumble, a huge violent shadow appeared in the pitch-black sky.

Heiying pulled out a grin reaching to the ear, "How many people do I have to eat to heal this injury? I said it was just joking with you. Why is no one willing to listen to me? Human beings are really selfish and arrogant." Animals. In this case, I will also repay what you have done."

As its words fell, the thick clouds in the sky turned into black raindrops.These raindrops bloomed into clusters of red flames from midair.Just like the fire that ignited in Heian-kyo before, it engulfed the earth in an instant.

The ground exploded.Crying and screaming like a blast.At the same time, the onmyojis pulled out orange barriers to block the flames.But no amount of barriers can cover all the people.

The crowd cried and slapped the barrier, "Please let me in, I still have parents and children at home."

"Let's go in, is Onmyoji only so capable?"

The howling, cursing and cursing instantly converged into a mass of violent emotions.

More people ran to homes to escape the flames.But houses also quickly burned.The place that the onmyojis can't take care of is like Shura's hell.The entire Heian-kyo was engulfed in flames.

big.The Onmyojis flew into the air to fight, and even Tamamomae put on his mask again and flew into the air.The countless pavilions and pavilions in Heian-kyo instantly turned into coke, and more people slowly collapsed to the ground in the smoke.

Yet the monster grows bigger and bigger, and it seems that despair and anger are its food source.It breathes this emotion incessantly, and its body grows bigger and bigger.Those delicate spells can only pass through its body and explode into useless fireworks.

Lizi staggered away from Seimei in the crowd.When the flames came, she tried her best to support the barrier covering several warriors.But time passed by, and her physical strength was gradually exhausted.Watching her sweat rolling down like rain in order to maintain the barrier.The warriors removed the hornbows from their backs again.

"My lord, remove the barrier and let us go out."

"My lord has done a good job. I have been blessed by my lord for so long, it's time for us to repay."

Lizi also knew that her spiritual power would not last long, but she was still a little unwilling to let her give up like this, "Going out will kill you."

The warriors looked at each other and smiled, "Look, my lord, there is a sea of ​​flames outside now, even if we have been staying in the enchantment of the adult. The final result is that the adult is exhausted and it is difficult to call out the enchantment, and we are buried in the sea of ​​fire with the adult. Instead of dying, it’s better to go out and fight monsters, and shoot out the last few arrows.”

"Yes, my lord. My lord, please stop wasting spiritual power on us. Please use your last spiritual power to protect yourself. Your lord is already the most powerful witch we have ever seen. If your lord can survive by chance, please let us know in front of the gods." Please pray for us and bless us to be warriors in our next life.”

When the barrier was about to disappear, Lizi summoned a new one.Her fingers were already trembling from exhaustion, and she knew that this was the last enchantment she could cast.He pursed his lips lightly, "You guys, what's your name?"

"My name is Ji."

"My name is Haruta."

"My name is Seaman."

"My lord, please remember our names." The warriors said with a smile, and left her enchantment with their shoulders crossed.

It was the last smiling face she had ever seen.With the departure of the warriors, her enchantment was also broken.Countless faces of fear, sadness and despair flashed before his eyes.She tried her best to support the last strength, trying to find the most familiar figure in the firelight.

With a "boom", a flame exploded not far away, and she was overturned by the heat wave and fell to the ground.Struggling to get up, the crowd who were still running in front of her just now were all reduced to scorched earth.

How could this be, she suddenly wanted to cry.

Where is Master Seimei?She wants to find Lord Seimei.

"Xiao Li, get out of the way—"

There was a roar behind her, she turned her head in a daze, and saw Seimei's face in the firelight.The young man was covered with wounds, and ran towards her vigorously among the dead.

what is he shoutingHer ears were so buzzing that she couldn't hear clearly.

dodge?avoid what?

The dark shadow surging in the sky has found the person it has been looking for.All the black shadows gathered together and turned into a huge black firework that struck down.

"Little Pear—"

The huge shock and pain, accompanied by Seimei's voice, were engraved in her mind.

The pupils reflected the boy who was running over with a desperate expression. He reached out to hug her, but he couldn't grab anything.

……

"La la la, la la la—"

who is singing?

"La la la—"

She snapped her eyes open.

A little sunny doll danced and sang around her.

"Ah, are you awake?" Sunshine Baby stopped and tilted her head to look at her.

She got up and found that the scars all over her body were gone, and her spirit was full.

"who are you?"

"You forgot, you made me out."

"Me?" She stretched out her hand in doubt, and the sunny doll jumped into her hand.Those facial features and rough legs were indeed made by her.

"Recognize me? Don't throw me away this time." Sunshine Doll said.The sound was exactly the same as that huge black shadow in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Lizi opened her eyes wide, "You, aren't you?"

"That's right, it's me," Qing Tianwawa jumped up and down in her hands triumphantly, "Am I powerful? I overthrew Ping'an Jing by myself."

Piles of corpses and the last smiling faces of the warriors flashed before Lizi's eyes.Her eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she threw the sunny baby to the ground forcefully.

Sunshine Doll was thrown and blinded, it got up wronged, "I want to find you..."

"Do you want to use this way to find me?" She was so angry that her voice was trembling.

"I can't find you, you don't want me anymore." Sunny Doll continued to feel wronged, "I was so happy that you made me that day. I want to be your Sunny Doll, hang in front of your window and pray for a sunny day for you."

"But you heard a ghost story and threw me into the rain. I thought you were just scared and would pick me up later. But you didn't."

"A person found me and asked me to call him master. But I don't want to do that, I still want to find you. Because your hands are very warm, and although you are not good at handwork, you sew me very seriously. I just want Be your sunny doll."

Li Zi opened her eyes wide in surprise, her lips moved slightly twice.

"Ah, what's the matter? By the way, the man saw that I didn't want to go with him, so he gave me half a bunch of white hair. He said, it can help me fulfill my wish."

"Half a lock of hair?"

"Yes, that's it." Qing Tianhua took out half a bunch of white hair from her body and handed it over as if offering a treasure.

Li Zi took it and held it up to her eyes for identification. This one was exactly the same as the one she got from Yu Nu last time.Her heart beat violently.

Happy to see her, Sunshine Doll jumped up and down again.

"And then?" she asked.

"Later, I found many sunny dolls that were abandoned like me. The people who made them found out that the sky was sunny and they didn't want them. After I made them alive, everyone decided to take revenge on human beings. I don't like sunny days ? We just let the temperature rise. But the consequence of this is that more and more companions are thrown away."

"So you planned to burn Heianjing?" Lizi asked.

Sunny Doll timidly shook her head and nodded, it sensed that she was upset again. "I, I just want to find you. I want you to see me and see how amazing I am. If you think I'm amazing, maybe you'll be willing to let me be your sunny baby again."

It tilted its head and thought for a while, "Actually, it wasn't my idea alone. It was the one who gave me the white hair. He said, so you can pay attention to me."

Lizi's eyes moved slightly, "That man, can you describe his appearance?"

Sunshine Baby nodded, "Tall and handsome."

"That's it?"

"That's it."

Pear fell into silence again.

The sunny baby said timidly, "Are you still angry with me? I was wrong. I knew I was wrong the moment I hit you. I saw that little brother who was with you all the time was crying."

"When?" Lizi asked hurriedly.

"It's when we're being dragged into this space."

Pear is a little sad, she thinks she should be dead.

Seeing that she was silent again, Sunshine Baby asked a little timidly, "Are you still angry with me?"

Riko shook her head, it wasn't monsters that attacked Heian-kyo, but the loneliness and resentment that Object had always had.Over the years, from the first generation, Sunshine Doll has slowly accumulated the pain of being discarded.

This pain and unrecognized value is what caused the tragedy in Heian-kyo.Especially when meeting the person who ignited them, through the consciousness of God Inari, they were finally transformed into monsters.

"I'm not angry with you, because it's my fault. If I had looked at everything around me and respected their birth, I wouldn't be what I am today. Just like Fusangshen, aren't they just because they have been abandoned for a hundred years? Have you turned into a monster because of loneliness and anger? No matter who you are, you must be afraid of being abandoned."

The sunny doll lowered her head in embarrassment, it had only been abandoned for a day before it turned black.Fu Sangshen has endured for a hundred years.

"I'm sorry..." it said in a low voice.

Lizi touched it lightly, "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have abandoned you. I was always afraid of being abandoned by Seimei-sama, but I did. But it's too late to say anything. Heianjing is gone," she looked Looking at the vast expanse of whiteness around him, "We will probably be here forever."

"It's not too late." The sunny baby happily jumped on her lap.

"what?"

"Bell, your bell."

"My bell?"

"Yes, we are in your bell now. I can hear it talking, and it can take you back."

"But what's the use of taking it back? Heian-kyo is gone."

"No, you are so stupid," Sunny Doll said anxiously, "The wooden sign in your bell can reverse time and space."

"The sign in the bell? How do you know?"

"That's what the voice told me. Your bell can talk, but for some reason you can't hear it."

"It says you can use my power to go back," Qingtian Doll said happily, "I'm a big demon now, using my power can take you back to a few days ago, to the day when you abandoned me. Don't doubt , the wooden sign in your bell is the ability to go back in time."

Lizi believed it a little bit, after all, she was brought here by this wooden sign.

"Then will you die?"

"I will die as a big demon, but I will be born again as a baby of sunshine." It said with a smile.

Lizi understands a little bit, if she goes back in time, she can go back to the day when the sunny baby turned black.As long as she doesn't throw away the sunny doll, the following series of things won't happen.

"Then will this half of the white hair be gone too?" Lord Qingming really wanted to sneak into the Yinyang Liao and steal Qiao Ji's half of the white hair.

If time goes back, then Qiao Ji is not dead yet, and they don't have to risk being caught by Yin Yang Liao to steal.But correspondingly, is the half bunch of sunny dolls gone?

"The bell said it depends on luck. Generally speaking, it is definitely gone, but there will be gaps in time, and there are always some things that cannot disappear.

Such as obsession.When you put your heart and soul into something, that thing may be preserved.Even if time goes back in time, there will be things that should not be left in that time period. "

"how should I do?"

"Just desperately meditating that I want to have this bunch of white hair?" Sunshine Doll offered a way of thinking.

"This...well, I'll try." Lizi said awkwardly.

"Then, I'm going to go into the wooden sign so that you can go back." Sunshine Doll said.

"After I go back and make you, will you still talk?" Lizi asked.

"No," said Sunshine Doll with a smile, "If you didn't abandon me, I wouldn't be conscious. It's just an ordinary Sunshine Doll."

Lizi blinked slightly, "Then, are you still willing to go back?"

"Yes," Sunny Doll nodded without hesitation, "I just want to be your Sunny Doll, and pray for you when it rains. That's enough."

Looking at it, Lizi felt a little sour in her heart, "I'm really a bad host."

"No," the sunny doll flew up and was at eye level with her, "you are very nice. It is my honor to be your sunny doll. I have never regretted being made by you. I am too self-willed, give You caused such a big trouble. I'm really sorry..."

Sunshine Doll's facial features gradually became blurred, and her body turned into stars and melted into the white space.

At the same time, Lizi felt dizzy in front of her eyes.Something was like a hook, pulling her into the fluorescent vortex.

……

The white light gradually dissipated, and there was a cool feeling and the smell of rain in the air.

It hasn't been this cool for a long time.In my impression, it's been hot and sweaty lately.

Lizi opened her eyes and found herself sitting on the tatami against the low cabinet.Beside him is a ten-centimeter-high wooden platform, and further down is the courtyard.The rain fell from the sky, as dense as cow hair.

The wooden sliding door is wide open, and rain comes from time to time.The ground in the courtyard was washed clean, the flowers of the cherry trees next to it were gone, and small puddles had accumulated on the ground.

Qingming was sitting at a low table reading a book, a stick of incense stuck in an earthen pottery dish, emitting a faint smoke.

She lowered her eyes slowly, looking at the sunny doll that had just been tied in the water.The white cloth has not had time to be thrown into the rain.

The entire Heian-kyo was shrouded in mist and rain, and everything was still as usual.

"Seimei-sama..."

"Yeah." Qingming's eyes were still fixed on the instructional picture clipped in the Onmyoji book.That was the reference of the six pairs of lips kissing that Yuan Boya drew for him.Uh, this is the tongue, right?Why are the two tongues intertwined in a spiral?This is simply the monsters absorbing the power of each other.

"Master Seimei."

"Huh?" Qingming opened his eyes wide, looking at the girl who threw herself into his arms in surprise.

Why?Suddenly... become so enthusiastic?

Well, it must be an illusion.

"Yes... did you see a monster?" He could only think of such a possibility, and gently stroked her hair with his hands.

"No."

Hearing the sobbing choked with tears, Seimei panicked all of a sudden.Forcibly holding her face up, he was not surprised to see the crying girl with a red nose.

"What's the matter?" He looked at the sunny baby in her hand, "Did you get pricked by a needle?"

"Not at all."

"what is that?"

"I'm just happy." The girl said with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Happy?" he asked puzzled.

"Well, I'm very happy. I'm glad Seimei-sama is here, and I'm glad Heian-kyo is still here. Everyone is here, and nothing happened. There's still time for everything. I haven't done anything wrong yet."

Qingming became more and more puzzled, but he still patted her on the shoulder gently, "So that's the case. Of course I will be here, and I will never leave."

Li Zi closed her eyes and nodded, and buried her face in his chest again.My heart is full of newborn joy.

After a while, she calmed down and sat up slowly.Glancing at the paper that fell aside, she picked it up curiously.Qingming's expression changed, and he suddenly pressed up to snatch it away.

"Master Seimei, what is that?"

"Well, yes, catch, catch the demon map..."