juvenile onmyoji

"I wanted to see you a long time ago, but Abe Masaki refused to let me in." Minamoto Raimitsu said with a smile.

Everything is exactly the same as what happened that day.Lizi lowered her eyes and thought.Although Heian-kyo is back on track, but the same thing happens twice, no matter who it is, it will be a little impatient.

Because you know the process, you will feel that time passes very slowly.

Minamoto Raimitsu didn't get on the right track, and was still fondly recalling the former friendship between Genji and Shimizu's family.

"That's it." She stood up.

"What?" Minamoto Raikou was slightly taken aback.

"Retire after one year. During this period, Genji is not allowed to interfere in any way with me. Otherwise, the engagement will be terminated immediately. I will not move to your house. If forced, the engagement will be terminated immediately. Other conditions will not be agreed, and if there is too much talk, the engagement will be terminated immediately."

Being hit in the face by a bunch of broken engagements, Minamoto Raikou sat sulked for a while and realized that he seemed to have no choice, so he nodded in agreement.Just as he was about to leave, Yuan Chuyu and Qingming walked over.

"Why aren't you in the school? It's always like this. I knew you were idle like this all day long. Even the marriage contract couldn't be settled, so I had to come forward. You have also learned Yin Yang skills in a mess. It's really embarrassing for Genji." Minamoto Raimitsu who was in a bad mood Even more ruthless than last time.

Yuan Chuyu's bitten lip turned white, just looking at it like this makes people feel uncomfortable for him.

"That's not the case in my eyes." Li Zi frowned slightly, "Master Hatsue Yu is very outstanding. It is very difficult to obtain the qualification of the first onmyoji."

"Many people can only get this qualification when they are in their 20s. But Master Hatsue got it at the age of 16. Anyway, in my opinion, Master Hatsue is already very powerful."

Yuan Chuyu was startled for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at her.

Minamoto Larimitsu was also taken aback for a moment, he immediately realized the inappropriateness of his words just now.After all, things like scolding your son should be done at home.

Although he admits that what the other party said makes sense, he is used to doing everything to the best of his ability.The same is true for his own son.Since there is a young man who is the middle, it must be his son Raimitsu Minamoto.If you can't do it, it's waste.

Although I thought so in my heart, I still had to live with my face.

"Look, I've devoted myself to defending you before you pass the gate." Minamoto Raimiko said with a smile, "Why don't you hurry up and get promoted to a middle-ranked Onmyoji?"

pear:"……"

"That was not what I meant……"

"Okay," Yuan Laiguang interrupted her, and turned to look at Yuan Chuyu, "Don't hate Dad because of what you said just now. This is exactly what a father thinks. Who doesn't want their children to be the best. I It's the same, that's why I have strict requirements on you. I believe in you, and I will do well." He reached out and patted Yuan Chuyu's shoulder.

Yuan Chuyu's sad mood calmed down quite a bit, but his father's encouragement and his fiancée's approval made him suddenly want to work harder.He knew he wasn't doing well enough.He rejects yin and yang from the heart.Onmyoji turned the mother into a monster, and ended up in tragedy.

Many times, my father said that he was not as good as Abe Seimei.This makes him sometimes have the idea of ​​giving up on himself and wanting to follow the same path as his mother.What the father wants is big.Onmyoji, not son.

But some people praised him for being great.That person, just like when he was a child, would always appear when he was most depressed.

"Give."

"What?" Lizi looked at the small green fruit that suddenly appeared in her hand.

"The time passed by the teacher just now, I didn't do well, and I managed to force a fruit. But because I think this technique is very magical, I still want to give this fruit to you. Now I will give you the small one first, and I will ripen it later. The big one is here for you. You can hang it on the branch and play with it first."

"It turned out that it was because of this incident that I thought you didn't learn to run around. I blamed you wrongly." Yuan Laiguang said.

"I don't blame you," Yuan Chuyu said immediately, "It doesn't matter if we leave the hall. It's my problem. I'll go back."

Minamoto Raikou nodded, "Let's go together."

Changing the trajectory of one thing, harvested a fruit, which Lizi never thought of.But anyway, the last time was really embarrassing and sad for her.She always thought afterward that it would have been better if she hadn't witnessed such a thing or said something about it.Even if it's just a compliment.

Seeing them leaving in harmony, she breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head and called, "Lord Qingming."

Qingming changed the box containing the persimmons from his left hand to his right hand, said "study hard", and turned to leave.

Hey, isn't this persimmon for her?What went wrong?

……

After the hall was over, Qingming walked out of He Maozhongxing's house, and saw that Lizi hadn't come out yet.He sat in the car and waited.A sweet voice came from next to my ear, "Brother Qingming——"

He didn't respond, just turned his face and looked at the other party from the car window.

Nanako, who was wearing a priestess outfit, tied a red bow on the back of her head, tilted her head and asked with a lively smile, "I heard from my seniors that you just ripened a persimmon tree?"

Seimei answered with a soft "hmm".

"Where are the persimmons?" Nanako stretched out her hand happily, "Giving one to me. I know you have two, and we share them."

"I want to give it away." Qingming said lightly.

"Send to whom?"

"It's not you." It was another light tone.

Nanako retracted her hand and pouted, "Okay, since you want to give it away, I forgive you. Remember to give me one next time, I like persimmons the most."

"Brother Baoxian can also ripen persimmon trees," Qingming said.

"But I just want to eat the persimmon you ripened." Nanako puffed her cheeks and said unhappily.

"To send someone away."

Nanako: "..."

"You gave it away this time, and in the future, will you give it away every time you ripen the fruit? I don't believe it."

"That's it. My persimmon tree, plum tree, apple tree, and all the ripened fruits are given away." Qingming said calmly, resting his chin on one hand.

"Who is that person?" Nanako's face suddenly turned pale.

Seimei didn't speak, as if she had discovered something, she looked over Nanako, and her indifferent and lazy eyes instantly softened.It's like an iceberg that has just melted and turned into a sacred mountain full of flowers.

Nanako followed his gaze in confusion, and saw Shimizu Rikako walking out of the door holding Yuan Chuyue's arm.

The girl who was also wearing a priestess costume, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on her face, and her eyelashes like small fans cast arc-shaped shadows on her pure white face.Compared with the tall Yuan Chuyue, she is like a fresh flower bud, pure and soft.

At the same time, Nanako also noticed that many onmyojis who had just stepped out were secretly looking at Ewhako.

Good-looking girls never lack the attention of the opposite sex.

Nanako quickly turned her face to look at Seimei, who had already lost the softness in her eyes, and put down the curtain of the car window expressionlessly.

Lizi got into the carriage and saw Seimei reading a book.She hurriedly sat in the corner without making a sound.From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of the box containing persimmons placed on the low table.

Qingming didn't say a word along the way, just staring at the book.

This is actually nothing, this kind of thing usually happens.She just wondered why he didn't turn the page?

Have dinner when I get home.Back in the courtyard, Qingming walked towards her room again without saying a word.Suzaku looked at his back and asked, "Did your lord stop reading today?"

"Look, watch it in my room." Qingming said lightly.

"Huh, that's strange. Usually it's either in the yard or in Lijiang's room." Suzaku muttered.

No matter how unresponsive Lizi was, she knew that Seimei must be unhappy somewhere.

She thought carefully about what happened today, but she really couldn't think of anything that made her unhappy.

Well, it must be none of her business.

At night, Lizi slept with the lamp on, and slept until dawn.In the dream, there is a large persimmon forest, with sweet persimmons like little lanterns.

She opened her eyes in a daze, why did she smell the fragrance of persimmons?

A bright red thing magnified in front of her eyes, and she sat up abruptly.The food box containing two persimmons was placed beside her pillow, reflecting the light of the morning sun through the window, shining sweetly.

This is... Seimei-sama's persimmon.She picked one up and looked at it.The persimmons are so red and big that they can't be grasped with one hand.I haven't eaten it yet, and I can smell the honey-like fragrance through the persimmon skin.

Why did you give it to her again?

"Because Persimmon asked me to forgive you." Seimei who was questioned during breakfast replied.

"Eh?"

Qingming casually stirred the porridge, "The persimmon said, it still wants the little girl named Qingshui Lihuazi to eat. So I carried them and put them next to your pillow. Didn't you dream that the gods held the persimmons? "

Toshi Li Tianwang?

Lizi smiled, "No, but I dreamed of a large persimmon grove, but it's too high, and I can't reach it no matter what."

"I see," Qingming said with a light smile, "Alright, Persimmon punished you for me."

Lizi was a little puzzled, "Master Qingming, I thought about it for a long time yesterday, but I can't think of anything that makes you unhappy."

"Unexpectedly?" Qingming propped his face with one hand, raised the end of his eyes, and raised his thin lips, "Whose things did you take yesterday?"

"Hatsuha-sama's apple." She replied without thinking, "Hey, is that the reason?"

"That's the reason." The boy took a salty rice ball for himself.

"Is it because you can't have persimmons if you have apples?"

"Yes."

"But why do I have both now?"

"Because the persimmon says you can't just give up like this, how can it be inferior to the apple?"

Eh?

……

Yuan Chuyue always secretly admires her beautiful face with a small bronze mirror.

"Actually, you don't like collecting mirrors, you like looking in mirrors, right?" Lizi said while packing her satchel.

"Is there any difference between the two?" Yuan Chuyue asked.

"I read a book yesterday, and there is a section that explains in detail about collecting. When you collect something that reaches a frenzy, you may be influenced by it." Lizi said seriously.

"How does it affect it? Turn me into a mirror?" Yuan Chuyue curled her lips, pinched the bridge of her nose in front of the mirror, and scratched her double eyelids deeper with her nails.

"That's not likely, but desire breeds evil spirits, and you may be haunted by mirror-like monsters." Lizi put the satchel aside and sat down again, "In the distant Tang Dynasty, there is a story about Ye Gong who loves dragons. ?"

The ignorant girl shook her beautiful face.

"There is a person who likes dragons very much. Everything in his house is painted with dragons. As long as he hears that someone is selling dragon items, he will buy them at a high price."

"This matter was found out by a dragon living in the sky. It came to Ye Gong very happily. He thought that people who like dragons so much would love them even more when they saw real dragons. But to its disappointment, Ye Gong saw For a split second, he was so frightened that he fainted."

Yuan Chuyue frowned, "Then Ye Gong doesn't really like dragons, he just seems to like dragons superficially. But I'm different, if a huge mirror comes to me, I'll be so happy."

"I'm not going to tell you this, I just want to say that if you like anything too much, it will attract evil things."

"Nonsense." Yuan Chuyue brushed her hair in front of the mirror, "Okay, we're going home. Everyone is gone." She put the mirror into her satchel, but she didn't notice that the movement in the mirror was half a beat slower.

Pear talked about it again when she got home.

Qingming frowned slightly, "Didn't her father and brother warn her? It's okay if it's something else. The mirror itself is a spiritual object. Therefore, it is often used for psychics. We sleep too Similarly, you must never face the mirror. Even if there is a mirror in the dormitory, many people have to cover it with a mirror cover when sleeping."

"How should I tell her?" Lizi asked.

"You can collect mirrors, but they should be placed far away from your bedroom, preferably not in the same yard," Qingming said.

Pear nodded.

The next day, on the way to Ise Shrine, she told Minamoto Tsuki Seimei's suggestion in the carriage.

Yuan Chuyue yawned, "It's not in the sleeping room. It's all in the side room, far enough away."

Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, Lizi frowned slightly, "Anyway, you'd better ask General Laikou and Master Hatsue when you go back. They all know Yin and Yang, so they should know this, right?"

"Got it." Yuan Chuyue then yawned.

"Did you sleep late last night?" Lizi asked.

"It's not very late. I go to bed on time. It's probably like this in summer. I'm lazy because of the heat."

Lizi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Yuan Chuyue's condition was getting worse day by day, at first he just yawned every day and looked like he couldn't wake up.Later, I fell asleep in class at every turn, and it took a long time to wake up.From the beginning of June to the end of the month, she was too sick to get out of bed in just one month.

When Lizi went to see her, she was falling asleep.The witch doctor hired by the family said that he had a fever.So she left Genji's mansion without even seeing her face to face.

On the way home, Qingming pointed out to her, "Don't worry, I saw Lord Saio's carriage. Yuan Chuyue will be fine."

Riko caught sight of Saio's gorgeous carriage from the window, and breathed a sigh of relief.The last time she was about to die, and the people who were with her in the illusion even lost their heads.Because Lord Saio prayed to the gods, they are all fine now.

But why is the fever so severe that it made Yuan Chuyue sick like this?

After a few days, Yuan Chuyue finally came to Ise Shrine.

With a faint smile on her face, she took out the pen and paper from her satchel.

"Ah, you're finally healed." Li Zi smiled and reached out to touch her face, "Ah, it's so cold."

"Is it cold?" Yuan Chuyue reached out and touched her face, "Maybe it's a little cold today."

"Is it cold today?" Lizi turned her head to look at the bright sun outside, it was the midsummer of July.She turned her head, Yuan Chuyue had already left her seat to talk to someone else.

She was startled for a moment, Yuan Chuyue was always too lazy to socialize in the past.Coupled with her being arrogant, only others came to talk to her on her own initiative.But, maybe I've been sick and lonely for so long.

After a while, Yuan Chuyue came back again.Handed Lizi a small bronze mirror.The bronze mirror is very cute, it is as small as a palm and can be carried with you.

"For you, I gave one to all my friends." She said with a smile.

Lizi took it over, "Why did you suddenly give us a mirror? Bronze mirrors are very valuable, so is it okay for you to give them away like this?"

"You also said that I have too many mirrors, so it doesn't matter if I give some away." Yuan Chuyue said indifferently.

"So that's it." Lizi nodded and said with a smile. She turned over the mirror and saw that there was a piece of mica inlaid behind it, with a pattern of a blown out candle engraved on it.For some reason, this pattern made her feel very uncomfortable.She didn't say much, thanked her and put it in her satchel.

After a while, the teacher came and asked them to practice divination for today's fortune, and when the class was over, they would write down the results of the divination on a piece of paper and hand it in.For a while, the hall was filled with the sound of "crash clatter" asking for divination.

Li Zi is holding the divination tool while facing the book, while writing the result with a pen.From the corner of the eye, Yuan Chuyue was also writing seriously.

She didn't care, and looked away.But there was always something wrong in my heart.

Is Yuan Chuyue writing with his left hand?

"Ah, I still can't write well." Yuan Chuyue sighed and crumpled the paper, turned sideways and hugged Lizi's arm flatteringly, "I seem to have just recovered from an illness and my body is always boring. I'll read the divination results, you come Can you write it for me?"

Is that why you write with your left hand?But isn't the left hand more boring?

Lizi nodded in agreement while pondering in her heart.Changed to a new piece of paper, and helped Yuan Chuyue write the divination results.

"Dafu. Hey, you're lucky today." She said with a smile.

"Oh, is that so? Should I give away a few more?" Yuan Chuyue murmured thoughtfully.Seeing Lizi looking at her, she immediately burst into a smile, "Thank you, Lijiang, for helping me write."

The hall bell rang, and everyone packed up their things and went to hand in their homework.

Yuan Chuyue took out a mirror from the satchel, and walked towards Teacher Xi with the written paper.In her uncovered satchel, Lizi saw that it was stuffed full of small bronze mirrors.Every side is the same as what Yuan Chuyue gave her.

She hesitated for a moment, then bent down to pick up the ball of paper thrown by the other party on the ground.Spreading it out, she frowned in confusion, what word is this?It seems to be written backwards.

Glancing at Yuan Chuyue who was smiling and talking to the teacher, for some reason, that smile made her scalp tingle.She kneaded the paper ball again, and gently threw it in the original position.

After returning home, after dinner, she and Qingming sat opposite each other at the low table to learn Yin Yang art together.When she didn't come, Suzaku said that she would read in her room when it was cold tomorrow, and in the courtyard when it was hot.But now he completely regards Lizi's room as his own study, and Lizi's desk as his own desk.

His stuff is everywhere in the room.His books are placed on the low cabinet, his spells can be seen on the table, and small things like folding fans and charm bags are easily accessible.

According to Qingming, his things have the effect of exorcising evil spirits, and the pears are not bad.He himself can exorcise evil spirits, so, see him often to keep safe.

"Today, Chuyue-chan came to Ise Shrine." Riko said sullenly while copying the oracle.

"Are you unhappy?" Qingming immediately noticed that she was emotionally wrong, and he smiled, "Why? Aren't you always on good terms?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy. I'm very happy that she recovered from her illness. But," Li Zi frowned slightly, "It's strange, it's her face, and her speech is the same as usual. But, I always feel that she has something to do with me. A sense of distance."

"What sense of distance?"

"It's like her but not like her." It's not like she didn't suspect the other party's abnormality.Before Yuan Chuyue fell ill, she had suspected that it was because of the mirror.But then Saio came to see her, and she soon recovered from her illness.She can't doubt Lord Saio, can she?

She took out the bronze mirror that Yuan Chuyue gave her from her satchel, "Chuyue sauce gave mirrors to many people today. I also gave one to me."

Qingming took it over and took a look. He stared at the candle pattern on the mica, and frowned slightly, "It's very uncomfortable, this pattern. The blown out candle makes people feel very ominous."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Seimei grabbed a piece of talisman paper and wrote a few strokes.Release the talisman paper, and a ray of light shines towards the mirror.After a few seconds, the light dissipated, and the mirror remained as it was.

"It doesn't look malicious, but it doesn't feel good. You don't want to use this mirror." Qingming turned his face to the side and ordered Teng Snake to take out the blood box.

"Don't touch it again until you confirm its usefulness." Qingming sealed the mirror into the blood box, "These days, don't get too close to Yuan Chuyue. Treat her normally."

"Do you think something is wrong with Yuan Chuyue?"

"Well," Seimei nodded, "I think something is wrong. I will show this mirror to my teacher tomorrow. There are Saiou-sama and many priestesses in the Ise Shrine. If there are strange things, they will notice , you just need to keep your usual appearance. Don't worry."

In the middle of the night, Teng Snake sat on the roof of the front yard of the mansion, watching the moon while guarding.He was holding a small can of rum, and just as he pulled the stopper off, he felt the blood box in his arms move.He lowered his eyes, and his golden vertical pupils looked at his chest.The blood box stopped moving again, so fast that he thought it was his own illusion.

I will tell the adults about this tomorrow, there seems to be something alive in the blood box.

Since no evil spirit could escape from the blood box, he started drinking again with confidence.

In a place he couldn't see, inside the blood box, an eye was slowly reflected on the mirror placed there.

If Riko looked at the mirror at this moment, she would be able to find that those were Saio's eyes.

Qingming pointed to a large forest and said to Lizi, "Look, the fruit forest in front is contracted by me for you."