juvenile onmyoji

The night was thick, and the big golden bird dragged its long flaming tail feathers, drawing a bright light in the air.Every mirror devouring beast that tried to approach was burned out with painful howls.

It is the first time for Lizi to see the mirror-eating beast in the country of mirrors.They are beasts composed entirely of black evil spirits, like black leopards.The body is surrounded by black mist, and the shape is sometimes clear and sometimes blurred.

"Since it's called the Mirror Devourer, does it only bite people from the Mirror Country?"

"Probably not," Qingming looked at the mirror devouring beast trying to rush over with a hint of interest, "the reason why it is called the mirror devouring beast is because it haunts the country of mirrors. But if this kind of monster comes to the world through the Yata mirror, I'm afraid the people over there are not having a good time."

Lizi thought for a while, "The people of the Mirror Kingdom should not dare to do this. Their purpose is to become a real human being. Aren't they the ones who will suffer the most if they put the mirror beast into the human world?"

"Even if you don't succeed in replacing them, you still dare not do it. Because their existence is attached to us. When we die, they will disappear forever."

"So that's it, I understand. How can you say it so clearly, as expected of Xiaoli." Qingming curled her lips slightly.

Lizi turned her head and said with a smile, "Because I came a day earlier than you."

There was a hint of pity in Qingming's eyes, "Have you suffered a lot? After seeing the fake you that day, I started to regret it."

"Actually, ever since you told me that there was a problem with Yuan Chuyue, I should have prevented you from going to Ise Shrine. Because I had a little luck, I thought there would be no problem at the Shrine of Amaterasu. I didn't expect Saio to go to the shrine first. It's a big problem."

"She replaced all of us from Ise Jingu." Li Zi frowned, "She said that for her master, it's nothing to make sacrifices. She's already Saio, is there a master?"

Qingming looked at the night solemnly, "I also really want to know who her master is. After finding those people, we can go to the palace to see. I'm actually quite curious, will the master of the Mirror Kingdom still be that His Majesty?"

Riko said: "One more thing, Seimei-sama. Saio replaced everyone in order to pollute the upper floors of Heian-kyo step by step. Will it be replaced before we go back?"

"I went to the teacher when I came, and his daughter had been replaced, and he didn't know it at all. When he found out, he was mad. At that time, we didn't know that there was something wrong with Saiwang. We only thought it was Yuan Chuyue who did it. At that time, the head of Yinyang Liao was playing chess at the teacher's house, and heard about it and interrogated the fake Nanako overnight. I learned about the Ise Jingu from her mouth."

"Now the people of Ise Jingu have been controlled, and they are locked up in the place where Yinyangliao guards the monsters. But because King Sai is the emperor's younger sister, Yinyangliao was too worried when she was arrested, and she took the opportunity to escape. I I think she should have fled to the country of mirrors. We have to be careful."

Thinking of Saio with icy cold skin, Riko felt her eyelids hurt.If she hadn't opened her eyes at that time, I'm afraid Saio would really have ripped her open with his nails. "Saiou's hands were cold, I thought she was replaced. But she told me no."

Seimei turned her head and glanced at her, "It seems that Saio's current situation is worse than I thought."

"Why do you say that?" Pear asked.

"According to your description, Saio should have fused with something. It's wet and cold, could it be a snake?" Seimei looked at the dark night and guessed.

"Don't say something so scary," Lizi said with goosebumps all over her body, "I hate snakes the most."

……

"Master, I'm sorry master, I failed to do this for you. Please punish me..." A woman's choked and begging voice echoed in the air.

In the empty palace with only a few candles lit, a tall man sat on the throne, propped his face with one hand, and casually looked at the slender figure kneeling on the ground.

Because the man didn't speak for a long time, Saio's body began to tremble slightly, and the shadow reflected on the ground also trembled trivially.

"Hey, Qing Shui can't do this, your serious look frightens the servant." The man said with a light smile.Under the reflection of the candlelight, his face was half-bright and half-dark.With a pointed face and narrow eyes, there is a different kind of feminine beauty.

"It's my time now, Yamata?" The man's expression darkened instantly, and his voice changed from elegant to deep and magnetic.

"Ah, sorry." Yamata said with a smile.

His Highness still stood a few black figures, but they all lowered their heads, and no one dared to take a second look at them.Naturally, it is impossible to see the weird thing about the rapid change of expression on a face.

"You really need to be punished, because of you, our stronghold in Heianjing is gone, and at the same time, you have attracted the attention of the gods." Qing Shui said indifferently.

Saio breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he was going to punish her, "As long as I can continue to serve you, I can punish me in any way."

"Then, find out the boy who destroyed the plan. He should still be in the country of mirrors. Everyone related to him will also be killed. Finally, open the passage and release those mirror-eating beasts. After all this is done, I will You cut off one of your own arms as punishment." Qing Shui said coldly.

"Hey, did you release the mirror beast into the world? Master, are we going to give up the country of mirrors?" Saio asked, who was only worried about his master's great career and didn't care about his own arm at all.

There was another long silence in the hall.

Saio fell on the ground again, "I overstepped."

"Okay, let's go," Yamata said with a smile, "We'll go and see it later when you catch that child."

Saio showed a trace of reluctance on his face, "Such a lowly human being is not worthy of my master's attention. I will definitely crush all those who destroy the plan, and I will not let anyone go."

"Well, if you're interested, it depends on whether Shimizu is willing to go. You know, I can't decide such a big thing by myself. You go first." Yamata said with a sideways smile.

King Zhai kowtowed heavily again, then walked back on his knees.

The hall fell silent again.

"What a good servant, what do you think of Shimizu?" Yamata asked with a smile, and he was not annoyed at the delay in getting an answer. Shimizu who doesn't like to laugh when talking."

"It's noisy."

"Feel sorry."

……

Riko looked at Genji's original tall house, but now it was a small dilapidated courtyard standing there.

"It's not surprising," Qingming looked at the yard with great interest, "People in the country of mirrors are not related by blood. Their social relations and status are all reorganized. It is not bad for Yuan Chuyue to obtain such a small house in the mirror Well, let's go in and see, and hope she hasn't eaten too much of the food here."

Lizi was taken aback, and hurriedly opened the door.

She only knew that the food and water in the country of mirrors should not be touched by Saio.But Yuan Chuyue must not know.She has been in for so long, and she probably has eaten a lot.

There was only one log cabin in the courtyard, and the room was lit by candlelight.

Qingming pulled the girl who was about to rush back to her side, and casually picked off a leaf from the bush and threw it out. The door of the wooden house opened immediately as if someone had kicked her.

"Who?" came a vigilant voice from inside.

Lizi recognized Yuan Chuyue's voice, and immediately called out happily, "Chuyue sauce, it's me."

The room fell silent in an instant, and it took several seconds for an unbelievably trembling voice to come from inside, "Is it pear sauce? You have also been tricked?"

Yuan Chuyue, who was wearing a coarse cloth dress, ran out, stopped in front of Suzaku, who was flapping its wings slowly, and raised her face in astonishment.

"Don't be afraid, it's Seimei-sama's shikigami." Lizi said hastily.

Yuan Chuyue carefully walked around the big flame bird, and rushed to Lizi to hug her.Lizi trembled immediately, feeling like she had fallen into the ice water.

Seimei frowned slightly and separated them.Turning to look at Yuan Chuyue, "Have you become a resident of the Mirror Country?"

"What country of mirrors?" Yuan Chuyue was taken aback, "Does it mean that I can't go back if I come in?"

Lizi also knew from the fact that the other party had no body temperature, they were still a step late. "Did you eat the food and water here?" She asked anxiously.

"That's right," Yuan Chuyue nodded as a matter of course, "I've been here for so many days, it's impossible not to eat anything, right?"

Lizi instantly felt her heart sink to the bottom of the valley, and her voice became a little more decadent, "If you eat the food here, you will be completely lost. Your body will become the person in the mirror."

Yuan Chuyue opened her eyes wide and took a step back, her face was full of violent blows, "You, you mean, I'm dead?" Tears immediately appeared in her big eyes, "I'm dead? I, I don't want to Die woo woo woo..."

"It's not about death," Qingming explained, "it's about living in the mirror and being the person in the mirror."

"What's the difference between that and death?" Yuan Chuyue cried in a broken voice.Thinking of my father and elder brother now being someone else's.That person lives in her house with peace of mind, wearing her clothes and living in her place.

"Whoa, I hate that bastard Saio to death. Damn, I also hate mirrors to death. If I can go back, I will melt them all into big copper pancakes."

"Master Qingming?" Lizi looked at Qingming, "Chuyue-chan, is there nothing you can do?"

She tried her best to mobilize her brain cells, "Imagine that the person in the mirror can replace us, so Chuyue Jiang is also the person in the mirror now. Can you reverse that and replace the fake Chuyue outside?"

Yuan Chuyue immediately forgot to cry, raised her eyes to stare blankly at Lizi, then slowly turned her head to look at Qingming.

Qingming smiled slightly, "I think this assumption is reasonable. We used the same method to get Yuan Chuyue out, and brought the other one in to let her eat the food here. The result should be a successful exchange."

"Yes," Yuan Chuyue's eyes immediately filled with hope, "I think it makes sense, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Let's try it now." She said impatiently.

"Not now," Qingming said with a smile, "We haven't found a way out yet."

"Didn't find the way out?" Yuan Chuyue didn't understand these words a little bit, so he repeated them with difficulty.

Riko nodded, "That's it. I was pushed in by Saio. Seimei-sama came to find me. But since I just came in, I haven't found the way out yet."

"It's that woman from Saiwang again." Yuan Chuyue said viciously, "Last time when I was sick, she went to see me and spent all of them saying that it was a blessing. In the end, everyone went out, and she took out one Bronze mirror. I started to feel dizzy when I saw my head, and when I woke up, I found that I was lying here."

"What's even worse is that the person who replaced me looks cute in the mirror. I'm always forced to make speechless expressions and actions. I knew it, I was miserable."

Seimei nodded, "It seems that besides the Yata mirror, Saio's bronze mirror can also replace people."

"That's why Jiayuan Chuyue distributed small bronze mirrors to everyone." Lizi said.

"Ah, that fake person actually did such a thing in my face?" Yuan Chuyue was almost pissed off, "Then, did my father and brother also get caught?"

"That's not true." Seimei said, "General Laikou learned about this, and he has cooperated with Yinyang Liao to lock up the fake you. He also made great efforts to hunt down King Sai."

Lizi suddenly thought of something, "If that's the case, why did you only come in, Master Qingming?"

"Not everyone dares to come in. Entering the country of mirrors is basically equivalent to giving up one's own life. Because no one knows the situation here. You may die at any time." Seimei said lightly.

"What's more, I am a middle-ranking onmyoji, and I sent out to ask to come in. There is no one more suitable than me. If I can't get out after three days, they will send people in again."

Lizi's eyes moved slightly, she was just happy to see him.Never thought about how dangerous this is.Seimei-sama doesn't have to come in at all.

"My father would never do such a thing for my sake." Yuan Chuyue said a little dejectedly, "He would not let my brother in either."

Lizi looked at her, a little helpless about comforting others.But Yuan Chuyue soon became happy, "The fake me tricked everyone into it? Does that mean that Nanako is also in the Mirror Country? Hahaha, happiness can only be found in the pain of others."

"But she is in the country of mirrors, so are you." Suzaku said frankly, "This kind of thing that hurts the enemy one thousand and self-damages eight hundred, no matter how you look at it, it can't be taken advantage of."

Yuan Chuyue: "Uh..."

Yuan Chuyue didn't have anything to bring.He didn't even intend to lock the door for that person, so he followed Lizi away.

"Haha, after that fake product comes back, it will definitely collapse when it sees that the door is unlocked and things are lost."

"If you can't exchange it in the end, you will be the one to break down. Those things belong to you now." The upright Suzaku issued another soul torture.

"Can you shut up? Flamingo." Yuan Chuyue couldn't help but say.

Yuan Chuyue's home is not too far from Nanako.But Suzaku's figure along the way was still too ostentatious.There were many people poking their heads out of the windows, pointing fingers.

"These monsters should be cleared up." Yuan Chuyue said angrily.

"Don't say that," Lizi disagreed a little, "Not all monsters are bad."

"My God," Yuan Chuyue moved a little further away from her, "I can't believe it. Is this the Shimizu Rikako who gnashes her teeth at the mention of monsters? You once told me that you hate monsters the most."

"I still hate monsters, but," Li Zi frowned slightly, "I can't explain it either."

Qingming on the side slightly hooked the corners of her lips.

Arriving at the mansion of He Mao's family, it looks smaller than Yuan Chuyue's house.Sure enough, in the world in the mirror, everyone who has no blood relationship is a stranger.Mirror He Mao Zhongxing and Mirror He Mao Baoxian don't bother to take care of their daughter (sister) in name.

Li Zi looked at this weird house.Nanako is a little girl who loves to look in the mirror very much.Because of the reflection of the mirror, there will be many fragments of the real world reflected in the country of mirrors.

So the house looks very strange, with half a bookcase inlaid in the window, and the door is of two colors.There are even more strange things embedded on the walls.It looks like it was accidentally reflected in the mirror.

Yuan Chuyue pushed open the courtyard door, and the loud noise startled the people in the room.

"Who?" A female eye poked through a small hole in the window paper.The eyes of the people inside quickly fixed on Qingming.

"Brother Seimei—" The door was pushed open with a bang, and Nanako, who was wearing a shrine maiden costume, ran out crying.Yuan Chuyue stopped her, "You've become a mirror now, so don't hug people around, it's so cool."

"What mirror?" Nanako opened her eyes wide with tears on her face.

"It's the person in the mirror." Yuan Chuyue said with a smile.

"Nonsense, I'm not the person in the mirror." Nanako looked at everyone in a panic, "If I'm in the mirror, I'm the person in the mirror. You, you are also in the mirror."

"Oh, that's different. They didn't eat the food here. But I guess you can't help it, your body has no temperature." Yuan Chuyue said with a smile.

"That's because it's cold here." Nanako looked for a reason.

"Okay, let me ask you, have you ever had a big bronze mirror suddenly appear in front of you, and you were forced to follow Nanako in it?" Seeing the other party's flustered expression, Yuan Chuyue became even happier, "It seems that I Right."

"Brother Seimei—" Nanako cried again.

"I see, don't worry," Qingming said lightly, "Because the teacher asked me, I will definitely take you back."

"Brother Qingming is the best of you." Nanako sobbed, wiping the corners of her eyes pitifully with the back of her hand.

Riko stood last, looking at Nanako without emotion.Although Qiao Ji's incident was backtracked by time.But if the person concerned forgets, it doesn't mean she will forget.

It is Nanako's habit to abandon her companions in times of crisis. After being tricked once, she will remember it.Now is the critical moment again, she has to be on guard.

After a while, Teng Snake came over and brought the remaining apprentice witches.Except for a few people who are particularly defensive, the rest of them have become mirror mirrors.But these few people who did not eat the food of the country of mirrors are in very bad condition.They were all dying when Teng Snake rolled them up with its snake tail.

Suzaku thinks that the main reason is not being hungry, but being rolled by the python's tail.After she finished speaking, Teng Snake rolled her eyes.

Lizi hurriedly took out the remaining rice balls and water for them to eat, and they were relieved a bit.

"Then what should we do?" Nanako who had just been forced to perform a line performance in front of the mirror asked in a low voice.She is now deeply aware of how different she is from humans.I was very jealous of those classmates who didn't eat the food from the country of mirrors.

"It's nothing to do," Yuan Chuyue said, pointing to Nanako's leftover food on the table, "If you're hungry, you can continue to eat the food here, anyway, it's already a mirror image."

"I don't want it," Nanako said with her lips pouted, "I'm afraid that eating too much will make it more difficult to change back. I also want to eat normal food. How about brother Qingming?"

"Not good." Qingming was laying an enchantment on the beans, when suddenly there were so many people, the beans that Lizi brought had to be multiplied several times.

"Don't be willful," he slowed down the speed of sealing to give the little paper figurine time to work in the barrier, "eating food from the Mirror Kingdom will not make things worse for you now. But for us who were originally short of food From your point of view, your request is very unreasonable."

Nanako turned pale and nodded quickly, "I'll listen to you, Brother Qingming, don't be angry with me. I'm most afraid that you will be angry. Father is not here, and I only know you now."

Yuan Chuyue rolled his eyes in an unrefined manner, "Aren't we all human? Or Nanako, you have been studying for so long and you still haven't remembered our names?"

"Spread out, don't take others into the mirror when you look in the mirror, you will be suspected." Qingming stood up and told the apprentice witches in the room.

Li Zi and a few girls who did not become residents of the mirror country picked all the grown beans so that Suzaku could make them into bean cakes.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Qingming picked up a food box and filled it with bean cakes, "You guys wait here. Xiaoli and I will go to Ise Jingu to visit first. There are so many people there, we can't take care of them. Wait until we find out where the passage is. , I will use the teleportation array to teleport you there."

He took out a round red gemstone and handed it to Teng Snake.This was given to him by the master of Yinyangliao. The two rubies are placed in different places, which can open a teleportation array.Although it can only be used in one space, it is also very precious.

"I'm going to Brother Seimei too." Nanako's face was full of worry that Seimei would run away.

Qingming glanced at her lightly, "Your worries are unnecessary, I will leave Teng Snake to protect you. Don't worry that I will leave you. Since I promised the teacher, I will definitely do it."

Nanako blushed a bit, "I'm not worried about that. I know Brother Seimei will take me away if he doesn't take anyone away. But, if you are not here, I will still be very scared. Unless..."

"what?"

"You leave us the big light-emitting bird. In case you can't come back before dark, she can emit light to drive away those mirror-eating beasts."

"Then what should my lord do?" Teng Snake asked her back, "Don't you need to avoid the mirror beast when it's dark?"

"Brother Qingming can do it, he is a genius onmyoji. He can do it without a big bird, right Brother Qingming."

Riko smiled lightly, she was not surprised that Nanako could say such a thing.

"Yes." Qingming was too lazy to say much, and nodded in agreement.

Nanako sat down happily.If there is a teleportation array, who wants to suffer?What she said just now was just to keep two more bodyguards for herself.

Riko put the box with the pastry on her back in the burden.The rest of the pastries were left for those normal girls to eat.Seimei made enough water for them again.The two left the house.

At this time, the sky was bright, and the mirror-eating beasts like black mist had already dispersed.Residents of the Mirror Country also stepped out of their homes one after another to start their day's work.

Riko walked beside Seimei, the depression that had been accumulated by Nanako before was swept away by the cool weather.Seimei was also infected by her emotions, showing a bright smile.

But when they arrived at Ise Shrine, the scene here still surprised the two who had already planned for the worst.

The Ise Jingu in Heiankyo is located in the dense forest, and the honey-colored wooden buildings are like yellow diamonds on green clothes.

But the Ise Jingu here is dilapidated like a ruin.The sunlight from the Kingdom of Mirrors seems to be unable to reach here, and the light is very gloomy.

After all came, the two decided to go in and take a look.

After walking through several dilapidated halls, they came to the temple of Amaterasu.Pushing open the slanted dusty door, a large bronze mirror that is incompatible with the messy environment here comes into view.

That is the Yata mirror, the incarnation of Amaterasu.

Qingming's eyes darkened slightly, and she immediately pulled Li Zi out of the temple.As soon as he retreated outside the hall, the ground of the entire Ise Palace began to sink.

Lizi suddenly felt dizzy, and was pulled into a strong embrace the moment she fell.

They fell in as the ground cracked, and at the same time, icy water poured in from all directions.

Pear opened her eyes wide in horror.The moment the light disappeared, she saw Qingming press her face up, covering it with warm lips, and at the same time, the air slowly entered.

She blinked lightly, and finally understood how Seimei's lips were broken last time at the bottom of the sea?

Seimei: Do you remember?Then please be gentle with me this time~