juvenile onmyoji

"I don't want it." Riko said, "I don't want another shikigami."

When Shuten-douji was her shikigami, she didn't fully understand what a shikigami means to a youkai.

She has only been in contact with Seimei's shikigami.When Shuten-douji really became her shikigami, she realized the pain of being treated as an object by the great demon who lived freely.

Although she never restrained Jiu Tun-douji, she treated them equally when speaking.But every time it's time to put away the shikigami.Even if one second Shuten-doji was still drinking with Seimei, the next second he would have to return to his status as a utensil.Even if he is the ghost king of Dajiangshan, he will be put into the box as a thing.

This kind of damage to self-esteem is embarrassing every time you do it.

"You heard me," Jiu Tun-douji said, "I don't want you, go back to Dajiangshan quickly."

"Why don't you want me?" Ibaraki Doji asked puzzledly, "You haven't seen my strength, I'm actually pretty good. How about I show you a fight with Shuten?"

"I won't fight you," Shutendouji said lazily, "because it's meaningless. Master Shimizu didn't want you because of your strength."

"Why is that?" Ibaraki-douji asked anxiously, seeing that Shuten-douji didn't answer, he looked at Riko again, "Is it because I didn't eat the rice ball you gave me just now? I was wrong, give it to me again."

"It's not because of that kind of thing." Lizi said helplessly.

"Is that because I was rude to you in the street yesterday? I will never do that again. If I do that again, you hit me."

"It's not because of that reason," Riko said after a moment of consideration, "Shikigami is just a weapon for fighting. When there is no need to fight, Shikigami has to do the work of a servant again, and even be put away like a utensil. In order not to be put away, many shikigami try their best to reduce expenses to please the owner. Would you like to live such a life?"

"To be treated as a utensil... put it away?" Ibaraki Doji felt that he could understand every word, but he was a little confused when he connected it.

"That's right, there is a place dedicated to storing shikigami, and it's very dark. Everyone will become stiff and motionless immediately after entering. They can't even talk," Shuten-douji said.

"If the master doesn't release you, you will lie in the illusory black air forever. It's like being put into a jar, or turned into a wooden man. Whenever a shikigami is summoned, the surrounding shikigami will be revealed Extremely envious, even jealous and hostile eyes."

Hearing this, Lizi felt very guilty. That time, he was put away because he didn't want the other party to bleed on her back.

"You, have you ever gone in?" Ibaraki Doji asked with trembling eyes.

"Yeah." Shuten-douji replied in a casual voice.It seemed that this was the only way to cover up the emotions that he actually cared about.

He minds very much.Even knowing that Lizi was protecting him.But the moment he was thrown into the black space, he couldn't help being furious.

He kept telling himself that there was no way, Master Shimizu was protecting him.Shimizu-sama never used him as a tool.But when he was locked up with countless "apparatus", the sadness and depression still surrounded him.

Never want to go in again.

"But, Shuten, aren't you a shikigami now?" Ibaraki Doji said in a low voice, "If you can do it, then I'm fine too."

Seeing that Shuten-douji couldn't persuade him, he said coldly, "Whatever you want." He turned and walked towards the shrine.

Ibaraki Doji raised his face in hesitation, stood up and tried to catch up.

"I'll take you to a place." Lizi called him to stop.

"Where are you going?" Ibaraki Doji was a little reluctant. There was no place to drink, and even the air was not sweet.

Riko looked at him with some amusement, "Aren't you going to be my shikigami? If you can't even do this simple request, then don't do it."

Seeing that the other party might let go, Ibaraki Doji immediately said, "I'll go with you."

In Heian-kyo in late autumn, everyone on the streets is in a hurry.The damp air is mixed with cold wind, blowing in through the curtain of the bullock cart.

Riko glanced at Ibaraki Doji who was sitting upright, "Why do you have to be a shikigami? Even if you don't become a shikigami, you still have a chance to meet Shuten."

Ibaraki Doji was silent for a while, "Shuten will not let me stay in Heian-kyo forever. Only by being a shikigami can I follow him."

"But I can't accept you as a shikigami for this reason." Lizi said with a smile, "I am also arrogant. Even if you are a great monster with outstanding abilities, I will never agree."

Ibaraki Doji opened his eyes wide in surprise, and looked at the girl opposite.

The girl in a mint green kimono has beautiful childish eyes.In those beautiful eyes, the light was clear but there was no trace of fear.She didn't seem to be afraid of him at all.The insignificant human being rejected him so crisply.

Ibaraki Doji pursed his lips tightly, and turned his head out of the window without saying anything.Looking at the street scene outside the window through the car curtain blown open by the wind.For a moment, there was a hint of confusion on his handsome face.

If she didn't want him, where would he go?Dajiangshan will never go back.It is absolutely unacceptable to be separated from Shuten for decades.

"Ah, here it is."

The bullock cart stopped, and the scene outside the window was fixed in front of a small earthen house.

She got out of the car, and Ibaraki Doji got out of the car too.

It was a small yard surrounded by low earthen walls.Because it's so small, you can see the inside clearly even if you don't get close.

After getting out of the car, Riko stood beside the car, and Ibaraki Doji followed her and stood beside the car.

The two looked into the yard and saw a man squatting in the yard washing clothes.The well water in late autumn was icy cold, and the back of the man's hands were blue from the cold.Even so he was beating hard on his clothes.

Suddenly a baby was crying from the room behind him, and a woman yelled, "Are you deaf? Can't you hear the baby cry?"

"Sorry, I'll be here soon." The man pulled his blue hands from the cold from the basin.Come out, wipe the clothes twice, and immediately rush into the house to coax the children.

But after a while, he rushed out with the child on his back and turned into the nearby kitchen to get the cooked porridge, and then returned to the house.In a short period of time, he kept being scolded by the woman in the room.

After a while, he came out with a bowl with only a little porridge left, scraped the side of the bowl with his fingers, and ate the leftover porridge inside.That's his lunch.

Sensing the line of sight from outside the earth wall, he raised his eyes abruptly, his whole body full of aura ready to fight.At this time, he has become a warrior who can fight at any time.

He only looked away when he saw young men and women standing beside the bullock cart.Those who can ride a bullock cart are either rich or expensive.

Riko patted Ibaraki-douji's arm lightly, and sat back in the ox cart.

Ibaraki Doji also sat back, and the ox cart started running again.

"That man's wife is so majestic, she orders him like a servant." Ibaraki Doji sighed.

"That's not the woman's husband, but the shikigami of the woman's husband," Riko said.

"God formula?"

"Well," Lizi nodded, "I heard from Master Seimei that this man was also a famous monster. After he was accepted as a shikigami by an onmyoji, he became what you saw. In fact, in Heianjing Many shikigami live without dignity like this. So if youkai are caught, even if they are wiped out, they will not become shikigami."

Ibaraki Doji was silent for a while, "Does Shuten also do laundry?"

"dont wash."

"Do you scrape the porridge bowl with your fingers like this?"

"What do you think? If you do this, Shuten-sama will kick the bowl away."

Ibaraki-douji smiled, "So, Shikigami also depends on the master. I think Shuten-douji is very protective of you. Apart from the bondage of the contract, there are also your own reasons. In addition, I see that Shuten-douji has a red face, It is more nourishing than he was in Dajiangshan."

"Thinking about it this way, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with being a shikigami. Besides, to be offensive, the lifespan of a human being is only a few decades. For monsters, it's just a flick of a finger, which is really too short. Since It's just a short experience, Shuten can bear it, and so can I. So, please accept me as a shikigami, sir."

Riko propped her face with one hand in distress.Originally, I wanted him to see the facts clearly, but in the end, I asked him to compare them.This young man looks stupid in front of Jiu Tun, but he is really shrewd in private.

The ox cart drove back to Yebisu Shrine just in time for everyone to go home.Shuten-doji took the good things everyone gave him, and it was another day full of rewards.

"Some people are naturally popular." Lizi couldn't help but sigh.Even though Shuten-douji put on a face that he owed him five tangs every day, everyone would still enthusiastically rush forward to stuff him with food.

"Because Shuten's appearance is the most handsome among monsters, and his personal charm is also very strong. He has rejected the courtship of countless girls. He is very attractive even standing on the side of the road in a daze. This is Shuten-douji, I want to follow the person for the rest of my life." Ibaraki-douji lay on the window, looking at Shuten-douji with piercing eyes.

Although Ibaraki Doji is still a teenager, his face already reveals an admirable beauty.But the words are spoken like a licking dog.Coupled with the little tug on the top of his head, it looks more like a little wolf dog that hasn't been weaned.

When Shuten-douji saw them, he quickly walked over and jumped into the car.Like every time, Shuten-douji never sat in the car, but chose to sit outside.

Ibaraki Doji waited for a while and saw him come in, so he immediately squeezed out too.

"Where did you go?" Shuten-douji took a sip of the wine gourd and handed it to Ibaraki-douji.

Ibaraki Doji also took a sip, and wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, "Master Shimizu took me to see the miserable lives of shikigami."

Pear in the carriage: "..."

"Oh, don't call me that woman, but Master Shimizu?" Jiu Tun raised the corners of his lips.

"Yeah. I changed the title because I wanted to be her shikigami." Ibaraki Doji said honestly.

"What do you think of that shikigami?"

"I think he is miserable, but you are much happier than him. So I am more and more looking forward to working under Master Shimizu."

Jiu Tun raised his eyebrows, "I don't care about you, it's your own business. If Master Shimizu is willing to accept you, I have no objection."

"She doesn't want to accept me. Jiu Tun, help me, you have experience."

"Make up your own mind."

"Then how did you get her to accept you?"

"Rely on my mother."

"I don't have a mother."

"Then there's no way."

The ox cart stopped at the gate of Abe's mansion, Riko got out of the cart, turned around and saw Ibaraki Doji standing at the gate and looking at them.

"Where do you live tonight?" She couldn't help asking.

"It's right here." Ibaraki Doji pointed to the corner next to the steps.

Shuten-douji sneered, "Let him go. Anyway, he won't die from the cold. I'll go back to Dajiangshan after a few days of starvation."

"I won't go back," the boy looked at Jiuten calmly, "The place where there is Jiuten is the place I want to stay."

"Whatever you want." Shuten-douji turned and walked into the mansion.

Just as Lizi was about to follow in, she heard someone calling her name.She turned her head and saw an ox cart parked opposite, with the faces of the Genji brothers and sisters exposed in the window.

She was slightly startled and walked over.

Yuan Chuyue didn't seem to dare to look at her yet, but Yuan Chuyu smiled and said to her, "I went to Harima last time, and I brought everyone a souvenir when I came back. I was busy with the competition and didn't have time to send it out. This is yours." That share, this one is clear."

Lizi saw that the box was not big, and she and Qingming both had it, so she took it and thanked her.

Yuan Chuyu said again, "I'm already a middle-ranked Onmyoji."

"Ah, that, I heard about it." Lizi was slightly embarrassed.Thinking of Seimei's analysis of Yuan Chuyu, the rapid advancement of strength, full of various coincidences, all point to Yamata no Orochi.For a while, I didn't know what to say, so I had to say dryly, "It's really great."

Yuan Chuyu nodded, "Go back, I'm just passing by."

Lizi nodded, and took another look at Yuan Chuyue, who still lowered her eyes.She pursed her lips lightly, turned and returned to the mansion.

Yuan Chuyu put down the car curtain, turned to look at Yuan Chuyue, "What's wrong with you? Are you having trouble?"

"No……"

"Why is that? You were nice like a person before, but now you don't even say anything?"

Yuan Chuyue said nothing.

"Apologize if you've done something wrong. You've always been like this, waiting for someone to coax you when you have a fight."

"It's a pity that it's not me this time, it's my brother." Yuan Chuyue turned her head to one side, her eyes flushed.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Chuyu lowered his face.

Yuan Chuyue bit her lip feeling a little scared, ever since her elder brother awakened the Pupil of Illusion, he has been a little different from before.Especially when he looked at her with that shattered pupil, she always felt that there was another person looking at her.

Gritting her teeth, she still decided to say it out, "I went to Xiaoli that day and heard Abe Seimei guessing where your talent came from. He said everything was too coincidental. I think he basically guessed it all. You I thought I was doing it very secretly, but in fact I couldn’t hide it from other people’s eyes.”

"The reason why I don't play with Xiaoli anymore is because I feel sorry for her. Because of you, brother, I always feel that I have betrayed my friends. So I advise you not to come, but you don't listen. When you tell Xiaoli that you are now in If Xiao Li doesn't say anything, she must suspect that your middle position is wrong."

"Abe Seimei said that about me?" Yuan Chuyu lowered his eyes.

"Did he say it wrong? It was. You thought you did it without anyone noticing it, and paper couldn't contain fire."

Yuan Chuyu pursed her lips, "Just take care of your own mouth."

At nightfall, Yuan Chuyu suddenly opened his eyes, and a shadow appeared in the pupil of his right eye.But what I saw with my left eye was still an empty room.

"What did you bury in my body?" He was instantly annoyed.

"It's just out of concern for our allies." Yamata said with a smile.

Yuan Chuyu's heart was beating violently. He tried his best to suppress the turbulent emotions, and lowered his voice, "Isn't that incident over? There is no contact between us anymore."

"Although it is so, I heard you have a little trouble today?"

"That's my own business." Yuan Chuyu said coldly.

"Yeah, of course it's your own business," Yamata said briskly, "I'm just a friendly reminder. After all, anyone who has anything to do with Yamata no Orochi will not be let go by Yin Yang Liao. What's more, you Playing such a disgraceful role in this matter."

"What dishonorable character?" Yuan Chuyu's eyes were cold.

"Well, for example, lead your compatriots into the big formation arranged by the evil god. Afterwards, you got the gifted pupil of the illusion from him. Otherwise, how could you reach the middle position so quickly by yourself?"

Yuan Chuyu's chest kept rising and falling, but he couldn't utter a single rebuttal.He thought well at first, it was just a little blood.It didn't take everyone's life.What's more, if he didn't agree to cooperate at that time, he would definitely be killed.But the formation will not stop because of his death.Yamata no Orochi will find someone else to do it.

He did get a huge benefit out of it, too.Dazzling talent, the comfort of his father, the praise of outsiders.He thought that this was the end of the matter, and he would never be greedy for things that did not belong to him.But since the evil god was involved, how could the other party let him retreat so easily?He was too naive.

"It seems that you have thought it through." Yamata said with a light smile.

"Thought it over, what do you want me to do?" Yuan Chuyu said softly.

"I made it very clear from the beginning, I'm here to relieve your worries. Isn't that onmyoji named Abe Seimei suspicious of you? I'll give you a secret that matches him. It's enough for you to restrain him."

"What secret?" Yuan Chuyu couldn't help asking.

"Abe Seimei is the child of Inari God and human beings. That Inari God has been labeled as an evil god. Although he has fallen, he is a disgraceful image. You can take revenge on him by spreading this matter. From then on , Heianjing will not tolerate the son of the evil god."

Yamata spoke slowly, every word was like a heavy hammer hitting Yuanchuyu's head.Shocked, he couldn't stand still, and took a step back, "Seimei... is the son of God Inari."

"You know what to do, don't you?" Yamata said with a low smile, "Then, that's it. I won't disturb your sleep."

In the distant temple, Yamata no Orochi sat high on the god's throne, holding his face with one hand and looking at the darkness of nothingness.There was a young boy sitting helplessly on the ground.

"Why did you suddenly think of targeting Abe Seimei?" Shimizu Hayato asked.

"Because I met him a few times, I felt that the boy named Abe Seimei was unspeakably annoying. Although I don't know why, I always felt that his existence seemed to make our efforts in vain. This feeling is like deja vu Shimizu, have you ever felt this way?"

"No."

"Well, let me think too much. But even if I think too much, it is my consistent style to nip the crisis in the infancy in advance. It can be regarded as a gift to Yuan Chuyu, so that he can work for us more practically. Besides, don't you hate him too?"

"It's annoying, but he seems to be nice to my sister." Shimizu Hayato said lightly, "Whatever, since it's your idea."

……

"Yesterday, the child who was all scratched and wounded, curled up at the gate of our house all night." Suzaku said while bringing the meal to the table.

"Is that so?" Li Zi paused for a moment to reach for the chopsticks.

"Well, I woke up this morning and saw that his face was frozen blue, and the night in late autumn is still very cold." Suzaku placed the food, and retreated with the food box.

Pear frowned slightly.

Seimei smiled and stuffed the chopsticks into her hands, "Haven't you agreed to accept him as a shikigami?"

"Well, I don't agree. I think it's a pity to lose freedom as a shikigami." Riko said.

"But for Onmyoji, it is still advocating to accept shikigami."

"why?"

"Because this is the way to turn the monsters from the dark to the bright, and turn evil to the right." Seimei smiled and looked at Shuten-douji sitting in the corridor, who had a cross-shaped vein on his forehead, "It's written in the book."

"Ibaraki-douji seems to want to be with Shuten-douji very much." Riko also cast her eyes on Shuten-douji.

Shuten-douji hesitated, "Ibaraki was abandoned by his family when he was young. Because he was born in the mother's womb for sixteen months. Everyone said he was a bad omen. Later, he was picked up by his adoptive parents. Adopting parents, but using them as slaves."

"When he was 12 years old, his family sent him to learn how to shave his head. After he finished his studies, he could have his hair trimmed for monks. The master who taught him how to shave his head had a bad temper and always beat and scolded his apprentices. As a result, Ibaraki's body was always covered with bruises. Coupled with his ominous remarks, not only the master, but even ordinary people feel humiliated when they see him."

"Later, when Ibaraki was shaving someone's head, he accidentally scratched the other person's scalp. When the blood gushed out, he couldn't resist the temptation to lick it, which was very delicious. This behavior was discovered, and he was attacked again. After a severe beating, he was kicked out of the master’s house. That night, I met him by the Kamo River. He squatted there and was about to throw himself into the river.”

"I asked him why he threw himself into the river, and he said that everyone said he was a monster. I asked him to take a look at the reflection in the river. At that time, he had just awakened his monster power, and what appeared in the river was his body, a big monster. He I was taken aback and wanted to jump into the river even more. So I persuaded him all night, so that he finally obeyed the call of fate and followed me to Dajiangshan."

"Because I saw him covered in bruises for the first time, I took more care of him. It can be regarded as the child I brought up with one hand. This is why he is very clingy to me."

Riko looked at Shuten, obviously he was a young man himself, but he took care of the younger Ibaraki Doji like this.He himself was at the age of being taken care of at the time.But I can't blame anyone, who told him to throw away the jar where his mother was hiding.

Shuten-douji stood up, "I'll go and see if he's dead, and if he's not dead, let him go back to Dajiangshan."

Riko looked at his back and said softly, "Actually, Shuten cares about Ibaraki-douji very much, do you think so, Seimei-sama?"

She waited for a while, but did not hear back at all.Looking back, Qingming leaned on the cushion and looked at her leisurely, with a little dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked puzzled.

"Last night, why did Jiu Tunqiaoji still stick to her post? It turns out that what you said to keep the door is nothing." Qingming raised her hand, her pale skin was like a piece of cold jade, "Why do you care about the kid at the door when you have time? , I’m cold too. It’s Xiaoli’s fault that I’m so chilled now. Since words don’t count, let’s repay the debt with Bobo.”

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