juvenile onmyoji

Pears are awakened by freezing.

He opened his eyes and found that the window above his head was not closed tightly.When Ibaraki-douji knocked on the window last night, she opened it and then forgot.

Pieces of snowflakes floated in through the cracks of the window, and disappeared after a short dance.

Snowing?

Wrapped in a quilt, she moved to the window, raised her hand to open the window wider, and it was really white outside.The sky was chaotic, and snowflakes kept falling.She suddenly remembered that Shuten was overwhelmed by Ibaraki.I don't know if I'm still on Banqiao?However, monsters with fire attributes should not be frozen to death.

She pulled off the coat hanging on the hanger and put it on hastily.Open the sliding door on the side, and there is thick snow on the bridge.And there is no alcoholic drink there.She ran outside again, and saw Jiu Tun sitting by the screen, rubbing his forehead in pain.

"Hey, are you awake?" she asked.

Jiu Tun raised his eyes and nodded irritably, "That guy Ibaraki dragged me in last night. He took too many medicines, and now I have a terrible headache."

"Where's Ibaraki?"

"Going to help Teng Snake with work." Jiu Tun said.

"What is this?" Lizi picked up a piece of paper on the ground, and threw not only this, but also five or six pieces of paper on the ground.Slow words were written crookedly on it.She recognized it as Ibaraki Doji.

"Here." Jiu Tun handed her a piece of paper full of words.

Riko took it and saw that it was exactly the same thing as the Shikigami contract written by Shuten, except that the name on the horizontal bar was replaced by Ibaraki Doji.

"Ibaraki can't read. Except for the name, I wrote everything else. Even the name was taught. He practiced several sheets of paper before he dared to write on it."

Lizi bent her lips and smiled, "So that's it." She put the contract on the table and wrote her name, a gleam of light flashed, and a golden thread emerged from the contract, one end penetrated into her body, and the other end flew away. Fly out of the room towards the courtyard.

"It's the first time I've seen such a long thread." Lizi said, "How far he has traveled."

Jiu Tun laughed, "It really is Ibaraki, even signing the contract is different from normal people."

Suzaku brought over the food box and set the breakfast for her.

Seeing that there was only soba noodles and two side dishes for one person on the table, Lizi asked a little strangely, "Why is there only one serving, Master Seimei?"

"He suddenly had a fever in the middle of the night, and the witch doctor has already been called, and he will come over in a while." Suzaku said.

"Fever?" Lizi raised her face in surprise, "Why do you have a sudden fever when you're fine?"

"I don't know," Suzaku shook his head, "Teng Snake saw that he didn't get up early as usual this morning. He went over and touched his forehead, and then he realized that he had a fever. Where are you going, Xiaoli? Let's eat noodles first, and the noodles will be lumpy in a while."

Rika put on her clogs barefoot and ran towards Seimei's house.The wooden clogs are "da da", printing a row of small horizontal lines on the snow.

Before the witch doctor came, Qingming was lying alone in her pajamas, with a cold handkerchief on her forehead.

Seeing her come in, she immediately sat up, "Get out, I have a fever, don't infect you."

"Not all fevers are contagious." Lizi said while picking up Seimei's dropped handkerchief, rewetting it in the water basin and handing it to him.

Qingming supported her forehead with her hand, and instead of lying down, she just leaned on the cushion and looked at her, "Go and eat, the witch doctor will be here in a while, just take a dose of medicine and you'll be fine."

"Why did you suddenly have a fever? You stayed at home yesterday."

Qingming slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "Well, it's such a weak body. Go and eat quickly." He urged again.

Lizi also knew that she couldn't help standing here, she nodded, "I'll bring you something delicious when I come back from the shrine."

Walking out of Seimei's house, Ibaraki Doji was already waiting in the garden.When he saw Pear, he raised the corners of his mouth and gestured, "A golden thread flew over from the sky just now. I thought it was a monster, so I grabbed it with ghostly hands. It passed through my body and disappeared. Teng Snake said that It's the shikigami contract."

"Yes." Lizi nodded, unable to smile.It seems that Qingming has been lying on the hospital bed since she came, and this is the third time adding the Kingdom of Mirrors and Blood Array.

Take Ibaraki Doji to the shrine.The altar gave her the task of stamping again.She moved a small table and waited outside the temple for the believers to check in.While waiting, the voices of believers gossiping reached her ears.

"Have you heard that there is a son of a white fox in Ping'an capital?"

"Is it that genius onmyoji named Abe Seimei? It's a pity that he is the son of an evil god. The emperor will be furious."

"I have worshiped Inari God before, but who knew I would worship an evil god."

Lizi was stunned suddenly, looking at the back of the believer walking past in disbelief.

However, not only these few people said, almost more than half of the believers are talking about it.It was an era when entertainment was scarce, and gossip about others was a kind of pastime.

The more Lizi heard it, the paler her face became, and when she stamped the believers, she couldn't help shaking her hands.

Was it Yuan Chuyu who said it?

He must have said it.

The priest walked towards her quickly, and said in a low voice, "Xiaoli, are you staying at Abe Seimei's house?"

"Yes." Lizi raised her head, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her heart kept beating.A very bad premonition hit the bottom of my heart, what would God mainly say?Tell her not to come again or persuade her to leave?

"That's what I remember." The priest nodded and motioned for another priestess to take the seal, "Come with me."

Lizi lowered her eyelids to hide the uneasiness in her eyes, and followed the priest to the back of the hall.

"From now on, you will go home an hour earlier every day. After all, it is winter and it gets dark early. I am worried that people who are dissatisfied with Abe's family will also behave badly towards you," said the god.

Lizi suddenly raised her eyes, "Is this the only reason you called me here?"

"Yes, it's just for this matter." The Almighty said.

"I thought you didn't want me to be a witch."

"You won't be allowed to be a witch? How is that possible?" Mistress said with a smile, "Actually, Inari God is very common among gods. To put it offensively, many gods are monsters when they don't gain faith."

"When you gain faith, you are honored as a god. I don't know what happened to Inari God. There are too many people who are labeled as evil gods because of strange things. You just need to protect yourself."

Lizi didn't expect God Master to have such a gentle attitude towards this matter, her eyes were a little hot, and she immediately bowed deeply, "Thank you God Master."

"Small things," the Almighty smiled and waved his hands, "Hurry up and get your seal stamped."

Lizi immediately agreed bluntly, turned around and ran towards the front hall.

The Almighty exhaled lightly, and turned to look at the big cedar tree in the backyard.There was an old man there, with his hands behind his back and smiling, he raised his head and looked at the snow on the branches.

In this way, Master Ebisu should be satisfied, right?The Almighty secretly thought.

Because of God's promise, Riko left the shrine before evening.She took Ibaraki Doji to buy some salty snacks, and then let the coachman drive towards Tsuchimikado Avenue.

When I approached the door of the house, I saw many people around the door, which seemed to be soldiers and officials.Lizi thought that Seimei was still having a fever, so she jumped out of the car anxiously.

Could it be plagiarism?

"Xiao Li." A voice came from behind.She turned her head and saw Yuan Chuyu sitting in the bullock cart.She glanced at the other party coldly, turned and walked towards the door.

Like a gust of wind blowing behind her, she was grabbed by the wrist.Ibaraki Doji lowered his eyes and was about to make a move, but Rika stopped him.She withdrew her wrist from Yuan Chuyu's hand and looked at him blankly.

"You must think I said it?" Yuan Chuyu asked in a low voice.

Li Zi didn't speak but still looked at him expressionlessly.

"I didn't say, I swear." Yuan Chuyu said anxiously, "I'm not going to do such a bottomless thing."

"Who is it but you? Yamata no Orochi?" The corner of Lizi's mouth raised a hint of sarcasm.

Hearing the name of Yamata no Orochi, Yuan Chuyu froze slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said in a very soft voice, "It's him."

Lizi was slightly taken aback, feeling extremely surprised.I didn't expect him to admit that he had a relationship with Yamata no Orochi so simply and neatly.It seems that Master Seimei's guess is correct, Yuan Chuyu really played a disgraceful role in that incident.

"He came to me and asked me why I didn't tell about the son of the white fox. I failed His expectations. I didn't reply, and He sneered and disappeared."

"He went to find you?" Lizi was a little bit unconvinced that Yamata no Orochi would show up in Heian-kyo at any time.

"No, it's the eyes." Yuan Chuyu pointed to his left eye.There was a separate black eyepatch over there, and Riko thought at first that he was protecting Pupil.

"He can see everything through the Illusory Pupil. Of course, if he wants, I think he can also hear it." Yuan Chuyu said softly.

Riko's heart skipped a beat, and the thought of Yamata no Orochi sitting behind the dark curtain listening to them now made her hair stand on end.But he shouldn't be so boring, right?

"I'm here to tell you that I want you to stay away from Seimei. I'm afraid Yamata no Orochi has already set his sights on him."

Lizi smiled slightly, "In that case, I should stay away from you. You and Yamata no Orochi are in close contact and share one eye." After saying this, she turned around and squeezed in from the crowd.

Yuan Chuyu's face suddenly turned pale, his eyes drooped and his eyelashes fluttered.

There was a low laugh in my mind, "It's really interesting."

His face immediately turned pale.

Riko squeezed into the crowd as Abe listened to an official.Suzaku stood by the door and pulled her in.

"Where is Master Qingming?" Lizi asked anxiously.

"I just finished drinking the medicine and I was reading a book." Suzaku said calmly.

"Master Qingming is reading?" She was a little surprised, "Where are those people at the door, what are they doing here?"

"Announce the emperor's order and let Masaki-sama reflect at home."

"Reflect on what?"

"Reflect on why you married a big fox."

pear:"……"

Isn't there a big fox in the emperor's own palace?Feel free to tell someone else.

"Is that all? Is there any other punishment?" she asked again.

"The biggest punishment should be in everyone's opinion," Suzaku said softly. "The strange eyes and rejection are more serious than any other punishment. Besides, Master Seimei probably won't have the opportunity to enter the Yinyang House. Because his high title has been deprived. "

Lizi's eyes trembled slightly, and she fell silent for a while.

She returned to the courtyard and knocked lightly on Seimei's door.She waited for a while, the door suddenly opened, Qingming stood there with a smile and looked at her.

"Master Qingming, why did you wake up before you recovered from your illness?" She hurried in and closed the door.

Qingming was wearing pajamas, a fur jacket, and barefoot.He walked back to the mattress and sat cross-legged, with the hems of his trousers slightly rolled up, revealing his slender ankles.

"I feel better after drinking the medicine. Are those people still gone?"

"No." Lizi looked around the room.Even if Seimei was sick, the room was tidy, with only futons and a few books on the tatami.

A blooming wintersweet was inserted in the pot that Shuten's mother had kept, and it was placed under the window.The faint floral fragrance washes away the medicinal smell.

"It's so troublesome." Qingming said lightly, pointing to the small paper box in Lizi's hand, "Is it for me?"

"Ah, yes." Lizi quickly handed over the salty snack.

Qingming took it and opened it, seeing that it was a salty snack, he happily picked up a piece.

Li Zi took the opportunity to sit down, "They took away your title of Onmyoji?"

"Well," Qingming replied with no emotion in his eyes, "it's okay, it's not important. It's just a title. I can't take away my skills."

"The God Lord asked me to come back an hour early every day." She said again.

Qingming glanced at her slightly surprised, "This divine master is really good, I feel relieved when she does this. I was worried that it would affect you."

"I don't worry about that kind of thing," Lizi pretended to be relaxed, "If I don't let me be a witch, I can just stay at home with Master Seimei."

"Would you like to accompany me?" Qingming asked.

"I do."

"Forever?" The boy finally couldn't help but speak out.

Lizi was slightly taken aback, but did not speak.

Qingming suddenly dimmed his eyes.

"Ah, I forgot to put the satchel," Lizi stood up and said, "I'll come back after I put it away."

Seimei watched her leave the room, reached out and pulled out an envelope from under the pillow.The letter was delivered by a person entrusted by Butterfly Jingmiwan.It said something about her recent situation, and also put a butterfly wing.

"This is my faded wing. My mother tried a piece. It can bring you into the dream of the person you want to see. Just hold the wings tightly with both hands and silently read the person's name three times. But there is one thing, you must make sure The other party fell asleep. There is only one chance, if the other party does not dream, there is nothing to do. Please help me and give it to Mrs. Rikako, she will definitely like it."

Qingming gently pinched the butterfly's wings, held them up to her eyes and looked at them carefully.The wings are pink, with many small golden dots on them, like dust sprinkled with sunshine.There was a hint of gloom in Qingming's eyes, and the slender eyelashes cast arc-shaped shadows on his face.

……

The high hills are covered with cherry trees.Layers upon layers of petals make the branches hang down slightly.There is a pink felt blanket under the tree, and the pear sits on it, and the breeze blows, and the petals fly down lightly.Falling on her hair, on her skirt.

She took out Ben Pingling and took out the wooden sign.Of the five tadpoles above, two are already full.There is also a small tadpole that has accumulated more than half of the light, and it will soon be full, which is accumulated intermittently.

"Looking at the wooden sign?" A clear voice sounded above her head, she turned her head, and Qingming's smiling face was reflected in her pupils.

"Master Seimei." She called cheerfully.

Qingming gave a faint "hmm", stepped forward with her long legs, and sat down beside her.

"The cherry blossoms are blooming."

"Well," Lizi turned her eyes to the surrounding cherry trees, "I like to sit under the cherry trees and let the wind blow the petals onto my face." She narrowed her eyes, raised her chin slightly, and waited for the breeze to blow the petals.

Qingming smiled lightly and said, "What else do you like?"

"I still like..." Lizi opened her eyes, Qingming's handsome face fell into her gaze.

"Do you like me?" Qingming asked.

"I like it." Pear nodded.

"What kind of liking? The kind for Suzaku, or the kind for Shuten, or something else?"

Lizi thought for a while, "No, I can't get out either, I just really want to stay by Master Qingming's side."

"That kind of liking." Seimei cast his gaze on the opposite cherry tree.

The sun is not strong, and just the warmth is sprinkled from the cracks of the cherry blossoms.Pieces of gem-like light are formed on the ground.

"If I live with other girls in the future, will you be unhappy?"

"Yes, but why does Seimei-sama live with other girls?"

"Because I will get married one day, just like my father and mother." Seimei said gently, "The same is true for Xiaoli. After retiring with Yuan Chuyu, I have to think about getting married. Most of the women in Heianjing At this time, engagements are made, and some are even married. What do you want?" Qingming asked.

"What kind are you looking for?" Li Zi frowned slightly, she blinked lightly, and another Seimei appeared in front of her eyes, also wearing a dark blue hunting suit, exactly like the one beside her. "I want to find something like this." She pointed.

Qingming raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Isn't that me? But it can't be done. I don't want to marry Xiaoli."

"Why?" Lizi turned to him and asked.

"Because I don't feel that she likes me."

Lizi blinked slightly, watching Seimei's fingers touch her face.

"I can't feel that she likes me, unless she gets engaged to me after she divorced Yuan Chuyu." Qingming said.

"Are you engaged to Lord Qingming?" Lizi asked, she felt that her brain was a little fuzzy now, and she didn't seem to be too clear-headed.But she could understand what Seimei was asking. "No, I have to go home."

"Going back to Omi?" Qingming asked, "Isn't there no more there? You forgot, I brought you to Heianjing."

"It's not that home, it's my real home."

"A real home?"

"Well, look, there are five tadpoles on this wooden sign. Maybe it can take me home when it is full. I was brought by it."

Qingming frowned slightly, puzzled in his eyes.

The palm of his hand suddenly felt warm, and Lizi looked down at the wooden sign, and found that the third tadpole was suddenly filled with light.Not only that, but the fourth one was filling up quickly, and then the fifth one.In just a few seconds, the tadpoles are all filled.

"Ah, Master Qingming, look quickly, the wooden boards are full." Lizi said pleasantly, "I have saved up my ticket, and I am going home."

She stood up, Qingming stood up with her, her expression still puzzled.

Lizi closed her eyes and said silently in her heart, please take me home.

The wooden sign shone brightly.She felt her body drop instantly, and a feeling of weightlessness made her want to scream.A few seconds later, she was sitting in a large living room with a milky white sofa under her body and red window grilles pasted on the windows.

She was overjoyed and leaned on the window. There were many children playing around the fitness equipment in the community downstairs.

"This is your home?" came the doubtful voice of the young man behind him.

Lizi turned her head and was slightly startled, "Master Qingming, why did you follow?"

Seimei didn't answer her words, but looked around with a solemn expression.

"What is this?" He patted the TV screen.

"TV." Right after Lizi finished speaking, the TV was turned on, and there was an emotional drama about men and women kissing.She closed it in a hurry, turned around and saw Qingming's shocked eyes.

"Why are they locked in there? The clothes are also very strange. The stature is also small."

"This is not a real person, but a performance. It is recorded with something, and then everyone can see it. It's just like we appreciate playing."

"What is this?" Qingming looked at the vertical air conditioner beside him.

"To enjoy the cool." Just as Lizi finished speaking, she let out air-conditioning when she was empty.

Seimei silently looked at other things, including all kinds of things downstairs.colored people.After a while he said, "This is the home you mentioned? Where is this?"

"It's in the Tang Dynasty, but it's thousands of years later than the Tang Dynasty." Lizi explained hesitantly, thinking that she had returned home anyway, so there was no need to hide it.

"The Tang Dynasty thousands of years later?" Qingming's eyes shone with shock, "Little Li, you come from the Tang Dynasty thousands of years later."

"That's it." Lizi took out the wooden sign and showed it to him. Strangely, the five tadpoles on the wooden sign were still full. "You see, I was brought to Omi by this thing. I am not from the Heian era." , fortunately it can bring me back. Otherwise I would never be able to go home."

"As long as it is full, it can take you back to the Tang Dynasty thousands of years later?" Qingming's long and narrow eyes flashed with indifference, "You always ask me to help you fight monsters, just to go home and fight against you." ?"

"Well...that's it." Lizi looked at Qingming with a little fear, although he still had his usual indifferent appearance.But there was an invisible haze in his eyes.

"So that's how it is," Qingming said slowly and lazily, with hints of sarcasm raised at the corner of his mouth, "If I didn't come with you, I wouldn't know it. I help you fill up the wooden sign foolishly, and then you Leave without saying goodbye."

"I don't know how to tell you. It's like a joke when you say something like the Tang Dynasty thousands of years later." The girl said hurriedly, her eyes glistening, she was very afraid of Qingming's anger.

Qingming continued to be silent, and said after a long time, "Throw away these, if there is no wooden sign, there is no home for you now. Would you like to be with me?"

"willing."

"Do you like being with me?"

"I like it." Pear nodded.

"Is it the kind of love between men and women?"

"Yes," the girl took the initiative to wrap her arms around Qingming's neck, and said seriously, "I like Master Qingming, very much. But I still want to go home. I miss my parents, family, and classmates."

"Don't you miss me?"

"also want."

"Then you still have to go? I can't keep you?"

"Well, going home is my long-cherished wish." She said with some hesitation.Although she is now home, she is not particularly happy in her heart.why?

Qingming smiled lightly, and brushed the wooden sign in Lizi's hand with her fingers, "I see."

Know what?

"I know what I should do." Seimei ruffled her hair.

Lizi opened her eyes wide, watching Qingming turn around and disappear from the air.She reached out to grab it anxiously, but suddenly opened her eyes...

There was a slight crackling sound from the charcoal basin in the corner, and she was still lying on the mattress embroidered with lisianthus flowers, with an incensed folding fan beside her.It was the fan Qingming gave her from Datang.Because it is something from her hometown, she has always been used to keeping it by her side.

Could it be this folding fan that made her dream of going home?The dream just now has not been completely forgotten.Although she couldn't fully stay awake in the dream, what she said was from her heart.

"If it's true, Seimei-sama will definitely be angry."

She rubbed her eyes and stood up, pushing open the lattice window covered with white paper.Snowflakes are quietly floating in the gray sky.

It's snowing again.

She drew a few strokes on the snow-covered window sill with her finger, and unconsciously wrote Seimei's name.There is even a peach heart drawn next to it.

She sighed softly, and casually erased the underlined words.He closed the window, touched Ben Pingling, and lay down again.

For the first time, I have trouble with my long-term plan.