juvenile onmyoji

Ibaraki sat under the cherry tree and showed off to everyone, "At that time, I felt a throbbing pain in my body. Then a white light flew in front of my eyes. I looked at Xiaoli, ah, I'm sorry," he said halfway, and saw the big tengu wrinkled He hurriedly changed his words behind his eyebrows, "I mean, Master Shimizu. I saw Master Shimizu shouting at me, Ibaraki, what's wrong with you?"

"I didn't shout that, I was just surprised." Lizi said.

"Anyway," Ibaraki said without hesitation, "I fell, under your sad eyes."

Jiu Tun twitched the corners of his mouth lazily, "There is no sadness, and even a little bit of happiness. Because the world is finally quiet."

The little claw on the top of Ibaraki's head immediately withered, and his gaze became very aggrieved.

"I don't remember that," Ootengu said seriously, "Shuten-douji, you were crying so hard that you were about to pass out."

"Really?" Ibaraki's eyes lit up, and he felt himself come alive instantly. "Jiu Tun, I knew this would happen, you bastard."

"I was crying so hard," Jiu Tun said lazily, "but it wasn't because of you. You disappeared suddenly, and I thought the end of Dajiangshan was coming, and I was the next one. It was scary. But it was true later. It's my turn. Worse than you, I'm torn to pieces."

"Ah, speaking of which, Nanako is really disgusting," said Ibaraki, "but I heard she has only one head left now?"

"It's the separation of the body and the head," Lizi said, "but the head can still speak, and it is always alive. Ebisu God said that she will live like a normal person, and she also needs to eat and drink. The life span she originally had The time will not decrease. It is just that the body and the head are separated.”

"Then what if she needs to go to Gong's room?" Ibaraki asked.

"When the head gives an order, the body will execute it." Riko repeated Ebisu's explanation.

"Ah, that's pretty good." Ibaraki curled his lips, "It's like having two Nanako."

"Not very good," Riko said, "Think about it, as the daughter of Kamo, who has always been proud, how can she live without her head? Ise Jingu can't go. I heard that Tadyuki Kamo took Nanako to beg Saio. Saio prayed to Amaterasu. The instruction given by Amaterasu is that we are all together, and he is embarrassed to overturn Ebisu's decision."

"Besides, Nanako used the beads to order the emperor to give orders. His Majesty was very annoyed, but because Ka Moo Tadayuki is the most powerful onmyoji in Heian-kyo, and Ebisu God punished Nanako again, he had no choice but to give up. But I guess he was holding back With a fire, the He Mao family may not be able to enjoy themselves like before."

Ibaraki grinned, "It's really satisfying."

Suzaku walked into the courtyard quickly, holding the boiled sweet red bean water in his hand, "Master Qingming, Master Zhongxing is here, waiting for you in the front hall."

Lizi turned her head to look at Seimei in the room.Qingming raised his face buried behind the file, frowning slightly, "Now?"

"Yes," Suzaku looked at Lizi again, "Master Zhongxing said, if possible, I invite you to meet in the front hall."

"Meet you, what are you doing?" Lizi asked.

"Oh, it must be because of Nanako," Suzaku said. "To be honest, before I was transferred to Seimei-sama, I was always afraid that I would be accused of being Nanako. I don't want to be her shikigami."

"She has been a child who doesn't care about people since she was a child. If I want to be her shikigami, I will definitely be used as a tool. But Tadyuki-sama also considered this, so he gave me to Seimei-sama as a shikigami. "

Suzaku is still very grateful to He Mao Zhongxing, after all, she is the shikigami of the He Mao family for generations.She was conflicted, she didn't want He Mao Zhongxing to return disappointed, and she didn't want Qingming to help him find a way.

Rika and Seimei came to the front hall.Abe Masaki is here with Kamo Tadashi.He watched He Mao Zhongxing wipe his tears with embarrassment, and when he saw Lizi and Qingming, he was overjoyed and said, "That's great, you're here."

"Qingming, don't blame the teacher," He Maozhong said with red eyes, "I also know that it is extremely rude to cry in your house like this. But I can't help it, no matter what I do. No matter what you try, Nanako is still separated."

"Teacher should know," Qingming said, "that bead was born from the desire conceived in the heaven and the earth. The power of this life cannot be changed by yin and yang."

"I know," said Kamo Tadayuki, "that's why I came here. Because it was the decision made by Yebisu Omiya, I would like to ask Shimizu to intercede. Shimizu is the priestess of Ebisu Shrine. This time Ebisu Omikaze It must be because of this reason to come forward."

"I know that my request is too much. Nanako used the beads to cause you a lot of harm. Especially Shimizu's shikigami... I will make it up, any compensation is fine."

"I don't want to make up for it," Lizi said, "What's more, I don't have the ability to change Ebisu's will. You'd better try another method."

"I've tried everything." He Maozhongxing lowered his head covering his face, tears dripped from his fingers. "Now Nanako sheds tears every day. She shuts herself in the room without eating or drinking. I feel really uncomfortable seeing her."

"Even though I know that this child has many problems. Her brother just died, and she only cares about herself. I know all of this. But after all, it is my child, no matter how bad it is, it is still my child. I can only bear it with her."

Li Zi was silent for a while, "The master Ebisu said after crushing the beads, if time can smooth everything out, then the cost of making mistakes is too low."

He Mao Zhongxing choked up even louder.The will of the gods does not change with the individual.As an onmyoji, he understands it best.

The air became silent again, only Abe Masaki's sigh and Kamo Tadyuki's sobs getting smaller and smaller could be heard.

After a while, He Maozhongxing wiped away his tears and stood up straight, "I'm getting old, and I have to work hard for my children at this age. I'll let you see a joke."

"It's all like this." Abe Masaki sighed.

He Mao Zhongxing nodded and stood up, "The murderer asks the victim to help, this kind of thing can't be justified anywhere. I'm leaving. Qingming will send me off."

Qingming stood up immediately, and helped He Maozhong, who was so weak from crying, walk out.

Lizi returned to the backyard, and Seimei came back not long after.

"What did Zhongxing say?" Qingming was appointed to deliver it alone, so there must be something else to say.

"It's just that I don't give up, the teacher probably wants to give it a try." Qingming said.

"He won't do something irrational, right?" Lizi was a little worried.

"No," Seimei said, "Even if Sensei is irrational, he never hurts anyone. This is the biggest difference between him and Nanako."

A thousand paper cranes inlaid with gold rims slowly landed on Lizi's shoulders from the sky.She reached out to take it off to see the paper crane's wings.Generally, the sender will leave a mark on the wings for easy identification.But this one wing is bare.

"Who could it be from?" She muttered in a low voice, following the traces of origami, she opened the thousand paper cranes.When her eyes touched the words on the paper, her beautiful eyes widened slightly, "It's Ebisu Great God."

"Master Ebisu?" Qingming was also a little surprised, "What is he going to do?"

"He will invite us to eat of the fruit."

"Eat fruit?" Qingming was even more puzzled.

Yebisu's home is on a boat.It's not a ship moored outside Heian-kyo, but it's moored at the seaside of Takamahara.

Gaotianyuan is the place where the gods live.Although it is in the sky, it is surrounded by endless sea.Gaotianyuan is just an island in the sea.

Lizi feels that this place is another space in terms of the human world.Even if you fly from the world to the sky, you can't find this sea.

The sea in Gaotianyuan is called the Sea of ​​Nothingness, and it is very close to the sky, so close that in some places you can touch the clouds by tiptoeing.Yebisu's boat was parked behind a sunken stone wall, a very safe place.No wind, no rain.

Walking into the cabin, the field of vision suddenly becomes wider.It looks like a narrow boat on the outside, but it's very big inside when you board it.There are houses, pavilions, and even a courtyard five or six times larger than their home.

The vast green meadows were bare of trees except for a single vine in the middle.Ebisu was sitting under the vine waiting for them.

There was a low table made of stone, surrounded by three straw mats woven of reeds.Ebisu was sitting on one of the mats.The other two were prepared for them at first glance.

Seimei sat opposite Ebisu, and Rika sat next to him and opposite Ebisu.Just at a glance, you can see a few bunches of small grapes hanging from the vines above Yebisu's head.Small green grapes, the fruit is very green like mung beans.

Ebisu knocked on the table, and a tanuki in a kimono came out.Snacks and tea in hand.

The cherry blossom-shaped wagashi and green tea soup are very beautiful against the blue sky and white clouds.

Hey, blue sky and white clouds?Only then did Lizi realize that something was wrong after entering the courtyard.It was obviously a cabin, but the sky above was blue and white clouds.

"You must be wondering why I invited you to Gaotianyuan." Ebisu said, "I didn't tell you this before because I thought you might not understand the concept of time regression. But that day in the alley of Yinyangliao, I I found that you are all familiar with time regression. You must have discovered something."

Rika and Seimei glanced at each other, then looked back and continued to remain silent.Even in the face of Ebisu who has always been kind, they are not at ease to tell the secret of the wooden sign.

Ebisu smiled, and pointed lightly with his hand, and the Hontsubo bell around Riko's waist floated up.

Riko was startled, but her hands were still on her knees and she didn't move.She knew that if the god really wanted to take it away, there was nothing she could do.

Qingming didn't move either, he turned his face slightly, saw Lizi's pretending to be calm, and slightly curled the corners of his lips.

Ebisu didn't go to fetch Ben Pingling, he just let it hang in the air like that, spinning slowly.

"Who would have thought that the lock that can seal everything is hidden in a bell?" Ebisu sighed.

"The lock that seals everything?" Lizi repeated softly.

"Well," Yebisu nodded, "When the heaven and earth were formed, there were three gods. They were called the Three Pillar Gods. Later, they gradually retreated in the long river of time. You should know that the heaven and earth are divided into three parts, right? "

"I know," Lizi nodded, "During the class, the teacher said that the world was divided into three major domains at the beginning, the Gaotianyuan where the gods live, the Weiyuan China where humans live, and the underground Huangquan Kingdom."

"Well," Ebisu smiled, "I remember it very clearly. It seems that I chose you to come to my shrine. It was really good. In the beginning, humans and monsters were not what they are now. The monsters are infinitely powerful and have weird spells. Humans can't Contest, getting weaker and weaker. One of the three pillar gods turned into a lock, locking all the ghosts in the Shura Dao. Only in exchange for the stability of the world."

"Since this lock is transformed by one of the three pillar gods, it must not only lock the Shura world. As long as He wants, He can lock everything. It can be as small as a box, as large as Gao Tianyuan, or even for a period of time. Therefore, everything in the world Everyone coveted it."

"Owning him is like owning an extremely strong house. It can protect oneself, and it can also be used as a prison to lock others. Such a good thing, because it is locked on the gate of the Asura Realm, and everyone's eyes are staring at it, so there is no Who dares to openly think of him."

"Until one day, the gate of the Shura Realm suddenly opened and the lock was gone." Ebisu looked at Lizi with a smile.

Li Zi opened her eyes wide and listened carefully.Seeing that Ebisu suddenly stopped speaking well, she was slightly puzzled.But soon she realized that the other party was asking her why the lock was there?

"I do not know either."

"Eh, you don't know?" Ebisu's eyes were wider than hers.

"I don't know, I found it locked in my pocket one day." Lizi said.

"It's really lucky." Ebisu said sourly, "The thing that everyone has been coveting for a long time has been salivating for a long time, and it ran into your pocket so easily. I think you must have some other secret besides luck."

"I have no secret," Lizi said frankly, "I'm just an ordinary person. I also want to know why Ben Pingling found me." There was a hint of doubt in her eyes, "However, how did you know that you are locked in the What about mine?"

"This involves another sample method of this lock, time rewinding." Ebisu pointed to Seimei, "After this little guy uses time rewinding, I still retain some fragments of memory."

"What's the reason?" Pear asked.

"I want to ask you guys first, how many times have you gone back now?" Ebisu asked.

Qingming pursed her lips lightly, "We guess it's already been seven times."

"Oh my god," Ebisu was taken aback, "So, Xiaoli, you have died seven times. And did I sit here and tell you the same thing seven times?"

"Uh, maybe it is." Li Zi said a little embarrassed.

"But maybe it's the first time." Seimei said, "Maybe there was no paragraph in the first seven times. We found some hints on my mother's torii."

"I know that." Yebisu nodded, "In the only memory I have, you were so emaciated that you were always engraved next to the torii of the Inari God. From day to night, the entire pillar It’s not enough for you to write. But I went back in time and went to see it, and there was only one Qingshui pear flower, hahahaha.”

Ebisu smiled a little schadenfreude.

Lizi also smiled lightly, and the image of Qingming holding a small carving knife appeared in his mind, as if he wanted to write down what he ate every day.Unexpectedly, only her name was left in the end.

Seimei also smiled, but there was a bit of sadness in the smile.Every time Xiaoli dies, he will restore all his memories.While engraving the reminders on the torii gates of the Inari gods all over the country, I bear the memory of failure again and again in frustration.

"Hey, I thought you just went back once." Ebisu said, "It seems that the time I recovered my memory was an event related to me."

"Why is that?" Lizi asked, "I also recovered my memory once. But wouldn't time travel back will completely erase everyone's memory? Master Seimei doesn't remember at all."

Yebisu nodded, "That's because he used something that didn't belong to him, so he suffered the most thorough cleanup. As for us, we have more or less obsessions in our hearts, so we can break through the power of time and restore our memories." .”

obsession?Pear was a little surprised.Her obsession is easy to understand.So why does Ebisu have obsessions related to her?

"What is your obsession?" Qingming asked, "I am curious about one thing, why do you keep helping us?"

"Oh, my obsession is this and that." Ebisu showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, as if unwilling to say it, "If she dies again, you will know."

Qingming twitched the corner of her mouth, "Then I'd rather not know."

"Anyway, that's what I want to tell you," Ebisu said. "Because of that unexpected memory recovery, I started to pay attention to you. I hope to turn the situation around at that critical moment. Don't start over again because of me." Same day all over again. But you say it's been seven times. Na na..."

He seemed a little speechless, "You should be thankful that a kind person like me has recovered a memory. If all the gods knew that they kept repeating their lives because of you two, they would definitely go crazy. Of course, you can't let him We know. Otherwise, you will never have the opportunity to go back in time.”

"Don't you want a lock?" Lizi asked curiously.

"I don't want to." Ebisu said, "There are many rules in this world that even a god cannot know all of them. Of course, knowing the rules will pay a heavy price. I am no exception. How can people jump into the same trap on both sides? Woolen cloth?"

What he said was obscure, and he didn't mean to explain, obviously he just didn't want Lizi and the others to know.So Pear didn't ask any further questions.

"Is there no other way to restore the previous memory?" Qingming asked.

"It's hard," Ebisu said. "We're all babies compared to time. Our strength isn't strong enough to stand up to time. It's not impossible, but it's very slim."

"What way?" Pear asked.

"You should know that the place where we are is called Gaotianyuan, right?" Ebisu asked.

"Yes, I know."

"Well, although Gaotianyuan is the place where gods live, gods are just races that were born before humans. And before gods is this vast sea of ​​nothingness. Gaotianyuan is just an island in this sea. In this There are other islands in the sea. One of them is said to be able to find time fragments."

"Time Fragment?"

"Well," Yebisu nodded, "time is a long and decadent river. It is full of heavy fragments of time. Those are fragments of memory left behind after the death of gods and demons. Of course, yours is also in it. You He died seven times."

Riko was a little speechless, Ebisu seemed to like to mention this matter very much.

"The river of time will become very slow as it passes through this island. In this way, you will have the opportunity to look for memory fragments inside. But because there are too many fragments, generally no one will do this. After all, it is a needle in a haystack And the sea of ​​nothingness is too vast. I don’t know where the island that peeled off the fragments of time is.”

"Don't you know?" Pear asked.

"I don't know, even we who live in Takamahara have no idea of ​​going out to sea to find fragments." Ebisu said, "First of all, there are many islands in the vast ocean. I don't know which one is. Even if we find an island, there are so many time fragments. I don't know which one is either."

Lizi nodded, "I understand, I will think about it carefully. If we decide to find that island, how can we get to Gaotianyuan?"

"If you really decide to go, I will bring you to Takamahara again." Ebisu said.

When leaving Ebisu's house, Riko glanced ashore.There seems to be a city wall in the distance.

"It is said that there is also a castle in Takamahara," Seimei said, "Takayama, Takakawa, and Takashi. It is a livable city like Heiankyo."

"Who will live in it?" Lizi asked again.

"It should be the 800 million gods in the legend." Qingming said casually, and gave a piece of the leaf in his hand to the pear.That's what Yebisu picked off the vine.Holding this leaf, thinking of Heian-kyo in my heart, I will go back immediately.

"What's wrong?" Qingming asked.

Riko looked back suspiciously.

"It always feels like someone is watching us."

"Maybe it's some god." Seimei said.

Lizi said: "Maybe it's Amaterasu. According to legend, he is in charge of Gao Tianyuan. When we arrived at his territory, maybe he sensed a strange atmosphere and took a look here."

"Maybe." Qingming smiled, put the leaves in his hands, and closed his eyes.

Riko immediately closed her eyes like him, silently saying Heian-kyo's name.

A soft light flashed, and the two of them disappeared into the dots at the same time.

On the sea in the distance, there is a light boat floating in the foamy sea water.A man in a navy blue hunting suit sat there with a fishing rod, fishing casually.

"Qing Shui, why did your sister and brother-in-law come to Gaotianyuan?"

"No brother-in-law." Shimizu Hayato said coldly.

"I'm so envious," Yamata said, looking at the island in the distance, "I haven't even had a chance to climb it. I don't know if my house was knocked down by that fellow Amaterasu. Even something like a frog god can live in it." Enter Gao Tianyuan."

"Your house should be a snake hole, what's the pity?" Hayato Shimizu asked.

"No, it's a good house with sunshine. It's in the center of Tianzhi Gaochuan, and the price is expensive." Yamata said with a smile, "But what is your sister doing in Gao Tianyuan? I'm really worried that she will stare at our next one." Target."

"No, what you want is the power of the fragments of the sea of ​​time. Few people know about this kind of thing."

"It's okay if it's not, I'm a little scared of her. Every time it's a precise strike." Yamata said sadly, "Every time it hits my heart."

"The heart of a snake is seven inches, right?" Hayato Shimizu asked, "It takes seven inches to hit a snake."

Yamata froze suddenly, "Don't say something strange all of a sudden."

Hayato Shimizu smiled softly, "Okay."