juvenile onmyoji

"That's great," Ebisu said with a smile, "I thought Tsukuyomi would be stingy, but I didn't expect him to take out a lucky fruit as a thank you gift. It must have been too late. That's why I kept yelling at him just now. Take the broken umbrella and walk quickly, because you are afraid that he will turn around and regret it."

"I see," Li Zi said with a smile, "I said, why are you urging Yueyomi to leave?"

"Now that's all. You should pack up your bags now and bring some food and water. Although you can catch fish in the sea of ​​nothingness, it's not easy to cook on board. And I don't know how many days you'll be sailing." Huibi Shoushen said.

"I'm going home now, but I don't know how many days off you will give me?" Lizi asked again.

"Of course you were on vacation the day you came back," Ebisu said. "Who knows how long it will take for you to come back? I haven't been to that island either."

"Since there is time to spend on it, there must be some unknown rules. I hope there will be no such tragedy as one day on the island and one year on earth."

"Probably not?" Lizi was startled.

After bidding farewell to God Ebisu, she returned home in an ox cart.Crossing a bullock cart on the road.Nanako's face was peeped out of the window of the bullock cart.

Nanako also saw Riko.She seemed to be startled, her eyes dodged and she stepped back, her neck was shaking.

It turned out that He Mao Zhongxing cooked glutinous rice and smeared it on her neck, then stuck his head on it.But I can't move, it still shakes when I move.

The intersection of the two bullock carts was only for a short moment, and they soon lost sight of each other.

Lizi returned home, but Seimei hadn't come back yet.She originally wanted to write a note and tie it to the paper bird's leg, but she was afraid that someone would shoot the bird down.While hesitating, the big tengu saw her and asked her what she was going to do.

"I want to pass a sentence to Master Qingming, but I'm worried that it won't reach him."

"It's very simple," Ootengu said, "You write what you want to say on paper, and I'll send it to Seimei-sama."

"Okay." Lizi pulled a piece of paper and wrote on it, please take a few more days off, sir, we are going on a long trip.Fold it and give it to Otengu.

In the evening, Qingming came back and asked why he suddenly decided to travel far away.Pear told him what happened during the day, and showed him the fruit that would bring luck after eating.

"So that's how it is," Qingming said with a smile on his lips, "Then let's prepare something."

"I'm ready." Lizi showed him things, raw rice, large jars of pickles, fishing rods, scissors, paper, pots and pans, bedding and clothes.

"As for water, you can use yin and yang to create rootless water, so we don't need to bring this."

Qingming smiled slightly, "Do you want to live on a boat?"

"Ebisu God said that he doesn't know how long the voyage will take." Riko said.

"I see," Qingming nodded. "In this case, we'd better bring soil and seeds. I can use Yin Yang to speed up the passage of time and grow vegetables."

"In that case, we don't have to worry about not having fresh vegetables." Lizi said with a smile.Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt a little bit looking forward to this trip.

"One more thing," Seimei said, "we're going to the Sea of ​​Nothingness, which belongs to the realm of the gods, and I don't know if we can summon the shikigami. For safety's sake, put away the shikigami in advance."

As soon as these words fell, Shuten and Ibaraki froze at the same time.

The big tengu is not afraid, "I can. When I was a child, I often shut myself in the cabinet. Just to get used to it as soon as possible."

Ibaraki sneered, "The cabinet is nothing compared to the small black room of Sekishen."

"It doesn't matter where it is," said Ootengu.

"Otherwise, I still don't wear shikigami." Riko said, "It's enough to have Seimei-sama."

"I don't care." Hearing this sentence, Shuten said immediately.

"Then it doesn't matter to me." Ibaraki said reluctantly, "I just hope that when the adults accept us, we can be together. I want to float next to Shuten."

"That can't be done," Suzaku said, "The small black room is like a bottomless pit, you can throw things into it and you won't know where it will go."

"Since everyone has no objection, then it's decided." Seimei said immediately, for fear that Ibaraki would go back on his word.This journey may encounter unimaginable dangers.Putting the shikigami away in advance is also a preparation.

……

The sun is very strong at sea.Li Zi sat in the cabin and leaned against the window, sewing the curtains.Seimei looks outside.

The boat was loaned to them by Ebisu.It looked just like his ship, the cabin had been remodeled.It looks small from the outside, but there are three rooms inside, large, medium and small.The big one is a living room, the middle one is a bedroom, and the small one is a bathroom.

Li Zi opened up a small space in the living room to put food and pots and pans.Bedding, clothes and cloth are placed in the bedroom.The soil is put into wooden boxes and piled up, which is convenient for Seimei to grow vegetables.

Qingming walked in from the outside and saw Lizi sewing. Some of the little paper figurines beside him helped thread the needle, and some helped smooth the cloth.He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "Suddenly I feel that it's not bad to just float like this."

Lizi glanced at him, and then at the calm sea outside the window, "The leisurely life without being disturbed is indeed very attractive."

"What kind of vegetables do you want to eat?" Qingming took out several small pockets made of sackcloth and put them on the table, which were filled with seeds of various vegetables.There are small cabbage, white radish, cucumber and even mint.

"Don't eat that for now. I brought a basket of vegetables, and I will plant them after eating." Lizi said while bowing her head and carefully sewing the curtains.

Qingming simply sat down next to her against the wall, resting his head on one of his arms, "It's so comfortable."

Riko lowered her head and sewed for a while, "Should I summon the shikigami?"

"No." Qingming vetoed without thinking.Do you want to find some fathers for yourself? "I don't know what will happen in front of me, and it's not good to expose all Shikigami."

"Then it won't be summoned." Lizi closed the curtains.

Qingming immediately took it over, "I'll hang it up, and leave the physical work to me."

Li Zi handed it to him with a smile, and watched him hang curtains on the left and right windows.Immediately the cabin was less sunny.

Lizi brought the low table over, and Qingming also brought a few books, it was really like living on a boat.

White water was boiling on the small red clay stove, and the pears did not have as many things as tea soup.Just boil water and make tea.

The way of drinking tea in Japan originated from the Tang Dynasty.Various condiments are added to the tea.Salt, mint, tangerine peel and the like are mixed with tea leaves, crushed and boiled for drinking.

Or simply grind the tea into a fine powder and boil it for drinking.Or stir-fry it with brown rice in an iron pot and drink it, it has a taste of popcorn.

Making tea with boiling water, Qingming was not used to drinking it at first.After a long time, he also felt that drinking tea like this is very light.So I like it very much.

She was making tea while Seimei was reading a book beside her.Time flows slowly with the fragrance of tea, which is extremely peaceful and comfortable.

"That's great." Qingming praised again.

At noon, Riko took out the plum rice balls she brought from home.Because there is no place to keep it fresh, this rice ball can only be eaten for one meal.

After eating, Seimei took the fishing rod and went out to sea fishing.

Li Zi sat under the eaves of the boat, propped her chin and watched him fish.The two chatted casually, and the time passed.Seimei caught sea fish for dinner in the evening.It is baked on a small tandoor with a wire mesh until it is fragrant and browned.

At night, the weather suddenly turned cold.At noon, I rolled up my sleeves because of the heat.Now I can't wait to wear twelve single clothes.

"It's normal, the temperature difference on the sea is huge. And the sea of ​​nothingness is colder than our normal sea. Go back to your room first, and I'll take a look at the ship's deck for a while," Seimei said.

"Then just watch the deck for a while." Lizi said.

"What am I here for?" Qingming didn't turn her head, she just raised the corner of her mouth and asked.

"Sleep." Lizi said naturally.

When she returned to the room, she realized that the conversation just now was not right.She suddenly found out that she would be resting in the same room with Qingming for the next few days.

It should be fine, right?While she was laying out the mattress, she thought, she lived in this way in the dormitory before.

When Qingming walked in, she found Li Zi wrapped in a quilt sleeping at the innermost side of the room.And his mattress was spread by the door.Although the room is not big, several shikigami can sleep between the two of them.

"You used to let me sleep next to you." Qingming asked puzzled.

Lizi closed her eyes tightly and pretended to be asleep, her face was facing the wall, her eyelashes fluttering slightly.After a while, there was no sound behind him.There was only one paper bulb in the room, glowing softly orange.

She couldn't help opening her eyes, and the bigger and bigger shadows on the wall were reflected in the pupils.A corner of the quilt was lifted, and Qingming sneaked in quickly.

The cold air brought in made her shiver, and she turned around speechlessly.The boy looked at her with a bright smile, "Since you don't agree to move my bedding here, then I'll come here by myself."

"It's not that I disagree, but Master Qingming, you don't sleep well. You squeeze me off the pillow every morning."

"It's not tomorrow morning, how do you know that I will be able to squeeze you down this time? No, I will give you half of the pillow."

"It won't work even if the pillow comes out." Lizi said, "This is the bed sheet, I'm almost squeezed out."

"How about this?" Qingming wrapped her arms around her waist, "Wouldn't this prevent her from being squeezed outside?"

The boy's warm breath rushed towards his face, and he could feel his scorching body temperature through his clothes.She felt her cheeks rising with the heat.Listening to his strong and steady heartbeat, she seemed to be able to hear her own heartbeat getting faster and faster.

"If you sleep like this, someone will be squeezed out in the middle of the night." Lizi said.

"That can't be helped, I don't want to sleep by the door, and I'm not a Shiba Inu." Seimei said dissatisfiedly, "I'll just hug you and sleep like this tonight. I just stayed on the deck for a long time, and I feel like my body will be numb from the cold Yes. It’s still warm when you hug and sleep.”

"Okay, okay, you bring the mattress and spread it next to me." Lizi could only compromise.

Seimei smiled, it was as if he wanted to enter a house.Let the people inside open the door, but the people inside don't.So he declared that he decided to lift the roof, and the people inside opened the door.

If he had said to bring the quilt over at the beginning, Lizi would have met with strong opposition, but when he got under her quilt, she would immediately compromise.

"It's a pity," Qingming said while dragging the quilt from the door, "I agreed so quickly, I kind of hope you don't agree."

"I don't agree, you are going to lift your clothes." Li Zi said, "While lifting, you said that you like to sleep naked the most."

Qingming couldn't help laughing, "You think so? It's okay, since you want to see it, it's not that I can't make sacrifices."

Lizi smiled lightly, regardless of Qingming's cheerful words, he is the most conservative in this regard.It can be seen from the helm of his clothes that are tightly covered every time.Peeling him a layer of clothes is more difficult than peeling his skin.

Qingming spread out the quilt and lay down, looking at her sideways with one hand propped up, "Go to sleep, I'll watch for a while. The sea is too calm, this is unusual."

"Didn't you set up Yin Yang outside?" Li Zi blinked her eyelashes lightly.

"That's true, but this is the sea where islands like Takamagahara were born. I'm worried that there might be something strange in the sea."

"That said, I can't even sleep."

"Go to sleep, I'll watch over you." Qingming covered the paper light bulb with a piece of cloth, and the room was immediately pitch black, only the slight sound of sea water hitting the hull could be heard.

"It's too dark, can't you sleep with the light on?" Lizi slowly pulled the quilt up to her chin, staring at the darkness with her eyes wide open.

"If we sleep with the lights on, we'll be like a moving target in the vast ocean." Qingming said, "Here you are."

"What?" Lizi asked, looking at the dark Seimei.

A warm hand held hers, and the young man's clear voice sounded beside him, "Don't be afraid, I'm always here."

Indeed, Seimei has been by her side ever since she left Omi's countryside, never leaving a step.

"Did Seimei-sama always be there for those seven retracements?"

"Of course I will be here, otherwise where would I go?" Qingming said casually, "Well, there was one time when I was away. Although that was my dream, I think it should be one of seven times."

"Master Seimei misunderstood me that time?" Lizi asked.

"Well, we separated because of a misunderstanding. I couldn't participate in what happened after you. In the end, I saw you and the Shikigami lying in front of the huge door." Seimei said.

"That sounds pretty sad."

"So, trust each other no matter what. Not only I have to trust you, but you also have to trust me."

"How could I not trust Master Seimei? Even if there was a misunderstanding before, it must have been Master Seimei's fault." Lizi said.

Qingming chuckled, "Anyway, there is nothing to prove, so you can say whatever you want. When we find the fragments on that island, let's see what happened in the time that was retraced due to failure."

"Boom——" Thunder came from far and near in the sky.

"Is it going to rain?" Qingming sat up and opened the curtains to look out.

"Will the boat be okay if it rains?" Lizi sat up worriedly.

The pitch-black sea surface, the sky and the sea are connected together, and the lightning seems to split them apart.

"It looks like it's going to be a lot of rain." Seimei said this while forming layers of barriers on the boat cover.

The orange enchantment wraps around the ship like a transparent ball.There are silver charms flowing on the surface, which makes people feel inexplicably at ease.

"As long as there are no monsters attacking, there is no need to worry about the boat being smashed by the waves when it rains." Qingming said with a smile, "You rest, I will guard for a while."

Pear nodded and lay down again.The night at sea was very cold, Qingming sat by the window, propped up one knee, wrapped in a quilt and looked at the sea.With the moonlight coming in from the window, the room was not so dark.Lizi kept looking at Seimei, watching the drowsiness gradually hit her, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

In the dream, I saw Yamata no Orochi turning into a giant snake with eight heads and eight tails, dancing on the sea.Shouting while twisting, "Qing Shui, dance together."

Shimizu?Are you calling her?

"Xiaoli, Xiaoli, wake up." Qingming urged in a low voice.

She resisted the drowsiness and opened her heavy eyelids, Qingming's face was reflected in her pupils, "What's wrong?"

"I saw Genchuha and Ashiya Doman," Seimei whispered, "They don't know why they are lying on the board and floating in the sea."

Lizi opened her eyes in surprise, "Isn't this sea area a place that only gods can reach? Could it be Yamata no Orochi?"

"I don't know, but now there is a problem that they are in trouble, should we take care of it?" Qingming hesitated.

"trouble?"

"Well, they got entangled with a huge octopus and seemed to be a little bit exhausted."

"Octopus? I'll go and see."

She got up quickly, put on her coat, and ran barefoot to the deck.Ten meters ahead, several huge tentacles with suction cups slapped the sea water frantically.

Behind the tentacles is a semicircle as big as the roof of a gymnasium, which is the head of an octopus.As it beats, a tiny plank can be seen undulating with the waves.There were two people standing on it, and lights of various colors continuously emerged around their bodies, apparently using yin and yang to fight.

Click!The sound of hard and soft objects being torn apart passed by the ear, and at the same time a huge octopus claw smashed over.Lizi subconsciously took a step back, the octopus claws slapped the smooth barrier, bounced and fell into the sea water.

At this time, the sea surface was already very cloudy.Black venom is constantly pouring out of the octopus, mixing it with the sea water.The venom splashed on the body and immediately ignited black smoke, corroding small holes.

Yuan Chuyu was exhausted, he numbly formed seals and released yin and yang techniques.All the talisman papers had fallen into the sea, and his spiritual power was running out.

Ashiya Michiman next to him was no better than him.He held onto the sampan tightly with one hand, and with the other he released yin and yang to maintain the buoyancy of the sampan.

Their ship was smashed by this monster that suddenly appeared from the bottom of the sea.It was very reluctant to lie on the sampan, so that it didn't sink with the boat.

"What should I do?" Qingming put his elbows on the railing, "Should we save them? I feel that it is not a good thing for them to appear here suddenly."

Lizi bit her finger, looking down at Yuan Chuyu's embarrassed face being beaten by multiple huge waves and octopus, very tangled.

Save them, do you want to go to the time island together?Feel like walking with wolves.If you don't save her, she can't watch Yuan Chuyu die in front of her eyes like this.

From the beginning to the end, no matter what path Yuan Chuyu chose, he never thought of hurting him.

Yuan Chuyu exhausted his last bit of spiritual power, and while throwing Yin Yang, he was also hit violently by the octopus tentacles.

On the turbulent water surface under the aftermath of heat and impact, the small sampan finally couldn't maintain such a great pressure and broke into sawdust.

He fell into the icy water and struggled painfully.I want to swim up, but I don't have enough strength to paddle through the icy water.There is no strength to push away the tentacles of the octopus, nor the strength to swim to the surface of the sea.

The huge tentacles rolled the two of them and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Seeing Yuan Chuyu let go of her hands in despair and closing her eyes, Lizi finally couldn't help it, "Master Seimei..." she begged in a low voice.

Qingming turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about it. We are human after all, and we have complex emotions. No matter good or bad, when we see their tragic death, if we don't move in the slightest, we will not be moved." Undoubtedly with the monster."

Seimei moved the boat slightly closer to Yuan Chuyu, tore a hole in the barrier, and said to the two people in the sea with a smile, "It was a really good night."

Genchuha and Ashiya Michiman suddenly raised their faces in disbelief, and looked at the faces of Rika and Seimei exposed from the crack.

"You..." Ashiya Michiman's face changed from shock to ecstasy. His dying brain had made it difficult for him to think about why he met Seimei and his girl here. He struggled desperately to reach out from the coiled tentacles. , "Qingming, hurry up and save me."

"What's the benefit of saving you?" Qingming asked with a smile, "The last time you were in Yuziji's yard, you made me wait and see."

"Pa——" Ashiya Michimitsu slapped himself loudly, "I'm so cheap." He struggled and begged, "Seimei, I was wrong. Seeing that we are both onmyojis, don't ignore me. "

Seeing that Qingming just smiled and said nothing, he turned to look at Lizi again, "Qingshui, aren't you girls the softest? Help me."

"How can I save it?" Lizi asked, "You know I don't know anything."

"Don't you know how to cut paper? Cut a big boat for me."

"It's not that big of paper," Lizi said, "and you know, paper gets wet when it comes in contact with water."

"Let's do this," Michi Ashiya rolled his eyes, rekindling the light of hope, "I'll be your shikigami, so you can take me into a small black room? Then you don't have to hunt octopuses, just wave your hand and I'll be saved." gone."

Oh, what a genius he was to come up with such a great idea.

Seimei was greatly surprised, "You can really think, don't you know that shikigami can only be monsters? Otherwise, the contract cannot be signed."

"Huh, is there such a thing?" Ashiya Michimi blinked, he had no shikigami, so of course he didn't know there was such a saying.No wonder no one tears as shikigami.He thought it was just human pride.

Seeing that their spiritual power was exhausted and they were about to be caught by the octopus, Qingming raised the corners of his lips, "How about this, call me a nice name, and I will reluctantly help."

Riko glanced at him, Yuan Chuyu and Ashiya Michiman had arrogant personalities, usually they only called Seimei by name.Especially since everyone is an onmyoji, only those who think they are a head lower than each other will respectfully be called adults.Calling it that way, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the two of them to look up for a while.

"Is it hard to say?" Qingming said lazily, "Forget it." He stretched out his hand to close the barrier.

"No, no, no, I'm yelling," Ashiya Michimi gritted his teeth.

"father--"