non-human secret history

I never thought that Tsukihiko would suddenly take the lead for me, after all, as a human being, his power and Ootengu's power cannot be compared in the same breath.

Maybe I should be thankful that the person standing there at the moment is Ootengu. If it was someone like Ibaraki Doji, maybe Tsukihiko's head would have been crushed violently right now.

"I'm fine." He put his hand on Yue Yan's arm, pulled him back, then slid all the way down his sleeve, and stuffed his hand into his palm.

Ootengu watched Tsukihiko and me silently until I turned my gaze back to him again.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but when I glanced at the hands that I and Tsukihiko held together, there was an indescribable fluctuation in Daitengu’s eyes for a moment——I couldn’t judge the sadness and joy in it, even Not sure that fluctuations like that actually existed.

The air became a little stagnant, but the fighting atmosphere finally faded.

This is not surprising, because although he was summoned here by the little onmyoji named Yoichi, it is already clear that Ootengu is not Yoichi's Shikigami in essence.

Although it is a little strange why a monster of the level of Ootengu would come to help such a little-known little onmyoji, but judging from the child's expression, I think this is probably his last reliance.

It's a pity that he probably doesn't understand the temperament of the big tengu.

That monster is always obsessed with the truth, but now he probably won't take the initiative to attack—not to mention that there is such an ordinary human as Yue Yan beside me.

——Although the monster Ootengu has some dangerous stories in the rumors of the world, I know that he likes humans very much, and even raised humans himself.Even if it was to avoid accidentally injuring Yue Yan in the battle, he would not do it easily.

"Genji of the ghost clan." After a long time, he seemed to be muttering to himself again, but his tone was inexplicably softer.He looked at me and asked almost word for word: "Is it a child who escaped from the ghost race? Because he developed feelings for humans?"

I only felt the muscles in the corners of my eyes twitch slightly for a moment.

Ghost clan Genji.

I don’t know why, when such words are spit out from the big tengu’s mouth, it’s like a delicate key, which lightly opens the box in my memory that has been dusty for a long time—thus, those things that I don’t want to recall are thrown away. poured out.

"Your Excellency Ootengu seems to know a lot about ghosts?" I raised my chin slightly, trying to hide the tremor in my voice.

The big tengu was silent for a while, and there seemed to be quite complicated emotions hidden in his calm expression.

"Ghost clan men and women don't like to raise children in order to avoid trouble, but because Genji's blood is extremely important to the ghost clan, so even if they don't want to, the ghost clan Genji will always leave at least one heir for generations—" he said : "As far as I know, there is only one only son in the head of the Genji family who is writing the history of ghosts, and that kid is not married yet, and naturally he has no heirs."

"Even if ordinary ghosts really meet monsters, no one will criticize them for cutting off their bloodlines, let alone human beings. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible to leave half-blooded descendants."

"—But Genji can't. For the sake of bloodlines, the marriage partners from generation to generation must be pure bloodlines from the same family. Obviously, the status in the ghost clan is not considered noble, but the bloodlines must be as pure as the blood of the leader's family."

"Isn't it ridiculous? It's clear that the ghost clan is the one that can get in touch with the human world the most, but it's the one that shouldn't have deep friendship with humans."

Daitengu's tone was firm and cold, every word, it sent a chill down my spine.

——These words are too harsh!

Rao is right, Genji's fate is so sad and ridiculous, but this is the matter of my ghost clan after all, so how can it be his turn to be an outsider!

So my voice also became cold, but there was some unexplained trembling in the middle: "Your Excellency Ootengu seems to pay too much attention to the historians of the ghost clan, right? What does such a thing have to do with you?"

Before my voice fell, the big tengu suddenly seemed to be pressed by some switch, so a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the forest late at night, and the leaves and the feather blades that fell from the big tengu's wings were aligned. Qi attacked me.

This really caught me off guard.

I hurriedly threw up my sleeves to fight - at this moment, I didn't have any weapons at hand, so I could only rely on spiritual power for support, and I also had to protect Yue Yan, who was powerless by my side, so it was really hard work.

"What does it have to do with me?" The big tengu's voice was almost crazy: "Don't ask me what that bastard Chiwa did!"

"Why did he forget that he was a ghost when he teased Nana, why didn't he think that he was Genji when he asked Nana to give birth to that child for him—"

"I raised a child for more than ten years with my own hands, but to let him be spoiled like this!"

"what?"

I couldn't help being a little surprised.

As a historian of the ghost clan, I always feel that I know more than ordinary people, but I don't know anything about the things that the big tengu roared out like crazy——

...Is it because Grandpa also had a relationship with a human woman?And that woman who was abandoned by him because of Genji's blood was actually a human woman raised by a big demon and a big tengu?

In fact, I don’t have much impression of my grandpa, because he died in the ghost clan’s rebellion when I was young—it was because I accidentally ate the poison that I threw on Chikage Kazama so that I almost lost my life. All about childhood memories.

And after grandpa passed away, Hua Ji, whom I temporarily called "grandma" who was brought home by his official marriage, also disappeared—according to others, she probably followed grandpa to the other shore.But there are also rumors that there was not much relationship between Grandpa and Hua Ji, and the reason why Hua Ji disappeared was because the chain called marriage that bound her was finally completely broken.

I never thought that there would be such a hidden secret behind this.

When I met Daitengu, the Tokugawa Shogunate had been established for more than a hundred years.At that time, he seemed to have forgotten the grudge between Genji and Genji, and he was very kind to me-yes, I really can't imagine that he would have such hysterical moments.

Genji's...fate...

I don't have similar memories.

"It would be nice if I had a younger brother or younger sister." At that time, I tentatively said to my mother.

"Why?" At that time, my mother was packing her bags with joy—since my father pushed all the historian's tasks on me, the two of them have been traveling outside in love, and I even often Haven't seen them for a few years.

"If I fell in love with monsters, wouldn't Genji's bloodline be broken in my hands?" I rested my chin on one hand, trying to hide my anxiety.

The movement of my mother's hands stopped, and she looked at me with some doubts: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could you be with monsters?"

"You are Genji, and one day you will welcome a ghost with a pure bloodline into your family, and then continue the historian's bloodline. Even humans are not good enough, monsters or something, you should stop thinking about it earlier."

My mother's words sounded a little cold at the time, after all, there was still a passion that was just about to move in my heart.So I, who was in the rebellious period at that time, pestered me without any scruples.

"But what if I die? I'm so weak, maybe I won't live to continue the bloodline at all." I said, "Since the bloodline needs to be continued, wouldn't it be better to have more guarantees?"

"Huh?" The mother's eyes were a little contemptuous: "But why should I destroy the two-person world between me and Qiancheng because of such an uncertain thing?"

"It's true that you are so weak that you might die one day—that's okay, if something like that really happens, we'll talk about it later, anyway, the life of ghosts is not as short as that of humans , as long as you want a child, you can almost get it at any time."

—Look, how cruel.

Born as Genji, there is no way to escape such a fate.

After only a brief outburst, the big tengu also barely restrained the offensive, he calmly said something in a low voice: "...Sorry."

"You shouldn't have to repay such a thing, but you are Genji's..."

"I'm not Genji." Taking a deep breath, I said this: "At least not now, Genji's genealogy does not have my name."

"Really..." Big Tengu's eyes darkened, but he didn't ask any further.

Blood will not lie, but he finally did not continue to pursue my identity.Turning his eyes back, he just looked at Yue Yan at the side again.

"Does Genji have a deep affection that he doesn't want to let go?" He murmured, and he said this.

Suddenly, I just felt that the warm hand holding me tightened a bit.

I don't know how much Tsukihiko can understand from such a conversation, but at least he's still holding my hand.

——But how long can this feeling last?

I am very clear that no matter for me or for him, there is a destiny that cannot be violated.I will eventually return to the original world, and I will have to continue walking as Genji, and he will always embark on that bloody road.

That absurd and ridiculous hunting game will be the only intersection we will have in the future.

——It would be great if I could walk through the millennium with him, desperately forgetting about the mission of the ghost clan and the irreplaceable history.

What if I choose this way?

——It is impossible.

I lowered my eyes slightly and took a deep breath.

In the end... time is passing by right now, or maybe his palm is so warm that I almost forget who I am.

The big tengu's question is not asking me, I know, but I can ask myself, even now, I can't say "I live up to it".

"I won't let you down." A familiar voice suddenly sounded in my ears, it was gentle and firm, "Since I've held it in my hand, I won't let you down."

"Identity or status are irrelevant things, because this is only a matter between two people."

The author has something to say:

After posting this chapter, I can finally shout out this sentence: Ghost!family!source!Shi!yes!indivual!pit!

But some children who grow up in deformed families don't know what's wrong with their living environment until they see the outside world.

Boss Rubbish's slap in the face gave Yamei a chance to think outside of the identity of "Genji", which was a big mistake in a certain sense, but his behavior was still flimsy behavior in essence, so...

Are you looking forward to Yuanyi coming online?

In addition, Ootengu is a private setting like Seimei, I hope it will not affect reading.