Scissors that cut out cause and effect

The beads are still there.

Natsume squatted down and looked at the little monster who was holding fruits and having fun alone, thinking in his heart, should he bring some fresh fruits over tomorrow?

The author has something to say: today's second update~

Going to school tomorrow, sosad...

So on the last day of the winter vacation at home, my hands are itchy and open ==

3. The swallow at the bottom of the water...

Because of the dry plum rain, the vicinity of the river dam was completely dry. Natsume, who was riding by the river dam with his classmates, suddenly collapsed due to heat stroke.

When going to school the next day, Natsume naturally received greetings from several people in the class.Natsume has made a lot of progress compared to not knowing how to get along with people at the beginning, now that he has two friends.Facing the friendly greetings from her classmates, Natsume also politely replied one by one.

But there are also difficult people.That is the monitor of the class.

Natsume didn't know why the squad leader paid so much attention to him, basically he would call him or follow him for anything.For example, the last test of courage, or that time when I took the bus ticket to go out.

This time is no exception.After knowing that Natsume fainted suddenly due to heatstroke, unlike the other students asking if his body recovered, the monitor secretly asked in his ear: "Hey, to be honest, did you suddenly faint because you were attacked by a monster? "

How could Natsume tell the truth about such a question!Although it was true that he fainted because of a monster, it wasn't an attack, but because of being possessed by a monster.However, Natsume was a little nervous about the class leader's question of poking at the red heart so directly. By the way, he thought about whether he had some weird behaviors that caused the class leader to ask him this way.

After thinking for a while, Natsume naturally denied the monitor's question.

In addition to the class monitor, there was another line of sight that put Natsume under tremendous pressure.It can be said that this gaze has never left him since he came to school today.Natsume knew who the source of the line of sight was, but she was embarrassed to look over.

The owner of the line of sight is Hina Asamori who transferred here some time ago.Like Natsume, she can see monsters.But in a sense, unlike Natsume, she's not bothered by her ability to be so different from others.

It was this kind of person who never left Natsume's eyes today.No, to be more precise, it did not leave the monster that Natsume had been following all along.

Short light chestnut hair, slightly upturned, most of the face is covered by a white cloth with bird groups.It was this monster that Asamori Hina had been staring at today until after school.

Natsume, who was planning to go home directly today, did not expect Asamori Hina to follow him, and came up to him on the path where no one was around, and blocked him.

"Does she wish for anything?"

Natsume didn't expect her to ask such a question.

"Once a monster has been following a certain human being, it means that it hopes to fulfill its wish through this human being, or that there is something in this human being that it pursues."

After Asamori Hina finished speaking, Yan opened her mouth first.

"Ah, can this human being also see me? That's right, I'm looking for someone..." One more person is one more hope, Yan repeated what he said to Natsume without hesitation. He said it once to the human in front of him.

"I see." He closed the notebook he took out to record the main points, said goodbye to Yan, and left.

"Ah, did I get ignored or did she have a bad impression of me?" Natsume remembered that Asamori never said goodbye to him.

"Natsume-sama, that human just now is really friendly. I believe the person I'm looking for is just like her."

"Well, I believe it must be the case."

"kindness!"

Yan's words made Natsume fall into deep thought.It is undeniable that compared with Asamori's attitude towards the people in the class, her attitude towards monsters is really friendly and gentle.Take Yan as an example, she would come here specifically to ask the monster if he had any wishes to fulfill, and she would carefully record the content of the request.At the same time, she goes to the ancestral hall every day to offer fresh fruits, and treats the water drop monster very gently.

weirdo.

This attitude made Natsume feel that Asamori-san liked monsters more than humans.

Perhaps for Natsume who did not get a friend account, liking monsters more than humans was something that Natsume would never agree with at that time, because Natsume at that time would be misunderstood by so many people because of the monsters .However, after returning the name on the friend's account to the monster recently, Natsume is also more and more fond of monsters.As long as they can communicate, most monsters are kind, aren't they?

Unexpectedly, she got the information of that person the next day, and wrote the address on a piece of paper and handed it to Natsume, along with a photo of that human being.

At this time, Yan was not by Natsume's side, but was staying on a certain tree in front of the school.Natsume thought, how happy Yan would be if he saw these things by his side at this moment.

"I don't suggest you take him there."

Asamori, who left the note and photo, returned to his seat. Natsume wanted to ask why, but unexpectedly, Nishimura and Kitamoto, who were watching him and Asamori's actions, surrounded him.

"Oh, Natsume, what did Asamori-san give you just now? Show it to us."

"Yeah yeah."

"It's nothing." Before the two of them could react, Natsume stuffed the note and photos into the drawer, but he didn't know that the more he acted like this, the more curious he was, and of course he caused misunderstanding.

Nishimura naturally discovered Natsume's series of actions, thinking that he would definitely not be able to grab it, but he could ask!

"Ah, maybe it's the appointed date place or something? Also, I saw another photo. Could it be that Asamori specially asked you to keep it at home?"

"Oh, what luck." Bei Ben echoed Nishimura's words.

For this transfer student, the boys in Natsume's class spoke highly of her.She has beautiful long hair and elegant demeanor. Although she is a little shy, she shows her charm even more. She is an ideal partner for boys.Unexpectedly, Natsume took the lead.

"Nah!"

However, Natsume's weak objection was directly ignored by the two of them.

After school that day, Natsume took Yan to the address given by Asamori, and waited for the person Yan had been looking for on a certain road.Fortunately, Natsume and Yan saw that person without waiting for long.And Yan excitedly went to the man's side and kept saying hello.

It was at this time that Natsume realized why Asamori told him that it was best not to bring Yan over.

Too cruel.

It's obviously the person I've been thinking about, the person I've always wanted to meet, but now I'm in front of the other person, but no matter how excited I am, no matter how positive I say hello, I can't get a response from the person I miss.

This is humans and monsters.

A youkai who missed humans, and a human who helped youkai unintentionally.The last pain is all backlogged on the monster.

So, what kind of existence is he who can see monsters?Looking at Yan who was still excitedly surrounded by that person, and the hands that kept trying to be seen by the other person.For the first time, Natsume regretted that he couldn't do more for her, and couldn't make her an existence that could be seen by humans.

Even after that, Yan expressed his gratitude to Natsume, but Natsume could clearly understand Yan's loss at the fact that the man couldn't see him.

He wanted to do something for her, but Natsume clearly knew that he didn't have that ability.Therefore, when holding such strong hope, Natsume asked Taishin to take him to the festival in Futaba Village without hesitation when he learned from Taishin that there was a yukata that could transform youkai into a human form for one night. , It is bound to get a yukata in the race.Even though Natsume knew that Taishin came here to tell him that it was malicious, but at least, the yukata that could transform youkai into a human form did exist.

On the way to Futaba Village, Mr. Cat jumped out to block their way. Natsume knew that although Mr. Cat kept talking about eating him and getting a friend account, he still took good care of him.But this time, Natsume decided to go to Futaba Village anyway, even though the hordes of youkai there might eat him.

Teacher Cat couldn't do it, so he had to go with him.

To Natsume's surprise, when she was about to arrive at Futaba Village, she met Asamori Hina.She was wearing a black kimono with unknown flowers tattooed on it. Her long hair was tied up behind her head, and even her flat bangs were clipped with hairpins and placed on both sides.Natsume noticed that she was still holding a fox mask in her hand. Only the area under the eyes was decorated with a few touches of color on the all-white mask.

It was supposed to be a dark night and it was impossible to see anything clearly, but because of the paper lantern in Asamori's other hand, Natsume observed everything so finely.

Chuishin said, "Hey, compared to Natsume-sama, this human obviously understands things between monsters."

And Madara, who had reverted to being a cat teacher, sniffed the girl's body, and her squinted eyes instantly grew bigger.

"Oh, you're the human who gave wine to those guys in the forest."

"Yes." Asamori Hina replied without hesitation.

"Give me another bottle, it tastes very good!" When the wine was mentioned, Mr. Cat became even more excited.

"No."

"Ah, you human being, how dare you refuse my request?