Mr. Natsume's special mantra

When I was young, I hated that warm and kind lie, but now, I am very happy to know her. ——Takashi Natsume

Familiar, engraved on the heart, with warm eyebrows.

Even though so many years have passed, Natsume Takashi can still recognize the prototype monster in front of him.

Wings as hands, bird claws as feet, wearing wings and kimono.

She is... a girl bird.

A monster formed by the obsession of a pregnant woman.

The youkai inside the seal must be calling her.

The battle above is still going on, and the giant white beast is completely suppressing the sharp Guhuo Bird.

Natsume Takashi kept watching, and when Guhuo Niao was about to lose, he called softly, "San San."

It was obviously a voice that sounded almost non-existent, but it attracted the eyes of the two monsters floating in the air.

The giant white beast who was keenly aware of Gu Huo's gaze yelled at her threateningly, like a giant dragon protecting its own treasure, extremely domineering!

Seeing Gu Huo Niao holding the weapon in his hand again because of the provocation of Mr. Cat, the boy coughed with his fists clenched.

Sensing the warning from the boy, the giant white beast floated to Natsume Takashi's side, drooping its head.

Natsume Takashi sighed, touched the red demon pattern on Teacher Cat's head, and said, "Teacher, have you recovered a bit?"

When he first woke up, Teacher Cat didn't understand what he said so well.

Specifically refer to Mr. Wutiao. When we first met, Mr. Cat wanted to kill Mr. Wutiao, although the relationship is not much better now...

But the white monster who heard Natsume Takashi's words still looked confused.

The boy looked forlorn, and after appeasing Teacher Cat's temper, he turned to look at Gu Huo Niao who was standing there.

When he was young, what he saw was her anthropomorphic form, wearing an ordinary girl's dress, with straight black hair hanging down to her shoulders, and her black pupils also showed a warm amber luster under the sunlight .

Now, her pupils are still black after returning to the original form, but they are the inorganic black of a beast. When she looks at it, normal people will feel a chill down their backs and feel fear in their hearts.

Natsume Takashi stood there, staring at her for a long time, the young man with soft brows and eyes stretched out his hand to her, and said expectantly, "Do you still recognize me? I'm Natsume, Natsume Takashi."

That Natsume who once feared and hated you, walked alone in that unstable world, and was given tenderness by you.

[Sorry, Natsume, I just wanted to talk to you. 】Note ①

The familiar voice in memory calling out his surname came from the opposite monster's mouth: "Natsume?"

Seeing the boy nodding, mist gradually appeared in the monster's inorganic eyes, but she suppressed it forcibly, she blinked, and there was infinite tenderness in her voice: "I've grown up so much..."

"I'm sorry about that..."

The monster's voice was rough, as if it hadn't talked to anyone for a long time, and it was trying to remember how to speak.

Under everyone's vigilant eyes, the monster slowly walked up to the boy.

Putting away all the sharp edges on his body, the monster wrapped Natsume Takashi's wings vainly, with his forehead against his forehead, and the boy could clearly feel the warm tears from the monster's eyes.

"Sorry……"

The guilt full of guilt turned into difficult pronunciation in the throat, reaching everyone's ears.

"Natsume, is this... a monster you know too?" Hiroto Kojo, eyes gliding back and forth on Natsume and the monster, asked doubtfully.

"Yeah." The boy who was hugged by the monster nodded, then raised his head, looked at the face of the monster in front of him and wiped away the tears on her face, and said, "It's me who should say I'm sorry, I'm sorry for making you worry so much. Long."

"I'm glad to meet you, but unfortunately, I still don't know your name."

"Now, can we get to know each other again?"

"I'm Takashi Natsume, may I know your name?"

The toddler in the memory began to twitch, and the immature voice became clearer. The monster looked at the face of the young boy in front of him, slowly loosened the wings that wrapped the boy, and lowered his head slightly: "My name is Guhuo, I am also You can call me Xia Huo."

"Then what do you prefer me to call you?" the young man asked in a low voice.

The corner of the monster's lips curled up, and a golden light that was not dazzling wrapped around her whole body.

"Gu Huo, I prefer the name Gu Huo."

The light dissipated, and Gu Huo returned to the appearance he remembered, standing in front of the boy.

Familiar paper floated in front of the boy, and "Gu Huo" was written on it in golden ink.

Natsume Takashi looked at her suspiciously, but Gu Huo smiled: "Take it, Natsume, it can help you."

"And..." Gu Huo glanced at the childish wooden house next to him, and said, "I also need Natsume's help with something, so consider it my reward, how about it?"

Before the boy could shake his head, he saw Gu Huo put his finger on his lips: "Don't refuse, you need it very much, Natsume."

Gu Huo's eyes contained a meaning that Natsume Takashi couldn't understand.

He obediently did not say the words to return this to Gu Huo.

Gu Huo rubbed his brown hair in relief, "Good boy."

Natsume Takashi picked up the cat teacher who had turned into a three-colored cat, and followed Gu Huo with the other three in the same grade.

"Are you going to rescue another monster in the house?" Natsume Takashi asked.

Gu Huo nodded, "That's correct, but I want you to save those other children."

"Baby's condition is fairly stable. Although it is sealed, there is no danger of his life. The seal can't trap him for a long time. He can come out of it in two or three years at most."

"Then why is it crying all the time?" Nagasaki Wild Rose asked.

Because of Gu Huo's protection, the cries of children in Nagasaki Wild Rose's ears no longer had the tingling feeling of invading the brain.

Gu Huo, who was walking in front, didn't look back, sighed and said: "You must give the child a channel to vent."

"Trapped in a dark box not long after birth, no matter whether it is a human baby or a monster's cub, they will be afraid, and similarly, they all have the right to vent."

The voice of Gu Huo who reappeared in front of Natsume Takashi was always full of fatigue and sadness. Holding the three-colored cat, he turned his head to look at Gu Huo beside him, and said, "I heard that monster call your mother."

Hearing this, Gu Huo chuckled lightly: "Why, is Natsume jealous?"

She reached out and touched the boy's head, her words were teasing: "When I saw Natsume, I wanted to take you away and raise you myself."

"Although I was exposed and failed to realize it, but now if Natsume wants to call me mother, I will agree."

The young man moved away Gu Huo's hand on his head in embarrassment, and said slightly red behind his ears, "I've grown up, it's impossible."

If he was abducted like this when he was young, it would be possible for him to call her mother, but it is definitely impossible for Natsume Takashi, who is now 15 years old.

The weight of the word mother is too heavy.

He didn't want to be tied down to a short-lived human being.

Monsters and people, just like Mr. Cat said, once they get married, the ones who end up in pain will always be monsters with a long life.

"Yeah..." Gu Huo was stunned for a moment, "I've grown up already."

As if realizing that his tone was wrong, Gu Huo then sighed: "Human children grow up really fast."

"A few days ago, it was still such a small part. When I saw it again, it was already as tall as me."

……

Fu Heihui, who was also following behind, interrupted Gu Huo's increasingly heavy words, turned his head and asked, "Are the children you mentioned who need our help to save those missing human children?"

As if afraid that Gu Huo would not understand, Fu Heihui emphasized the pronunciation of the word human.

Not minding his words being interrupted at all, the girl walking in front nodded and said, "I didn't kill those children, please rest assured."

"I just put them in a place that's relatively safe for them right now."

After walking in front of a landscape painting, Gu Huo stopped and raised his hand slightly.

I saw that the landscape painting gradually became distorted, and finally turned into a dark cave.

"Come in with me."

Natsume Takashi followed without hesitation, Nagasaki Yeqiangwei and the three looked at each other, and followed them in.

The cave leads to a warmly decorated children's room.

The missing children were lying on it all blue.

Seeing the children's appearance, Knotaba Yuhito and the others opened their eyes wide.

"you……"

Before Hu Zhang Youren finished speaking, Gu Huo explained: "As you can see, a strange thing came here a while ago."

"The way the kids are made of that thing."