Sandwiched between the two masters, I am no longer a human being

From the mouth of this boy named Xia You Yuzhen,? They heard a long story.

.........

He grew up in a peach blossom garden isolated from the world.

The four seasons there are like spring, the rice paddies are trafficked, warm and warm, when the wind blows, there are golden waves of wheat, and the brightly colored fruits weigh heavily on the branches, and fall into several petals on the ground because no one picks them,? At this time , As soon as you walk into the fruit forest, you can smell the lingering sweetness of the fruit.

The population of Taoyuan Village is small, but it is well-ordered. They perform their own duties, and they are self-sufficient.

The elderly raise silkworms and weave cloth at home, the women go to the mountains to pick wild fruits and vegetables, the men plow the land to fertilize, and clear the weeds. The children who have not yet grown up are bathed in the warm love of their families, and grow up in a happy and healthy childhood.

Ever since he could remember, the adults always told him, Taoyuan Township is a secluded place blessed by the gods, a paradise undisturbed by the world. To be born here is to be destined to enjoy a lifetime of happiness. The blessings of Shixiu.

——However, there are always a few exceptions.

This is a custom that has been passed down for a long time in Taoyuan Village.

On the first lunar day after the new year, the village head will select a few boys and girls with "excellent aptitude and aura" from among the children to go up to the mountain to enter the temple. The old man in the village said that these children are chosen to serve the goddess Yes, they will spend the rest of their lives in the Goddess Temple.

At that time, he was ignorant, and the big truths that adults spoke with earnestness and earnestness were only in one ear and out in the other. In his eyes, those boring scriptures were not as attractive as going out to catch fish with Lizi.

Riko is the girl next door, who grew up with him since she was a child. She has a cute appearance and a simple heart. Among the children of this generation, the two of them are the closest.

Most of the children in the village are well-behaved and sensible, but they are rare outliers with a bad temper, lively and active, and are always full of endless curiosity and desire to explore the outside world.

He and Lizi once sneaked to the land beyond the mountain which is strictly prohibited by the adults. Relying on their small size and nimble hands and feet, the two children bypassed all the guards' inspections and came to the "end of the world" in the adults' mouth.

He thought that he would never forget in his life that the moment he raised his head, the waterfall that flew straight down was like a toppling sky, its majesty and magnificence exceeded the limit he could imagine.

Looking at the dull expression of the girl beside him, he knew that Lizi thought the same as himself.

——This waterfall is definitely not the end of the world.

"Yuzhen."

The girl who was always full of energy turned her head to look at him, her eyes shone with unprecedented brilliance.

He knew what she was going to say, so he nodded: "well."

They made a promise.

One day, you must walk through this waterfall and see for yourself the vastness of "outside the world".

At that time, their childlike innocence was still beating in their chests, endlessly.

Unfortunately, the good times don't last long.

A carefree childhood was too short, and his childhood ended in the spring of the year he was 12.

Riko was chosen.

Together with the other two children, she will be led to the top of the mountain, and once she enters the temple, she will not be able to escape for the rest of her life.

He always thought that the so-called temples and goddesses were nothing but illusory legends, far, far away from them.

Until he saw with his own eyes that the girl who had agreed to travel the world with him and drew such a magnificent picture of the future seemed to have lost her soul, like a stiff puppet, being pulled by an invisible manipulation thread, one step at a time Step up the mountain road.

He was submerged in the crowd of people seeing him off, and he felt at a loss at first, because of the concept instilled by adults for a long time-"the most glorious thing is to dedicate one's life to a goddess", he was almost brainwashed by this concept, watching When Riko's back left, he didn't feel too much sadness.

Then Riko suddenly turned around and looked at him.

As if a bucket of ice water had been poured down his head, he shivered suddenly and suddenly woke up.

Riko's eyes seemed to overflow with sadness.

She hadn't had time to fulfill the agreement with him, she hadn't glanced at the mysterious and vast "beyond the world", and she was imprisoned by this small temple for the rest of her life.And according to what he heard, none of the children who entered the temple could come back.

It was a cage, and Riko was the bird that was sent into the cage.

He couldn't accept it.

He tried to resist. He questioned and protested the villagers, and even found the village head and asked him for an explanation.

Why do children have to go to the temple, why do living humans have to serve that non-existent goddess?

The village chief didn't care about his offense, he just looked at him with a kind of gentle and loving eyes that made his hair stand on end, and said meaningfully: "Yuzhen, you are too young, you don't understand."

He was not reconciled to the first visit but failed. People did not understand his protest, and even accused him of being impious to the goddess. Even his parents scolded him again and again.

He was unmoved and stubborn. Gradually, he became a different kind in people's eyes, being rejected and kept away.

In the end, his petty resistance worked—he managed to usher in his own confinement.

While sighing "this kid is too rebellious", the parents locked him in the basement in disappointment and asked him to reflect on himself.

The basement was dull and quiet, the smell of rotting vegetable leaves filled the nostrils, the patched wooden boards outside the small window were soaked in water, and occasionally one or two mouse-like black shadows scurried across the corner and disappeared into the hole in the corner.

It's dark.

However, looking at the fragmented moonlight squeezed in through the window, his mood became more and more peaceful.

Maybe, he thought, he knew what to do.

Before mastering the power, speaking blindly is like flies buzzing in the ears of others, leaving no impact except annoyance.

So, he began to restrain his behavior and bowed his head actively.

Seeing that he had "become good", his parents released him from the basement, and the first thing he did when he regained his freedom was to find the village chief.

This time, he never mentioned anything related to Lizi, but only asked the village chief, what is the meaning of "goddess enshrining"? Is that waterfall really the end of the world?

Afterwards, only hearing the long sigh of the village head, he saw that he had made up his mind, so he told the "truth".

The waterfall at the end of Taoyuan Township is an enchantment that was donated by the goddess herself thousands of years ago.

At that time, the goddess was not a goddess. She was a disciple of the great onmyoji, Abe Seimei, who inherited the mantle of the master, but was better than the blue, and protected the world for a hundred years.

And their ancestors, in the Heianjing period, were the tribe of the goddess.

The Goddess has no descendants. She moved her people to the wilderness far away from Kyoto, gave them glass cups that had received divine light, opened up streams, moved mountains, and set up barriers with waterfalls, and has been isolated from the world since then.

She told the clansmen to protect the glass cup from generation to generation, and never let the glass fall into anyone's hands before its next owner arrives, no matter if it is the emperor, a magician, or an onmyoji.

The glass cup will continue to inject power into the barrier, but...

"But what?" He couldn't help asking.

The village head smiled kindly, and said: "However, 80 years ago, the enchantment showed a clear tendency to decline, and when the first day of the new year came, it would disappear out of thin air."

"Later we discovered that it was because the divinity of the Holy Grail was fading, and if it stayed in the filthy world for too long, it would inevitably be disturbed by evil spirits and then polluted."

"We can't purify it, we can only send a few pure-hearted children every year to suppress the filth."

He asked again, why Riko?

Although there are so many children in the village, he was not selected, but it was Riko?

The village chief just shook his head slightly, and said with a smile, "Because Lizi's fate is like this."

Her horoscope is destined to sacrifice.

He couldn't accept this explanation. His only friend, the girl who yearned for Xinghai more than anyone else, wanted to sacrifice herself for this illusory thing, this so-called righteousness?

Where does this come from.

He found that he might not be able to live in Taoyuan Village anymore.

His longing for the star sea has sprouted, his dissatisfaction with the goddess has grown, he is out of tune with them, and he is no longer suitable to stay here.

So he fled.

On the first day of the first lunar month of another year, when the power of the barrier was weakest, he escaped from Taoyuan Village in one fell swoop.

He finally saw the appearance of the starry sky.

He was lying in the grass, looking up at the star-studded night sky, unable to close his eyes for a long time.

A voice in his heart said, See that, Riko?

This is the sky you long for.

They said that her life belonged to the gods, righteousness, and everyone—but not to herself.

He couldn't get her out yet.

It doesn't matter, before that, before he grows strong enough to pick her up, he will use these eyes to see the world for her.

The romantic fairy tale is short-lived, after that, what he has to face is the cold reality.

Of course, Taoyuan Village couldn't sit idly by. After realizing his escape, the village head immediately sent a team of guards to arrest him. With the body of a 13-year-old boy, he walked around with a group of strong young people for three days and three days. night circle.

What he faces is not only hunting, but also the dangers lurking all over the forest. Beasts salivate, insects bite, and the terrain is unfamiliar, and he may get lost at any time.

His clothes were torn, together with the flesh inside, poisonous gas entered his throat, and he lost the ability to speak for a short time. When he escaped many pursuits and fled to a hidden cave, he was already exhausted.

Fatigue swept through his brain, his body was already overloaded, and the only thing supporting him was probably his belief.When he managed to escape into the cave, after realizing that he could finally take a breath, his consciousness suddenly snapped.

When he woke up again, there were two more people in front of him out of thin air.

That is, Ayin and Wujo Wu.

.........

A Yin was speechless for a moment.

She just asked casually, and unexpectedly got so many clues.

She looked at Xia You Yuzhen, just as the boy looked at her, their eyes were the same, full of novelty.

Seeing that the young boy was acting like a normal person at this time, she couldn't help thinking to herself, is it true that everyone in Taoyuan Township has their own ghost blood immunity?

He poured more than 50cc into his mouth just now, a normal person would have been bursting.

Xia Youyu really thinks the same as hers.

It's just that unlike A Yin who only complained in his heart, he asked directly.

"You people from the outside world..." He glanced at A Yin, then at Gojo Satoru, and asked hesitantly, "Are all of you white-haired?"

"No." Gojo Satoru said briskly, "Most people are still the same as you. As for us, um... have you heard of magicians?"

The black-haired boy's eyes flashed.

Of course he had heard of it, even if it was from the mouth of the village head, it was an understatement.

When the village chief told him the story of the goddess, he inevitably mentioned the existence of the magic world.

Sorcerer, incantation, incantation spirit.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of something, and his expression froze, "...What is this thing? Your conjurer's pet?"

He was pointing at Ah Yin's ugly treasure.

The silkworm baby-shaped curse spirit lay under A Yin's hands, enjoying the master's hair-smoothing technique.

Feeling the sudden pause of the master's hand, it raised its head in doubt, and arched her with its head.

A Yin asked in surprise, "Can you see the curse spirit?"

She turned her head abruptly and looked at Gojo Satoru.

Gojo Satoru also realized that something was wrong.

He no longer covered his eyes, and tore off the strip of cloth, and included the face of the black-haired boy into his six eyes.

Gojo Satoru stared at Xia Yu Yuzhen closely, he leaned forward, and soon exceeded the social safety distance, and the latter looked up a little unnaturally: "What's wrong?"

"Amazing, this one is too amazing..." Gojo Satoru clapped his palms in amazement, and opened his eyes like a cat.

He stood up, took a few steps back to A Yin's side, and patted her on the shoulder under the girl's bewildered eyes, his face full of indescribable.

"Congratulations, Ah Yin, you have a son." Gojo Wu turned his finger and turned to Xia Youyuzhen who was bewildered, "What do you think of him?"

Ayin:? ?

Xia You Yuzhen:? ?

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately, Your Excellency Wutiao! Where did I get such a first-year son?!"

"I have parents, what nonsense are you talking about?"

The two retorted loudly almost at the same time, Gojo Satoru had a bewildered smile on his lips, full of eagerness to make trouble.

"A Yin can't do something and be irresponsible." He said earnestly, "Your blood is flowing in that child's body, and the art has been inherited from you. Why don't you say he's not your son?"

Ayin was stunned.

"Can you say that again--?!"

The author has something to say: There was a little angel guessing whether Brother Jie is the descendant of Ah Yin, I... um...

Rounding up, is it? :)