[Comprehensive] Light and Shadow

After returning home, Natsume Takashi stayed in the back room, quietly staring at the page of the friend's account without saying a word.

The cat next to him was chattering and jumping up and down all the time. Even though he was yelling at Natsume with his round face upturned, Natsume Takashi just casually glanced at the cat and then smiled. nodded.

The cat knew at a glance that Natsume's expression was definitely perfunctory, so he couldn't help but compare Natsume Takashi and Natsume Reiko in his mind. I have to say that Reiko's descendants are better at perfunctory than Reiko, and they know how to be perfunctory smile.

However, what is this kid thinking about in a daze!

"Mr. Kitty, can you really order the monsters that leave their lives in the friend's tent?" After a long time, until the cats were lazily flopping on the ground and waving their paws, Natsume finally opened his mouth and looked at cat.

"What do you think I've been talking about by your side before!" The cat jumped up suddenly, and then ferociously raised its paws and rushed towards Natsume. Wasn't this what he kept chattering in Natsume's ear after he got home? something?After talking for so long, can this kid Natsume fail to understand a single word?How could he just be so perfunctory and ignore himself as a famous high-ranking monster?

In Madara's eyes, this matter is naturally very simple. At first, I thought it was a bit complicated and I might need to do it myself, but now that I know that the name of the monster who may have been a witch is in the account of friends, it can't be simpler.

Now that the name has been left, the monster must obey Natsume's order, as long as Natsume summons the monster and orders him to lift the curse.No matter how bad it is, as long as Natsume destroys the page with youkai written on it, all this will be solved.

I don't know what this stupid Natsume is thinking!There is nothing to think about at all!

"Then how can we summon the witch god?" Xia Mu stared at the ink characters on the white page with shallow eyes, and gently stroked her fingers.

Seeing Natsume, the cat seemed to have finally figured it out, and the anger that had spewed out before calmed down a little. After all, Natsume still had to ask himself.Thinking of this, the cat couldn't help but sat in front of Natsume with some relief, and then looked at the posture with some pride, and told Natsume the method he knew to summon monsters.

The cat, who was waiting for Natsume's adoring gaze, unexpectedly saw Natsume frowning slightly. The cat bent its eyes and looked at Natsume angrily. After receiving the teacher's guidance, shouldn't Natsume show something?

"It sounds very troublesome." After listening to Mr. Kitty's method of summoning monsters, Natsume slowly made his comment.

The cat suddenly became irritable, furious in silence, furious while furious, and suddenly became a little dazed while furious.Even if Reiko had a friend account before, she rarely summoned monsters on her own initiative. Could it be because of this reason?

It should be said... as expected of grandparents and grandsons!

"Natsume, where are you going?" The cat looked strangely at Natsume who stood up holding the friend account, opened the door lightly and walked out.

"I'm going to find the witch god." Natsume stepped on the floor carefully, not wanting the Fujikawas to find out that they were going out at night.

"Didn't you just come back! Go tell him what to do now!" The cat stared fiercely, and then threw itself on Natsume's hair, its two paws tightly pulling at Natsume's hair, obviously unable to understand the cat's inconceivable behavior Behavior.

"Compared to summoning, isn't it easier to find it directly?" Natsume held the cat in both hands with some pain.

"The point is why did you look for him?" The cat couldn't understand what Natsume was doing, but looking at the hair on Natsume's paw that was broken by herself, she felt that she had gone too far, so she silently stretched her paw back.

"I want Lord Sorcerer God to lift the curse." Natsume lowered his voice and hugged the cat teacher from his head, then put the cat back on the ground.

The lives of the Fujiwara couple and those high school students were still used as bargaining chips by the shaman god.

And although Natsume doesn't want to use the account of friends to let the witch god to lift the curse, Natsume also has inner persistence, such as the safety of the Fujiwara couple and the lives of those innocent human beings. is unshakable.

Although Madara said that he would be Natsume's bodyguard for the time being, the cat also became furious at this time.Risking your life to find a high-level monster for something that can be solved easily?

Could it be that Natsume still doesn't know how coveted the account of friends in his hand is for monsters after he has tirelessly taught him for so long?Reiko's lack of brains is not only a successor, but also worse than it.

"If you go to die, I won't follow! But you leave me the friend account!" The cat stared fiercely at Natsume with round eyes, trying to threaten Natsume with its majestic voice.

Natsume, who was standing at the door, paused, looked at the friend account in his hand, and then looked down at the beckoning cat.

Madara looked at Natsume who stopped moving, and was also complacent about the effect of his threat. If you don't want to be friends, just stay at home obediently.Where did you bring your friend's account and run into the monster's mouth in the middle of the night with so many things!

"Alright, then let Teacher Cat take care of it first."

The cat stared sharply, looking at the human being who squatted down and put the friend account in front of him with a smile in disbelief.

Absolutely stupid!

I have definitely said that I want to steal the account of friends!

This stupid human has lost his memory, so he deliberately gave himself such a good chance!

"The cat teacher is waiting for me to come back at home. I'm going to find Lord Wushen." Natsume looked at the cat that was in a state of shock and stiffened, and thought it was a little funny to reach out and pinch the cat's chubby face. After feeling good, he shrank immediately. He returned his hand, then tiptoed and trotted out.

"..." The cat whose face was pinched slowly raised its head, looking at the empty corridor, not knowing what expression to make.In the end, he could only sullenly face, slapped his paw on the cover of the friend's account, and muttered angrily about Natsume who didn't know what was good or bad.

"If there is no account of friends! How can that guy let the witch god lift the curse!" Madara suddenly jumped up from the ground, gnashing his teeth, and then swept the account of friends and slipped out of the window.

It's just that just rushing to Natsume like this is too disrespectful as a teacher?We must let Natsume suffer in front of that monster first, otherwise he will never have a long memory!

When Natsume came to the shrine, the moonlight shone through the deep woods, but there was a weird atmosphere, and the shrine, where few people came to worship, looked extremely desolate and deserted.

Natsume felt her heart beat a little faster, and she didn't know why she was nervous, but she felt an extremely complicated feeling in her small chest, no matter how much frustration and disappointment she felt before, she felt it even more at this time It's... lonely.

Day and night, the witch god who guards the desolate shrine alone, isn't it lonely?

From a distance, I saw that white figure mixed with a little purple sitting on the altar, like a stone, but alone, sitting stiffly, looking up at the moonlight expressionlessly.

Natsume saw the witch god lowered his head stiffly, looking at him from a distance, but there was no wave in his eyes, no joy and anticipation, even the mocking and joking expressions completely retreated.

It seemed like that, all the disguises had been removed. At that time, Natsume really felt that the witch god was a puppet.

The witch god raised his hand slightly, as if he wanted to jump off the altar, but in the end he still sat there stiffly.Even looking at Natsume's vision became hollow, as if he had no strength to move.

Even a sarcasm can't be raised from the corner of his mouth, he is already tired of this kind of human emotion and expression, it's obviously just a god as a puppet, that's how it should be.

"I saw the name of the Witch God in Grandma Suzuko's friend account." Natsume walked slowly towards the Witch God step by step, his throat was a little dry, and the words he said seemed to be easily blown away in the evening wind and disappeared without a trace. without a trace.

The wind was cool, and the shirt was blown in the night and shivered. Natsume looked at the unresponsive Lord Wushen in front of him, but felt cold in his heart, and his heart trembled with cold, but such a Wushen was actually the most real.

"Am I similar to Grandma Reiko?" Natsume sighed after quietly looking at the witch god for a while, then asked with a smile.

The witch god's purple eyes gradually gained focus, and he silently stared at Xia Mu's face, as if recalling something, his fingers moved slightly, but such a subtle change was finally ended by a mocking smile.

"What are you doing here?" The witch god looked at Natsume with a cold and sarcastic smile, his haughty and contemptuous eyes seemed to be looking at a small human being who was overwhelmed.

"I want to ask Lord Sorcerer God to lift the curse." Natsume said his request with a smile. Such a Sorcerer God seems to have regained his faith because he heard Reiko's name.

"Threatening me with the account of friends?" The witch god tilted his head slightly, looking carefully at Natsume's body, searching for the location of the account of friends.

"Master Witch God, you don't really want to hurt human beings." Natsume shook his head lightly, his clear eyes stared quietly at the Witch God, "If that's the case..."

"In this case, have you found what I want?" The witch god interrupted Natsume bluntly, and waved his finger slightly at Natsume, and the next second, his field of vision quickly flipped, and Natsume's back leaned against the hard On the altar, with the witch god on her body, her long purple hair was loose, and a few strands of long hair fell on Natsume's cheeks following the arc of the witch god's bow.

Natsume didn't move or speak. The cold temperature in his throat made Natsume clearly realize that the right hand of the witch god was strangling his throat. The feeling of suffocation made Natsume reach out and grab the witch god uncomfortably. The ruthless force made Natsume suspect Does the witch god really want to kill himself?

But within a few seconds, the witch god slowly let go of his hand, stroking the bruises on his neck with his fingers.

"I won't change my mind." The witch god leaned into Natsume's ear and whispered, "There are only three days left after today. Of course, if you want to use the account of friends to order me, it's okay, but I don't know that." Will it lead to any unexpected results?"

"What if I ask a question in the name of the friend account holder?" Natsume panted heavily, her throat was aching, and her weak voice was hoarse with pain.

The witch god didn't answer, but just looked down at Natsume.

"What exactly does Lord Sorcerer God want?"

Natsume thought a lot, but every answer seemed wrong.

He thought that maybe the Lord Wushen would hate Reiko who left him, so he wanted to let himself, who is a descendant of Reiko, pay for it;

He thought that maybe the Lord Sorcerer God felt betrayed by human beings, and was reduced to a monster despised by the gods, and wanted to take revenge on human beings;

He thought that maybe Lord Wushen wanted the account of friends, wanted his own life, and wanted to make himself lonely as well...

But what exactly?

"What do I want?" Without answering Natsume's question, the witch god just repeated the question lightly.

The witch god jumped down from the altar and walked quietly on the bluestone platform, looking at the black night sky from a distance, the sparse stars hidden in the darkness were so beautiful that it made people feel timid.

"Natsume, I am no longer a god."

After a long silence, the witch god turned around slowly, looked at Natsume who was sitting on the altar and said it.The man's elegant tone was rarely so gentle, so gentle that it made people feel sad and desolate.

When he heard this sentence, Natsume felt his whole body tremble subconsciously, almost an urge to cry would fill his eyes.

The shrine has fallen and no one worships it. The original body has been destroyed by human beings. After leaving, the loved one is no match for the fate of the years and dies.

The gods who should have died long ago have not disappeared. Why did the gods who have no nostalgia degenerate into ugly monsters and live in the world, huddled in the desolate shrine, and survived humblely relying on nightmares to suck human beings.

Why on earth am I still here?

The witch god can't figure it out, if it is because of strong obsession to become a monster that survives in the world, then the only connection with this world is Natsume Takashi who inherits Reiko's bloodline.

As long as the only rope is cut off, the doll will no longer move, and the god who has been reduced to a monster will disappear.

"Master Sorcerer God." Natsume murmured, looking at the Sorcerer God who seemed to be standing alone between heaven and earth, his chest trembled violently, he couldn't tell what he felt, but staggered and jumped off the altar to walk towards the Sorcerer God .

As he clearly said, he will come to worship every day, and he will always be by the side of Lord Wu Shen for the rest of his life.If this is the case, why does the Lord Wu Shen still cling to the fetters of the past and Grandma Reiko?Why have you bound yourself in the shrine for a long time and suddenly become alone?

At that moment, the fire suddenly appeared, and the dazzling flame instantly filled the field of vision.The burning flames are swimming on the ground like a swimming dragon, surrounding Natsume's body, the scalding heat wave seems to be able to swallow the frail boy among them into the golden orange light in the next second, and then turn into a thorn in the wind ash.

"Master Witch God..."

The whimpering of the wind fanned the dazzling flames, and Natsume, who was trapped in the fire, stared blankly at the man who was looking at him from a distance.The sparks were jumping wantonly, and the heat waves rushed towards the face, and the few petals of the cherry blossoms that fell by chance were immediately burned to ashes by the sparks.

That man was standing not far away indifferently, but it was as if he was standing on the other side of the world. His empty and indifferent purple pupils could only reflect the light of the flame, but could not reflect the figure in the flame.

"Natsume, I want you to die." The witch god's voice was ethereal and indifferent.

Xia Mu looked at the witch god from a distance, and could only vaguely see the figure of the man from the firelight, his fingers trembling slightly.

Is my life what the Lord Sorcerer God wants?

Suddenly, a memory that does not belong to me appeared in my mind. It was also under the cherry blossom tree. A girl in school uniform was sleeping lazily under the tree. Her long flaxen hair was disheveled and she was lying sweetly on her back in the season of falling cherry blossoms. sound asleep.And next to the girl was also sleeping a man, wearing a pure white shrine uniform with wide sleeves covering the girl's body, sleeping sideways beside the girl in a protective posture.

A man who is a god sleeps with a girl hugging each other under a cherry blossom tree. Their heads are close together and their long hair is entangled with each other. It seems that their relative time, space and years will continue to be entangled like this until the end of the world. will not separate.

Then the figure of the girl in the memory gradually disappeared, leaving only the man with purple long hair still lying on the ground, but he was lying on his back watching the cherry blossoms, those purple and clear pupils just watched indifferently, the flowers bloomed and faded.

Then the white snow fell lightly, and that piece of pure white quietly covered the man's body. The white snow gradually covered the man's figure, but the man the gods had been waiting for hadn't come back yet.

Is this Reiko's grandmother's memory?Or is it the memories of the Witch God?

"Natsume, are you scared?"

At some point, the figure who had been looking into the distance was already standing in front of him, and the wave of fire that separated him was easily crossed by the witch god. The figure stood in the fire and wiped Natsume's face with his hand.

Natsume stared blankly at the witch god who was close at hand, only to realize that his vision was blurred, his eyes were wet, and the fingertips of the witch god were gently wiping the tears on his cheeks.

Did I actually cry?

Are you crying out of fear?

"Natsume, don't be afraid." The witch god frowned slightly, looking at the tears streaming from the eyes of the boy in front of him. Indeed, such a short life is about to end, and this boy must be afraid of death.

It's just that instead of watching this child leave him like Reiko and die silently in an unknown world, it's better to just grab this human's hand and disappear together.

"Natsume, I will accompany you and die together."

The witch god stretched out his hand to hold Natsume's trembling fingertips, then slowly stepped back a few steps, his whole body was completely submerged in the flames.The scorching temperature hit Natsume's body, and the tears seemed to be evaporated by the heat wave as soon as they came out of the eye sockets. Following the strength of the witch god, a few steps forward would be completely burned by the flames.

Tears were still unconsciously pouring out of the eyes, and the trembling hand slowly held the hand of the witch god. Natsume clearly understood that the reason for crying was not because of fear, but because of other more persistent beliefs.

Grandma Reiko taught the god how to love, but forgot to tell the witch god that love is a cruel thing.

She also forgot to tell the witch god that if humans are to die, they must never say such things before death...

【Natsume, I will die with you. 】

Hearing such words, I will desperately want to grab your hand and live with you.