K-type Mage

Natsume Takashi likes his current guardian very much.Although the adults say that Mr. Yuan is too young to take good care of himself, he feels that he does not need all kinds of audiences... as long as Mr. Yuan likes him, it is enough to be together.

"Does Mr. Yuan know what you think?" His friend Fu Heihui asked.

"..." The boy wrinkled his face a little sadly, and his tone was a little uncertain, "Probably, I know. Mr. Yuan is very powerful, and he knows what I'm thinking every time."

Isn't that terrible?Fu Heihui thought, looking at his friend's expression, he still didn't complain. His expression is very similar to a puppy who is afraid of being abandoned-how to say, it is still understandable.

Fu Heihui knew a lot, his guardian didn't even think about hiding things that ordinary people couldn't touch in front of him, and he was sure that he would enter the magic world and become a magician; it was really uncomfortable.Because of this, he also knows that his friend Natsume's guardian seems to be vigilant in terms of identity.

"It's hard to say who Mr. Yuan is, but it seems that he is just a peaceful old man; Hui, don't tell Natsume-kun, or I will be beaten." At that time, the white-haired and blue-eyed youth used a way to coax children Said in a calm tone, "Mr. Yuan is really pampering children."

Fu Heihui: "..."

Why do you say "old man"?Although Minamoto-san is reliable, he still looks young on the outside.

Now he withdraws his thoughts, and doesn't really want to see Natsume Takashi continue to worry, this person is too sensitive, since he became friends, even he wants to knock on the other's forehead to make him not care about those nonsense words.

"Speaking of which, how are you going to celebrate New Year's Eve at night?" He brought up the topic, "Are you going to visit a shrine?"

Mr. Gojo is always very busy and doesn't believe in God yet, but he took his siblings to worship in the past two years.

Today is the last day of the year, December 31st.The two good friends were stuffed with money and came out to play together. Now they are on the slide in the park. Natsume Takashi is on it, and Fuguro Megumi has already slid down.

Natsume Takashi tried his best to recall what Mr. Yuan said before.

"Mr. Yuan doesn't believe in God, and he's not Japanese. So he's not going to visit, but he will take me there." He remembered what happened a month ago, and the other party took him to bring back Reiko—Natsume Reiko, his grandmother— and then took him to Natsume's house and gave him the key.

Mr. Yuan is a very gentle person, he didn't hide anything from a child like him, and told him Reiko's identity by saying "I think you should know".

"One more thing." He slid down the slide, "Mr. Yuan said that his friend would come over tonight - he used the word "best friend"!I don't know what kind of person..." What if you don't like him?

Fu Heihui, who guessed what he was thinking, curled his lips: "Mr. Yuan is so gentle, it is impossible to make bad friends, right? He must be a mature adult who likes children."

They didn't have anything to do when they came out, and there were no people on the street near the festival, and there were not even many children in the park. They walked around and prepared to go back.

But something went wrong.

The two children walked to the gate of the park and bumped into a transparent barrier.

Natsume Takashi blankly reached out to touch it, the cold feeling made him shiver in the winter: "...Eh??"

Fu Heihui's expression changed. Even though he was born with a spell engraved in his body, he couldn't use it correctly at this time, but his sense of crisis was comparable to that of Natsume Takashi who was often chased by monsters; the next second, they were all Seeing that the transparent barrier was dyed gray, they all stretched out their hands to hold each other, turned their heads and ran into the space under the slide.

Fu Heihui didn't see the curse spirit, but he saw something else from his friend's face: "...is it a monster?"

He was very surprised to know that there are even more monsters that few people see in this world besides curse spirits, but they can also see things that other people can't see. In such a special situation, he is not afraid of Natsume Gui at all. Chi's possibility.

"...Well, don't go out." Natsume Takashi touched the amulet that Genshen later replaced with a small glass bottle, and his tone was very light, for fear of disturbing the one-eyed monster that crawled in from outside the barrier - it is very strange, and other The monster is different and strange, a bit like a curse spirit, but Huijun can't see it.

His whole body was tense, and Fu Heihui had no doubt that if something unexpected happened to scare his friend, this man would decisively punch him.

He glanced in that direction, without making a sound, and obediently shrank together in the corner.

I always feel that something like this is not right when it happens suddenly... It can't be the trouble caused by the adults, right?

He thought so.

The next moment, a gust of wind poured in from the outside, as if there was a huge mouth facing here, Natsume Takashi's pupils constricted when he met the single eye of the monster that suddenly leaned over, but it was too late to react.

"Children of humans..." The monster with a strange smile stretched out its claws, trying to grab him out, "It looks delicious, your spiritual power is really powerful—"

"Natsume, what's wrong?" Megumi Fukuro, who noticed when he was breathing quickly, asked anxiously, "Have you been discovered?" He reached out to hold his friend's hand, but was pushed back, Slumped to the ground.

"Don't come out!" Natsume Takashi, who was caught by the monster, was still trying to tell him when he "jumped into the sky", "It won't pay attention to you!"

"——Let me go! Monster!" He struggled to beat the paw that was pinching him so hard to breathe, but he couldn't move, the glass bottle was like an ordinary ornament; the monster was dissatisfied with his resistance, and the strength in his hand increased. Seeing him coughing in pain, he grinned in satisfaction.

Fu Heihui watched this scene helplessly, and gritted his teeth: "...Damn it!"

something has to be done...

He didn't rush out recklessly, but seeing Takashi Natsume suffering more and more, even thinking seemed to become longer.

Then--

A crisp cracking sound.

The barrier that covered the park so that passers-by could not see what was going on inside was broken.

Fu Heihui poked his head out, staring blankly at the young man walking from the sky.

It was a profile completely different from that of Asians, with slightly curly black hair, skin color like wheat coated with honey, and bright dark brown eyes against the light, like the earth under the sun, hiding something extremely heavy.

The foreign youth—that is, You En, raised his hand and knocked away the monster that had captured the child, and caught Natsume Takashi who fell from his hand, and looked at him with a smile: "Are you okay?"

The scene at this moment coincided with that night a few months ago, Natsume Takashi was inevitably stunned for a moment, and after the person landed on the ground, he struggled to thank him: "Thank you!"

Fu Heihui also politely thanked him when he came out, wondering if all the powerful people are so young these days, and immediately began to care about Natsume Takashi: "Did you get scratched? Are your bones okay?"

"No problem..." Natsume Takashi said, "It doesn't hurt. How are you, Hui-kun?"

"Of course I'm fine..." Because I haven't come out...

After accepting the apology, Eun, who walked out of the park, appeared in front of the two little boys who cared about each other again, holding a lot of vegetables and meat in both hands, looking like he had just finished shopping.

"Natsume-kun, do you want to go home together?" He said to the little boy, "Shen should have mentioned me, I am You En, his best friend, and we are going to spend New Year's Eve together!"

Fu Heihui tilted his head, and found that the little friend seemed a little surprised, but he didn't deny it.

"You, Mr. Youn, hello." On the contrary, he stood up in a panic and said hello, "Mr. Yuan told me."

He thought for a while: "Then I'll go back first, Natsume. I'm supposed to go back, Tsumiki is still waiting for me at home."

When he said this, Natsume Takashi had no choice but to say goodbye to him.

……

Genshen didn't react much when he heard the door of the bookstore outside was pushed open. After all, Natsume should be back by this time; he was in the kitchen preparing for today's New Year's Eve dinner.

There is a bookstore in front of the first floor, and the kitchen and living room are located in the aisle at the back. He compared the space back and forth, thinking that it should have been installed before.

"—Shen! I'm here as a guest!"

The sound from behind made Yuanshen almost lose his grip and drop the plug he was just holding. In the residence, the guardian of the spiritual realm would deliberately put it away in order not to disturb sensitive children. He turned his head and saw his adopted son and best friend walking in together. .

The best friend still held fresh vegetables and meat, as well as milk for children.Pretty much follow the etiquette of a door-to-door visit.

"Here we come." He greeted, "Put your things down and come help, Eun. If you want to watch cartoons on the sofa."

One big and one small came over obediently, Natsume Takashi wanted to help, but the two adults didn't need it, so he had to watch cartoons absent-mindedly while paying attention to the actions of the guardian and his friends.

After the things were arranged, Yuan Shen silently asked You En with his eyes: What's the matter with the disgusting aura on that child?

You En, who took out the fruit basket, looked at him with a smile on his face: My partner may not know how to read the atmosphere, it’s Chinese New Year.

Yuan Shen: "..."

For a moment he wanted to fight this guy.

But there was a child sitting next to him, so it was not good to make such a sudden attack, so he could only stare at him and write down the matter in a small notebook.That so-called partner, hot chicken!

You En has no regrets in his heart. After all, the partner did act without consulting him, and what he will do afterwards is too much, so it doesn't matter if he adds a little more.

But then again...

"Like mother, deep," he said.

Natsume Takashi: "...?"

"...If you don't want to stay, just leave." Yuan Shen, who was peeling the fruit, laughed, looking as if he was going to peel the apple until only the core remained. "I don't mind being your father."

"I don't mind calling you daddy either." You En said thick-skinned, "male mother?"

Yuan took a deep breath: "You are getting worse and worse. ——Remember to help chop the meat after eating the apples."

"Hey." The curly-haired young man responded, "I'm familiar with this, and I still miss it after a long time."

*

The red and white song will be broadcast live, three people are surrounded by the kotatsu, and the pot on the table is steaming.The staple food is soba noodles.

Takashi Natsume would be engrossed in watching the song, Genshen ate by himself and remembered to add vegetables and meat to the children.

"Want to drink?" You En handed over the bottle, "You shouldn't be drunk now."

"..." Yuanshen, who was holding a glass of happy water, looked at the liquor shaking in the brown bottle, and shook his head violently, "I refuse. The wine is not good."

"No, deep, this reason is not convincing." The curly-haired young man laughed at him, "There is also sweet wine, and the psychological shadow is so heavy after being drunk?"

"It's not you who went crazy with alcohol." The Sanhao young traveler who once drank a few drinks in the tavern was so drunk that he couldn't even distinguish a human from a dog, and replied with a bit of embarrassment, "There is a psychological shadow. Then It doesn't taste good."

Always sticking to human ways in odd places.You En took the bottle back: "There is no way, the physiques of people cannot be generalized."

"Yes, you are a very good drinker." Yuan Shen said, "Then don't drink carbonated drinks. Guizhi, do you want a Coke?"

The boy who was watching the concert with an empty glass turned around and nodded obediently: "Yes, thank you, Mr. Yuan."

The child was so good that Yuan Shen wanted to touch his head with his hands.He took the glass and poured half of it: "Let's talk about what you want."

"Ok."

You En watched his series of actions while holding the wine glass, with a playful expression: "It's so sweet, why don't I see you being sweet to me—we meet again after a long time."

"How old are you?" Yuan Shen expressed his disgust, "I like how children have anything to do with your friend. Do you want me to take care of every aspect like a baby?"

"...No, it's so disgusting." As if imagining the picture of taking care of a baby, You En showed a subtle expression, "I just want to say...do you like this place very much?"

Do you like this world very much?

"I like all of them." Yuan Shen replied, and calmly sent out the Neptune's declaration, "So many beautiful scenery, it's a pity to focus on one."

It sounds a little scumbag.

Eun: "...you said something terrible, Shen."

Yuan Shen: "...? What's wrong, it's obviously normal."

"But there are always some things that are very important." He didn't care too much about his friend's unknown concerns, and he was quite interested in talking, "Bai Yueguang and cinnabar mole, my hometown is Bai Yueguang, and you are my cinnabar mole .—You should know what I mean, Ewan."

"...This is also very bad." You En said, "Is your misleading way of speaking really all right? How many years has it been?"

"Don't worry, I know how to measure." Yuan Shen said, "Isn't this analogy quite appropriate?"

"It's too fitting, it's the first time I've heard you admit that you like me so much." To a certain extent, it's really natural.

"Words are always inferior to actions, and I made it very clear." Yuanshen drank the happy water in the cup, "Sunrise, do you want to see it?"

"Stay up late together? It's been a long time."

……

After zero o'clock, Natsume Takashi, who persisted in the New Year's Eve, was hanged drowsily and put back into the bedroom after washing.

"It's been very popular since before." You En teased him on the sofa on the first floor, "I'm very concerned, are you really not going to deal with that wonderful charm of yours?"

Yuan Shen, who came down from upstairs, paused, a little distressed: "If you can handle it, you won't just be suppressed like this—don't try to persuade me for your adults."

"I actually don't mind believing in you, Shen." Nyarlathotep's believer said, "Anyway, that person doesn't care whether the believer has changed his belief."

"I don't want believers either." Yuan Shen stepped down, "I haven't pursued the evil believers you engaged in before. What's the matter with titles and rituals? Secondary school is out of order."

"That was integrated based on the information that Master Naia stuffed in. I don't want to talk about your achievements, anyway, it's your title." You En touched his chin, showing a sly smile, "Could it be that because the first Do you find it annoying that the title is similar to that one?"

"Yes, very annoying." Yuan Shen did not hesitate, "Although disgust is meaningless, the basic emotional reaction cannot be suppressed."

"You really want people not to follow your wishes, Shen." You En said sincerely, "That is the worst god."

"Who cares about him." The traverser who was concerned said coldly, "No one can stop my decision."

"That's true." This matter cannot be denied.

*

When the sun came out from the sky, the thin golden light of dawn had already shone on the rooftop.The wind is very cold, the air is bitter, and the light has a breath like warm water.

Yuan Shen, who was bathed in the light, looked far away and said, "It's going to snow."

"Is the first snow coming?" Eun also watched with him, "You still like to look into the distance as before."

"It's better to let go of your mind and be in a daze." Yuan Shen said.

"Goodbye, deep."

"……goodbye."