[Comprehensive] Winter Feast

When the sound of Crescent Moon's footsteps sounded on the stairs, Yae, who had fallen into a peaceful sleep, was not disturbed.

So San Riyue opened the door and saw the girl's defenseless sleeping face.

When I saw Yae dripping wet in the pool of Honmaru, the phrase "Praised by the Emperor" was no exaggeration. Yae in the form of a child is cute, and her grown-up appearance, in the eyes of Mikazuki, is somewhat It's too pretty.

No wonder someone wanted to poison her because of jealousy.

Sanriyue gently put down the tray in her hand, and picked up a bowl to eat.

The steamed rice cake is just right, soft and glutinous, served with a sweet sauce, it is full of satisfaction after one bite.

With her eyes closed, Yae's eyelashes look even more long and dense. Her complexion is fair, and her black hair is also black and soft. Under the contrast of black and white, the already delicate facial features have a soft beauty, as if they can be touched with a light touch. Porcelain that can be broken makes people have the urge to protect.

This is the most respected appearance in the Heian period.

But if that's all, I'm afraid it's not enough for the emperor to sing praises for her.

Yae is special. What makes her special is that she has the vitality that Heian women don't have in her character, just like a golden bird in a cage that has the breath of a goshawk. Once the cage door is opened, it can flap its wings and fly Straight into the sky.

Yae, who didn't know that she was watched for a long time while she was asleep, woke up and it was already dark.

Just looking at the scenery outside the window, Yae couldn't tell whether it was just getting dark or it was already late at night and approaching dawn.

There was a lamp in the room, and Yae saw the tray not far away. She turned over and wanted to see what was in the bowl on the tray. Who knew that she had just propped herself up, and then fell back again. I can't even get up.

Yaeban was paralyzed under the quilt, a little frightened, more confused.She opened and shook her palms hard, and found that even this movement was very difficult for her, and there was no place in her body that could make her exert herself.

She knew that this was the result of the overdraft of the demon power, and it would be fine when the demon power recovered, but the little monster, who had never experienced such a situation, couldn't help but panicked.

She wanted to call out to Sanriyue, but she didn't want Sanriyue to see her embarrassed appearance, so she tried her best to retract herself into the quilt, forcing herself to close her eyes and continue to sleep.

However, I don't know if Sanriyue heard her get up, or thought she had slept for too long, and not long after, he knocked on the door outside and asked softly, "Yae, are you awake?"

Yae stared at the partition, not knowing whether he should answer or not.

She hesitated for too long, and Sanriyue said "excuse me" outside the door, and opened the door directly to come in.

His action of opening the door was quite formal, and the person was kneeling and sitting.

San Riyue lowered her head and opened the door, and when she raised her eyes, she met Yae's bright eyes.

"Hey, are you awake?" He got up and walked in, first tested the temperature of the porcelain bowl on the tray with his hand, "The rice cake is cold, if I want to eat it, I'll heat it up?"

Yae shook his head.

In fact, neither she nor Sanriyue are considered normal human beings, and it doesn't matter if they don't eat.Coupled with the fact that she was still in the weakness of overdrawn demon power, she had no appetite.

I don't know if it's because of the overdraft of demon power, or because of the influence left by the scene seen by the cherry blossom tree, Yae's spirit is difficult to concentrate, and he starts to wander without warning.

The real god judge can send the sword man, or himself, to a specific time and space with the help of props provided by the government of time.In Yae's memory, every Honmaru has cherry blossom trees, so the light path she saw under the cherry blossom trees is likely to be the passage from this Honmaru in the gap between time and space to other time points, that is, other planes.

Because the tools issued by the government were not used, the consumption of demon power was extremely large, and because the method was not official, it even almost caused a "ghost hermit".

Everything was explained, but the only thing Yae couldn't understand was why the cherry blossom tree in Honmaru?

Yae thought, she is in this pill at this moment, just like entering the world of corpses and souls in a dream, when she wakes up, she will return to reality.This dream lasted for half a year, but after half a year, Yae was bound to go back, firstly, his physical body was there, and secondly, he had to give Kisuke Urahara a reply.

Yae didn't find Zanpakuto, but she found Mikazuki, but she has no way to bring Mikazuki there now... I just hope to find it in the next six months.

"Yae?" Sankaiyue reached out and poked Yae's cheek, "What are you thinking?"

Yae came back to his senses, while stretching his fingers under the quilt to feel the extent of his recovery, on the other hand, he made a serious expression on his face: "I'm thinking about the possibility of smuggling you out."

Sanriyue lit another candlestick, and the light in the room was a little brighter.He repeated it with great interest: "Smuggling? Where are you going?"

"To the place where I have to go back in half a year."

Sankaiyue sat cross-legged next to Yae: "Why do you want to smuggle? It is natural for me to follow the god judge."

Under the gentle candlelight, Fu Sangshen's side face was as gentle as jade, Yae looked at it, and almost lost his mind again.Seeing the change in her eyes, San Riyue poked her face again, calling her back to her senses: "What happened before?"

Yae organized the language: "I saw some stories in the cherry blossom trees. Those stories are too powerful. I wanted to record them, but I was almost swallowed by them."

Sanriyue asked: "Do you have nightmares?"

Yae didn't understand: "What?"

"Will you be afraid of being almost swallowed, and then have nightmares?"

Yae honestly replied: "Since I became a monster, I have basically stopped dreaming."

If she would have nightmares because of fear, she would probably repeat the experience of death countless times in her dreams.

"Yae, you didn't understand." Sankaiyue poked Yae's cheek again, and finally the girl frowned in dissatisfaction, "I mean, if you are afraid, I can stay with you."

During the question and answer, Yae no longer felt ashamed that she didn't want Sankayue to see her weak. Although she was lying down, she could talk to Sankayue freely. Come.

When the demon power is exhausted, it feels like it can't be done accurately.

Sankaiyue's intention to light the second candlestick was entirely to see Yae's face clearly.

Yae's complexion was even worse than when he just fell asleep, and his lips were all white.She thought she was speaking normally, but her voice was actually very weak.Her wandering mind several times was also caused by lack of energy and inability to concentrate.

After Yae came into contact with the cherry blossom tree, his vitality was seriously injured.But when Sanriyue looked out from the window in the courtyard, the cherry blossom tree sprouted new buds in the winter.

The tree seemed to be stealing Yae's life force.

If Yae knew what Mikazuki was thinking, she would probably lament the causal cycle. She used to devour the cherry blossom tree, and now it is the cherry blossom tree's turn to devour her.

Yae, who couldn't even judge her own physical condition accurately, naturally couldn't see the real intention of Sankayue. Just thinking about how to answer his question, Yae felt very strenuous, and she didn't even realize that she felt strenuous because of her poor spirit. , I simply feel that the other party's proposal is difficult to deal with.

The room of the inquisitor is very large, because no one has lived in it. Although the temperature is warm, it has a lifeless and cold feeling.Yae has no sense of belonging here, so she naturally hopes that Sankayue can accompany her.But combined with Mikayue's attitude in the past few days and his own delicate psychology, Yae didn't dare to let him accompany him.

Sanriyue's brows frowned: "If you don't answer, I will take it as your agreement."

Yae didn't speak, and shrank under the quilt, with a secret joy that couldn't be ignored.

Half of her face was buried under the quilt, only revealing a pair of bright eyes with curved brows - she smiled unconsciously.

The vivid expression illuminated her pale and weak face, and Sanriyue also smiled, and then pulled out another set of bedding from the closet.

Yae couldn't laugh anymore, she jumped up in fright.

Naturally, due to her weakness, she failed to jump up successfully. Shocked, she managed to lift her upper body up with the strength of her waist and back, but after forming an angle of about [-] degrees with the tatami, she lost her strength. , Yae fell back again.

Even with futons on, the tatami mats are still very hard, and it must be very painful to fall down like this. Yae tried her best to turn sideways, trying to adjust the angle, but her uncontrollable body couldn't achieve the ideal movement.

San Riyue reached out to support her in time: "Don't move around, you haven't recovered yet."

His voice sounded a little different from usual, Yae looked at his expression carefully, and could not see any flaws, it was completely intuitive: "Are you angry?"

Sankaiyue tilted her head and lay down with Yae supported: "Tomorrow I will go to the cherry blossom tree and put up a sign of 'Dangerous Do Not Approach'."

He opened the quilt as he spoke, and lay down himself: "Good night."

"...Good night." Although it felt wrong to sleep in the same room with Sanriyue, but the other party stayed with me, could it be possible that he should sit all night?So Yae could only say good night.

Yae was weak and fell asleep almost as soon as she closed her eyes. She had a long-lost dream.

Sanriyue's word became a prophecy, but what Yae did was a nightmare.

In the dream, she returned to the forest under the Mulian Shrine. As far as she could see, there was a raging sea of ​​flames. Birds, beasts, monsters and ghosts were all struggling in the flames. The trees were crackling and wailing that only Yae could hear.

She saw countless time Shuo marching in the golden light circle in the sky, the barrier of the Onmyoji on the ground was crumbling, and the sea of ​​fire spread all the way to the direction of Kyoto. In the distance, a team rushed towards with fire extinguishers.

Yae's field of vision was filled with black smoke and flames. She saw Abe Seimei fighting bloody battles, half of Daitengu's body was stained red with blood, and Mikazuki's sword was bright, but his figure showed signs of collapse.

She saw the cherry blossom tree was on fire, the branches and leaves curled and turned black under the licking of the flames, and black and red blood gushed out from the deep knife wound on the trunk.

She saw Kneeling on one knee in front of the shrine on the top of the mountain surrounded by a sea of ​​flames. The weakened Fengshen could not save anyone. He looked sad and angry at the sea of ​​flames billowing in smoke below the mountain.

Then, Qingling's breath changed suddenly, and the deity turned into a demon.