[Onmyoji] Deep Sea Girl

She looked at all the main tasks of the system from top to bottom, and her thoughts gradually returned to a long time ago, and the faint laughter of playing with toys slowly faded away from her ears.

When did the system appear?It was after she ate the mermaid meat, but it didn't appear immediately after eating the mermaid meat.

At that time, she didn't connect this weird system with mermaid meat.

Qiong Lang remembered very clearly that when his father went fishing for three days and did not return, he brought back the body of the mermaid with the fleet.The mermaid corpse had begun to rot, but she couldn't bear the torture of hunger, and secretly ate a small piece of mermaid heart to satisfy her hunger.

At first, she didn't notice any changes in her body.

The abnormality was discovered after the tsunami on the day of the festival. She was rescued by the big tengu from the tidal ruins and quickly regained consciousness.

The destructive power brought by such a powerful tsunami cannot be tolerated by ordinary human bodies. The lucky villager survived under the protection of the big tengu, but her internal organs were hit hard.

Although because of the big tengu who helped her in time, she was able to still have a little anger.But in ancient times when the medical conditions were so backward, she did not have any hope of surviving the seriously injured herself.

Qiong Lang thought that he might be about to die, but his body recovered unexpectedly.The damaged internal organs healed slowly, and those places scratched by the reef fragments healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, without leaving any wounds.

When he noticed the strangeness, Qiong Lang immediately realized that after eating mermaid meat, she was no longer human.

She became a monster.

Thinking about it now, it was after she realized this that the system first appeared.

"You're a monster now."

This was the first sentence the system said to her, and it was exactly the same as the sentence relayed by Babaichuni.

Qiong Lang guessed that this system did not appear out of nowhere, and it may have an unusual relationship with mermaid meat.If this is the case, she is almost sure that the "lingering demon spirit" in the mouth of the eight hundred bhikkhunis must be this system.

Then, why did the system leave Eight Hundred Bhikkuni, and why did it choose her after hundreds of years? Is all this really just a coincidence?

Qiong Lang didn't believe that a witch in a remote village could drive away this powerful system. Rather than saying that the witch drove away the demon spirit, it was better to say that the system actively chose to give up the eight hundred bhikkhunis.

Her deep eyes glanced back and forth on the description of the main task, and she quickly had the answer in her heart.

The central idea of ​​all missions in the system is very clear, first occupy the Raksha Sea, and then bring new order to this chaotic sea.The core of its main mission has been revolving around this sea area and the world of monsters, and almost never mentioned human beings.

However, after she and the eight hundred bhikkuni ate the mermaid meat, they made completely different reactions and choices.

She devoured the mermaid's heart to survive, and she was already prepared to be poisoned to death, so after becoming a monster, she was able to accept the result calmly.

But the eight hundred bhikkuni is different, she was maliciously teased by her companions and ate the merman by mistake, even though she has actually become a monster, she is still escaping this fact in her heart.

In Qiong Lang's heart, she thought that she was a monster and left the human world after the disaster happened.But in the heart of the eight hundred bhikkhuni, she still thinks that she is a human being, and she even volunteered to become a disciple of the witch, and practiced spells ever since.

From the very beginning, the positions they chose were different, and the position of the eight hundred bhikkhunis was exactly opposite to the system.

Therefore, the system was disappointed, he gave up the eight hundred bhikkuni, and did not officially recognize her until he met her hundreds of years later and bound her.

Qiong Lang felt that his guess was pretty good, but at this moment, more questions popped up in his mind, and he couldn't help but want to find out with the system.

However, since she was bound to the system, the other party has never appeared again, replaced by an emotionless mechanical prompting female voice.

As if it was an illusion, Qiong Lang felt that the warm fruit in his hand seemed to be beating a few times.

She couldn't help but look down at her hands, but the gloomy voice of the big tengu suddenly rang out from her ears, "There is a curse on this tail feather knot, but I don't know exactly what the curse is."

Qiong Lang subconsciously held the small fruit in his hand, turned his head and said in surprise, "Curse?"

"That's right, it's a spell only used by fallen onmyojis and witches." The big tengu said in a deep voice, holding the knot tightly, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "But it seems that it hasn't had time to take effect yet. This kind of thing Qingming should be very familiar with it, I will ask him what kind of spell it is."

As it was about his precious son, Datengu was in a hurry at the moment, and he didn't care about eating dinner, so he picked up the knotted rope and walked towards Qingming's courtyard.

"You take good care of Tan Sheng here, don't worry when I come back."

Qiong Lang nodded, and had no choice but to stand up and watch his anxious back disappear into the room. She felt the fruit in her hand beating a few more times, and she couldn't help but lift up the fruit and look at it carefully.

This strange fruit looks golden and attractive, but it is very soft in the hand, just like a ripe peach, with a warm temperature.

Cooperating with the beating feeling, Qiong Lang felt for a moment that this strange fruit was a beating heart...

"Heart..." She couldn't help but muttered to herself, "Is it an illusion?"

As soon as the words fell, the fruit in her hand was suddenly in her hands, conveying a more vigorous and dynamic feeling.

"It's not an illusion, it's actually a heart."

In the warm room, a strange yet familiar male voice broke the tranquility of this moment.

Hearing this female voice, which was completely different from the mechanical prompt, full of emotion, Qiong Lang's heart skipped a beat for an instant, and then accelerated.

"Is it you?" She subconsciously communicated with that voice in her mind.

"That's right, it's me, long time no see..." The nice male voice rang out with a smile, and then he was tinged with emotion, "Unexpectedly, it's only been more than 80 years, and you have already fulfilled his last wish , The speed is so fast that it is unbelievable."

"You are a monster with both talent and determination. I really saw you right."

Qiong Lang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Who is 'he'?"

Was the series of tasks issued by the system the last wish of a monster?

"He is the patriarch of the mermaid clan, and what you are holding in your hand is his heart." As if remembering something, the voice said with a hint of a smile, "The part you ate before is not the real one. Mermaid heart, this one is real."

"Then who are you, and why don't you show up?"

"I'm sorry, the space-time administration has been very strict over the years, and I can't freely enter and exit the world you are in. But it doesn't matter, through the mark left on the mermaid heart, our communication is not a problem."

"By the way, you are also a traveler of different time and space, you should understand what I said?" The gentle male voice added.

Hearing this, Qiong Lang felt that his brain was a little dazed, and the gears in it seemed to be running slowly.

Tan Sheng didn't know when he fell asleep holding the wooden toy, Qiong Lang covered his sleeping son with a soft quilt, gently wiped the drool from his mouth, and then slowly sat by the window.

The cold night wind blowing through the window woke her up a lot. Qiong Lang took a deep breath and asked, "What's going on here, can you tell me?"

"Of course no problem. You have fulfilled his last wish. Now is of course the time for me to tell you the truth." The man in another world seems to be in a good mood, and his attitude towards her is very humble and friendly, which is different from the indifference when we first met. It's like two different people.

"The Sea of ​​Clouds and Mist should be very beautiful now, right? The truth is that I have seen it with my own eyes, but it's a pity that I can't travel through time and space again..."

"Sea of ​​clouds and mist?"

"Ah... You don't know, the Rakshasa Sea you occupy actually had another beautiful name a long, long time ago."

"Do you know why its name has become so terrible?"

Rakshasa, this cloud is also an evil spirit.

That's what the people around here have called it since she was born in this world.I heard that this sea area is very dangerous. There are countless terrifying ogre sea monsters hidden in the depths of the distance, and there are many evil spirits. Anyone who gets lost at sea will die. That's why it was called the Raksha Sea.

Qiong Lang remained silent, waiting for the man who had obviously fallen into the memory of the past to explain the reasons for everything.

"The meeting between Ze and I happened more than 600 years ago in your world..."

With an inaudible sigh, the man's calm and gentle voice sounded in his mind like a stream of water.

The man claims to be You, who comes from a civilized world where traces of the past can no longer be traced. He is an aimless time-travel wanderer. He wandered into this world more than 600 years ago and met Ze, the leader of the mermaid clan, unexpectedly.

This former sea area was also called the Sea of ​​Clouds and Mist, and it was the hometown of the mermaid clan, where they lived for generations.

The mermaid clan is the darling of heaven. Both men and women in their clan are beautiful, have a very long lifespan, and are kind and honest.You Zai was accidentally injured when he came to this world, and happened to be rescued by Ze, so they met and became close friends.

God loves this race very much, not only giving them beauty and longevity, but also giving them beautiful singing voice.

Originally, this song was given to them as a weapon to protect themselves and to confuse the enemy in times of danger, but the mermaids always use these beautiful songs to guide the lost creatures at sea to find the right direction.

Perhaps it is this special love and kindness that has attracted the jealousy and hatred of other races.

I don't know when, there has been a saying in the world that as long as people eat mermaid meat, humans can live forever, while monsters can gain powerful demon power.

Other races are skeptical about this, but the fact of the longevity of the mermaid race is in front of them, and finally some people are ready to move.

The other races who were originally on the sidelines were also afraid that if they were too late, they would lose the benefits, so they stopped hesitating and extended their sinful hands to the mermaids.Not only monsters, ghosts, and even a small number of gods participated in this massacre, even the weak human beings did not hide their huge greed.

In this way, the tragedy befell in the sea of ​​clouds and mist, the beauty and tranquility were broken, and it became a purgatory on earth.

"It's a pity that I can't do anything. I'm just an ordinary time and space wanderer... no different from a poor beggar."

The peace of lobbying, but Qiong Lang could feel the helplessness and pain hidden in that peace.

The general of the disaster, the population of the mermaid clan has dropped sharply, and it is almost on the verge of extinction.

Ze was unable to lead the weak clansman against the malice from all directions. In order to allow the mermaid clan to continue to reproduce in the world, he had to flee to the far side of the sea with a few clansmen, leaving behind his beloved hometown, and warned the survivors Descendants of the world should never come near this dangerous sea.

Since then, there is no trace of mermaids in this sea area, only the legend about their bodies containing magical powers remains, which makes countless people in the future envy and yearn for them.

And the sea of ​​clouds and mist where the mermaids used to live has also become a battleground where countless sinister sea monsters compete for predation, and it is called "the sea of ​​Rakshasa" by humans.

It's just that occasionally a mermaid who misses his hometown can't hold back his longing, and will sneak back to visit his hometown, and then lose his life on the dangerous journey.

You can't help this race change anything, he can only silently accompany his friends and never leave them.

Although mermaids live long, they are not immortal.As the head of the clan, Ze suffered the pain of almost exterminating the clan in his early years, and was forced to leave his hometown, or it was torture and pain for him.

He was still very young, but until the last moment before his death, he could not forget the tranquility and beauty of his hometown in the past.

This is one of his heart problems. At the same time, he also hates the greed and hatred of other races, as well as his own powerlessness.

You couldn't bear the depression of his best friend. He hoped that Ze could go more easily, so he used the only tiny power he could use to help Ze with the help of the old civilization in the world he was born in, hoping that Rakshahai could return to the peace and tranquility of the past.

He borrowed the power of Ze's heart, combined with his own, and cast a weird spell on the mermaids.

Since they longed for immortality so much, then let them do as they wished.

From now on, any creature that eats mermaid flesh will be cursed with immortality and endure the pain of eternal loneliness.The only way to break the curse is to get Ze's heart, and to get Ze's heart, he needs to fulfill his last wish.

He cursed those races that harmed the mermaids, and they were bound to suffer greedy revenge.

Only when his heart is eaten or destroyed, those creatures cursed for eating mermaid flesh can all be freed.

And this heart, Ze handed over to his friend You Guan, who was responsible for guarding his obsession after his death, and guiding the cursed person to fulfill his last wish.

This is the origin of the so-called "system".

"Later, I was discovered by the Space-Time Management Bureau because I used that power, and I had to be taken away and sat in prison for several years... But fortunately, in prison, I can still use Ze's heart imprint to get in touch with the cursed person. communicate."

"However, I was worried that the people above would find something strange, so I didn't contact you again. Instead, I left after arranging the mission, until you just completed the mission and got Ze's heart."

Things have come to this, Qiong Lang has understood the ins and outs of everything, and he can't help sighing in his heart.

"So what you said at the beginning that you promised me that you would make me a god is just an excuse, right? You're clearly afraid that I won't do what you said."

"Yes and no." The man on the other end smiled lightly, "You are human. Compared with monsters, humans have always had a great affection for gods. It is much better to become a god than to become a monster. So at first I was worried. You will have the idea of ​​quitting, so I plan to lie to you, at least to give you the motivation to fight at the very beginning, isn't it?"

"Then, when I get tired and tired, I will experience the pain of eternal life." Qiong Lang followed him calmly and said, "If I want to break this curse, the only way is still to follow your request , to be freed."

"And you never have to worry about what happens to the chosen person, because after being cursed, she won't die at all, and there is endless time to fulfill that last wish."

It had to be said that the opponent had a good plan.

Except for the old story of the mermaid clan, it was basically the same as what she had guessed.

"You are very smart and powerful." You smiled on the other end, and then said softly, "Now, you can finally break the curse of your body, much faster than I imagined, I thought it would take at least several hundred years Woolen cloth……"

"Put that heart away, eat it when you want to end everything, be careful not to lose it... otherwise there will be no other way."

On this end, Qiong Lang was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said softly, "No, you are mistaken, I have not received any curse from the beginning to the end, this heart has no meaning to me."

Hearing this, You seemed to pause for a moment, then asked slightly surprised: "How do you say?"

"The time and vitality flowing in my body have never stopped." Qiong Lang spread out the heart in his hand, and told You the story of Babaichuni in a complex tone.

You seemed to be in a daze at the other end, and after a while, he said softly: "Is that so...?"

"Eight Hundred Bhikuni? It seems to be the name. The last person who ate mermaid meat was her, but that child has always been against the world of monsters. I can only abandon her and choose someone else."

Human beings who cannot put themselves in the position of monsters will never be able to fulfill Ze's last wish.

Speaking of this, You couldn't help but smiled on the other end, with a hint of emotion in his tone, "It seems...it seems that time has passed too long, and the power of Ze's curse has weakened, so it's your turn , mermaid meat can no longer save you from life and death."

"Besides, you two didn't seem to eat mermaid meat out of greed for legends, so I don't know what to say."

"Probably I can only say that I am very glad that the person I met was you..." If it were someone else, without the trouble of the curse, it might not be possible to persist in doing this.

"Then, thank you for fulfilling Ze's last wish." Ze said in a serious tone, but his voice suddenly dropped a lot, "It's up to you to deal with Ze's heart, but after the heart is destroyed, we can't borrow it." This is connected."

Realizing that You lowered his voice, Qiong Lang frowned slightly, and couldn't help asking: "You...you are still in prison, right?"

"You really are a smart girl, and you discovered it." You laughed a few times on the other end, and then said slowly, "However, I will be released from prison in a few days... You have also completed Ze I have no regrets."

You's tone was very brisk, and it could be heard that he was in a good mood, but Qiong Lang clenched his heart tightly and remained silent for a moment.

He was arrested and imprisoned by the so-called Space-Time Administration when he cast the curse, and he hasn't come out yet. How can it be more than 1000 years?

"You... what are you going to do after you get out of prison?"

"What? I don't know, probably continue to wander around..."

"I really envy you. Although you have the memory of the previous life, you are a legal resident of that world. Unlike me, I can't die, but it's so difficult to get visas in various worlds. It's not easy to travel. Can smuggle..."

You couldn't help complaining a few words over there.

"You...won't you die too?" Qiong Lang couldn't help asking in surprise.

"Yeah, I won't die either, so I'm curious why?" You Zai said with a playful smile, "I'm the last person alive in our world, if I'm destroyed too, that world will truly be destroyed." It no longer exists, and those old men at the Natural History Museum can no longer do any research on lost civilizations."

Qiong Lang's eyes moved slightly, and he whispered, "Speak softly, aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"……cough……"

"They all say that eternal life is terrible. After living for so long, don't you feel lonely and painful?"

"Loneliness and pain? Maybe..." You paused for a while, then said with a chuckle: "However, only those who have experienced death know how wonderful life is. If you have witnessed destruction, you will not feel that Eternity is a terrifying existence..."

"If you feel lonely, then look around... Although the friends you make will leave eventually, once the bond is planted, you will no longer be lonely."

"Things will eventually die, but you can't erase the traces of its existence. Maybe one day even I won't remember what I did before, but it really existed, and that's enough."

"Every encounter, every memory, is what I cherish, including the encounter between you and me."

Those encounters and memories are a source of warmth and a manifestation of no longer being alone.

Qiong Lang is silent, this is probably the reason why You Ning is willing to go to jail and use his power illegally to help Ze.

"You are right. Only those who have truly experienced death will understand the meaning of life."

Therefore, she has never felt that eternal life is a terrible thing. People who have never experienced death will not understand.

*****

Because of the inspection by the prison guards, You hastily cut off contact with her after a while, but Qiong Lang had an intuition that You would never contact her again.

She stared blankly at the mermaid heart in her hand with a dazed expression.

Tan Sheng was snoring and had a snot bubble. He turned over on his stomach in the crib, and Qiong Lang walked over to cover him with the little quilt that she had kicked away.

Looking at her son's immature face full of vitality, her heart felt extraordinarily peaceful and soft for a moment.

The big tengu returned to the dormitory in the middle of the night, and he could vaguely see a bit of displeasure on his face.

"Have you found out why?"

Big Tengu nodded, calmed his expression and said: "Qingming has read it carefully. This is a curse that can make monsters fall into a deep sleep. It can only be broken by sacrificing enough vitality."

"However, the spell has not been activated yet, and I don't know what Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni wants to do, and when will activate this spell."

After Qingming knew that it was done by Babai Bhikkhuni, she was taken aback and looked very angry. She almost rolled up her sleeves and wanted to find someone.The big tengu, who was still in a rage, calmed down, and quickly stopped him to prevent the other party from arguing.

Qiong Lang nodded, then turned his gaze to Tan Sheng again, his eyes sank slightly.

Judging from the words and deeds of the eight hundred bhikkhuni, she was almost certain that the eight hundred bhikkhuni did it for the sake of death.

But... what does this have to do with her and Tan Sheng?Even she couldn't kill Eight Hundred Bhikkuni.

Qiong Lang vaguely felt that the other party's motives were not limited to this.

She looked at the mermaid heart in her hand, stored it, and then called Jing Ji to her son.

The huge dragon head jade mirror reflected above the sleeping Tan Sheng, and his small body was reflected in the mirror.The mirror surface emitted a faint soft white light, and after that, a little guy who was exactly like Tan Sheng slowly crawled out of the jade mirror.

"Jingji, thank you."

Hearing this, the girl in the mirror nodded lightly, then closed her eyes due to exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at this illusion puppet that was exactly like his son, Qiong Lang pursed his lips, and hung his tail feather knot around his neck.

She would like to see what the eight hundred bhikkhuni wanted to do.

The author has something to say:

You: mmp, is it really okay for me to appear in a chapter of the nearly 60-word essay?

Ze: My role is less than yours, okay...qwq

Qiong Lang: It is said that those who commit crimes are those bastards, why are innocent people like us bearing the curse?

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Babai: To live is to suffer.

Qiong Lang: To live is heaven.

Eight Hundred: Death is a relief from pain.

Qiong Lang: Living life is meaningful.

Eight Hundred: Eternity is sad.

Qiong Lang: Destruction is terrible.

Eight hundred: ...mmp!

Qiong Lang: =v=

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Everyone should cherish the meaning of life, don't waste the good time, go out more when you have free time, take a walk, take a walk, and you will find that it is interesting to lie at home and read novels...

Happy laying eggs everyone

Let's celebrate the egg-laying festival with the dog!