[Comprehensive] Demon Fox Hiding Horse

"Ah, sorry! That cat..."

--be mine.

From far away, I saw Mr. Cat, who had been missing all day, being hugged by a red-haired boy who looked very unfamiliar. Natsume subconsciously called out "Mr. Cat", and when the boy heard the sound, he turned to him. Looking from my side, when the four eyes met, Natsume was going to ask for his own stupid cat who seemed to be asleep in someone's arms.

However, when he looked straight into the opponent's green eyes that were not inferior to the finest emeralds without warning, he was suddenly caught by the flash of understanding and gentle smile in those eyes. Shocked, Natsume opened his mouth, only to realize that the lines he originally wanted to say were actually only half spoken.

Surprised and a little embarrassed by his wonderful reaction, the brown-haired boy looked away uncomfortably, unwilling to meet those eyes again.

However, thinking of the cat teacher who was still held in the arms of the other party, he couldn't help but secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the other party...

This shyness is full of pure and sincere appearance, which made the smile on the corner of the mouth of the fox who was not far away, who was quietly looking back at Natsume quietly looking back at him, deepen a bit.

"Ah, you are the owner of this cat?"

Holding the chubby cat in his arms, he gestured to Natsume, seeing him nodding hesitantly, Kurama then showed an exceptionally soft and friendly smile: "Great~ I'm still worrying about what to do."

As he said that, as if he didn't notice Natsume's restraint at the moment, the demon fox quickly stepped forward and walked to a place less than a few steps away from Natsume: "I picked up this cat in the forest. Although it seems She looked like she was in a deep sleep, but no matter how much she yelled, she couldn't wake her up."

"I was a little worried that something was wrong with him, so I wanted to take him to the town to see a doctor, but I'm actually new to this town, and I'm not very familiar with the surrounding area—I was almost in the forest just now Got lost, so don't know where there is an animal clinic in town."

"When I was worried and didn't know what to do, you appeared."

Facing Natsume's amber eyes that were dyed a warm orange color in the afterglow of the setting sun, the demon fox curled his lips, and his smile became more gentle and modest: "Can I return the cat to you?"

"Ah... ok, ok! Of course!"

Under the gaze of the demon fox's overly soft smile, his entire cheeks were almost flushed, the brown-haired boy suddenly came back to his senses, instantly tensed his body and stood up straight in response - as if a child who was absent-minded in class was suddenly called by the teacher's name Same.

This cute reaction made the smile on the corner of Kurama's mouth deepened by two points, and the eyes he looked at each other became more and more full of a certain kind of interest that made Natsume feel hairy all over.

"So farewell. I hope your lovely cat is doing well."

Delivering the fat sleeping cat firmly into Natsume's hands, Kurama smiled politely and nodded, then brushed past the boy and walked away far away.

When Natsume realized, "Oops! I forgot to thank you and forgot to ask for his name!", he turned his head, and the figure of that person was no longer visible in the grass-colored and verdant fields.

The brown-haired boy silently hugged the cat teacher in his arms.

"strangeness."

He whispered to himself.

"That person..." It felt so strange.

It's as if...

Not like humans.

However, the other party is different from the monsters he has been in contact with all this time. He has a very obvious breath and traces that belong to human beings.

Although it is the same as Mr. Natori, who has a beautiful smile and a proud appearance that is so dazzling that people can't look directly at it, but Mr. Natori will inevitably become a super luminous body wherever he goes without camouflage. Unlike the eye-catching handsomeness of others, this person... should be regarded as the kind of good-looking and very gentle type.

It won't make people feel any aggressiveness, not to mention, but...

It will make people feel very, very warm and comfortable.

This is probably an innate special aura, because Natsume himself has the same aura, so he is particularly sensitive to this.

And it is precisely because of this, "The performance just now...was really terrible..."

——Obviously it was hard to meet someone with a similar aura to me.

But because of some unspeakable feeling, he behaved so restrained and shy, as if... he was refusing the other party's approach.

"He said he just moved to town."

I don't know...whether there will be a chance to meet again in the future.

Holding the cat in his arms, which was said to be asleep, but in fact it was a drunken cat, walking slowly step by step towards home, Natsume thought with his lips curled up and a warm smile.

On the other side, Kurama and Mokona were walking in the opposite direction from Natsume.

"That child feels quite comfortable."

Lying in the arms of the Tibetan horse, because he no longer has to let the cat suspected of being "trampled" by the Tibetan horse give up his exclusive embrace, Mo Ke nodded his cheek with his small hand, and looked up at the Tibetan horse.

The side face of the demon fox was so beautiful in the sunset that the girls passing by couldn't help but blushed and looked sideways.

"Yeah, I've only felt that kind of super healing aura so far in Mokona."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and gently rubbed the top of Bai Tuanzi's head with his chin.

The little guy who was praised laughed happily, "Kurama don't always praise me! It will spoil Mokona! If you become arrogant because of Kurama's praise, Mokona will become uncute."

The demon fox couldn't help laughing softly when he heard the words.

"Mocona who can realize this is the cutest. She won't become proud because of my praise."

"Hidden horse~~"

"Well, I'm here, Mokona."

—— completely unaware that the direction of the conversation between the two is going further and further in a meaningless direction, and the two are walking in the picturesque field path at dusk.

Looking at the approaching small town, which is completely different from the high-rise buildings in the modern city, it is a beautiful and blue scene, and even every small road is as beautiful as a picture scroll. There was still a bit of floating before. My mood gradually calmed down.

***

It wasn't entirely an excuse that Kurama had told Natsume boy that he had just moved to this town.

That night, he stayed in a hotel in the town for a day, and when he got up early the next day, Yaohu took Bai Tuanzi to the intermediary company in the town to find out the rental information.

Efficiently, he took a good look at the house on the same day and paid the deposit and half a year's rent. Yaohu moved into this three-story house near the edge of the field that afternoon.

——By the way, this house is "exactly" located next to the Fujiwara family, and the two families are still the super convenient (!) distance of "open the window and don't have to go through the door" that will appear in the typical young tame dyed youth pure love story .

However, Kurama did not follow the customs of Japanese society to visit his neighbors with a gift on the day he moved into his new home - Natsume boy's reaction after seeing him before was very interesting, Yaohu felt that he came to scare him in such a short time ( ?) The second time seems to be a bit bad, so it is better to suppress this matter for the time being, so as to give the boy time to react and breathe.

Moreover, he and Mokona still have more important things waiting to be done.

- Exactly.

Just contact Yuko.

The newly rented house was handed over to the maids materialized from the maid card obtained from G·I. In the middle of the night, Kurama took Mokona to the usually deserted place. deep in the jungle.

***

"Ah, it's really rare that you haven't contacted me for so long."

As soon as the communication was connected, the iconic and elegant voice of the Dimensional Witch came from the other side.

Zangma blinked, only to see Yuko on the other side of the screen lazily lying on her comfortable luxury recliner, playing with a jade-colored wine glass with her slender fingers, and the April [-]st boy Standing behind her with a depressed face, ready to pour wine at any time...

The demon fox couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Mr. April [-]st is still so capable." He said with a smile.

The boy with glasses froze when he heard the words, but there was no chance for him to speak. Her Lady Queen, who was being served comfortably, laughed out loud, "Of course! April [-]st is my servant!"

While talking, ignoring the depressed expression on the young man's face, Yuko took a sip of the fine wine in the glass, raised her eyes and looked at Kurama with a half-smile: "However, you didn't contact me specifically to play with my servant, did you? Tell me, what's the problem this time?"

The demon fox's eyes flickered when he heard the words.

"Miss Yuko was joking. Can't I contact you just to exchange my demon power?"

The witch's reaction to this was to raise her eyebrows and smile, "Really? If it's just for such a simple matter, you won't wait until now. You should know better than me, how long ago was the last time you contacted me."

"And according to your efficiency... it shouldn't take you so long to get enough items to trade with me in the new world, right?"

She raised her glass to Kurama meaningfully, and the witch smiled:

"Tell me, what's the trouble?"

Seeing this, Zangma could only shake his head helplessly.

"Sure enough, I still can't hide it from you, Miss Yuko."

Raising his hands as if surrendering, Yaohu smiled slightly, and began to hold him and Mokona in the final decisive battle in the world of steel refining. He sensed the breath of the creation god Mokona, and the previous few worlds seemed to come from him. I told Yuko one by one about the things in my hands.

The witch was silent for a long time after listening.

It wasn't until the patience was so good that Cangma couldn't help but want to urge her aloud, she sighed, her eyes penetrated the screen, but it didn't fall on Cangma, but seemed to go through the distance of time and space to go to Seeing through a little further...

"This is no longer a question I can answer."

The witch spoke quietly.

"You know, I don't know much about the creator god of the world of Sephiro, or even that guy Kuluo."

"We only had a chance with that being, and at that time, He was on his way to create the next world."

"Just such a brief meeting, what Kuro and I learned from that being is enough to give birth to a powerful being like Mokona."

"So that person's own power, I don't think I need to say, you can imagine it."

"So Kurama, it's not that strange that that existence can create so many completely different worlds."

"If I have to say it, there are indeed many doubts in it. But..."

"Sorry, this time, even I can't say anything."

……

The communication with Yuko has already been disconnected.

It's just that the witch's last words are still repeated in the fox's ears.

—Is it something that even Yuko can't be sure about...?

At a certain moment, Yaohu suddenly felt that his trip seemed... really not that simple.

But, "Forget it, go back, Mokona."

Rubbing the head of Bai Tuanzi who was staring at him worriedly, Yaohu turned around with a smile...

Suddenly, his movements stopped.

Because, not far behind him, the young Natsume boy I met yesterday was standing there with a face of horror...

"you……"