The head priest's time can't last long, which is why she will ask others to take care of Yue Ji.

Yue Ji also knew this clearly.

She looked at the elderly woman in front of her, her hands trembling a little.

What a peerless beauty that person was when she was young, meeting Tengu, Watanabe Bridge Princess, making an appointment with Shuten Doji to fight Longshang... But now she is just like every dying person in this world, fragile As if a gust of wind could blow it away.

Yue Ji held her hand even tighter, as if she would not lose this elder who is also a teacher and mother.

The priest died after all.She walked on a sunny day in late autumn, with a serene smile on her face.

Tsukihime inherited the position of chief priest, officially taking over the burden of the entire Shinto.

She travels to different places, fighting those ferocious monsters again and again, in this seemingly elegant and peaceful era, in fact, there are always terrible dark times gathering in the dark, guarding human beings and the survival of one side. pure land.

In the middle of the night again, Yue Ji opened the door of her room.Her maiden uniform was stained with blood and some other stains, the edges were tattered as if scorched by flames, and there were black traces of being burned.

The oil lamp in the house is on, bringing a bit of warmth in this night, as if there is someone waiting for your return after a long night.

The girl who looked like a wax figure couldn't help but let out a long breath when she saw that ray of light, and there was a sense of peace in her heart that she didn't even notice.

"You are here again."

she says.

The person sitting in front of the oil lamp and reading a book raised his eyes. Those orange-red eyes were originally smiling, but after seeing the wound on Yue Ji's body, they quickly retracted and turned into worry.

Zhu put down the book in his hand, walked in front of Yue Ji in a hurry, rolled up her sleeves involuntarily, and saw a long string of blisters on the forearm that should have been clean and white.

Thanks to her being able to keep silent, she endured the scorching pain and the pain caused by the friction of the cloth, all the way back to the Jingu from Izumo.

"Can't you take good care of yourself?"

Zhu lightly reprimanded him. He stretched out his fingers out of a soft heart, and the blue spiritual light overflowed from his fingertips, smoothing the wound on the girl's arm.

--Yes.

Since the death of the former head priest, Zhu moved to live next to Yue Ji.However, except for Yue Ji, no one has a way to discover his existence, just like Zhu himself closed the "path" through which others might see him.

He won't help Yue Ji do anything, but he will always light up an oil lamp in the middle of the night to wait for her to return, and carefully treat her wounds.

This feeling was something Yue Ji had never felt before.She was a baby taken away by the Guhuo Bird, and she was taken away and raised by the previous head priest before she could remember, and she grew up in the shrine since she was a child.

The appearance of the candle is like opening a new door for Yue Ji, allowing her to touch the warmth called "home".

Yue Ji looked down at the young man kneeling in front of her, and quietly tightened the corner of her clothes with one hand.

After a long time, she pursed her lips slightly, her voice was as soft as a mosquito's, and if it wasn't for Zhu's hearing far beyond ordinary people, she might have missed it.

"I'm going to Izumo tomorrow."

she said.

"Are you going with me...? There will be a temple fair in Izumo afterward."

Her voice was usually cold or indifferent, but Zhu could see the two blushes on her cheeks through the dim light.

So the existence that has lived for an unknown amount of time in this world secretly curled its lips and smiled.He didn't dare to let Yue Ji in front of him see his smile, otherwise, if the little milk cat became angry from embarrassment, it would be a big loss for him.

He straightened his spine and coughed softly, Zhu's eyes reflected the flickering lights, and his smile was warm.

"Okay."

He said.

"Since it is your invitation, I will definitely go."

Tsukihime went to Izumo repeatedly in the past few days because she caught a blue heron fire there.This kind of blue bird-like monster, which symbolizes auspiciousness and is more like a god than a monster, is not an easy target to kill. On the contrary, it is best to protect it well.

Husband Qingluhuo, its age is eternal, and its wings are bright.Introduce that auspiciousness and bury this disaster.The whole body is covered with blue flames, but the water can't be extinguished.

"In that case, why not simply kill the enemy?"

Zhu and Tsukihime came to a certain mountain forest in Izumo together, and there was a huge valley in front of it, and Qingluhuo was suppressed there by chains made of spiritual power by dozens of witches and priests at this moment.

Zhuge Yueji left on the cliff, while she herself went down to deal with Qingluhuo, hoping to reach a reconciliation with the other party.

After all, the flames of Qingluhuo really caught fire, which is quite fatal to ordinary civilians.

"Heaven has the virtue of loving life. The chief priest couldn't bear to kill, so he spared his life. ——Who are you, why did you appear here and speak wild words?"

The pretty girl was holding a bow and arrow, looking at him not far away, her eyes were full of guard.

"Me?"

"It's just a fool... attracted by her light."

Zhu Di laughed.

That girl is like his own name, lighting up his world with her own power.He stayed in the shrine for too long, so long that his feelings became thinner.

And that day, the girl made an oath to her master with bright eyes.Although it is a naive delusion, the light and determination emanating from the soul may even attract the gods in the sky.

Want to get to know her.

Want to look after her.

I want to be by her side, I want to have my own participation in everything in her life.

So the old monster who lived for an unknown number of years began to shorten the distance between him and the girl quietly, until finally she had completely accepted her own existence.

I thought it would take a long time for a girl who grew up in the shrine to understand her feelings, but when she received the invitation to the temple fair from the other party, Zhu still couldn't help feeling the joy from the bottom of her heart.

"Whatever she wants to do, I will help her do it."

Zhu looked at the valley below with gentle and meaningful eyes.

Immediately afterwards, he jumped down from the cliff.

"Why don't you leave?"

Yueji stood opposite Qingluhuo, looking at the little bird trapped in the chain.

Qingluhuo let out a soft cry.

"You are such a strange witch."

"Sorry, although I know you are doing it for my own good, but I can't leave."

"The once-in-a-century night walk is approaching, how can I be absent?!"

Yue Ji's pupils suddenly shrank.

Hundred Ghosts at Night.

That was a scene that had been passed on orally among onmyojis, witches, monks, and priests, but no one had ever seen it with their own eyes.

It is said that after each night walk is completed, many human beings will be found to be killed by monsters in their sleep.But they have always appeared silently, so even if they want to do something to protect them, there is no way.

"In this case, I can only seal you."

The girl's complexion remained unchanged, and she waved her sleeve robe.

Qing Luhuo, who was opposite her, heard that, a blue light flashed in those black and bright round bean eyes.

Large swaths of green flames ignited around it——

However, a finger that descended from the sky pinned the feathers, and it was extinguished abruptly.

The ribbons used to tie the hair of the people who jumped off the cliff were blown away by the wind, and the chestnut hair was scattered behind them, dancing wildly in the wind, like a smooth silk.

"Impossible."

He whispered.

"Do you still remember the covenant back then?"

"Do you still remember the oath of the hundred ghosts?"

"Ghosts are not allowed to hurt people during the day, have they all forgotten?"

Qingluhuo looked at him, croaked softly, and folded its wings obediently.

"I remember."

"I remember these, and I also remember you, Zhu."

Zhu stretched out his hand towards Qingluo.

"So, if you want to leave, you also know what to do?"

So Qingluhuo flew towards him, turning into a mark on his arm, obviously recognizing the other party as his master.

Zhu turned around and looked at Yue Ji with a smile on her face.

"Is that all right?"

"……Um."

......................................................

The temple fair in Izumo has always been famous, and the bright fire lights make it seem like there is no night.Zhu looked at the girl walking towards him under the light, and couldn't help but tighten his breathing.

The girl changed from the red and white maiden uniform she wore in the past, and put on the cherry-colored kimono provided by Zhuo.Her long, glossy black hair was tied up in a bun with a silver hairpin.

Silk shoes on the feet, tortoiseshell light on the head.The waist is like flowing silk, and the ears are listening to the bright moon.The finger is like cutting the root of a green onion, and the mouth is like containing Zhudan.Slender and small steps are unparalleled in the world.

Only at this time, you will be amazed involuntarily, that is also a young girl with the most beautiful youth.

Zhu stepped forward and took her hand.Yueji's face was full of spring, but she didn't pull her hand out.

They are like every ordinary couple in this world, playing with their loved ones at temple fairs.The fingers under the sleeves are intertwined, and there is a sweet breath in every inadvertent look back.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Zhu."

A tall and burly ronin came from a distance.He was wearing a black samurai uniform with the front of his clothes open, revealing most of his bronzed chest.

At this moment, the man was looking Yue Ji up and down, with some unknown meaning in his eyes.

Zhu pulled Yueji behind him, looked at the man, and there was a hint of warning in his voice.

"You overstepped, Jiu. This is not your business."

"Okay, okay, I believe you have a decision in your heart about your affairs, so I won't bother you too much."

The ronin known as Ah Jiu gave a samurai salute perfunctorily.

"It's just that you won't be absent at the Suzaku Bridge in three days' time."

Zhu pulled Yue Ji's back and turned to leave without looking back.

"I remembered."

Zhu bought a piece of mutton fat jade accessory from a roadside stall and gave it to Yue Ji, thinking that the color matched the girl very well.

Yue Ji took it and rubbed it in her hand continuously, until finally the whole piece of jade was warmed up, then she opened her mouth softly.

"candle."

"Ok?"

The man looked back with a clear smile.

"After I went back... I checked the information of the shrine."

"In the earliest days...even before the establishment of the imperial power, the shrine existed, protecting the people in the dark and war-torn age. Later, when the imperial power rose, the divine power was hidden behind the scenes, and jointly managed the country with the imperial power."

"As for Qingluhuo, although he is a monster, he has an arrogant temperament, and will never submit to anyone except his own master. The only record in the records of the shrine is that there is only one person who once obtained the loyalty of Qingluhuo."

"... Am I right? The first generation... Lord Priest!"

The author has something to say:

Today, I still haven't rolled over.

It was expected to fail. I thought I could finish writing, but the knife had to be delayed until tomorrow.

In this chapter, there are those who hint at Zhu's identity, come and guess, and if you guess correctly, you will be given a red envelope.

PS: This short story is "a novel written by Brittany in the text", so the ghosts in it are separate and independent, please do not associate them with Onmyoji.

PS: I saw you guessing the actor yesterday?Did I not write clearly enough? (I can’t laugh or cry) Shanfeng is a new SSR, a very good-looking little brother; Yueji is an uncle who plays well, because Kikyo... really doesn’t seem to be good at acting~

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