Tomo-sama's Rescue Plan - Hell Chapter

So we drove along the Tokaido all the way, and we arrived at Yokohama Port not long after.

On the coast of Yokohama, I saw ocean-going ships for the first time. They looked like huge steel whales moored on the sea, emitting black smoke.

The sea breeze rushed towards me, carrying a strange breath that I had never heard before, and a little bit of golden sunlight sprinkled in the endless blue, extending to the deep distance like fate.

"Master Tong Mo, where was the furthest place you went to when you were young?"

Under the umbrella, the pair of eyes that are as clear as ice and reflecting the rainbow are also staring at the vast ocean.

"It's Edo, Xiaoran knows. At that time, you can't run around without the permission of the daimyo. And when I was young, I was very busy every day, and I didn't have time to go out to play. It's really pitiful to say that they even lived in Lake Biwa. Or go after being a ghost."

"It's better than me." I smiled, "The farthest place I've been to is the back mountain of the shrine. At that time, I heard people say that you can go all the way to the sea along the Arakawa. On a boat, you can go to other worlds. I really want to go to those worlds to see how the people live there, whether there are fathers and mothers, but I heard that the sea water is salty. In those worlds Without Arakawa, it scares me again."

"But now, I don't feel afraid at all. After all, I've even been to hell. As long as I'm with Mr. Tong Mo, it seems that there's nothing in the world that can scare me anymore."

"That's because Xiaoran is my family member, so she will be affected by me to some extent?" Ghost said with a smile, "After all, people never know what it feels like to be afraid, isn't it very powerful~"

"Yes, it's really thanks to you!" I rolled my eyes, "Let's go, let's take you to eat watercress."

Sure enough, as I expected, the Ford T broke down just after passing the Kamo River, and it was three days after the departure.

What was supposed to be a one-day journey was dragged into a three-day sightseeing tour of the Tokaido. I am quite satisfied that this beautiful foreign car did not break down halfway.

Fortunately, it was late at night, and I was still thinking about how to use spells to drag the car to a nearby station. A certain ghost got out of the car gracefully, and went straight away.

"Master Tong Mo, do you want your car?" I said in shock.

"Just put it over there, Yamada will take care of it." The ghost looked at the quiet street and licked his fangs, "It hasn't changed much here, eh, as expected, the delicious food really a lot~"

After speaking, he disappeared.

Looking at the "empty" streets of Kyoto in the middle of the night, I quickly realized what his hunting target was now.

It coincides with the Obon Festival, when ghosts appear, not to mention Heian-kyo with a thousand-year history...

Why did you forget that this guy is a ghost now, so he stuffed it into his mouth no matter whether he was alive or dead...

Izanami God, so this is the reason why he wants to move back to Kyoto!I figured out why the fox god almost chased him and bit him when he passed the Inari Shrine. It wasn't because he said he looked like a dog!

Ten minutes later, I found the ghost eating supper in an alley near Gion.It was pitch black there, but countless lotus vines emerged from the void in all directions. Master Tong Mo was sitting on a pure white lotus flower, kissing the half-absorbed female Earth Bound Spirit in his arms, tears shed with sincerity :

"Poor, so pitiful~ Since you don't want to be reincarnated, let me redeem you and live forever with me~"

I covered my face, thinking that it is more serious to let him adapt to human food as soon as possible, otherwise if he wants to taste the taste of other gods one day, it will cause big trouble...

It's better to eat people, at least it only offends human beings, I don't want to directly start a war with 800 million gods!

After eating, Mr. Tong Mo came out of the alley leisurely. I glanced at it silently. The street was cleaned up even more cleanly than a manor house. Sure enough, it is his usual style to eat and wipe clean.

"Xiaoran, let's go~" He smiled innocently, his iridescent pupils shining like colorful gems in the dark night.

Passing through the dense maple and bamboo forests, along the winding mountain road until entering the secluded corner of Xiaocang Mountain, when I saw the gate of the temple, the first ray of morning light just appeared in the east.

"Your family is really amazing..." I exclaimed, "This road is a temple bestowed by the emperor. How did your parents find such a place to build a temple?"

"Well, I heard that my mother's family has some relationship with the public family, but my mother was very obsessed with monks at that time, and she took a fancy to my father who served in a big monastery. She would rather sever ties with the family and marry him. Who knows that after marriage, My father is good at playing with women, so I can only rely on my mother to support the family. She is a very capable woman. She made friends with many ladies and ladies here by holding tea parties, and got this land. She happened to give birth to me again, so she believed that the gods must have looked at her poorly, so she bestowed a special child on her."

While talking, Tong Mo smiled and pushed open the old wooden door: "Then, welcome to my house, Miss Bai Ji."

The size of this temple is indeed not comparable to that of Gokurakuji Temple in Mitake Mountain, but it is not small in ordinary temples, and it is quite elegantly arranged. There is a circle of lotus ponds around the main hall. It is the end of summer, and water lilies of various colors Blooming in the pool, a zigzag wooden bridge crosses the shimmering water and extends deep into the wooded courtyard.The other scripture halls are no different from the one on Mitake Mountain.

Mr. Yamada arrived the day before, and he didn't show any surprise when he heard that the car was still thrown at Kamogawa's place. He just went out without complaining and tried to find a way.It seems that the leader of the church often does some shocking things, and Mr. Gujiao has been used to it since his ancestors.

"It's a trivial matter, don't worry about Yamada and the others at all~ After all, I didn't have to pretend to be in front of them when I was in the second class~"

The leader said quite proudly.

"...Your head looks like blood was splashed, even if that's okay?"

"It's okay, just wear a hat when you meet ordinary believers~"

Master Wu Mi, are you envious of the always cautious?This is the power of faith!

Mr. Yamada was not around, so I helped the people of the religious order sort out the things they brought from Tokyo.The leader basically moved the house here. There are countless small items ranging from clothes to books to incense pipes. He wants this one and that one at a time, so I didn’t do anything all day. Just ran dozens of back and forth between the warehouse of the monastery and the residence.

I have lived for 200 years and I have never seen someone who can trouble others so calmly, ah no, ghost!

So when I walked through the veranda behind the side hall with a pile of miscellaneous books and saw the white figure, I thought it was a believer who came to clean it.

It was a young woman about 20 years old, wearing a white teaching uniform, with a soft smile on her fair and delicate melon-seeded face.She nodded slightly towards me, turned and walked into the room next to her.

The door was boarded up, and I realized at once that it was not a human being, but a ghost.

There was no one around, so I carefully removed the wooden board that sealed the door, and gently opened the door.

Inside is a simple small room with only a low table and a bookshelf.The ghost stood in front of the bookshelf, seemingly looking at something.I walked over and found that there were a few books that looked quite old. The paper had turned yellow and became brittle, and some places were even moldy, and it felt like it would fall apart if touched lightly.I picked up the top one, and as soon as I opened it, something fell out of it.

Although it had faded to yellowish white and shrunk into a small ball, I still recognized it—it was a cherry blossom.

Could this be...?

When you open the scriptures, you can see the faint ink-colored small characters, which are the "Heart Sutra" copied in childish handwriting.

Is it really the "Heart Sutra"?It's here!Did the kid actually keep what I gave him?

Surprised, I flipped through the book, only to find that there was a slightly thicker washi paper sandwiched between the pages, on which was written in thin handwriting:

"I found this scripture in the warehouse today. Master Jiaozu said with a smile that it was given by the witch from Edo. It's great to find it. It seems to be very important, so I decided to help put it away. Yuan Wenchu Years, February [-]."

Eh?In the early years of Yuanwen... Isn't that nearly 200 years ago?

Here is a book bound with thread, and on the first page it reads:

"I officially joined the religion with my mother today. Although it feels a bit strange, my mother said that my father who died of suicide can enter the Paradise of Paradise. We must pray hard and let the gods bless my father. I will probably live here in the future. Happy I saw that child again, no, I’m going to be called God Son now. Xiangbao’s 17th year, September [-]th. Asayama Yuzuki believed in the girl’s work.”

It seems to be the diary notes of Miss Asayama.The next few pages were full of little things, showing that the girl was trying to adjust to life in the monastery.

"Today, my mother took me to help in the kitchen. Lord Shenzi is so pitiful. Mrs. Qingzi didn't let him eat anything, not even snacks. I wanted to go to him to fly a kite, but my mother scolded me. Xiangbao 17 years, October [-] Five days."

"Today I heard that people died of starvation in the countryside. Even the people above said the same thing. I don't know what's going on in other places. Lord Shenzi said that people will encounter all kinds of painful things when they are alive. Painful. But I feel very peaceful here, not painful at all, and even the death of my father is gradually understandable. It’s just that the shop at home was robbed, and I’m still a little unwilling. Enjoy insurance for 17 years, eleven The third day of the month."

"Also, the child accidentally bumped into a pillar while walking today, I was the only one who saw it, it's so funny, so does Lord Shenzi also doze off sometimes?"

puff.When I imagined that scene, I felt like my face was going to laugh.

"On the New Year's Day, rice cakes were made in the temple, and it was so delicious to bake on the charcoal stove. I wanted to give it to God, but my mother scolded me again. Enjoy 18 years of protection, on January [-]st."

I turned a few pages back, and my eyes stayed on a diary in the spring of 18.

"The godfather and Mrs. Qingzi died... I heard from my mother that the scene was terrible, and Ah Yue who came to report the news was frightened. When they passed, only Lord Shenzi was there, but not only did he not cry, but calmly directed everyone to deal with it. The funeral. That child... no, I will call him Lord Godfather now, I was so worried about him, but my mother said there is no need to worry, Lord Godfather is the child of the gods, and the gods have already arranged everything."

"Master Godfather really doesn't seem to be sad at all. He saw me this morning and asked if I would help him with some small things like copying scriptures, and said that he could let me be his maid in the future. I told him that if he If a person is afraid, I can sleep outside with him, but he said he is a child of a god, and a child of a god will not be afraid. He is really amazing."

"Master Jiaozu had a little fever in the afternoon. Sure enough, he has worked too hard recently, but he didn't let me tell others, saying that the children of the gods will not get sick. I can only secretly take some medicine for him. I hope the gods will bless him and hurry up." Get better."

"My mother passed away, and the members of the religious order helped me bury her. The patriarch said that my mother has gone to the world of bliss and will be reunited with me in the future, so there is no need to be sad. I have also officially become the maid of the patriarch, the patriarch The adult is really gentle and can always give people a feeling of peace of mind. I can't believe that he is only nine years old. A child of a god is really different from an ordinary child."

"Yesterday, I made bracken pancakes with Ah Chun, but Master Jiaozu didn't like it. A believer sent us precious first bonito, and he didn't like it either. It's not okay for a boy to be so picky. So today I tried to make tamagoyaki Give it to him, put sugar, he actually likes it very much, it’s really not easy! I finally found something that I can do for him, I’m so happy.”

"Master Godzu has grown a lot taller, and the clothes have to be remade. I heard that there was a flood in Edo, and it was another uneven year. The lady from the imperial tea master came yesterday and brought a lot of snacks. After she left, it was distributed to the believers as usual. She always smoked a pipe in the tea room, and she also taught the Lord Godfather. get along."

"Today, the lady from the Royal Tea Pursuer came again, and she even flew a kite with the Patriarch. Ah Chun asked me when I would marry someone, but I really didn't have this plan. For a person like me, no matter who I marry, I can't even get happiness, no, it's not so much about me alone, it's better to say that in this world, everyone is living very hard. I just want to protect that child well, as long as I see his smile, I am satisfied .”

"I don't know if there are gods in the world, and I can't confirm this until now, but if there are gods, please bless that child. He has been a gentle and kind child since he was a child, and he has helped many people. , It’s just that it’s too lonely. God, please don’t let Godfather spend his life so lonely, please let him also be happy.”

The log ends here.I closed the book and looked at the speechless ghost in front of me.

"Is that so? I have heard your wish."

"Miss Asayama, don't worry, I will work with you to protect the leader and make him happy."

With tears in her eyes, the girl bowed deeply.

"Please wait a moment." I stopped the ghost who was about to leave, "Don't you plan to see him again?"

"Xiao Ran, why did you come here? They have been looking for you for a long time... Eh?"

Tong Mo stood at the door, slightly widening his eyes.

"You should be able to see it now, right? Miss Asayama wants to see you. She has fulfilled her wish and is going to be reincarnated soon." I said seriously, "Say goodbye to her, she must have guarded this place for almost 200 years. Years."

It was the first time I saw that cheeky ghost with a childlike expression of bewilderment.

"Xiyue? Is it really Xiyue? Didn't you die a long time ago? Why are you here?" He suddenly said, "I understand! You have become a ghost! You idiot, what on earth was that day... "

The voice stopped abruptly, because the ghost of the girl hugged him tightly, tightly.

She laughed silently, cried silently, and then just like that, it turned into a little bit of white light and disappeared into the air.

"Xiyue is... the maid who accompanied me when I was young. She is said to be a maid, but she was only about 14 years old at that time." The ghost put down the diary and said in a complaining tone, "Ah, how can I know her brain? How can you be so stupid, have you stayed here all this time? It's so pitiful."

"Because she loves you...Master Tong Mo, isn't this intention clear enough?"

"Eh? Is this love?" Tong Mo said in amazement, "Don't be kidding, I have eaten people in this room, so she has seen them all? Hey, Xiyue must have seen them all. …must…"

He froze and eventually sighed softly.

"It must... be very disappointing."

"I'm not the person she imagined. Xiao Qinye is right, I... lied to everyone."

"I can't feel anything, but I have to pretend to be sad. Even if the believers cry and tell those tragic things in front of me, I just think there is something wrong with their brains... What's the point of those things? What's sad? Human beings are so fragile. If they say they die, they will die. There is no way to do it, and the gods will not come to save them. Xiyue was killed by a wandering samurai. I have already told her not to Regardless of those people, she just didn't listen to my advice and insisted on chasing them out to deliver medicine to those two people. But even if she died, I didn't feel sad. If she knew the truth, she would be disappointed..."

"She knows."

"Eh?"

I leaned forward and looked at the ghost seriously.

"That girl knows everything that you can't feel, that you become a ghost."

"But she never blamed you. Because people who really love you don't care about those things. Whether you are the son of the gods or the second, those who love you only love 'you'."

"Is it okay if I don't feel anything?"

Tong Mo didn't smile, just looked at me with those ice-clear eyes.

"Does Xiaoran think it's okay? Don't you worry that my feelings are all fake?"

"You can't feel it, so what? People who have been comforted by you will remember the help they got from you and your gentleness. For them, this is more important than any salvation. I am like this, that Miss Qianshan is like this, and those believers you sheltered are also like this, that's enough."

"As for feelings..." I tilted my head with a smile, "I have already said that liking you is my own business, how you respond to me is your business, so don't worry at all. I believe in Master Tong Mo It is possible to experience such things as 'feelings', but it may take a little time. Before that, please live as you wish and according to your own will. This is Ms. Asayama and I, and everyone who loves you The wish of the people, the son of the gods must listen to our wish."

The ghost blinked, but rarely made a sound.

"Ah, the lights are lit in the yard. Is it already this late? Let's go back. Although you don't need to sleep, I have to follow the example of human beings and rest on time, otherwise Mr. Yamada and the others will definitely find it very strange."

Just as he opened the door, his body was tightly wrapped in his arms by a pair of slender arms.

"I... haven't lied to Xiaoran."

The ghost whispered softly in my ear.

"I'm not lying to you, although I don't know if this is a special feeling, but Xiaoran is really warm, making people reluctant to let go. So... stay by my side forever, after all, she is real..."

"I really hate... being alone."

The night breeze brought the sweet fragrance of water lilies. At that moment, I finally understood how many silent nights and silent farewells the lotus pond in Kek Lok Si has witnessed in the past 200 years.

"...Master Tong Mo is really an idiot."

I sighed and turned to look at him.

"Didn't I promise you this kind of thing a long time ago? I am a god, and the most important thing for a god is to keep the promise."

"really?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, try reading my mind?"

The ghost narrowed his eyes, and once again burst into a carefree smile.

"Great, in order to celebrate the first night we spent together in Kyoto, Xiao Ran will have a drink with me~"

"Wh... No, no, no!"

In the next few days, I decided to do something big.

"Bonito...Kombu...Sweet Mirin...Okay!"

"First of all... eh?"

Seeing the flames coming out from under the stove, I hurriedly threw a water polo on it, and a puff of white smoke rose from the kitchen.

"Miss Arakawa! Are you okay?"

Mr. Yamada rushed in in shock, and seemed relieved after confirming that there was no fire.

"Are you...?"

"Just look at it, I, I'm learning how to cook!"

It’s really not my fault. As the proprietress of Roslyn Coffee, it’s not a problem for me to bake bread, but all the shops in Ginza use gas stoves. How could I have thought that there would be wood stoves in temples in Kyoto? Something from the Edo period?

Mr. Yamada glanced at the materials I had prepared, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Excuse me...Miss Arakawa, have you never cooked before?"

"Hey, how is it possible! Have you ever eaten the scones I baked!"

"That...I'm not talking about western food. If you have done Japanese food, at least you should know...the bonito katsuobushi used in clear soup should be sliced, not chopped? But let me ask, how did you make it so hard? Chopped bonito knuckles?"

"Of course it was cut with a knife!"

"Ordinary knives won't be able to cut the main knives..." Mr. Yamada muttered, "I'm going to buy a new kitchen knife..."

"Ahaha, yes, is that so?"

I, a deity, of course...can't cook.

When I was a human, I could only knead a rice ball at most. When I was a god, I didn’t need to eat human food. In hell, I held a Taidao instead of a kitchen knife... I can chop people, but I really don’t know anything about the kitchen .

What a failure... If it gets out, it will probably be laughed to death.

"Please keep it a secret for me." I begged Mr. Yamada pitifully, "Just for my dignity as a maid."

"Well, Ms. Arakawa... Please allow me to say something disrespectful. If it's for the sake of the leader...these things you did are actually...meaningless."

"Eh?"

Mr. Yamada paused, as if struggling to find the right words.

"You should know that the leader is the son of the gods."

"I know."

"The children of the gods don't need human food."

I silently put down the kitchen knife, wanting to hear what he said next, but he sighed and said:

"I can see that although Ms. Arakawa is highly valued by the leader, you don't understand the teachings of the Eternal Bliss Cult. There have been such things before. There were maids who ran away because they couldn't accept the salvation of the gods...I can't do anything else. Too much to say, but Ms. Arakawa, please... get out of here as soon as possible."

Mr. Yamada was about to leave, but I stopped him.

"You know all about it, don't you?"

Yamada turned to look at me in astonishment.

"Believers who accept redemption are all responsible for the past apologists...the aftermath, right?"

"How do you... I understand, the leader has already told you the true meaning of redemption, right?"

I smiled, "First of all, I would like to thank you for your kind reminder, please rest assured, as the priest's maid, I have a full understanding of the redemption you mentioned, that's why I can get this job."

"It seems that I was worrying too much." Mr. Yamada seemed relieved a lot, "As expected of Ms. Arakawa, she is not at all different from ordinary women."

"Compared to this, I actually want to know more, what does Mr. Yamada think of all this?" I asked, "Did you volunteer as an apologist?"

Yamada was silent for a while, then asked me:

"Miss Arakawa thinks, what is a god?"

"I hope you will enlighten me."

"Gods exist beyond human beings. Since this is the case, they cannot be judged by the good and evil in the eyes of human beings. Gods are neither good nor evil, and everything they do is to save human beings, but human beings are pathetic creatures, and they often cannot understand this. way of redemption."

"My family has been serving the leader since the Edo period. Ms. Arakawa, in those days, it was actually a luxury for ordinary people to live and die with dignity."

"My ancestors have witnessed famine, fire, and plague, and also witnessed the plunder of warriors and the tragic experience of common people. They wrote down those terrible scenes in the records of the church."

Yamada let out a long sigh: "Miss Arakawa, believe it or not, human beings are born sinful, that's why they hurt each other and cause so much pain in the world. It is precisely because of this that the Son of God responds to believers Please bear our sins with your own body, save us from all the sufferings in the world, and go to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, this is exactly the mercy of the leader.”

"The leader is indeed merciful. He has always regarded 'making believers happy' as his duty." I said lightly, "But you... just push all the unbearable pain and unchangeable facts to him. Just bear it. This is not an offering to the gods, but blasphemy."

Yamada seemed extremely shocked by my words, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"In my opinion, the most important thing for believers to worship gods is to use daily good deeds and diligent work. Only when everyone stands up can more people be saved, because only people themselves can bring happiness to people.”

I smiled slightly: "Please lead the congregation to live well. After all, only by living can you change the future of yourself and others. If necessary, I can provide you with all the help I can. The duties of the leader's maidservant."

"Here, try this!"

I put the plate of dishes that didn't look very good-looking on the veranda, and said triumphantly with my hands on my hips:

"This is the result of my experiments for several days, it is absolutely delicious!"

Holding the wine glass, Tong Mo looked at the things on the plate in surprise: "Hey, is this... Tamagoyaki?"

"Yeah, it's called Tamagoyaki..." I said with a guilty conscience, "Although it's not very pretty, the taste is okay. I've tried it..."

"It's delicious~" Ghost narrowed his eyes, "It tastes very similar to the one made by Xiyue when I was a child."

"Really? Really?" I became excited, "I knew it! As a god, I am omnipotent! It's just mere cooking, how could it be difficult for me hahahaha!"

"Hey... But why does Xiaoran want to learn cooking all of a sudden? People don't need to eat this kind of food..."

"Because it's wrong to be picky eaters, Master Tongmo." I said confidently, "Even if you are a god, you shouldn't be picky eaters. There are thousands of flavors hidden in human food, which is the epitome of the world, so you have to try it bravely. have…"

I lowered my voice a little, "There are also human girls who can cook for people they like. I see that you have been sitting here drinking for almost a night, so I want to make you something to eat..."

"I see. But Ran isn't a human girl either~"

"Do you mean I'm not feminine?" I stared at him, "It's okay! I can learn!"

"Ah, you don't look very talented in this regard."

"...shut up, you!"

Tong Mo rested his chin on one hand and looked at the eaves under the trees opposite the lotus pond.

"Looking at it now, this yard is really small." He said softly, "There is the scripture hall over there. When I was a child, I used to go from here to there every morning before class, so I can see it as soon as I open my eyes. "

"Every day, I have to get up before dawn. I'm so sleepy... My mother asked the maid to give me a basin of cold water, and said that I would wake up quickly. Speaking of which, after being a ghost, I don't feel cold anymore. But if it catches up with winter at that time, the feeling of the basin of water, eh..."

"Your mother is a lunatic." I said coldly, "There is no mother who treats her children like that."

"She is indeed crazy, but she is also very pitiful. I have encountered the matter of her father sleeping with a female believer many times, and she has nothing to do. After all, women were not allowed to file for divorce at that time. So in private She would often kneel in front of me, begging God to give her some guidance, telling her what to do, saying that she couldn't stand it anymore... I had no choice but to follow her words and tell her God said, everything will be It's all right, father will come back to her. After all, I don't want to let her down."

"But in the end... it still didn't get better. She caught her father having a private meeting with a woman in the scripture hall, stabbed him to death with a knife, and took poison. The blood was all over the floor, even the altar Yes, that smell... It took several days just to ventilate. By the way, after that incident, I really couldn't feel anything. When I met Miss Bai Ji in Edo, I still had it It feels a little bit."

"They died simply. I have to deal with a lot of funeral affairs left behind, and I have to explain to the believers that this is the will of the gods. But where are the gods in the world? Even my mother herself may not Really believe that God can help her."

Tong Mo's mouth curled into a sarcastic arc.

"Thinking about it now, I feel so ridiculous. What am I in their eyes? If they really believed that I was a child of the gods, they wouldn't have done things like that. If they didn't believe it, why would I?" If you want to establish such a boring religion as the Bliss Sect, how can I be put in this position?"

"They're...just selfish."

I looked at the closed water lilies in the water, they swayed slightly in the wind in late summer and early autumn, and some frogs jumped into the water, making small ripples.

"The nature of human beings is selfish. Parents may not always be full of selfless love for their children. Just like when I was a human being, my mother abandoned me for her own status in the family. As a sacrifice, she just cried and made a fuss. And my father... hehe, I'm just an ominous thing in his eyes."

"But I have always believed that one day, we will be able to get rid of the predetermined destiny we were born with and have our own life. The same is true for Master Tong Mo. In my eyes, there is no such thing as believers or redemption, whether it is human beings or ghosts. It is important that you come, you are the most important thing in my heart, so I am only responsible for your happiness, what others think has nothing to do with me."

"Eh? Really? I am the most important thing in Xiao Ran's heart?" Ghost suddenly laughed maliciously, and repeated my words, "Is it the most important thing?"

"Of course!" I looked at him strangely, "Is there any problem with that?"

"As long as it is something that makes people feel happy, Xiaoran will do it, right?"

"Yeah... wait, you... what are you doing?"

I stared at the ghost approaching with a smile, feeling ominous.

"Of course it's a happy thing~ Xiaoran promised me the reward, but it hasn't been fulfilled yet?"

I breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled the collar aside, "I thought it was something... bite."

The ghost blinked.

"Hey...my god, you can't be real...you don't understand anything, do you?"

"What don't you understand? What do you want me to understand?" I said inexplicably, "Don't you want my blood? Oh, the arm is also fine, you can eat it if you want, anyway, I can regenerate."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, I can teach you~"

The ghost's tone was light and strange, "First, close your eyes."

"Eh? What, isn't it just a bite, I won't be afraid!"

"Close your eyes, today is a very special way to eat~"

"...Oh, ok. And then?"

There was a sudden silence in my ears, a cold hand tore open my neckline, and gently slid into the inside of the bathrobe from the back of the ear and the side of my neck.

The soft silk made a rustling sound, and the skin was suddenly exposed to the air, and one could even feel the moist breath wafting from the lotus pond.The ghost seemed to be unwrapping some long-awaited gift, with lazy and gaudy joy in its voice.

"Xiao Ran, someone told you that you are really beautiful?"

"I…"

The cold fingertips ran on my skin, like feathers falling on the surface of waveless water, and my breathing became inexplicably rapid.

"I…"

His body was heating up, strangely, his hands were so cold, but the place he passed was burning hot, as if a fire had passed through the wilderness.

"What a beautiful body, it looks delicious~"

"Bite if you want, what are you doing... ah!"

He really took a bite, below the neck, above the collarbone, the sharp fangs penetrated the flesh and blood, the ghost licked the gushing blood with the tip of its tongue, and sighed in satisfaction.

But the pain lasted only for a moment, and as the wound healed, it was replaced by another strange feeling.My heart started beating wildly when I realized it was the ghost kissing me.

Continuous and gentle kisses spread along the side of my neck, to my chest, until...

I couldn't help twisting, but found that I seemed to be poisoned and couldn't move at all.

"What the hell are you doing?" I felt trembling even in my breathing, I just felt like my heart was about to jump out, "It's really strange..."

"Don't move, Xiaoran." His voice was as smooth as silk and as charming as a demon, "It will hurt a little, it's normal~"

"I know, but why do you untie my belt?