Tomo-sama's Rescue Plan - Hell Chapter

The dream this time is a piece of turquoise waters.My vision floats up and down on the water surface and under the water, sometimes under the rocks, sometimes beside the reeds, and sometimes wandering among the lotus leaves.Through the swaying water, I saw a very small girl sitting on the small wooden bridge in the river, combing the doll hair of a samurai girl, and a few small flowers embroidered on the white kimono.

"ah!"

She seemed to see me, pointing to the water and whispering.

I quickly retreated underwater, not wanting to hear the howling of human children.

"I saw you, don't hide!"

I just realized that I have been invisible recently, why can she see me?

"I can always 'see', even if it is a ghost or a ghost, I will not be afraid."

As if she could read my mind, the girl's voice said triumphantly.

"Do you want to come out? I have candy for you."

Who wants to eat human things!

I showed a little bit of eyes on the surface of the water, and saw that she actually took out a small bag embroidered with cherry blossom petals from her bosom, and shook out a few white things from it.

"Give!"

She dropped those few things from the bridge, and I stuck my head out of the water, quickly opened my mouth to catch them, and quickly retracted them into the water.

Tsk, too little, barely tasted, but it doesn't seem like something you've eaten before?

"Wow! You are so beautiful! The scales are blue!"

Splashed all over, she fussed, then giggled again.

Have I become something strange?Why is she not afraid of me?

"I heard them say that you are called 'Ara', right?" She sat on the bridge, her two snow-white legs sticking out from under her kimono, kicking around restlessly, "Is it Arakawa's 'Ara'?" ? Sounds like a difficult word to write."

I stared at her, not understanding what she was saying.

"Father said, I'm going to move to the shrine soon. We can see each other often in the future, and we can play together."

While she was talking, an angry voice suddenly came from not far away:

"What are you mumbling about alone again? You said it would make your father hate you. Why don't you listen?"

She made a face at me, and obediently put her legs back.A woman in a purple brocade kimono came over, grabbed her hand roughly, dragged her up and left, complaining all the way:

"How did I give birth to such a strange child like you, who knows how to do crazy things all day! I don't know what your father thinks, and now he even hides when he sees me! I'm not a monster, and it's not because I was born you……"

"Hey, my candy..." The girl didn't seem to hear what she was saying at all, she just stretched out her hand to the small cloth bag that fell on the bridge, ignoring the tumble that was dragged all the way.

Alas, today is also a day when I can't understand human beings.

I went around the bridge deck and bit the little bag the size of a fist.

It looks like a very important thing, let's save it for her first.

Sure enough, within a few days, two carriages stopped at the gate of the shrine.When I heard many people carrying things in, I was taking a nap on the beams behind the temple. It was almost winter, and the crickets had disappeared, and the temperature was a little low, which made me want to sleep all day long.

But when they started setting up incense tables and offering various things, I realized that I was too naive—the endless chanting was really loud!

I saw the little girl a few days ago walked in surrounded by many people, sat under the altar, accepting everyone's worship, and her parents, a couple who looked quite luxuriously dressed, were sitting next to her. But not the woman I saw that day.

They called the child "Miko-sama".

Humans are so strange, I thought.Obviously eyes full of taboo and disgust, even fear, but still worship and pray devoutly in front of the taboo object, what kind of contradictory mood is this?

I was bored listening to the noise below.They quarreled until the sun went down, then boarded the carriage, and left with a sigh of relief.

A maid came in and lit the lamp, brought some snacks, said a few words to the girl who was still sitting alone under the altar, and then backed out.

So only the two of us were left in the empty hall.

She sat there with her knees hugged, and it looked so small that it wasn't even big enough for me to swallow it in one gulp.

I threw the cloth bag on the ground.She seemed to be taken aback, and immediately raised her head, seeing that it was me, her brows and eyes immediately curled up.

"It's you! Are you up there all the time? That's amazing! They don't seem to see you at all!"

Of course, how could it be possible for humans to see me?

I climbed to her side along the pillar, and she picked up the small bag on the ground, and then patted my head happily.

Ah...human hands, so small, so soft...looks delicious...

"Did you keep it for me? I was sad for a long time before, thank you!" She poured out a candy from the bag and stuffed it into her mouth. "My mother made this for me when I was young. If you lose it It would be a pity.”

as a child?It looks so small now.How do humans define "childhood"?

"Everyone is gone..." She stared at the door and said blankly, then looked at me, and smiled into a crescent moon again, "But it's okay, I have Xiaobai to play with me. I forgot to tell you, my name It's called Bai, and I'll call you Xiaobai from now on, okay? "Huang" is too difficult to remember, and I don't know how to write it yet, so I can write it after I learn it, okay?"

What, I don't want a name given by humans!

"Don't you like it?" She stared at me with a pair of obsidian-like eyes, "What should I call it? Xiaolan? Xiaohuang? Yukiko? Sakura?"

...Please make this kid shut up!

Feeling a light piercing my eyes, I rubbed my eyes and sat up abruptly.

It turned out to be a square and square Japanese room, with a ray of morning light shining through the sliding door of tissue paper, and sprinkled on the tatami. My knife was placed beside it, with a folded white sleeve under the blade.

Ah, Qin Ye is so caring, she even folds my clothes for me...

?

I quickly lowered my head and found that I had changed into a water-blue bathrobe.

I reached out and pulled open the paper door.

Outside is the courtyard. It seems to be a sunny morning, with the sun dappled on the grass.Qin Ye was watering the flowers with a pot, probably attracted by my movements, she turned her head and looked at me with those clear green eyes, suddenly a blush of unknown meaning appeared on her face.

"What... how... I..." I stuttered for the first time.

She quickly smiled brightly: "This color is very suitable for Miss Ran, and it matches your eyes very well."

I breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm sorry to trouble you, but...you even helped me change my clothes."

"Ah..." I don't know why her face turned redder, "Yes, yes. By the way, do you want to eat something? There are Hagi cakes sent by believers."

"No, I'm not hungry." I walked to the grass, "Let me water the flowers for you, don't you still have to take care of the children?"

The girl smiled and tilted her head back, "Inosuke is very good, so I brought him out, and the leader also likes him very much, I must be very happy to see him."

I just noticed that she was carrying a well-wrapped white cloth bag on her back, with a baby's face exposed inside.

Is it that small?It's been a long time since I saw such a small child.

Instinctively, I swallowed silently.

"It's cute, isn't it? Miss Ran, do you want to hug her?"

I hurriedly backed away in a panic: "No, no, I can't hold it well, I'm afraid it might fall."

"What's wrong with this?" Qin Ye actually untied the child from her back, "A girl will become a mother sooner or later, even a girl as powerful as you, Miss Ran, will marry and have children. You can’t be the guardian of the leader for the rest of your life! It’s not bad to start learning to hold children now.”

She stuffed the soft little cloth bag into my arms, and I took it at a loss. Perhaps because of the change, the baby began to babble, frowning and opened his eyes. They were a pair of green as bright as piano leaves. Eye.

"Hey! He's awake!" I said in surprise, "The eyes really look like yours!"

"Of course, Inosuke is my son!" Qin Ye put her hands on her hips proudly, "In the future, he will grow up to be a smart, handsome and friendly man like the leader, isn't it Inosuke?"

"...You really like him very much." I couldn't help smiling wryly.

"It's not the kind of liking you said!" Qin Ye blushed again, "The leader took us in and helped me get rid of my rascal husband and mother-in-law, and I don't know how much he spent... "She whispered, "I always want to do more things within my power, so that I can repay his kindness. Although everyone says that he is the son of God, and the purpose of his existence in this world is to lead believers to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, but I still feel that , Even if you are a child of God, you still need to repay it. By the way, when is Miss Ran going to join the religion?"

"Ah?" I was taken aback by the question, "I haven't thought about this yet."

"That's it." Qin Ye seemed a little disappointed, but soon smiled softly, "It's okay, you will like it here after a long time, although life is a bit monotonous, but everyone is very kind, and the poor are here I can get help. And..." She pursed her lips, "I always feel that it is a good thing that the leader has someone close to him."

I couldn't help laughing, "I see you are all very close to him, how close do you need to be?"

"It's not the same." Qin Ye shook her head seriously, "Although the leader is the son of God, not an existence that we mortals can understand, but..." she said softly, "Sometimes, I don't know why, I always feel that he is a A very lonely person."

My heart moved slightly.

She stretched out her fingers, lovingly stroking the baby's small face, the child's eyes followed her fingers and moved back and forth, the small mouth grinned, revealing a few deciduous teeth.

"I heard that he lost his parents when he was very young. It must be very lonely for such a small child to grow up alone. The congregation regards him as the son of God, and they confide their pain to him every day, but he never She didn't show the slightest impatience, but treated everyone very gently, and the church often pays to help believers repair their homes, and even ask doctors to treat illnesses." She poked the baby's face, "Inosuke will become like the leader of the church in the future. For someone as gentle and strong as your lord, mom will definitely protect you."

Is it really the same person/ghost that we know?

I silently looked away, but I felt the child in my arms start to wriggle around, whimpering and crying.

"Ah, what's the matter?" I hugged him clumsily, but the child twisted even more.

"Your hands are in the wrong place."

The man's gentle and pleasant voice came.I froze for a moment, then turned around and saw Tong Mo's tall figure lazily leaning against the shadow of the sliding door, staring at us with narrowed eyes like a cat.

The guy didn't even change his clothes.

Ah, I almost forgot, ghosts don't need to sleep.

I tried my best to lift the child in my arms up, and replied to him: "Then the leader came over to show me."

He looked at the mottled light and shadow on the grass, just smiled and remained motionless.

"The leader doesn't like basking in the sun very much." Qin Ye said with a smile, "It's okay, let me hug Inosuke."

"Come here," I said unmoved, "Don't act like you haven't seen the sun for hundreds of years."

So what, you've already died once.

The man lowered his eyes like a child, and complained aggrievedly: "Xiao Qinye, look at her, she has been bullying me all the time, it's really too much."

"Okay, okay," for some reason, Qin Ye blushed again, and took the baby from my arms, "I'll go get some tea, and you can enjoy the flowers slowly. The camellias over there are in full bloom. "

As soon as Qin Ye left, Tong Mo came out of the room.

It can be seen that he still has a little hesitation, maybe it is really because he has not seen the sun for hundreds of years, or it is the spirit of ghosts that resist the sun from the soul. I have never seen this powerful ghost Acting so cautiously.

But in the end, he stood in the courtyard.

Nothing happened.Sunlight streamed down his long white oak hair, and the moment he raised his head, those transparent eyes seemed to gather all the colors of the world.

"Ah..." The ghost stretched out his hand, looking in a little surprise at the spot of light falling on the palm of his hand through the branches.

"I seem to be able to understand Mr. Wuyou a little bit." He sighed, "If there is a blue Bana flower in the world, maybe I will give everything for it."

"The blue Bana flower can also be understood as the evolution of ghosts. Evolution is very slow, but the most we have is time." I smiled at him, "I believe that one day, ghosts can evolve to coexist with humans, and also It can evolve to walk in the sun, and we have plenty of time to wait for that day."

"Ah, Xiaoran, can even this false sunshine make you think of such a poetic thing?" Tong Mo's smile contained obvious sarcasm, "You will like my Bliss Cult, I am very moved, But if you keep immersing yourself in a dream, you will die in the end."

"When it comes, let it be. Even if it is a false sunshine, it is good to bring warmth." I put my hand in the light spot under the shadow of the tree, "Even the real sun cannot illuminate the world in darkness, and What's the point? What do you think, Master Tong Mo?"