[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

"Snapped"!

A stone rubbed against the cheek of Reiko who was dodging quickly, leaving a clear red mark.

"Hahaha! As expected of Murakami, the best pitcher in the third grade!" Two or three teenagers wearing the same uniform as Reiko were laughing uncontrollably.

But before he finished speaking, things like stones and branches were thrown at the boys.

I saw Reiko with one hand on her hip, and the other hand bouncing a stone up and down, her face full of arrogance: "You really don't have a long memory, are you still here?"

"Tch!" A boy wiped his hand on the corner of his mouth that had just been pierced by a stone, flinching spinelessly.

As he turned to leave, he still didn't forget to say a few harsh words: "Natsume Reiko, you liar, violent woman, just wait and see!"

Reiko looked at the boys walking away slowly, threw the stone in her hand to the ground, then turned her head to look at a little monster with a white mask standing on a branch, and smiled: "You just said Who is listening to me?"

The third-grade boy who hit Reiko just now, Murakami Yuuki couldn't help but turn his head: Reiko's long light brown hair was flying in the air, she had a slight smile on her face, her mouth opened and closed, she was facing nothing The branches are saying something.

People here say that Natsume Reiko is a very strange person. She often talks to herself in the air, sometimes waving branches to drive away something, or saying something creepy.

It is precisely because of this that everyone hates Reiko very much, saying that she is an ominous person.

This is probably the case, Natsume Reiko has always been alone.

"Hey, Murakami, what are you looking at? Hurry up and leave!" The partner around him began to urge the partner who was watching Reiko in a trance.

"Oh, here we come." Murakami pulled up his legs and trotted to catch up with the partner who had gone far away, but Reiko's smile appeared unconsciously in his mind.

If he talked to her well, would Reiko show him that gentle smile?

ha!This is impossible, right?After all, her eyes are always looking far, far away, and she is out of tune with anyone here.

The little monster on the tree waved its short arms and told Reiko what it knew: "It's just a human boy. The guys in the forest have seen him asking for news about Master Reiko these days. What do you say?" Natsume Reiko, who is said to be able to see youkai, does she live near here?"

For some reason, Natsume Reiko, who is a human girl, can often see things that ordinary people cannot see. Those things are probably monsters called "yokai".

Because of its ability to see, it is disgusted and alienated by humans.Such Reiko, in order to pass the boring time, began to plunder the names of monsters and made them into a booklet called "Book of Friends".

Most of the monsters are afraid of being robbed of their names by Reiko, so they avoid her.But there is also a small part who are deeply attracted by Reiko.

"That's it..." Reiko stroked her chin without any distressed expression on her face, "It's strange enough that there are human beings who are interested in me. But it doesn't matter, anyway, after seeing me, that person will definitely hide stay far away."

Reiko was always smiling, but when she said this, her eyes passed through the monster on the tree and looked at the distant mountain behind.

At this time, Reiko's body seemed to be covered with a shell, separating her from everything in the world.

"Thank you for the message, little monster."

Soon, Reiko's eyes returned to the monster. She took out the bag in her hand twice, took out a steamed steamed bun and stuffed it to the little monster. The little monster struggled with its short arms. Holding that object that is too big for it.

"This is Nanatsujiya's red bean paste bun. It tastes really good. Let's use it as a reward!"

After finishing speaking, Reiko waved at the little monster with her bag and schoolbag in her hand, and gradually walked away.

The little monster held the bun and watched Reiko's back through the hole in the mask.

It was already time for the sun to go down, and the evening light covered Reiko with a layer of golden light, making her look so dazzling.

Speaking of which, Reiko is no longer the same as before. When she sees a monster, she asks it for a name.

Are you satisfied with the number of subordinates you have, or do you look down on those weak monsters?

However, it doesn't matter even if the name is taken away, because it likes such a gentle Reiko.

Just like... the temperature of this steamed stuffed bun.

The little monster pressed his face to the surface of the steamed stuffed bun, thinking like this.

Reiko walked slowly along the path to a house with a "Tahara" doorplate.

This is the family that adopted Reiko—of course, in this family, Reiko has always maintained a state of being inseparable from the family.

Reiko's parents passed away very early, and the Tahara family was in charge of Reiko's parents' inheritance, so naturally they also assumed the responsibility of raising Reiko.

However, for Reiko, this place is not so much a "home" as a "residence" necessary for a human being.

Reiko opened the door with the key, took off her shoes, and walked up to the second floor without saying a word.

But despite this, the moment she found Reiko back, the chatter and laughter in the living room seemed to be choked by something, and stopped abruptly like that, until Reiko's footsteps disappeared at the end of the corridor, and the sound reappeared in the living room.

"Really, when will these days end." Mrs. Tian Yuan complained softly.

"Reiko will be an adult in half a year. When she graduates from high school and returns the inheritance to her, it will be regarded as the end of this fate." Mr. Tian Yuan comforted in a low voice.

"Well, Reiko is weird. Although she is very pitiful, her parents were killed by her. I have always been afraid that she will bring us misfortune. After all... Minako is still young!" Mrs. Tahara Looking at her daughter who is just in the second grade of junior high school this year, her face is full of worry.

Reiko had made an appointment with the family to come back when the sun went down and leave in the morning for school without causing them any trouble.But even so, they will still be treated with malice like this.

Isn't that what humans are like?For things that I don't understand, I desperately deny its existence.

Reiko sat cross-legged in a room without any decorations alone, letting the evening wind lift the curtains.

She took out the book of friends from her schoolbag, and while nibbling on the red bean paste bag, she flipped through the names on it.

The account of friends has become so thick without knowing it.

In the beginning, it was to commemorate her first friend, and also to pass the time, so she went to compete with monsters.

I thought that if I knew the name, I would become friends, but ah, the feeling of loneliness did not decrease at all.Because after knowing the name, Reiko was even more afraid of having deeper entanglements with those monsters.

The more affection you give, the greater the pain of loss.

But after realizing the importance of names to monsters, Reiko seldom asks for monster names.And, as the days of adulthood approached, Reiko could feel her psychic powers dwindling.

If this continues, maybe one day...

Will never see monsters again!

That night, Reiko had a bizarre dream.

The whole world is cut in half, one half belongs to humans, and the other half belongs to monsters.

Reiko sat on the branch, dangling her legs, looking at the clear sky in the distance.

"Hey! Come down quickly! It's dangerous for a girl to climb that high." A black-haired boy with a clean smile shouted from under the tree.

A strange human being, presumably just moved here, unaware of her fame.

Reiko was not used to dealing with human beings, so she jumped off the branch directly under the surprised gaze of the boy, patted her skirt, and left without looking back.

I thought this was the only time we met, but...

"Stop climbing trees, it's dangerous."

"It's getting dark, hurry home!"

"Didn't eat breakfast again, here are the steamed buns from Nanatsujiya, let's eat them!"

He's obviously a boy, but he's so wordy!

However, if it goes on like this, maybe it's not bad...

The boy's smiling face was suddenly splashed with colorful paint and disappeared in Reiko's dream, followed by the quiet grassland deep in the forest.

A giant white beast that looked like a wolf but not a wolf, a fox and not a fox, lay there comfortably. It raised its golden eyes slightly and said, "You're here, Reiko."

The surrounding leaves made a "rustling" sound, as if something was about to rush out.

"Ah, Reiko, you haven't come to play with us for a long time."

"Master Reiko..."

"Ah, it's Reiko!"

Big or small, beautiful or ugly monsters appeared one after another from the woods, and their names emerged in Reiko's mind: Madara, Bing, Hishigaki, Lushen, Sanxiao, Qingzhizi...

Obviously some monsters have only met once, right?Why do I have such a clear dream at this moment?

Can humans and monsters only choose one or the other?Why are you so reluctant no matter which side you give up?

She hates humans, and she also hates monsters.

But... but ah...

She loves warm things, really loves them.

The author has something to say:

The stupid author said what to do if I can't save the manuscript at all... I want to post articles every day, but there is no motivation to save the manuscript at all, which means that within a week, I only saved the manuscript... 3 chapters... (in the corpse... )

If you can’t do the daily update at that time, then update it every other day (watch me)

In short, this is a story about Reiko, but also a story about monsters and humans. The author hopes that he can write words as warm as Natsume, even if only a little bit.

Regarding Reiko's past, everyone's understanding must be different. If the author's ideas are contrary to it, I hope to discuss it rationally and wait for the official to slap me in the face.

Finally, I hope you can like this article.

——From the author of uneasy nonsense