[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

The night sky in Tokyo is far less clear than Yahara's. The overly bright lights cover up the brightness of the stars, casting a layer of haze on the night sky—just like Natsume's mood at the moment.

"Yo, good evening, Kishi."

Reiko's smiling face suddenly appeared in front of the window, and Natsume seemed to feel the heat exhaled from Reiko's mouth because of the close distance.

"Ling, Grandma Lingzi!"

Natsume was frightened and quickly backed away. In a panic, he tripped over Madara who was digesting dinner with his belly upright, and then fell on Madara's body with a "bang".

"What are you doing, bastard Natsume, the dinner is about to be squeezed out!" Madara under Natsume's buttocks waved his short limbs, desperately protesting.

"What a disgusting description, Madara." Reiko jumped lightly, and entered Natsume's room through the window, "The next step is..."

Talking to herself, Reiko pulled Madara out of the sluggish Natsume, and then... threw it out of the window neatly, and closed the window with a "bang", skillfully locked it.

There was the sound of claws scratching at the window, and Banna's babble of protest.

Reiko dug her ears, blocked all the irrelevant things, and sat cross-legged in front of Natsume without any image: "Everyone who gets in the way has left, so let's talk, Takashi."

"Say, what are you talking about!" Natsume put her hands on the ground, kneeling and sitting opposite Reiko, a little broken.

Although I knew that Lingzi's grandmother was a little unreliable, but it's too outrageous to be so unreliable!

"Of course it's about me, and about Qianmian. Although I don't know what you think of me, I want to tell you——I am very, very happy to have a family member like you."

Reiko dragged her chin and looked at Natsume tenderly: "Thousand Faces is the last name I wrote in the friend account. That name should have been on the last page, but now it's gone. There are two possibilities, one One is that the name was returned, the other... is that the owner of the name has disappeared."

Disappearing... is tantamount to dying.

How did the monster called "Thousand Faces"—that is, his real grandmother—die?

How did Qianmian meet his real grandfather and give birth to his mother?

Natsume wanted to know all about these things.

"Qianmian, how is it?" Natsume asked cautiously.

"It's a very cute little paper man!" Reiko stretched out two fingers, gesticulating the size of Qianmian, "Lonely, but very gentle."

Isn't that exactly the same as Reiko's grandmother?

Natsume thought so.

A desire to talk suddenly emerged in Natsume's heart. He wanted to tell Reiko all the things he had experienced in these years, as well as the guesses about his grandparents.

Gradually, all the sounds outside the house disappeared, Madara no longer scratched the window "rustling", and the whole world became quiet.

All that was left was Natsume's clean, slightly excited voice.

It wasn't until his voice became slightly hoarse that Natsume stopped, swallowing his saliva, moistening his dry and uncomfortable throat.

Wait, what did he just do!That kind of coquettish behavior that seems to confide grievances to the parents is simply embarrassing!

Embarrassment climbed up Natsume's cheeks, making his face flush instantly.

What should I do, Grandma Reiko will hate you, right?

"Suddenly I feel like I'm a bastard, taking away the names of monsters on my own initiative, and then throwing them aside indiscriminately. If I were a human being, I guess I would have hated me to the bone?" Only monsters will wait endlessly like this until their own existence is exhausted.

"I, I regretted it when I was in Heianjing. If I knew that I would go back to a thousand years ago, I should have returned all those names early-but fortunately, I have you, Takashi. The greatest luck for those monsters should be Met you."

Natsume's eyes widened slightly: "Won't Grandma Lingzi feel that I am not qualified to inherit the account of friends?"

"How come?" Reiko stood up and patted Natsume's shoulder vigorously, "Aren't you my grandson?"

Natsume's eyes dimmed for a moment, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

"brush"!

Reiko stood up abruptly, with her hands on her hips, and looked down at Natsume: "Well, it seems that you will get into a corner no matter what I say."

"Then make a promise, if you help me return all the names, how about I admit that you are my grandson Natsume Reiko?"

Not at all!Does the name have anything to do with the grandson?

Natsume kept roaring in his heart, but it diluted the sadness in his heart.

"While returning the name, you can see the memory about me, right? Get to know Reiko Natsume more deeply, and then establish a stronger bond with me!"

"The fetters have nothing to do with identity or blood relationship. As long as you are Natsume Takashi and I am Natsume Reiko, it can be established."

Perhaps, at the beginning, Natsume wanted to know Reiko because Reiko was his grandmother, but later, it was only because Reiko was Reiko—the person who had the same situation as him, that she kept exploring.

How should the life between humans and monsters go on?

Looking at Reiko's smiling face, Natsume seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing.

But the mood is not so heavy anymore, and the things about "grandmother" and "grandson" are still a little unresolved, but the relationship between "Reiko" and "Takashi" has gradually become clear.

He had a question, an ever-present question he wanted to ask Reiko.

"Grandma Reiko, humans and monsters, which side did you choose in the end?"

"Yeah, you're just as confused as I was back then." Reiko pinned a strand of hair behind her ear.

"As for me, I used to hate both monsters and humans. The existence of monsters is the chief culprit that caused me to be alone, and humans, who obviously don't know the truth, are self-righteous. But I clearly hate monsters and humans so strongly. Human beings can't help but expect someone to be by my side, isn't it ridiculous?"

Natsume didn't nod or shake her head—because that was her self before meeting Mr. Kitty.

"Grandma Reiko is now, what do you think?"

"Yes! I like both humans and monsters now, so I don't want to choose between the two - who told you that humans and monsters can't coexist? Don't we all have the love of humans and monsters now? Do you have the love of monsters?"

Aunt Tazi, Uncle Zi, Teacher Cat...

The scene of everyone laughing and enjoying dinner together appeared before Natsume's eyes.

That's right, even if there is no choice, don't we get along well together?

But, but, the more beautiful it is, the more afraid Natsume will be after losing it.

"Grandma Reiko, I've been afraid all the time! I'm afraid that one day Aunt Toko and Uncle Zi will know the truth that I can see monsters, and I'm afraid... I will never see Teacher Kitty again." For the first time, Natsume said The fear that has been suppressed in my heart.

"Yeah, me too." Reiko put her palm on Natsume's head and rubbed it lightly, "So, I always like to tease Seimei, seeing his tangled expression because of jealousy, You feel better in an instant.”

"Occasionally, I also wonder, is my life real now? Maybe I have never been to Heian-kyo, and everything that happened a thousand years ago is just a dream. When I wake up, I will return to Yayuan and start afresh. Live a life that belongs to Natsume Reiko, then marry a gentle but ordinary man, and learn to be a wife and mother..."

Reiko had a strange intuition that the man Qian Mian fell in love with must be the strange man who brought her breakfast every day.

Because there is no lonely person who can refuse the kind of gentleness without impurities.

Maybe she will be puzzled and alienated at the beginning, but day after day, Reiko will definitely fall and become addicted.

Without that accident, Qianmian's experience would be Reiko's future.

Natsume Reiko will realize her wish, be loved wholeheartedly by a man, have her own family again, and even give birth to a lovely child.

Then... cut off all connections with monsters, completely return to human life, and become a real "ordinary person".

Is that really the future that "Natsume Reiko" wants?

Is "Natsume Reiko" who has become a good wife and mother and is busy with her husband and children every day, really "Natsume Reiko"?

Natsume Reiko should be brutal, willful, and unreasonable. Even if she has a child, she should be the kind of character who gloats at Seimei changing the child's diaper.

Ah, it seems that I suddenly want to meet Seimei.

"Grandma Reiko? Grandma Reiko?!" Natsume didn't understand why Reiko was suddenly distracted.

"Ah? What?" Reiko came back to her senses, looking in a hurry, "In short, everyone has fears about the future, so give them more trust! Don't worry that you won't be able to see the monsters, I will let you Seimei taught you Yin Yang skills after changing the diaper."

"Then, I'll go first!"

After speaking, Reiko opened the window and jumped out.

Natsume was confused: "Change diapers? Wait...Grandma Reiko, do you already have one? Should he call Grandma Reiko's baby 'Daddy' or 'Uncle'..."

Ahhh, so annoying!