[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Early the next morning, Reiko walked out of the house carrying her schoolbag as usual.

"Hello!" A short-haired girl in a junior high school uniform called out to Reiko, "When can you leave here? Every time you're here, the atmosphere at home becomes very tense."

Mrs. Tahara hurriedly covered Minako's mouth, barely showing an apologetic expression: "I'm sorry, Reiko, Minako is still young, and she said such exaggerated words."

"It's okay, I'm the one who caused you trouble." Reiko smiled and shook her head, bowed deeply to Mrs. Tahara, then turned and left.

Yes, Reiko is smiling at all times.Laugh when you are happy, laugh when you are sad, laugh when you are angry, and laugh when you are sad... Including when you don't know what expression to make, you should laugh even more, right?

Anyway, I'm used to the disgust and hypocrisy of human beings, so it doesn't matter.

Mrs. Tian Yuan watched Reiko hesitate to speak, and finally stopped her: "Reiko, wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?" Reiko's expression didn't change at all.

Mrs. Tahara ran into the house, put the sushi into a lunch box, and handed it to Reiko: "Let's eat on the way."

Reiko's surprised expression flashed away, and there was a little more sincerity in her eyes: "Thank you."

The Taharas are actually not bad people. They helped take care of their parents' estate and took her homeless.

On the first day she came here, the house was in a mess because of being chased by monsters, and the crumbling furniture even broke Minako's head.

Reiko still remembers Minako's head covered in blood and Mrs. Tahara's hysterical scream.

Therefore, it is right for the Tahara family to hate her, and they are not wrong.

Who is at fault?Reiko herself didn't know.

The place where Reiko lives is called Yayuan.

Yayuan is a remote place, with patches of farmland opened up beside the small road, and the mountains and water are all in an original ecology.

Therefore, the monsters here are relatively simple, and most of them have no intention of harming others.

Reiko stopped walking to the school, then squatted down, took out a bottle of water and poured it on the sun-baked Kappa's head: "I've seen you for several days in a row, don't go ashore again, do you hear me?" ?”

The people who walked by Reiko started whispering again: "It's Natsume Reiko, she's doing some weird things again."

"Suddenly pouring water on the ground and pretending to be talking to someone is uncomfortable."

"Ah! Don't say any more, you will be heard, go quickly..."

The crowd left pushing and shouting, this kind of sudden discussion has become a scene that happens every day.

Reiko stuffed the empty bottle into Kappa's hand: "It's going to be too late for school, remember to throw the bottle away for me later. Goodbye, Kappa!"

Reiko stood up, the skirt of her uniform fluttered in the wind, she showed a bright smile, and waved goodbye to Kappa.

The Kappa held the bottle and watched Reiko disappear at the end of the road.

Why is it dried here every day?Is it because of carelessness, or because... want to see this smile again?

A simple monster can't think about such complicated issues, it just follows its instinct, waiting for Reiko here again and again, and then being dried here again and again.

The kappa returned to the river beach where it lived, put the bottle into the crevice of the stone, and stared blankly.

There are already four bottles, tomorrow, will it be five?

The life of the school is always the same.

Reiko was sitting at the desk by the window, while turning the pen in her hand, she propped her head up and looked at the sweating boys on the playground. Occasionally, some things that ordinary people could not see would pass by Reiko's eyes, and the sunlight was just right .

In the classroom, the gray-haired teacher was spitting all over with chalk, and there were lines of formulas and numbers on the blackboard that Reiko could not understand. The classroom was filled with a tense atmosphere different from the outside world.

Perhaps because she could see monsters, Reiko couldn't concentrate on listening in class, and her grades were naturally very bad.

This year Reiko is already a senior in high school, and planning for the future has become an urgent matter for everyone. Some people choose to stay in this village, and some people plan to go to big cities to study in college and make a living.

And Reiko, just want to go to a place far, far away, to a place that no one knows.As for what to do, she may have never thought about it, maybe she has thought about it, but she has no answer.

Accompanied by the clear and melodious bell after school, the day's classes are over, and students with club activities go to club training, while Reiko plans to find a quiet place to sleep and kill time, and then return to that residence at dusk.

No matter how calm the lake is, one day it will be blown out by the wind; no matter how boring the day is, it will eventually encounter some unusual events.

When Reiko walked out of the school gate, she saw such a scene.

A junior high school student with coffee-colored hair and a rash look was pulling past students to inquire about his news: "Excuse me, is Natsume Reiko at this school? I... want to see her very much."

The girl who was held back, when she heard the name "Natsume Reiko", showed an expression of fear of avoiding it: "I don't know, go find someone else!"

Then hurried away.

The boy lowered his head in disappointment, then took a deep breath, and waved his fists in the air twice, as if to cheer himself up, the expression on his face regained his strength.

"Hey, brat, what do you want with Natsume Reiko?" Reiko put her schoolbag on her shoulder and looked at the boy condescendingly.

"Ah, hello!" The young man was taken aback by Reiko, and quickly bowed and apologized, "My name is Shinichiro Dorai, and I have longed for monsters since I was a child. This time I followed the school here for a two-week practical study, and heard about "Reiko can see monsters" rumors, so I thought, no matter what, I want to meet her."

While talking, Shinichiro scratched his head shyly, he must be considered a weirdo by the other party, right?

"After seeing her, what do you want to do?" Reiko felt that Shinichiro's behavior was very ridiculous, because only those who "can't see" would have longing for such things as monsters.

"Uh, what are you doing?" Shinichiro was stunned, he just wanted to meet Reiko, but he never thought about what to say after the meeting, "Maybe, I want to confirm whether youkai really exist. "

Reiko showed a smile: "Then let me tell you, monsters really exist! So don't come looking for me again, go back."

After finishing speaking, she ignored Shinichiro's astonished expression and left directly.

Although she is very powerful and not afraid of monsters, if you are with her, you may be targeted by some guys with ulterior motives. After all... she is the "God of Plague".

"Eh? Eh eh?!"

Did she just say "I"?Is that person the legendary Natsume Reiko?Sure enough, there are monsters in this world!

Shinichiro's face was flushed with excitement, and then he was annoyed by his recklessness today.

Tomorrow, make a good apology to Reiko, and then go ask Reiko more about youkai.

What does a monster look like?

The next day, Shinichiro came again, but Reiko still ignored him.

Day three, day four...

As long as it is a school day, Shinichiro will wait for Reiko at the school gate every day, but as soon as Reiko sees Shinichiro, she will run away quickly, without giving Shinichiro any chance to speak.

Before he knew it, there were only two days left for Shinichiro's practical study. On this day, Shinichiro was still waiting for Reiko at the school gate.

"It's that boy again. It is said that he is waiting for Natsume Reiko every day."

"Could it be that you fell in love with Reiko? If you only look at the appearance, Reiko is indeed very beautiful, and she is really a junior high school student."

Listening to the discussions of the students around him, Shinichiro blushed for a moment.

However, despite being talked about like this, Shinichiro didn't want to give up, because it was hard to get a chance to understand youkai, didn't he?

"What exactly do you want?" Reiko, who wanted to run away, saw Shinichiro's embarrassment, but finally walked up.

"Ah! Reiko!" Shinichiro was taken aback by Reiko's sudden accusation, "Can you tell me something about youkai? I really, really want to know!"

Reiko looked at Shinichiro's expectant expression, and rubbed her hair helplessly: "Just this once, come with me, after today, really don't come here again."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Shinichiro's answer, she walked towards the hillside where she used to sleep recently.

"En!" Shinichiro nodded happily, and followed Reiko's back.

It was an inaccessible hillside, facing the sun, covered with tender green grass.

Reiko threw the schoolbag on the ground casually, and then lay down on the ground carelessly: "Monsters don't exist for ordinary people, why are you willing to believe in the existence of monsters when you obviously can't see them?"

This is why Reiko is willing to chat with Shinichiro.

For ordinary people, being invisible means not existing.So even if something unexplainable happens, they would rather blame it on humans.

Shinichiro imitated Reiko awkwardly, lying on the grass with his head up: "I don't know if someone in my ancestors has seen monsters before. There are many books related to monsters in the warehouse of my house. When I was young, I was more shy. I don't have any friends, so I've been reading books at home. The more I know about those so-called monsters, the more I want to meet them... Strange, isn't it? Everyone in my family thinks that too. But, monsters are real I’m really happy to know that there is such a thing.”

Shinichiro's soft and expectant voice lingered in Reiko's ears, as if the surrounding wind and sunlight had softened.

It turns out that there are really such people in this world—people who are willing to believe in the existence of monsters even though they can't see them.

However, it can be seen that it is not a happy thing.

"Actually youkai..." Reiko wanted to warn Shinichiro not to be obsessed with youkai anymore.For those who cannot see, the more they pursue, the more painful and dangerous they are.

But when Reiko turned her head to the side and just opened her mouth, she saw something on Shinichiro's neck that shouldn't be there—there were three scales emitting colorful streamers, which belonged to monsters.

The author has something to say:

Because Reiko conceived before marriage and Shinichiro had a normal childbirth, it is assumed that Shinichiro is three or four years younger than Reiko (:з"∠)_