[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

In Kitano of Heiankyo, a magnificent shrine is located on it-that is the residence of Sugawara Michizane, the current god of learning and former vengeful spirit.

Reiko stood in front of the shrine, and a red plum that never bloomed in four seasons radiated the fragrance.

"If the east wind blows, make sure that the fragrance of the garden comes by the wind..."

The sound of singing, which seemed far and near, came from the sky, and the clouds and mist dispersed. A fairy-like old man chanted waka gracefully, and behind him stood two neat rows of beautiful maidens.

"The honored guest is coming from afar, I don't know..."

"Where is the Demon Sword Girl? I'm in a hurry." Reiko interrupted Sugawara Michizane's chant-like words unceremoniously, and fanned the cloud of smoke that came from nowhere in disgust.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Michizane Sugawara choked back what he hadn't finished speaking in an instant, his face flushed red, showing an expression of "I don't know as much as an uneducated person like you".

"Pfft!" Mei Yu covered the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, then knelt down respectfully and bowed to Reiko, "The Demon Sword Princess is enshrined inside the shrine, but it's a pity that the resentment of the sword is too strong, and it is difficult to clear it away in a short time."

"Mei Yu, why do you kneel down to this little girl's film!" Michizane Sugawara yelled very dissatisfied.

"Michizane, as a god, please pay attention to your image! Besides, Reiko-sama is our benefactor, we must repay him." Mei Yu showed a very serious expression to Sugawara Michizane.

Michizane Sugawara gave a dissatisfied "hum" twice, and muttered, "That's why I hate human beings the most."

Mei Yu got up, a little helpless: "Master Lingzi, please don't care about Dao Zhengong's impoliteness. In fact, during the days when you were missing, he also searched for you very worriedly."

"I didn't worry about it..." However, just as Daozhen protested halfway, he was stared back by Mei Yu.

Reiko looked at Michizane Sugawara's deflated look with great interest: "Compared to the pretentious look just now, this is much cuter!"

"What did you say!" Michizane Sugawara's beard instantly raised.

Seeing Mei Yu, she could only sigh helplessly.

A maiden with a ponytail tied behind her head and her side hair fixed with beads secretly pulled Meiyu's sleeve: "Sister Meiyu, who is this? It seems to be very... disrespectful to Mr. Daozhen."

Mei Yu looked at the maiden's round and childish face, and said seriously: "You have just arrived, so it's no wonder you don't know these things. Natsume Reiko-sama is the benefactor of me and Michizane. From now on, you should treat her as you would treat Michizane." Just as respectful, you know?"

The witch answered "Yes" vaguely.

Reiko was arguing with Sugawara Michizane while paying attention to Meiyu's situation.When she saw the witch next to Mei Yu, she couldn't help letting out a soft "Huh".

"It looks like I've seen it somewhere... By the way, it seems to be Fujiwara Saori's time. I remember the name is Zhu..."

"Zhu Yu! What are you doing sneaking around there! This is not a place where you don't obey the rules. Go to the back mountain to sweep the floor. If you don't sweep all the leaves, you are not allowed to come out!"

Sugawara Michizane followed Reiko's line of sight and looked towards Meiyu, his face became very ugly.

Zhu Yu's face turned pale all of a sudden, although it was indeed against the rules to speak secretly, but she did not expect that she would be reprimanded so severely.

But as an artifact, she cannot violate the gods.

"Yes, Mr. Daozhen." Zhu Yu lowered his head uneasily, and replied with a trembling tone.

"Hey, why are you suddenly so fierce!" Seeing Sugawara Michizane bullying a little girl like this, Reiko couldn't stand it.

"Shut up too!" Daozhen glared at Reiko viciously, and urged Zhu Yu who was at a loss, "Hurry up!"

Zhu Yu was taken aback again, and trotted away from here.

Mei Yu was worried about Daozhen's sudden attack: "Mr. Daozhen, are you alright?"

Daozhen waved his hand at Mei Yu, without showing any disrespect on his face, he said to Lingzi very seriously: "Lingzi, I don't know what relationship you have with that child, but her current name is Zhuyu, and she is also It can only be Zhuyu, do you understand?"

Reiko's face was full of bewilderment: "Of course I don't understand!"

Sugawara Michizane choked again, turned around and pointed the back of his head at Reiko, looking out of sight and out of mind.

"Mei Yu, take her to see Yaodao Ji, and tell her to leave quickly, and don't come here again!"

Mei Yu already understood Daozhen's meaning, she stopped and wanted to argue with Reiko: "Master Reiko, please come with me, let me tell you about all this."

At this time, Reiko also realized that Sugawara Michizane might have something hidden behind his sudden turn of events, so she obediently followed Mei Yu to the path leading to the shrine, and only raised her own questions when no one was around.

"Why is Zhuyin here? Isn't she a princess? Why did she become a witch and changed her name?"

"So, Zhu Yu's real name is 'Zhu Yin'?" Mei Yu recalled the first time she saw Zhu Yu, with nostalgia in her eyes.

"Master Lingzi, please forget the name 'Zhuyin' and don't mention it again. The only thing that exists now is the artifact 'Zhuyu'. I wonder if Lord Lingzi knows the meaning of the artifact?"

Of course Reiko knew what an artifact meant.

She had seen the fallen god Yimulian, and his artifact Komatsumaru; she had also seen the god Yabu who gave her a knife, and his artifact Scarlet.

Artifacts—actually, they are the souls of dead people.

So Zhuyin is dead?

Mei Yu saw Reiko's shocked look, and knew that she had understood: "Sacred tools are poor people. When they were re-named by the gods, they were completely cut off from the past. , very bad things will happen, this thing is called 'the secret of the gods'."

"So, Reiko-sama, please forget what you saw and said just now."

Time is a very, very cruel thing.

Just a night of sleep can change the world beyond recognition.

On that day, Zhuyin secretly came to ask Qingming for help, holding the blood-stained chessboard, as vivid as yesterday.

But now, Zhuyin has changed, Seimei has changed, and even Reiko herself has become different.

That's why she hates making friends with others.

Once the fate is established, she will inevitably face parting. Because of this, she has been afraid to fulfill the promises made with the monsters in the account of friends because of fear.

However, although there are things that will continue to change, there must also be emotions that cannot be changed, just like the Demon Sword Girl is still waiting for her.

In this case, how could Reiko hold back?

"I see, let's go see Demon Sword Fairy now! She's still waiting for me to come back!" Reiko smiled at Mei Yu.

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The secret of the gods is actually the memory of the artifact.

Those feelings of pain, fear, resentment, and despair before death will all flood into the mind of the god at the moment the god bestows the name on the artifact.

Then the Artifact will forget everything and be reborn.

Every artifact is a product of sorrow.

Only souls that have experienced incomparably painful tortures and still desire to live are qualified to become divine weapons.

Michizane Sugawara remembers the past of each of his artifacts.

He clearly remembered that Zhu Yu, that is, Zhu Yin, was hijacked by robbers on the way to get married.

As for the precious princess, why did such a thing happen when she got married? Who can explain the darkness of politics?

The wedding dress was torn apart one by one, and each man took turns crawling in front of Zhuyin, from desperate cries to hollow numbness, from tears pouring out of eyes to dry eyes, the warm body became cold and stiff, The vivid soul becomes gloomy and broken. What will happen if Zhuyu today thinks of those unbearable pasts?

Probably...he will directly degenerate into a monster who has no reason but only resentment.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to let the artifact know his name during his lifetime.

In Ping'an capital, not many people have seen Zhuyin, but not too few.

If someone, like Reiko, blurted out the word "zhuyin" unintentionally and no one stopped it, it might be a disaster.

Sugawara Michizane, who was standing alone under the plum tree, made a decision at this time-to remove Zhuyin, drive her out of here, and let her become an unowned artifact again.

Michizane Sugawara can't predict what kind of future Zhuyin will face in the future, so let's take it as the last mercy of the gods.

May you meet a god more worthy of allegiance—his former artifact, Zhuyu.

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The blazing fire was burning around him, but his body was icy cold. The fleshy paste named "Father" covered the whole ground, and it continued to wriggle upwards along Yaodao Ji's calves, as if one by one protruding from hell. claws.

Who will come, who will save her?

She never thought of killing her father in such a cruel way, nor did she think of using her own blood to forge the Demon Sword.

What she wants...is nothing more than an ordinary life.

The days of cooking with my younger sister Haru, the days of crossing mountains and mountains to deliver meals to my father, and...the days of seeing various scenery with Reiko-sama and Seimei-sama, the days of playing with everyone in the garden...

But did these joys really exist?Why is it so far away as if it happened in the previous life?

So cold... so hot... so scary...

Who will come and save her?

The black clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, and a beam of white light shone down from the middle.

It's so warm... This is... Reiko-sama's spiritual power?

Yaodao Ji, who was curled up in the middle of the flames, opened her eyes and tried to raise her head to look for something - a familiar hand stretched out there.

"How long do you plan to sleep? Hurry up and get to work, Demon Sword Girl. Let's go to Qijiao Mountain to look for White Wolf and Firefly, and we can also go to see your sister, what do you think?"

how do you feel...

of course……

"Okay, Reiko-sama!"

Yao Dao Ji held Reiko's hand with her burned scarred hand, and then she felt a sense of weightlessness, and when she opened her eyes again, she returned to that warm world.

In front of him was Reiko who was smiling.

"Welcome back, Demon Sword Fairy!"

Well, she's back, Reiko-sama.