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Worms and Laws

This is a creature called [Insect], which is completely different from the insects in the natural world that people are familiar with. It is a distant and low-level existence.This strange creature has been revered by people since ancient times.

The moment I saw these creatures, such information automatically appeared in my mind.

This is probably the memory of the body.

I don't know if this memory is accurate or not, but at least it has reference value.

I looked at Ghost Lantern and Abe Seimei, their expressions clearly knew this kind of creature.

"For example, consider the four fingers as animals, the thumb as a plant, and the human being is at the tip of the middle finger farthest from the heart. The lower the creature, the closer it is to the inside of the hand." Ghost Lantern stretched out his hand Dao, "following the trend, the blood vessels around the wrist converge into a line, here are fungi and microorganisms, traced back to the vicinity, it is difficult to distinguish plants from animals."

The ghost lamp stretched its arms: "However, there are still many things behind, along the arms and through the shoulders, and the things that exist in this area are probably [worms], or [green matter], they are close to the original body of life , and because of this, the form of existence is quite vague.”

"Some can be seen, some can't." Ghost Lantern said with his chin pressed, "Among the so-called ghosts, some prototypes are actually [worms]. Master], some onmyojis, even young children can see it.”

When Ghost Lamp said this, I looked at Abe Seimei, and he nodded slightly.

"Then what is [Insect Master]?"

"A professional who specializes in solving various problems caused by [bugs]." Ghost Lantern said to me briefly.I nodded and understood, "Actually, it's similar to an onmyoji profession, right?"

"Yes."

"But having said that..." Ghost Lantern stroked his chin, looking at me in deep thought. "I haven't seen a mountain god born as a human for a long time."

I was surprised, "Have you ever met others?"

Ghost Lantern nodded, "Ah, but they all failed."

I froze, "Failure? What does failure mean?"

Abe Seimei held my hand tightly, with a slight displeasure on his expression.

Ghost Light closed his eyes slightly, and said, "Because what the mountain god has to do is to be obedient, so as to maintain the balance among all life in the whole mountain. Humans are intelligent creatures, and it is difficult to control them."

Speaking of the ghost lamp, he showed a slightly tangled look, "I thought that humans would no longer be chosen as mountain gods..."

"Yeah, there must be something wrong with the rules..." Abe Seimei frowned deeply.He also seems to be very puzzled, knowing that humans cannot be mountain gods, but why does the law choose humans...

Seeing my confused expression, Ghost Lantern explained to me about the law.

"Whether it's vegetation or insects, beasts or humans, they all live in the law, from ancient times to the present."

"...and the mountain god is the embodiment of this [rule]."

"If something goes wrong with the mountain god, the consequences will be very serious."

It feels so profound.I suddenly felt a little puzzled, obviously my understanding ability is not bad.

Abe Seimei held my shoulder, and the eight-bone fan in his hand kept driving away the [worm] stuck to my body, and he seemed very afraid of [worm].But my feeling was not bad. After all, it was not a bug in my cognition, so I didn't feel so disgusted or scared, and even felt a little close.

"But speaking of it, as you who were chosen to be born as a mountain god, there must be some kind of connection between you and the mountain. Haven't you felt any strange phenomena since you were a child?"

The ghost lamp looked at me a little incredulously.

I:……

I am a little embarrassed.

I am not original!Of course I didn't notice it.

Wait, ghost lamp, as a ghost in hell, didn't he notice the problem of my soul?

Immediately, the way I looked at the ghost lamp was a little wrong.

...No no, now is not the time to worry about this.I decided to ignore the question anyway and asked another question: "What happens if you fail?"

Sure enough, this question is still realistic and meaningful.

The ghost lamp closed its eyes, but it was Seimei Abe who answered me.

"It will be devoured."

Abe Seimei looked at me sadly: "A new mountain god will be born soon, and the former mountain god will hand over his power to the next mountain god, so he will be swallowed by the mountain..."

I was stunned, "I didn't expect to be so rude..."

I'm kind of intimidated...

"But... I've grown up so much, is the mountain god still there?"

According to Abe Seimei, when I was born, the former mountain god should be swallowed up.But now, it's just "unbelievably weak".

I asked this question out.

Ghost Lantern said: "That's because Dashan is still waiting for you."

I:……

It's getting more and more complicated...

"Listen to you, becoming a mountain god is a very painful thing..."

I pinched the [worm] that floated to my finger, and flicked it.

"Is it more painful than death?"

Abe Seimei let go of my hand, brushed the broken hair on my forehead with his fingers, and said softly: "In the long years, the heart that belongs to human beings will be obliterated by Dashan's responsibility little by little... What kind of pain must that be..."

"Mountain gods must stay away from humans."

"So it's better to kill yourself."

I subconsciously took the words.

But Abe Seimei stopped his mouth in an instant.Putting his finger on my lips, he looked at me disapprovingly, "Don't say such a thing, there must be other ways to solve it."

I pulled his hand away and asked, "Is there any other way?"

I don't even believe it myself.

"If you return the power of the mountain god..."

"Don't be kidding." I looked at him calmly, "If what Lord Ghost Lantern said is true, then I, who was born as the chosen mountain god, have had a close and inseparable connection with this mountain from the very beginning. If I escape, do you think Dashan will let me go? Besides, he is waiting for me. The previous mountain god has not been swallowed, I have been born, and he obviously has no intention of letting me go."

On this point, I am still relatively rational.

Anyway, in the end, the result is death.But death to me is new life.So I am not so against death.

Seeing Abe Seimei's deep gaze, I held his hand that was frozen in mid-air, and said softly, "Thank you Seimei, your story is much more beautiful than this reality... I like your story very much. "

"lady……"

Abe Seimei was stunned for a moment, and at the moment he was stunned, I quickly pushed him to the side of the ghost lamp.

"Please, Lord Ghost Lantern."

I shouted loudly, and the next moment, endless vines wrapped me up, blocking Abe Seimei's hand reaching out to me...

Sure enough, in the domain of this mountain, the Onmyoji is also helpless...

Perhaps, onmyojis and ghosts and gods are also restricted by this [law].

The feeling of being wrapped in vines is actually not bad.But this vine always reminds me of Shiozaki Izuku from Class B.

To be honest, I don't really like walking alone at night, especially on mountain roads.But in order for Abe Seimei to leave safely, I can only do this.

Now, as a reserve of the Mountain God, I naturally understand the language of Dashan.They are telling me that if you get too close to humans, it will hurt them...even, there are elements of threat...

So I pushed him away without a moment's hesitation.

Maybe Onmyoji doesn't need me to do anything extra...

Far from human life...

This is probably why the mountain god as a human will fail.

Since I'm not from this world, I don't have a deep understanding of it.But if I were to do that in modern society, I'd probably go crazy.

How can human beings be willing to leave their families and bear the unbearable weight of life alone...

"But anyway, compared to the present, the story of Lord Seimei is really beautiful. Even though the girl finally sacrificed to the mountain god..."

But being able to tell such a cruel story so beautifully, maybe Abe Seimei is very suitable to be an author...

Of course, because the onmyoji and the girl are no longer original products at this time, I have no way of knowing what kind of opportunity caused the onmyoji to fall in love with the girl at first sight...

"Oh, there's no point in being entangled anymore..."

I seem to have given up, but greeted my future with a flat face.After all, one can return to one's own world after death, so it's no problem...probably.

I thought very well, but the sudden appearance of the picture made me feel like my heart was being grabbed.

It is not easy to be in the village for a moment.

I don't know why this happened, but it did happen before my eyes.

In particular, I also saw "I".

——The girl who was really sacrificed.

Seeing the baby in the woman's arms, I was instantly sure of the baby's identity.This is an unfounded conviction.In this regard, I feel a little flustered.

There are strange phenomena in the baby's body. Just as the ghost lamp said, people who are chosen to be born as mountain gods will have strange phenomena related to the mountain.The baby at this moment is like this, her body is wrapped with thin vines, and those vines protect the girl like a guard.The baby's mother pulled out the vines while crying, but it didn't help at all, the vines would still grow from the baby's body...

The baby's father didn't look like he lived in the village.He is really too young, no, it should be said that he is the kind who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world... It seems that the son of some family came out to experience life.

This description is actually a bit strange, but I do have that feeling, and although my mother's appearance is not inferior to my father's, but looking closely, these two people are completely inconsistent with the painting style of the surrounding villagers.

Didn't he elope from somewhere?

I thought irresponsibly.

The baby's body is abnormal, and as parents, they pull out the vines that grow every day.Even though this method is useless, the mother of the baby is not bored at all, doing the same thing day after day...

【Ningning is the most obedient... You should stay at home obediently...】

The mother hugged her daughter and murmured softly every day.

It went on like this for five years.Until the child's father said that he would go to Ping'an capital to seek help from an onmyoji.

This is not the first time my father has said this.He said this to his mother when the child's body was abnormal.But his mother looked at him in shock: [Are you going to take her away?No, I don't agree! 】

My mother's strong objection made me feel very strange.Isn't it the most accurate way to ask an onmyoji for help at this time? (Although onmyoji may not be useful...)

The father didn't explain anything, picked up the child from the mother's arms and walked out of the house.

However, before leaving the village, the whole mountain is not right...

...the vegetation withered, and the birds and beasts rioted.Even though the waking of insects has just passed, the whole mountain looks like an old man who is critically ill.The villagers were in a commotion and there were constant sounds of panic.It's like the end of the world...

The mother chased out in tears, grabbed the child and went straight to the house, then locked the door.

The mountains are calm...

Come alive at a speed visible to the naked eye...

The eyes of the father standing at the entrance of the village were full of surprise and fear...

After that, the father tried to take the child away several times, but just like the first time, he couldn't take the child away from the village (that is, the range of the mountain).

Perhaps his behavior violated the [rules], Dashan got angry, and closed the mountain...

Once the mountain is closed, no one can walk out of the mountain.

The father dismissed the idea of ​​taking the child out.He never mentioned it again in five years, and he and his wife still repeated their daily work.

And when the child was five years old, she somehow ran into the mountains alone.It took her father a day and a night to find her.

To be honest, I'm still kind of incredulous.

This way you can also find...

Sternly asked the child why he left secretly, but the child pointed at the mountain, and his immature words sounded like the whisper of a devil in the father's ears.

"They let me pass. They're calling me."

The father carried the child down the mountain without saying a word, his hands trembling slightly.

The next day he packed his luggage and told his wife that he planned to go to Heiankyo alone.His wife looked at him blankly, then nodded.

Afterwards, my father left the village without any news...

When the child was six years old, the mother died.The child lived on the rice in the village, because she could always find mushrooms and wild vegetables that could be eaten.So for this reason, the villagers don't mind raising the child.

But it was also from this year that the harvest of the villagers became less and less, and until the child was 15 years old, there was no harvest at all.Not only that, but even the mountains have become strange.It is easy for the villagers who have entered the mountain to have accidents. Even though they are familiar with the mountain, they still get lost inside...

After that, I came here and encountered trouble.

But to my surprise, the girl's father returned to the village.

On the second day after the girl was sacrificed...

...Hey wait, isn't the next day today?

Knowing that his daughter was sacrificed to the mountain god, the girl's father was furious and turned the villagers into stones...

I:? ? ? ? ? ?

As I was watching this memory, have the villagers down the mountain been turned to stone?

And the process of turning into stone is still in the present tense...?

and many more……

The girl's father wouldn't want to come here, would he?

I:……