it hurts……

The befuddled mind gradually became clear, but still felt a little dizzy.Tachibana tried to move her feet, but found that the calf bone was broken, and she could feel severe pain just by moving slightly. She gritted her teeth and wanted to raise her head to look at the surrounding environment, but just as she twisted her neck, a pain came from the back of her neck. There was a burst of colic, which made the tip of the nose burst into cold sweat.

She didn't know how many injuries she had suffered on her body, but she only knew that her internal organs were struggling even with every breath, blue and purple bruises spread all over her body, and the wounds scraped by sharp branches and sharp stones were as ferocious and terrifying as centipedes, and the warmth flowing out of them The hot blood soaked into the soil, turning it into a horrible dark red.

At this time, there were a few carrots and a serving of murky water in a broken porcelain bowl next to her head. After falling off the cliff for so long, she didn't know anything about the surrounding situation, only vaguely remembering that someone had carried out the medicine for her. A simple bandage, but now it seems that the person may have already left.

Either way...

Tachibana relaxed her body and mind, and calmly looked at the blue sky in the distance, her originally bright and elegant face became embarrassing due to swelling.

Instead of trying to stand up and fall down, it is better to take advantage of this time to build up your physical strength, eat up the food when you can move a little, and then find some wooden sticks and cloth to tie the fractured place, and wait for rescue in peace, after all This place is not far from the monster's den, if Yasha realizes that she is missing, he will definitely send someone to search around.

"...If I hadn't been caught off guard, I wouldn't have been injured so badly," she muttered to herself, "Everywhere in this world is dangerous."

Slowly, the blue is transitioning to the vastness, and the setting sun has created a layer of glowing clouds for the edge of the continuous mountains.

Lihua endured the pain and stood up, gnawed all the dry and hard carrots one by one, then took a sip of the muddy water, frowning suddenly, but after a moment of hesitation, he swallowed it down again.I don't know where to find this water, it's full of fishy smell, and there are many fine pieces of duckweed floating on the surface.

Putting down the porcelain bowl, she half-crawled towards the place where there were broken branches. After careful selection, she pressed the few sturdier short branches around her calf, and then removed the cloth straps that were originally wrapped around her arms and tied them to the short branches. On the bed, about two and a half rounds of the cloth belt were not enough, so she had no choice but to untie the cloth belt on her right arm that was still bleeding, and wrap it together with the tie around her leg.

When pulling the cloth belt, a trace of flesh and blood accidentally stuck to it, and the sudden sharp pain made her almost faint again.

"I didn't expect that there would be a human here."

Suddenly, a sound came from the Metasequoia a few meters away.

Tachibana's face changed suddenly in fright, but she didn't dare to stop the movement of her hands. After quickly wrapping up, she turned her head to look at the metasequoia, and saw a monster man standing under the cedar, with disheveled silver hair, slightly raised jaw, and two sides of forehead There are coral monster horns that are blushing and flamboyant, one of which is only half-remained, but it does not lose its majesty at all.

"Looking at your outfit, it seems like an onmyoji?"

The man's deep and hoarse voice has an indescribable charm, but the indifference and provocation mixed in the words cannot be ignored.Hearing this, Tachibana stepped back subconsciously, resisting the leg injury, and replied, "So what?"

The man didn't speak, but walked towards her with the corners of his lips slightly raised, with a look of disdain, as if he didn't take the identity of "Onmyoji" seriously at all. Fighting, but she is too seriously injured now, and she doesn't even have the strength to take out the threat, so it can't be said that she fought bravely.

The man got closer and closer, finally squatted down slightly, and grabbed Tachibana's neck suddenly, with no strength at all.The new pain added to the old injury, the latter was so painful that the veins were piled up, and the eyes gradually turned black.

"Let me ask you, have you ever seen a red-haired monster with a wine gourd on his back and extremely powerful demon power?" Although the man smiled, his eyes were terribly calm, as cold as ice.

"See, I've seen..."

"Where did he go?"

"The valley to the east..."

Feeling that the strength binding her neck was a little loose, Tachibana hurriedly exhaled twice, urging herself to find a way quickly.Her intentions were obvious, but Ibaraki Doji didn't care. His gilt eyes flashed some unpredictable emotions, then turned and walked to the other side, but he came back after a short while, holding his hand easily. Stand up Tachibana's collar and walk away together.

"What are you doing, I've already answered your question!"

"Stop rambling," Ibaraki Doji said, "If you dare to lie to me, you know what will happen."

Tachibana suddenly understood that he was doubting the reliability of the answer, but after thinking about it, it seemed more than that, there are human villages nearby, if you decide to find a monster, you must sneak into the village and ask, for monsters It's not difficult to pretend to be a villager, but it's inevitable that you'll get bored by pretending to inquire every time. The male demon next to me should be impatient with inquiring things, eager to achieve goals, and used to coercing others by force. There are eight out of ten times out of ten that she will be caught on the road It was for the sake of convenience and trouble. It seemed that he wanted to find that red-haired male demon very much, almost to the point of urgency.

"You look so seriously, do you want me to gouge your eyes out?"

Tachibana lowered her head reflexively, letting Ibaraki Doji carry her like a little monkey, and stopped guessing wildly.

That night, the two came to a small and remote mountain village, intending to stay overnight.

Ibaraki-douji would actually rather sleep in the mountains than staying overnight, but Tachibana's injury really couldn't be delayed. She passed out twice during the journey to the east. To be on the safe side, Ibaraki-douji had to throw her in the He was raised in a village, and he was looking for traces of Shuten-douji outside.

"Little girl, your injury is really serious." The owner of the house helped Lihua remove the branches and replace them with a few wooden boards. "It's really not peaceful recently. The village suffered disaster yesterday. ...Hey, forget it, let’s not talk about it.”

Lihua opened his eyes, and asked weakly, "What happened to the village yesterday?"

"Our backcountry is no worse than a bustling castle town. Monsters often appear and scare people, and the village can't afford a mage. I happened to pass by two onmyojis a few days ago. The salary they asked for was half the normal price. Everyone was very happy. I spared some money and handed it over to them, and asked them to chant the curse to subdue the monster. Everything went well, and the monster was caught, but when they were about to burn the group of harmful things to death, a humanoid The monsters suddenly rushed out and let them go, and killed several villagers, and the onmyoji disappeared. Recently, the villagers are busy trying to make up their money, and they want to invite some serious mages to do it. "

Hearing this, an idea popped up in Tachibana's mind, but it only lasted for a moment before dissipating.

She no longer has the ability to eliminate demons, she is powerless, and everything she says is in vain.

"You can rest at ease, little girl," said the owner of the house, holding up the wooden basin filled with light blood, "the monster has been taught a lesson, and will not dare to make trouble again for a while."

"Thank you..."

Tonight, a sleepless night.

In the early morning of the next day, Tachibana's injury improved slightly, but the pain was still very obvious, and she couldn't wash and dress alone. Half a quarter of an hour later, the owner's daughter walked in. She looked a little timid, and her eyes revealed timidity. The hand holding the cloth belt and the herbal medicine was also trembling: "I'll help you change the medicine..."

"I'm sorry to trouble you," Tachibana forced a slight smile, "Yesterday your father ordered that the dressing needs to be changed on the arms and legs, oh yes, and the neck."

"Well, I'll take care not to hurt you."

Tachibana spent the next four days with the help of the girl. If her physical strength hadn't gradually recovered, she almost thought that she would be half disabled for the rest of her life.In order to repay the family, Tachibana forced some copper coins into the girl's hand on the fourth night, and told her to give it to the owner of the house and hide it privately, counting it as hard work.

The girl held the copper coin in a daze for a while, then quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, we didn't save you for money..."

"I understand, you just kept me because you saw that a woman was seriously injured, and you couldn't bear it," Lihua insisted, "But now I have almost recovered, and I depend on your family for my food, and there is nothing I can do for you." I only have the change on my body, if you don’t accept it, I will feel uneasy.”

Even though Tachibana was rescued out of benevolence and morality and never considered asking for something in return, it still cannot change the fact that their family is in urgent need of money, and the girl knows this very well.She pursed her lips, closed the hands holding the copper coins, and went out after simply cleaning up the house.

"Come out," Tachibana said the moment the door was closed, "Everyone else has left."

As soon as the voice fell, a figure suddenly appeared outside the window.

Ibaraki Doji: "You have a leisurely heart, and you are still concerned about the livelihood of human beings at this time."

"They saved my life. Besides, my family can't afford to pay for some medicines. It can be regarded as repaying the favor casually. It is very troublesome to owe favors."

Ibaraki Doji stared at her for a while, then stretched out his ghost claws and carried her past the window.

Perhaps it was because of being with monsters for too long, after four days of thinking, Tachibana was not as afraid of Ibaraki-douji as she was at the beginning, but she still had a bit of fear and vigilance in her heart.

The flesh wounds had healed, but the fractured calf was not yet fully healed. The moment her feet touched the ground, she lost her footing and fell, then stood up straight while supporting the wall, and asked, "Didn't you find your companion? "

Judging from Ibaraki Doji's performance, the red-haired male demon is either his most hated enemy or his best friend in his heart. Tachibana has traveled around in the past ten years and experienced many people's sophistication. Naturally, his ability to observe words and emotions is better than ordinary people. When she said When he said "he went to the valley in the east", what Ibaraki Doji saw in his eyes was not the madness that he was about to kill the enemy, but the joy that the goal he was looking for was not far away. Regarding this point, Tachibana is very confirmed.

The next thing to do is to silently formulate an escape plan and rush back to Yasha as soon as possible.

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