Inquisitor's Melancholy

"Lixian, where are you taking me?"

Natsume Takashi climbed the mountain until he collapsed, and Li Xian dragged him from the bed to climb the mountain early in the morning, until now, it was still dark.What's more, this mountain is quite high, and it is a place where few people usually walk, and weeds are overgrown along the way. Li Xian just dealt with a lot of weeds in front of him.

"It's coming soon, just hold on."

Throwing the thorny thorns in his hands aside, Lixian couldn't help frowning, he took another road when he came last time, there were not so many weeds, but that road was more dangerous, and he walked alone It's very difficult, so I won't take Natsume on the adventure.

It's just that it's too time-consuming to deal with weeds here, and we won't be able to catch up any later.

"Natsume, come on my back, I'll carry you."

"what?"

Seeing that Reixian had already bowed his body and showed his back in front of Natsume, Natsume was in a daze for a moment.He remembered that when he was very young, when he went out with his father and couldn't walk, his father bent his body like this and carried him on his back.

From this point of view, Li Xian really regarded him as a child.

"What are you talking about? How old am I? I can still walk up."

"No, there are too many thorny thorns on the ground. If you walk, your legs will be scratched. Whether it's your brother or your teacher, I can't let you get hurt."

Lixian's tone of speech could not be refused, and Natsume Takashi couldn't help muttering, since he didn't want him to be hurt, why did he bring him up to this mountain, and it was too dark, so he couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly. Li Xian was also able to find a way through this pile of weeds.

He intends to carry himself behind his back, but isn't he also going to walk through those thorns?Thinking of this, Natsume Takashi sighed, "Let's go back, Lixian, you have been walking in front, and you have been scratched by thorns a lot."

"Ah, I'm fine, look, not hurt at all."

In order to prove his statement to Natsume Takashi, Lixian even lifted the bottom of his trousers, and there was no scar on his slender and clean calf.Natsume Takashi's eyes widened. Is Li Xian really human?

"Okay, come up quickly, you don't want to be hugged by my princess, do you? Just treat me as a cat teacher, don't you often sit on the cat teacher's body?" If it is really hugged by a princess, it will be too hurt The heart of a teenager.

Natsume Takashi was really reluctant to let Lixian carry him on his back, but looking at Lixian's anxious expression, he probably had something important to do, so he reluctantly climbed onto Lixian's back, and then he felt the wind and lightning Average speed.

In order to get to the top of the mountain before dawn, Lixian ran all the way with Natsume Takashi on his back. When the thorns brushed against Lixian's skin, he also frowned in pain, but luckily Natsume was behind him, so he couldn't see his expression.

It's not that he won't get hurt, but the wounds heal faster than ordinary people. As for the small scars drawn by thorns, they healed long before he lifted his trousers.However, it looks like the wound is small, and inadvertently it is really painful.

Finally arrived at the top of the mountain, without the cover of the trees, the mountain wind blowing directly on the body was a bit cool, when Takashi Natsume was about to ask what Li Xian was doing for, Li Xian pointed forward, "Look."

Natsume Takashi then turned around, and the yellow petals were blown up by the mountain wind below, and at the end of the petals was a lake that was clear enough to reflect the sky, and there were slight ripples on the lake, where the colors of the sky were alive stand up.

When the first ray of crimson sunlight in the east breaks out at dawn, its light will soon turn golden and fall on the lake, like a river of stars. Compared with the yellow flowers all over the bank, it is a kind of breathtaking beauty, and this This turbulent beauty also has the power to purify the soul, wash away restlessness and calm down.

"What a nice view……"

Natsume Takashi couldn't help admiring, and Li Xian echoed beside him: "I guessed that these flowers should all be open today. When I came last time, they were still flower buds, and they were already too beautiful at that time. I think Waiting for the flowers to bloom, I must take you to see it."

"What kind of flower is this? I don't think I've seen it before."

Natsume Takashi asked after catching a petal brought up by the mountain wind.

"It's an anemone. It's not very outstanding just by looking at it, but it's the most beautiful scenery when it forms a sea of ​​flowers like this."

"Anemones?... I know about anemones, but I haven't seen such golden ones." The sun-like color was flying in the air.

"Stupid, the anemone is not the only one you see. This is the anemone close to the pinnacles. The yellow color is indeed relatively rare, so I was also very excited when I found such a large piece of the anemone close to the pinnacles."

Li Xian stretched his waist against the wind, seeing such beautiful anemones, it was not in vain for him to work so hard to climb over such a high mountain top, Li Xian glanced at Natsume Takashi who was watching intently Those anemones seem to be very happy too.

That's good.

This may be the last, all he can do for him.

Neither Li Xian nor Natsume Takashi spoke, and the air remained silent for a long time.

"Are you determined to leave?"

In the end, Natsume Takashi was the first to speak. He saw Lixian go to the principal's office after school last night. He originally wanted to stand outside the door and wait for Lixian to finish his work and go home together, but he accidentally heard Lixian addressing the principal's office. Please resign from the job of the trainee teacher.Not only that, but even the Fujiwara couple's attitude towards Lixian became a little strange, as if they were facing their son who was about to travel far away.

He was the only one who didn't know, and he was the only one who was kept in the dark.

Is that why Li Xian brought him to see the anemone?Although the anemone is beautiful, its flower language is not so pleasing.

"Well, I have to go back." He couldn't watch the guy die in front of him.

"Let's go then."

Anyway, everything about him has been taken care of, so we just have to say goodbye to him.In fact, there is nothing to talk about between the two of them. He just appeared in front of him so suddenly at the beginning, and now he will leave suddenly.

And he, he just went back to his old life.He has Uncle Zi and Aunt Tako, Mr. Kitty, and Tanuma Dogui. He no longer feels lonely. Parting, he has long been used to it.

Why do you still feel... so sad, so lonely?

In order not to let Li Xian see his distressed appearance, Natsume Takashi lowered his head and covered his face, but the slight shaking of his shoulders still revealed his emotions.

Parting always makes people feel lonely, but it is precisely because of parting that people look forward to seeing each other again.Anemones have many sad flower languages, such as loss and disappointment, love that is gradually fading, etc., but this kind of near-feather anemone also has a beautiful hidden flower language-expectation.

Lixian bit her lip, stepped forward and hugged Natsume Takashi, and whispered in his ear: "I'm sorry, I said arrogantly that I would protect you forever, but I didn't do it."

"Fortunately, there is still Teacher Cat. With him around, I feel relieved."

That's right, even if Natsume didn't have him by his side, there would still be Mr. Kitty and the others, but he was the only one with those swords.This is because he became their master before he lost his memory, and he couldn't ignore it. Even if he said he wanted to abandon that guy, when he encountered danger, that guy still stood in front of him without hesitation.

Why did you lose your memory?

The memory that he didn't care much about all the time, but now he really wants to get it back. He wants to know what kind of feelings make them have to be him. What Yamabuchi Kunihiro said before he was injured has been lingering in his mind In, go back, go back to Honmaru?

In his cognition, being a god judge should be just a job of maintaining history, and anyone can do it, but there may be other meanings that he, who has forgotten his memory, can't feel.

Lixian felt very guilty about breaking his promise, but he still couldn't completely let go of his past, and his heart... felt very uncomfortable. Continuing to hesitate would only hurt those men with swords and Natsume at the same time, so Rather than ignoring his past, Li Xian chose to face it directly.

I hope that the next time he appears in front of Natsume, he will be free from scruples and haze, just like this anemone, looking forward to their reunion.

"Goodbye, Natsume."

Letting go of Takashi Natsume, Retsu turned his head and looked behind him. Yamabuki Choyoshi and Jokage were already waiting there. As for Yamabuki Kirihiro, he fell into a coma and was carried behind him by Yamabuki Choyoshi. There can be no further delay, Yamababa Kiri Kunihiro's injury should be treated as soon as possible at the repair workshop.

The sigh of Reiko was inaudible, and Natsume never responded to the "goodbye". When he opened his eyes, only the beautiful figure of Mr. Cat was left lying on his side on the lawn covered with flowers.

"Cat teacher……?"

"It's so troublesome, why did I listen to that guy's order to come to pick you up from such a far place. Hey, bean sprouts, go back."

Regarding Lixian's departure, it is not easy for Mr. Cat to comment. He is a monster, and his time is longer than that of humans, so he will not care too much about life and death like Natsume. After learning from Natsume that Reiko has died , what he thought was just a simple sentence like "ah, that Reiko is dead".

So if Li Xian left, although he was a little uncomfortable with the loss of a person who would bring him some wine and desserts after get off work, it would not have much impact on the whole.On the contrary, as a human being, Lixian's thinking was too careful, which made him wonder whether it would be a bad thing for a good old man like Natsume to stay with Lixian.

Li Xian, even this time he left, he took care of everything in just one day, as if his existence was erased from this place, and everything returned to where Li Xian came from. The track before here, in the end, the guy didn't forget to bribe him with good wine to come here to pick Natsume back.

Probably...he is also a gentle person.

"Well, go back."

Taking one last look at the sea of ​​anemones, Natsume turned around and walked towards Mr. Cat.He won't say goodbye, so it's not a real farewell, so Lixian...will come back one day, right?

The author has something to say:

Officially entered the end of the main line!I actually wrote all the way here... It's true love.Well, even if the main text is over, there are probably still a lot of characters to write about, Mr. Youzhu, the chief executive, and so on, the road is long and the road is long, let's keep going.