"Death" I thought it was just a monster

"Hi~ This is yours, please go, welcome to visit next time~" I sent the guest away with a smile.When I looked up, I saw a figure come out of the bushes in embarrassment, staggered two steps to stabilize the figure, and ran towards me.

The gust of wind blew past, and to the eyes of normal people, it was a cool mountain breeze that was rarely sent in summer, but to the eyes of outsiders, they saw a lot of hideous black shadows emerging from the woods, chasing after the young man.

"Ah...the number of sighs has increased a lot lately..." I said to myself, and when the boy ran to the counter and didn't even have time to talk and just gasped for breath, I rushed at the pile of black people who rushed behind him. Shadow stares.

"Go away."

Like hitting an invisible glass, the little demon fled in all directions.Only the black-robed monster under the shade of the tree was quietly waiting to wash the dishes.

"Thank you very much." Natsume wiped off his sweat and drank the water handed to him.

"anything else?"

"No thanks."

"Where's your cat teacher?" I took the water glass and put it beside me.The high school ends later than the junior high school, otherwise I can wait for him to leave school together.

Watching Natsume being driven around by a group of monsters every day, as me who can also see monsters, it's very uncomfortable to watch it beside me.

"That guy!" Natsume closed his eyes, his veins popping out.Then he slumped his shoulders in frustration. "Forget it. I'll go back first."

"Oh~"

Watching Natsume go away, I lowered my head and continued with my homework.

【jingle……】

Um?I looked around, but found nothing, even the black-robed monster stood motionless.I shrugged and looked down again.

It was almost 8:[-] when I got home. I looked at the lights on the second floor opposite, and then took out the key to open the door.

Unexpectedly, after staying for almost two months, I found out that the child of Aunt Tako's family is Natsume.Almost never met it before.

【Ah... I'm back, I'm back, my lord is back...】

【Hurry up! 】

Trivial small sounds came from the room, mixed with the sound of running feet on the floor.

I couldn't help laughing angrily at the thought of these guys stepping on the floor that I had finally wiped without knowing whether they had taken off their shoes or not.

"Tigers don't send..." I opened the door and was stunned by the things in front of me.

【Welcome, my lord~! 】

On the floor in front of him, there were two rows of kneeling monsters.The forehead is placed low on the back of the hand, and only the beautiful kimono and the pointed ears on each head can be seen.

Fluffy, it looks like it should be pinching very soft ears.

I moved my fingers and turned my attention away from the four monster heads in front of me.Then I found that the room was unusually clean and bright.

"I said... what the hell is going on?"

[You must be Mr. Xing, right?We are middle-level youkai of Taniyama, and I would like to ask you for your help after hearing about your strength. 】The one who spoke was a monster in a blue kimono kneeling in the middle, and his voice should be that of a middle-aged man.Behind him are three youkai in light blue kimonos.

"...Natsume is next door, please walk slowly." I took off my shoes.Go around them to the living room.It took only two steps and it was astringent.

[No, my lord~ Please listen to my little one~] The monster hugged my leg and howled dryly.

"...If you don't let me go, I will let you change your last words." I gritted my teeth.Once again, the neon girls' school uniforms that despise all evil are all skirts. Fortunately, the school I read is all long skirts.But the angle of being held by someone's feet is also very subtle.

Letting go extremely quickly, he knelt and took two steps back.The ears on the head moved uneasily.

"Cough!" I abruptly turned my raised hand in the other direction, put it to my mouth and gave a fake cough, and looked away a little embarrassed.The tone softened a little. "I don't care about monsters, you should go to the side to find Natsume."

【Natsume-sama, we are looking for it too, and we have to invite you too...】

Ears vibrate uncomfortably.Too cute.

"Natsume agreed?"

【Master Natsume said, as long as you agree, he will agree. 】

"That's it..." I rubbed my chin. "Is it time-consuming?" My time is money.

[No, no, no time. 】Swinging his hands upwards, he didn't dare to raise his head even at this moment. [Just need tomorrow's time. 】

"What the hell is going on?" Tomorrow is Saturday, and I happen to be free during the day.

A certain demon who had been kneeling quietly beside him brought over a set of exquisite kimonos.

[My lord, we are the foxes of Gushan. I hope that my lord and Natsume-sama will appreciate it when I marry a daughter tomorrow. 】

"……ha--!?"

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"Huh? Didn't I agree because you agreed first?" Natsume looked at me in surprise.Then we both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, and sighed.

"Sly fox." They said in unison.

"I said, how do you walk in this kind of clothes." I pulled the black kimono with golden dark patterns on my body, and looked at the towering trees around me in embarrassment.

Clogs!Clogs!I hate clogs!Especially wearing clogs on mountain roads can be compared with the difficulty of climbing mountains in high heels.

"I said..." Natsume looked at me. "You go out like this?"

"En? Is there any problem?" If the kimono that Fox sent was not so exquisite, I wouldn't go out in such a cumbersome one.

"...Even if you don't wear your hair up, you can let it loose..."

"Strange?" I stroked my hair in a ponytail.

"It's not..." Natsume looked me up and down. "I just think it looks more ladylike and cuter that way."

"It's a pity that there is no headband." I feel a little regretful, ah, I should have worn a bun when I went out.

Natsume looked around, his eyes lit up as if seeing something, he left a sentence of waiting, and got into the nearby bushes.I held Mr. Kitty and waited for a while, watching him come out with a flower.

"Hey. Use this as a hairpin."

There are 5 or 6 small white flowers hanging on some delicate green branches, trembling and looking very cute.

"Will this be broken?" I took it, a little hesitant.

"No. I'll do it." Natsume motioned for me to turn my back and help me pull up my hair.

I hugged Mr. Kitty, and in front of me was the path I came from. The sunlight casts down from the tall treetops, forming a beam of light.The mountain wind blows, and the trees rustle like sighs.

"Since I was a child, no one has helped me with my hair." I said with a smile, and I could feel Natsume's clumsiness.

"...Ah." Natsume's voice came from above her head.

Teacher Cat yawned a lot, then changed to a more comfortable position in my arms and continued to sleep.

"All right."

"Thank you." After returning the cat teacher to Natsume, he continued to move forward. "What kind of flower is this?" I carefully touched the delicate petals on my head.Natsume's craftsmanship is not bad, wrapping the flower branches next to the Baotou.Although I can't see my current appearance, I still have some confidence in my appearance in this world.

"Hmm... lily of the valley... right?" Natsume rubbed his chin. "The language of flowers seems to be happiness."

"Oh? The artistic conception is very good. I'll pick some and give it to the fox." Just do it, I rolled up my sleeves on my shoulders.

"Don't go to strange places with your clothes like this..." Natsume grabbed me by the back of the collar, preventing me from digging into the bushes.Pointing to the front. "I remember there are also in the front, go to the front to pick."

"Well... okay." I put down my sleeves, and touched the flowers on my head carefully. "Hey, Natsume, you still know the language of flowers."

"I don't know much. I was fostered by an aunt's house for a while. She likes ikebana very much, so I know a little bit. To be honest, I only know about it."

"Oh~? Then tell me the allusion to Lily of the Valley."

"Allusion? Ah, in short, it's something like happiness, right? I used to see my aunt giving it to neighbors. I remember that there were also plants on both sides of the entrance."

【Fool. ] Cat-sensei, who was held comfortably in Natsume's arms, opened one eye and said lazily. [Let me tell you, you two brats are so buzzing that I can't sleep. 】

It jumped down from Natsume's arms, stretched itself, and walked forward slowly with catwalks.

[It is said that there used to be a nobleman who went to his house on the mountain to escape the summer heat. One day he met a woman in the mountain and fell in love with her.How could there be such a woman in my own land?Did he think about not being a monster anymore?At first, I was attracted by the beautiful appearance of youkai, then I was curious, and then this feeling turned into love.Even though he knew it was a monster, he still wanted to see her again, so every day the nobleman secretly went to see that monster. 】

【However, this love that is hopeful but elusive is destined to be unresponsive.The nobleman once thought of catching and killing that monster, but every time he wanted to order it, he couldn't bear it.Later, he chose to leave and never went to this mountain to escape the summer heat, and ordered that no grass or tree there be harmed.Because he didn't know what changed that monster. 】

[Later, when the nobleman died, the servants buried him in that mountain according to his wishes.In the second year of worship, I saw lily of the valley flowers all over the mountain.People say that the nobleman is waiting for the reappearance of that beautiful monster, so because of this sad legend, Suzuran's happiness will be extremely difficult. In order to get true love, she waited lonely in the mountains. 】

【So, its words are the return of happiness. 】

There was a crackling sound, then a jingle of falling and dissipating.

"Huh?" I stopped.

"What's wrong?" Natsume and Teacher Cat turned their heads.

"Did you hear that?" I looked around. "It sounds like something is breaking."

Natsume looked sideways.The mountain wind rustled through the treetops.

It was quiet.

"No."

【Fool.If he dragged on like this, the little fox would have been born by the end of the day.My uncle still wants to drink, so hurry up. 】The cat teacher patted the ground with his paw impatiently.

"Okay, okay, let's go quickly." I took two quick steps.

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The two of them turned the corner together and disappeared on the path ahead.

I only heard the girl asking.

"You really didn't hear that?"

【Fool!I'm a big monster, and the movement around me can't escape my ears!Are you doubting my ability! ? 】

"Sorry sorry..."

The wind blows away the girl's coquettishness.A dark figure flickered across the woods.In the next second, a man appeared out of thin air on the path.

Looking at the blurry scene in front of my eyes, I hesitated for a while.Slightly hook the corners of the mouth.

【...Oh. 】