[Column spot] Mid-moon frost

×Dawn of the End×

Chieda is a magical child, Quanna always thinks so.

This child has rarely cried since birth, but likes to show a soft smile to everyone who visits her.When she was very young, she was actually very clingy to her mother, but after she realized that her mother wanted her to be a little more independent, she obediently stopped disturbing her mother and accepted her uncle to coax her to sleep.She is very quiet on weekdays, but when playing with her peers, she doesn't look like a girl.The immature face followed most of her sister's appearance, but she could also see a bit of her father's shadow.

Smart, sensitive, worrying, but at the same time cheerful, straightforward, lively... I don't know who it looks like.

However, her mother did not intend for her to bear any family name and only gave her a first name.

She was born with the eyes of gods, but she seemed not interested in this miraculous power. She was able to put the eyes of reincarnation freely at only one year old, and never showed those lavender eyes in front of them again.

What surprised Quan Nai the most was that after that day, the child seemed to have noticed something, and since then he never asked where his mother was.

Quan Nai, who was busy with political affairs, returned to her residence, but she didn't find Qian Zhimi after walking around. She suspected that the child should have gone to Mochizuki Tower.

Bypassing the guards, Quan Nai finally climbed to the top floor of the Mochizuki Tower on the top of the mountain.Qian Zhishi opened the window and was lying on the low table.There were scattered papers and paintbrushes beside her, and Quanna walked in quietly.

"Good evening uncle~"

The girl said without raising her head, did not stop her movements, and looked at the cold moon outside the window from time to time.

Quan Nai was not surprised that Chie Mino could detect him so easily, the child's talent was already frighteningly high.

He walked over, knelt down, and picked out a few pictures.

"Is Chieda drawing the moon again?" Quan Nai looked at the pictures showing different phases of the moon in her hand, and asked curiously, "It's been so long, you should have finished drawing all the moons in a month, right?"

Chieda stood up, ran to Quan Nai's side, looked at the painting in Quan Nai's hand, and then nodded: "The painting has been finished a long time ago, and what you have in your hand is Shuyue and Xiyue."

As she said that, the little girl searched the ground for a while, and picked up a few drawings. They were simple sketches drawn with charcoal pencils. It's not very well drawn.

"This is Xiaoyue," she handed a few pictures, and explained to her uncle, "This is Mochizuki, which is today's moon, and then there is Xiaoyue, this is a good painting, most of it can be painted black .”

"It's amazing," Quan Nai touched the child's soft head, the hair was messy and blown up, which looked like a sister: "Isn't this all finished painting, so what is Qianzhimi still painting today?"

"Uncle Huohe gave me a new box of colored crayons," Qianzhi said with a smile, "I want to finish painting the twelve-month full moon, because it's too late this year, so I can only look at today's moon and draw .”

"Ah? Twelve months?" Quan Nai froze for a moment.Before he could recover, the child raised his cute short legs and ran to the low table. The blue-green necklace around his neck followed her bouncing and bouncing, making tiny crackling sounds.

She took a small stack of papers and showed her uncle one by one.

"This one is Mutsuki, this one is Uzuki... this one is Satsuki, um, this one is Hazuki..."

"You really like the moon..."

Quan Nai nodded, and noticed from the corner of her eye that there was still a painting left on the table.

"Not."

Saying so, the girl put away her paintings, returned to the low table and sat down, picked up a pen and continued to paint colors seriously.

Quan Nai leaned over and saw a light blue moon on the drawing paper.Different from other paintings, the circle in this painting is perfect. I am afraid that the child himself figured out how to use two pens as compasses to draw it.

After lighting a few more lamps, Quan Nai quietly waited for the little girl to finish drawing.

I don't know how long it took, but she finally felt satisfied. Qianzhi put down the crayon, picked up the paper and held it up in the air, and compared it with Qingyue in the sky several times, then handed the drawing paper to her uncle in satisfaction.

"this."

Quan Nai took it and nodded: "The painting is really good."

Qian Zhishi smiled happily: "This is Shuangyue."

Quan Nai responded, feeling that it was almost time: "The painting is finished, it's time to go back to sleep."

Chieda looked at the picture in his uncle's hand, and didn't answer directly, but said something that made Quanna stunned:

"Actually, I don't like the moon that much myself, uncle."

Quan Nai blinked, wondering: "Then why do you draw so many moons?"

Quan Nai was still thinking that he would go to the new capital next year, maybe he could build a bigger Mochizuki Tower for this child.

"Because mom likes it."

said the little girl.

Quan Nai's hand trembled, this was the first time he had heard the child mention her mother in months.

"This is my mother's birthday present this year." She held up the moon in her hand and said with a smile, "Mom's birthday is probably in Frost Moon, so I like Frost Moon too."

Frost Moon is another name for November in the old calendar. After the reform of the calendar, it is almost December.In this month, everything is withered, the cold wind comes, and the water vapor in the air condenses into white ice crystals on the still life.Because it usually appears after nightfall, frost flowers always have a light blue hue, just like the moonlight in the night sky at this time.

Slightly cold and beautiful.

Quan Nai opened her mouth, and was silent for a while, watching the child carefully put away her paintings, put them in a paper bag, and then arranged the crayons one by one with her soft hands.

He put a hand over his mouth.

From Kurama Ziyun's crazy performance and the information that no one's sister showed up for a long time, Quan Nai knew that she had an answer in her heart.

"Qianzhimi..." Quan Nai adjusted her emotions and asked softly, "Why... haven't you asked where Mom is? How are you going to give Mom a present?"

The girl's watery eyes were open, and under the reflection of the candlelight, the pure black pupils shone with light.She tilted her head and replied in a confused tone:

"You and Uncle Huohe are so strange, isn't mom always with us?"

Chieda's words had already made Quan Nai's head stupefied, he didn't know what to say for a moment, he just stepped forward and hugged this small body.

Suddenly being hugged, Chie-mi narrowed her eyes and rubbed her uncle's face.

×××

Tired of playing, the girl rested on the branch of ancient pine beside the city wall.

Today's luck is very good, the sun is not dazzling because of the cloud cover, and a clear last quarter moon also appears in the sky.

Several children under the tree also noticed this rather interesting celestial phenomenon.

"Qianzhishi! Look, there is both the sun and the moon in the sky!" said a child under the tree.

Chie-mi waved her hand: "I see~"

"It's so beautiful!"

The few children didn't know how to describe it, so they could only admire it like this.

Chie-mi picked up the necklace on her chest, stared at the blue-green spar, and then put it back into her collar.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was dusk, and the children said goodbye to each other, and they were all ready to go home.Qianzhi jumped onto the roof alone, and decided to challenge the roofs of all the towers in the main city before going home today. She had to keep her balance on the roof ridges until she reached the door and threw herself into her uncle's arms.

The little girl raised her arms, kept her balance, and jumped up and down on the roof, and the guarding ninjas let her go by default.

She hummed a song and seemed quite happy.

"Isn't this Xiao Chiedomi?" A voice came from beside her, Chiegami raised her head, it was Uncle Tennin of the Hyuga family.

The little girl showed him a cheerful smile, and the extremely similar appearance reminded Patriarch Hinata of the person he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Good evening! Uncle Tennin."

"Good evening." Hyuga Tennin smiled at the girl, "Is Xiaoqianzhi really going home?"

"Yes."

Chieda jumped over another floor of the roof and stood on another higher eaves, keeping her sight level with Hinata Tennin.

"Oh...then what song were you singing just now?" Hinata Tennin raised his hand and touched Chiedomi's head.

Qianeda waved her arms and said happily, "Mom taught me the song!"

"Really..." The man was taken aback, "It's very nice."

"Yes, yes!" Chie-mi began to dance, jumping and singing on the eaves, "Come and collect hay ~ come and collect stones ~ come and collect wood ~ build this house in autumn ~"

Hyuga Tenshin shouted from a distance: "Be careful on the road."

I saw the little girl waving her hands with her back to her, stepping on the tiles of the roof, and leaving the field of vision with a clear and rhythmic sound.

Your child is too similar to you, he really doesn't look like a girl.

he exclaimed.

×××

Find a new land,

Build a new house.

to gather hay,

to gather stones,

to gather wood,

Build this house in the fall.

I'm looking for guys,

Let's celebrate the completion of the Golden House together.

everyone,

sing together,

dance together,

drink together,

Then at nightfall,

I want to say goodbye to them one by one.

And then, waiting, waiting,

my love.

The full moon shines brightly,

The light of the gods shines on the earth,

when you come,

I hope the clouds and mist will hide it all.

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The author has something to say: * Chiemi: Chiemi／ちえみ／chiemi

*The song at the end of the article is adapted from "おぼくり～ええうみ" by Asazaki Ikue