Lord Shuangyue is very sure that the reason why the girl named Miaomiao is dead is because she saw it with her own eyes.
At that time, she used her umbrella energy to open the cage to rescue Xue Miyin. She couldn't even speak clearly, her eyes were starved, and she couldn't see clearly the Tengu behind Lord Shuangyue. She sat there with a thin hand.
She held on to the railing tightly, no matter how hard Shuangyue Jun pulled her, she couldn't get up. Miyin couldn't even focus on her face, but she whispered softly:
"——It hasn't come back yet...it hasn't come back yet..."
"Who? Who is still alive!"
Before Miyin could answer, some animal ran over from a distance. She subconsciously picked up the umbrella, but dropped her guard when she saw that it was just a kitten. The fur of the raccoon slave was very long and dirty, and she could barely tell the black and white.
Three colors, the white part is as gray as a rag. It seems to be very familiar with Miyin, standing in front of her, huffing at Shigeyue Lord and the Tengu behind her, with a posture of protecting the master.
Although the Tengu only blew lightly, it was immediately knocked down by the wind and turned over.
When Sanhua'er gritted her teeth and breathed, something fell out of her mouth and landed on Miyin's hand. She came back to her senses, concentrated for a while, and hurriedly grabbed it twice on the ground before picking it up.
That is a cat's eye stone, which has been carefully polished by hand and will never appear in such barren mountains and deep valleys.
Xue Miyin held the bead in the palm of her hand and protected it on her chest. She curled up by the cage and closed her eyes, motionless. The Sanhuaer cat circled around her and meowed non-stop. Lord Shuangyue was so frightened that she felt
She was dead, and she breathed quickly before she breathed a sigh of relief. When she put Miyin on the Tengu's back, she was still holding the bead tightly in her hand and couldn't pull it out. Shigeyuki-kun felt that these three flowers
Er is obviously a domestic cat. There is no village nearby for it to live, and it does not have the ability to survive here. Maybe... it was raised by Miyin? Could this be the one she said "didn't come back"?
Little one, right? Before she could react, the calico cat jumped onto the back of the tengu. Even though it was obviously concerned about the girl, it was still very arrogant.
"I didn't realize until she woke up that she was not talking about the cat, but her friend... But she really had no energy. After seeing her friend's relics, once she relaxed a little, she could no longer cheer up.
.It’s not easy to persist until now.”
Shi Wuqi nodded and waited for her to continue.
"That cat suddenly appeared one day. Miyin can't remember clearly whether it was when his companions were still alive or when he was alone. But what is certain is that it always comes at night, so Miyin is alone.
I’ve seen it before. This raccoon slave is only half a year old. Did you know? All the Sanhua’er cats we’ve seen are female cats, but this one is a male.”
"...It's really strange. Only one male three-flowered cat will appear among three thousand cats. Moreover, the male three-flowered flower is the most spiritual. It is said that it can attract wealth, ward off evil spirits, and bring good luck. I don't know whether it is true or not. Then
Is the three-flowered male a tortoiseshell?"
"Good luck... I guess. The color isn't tortoiseshell either... It's actually a long-haired native cat with round markings." Mr. Shuangyue gestured with his hands, but he couldn't express the reason, "And it's
Its face is half black and half yellow, and the line in the middle is very clear. I remember a long, long time ago, you said that such a cat existed."
"Ah! Yes, I know, there are many butterflies like that. But as for cats, I really don't see many. This is a male, which is really rare."
"Yes. This cat is quite spiritual. I later learned that there is a very inconspicuous spiritual vein in the valley, from which it shuttles to the human village. The village is outside the mountains, which is where I temporarily placed her.
People in the village said that this raccoon dog is very common.
A slave has no master and eats the food of hundreds of families. Occasionally it disappears for three or five days, maybe it went to the valley to play. That cat is really smart and brings a lot of things for her. Occasionally there are chipmunks or birds, most of the time
...They were bugs. She ate them all."
"She has no choice," Shi Wuqi kept sighing, "after all, she can't make a fire."
"The bead was the last thing it picked up. I guess it found Miaomiao. The kid Miyin recovered, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged me to find the girl, even the body. So I went...
…”
"All you saw was her body."
"...Yes. Her arm and leg on one side were eaten by wild beasts. I didn't take a closer look. I thought she was returning to the earth, so I bowed three times and turned around to leave. Until then, I
Maybe I could take her away, or dig a hole and bury her. But the death was so miserable that I didn’t dare let Miyin see it, not to mention... now I feel that it might be more meaningful if the body is needed by nature."
Shi Wuqi nodded without making any further comments. He couldn't tell whether his own ideas had an impact on her.
"I told her that she cried for a while, and just after she recovered, she cried and fainted again. But after that, she never cried again. In my impression, the second time she shed tears was not long ago...
...Two years ago, Sanhua, who had been following her, died. An old lunatic who played musical instruments fell in love with her cat and said he wanted to buy it to make a musical instrument called a shamisen. Have you heard of this instrument?"
"Ah, I know. It was originally an instrument called Sanxian in the Central Plains. Later it was spread to the East and then back. Originally, the speaker was covered with snake skin, but for some reason it was replaced by cat and dog skin. I don't know where the rumor is that it was used
Calico cats have the best leather quality. I guess it just looks good. I’m just talking, I don’t know anything about it. Could it be..."
"Yes... the raccoon slave was only six years old at that time, and he would not die of old age. Miyin definitely refused, but was kidnapped by the old lunatic due to negligence, and then... I was not with her at the time.
After learning about this, the old madman was already dead. The only thing Miyin could take back was the prepared shamisen."
"——!"
"People said that the old madman was possessed. I asked her if it was related to her, but she started arguing with me. That was the first time we had a fight. Now that I think about it, it was my impulsiveness and poor expression that irritated her.
It made her feel that she wasn't trusted. I'm afraid the cracks have started since then..."
Shi Wuqi nodded: "Indeed. It would be better if you changed your words or apologized earlier."
"I...sigh. After that, she stopped talking to me about heart-to-heart matters. It was my fault. Not only did I not comfort her, I also immediately questioned it. Over the years, she has always treated me as a very admirable person.
I don’t know why, this feeling sometimes makes me feel
It's scary, maybe it's an illusion? I never dare to accept praise and love from others easily, especially a child like her. Although I did have some slight vanity at the beginning, it disappeared after I quickly discovered the abnormality.
But it's still too late, or
Said, I can't do anything. Later I did avoid her a little. I knew that I couldn't bear such eager and longing eyes, as if watching - no exaggeration, like a god. I did have a trace of her at that time.
Suspicious: She is too emotional
A child who is easily out of control, reckless, and does terrible things. Moreover, she is very distrustful of humans, but is very friendly to birds and beasts. Sometimes I even feel that she really understands the words of animals, and they can also
Understand this child."
"I think I know the reason." Shi Wuqi shook his head, "This is closely related to her experience. You always take her to different places - of course it's not your fault, nor her fault. It just makes her unsafe.
Feeling. When she was most desperate, a little animal kept her alive, and you saved her at that time. Since you are
People, not humans, are the best sustenance. You and the raccoon slave are her last line of defense to stick to her humanity. After the cat died, it was like she also died, and she was extremely disappointed with humanity. In the past, she took it upon herself to
Whatever you regard as superior, your temperament must be to avoid and indulge at the same time, so that you become what you are today."
"It's my fault... But even if I knew everything that would happen now, I'm afraid I didn't know what to do at that time. It's still my fault that I was too weak and had no ability for so long, so that the 'I' in her heart
If you fall off the altar, you will be irreversible in the blink of an eye. That one knife is just—"
"I'll say it again, you're both right." Shi Wuqi's forehead touched his clasped hands, and he didn't look relaxed, "Although all of this did happen because of you. You came to me probably not just to ask
, how can you take responsibility? What happened to the girl named Miaomiao? The body is resurrected, you want me to check her? "
"This is one. I was afraid that it would be related to the Death Shadow Pavilion, so I didn't dare to ask. She said that Miaomiao was alive and came to her, saying that I refused to save her, so she turned against me. Second, she stabbed
That knife of mine... is very special - it should have been given to me by 'Miaomiao'."
"How special?"
"It's the Demon Sealing Blade."
"Demon-sealing blade?" He immediately raised his eyes to look at the sheath on her other waist, "Isn't it still here with you? Did she pull it out for you or... no, it's impossible, then you will no longer be Lord Shuoyue.
Already."
"Strictly speaking, it is part of the Demon Sealing Blade!"
"Part of it? Impossible, are you sure?"
"It's absolutely true. I can see it clearly even if it's dark. Even if it only comes out of its sheath once, even if I close my eyes, I'm sure it's it! If you don't believe it, just now -"
After saying that, she was about to draw her sword, but Shi Wuqi suddenly raised his hand to stop her.
"Wait a minute - the last time you drew your sword, you killed a person and destroyed a mountain. I don't want this eclipse..."
They both sat back and persuaded themselves to calm down. Shi Wuqi really didn't expect that in addition to this twists and turns of the story, his friend would also bring jaw-dropping news. This was by no means a trivial matter, something that Fu Songfeng couldn't even wait for.
The restored knife, since she was so sure, was definitely not an imitation. Shi Wuqi stood up and sat back down, feeling like a light on his back.
