"Before I met Junxia, I went to the shrine where Toyuki God is enshrined. I met many monsters, and they were all very interesting monsters. They were the type that Toyuki God would like."
"Would Lord Fengyue find it annoying to have a monster like me that has been stained with countless karmas?"
--Won't.
It will kill you, but it won't hate you.
Qiao Xi didn't speak, and Mirage didn't originally want him to answer. He just raised his head slightly and continued with a chuckle:
"Ah, when I think that I don't have to bear the feeling of missing Chun Xia anymore, I feel a little hopeful in my heart.
But when I think about my children, I can’t help but feel a little regretful.”
"Lord Fengyue God, look, I have been in the human world for a long time and have contracted human bad habits.
Always greedy and wanting a lot of things.”
"But I know this - if you want too much, you won't be able to catch anything."
"Just like that time, I neither wanted Chunxia to die nor wanted her to feel unhappy, so I obeyed her and kept the child, but..."
"Ah~ Even though I know that it is the child of Chunxia and I, I still can't help but blame her... Maybe I can give her to Fengyue God-sama so that she can grow up properly."
"Lord Fengyue Shen, the child doesn't have a name yet? Do you want to give her one?"
"Well, Junxia once mentioned it, what do you think of the name Reiko?"
"Junxia's surname in the human world is Natsume, and this child's name is——"
"Natsume Reiko."
"Lord Fengyue God, what do you think of the name 'Natsume Reiko'?"
…
Qiao Xi held a baby that was only a few months old in her arms, and was a little unable to react for a moment.
After a while, he subconsciously looked at his little finger.
There is a piece of hair tied to his little finger, human hair.
He still remembered that human being, a young boy named Natsume Takashi, who looked very gentle when he smiled.
Qiao Xi suddenly raised the corners of her lips.
It turns out to be Natsume.
This is Natsume here.
It turns out that he really has known that boy from a long time ago.
It turned out that the young man had such a deep bond with him.
Thinking like this, Qiao Xi couldn't help but feel a little sorry in her heart.
When I saw him at that time, there was no other person in my memory, so the child must have been very disappointed.
——What a gentle child.
Qiao Xi reached out and poked the cheek of the baby girl in her arms, feeling a little expectant in her heart.
…
After the mirage voluntarily dissipated itself, calm returned to the sea.
The majestic palace in front of him collapsed in an instant, turning into ruins and sinking into the endless sea water.
Qiao Xi carried Yamabuki Otome and Saburo, who were asleep due to the illusion, onto the bamboo raft, controlled the raft to float on the sea, and then started teasing the children with great interest.
Speaking of which, this is not his first time raising a child.
I raised two children before, one monster and one half-demon - well, this time Reiko is also a half-demon child.
——Although those two were actually out of the category of babies when he raised them, unlike Reiko now, they had no ability to take care of themselves at all.
He is also very close to the half-demon.
However, Qiao Xi always felt that the children he raised were very well-behaved and obedient when they were young. However, for some reason, when they grew up, they always felt a little strange when they opened their eyes.
——Qiao Xi, the conscience of heaven and earth, always feels that she is a good person with upright views.
…
When Saburo and Yamabuki Otome woke up, the island and the majestic palace that still remained in their minds seemed to be hallucinations.
Fortunately for Yamabuki Otome, as a monster and the divine envoy of Qiao Xi, she was only slightly curious about this, but she didn't wonder for long before her attention was completely attracted by the baby girl in Qiao Xi's arms.
--child.
——A half-demon child.
Yamabuki Otome suddenly felt disappointed and envious at the same time.
After obtaining Qiao Xi's consent, she carefully took the child into her arms, her eyes filled with indescribable sadness.
"Sir, this child is...?"
Qiao Xi was silent for a moment and took a second to decide the identity of this half-demon girl: "She is my second disciple."
When he said this, Yamabuki Otome's sad expression couldn't help but go blank for a moment.
"this……"
Qiao Xi raised her eyebrows at her, remembering that she didn't know what the problem was between her and Nuliang Liban, so she swallowed back the joke and turned to talk about the girl's identity.
He didn't go into great detail. He only said that a friend he knew before had an accident, so he entrusted his heir to him.
Yamabuki Otome did not express any doubt about this, but she couldn't put it down holding the girl. It took her a while to remember, and asked: "She is so cute, can you tell me her name?"
"Reiko, Natsume Reiko. It was the name decided by my friend's human wife."
"This... ah."
Yamabuki Otome was a little surprised that Qiao Xi, the wife of her friend, was actually a human being, and she was also a little surprised. After a while, she seemed to have gained some interest in Natsume Reiko, and she refused to let go of her hug.
Naturally, Qiao Xi would not deprive her of her fun, so he watched with a smile as she coaxed Reiko to giggle.
Her movements looked quite skillful. Qiao Xi looked at them and said casually: "Your movements in holding the child are not unfamiliar at all?"
The smile on Yamabuki Otome's face froze in an instant.
Qiao Xi paused for a while and saw no answer from her, so she turned her head and glanced at her curiously. This time, she saw that Yamabuki Otome's usually pale cheeks now had no trace of blood at all.
His eyes opened slightly, and he subconsciously recalled what had just happened.
——The sea was calm and there were no accidents, so I just said something...
——So, he said something wrong?
Qiao Xi thought about what was wrong with this sentence, and at the same time reached out and touched Yamabuki Otome's white fingertips.
"...You scared her."
As soon as he finished speaking, the baby Lingzi, as if to prove that what Qiao Xi said was true, opened her mouth, blinked her eyes, and started crying the next second.
Qiao Xi: "..."
Yamabuki Otome was quickly brought back to her mind by Reiko's cry, and she hurriedly lowered her head to see what the child needed.
After confirming that she was just hungry, Qiao Xi thought for a while, then took out some soft snacks soaked in sweet cherry blossom wine, and Otome Yamabuki fed them in bit by bit.
Seeing the child eating cleanly from a small bowl, Qiao Xi couldn't help but rub her hair in distress.
"It's not good to develop the habit of drinking at such a young age. Sure enough, we should leave the sea first and buy some baby supplies in the human world."