"In this case..." A strange light burst out from the old man's eyes, "I have no choice but-"

Just...?

...!

In the blink of an eye, thousands of worlds, like flowers blooming, emerge from the mirror. They are dizzying and seem like a dream, but in reality they are out of reach.

Realizing something was wrong, I tried to use my demon power to wave away the mirror, but I was already deeply trapped in it.

"Forced you to remember."

"..."

"We have been here for thousands of years, playing nursery rhymes to lure you here, and finally get your long-cherished wish. Here, with all our lives, let the bright stone mirror take you back to that time, and return everything you have to you. No forgiveness.

The hard work of words and advice is like this——"

"...For a god that has long since ceased to exist, for a crime that even the person involved has forgotten, instead of escaping, it reminds him...human beings...are really hopeless."

The remaining consciousness can only see the old man's calm face, and her calm eyes seem to be like a pool of spring water that has spent thousands of years——

Such people...

I should have wanted to say something else, but there was no room for resistance——

But... in this way, it will delve deeper into her past, right?

If I had followed what those people said and entered the mirror directly at that time, I am afraid it would not have been "at that time" but the world in the mirror.

More importantly, even when I get there, I am still me, not her.

The old god of Izumo Kingdom once said that for "that", she would not hesitate to kill "self". My appearance was completely the biggest accident in her thousand-year plan. Becoming a compassionate and kind-hearted existence like Xixia was just a disguise.

.

But, who is she trying to deceive with this disguise? How long will this disguise last without my presence? And... what is her ultimate goal - "that"?

…

I dreamed about the dream of falling again.

I tried hard to see the person above me clearly, but I could only catch a faint glimpse of gold, and then I suddenly woke up.

Sunny sky, white clouds, green grass... four faces.

"Really, I asked you to take her out more often. Now you won't be unable to leave even the land of weeping gods in the Izumo Kingdom." The person who spoke was a wrinkled old man with a face that could not be distinguished between male and female.

"This is so miserable. I can't even leave the Land of Weeping Gods, let alone go to Gao Tianyuan to find a place to stay." It was a young face whose gender was difficult to identify——

"It's been noisy from the beginning, not even a bit like the old gods..." This time he looked like a child.

"Compared to that kind of thing, you'd better go back quickly. If the wind blows you away, I have to go to all the trouble to find you again."

This time it's a familiar face...

"Wait a minute, doesn't she look too much like her?" the child asked, "No, no, no, I'm definitely not wrong. This monster is exactly the same! And, can she see us?!"

"Aren't you her?" the young man frowned and asked, "Aren't you possessed by something unclean?"

"What are you talking about?! We are the old gods! Even if Izumo Kingdom disappears, we are still the old gods!" the old man said dissatisfied.

"What kind of god are you? Once the Izumo Kingdom disappears, how will anyone in the world know about our existence?" The child mocked slightly, "If it weren't for the innate divine power, even the monsters in the world that rely on the aura of heaven and earth would be higher than us.

Wait."

The old man's face turned red with anger at the child's words, but he couldn't find the words to refute.

"Anyway -" the red-haired man put his hands on the old man's shoulders and the child's shoulders respectively, and then stuffed them into his body like stuffing objects, "Go back after you have rested enough."

The young man then retracted his gaze and looked at me again: "Although we still don't know why you came here, but somewhere, maybe-"

Before the young man could finish speaking, the red-haired man thrust into his body.

"Really... you have lived for so long and you are still like a child." The red-haired man complained and looked at me again, "Can you see me and them - who are you?"

This really gave me something incredible from the beginning.

Now it seems that not long after she was born, Izumo Kingdom disappeared. The specific reason is unknown, but I'm afraid it's not time to touch it.

I saw this after I woke up. It must have been because I didn't see the color of her eyes clearly, so I thought I was her. After reacting, I realized that I was not her.

The disappearance of Izumo Country meant that the place where she lived was gone. Because of this, she left her vanished hometown to find another place where the gods lived, Takamagahara.

I'm afraid the original range of Izumo Country has not yet been reached, but according to what I know, she is not taught about emotions now...

In this case——

"Me?" I smiled at him and stood up from the grass where I was lying.

He was a little shocked and took a few steps back, showing a panic I had never seen before.

That mirror has a lot of history.

Not only can it remember the past, but it can also be used to return to the past by consuming the lives of others. However, this should be a special case - that is, it can only be used against me, right? Otherwise, Xiao Zi... Otherwise, the former body will not be able to

Guide me here.

Although he went back to the past, he completely returned here and appeared as "Minamoto Chipura".

"Well... I'm just a traveler." I said, "I want to investigate something clearly, so I came here."

"A traveler...?" The red-haired man fell into deep thought.

Looking back from where I was, I could see a lake. Since I was wet, I must have fallen into the lake and been picked up. Not far ahead was a ruins - a completely unfamiliar sight.

While we were silent, I finally couldn't wait any longer and looked up into the distance, only to meet a pair of red eyes.

"It's time to go."

...!

I didn’t expect to meet so soon, and the other party must not have expected either——

Although there was no emotion, I still saw fluctuations in those eyes.

Maybe I was just looking for a way, so that’s why——

"It's really similar." The red-haired man came between me and her. He looked at me again, "You are a monster. Have we seen you before?"

Seeing that he recovered so quickly, I pretended to think deeply: "Maybe I have seen him, maybe I haven't seen him. The old god of Izumo Kingdom... I didn't expect you were the only one."

"……What's the meaning?"

"It's not interesting." I said with a smile, "You are going out to find Gao Tianyuan, right? I know how to get there."

"Thank you for your kindness." She said as dull as a doll, "But, why can you see him?"

Of course you and I are the same existence...

Even if you say this, they won't believe it, right?

"This is a secret." I said.

"Secret...?" The girl stiffly imitated confusion.

Then, he was pulled aside by the red-haired man.

"You've already disappeared with Izumo Country, why can you just hold me back?!"

"What time do you think it is now? Of course the gods of the Age of Gods are omnipotent, and Izumo Country is not an unknown place." When he said this, he gritted his teeth, "I don't care who you are, since you and

She looks exactly the same, so there is no way I will let you go. You can go with us, but if you are planning something against her——"

"...This is really unconvincing when you say it from your mouth now." I looked at his rather childish behavior, "Although I don't know what to do? But to threaten me with such childish behavior is really embarrassing.

It opened my eyes.”

"...!"

He stretched out his hand to grab my collar. I bent down and slipped under his arm, turning to her who was standing aside and watching us silently: "Hello, I am Yuan Zhizi. Please give me your advice next time."

Those red eyes reflected my appearance clearly, without a trace of impurity or emotion, there was... nothing.

"Afeng." She said, "You can call me Afeng."

"Hey!" The red-haired man was obviously dissatisfied with her attitude.

"What's wrong? Can't you trust me?" She looked at the man.

The red-haired man put his hands on his hips: "She is a demon. Even demons are very cunning. I have taught her, right?"

"Yes." She looked at me again, "Forget what I said before. It's time for us to get on our way."

After saying that, she turned around and left.

The red-haired man glanced at me: "Yuan Zhizi... What a complicated name."

"You can just call me Azi."

"Hey... little girl." He said unwillingly, "I've felt this way before. Why do I always feel an inexplicable guilt when I see you?"

"Who knows?" I replied to him and shouted to the girl who had walked away, "Afeng, wait for me!"

In this way, she accepted me without any explanation and took me on the journey to Takamagahara.
To be continued...