"A Zi!"

"What are you doing?! Leave him quickly!"

While I was blocking in front of Kittomaru, the voices of Haruma and Mr. Kamoro rang at the same time.

But Kidomaru couldn't allow them to say anything else. The same pressure as before came to me. I expanded my demonic power to condense into a barrier, blocking Mr. Kamao's attack.

It is better to know the other party's strength than anyone else. This is my advantage, but it is not.

Mr. Kamao... will definitely be more determined than Kidomaru.

The chain of Guitongmaru climbed up to my neck at some point and locked it a little: "You can watch it carefully from the side."

The manipulated chain wrapped Mr. Hamao in, while I was left in place, bound to move.

Because Mr. He Mao’s pursuit of his ideals is more important than any kindness, he will definitely give up the Guitongmaru.

I was surrounded by the chain and watched Qingming stand up with the tree trunk.

He glanced at me and walked slowly over.

"Qingming, you have never trusted me, have you?"

I've been greedy for it all the time, but I hate this warmth...

"Right?" I lowered my eyes, "You have found out about the snake demon Kongli, but you don't tell me."

Qingming raised her head, but the look of her eyes looking at me was so complicated. I never thought that Qingming would look at me like Mr. He Mao. In the complex and difficult-to-understand eyes, I couldn't feel any emotions they had.

"My mother, Kori, once killed so many Onmyoji..." I recalled the information I saw in the book that Mr. Hamao dropped that day.

"..." A warm hand pressed my head in his arms.

"It's okay, I've been here all the time. So, look, am I here now?" Qingming patted my back and comforted me.

"...Is that true?" I asked back.

Qingming had not answered me yet, and the other end of the chain that surrounded me began to gradually disappear. After a while, the chain on my body also disappeared completely. Qingming hugged me, while Mr. He Mao and Gui Tongmaru who were confronting each other were silent.

Looking at each other.

He could fight to the death, but Kittomaru did not do so, allowing Mr. Kamao to use Yin-Yang Technique to bind him.

"Your destination is to fight with all ghosts until death. I will exile you to the Shura ghost realm. Never get half a step closer to Kyoto."

Mr. He Mao's words are always so fair.

Although I don’t know where the Shura Ghost Realm is, it must be a good place. I tried my best to get out of Qingming’s arms to help Guitongmaru, but Qingming grabbed me and grabbed me.

Guitongmaru lowered his head, as if he realized my gaze. He looked up at me, his mouth seemed to be saying something. I was stunned and watched him disappear into the magic circle. Mr. He Mao finished all this

Then I looked at me. Such a complicated look did not become simple because of the disappearance of Guitongmaru.

"Qingming, even so, do you still have to protect her?" Mr. He Mao asked.

I looked at Mr. He Mao, and even felt a little disgusted with his righteous and rash look: "He is not wrong... Why did he exil him to that kind of place? It was clearly someone else who hurt him first..."

Mr. He Mao looked at me, but couldn't say a word.

"Because you can only see the results!" I felt that Qingming was holding me even harder, "and she would only see his surface. One day in the future, my brother will be found by you, and if you face it, the same will be true.

I would rather I never find him."

Mr. He Mao squatted down, reached out to take off the jade hanging from my forehead, wiped it, and placed it aside.

"She is not her."

I looked down at the jade and felt my shoulder sink.

"I will find my brother first than you..." I raised my head and looked at Mr. He Mao, "I will protect him, and there will never be any such thing happening today."

Mr. He Mao lowered his eyes. There seemed to be only a slight moistness left in his eyes, which were almost a little bright.

I remember seeing Mr. He Mao on the first day, and he was so happy when he heard Qingming introduce me.

"You will definitely do better than Harui."

Mr. He Mao said, patted me on the shoulder and smiled expectantly like my father.

But these are all phantoms...

My father is looking forward to my growth, while Mr. Hamao is looking forward to me growing up to be a person as righteous as Harui and maintaining the balance between humans and demons.

"For me, it doesn't matter whether my aunt is." Qingming let go of me, "I will fulfill my promise to her."

promise……

It seemed like this was happening. On the first night I came to Qingming's house, I fell asleep with Qingming in a trance and heard his voice.

"This will be your eternal home from now on, and this is my commitment to you."

I took off Qingming's hand, and his soft eyes seemed to be talking to me, Look, I did it.

"You have always wanted to leave here, right?" Qingming asked.

Qingming... If this is true, it would be better... But the breath is wrong. When did it start? Because I pay too much attention to the matter of Guitongmaru, I will instead change Qingming's breath...

"Then let's go, don't look back." Qingming withdrew his hand.

I took a few steps back, and Qingming looked at me, looking gentle, just like when I first met him.

"Hey, Qingming, can I trust you, right?" I asked with my head down.

What does it feel like to be trusted... exactly?

"Well, of course." Qingming's too charming eyebrows bent, "I will protect you like my family."

I used my demonic power to retract the jade, raised my head and smiled at him, and my suspicion of the perceived breath disappeared completely. Without looking at them again, I turned around and walked forward.

But...even as a person who is half-human and half-demon, Qingming is still biased towards humans. The sudden burning pain behind me made me unable to take another step forward, and then I heard Qingming's voice.

"Feel sorry."

The darkness wrapped around me and I fell into a deep sleep. Without dreaming or anxiety, it felt like I was killed.

Consciousness was constantly looking for something until it saw a white light spot in front of me... I got up and walked towards the light. If I just stopped like this, it would be impossible to find my brother...

I don’t know how long it took me to get closer to that spot of light. The light emitted from the spot illuminated the darkness around me, and when all the light faded, I found that I was standing on a street.

Time goes back, back to the first day. I don’t want to experience such pain again. As long as I experience it once, I don’t want to experience it again.

"It's okay, I'm always by your side." Qingming's voice suddenly rang beside me. The fiery red light illuminated his soft face, and he naturally took my hand.

I know this is not true...

I shook his hand away: "You don't need to sympathize with me..."

He is the same as those people... He will not understand us, nor will he understand brother.

"This is your dream." Harui didn't care, but said gently, "I thought your dream was only that sea of ​​fire."

Qingming looked up at the sky, just like at that time, I looked up at the sky like my brother, and the fireworks bloomed in the sky.

"I've sealed all your other dreams." Qingming looked back at me and said, "In the future, as long as you want, what you dream of will always be here."

I looked around and saw the places I used to feel happy, but now I feel the crowd noisy.

"Before you came, I always felt that I was omnipotent. Until I saw you standing beside Guitongmaru with blood, I realized that I was so small." Qingming's smile began to calm down.

, "It is not a mistake to pursue strength, but it is too weak and I can't protect anything. I..."

“…”

A white snake suddenly jumped out of the ground entangled Qingming. A huge purple snake flew down from the air and bit Qingming. Only a huge one was left on the street of the people who were scared by the snake and screamed.

The purple snake looked at me. Qingming, who was bitten by the purple snake, turned into light smoke and dispersed. I don’t know where the purple snake came from, but in terms of its breath, it was not hostile.

Looking at the familiar street, I walked around the purple snake and walked forward. There was nothing that could interest me anymore... I walked slowly, and the purple snake behind me slowly crawled behind me.

.

Nothing interested... No, I took back that sentence. In the inconspicuous stall, the stalls that were pushed down by people, there were apple candy.

I knelt on the ground, picked up two apple candies, hesitated for a while, turned around and stretched out one for the purple snake: "Come on?"

Not sure if it understands what I say, not sure if it likes sweet, just think...

The purple snake bit the apple candy in one bite, and its huge purple eyes blinked at me, and its tail was shaking like a little white.

By the way, I gently patted the purple snake's head. As if it was intimate, it also gently rubbed my hand.

"So... can you take me out of my place?"

The purple snake's head tilted backwards, and its round body was difficult to move due to the bent head. In my opinion, the clumsy movements actually felt a little funny.

"Okay, OK, I know what you mean." I walked to the purple snake and jumped onto its body easily.

The purple snake kept flying upwards, and I fell asleep again.

When I opened my eyes again, my place was still Qingming's home. Xiaobai lay on me and slept soundly. I sat up slowly and saw that the sky outside the window was a little gloomy and the air was filled with coldness.

breath.

"You are finally awake." Qingming walked out of the darkness with a familiar smile on his face.
To be continued...