Lumia leads the monster to wander through the Magic Forest, after all, the daily life of the little monster is to hunt in the wandering, and eat whatever he bumps into, either eating or on the way to eat. If it weren't for the fact that monsters ravaged the forest some time ago and the prey of the demon was gone, it was hard to say whether the hungry Lumia would have been attracted by the smell of blood. In a sense, this is also a blessing in disguise.

However, there is still one thing that the dark monster with no taboos will never eat.

Person.

"Quack, you're supposed to have eaten humans before. ”

The little monster holds his hands flat and faces the monster. While flying backwards, he said earnestly:

"Otherwise, they wouldn't be far away from the Magical Forest, where wood, beasts, vegetables, and melons and fruits are all very important resources for them, and they are very, very bold enough to not flinch until they realize that their lives are in danger. In this case, either you eat people in a very cruel way, or you eat a lot of people, otherwise this situation will not occur. After all, the Forest of Magic is inherently very dangerous, and those humans who come here should be awake. ”

“Guuuhhhh？”

The monster replied with a stupid look on its face, where could it remember what it had eaten and how it had eaten, and that memory was a luxury for a monster with a blank brain. It also doesn't understand Lumia's attitude and the long list of words, just as it doesn't understand Lumia's other thoughts.

"People are easy to catch, their flesh is tender, and the darkness of their souls is delicious, but we can't eat people. If you eat someone, you won't be able to be friends with anyone anymore, and you'll never be able to ...... anymore There's no going back. ”

The expression of the dark monster is serious and sad, as if a mature and vicissitudes of life has opened its eyes in this young and immature body, slowly wakes up, recalling the past that has been sealed by time, and its eyes are gloomy.

"Promise me not to eat people again in the future, okay?"

“Guuuhhhh。 ”

Those vicissitudes of life melted away in an instant, and Lumia turned back into that innocent little monster with no heart and no lungs. She smiled happily, and rewarded the monster's Tianling Gai, and her tone was cheerful.

"Good boy~"

"I don't blame you for eating people. I don't remember exactly, but I vaguely think I must have eaten a lot of people before. It's just that I promised others that they would never eat people again, although I don't want you to eat people, and I don't want them to hate you. ”

"But...... Who is it?"

Lumia whispered thoughtfully, subconsciously raising her left hand to caress the ribbon tied around her hair, as if to find comfort in it.

“…… Well, forget it. If you can't remember it, you don't want to, but I'll remember it one day. Maybe they're all dead, after all, humans are so fragile and have such a short lifespan, maybe it's a good thing that they can't think of it. ”

I don't know which words in this sentence touched the monster's mind, and it frowned in pain, unconsciously scratching the hole in its chest through its clothes, and making a sound.

“Guuuuhhhh？”

"Hmm, quack, are you trying to ask, since everyone is dead, why do you still keep the agreement?"

Lumia tilted her head to look at the monster's slightly confused face, and she didn't know how she could see the deeper meaning of the monster himself, which was probably similar to reading comprehension.

"Because that's a promise. ”

The little monster bloomed with a pure and dazzling smile.

"Covenants are very, very, very important things for us youkai, especially with humans. Their lives are too short, but they will die in a few decades. The best way for us yokai to remember them is to make a pact with them, so that even after they die, we will not forget them, and the pact we made will become a part of our lives and will never be separated again. ”

"Once you make an agreement with it, it will not change. ”

“Guuhhhhh…… Be...... Guh…… Be...... Such...... Guuhhh…… Is it?"

The monster squeezed this short sentence out of its throat with extreme difficulty, and it seemed to be quite painful for it, so that the monster bent over, covered its chest with its left hand and pressed its head with its right, its upright facial features were extremely distorted, and its tentacles began to dance wildly. But there was a hint of sorrow in its expression, and it looked at Lumia as if it was praying for something.

The little monster was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded lightly with tolerance and relief.

"Yes~ That's it. ”

"Yes...... Guuhhhh…… Is that so?"

"Yes~ That's it, just like I once agreed with Gaga, I will definitely protect you. ”

"Yes...... Is that so......"

The monster's expression was no longer painful, and the short-lived independent emotion and self-will finally fell silent. It regained its usual 10,000-year-old dead face, only to learn a new kind of voice in addition to "Guh".

“Guuuhhhh…… Is it~ so?"

"Yes~ That's it. ”

Lumia's broad-mindedness just now didn't know who had stolen it, and the little monsters were happy to ask questions and questions to the monsters, and their voices gradually spread across the entire Magic Forest with their footsteps.

"Sure enough, there is still no prey......"

"Is it~ so?"

Rumia, who searched the forest but couldn't find any prey, couldn't help but be a little depressed, and even the angle between her hands and body changed from 90 degrees to 60 degrees. And Gaga, on the other hand, could only respond expressionlessly to the four-word question sentence that had replaced "Guh" as its most commonly used expression.

"It seems that it will take some time for the news that the forest is safe to spread. ”

Except for a few social youkai with sentinels, the way the youkai obtain and transmit information is quite inefficient. Only by trying your luck and occasionally encountering other youkai to exchange life experiences, this also has a big premise that the two youkai are not hostile or hunting, otherwise they can only communicate in the stomach.

"But that's okay, I wasn't going to hunt for dinner. ”

Lumia quickly adjusted her mood and patted her chest triumphantly.

"Let's go, quack!

“Guuuhhhhh！”

The rice bucket duo soon crossed the borders of the Magical Forest, and Lumia looked around rather warily before taking the monster's hand and unleashing the darkness.

The monster's eyes were originally ornaments, so even if he was wrapped in a black ball, he didn't react, just obediently followed Lumia forward.

"The outside world is very dangerous, and there are many humans who hunt youkai in exchange for bounties and reputation. We need to be careful not to be ......."

"Bang!"

"Oops......"

It's a pity that Lumia forgot a very important point, and the little monster himself can't see the world outside the darkness. She didn't take two steps before she crashed headfirst into a lonely old tree outside the Forest of Magic, and fell into the monster's arms with her head in her hands, and the darkness naturally dissipated.