Chapter Twenty-Four: Threesome
On the rugged animal path that connects Hakurei Shrine to the human village, three people are walking side by side, talking and laughing along the way. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"And then?"
"Then I tidied up the yard by myself until noon, when I had the opportunity to buy, or 'take' clothes. ”
"Then, you met me halfway through. ”
Remilia stood under the parasol, looked up at Nalan Twilight's side face in the sun, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than four hundred years, and you have changed a lot." ”
"Not as much as you might think. ”
"At least, you're more gentlemanly now than you used to be. ”
Remilia remembered the crimson demon Nalan Twilight five hundred years ago, who called herself "Lao Tzu" or "Uncle Ben", and fought and killed everywhere, the Nalan Twilight that she had longed for and tried to imitate.
At that time, he was majestic and heroic, vowing to step on the soles of the whole world. And now, he has become calmer and wiser. However, his heart has not changed even the slightest.
Remilia can be sure that the somewhat different Nalan Twilight in front of her is the Nalan Twilight himself.
"Times have changed, and I did this so that I could move freely in human society. Nalan explained.
Today's human society has long passed the era of occupying mountains and drinking blood, and has become more civilized and rational. Even short-lived human beings, who can continue to progress through the efforts of generation after generation, have no reason for these self-proclaimed non-human creatures to cling to stereotypes and refuse to change?
Therefore, Nalan Twilight, who is more than a thousand years old, is still learning to this day.
"You also learned the ability to walk the day for this?" Remilia blinked, asking her biggest question.
"That's another story. Nalan exhaled and replied.
He really didn't want to explain the matter if he could.
"What do you mean by that?"
"The reason why I can walk every day is difficult to explain in a few words. To put it simply, I traded one power for another, so all the bells and whistles and magic tricks you've seen before, sorry, I can't use it anymore. ”
"No wonder you smell different now. Remilia said, deliberately leaning in and sniffing a few times to confirm her judgment.
"That's the smell of men's perfume. Nalan said as he took two steps to the other side.
"Ah, that's too much!" Seeing the other party's cold attitude, Remilia was very displeased, so she brought up another matter: "Speaking of which, you have taught us all about magic and witchcraft, but you are moving towards 'another realm'. ”
"Having said that, aren't you having fun using those ancient techniques?"
"But I'm more interested in your new powers now. ”
"I advise you to give up. The acquisition of any power comes with a corresponding price. This kind of price is not something that everyone can afford. ”
"According to you, if you fail, it will be miserable?"
"It's not that it fails, it's that it fails under normal circumstances, and it ends very miserably. ”
"How miserable?" Remilia tilted her head, waiting for an answer, the kind of topic she was most interested in.
"Thousands of cuts, peeling the skin and cramping, going up and down the knife mountain and going down the oil pot, these tortures are as comfortable in front of it as a high-class massage. After a little thought, Nalan explained.
Even he himself learned only after completing that "experiment" how serious the consequences of failure were and how low the probability of success was. He had to admit that it was the craziest adventure of his life.
As the saying goes, "the ignorant are fearless".
"But you won in the end. ”
"That's why I'm standing here and bragging to you, isn't it?"
"But, then again, you said I've changed a lot, aren't you the same?" Nalan Twilight looked at Remilia and said with a light smile, "You look like a good girl with a culture now." ”
"What do you mean?" Remilia disagreed, "as if I wasn't a good girl before!"
"I'm praising you, the eighteenth change of the female college, you should be happy. ”
"It's less stinky fart, and people haven't grown up at all. Remilia pouted, turning her head away.
There is no doubt that vampires don't grow up, and what Remilia wants to do most after spending 500 years of her childhood is to experience what it's like to be an adult again.
Her dream is very far away.
"Isn't that good, is it, this ......" Nalan looked at the silent umbrella maid, waiting for her response.
"Sixteen nights, it's okay to call me Sakuya, Lord Nalan. The silver-haired girl, dressed in a full maid outfit, nodded and replied politely.
"You are, just call me Nalan Twilight, you don't need to add honorifics. ”
He can't stand Mei Li's "Nalan Jun" alone, and if he replaces "Jun" with "Adult", it will be like his own life.
"Sakuya Sakuya," Remilia asked, looking up at Sakuya expectantly, "I'm sure I'd grow up a little longer to be attractive, right?"
"Of course, if the eldest lady grows up, she will become more mature. But," Sakiya replied with a smile on her face, narrowing her eyes, "in that case, you'll have to look like an adult." ”
What do you mean by the appearance of an adult...... Can't hang out often?"
"No, I can't. ”
"Where's the banquet?"
"Up to twice a year. ”
"Where's the little cake?"
"Give it to the second lady. ”
"Huh? Forget it then......"
Regardless, restricting sweets is unacceptable for Remilia. So this newborn dream died in infancy.
"Haha, what the hell is this?" Nalan Yu couldn't help laughing, "I'm just an adult, and I go out to play every day, eating everywhere, okay?"
"Self-proclaimed adult......" Remilia covered her mouth and looked at Nalan Twilight with disdain.
"Am I being despised by a little kid?"
"You...... Who do you say is the little brat?"
"Who else could it be?"
"Uh......h I'm!"
"Jump up and bite me!"
"Quack!"
Remilia's mouth opened wide, revealing her sharp canine teeth, as if she wanted to eat people, but she didn't dare to step out of the shadows and touch Nalan Twilight, who was standing in the sun. If it's night, she might actually bite into it.
"Hehehe......" Sakiya looked at the two who were nearly two thousand years old together, but still full of childishness, covered her lips, and chuckled a few times.
"Sakuya Sakuya!" Remilia turned her head and pulled at Sakuya's skirt and said, "Are you saying this guy is too much?"
"He's an interesting man, Mr. Nalan. Sakuya replied, but her eyes were on Nalan Twilight.
"One another, this ...... Hmm......" Nalan replied with a kind look, but there was a bit of confusion in his words, "Miss Human?
"Yes, I am indeed human, yes. Sakiya nodded.
"So you're Remy's blood servant?"
"No, I'm just an ordinary maid. ”
"Ordinary human maids, working for Remilia, did I hear me right?"
"Yes, that's it, what's the problem?"
"Not really, I'm just checking it, after all, this is the first time I've seen this kind of thing. Nalan said and looked at Sixteen Nights Sakuya carefully. Then, he turned his gaze to Remilia and exclaimed:
"It's really a big change! both me and you have changed a lot!"
However, he is not a person who hates change, on the contrary, what Nalan Yu can't accept the most is that his life is the same. It's not bad to reunite with an old friend you've been absent for a long time and get to know her again.
"Ah, look!" Exclaimed Remilia, pointing to the sky ahead, "It's smoke!"
In that blue and unsullied sky, a few wisps of green smoke were curling up, straight up to the sky, as if it was a staircase to the sky. The place where the smoke rises is undoubtedly a village inhabited by humans.
The three of them arrived at their destination in the midst of laughter and laughter.