(a)

In the summer when I was twenty-five, it rained heavily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shuoyue hugged a baby and rushed home in a hurry.

"Alright, come in!"

Nalan Yu pulled Shuoyue into the house, closed the door, kept the rain out, and wrapped the already hot blanket around her.

"I've said it all," he complained dissatisfiedly as he rubbed his long wet hair with a towel, "It's a bit humid today, I'm afraid there's going to be a rainstorm." If you still don't listen, you have to go out, and you're being watered, right?"

"Hey, hey......"

Shuoyue stuck out her tongue, but took out the hands of the baby in her arms, revealing them in front of Nalan Twilight.

"Look what I found!"

The baby was no more than a month old, curled up in swaddling clothes, eyes closed, biting fingers, and sleeping soundly. Just beyond the wall, there was a storm of dark clouds and lightning and thunder, and it was thanks to her that she could sleep so soundly.

"You gave birth?" Nalan asked, glancing at the baby, and opened his mouth.

"Die, stupid!"

Shuoyue kicked him and said:

"I picked it up from someone else's house!"

"Someone else's house?" Nalan raised an eyebrow, "It's almost the same as stealing." ”

"It may be a bit inappropriate to say that it is 'someone else's home', after all, it is no longer 'home'. The robbers ransacked the farmhouse, and by the time I got there, there were only four bodies left in the house, and a pool of blood. ”

Speaking of this, Shuoyue's expression was a little dim, but Nalan Twilight didn't care - he had seen more dead people than Shuoyue had ever seen.

"Then, just as I turned to leave," continued the moon, "from under the body of the hostess came a baby's cry. I opened the body and found her...... It's a girl. ”

"That mother protected her daughter with her life. Shuoyue stroked the innocent sleeping face in her arms and said softly, "Although she knows that even if she escapes this catastrophe, such a little baby who has no ability to protect herself will not live long, but she still chooses to leave this slim hope to the child, and she bravely dies." ”

"You're thinking too much. ”

Nalan Twilight put a towel on Shuoyue's face and said coldly:

"Eighty percent of the woman was holding the baby when she died, and she threw herself forward, and as a result, she crushed the baby under her, and she was not found. Of course, it's okay for this baby to be dropped like this, and it is a big fate to be alive and wait for you. ”

"You guy, you're completely impersonal!" Shuoyue said as she threw the towel into Nalan Twilight's face.

"Talent has a human touch, but I don't. ”

After that, Nalan Yu took the baby from Shuoyue's hand and said:

"The hot water is already boiling, you hurry up and take a bath, don't catch a cold, this child will be handed over to me first!"

"Be careful!"

"I will!"

"Whoaaaaaaa

"Ah, crying. ”

(b)

When the weather cleared, a group of people from Hakurei Shrine sat in the living room in dry clothes and discussed the baby's name.

"Because I picked it up on a rainy day and escaped another catastrophe, how about calling it 'Boli Rain'?" said Shuoyue with a smile as she hugged the baby in her arms.

"Yes, you can. ”

Emperor Inaba sat cross-legged beside her and nodded.

At the same time, Nalan Twilight, who was sitting opposite the two, proposed:

"I think the name 'Stormborn, Bloodbath, Doomsday Deathknell, God Forbid, Nemesis, Boree' is a bit more domineering!"

"Wow-"

As soon as he finished speaking, the baby began to cry again.

"Okay, out!" said the emperor, picked up the small rattle in his hand, and cooperated with Shuoyue to appease the little tribulation rain together, and put Nalan twilight aside, which was embarrassing.

"This broken child cried when he saw me, I was afraid that it would be incompatible. Nalan Yu pursed his lips and said a little unconvinced.

Although he has only been hugged back for half a day, he understands a little bit of the temperament of this little child: he doesn't let him hug it, doesn't let him breastfeed, and doesn't let him touch it. Obviously, he is a good baby next to Shuoyue, but as soon as he approaches, he immediately starts crying, which is completely unreasonable.

"It's you who look too ugly!"

"Emperor, I'll make a pot of rabbit meat tonight, do you want to try it?"

"Woo whoa, Lord Shuoyue, this vampire wants to eat me!"

"Nalan Twilight!"

"Did she find out you're not human?"

The voices of the three people who did not belong to the shrine came from behind Nalan Twilight, and when he looked back, he saw the big monster Yakumo Murasaki, half of his body poking out of the spatial crack, and he didn't know how long he had been floating there silently and watching.

"How could she find out?"

There was no trace of surprise in the hearts of the three of them about Purple's arrival - after spending a long time with this elusive monster, they would slowly get used to her way of invading privacy. As soon as Nalan turned around, he simply reasoned with her:

"We're different from other monsters, we don't have any magic power or magic power on us. How many self-proclaimed experts of the clergy can't see through my disguise, how can a little baby who hasn't opened a single eye find out?"

"Because, children's senses are more sensitive?" Zi Qian smiled, unfolding the folding fan in her hand to cover her mouth and nose, "Or, because she is talented?" hehe...... I'm guessing, don't take it seriously. ”

"So, what is the reason why you came here this time?" Shuoyue looked at Zi with a straight face.

"I'm here to discuss with you about your heir. ”

(c)

Shuoyue asked the emperor to take the baby to another room, and she was left in the living room, plus Zi and Nalan Twilight, a total of three people. The two of them were all sitting on the ground, Nalan was cross-legged, and the other two were kneeling very dignifiedly.

The door of the hall is open, and those sitting inside can clearly see the courtyard after the rain and smell the refreshing smell that belongs only to the rainy season. The rain that remained on the leaves dripped into the puddles of water on the ground, and the sound was crisp, like the song of birds. The droplets of water hanging from the grass and trees are like countless lenses, reflecting the strong sunlight shining from the cloudless clear sky, so everything in the courtyard is dazzling.

The noise of cicadas could be heard in the distance.

After a long silence, the first person to speak was Nalan Twilight:

"I'm against it. ”

"It's too early to start looking for an heir for Shuoyue. He continued, "She's only twenty-five years old, she's in her prime, and there's no need to think about a successor at this time." ”

"Being at the top means you can slip off the top at any time. Purple retorted, "Do you want to wait until she's too old to do anything before thinking about it? ”

"I didn't mean that......" Nalan Yu paused, gritted his teeth, and said loudly:

"Even if her state has fluctuated, isn't there still me? There should be no stronger youkai than me around here!"

"Oh, so?"

Zi said, put the folding fan away, and pressed it on the wooden floor with a "snap", and then put on a face and said sharply:

"Then let's let Shuoyue retire now, and you go and put on her witch costume and start her work. Anyway, you're a vampire, you never get old, you can do it for as long as you want, and you'll never have to find a successor. By the way, change the name to Hakurei, it's quite suitable for you. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything else, it's just that it's really disgusting to think that some old vampire is wishful thinking about pinning his feelings on the bubble and not allowing others to burst it. ”

Hearing this, Nalan Yu didn't say anything, but stared at Yakumo's eyes without saying a word. It's the height of summer now, but his gaze only sends chills down people's backs.

And Zi, obviously, with her identity, status and strength, it is impossible to eat Nalan Yu. The two looked at each other coldly and confronted each other.

"Okay, two. ”

At this time, Shuoyue, who was the center of the whirlpool, clapped his hands and spoke:

"It's not a small person, take your temper away. The way you are now, like a three-year-old child arguing, isn't there a shame for yourself?"

So the two of them turned their heads and looked at Shuoyue together, waiting for her next sentence.

In the final analysis, Hakurei Shrine is her shrine, and the final decision on whether to choose a successor or not, and who to choose as a successor, is in her hands. Yakumo Purple is the sage and leader of the youkai, and Nalan Twilight is her lover, but when it comes to the critical moment, what these two people say doesn't count.

The one who makes the final decision has to be her after all.

"I'm not going to pick a successor at this time. ”

As soon as these words came out, Nalan Yu was relieved, and Yakumo Zi frowned.

"It's not because I don't want to plan ahead," Satsuki continued, "but because ...... I think you saw that, too. ”

"I just adopted a child, Hakurei, and I don't want to add another child to the shrine anytime soon. And, if possible...... I want to train the rain to be a second-generation shrine maiden. ”

"That's why I bestowed the name 'Hakurei' on her. ”

"So?"

Yakumo Zi looked very disappointed, stood up, patted the folds on her skirt, turned around and opened a gap in front of her.

"Then I wish you a smooth journey to parenting!"

She didn't look back to the ground, said goodbye in a very perfunctory manner, and raised her feet to leave.

"Oh yes!"

As soon as her front foot stepped into the gap, she suddenly, as if she remembered something, turned her head and looked at Nalan Twilight.

"What I told you before, I better not forget!" she said, "this time, it's an ultimatum." You can do it yourself!"

"Oh, thank you, goodbye!"

Nalan waved at her and looked at her with an impatient face, urging her to leave. Yakumo Purple shook his head and stepped into the twisted void. The cracks that tore through the space slowly closed and eventually disappeared.

"Nalan Twilight, this stupid person, is still the same, he knows that he can't do it, hey......"

Yakumo's sigh soon disappeared into the shattered space-time, and no one heard it except herself.