Chapter 66: Inu Kaede (4)
The mountain dog continued: "But this night, the master came back very late, and his steps were not as light as usual, but he was a little powerless.
I waited in the den for my master to come back, and when I heard this, I immediately rushed out and inquired back and forth.
The master stroked my head with her delicate hand and comforted me with an anxious bark.
But at this moment, lightning suddenly struck from above the shrine, and the lightning illuminated the master's face, as white as washi paper.
Outside the palace gate, I heard a cold voice and said:
"Sakura, you've lost. Hand over the artifact, you should understand by now that the artifact should have belonged to me!"
When I heard this rebellious voice, I was so angry that I stood in front of my master, and screamed at the palace gate.
My five tails dance in the air, ready to strike at any moment to protect Jingu and my master.
But the master came and put his hand on my head, and I stopped barking.
She smiled and whispered, "Okay, it's good for you." But without my help, you won't know how to navigate it. ”
The other party sneered and said, "Hmph, if you can control it, I will definitely be able to control it." That artifact fell into your hands, and it was truly a tyrannical thing. But I can let it reach its full potential, and use it to its true potential. ”
The master said, "Then you can try it." ”
The other party paused for a long time and said, "I know you are cunning by nature, so I won't fall for you." Come with me, or everything I let you guard turn to ashes in an instant. You know my personality, say it. ”
The master smiled wryly and did not answer.
She bent down, half-crouched down, put her hands around my neck, and hugged me tightly.
She said softly to me, "You wait for me here." Then he let go of his hand, and floated like a cherry blossom, and left the shrine without looking back......"
Bian San clenched his little fists when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Then what happened to her later?"
The mountain dog smiled sadly and said, "The master asked me to wait, so I waited there obediently." Wait, wait, wait, but she never appeared again. For a year, two years, I greeted my master every day at the gate of the palace, rain or shine, but she never returned.
And the shrine has also lost its former style because of the departure of its master, and no one comes to pray for blessings and worship, and it is slowly covered with cobwebs and dust.
I have been staying there so that the shrine will not be reduced to a place where cows, sheep and wild beasts trample on at will.
Later, one day, the shrine collapsed with a bang......
At that time, I realized that my master would not come back, my home, without ......"
After saying this, the mountain dog choked in his throat and gently lay his head under his paws, as if trying to restrain his sobs.
Bian San looked at the mountain dog sympathetically, his hair was vicissitudes, his back was ragged, and his black eyes were bloodshot, full of exhaustion and despair.
The long wait made him a stray dog, a wandering spirit with no home and no owner.
Biansan's eyes were red, and his right hand rested on the back of the mountain dog's white hair, which was his way of comforting people.
"It's pitiful, man, it's pitiful......" Bian San said, shaking his head and sighing.
"But why are you chasing that girl with jade now?" he asked, puzzled.
The mountain dog recovered from his grief and said slowly, "Since the fall of the shrine, I have searched everywhere for the whereabouts of my master.
I attend the Yokai Tournament every seven years, because it's a place where monsters of all sizes gather all over the country, and I hope to get a little bit of news from my master.
However, each time he returned empty-handed, and he did not receive any information.
But just this year, at the 10th Yokai Convention I attended, I finally heard the news about her master! When I heard the rumors that she was no longer alive, I was like five thunderbolts, and I couldn't believe it was true.
The master is so powerful, how can he die so easily? There must be some misunderstanding! I was burned all over the place, and I didn't know what to do.
But at that moment, I heard again that the master was probably not dead, so I regained my senses and listened carefully to the monsters below.
When I knew that the girl with the jade was probably an acquaintance of the master, I made up my mind that I must find her!" said the mountain dog with his eyes looking up at the starry sky.
Bian San bitterly recalled the scene of the conference at that time, and what everyone said, suddenly his eyes widened, and he said, "The master you said, is it ...... Is that ...... Sakura?"
The mountain dog nodded, opened his mouth wide, and said, "Your master is actually the Sakura God!The all-pervasive, omnipotent Sakura God?"
The mountain dog nodded again, and when he saw Bian San worshipping his master like this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if the radiant, gentle and beautiful image of the cherry blossom god appeared in front of him.
"Oh yo, you said it earlier. Bian San said: "Sakura God is the great benefactor of my family, once my mother was pecked blind by a huge crow, or Sakura God cured her." ”