Chapter 18 Night Travel, Different Kind of Travel
When the moon stars are sparse outside, there is silence on the road, and the world is quiet, and the moonlight illuminates the road clearly, and Inari carries the still sleepy Natsume and Amaterasu out of the alley where they went home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info stood in front of the alley and looked at the empty streets in the middle of the night, the revelry crowd had dispersed, leaving only the lingering afterglow of the festival. Inari turned to face the alley and put down Natsume, who was a little sober in his arms, and the three of them stood stupidly at the entrance of their own alley, and finally Natsume, who was awake, broke his immersion, "Dad, aren't you going to watch a carnival in another world?" Inari explained unconvincingly. A gust of wind blew, blowing Natsume's newly long hair into a mess, and when Natsume was covering his hair because of this abnormal wind, Inari solemnly introduced, "Welcome to the world that belongs to youkai." ”
Another gust of wind blew from the mouth of the alley to the three of them, this time Natsume felt that the heavens and the earth were spinning, the space was pulled and twisted, and the ubiquitous wind blew the hem of the kimono and the haori to hunt, I don't know how long it took, it seemed like for a moment, everything was still again, but everything around me was no longer the same. The moon in the sky is getting brighter and brighter, the world is illuminated as bright as day, but it is not dazzling, the light rays are softly sprinkled on all things, the line of sight is unobstructed, and the moon itself seems to be magnified countless times in the air, as if it is close to the eyes, as long as you stand on tiptoe and rub your hands. In Natsume's eyes, the world that belongs to him must live in the future slowly unfolds, and this picture scroll is presented in front of his eyes at this time, under the full moon in front of him, countless low-level monsters of unknown types pulled chariots. A few yokai with fur and a dog-like shape pulling a gorgeous cart, a creature that looked like a dragon from a distance with a person standing on its back, a house hanging in the air moving slowly, a large boat driven by a rotating propeller behind a large oar, and four yokai in kimonos carrying a sedan chair beside him and running past the wall and disappearing. All of this surprised Natsume, and his jaw didn't close for a long time.
"The end of the day in the human world is the beginning of the monster world, and the arrival of the night is now the beginning of the monster carnival. After taking Natsume's hand, the dark alley suddenly lit up with blue flames from a distance as they approached, and the curious Natsume stretched out his hand and put it on the flame as he approached, but he didn't feel the scorching temperature, only a soft touch. At some point, cherry blossom petals floated in the sky, and Amaterasu, holding a bright red Kyowa umbrella and holding a cypress fan, explained to Natsume, "This is the only way to see the heron fire at night and when it is not raining, and later this phenomenon was gradually mythologized by the common people, and it was later said that it was not blue light that surrounded the heron, but blue flames." It is said that after the heron lives to a certain age, its wings shine when it flies at night, and it is regarded as a god who can bless the harvest of the grain and the safety of the family. The reason for appearing here is to stabilize this passage connecting the human world and the demon world, and also to prevent humans with spiritual power from accidentally breaking in. "Can humans come in too?" Anyone with spiritual power can enter, but some human spiritual power is empty, not too powerful, and has no ability to protect themselves, so they are protected by the heron fire and sent back to the world. Therefore, the human beings who can enter here are all onmyoji, witches, priests and other professionals who can protect themselves, and those who have no strength dare not come, after all, the monsters here are not good, and there are not a few monsters that eat people. Natsume, who was taken aback by Inari's words, "Ahh ”
Continuing to walk, it seemed to be on the way back to the ancient house, but he stopped where he had turned to the left, and then turned to the right and passed through the illusory wall on the right. In front of you is a brightly lit street, the door of the shop is hung with lanterns, there are different shapes and colors of flames dancing inside, the hanging plaque with the name of the shop is written on the name of the store, and the difference between these words is floating on the plaque, and then sealed by various seals so that these words can not escape, the wind blows through the words on the plaque will flutter with the wind. When a customer wants to enter the store, a small flame shoots out of the lantern, and when it lands, it transforms into a small servant dressed in a kimono and welcomes the customer into the store. "These are small monsters that can transform into small monsters that do not know fire, which is a kind of strange fire in the legends of the Kyushu region of Japan, and it is also a kind of monster in ancient Japanese folklore
At times such as the dawn of the seventh month of the old calendar, when the wind is weak, or on the night of the new moon, the appearance of Shiranui fire in the area of the Yatsushiro Sea and the Ariake Sea usually occurs several kilometers from the coast, and at first one or two fires called "pro-fires" appear, and then several of the same fires appear on the left and right, and eventually hundreds to thousands of identical fires coexist horizontally. This kind of little monster is attached to the powerful monster and the shopkeeper to survive, because the strength is low, you see that there is a flame behind his head. Natsume stared at the cremated pedestrian with wide eyes, and when he turned around, there was a flame dancing behind his head.
"This is a relatively common little monster, now take you to a place where you can see more monsters. Inari walked to the north of the street, and stopped at an izakaya hanging a blue linen curtain with a pot written on it in the lower right corner of the sake jar. Inari lifted the curtain and walked in with Natsume Amaterasu "Welcome, three?" "Yes". It's a buzzy izakaya full of youkai who drink alone and gather in groups, "This is an izakaya, I'm not an adult and can't drink," Natsume said to her unscrupulous parents with a serious face. "Izakaya is a very popular place in the demon world, and if you bring it here, you can see the rare varieties of yokai that you don't usually see. Inari opened his mouth and talked serious nonsense, and was immediately smashed on the head by Amaterasu's fist, Natsume felt very painful when he heard the sound, and this punch smashed Inari's fox ears out, "It's obvious that you are greedy and want to drink, and you are still talking nonsense." "It's just incidental to come and have a drink, isn't it a mistake to do it both?" Seeing that Amaterasu was about to do it again, Inari hurriedly changed the topic, "Well, Natsume, look at this monk who just entered the door, wearing a monk's robe, his hair stood up, his physique was rough, and he was tall and blue. When Natsume heard this, he looked at the one-eyed monk wearing a rosary made of skeletons, this youkai had an unusual figure and only one big eye on his face. "The owner of the green workshop, a one-eyed monk with a blue body, is tall and has a pair of big feet, because he has walked too many roads, he has become flat-footed. Originally, he was a lazy monk in the temple, but later he became a youkai, and after death, he still had to knock on the wooden fish and continue his practice. If a child does not return home to play in the mountains after the sun sets, he will be caught by the owner of the Qingfang and taken to the cave or wild temple to teach a lesson. On his neck is the "Beast Rosary" strung together by skeletons, suppressing its own power, Qingtianfang has a lot of strength, and if the Beast Rosary is removed, the strength is even more amazing. Although Qingtianfang has a terrifying face, it is a rare good temper among monsters, especially the coquettishness of children. "()"Natsume Homo Summer as a Demon" only represents the author's intermittent and leisurely point of view.,If you find that its content violates the content of the national law.,Please delete it.,The position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.。
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