However, Natsume's reaction was unexpected by Hinoeda, "Thank you, Hinoeda." ”

Hinoeda was a little overwhelmed by Natsume's gaze, "Why, so like Reiko, why are you a man?" ”

Natsume stayed in the woods at night, and this night there was no cat teacher's huge body to block the wind and provide a source of warmth for Natsume, coupled with the extraordinary sting of the curse on his arm, Natsume's night was very difficult, and the scrolls given by Hinoshi and the sword he carried with him were scattered on the ground on the side, and he had no strength to put them away.

Natsume was panting loudly in pain, sweat seeping out little by little with Natsume's breathing, Hinoshi sat close to the side and reached out to stroke Natsume's forehead, "Is it uncomfortable?" Take a break before you get started, Natsume. Hinoeda got up, picked up the scrolls scattered on the ground, rolled them up, tied them with rope, and put them in his kimono, "I'll go get you some fish to eat." ”

Natsume, who was particularly uncomfortable, had only one thought in her heart: 'I want to go home, go home.' ’

Someone is approaching in the middle of the night.,Natsume, who was sleeping unsteadily because of the pain, opened his eyes vigilantly.,After seeing the comer, he woke up instantly.,In front of him is an open mouth that can see a mouthful of white teeth.,This mouth is slowly approaching Natsume.,Just the moment when he was about to bite Natsume.,Natsume barely rolled over to avoid a bite from this mouth.。

When he looked back, the black shadow that had been following him for several days slowly bit down and fell into the air, biting on the ground, straightening up and roaring at Natsume, Natsume hurriedly fled to the woods, and when he left, he also took his own knife and looked around for the scroll of the cypress branch, "He caught up, where is the scroll!" ’

Looking back, the black shadow was catching up with what seemed to be slow but was actually very fast, and Natsume, who was accidentally too focused on the black shadow, didn't see that the tree roots under his feet were tripped and fell, and the black shadow approached little by little, "I'm going to eat you, little ghost." In the midst of laughter, the black shadow of the human form changed into the appearance of the evil youkai that Natsume saw that day.

"Don't think" the cat teacher descended like a god, blocking in front of Natsume, who had fallen and hadn't gotten up, and pounced towards the monster, but what I didn't expect was that the cat teacher went directly through the shadow into the monster, and fell to the ground, thinking that his full elasticity bounced on the ground a few times (the elasticity of the cat teacher is like jelly!). ）

"Teacher." Seeing that the cat teacher fell out, Natsume was a little anxious.

On the other side, he carried a hinoji that was rushed back with a fish, "Natsume, use it!" Hinoshi threw the scroll from afar.

Natsume jumped up and caught the scroll, but he didn't use it, he gently put the scroll aside, held his knife with his backhand, and slowly squatted down and posed in a posture of drawing the knife, Hinoeda was a little anxious when he saw that Natsume didn't use the scroll, "Natsume, what are you doing!" Pick up the scroll..."

Saying that, he was about to rush over to rescue Natsume, worried about Natsume's comfort, but was suddenly blocked by the cat teacher and didn't let him pass, "Wait, look at Natsume, look at his eyes, he's waiting for him to try it himself." ”

"Come on! It's my own fight. The divine power that was accumulating all over his body began to boil, and little by little he converged along his arm towards the blade, "Let me purify the filth of this world!" ”

Natsume slammed into the battle in front of the youkai and faced the battle, "Draw your sword and slash!" A dazzling sun-like light streaked across the sky, and Natsume slashed at the youkai at that moment with a dozen slashes, causing the youkai to melt directly into pieces.

The battle is over, and before you know it, the sky has begun to white, and it is dawn and a new day has begun, Natsume was woken up by the sound of the cat teacher sniffing on his face, and raised his head half-asleep and half-awake, "Teacher, have you recovered to your original state?" ”

"Well, it's over, and the mark on your arm is gone." Natsume looked at his arm, which was as smooth as ever after taking off the bandage.

Relieved, next to the cat teacher's head, there was a lie down, "That's it, that's great."

The footsteps sounded, and Hinoeda slapped Natsume's head as soon as he finished speaking, "It's not good at all", and after the beating, he stroked Natsume's face, "You're too impulsive, I'm watching you, I want to protect others, I don't want to cause trouble to others, you always think like this, people who don't know how to cherish themselves, I hate such people the most." ”

"I'm sorry." Natsume's mood was a little depressed after hearing this.

A strong voice suddenly sounded, "Oops, oops, well done," Mishino appeared along with the sound of bells that rang all year round, "Actually, I'm testing Natsume-sama, I don't know if you, the son of a human, deserve my name." ”

"Temptation?" Natsume was a little surprised.

"I'm the one who tricked you with a frog." Sanxiao continued.

Hearing this, the cat teacher directly blew up, "Sanxiao!" You. ”

Sanshino ignored the cat teacher's anger and continued, "If you are eaten, then everything is over, and then I will take the friend account." ”

With every word Mishino said, Mr. Cat's anger rose little by little, until he finally broke out when he heard that Mishino would take away his friend's account, "What do you say!!" ”

This time, Natsume ignored the cat sensei's anger, "What about the result of the temptation?" ”

Mishino said the answer in his heart, "You have my approval, but you don't deserve my allegiance yet, but I think it will be interesting in the future, I like it, Natsume-sama, my name is kept by you for the time being, and I don't hate to be called by you." ”

This result was honestly a bit unexpected by Natsume, "Thank you, I've got what I wanted, thank you for everything you arranged for me so that I could formalize my heart." ”

Hinoe walked towards Mishino, turned his head to Natsume and said, "Me too, I would also like to be called by you" smiled and continued to Natsume, "Natsume, if you become disgusted with humans, try to like youkai more, those are simple guys, you can come to me at any time when the time comes." ”

Then it was the same way of coming out and exiting as always, leaving only a cloud of smoke in front of Natsume's eyes, which made Natsume cough again and again.

When he returned home, Natsume had to face an angry Aunt Tako who was even more terrifying than that youkai, "Takashi! Natsume, who was about to crept into the house with the cat teacher, was caught by Aunt Tazi, and looked at the source of the voice with a startled heart, just in time for Aunt Tazi's next reprimand, "Where have you been!" Didn't I say I was going to leave a contact number?! ”

At this moment, Natsume felt that he would rather go back and face ten evil youkai than face Aunt Tako, who was angry, "Yes, I'm sorry." ”

Aunt Tako didn't forgive Natsume at all, and pointed to the house, "You go over there and sit"

Natsume hurriedly straightened up with her back bent due to weakness, "Yes!" ”

Natsume knelt in the hallway and listened to Aunt Tako's reprimand, "Do you know how worried I am? I didn't say I wouldn't let you live in the same house, but you had to tell me where you were! What if something happens? I've been worrying all night that you haven't even slept! ”

The cat teacher who was lying on the side to listen to the training really planned to sneak away, but Natsume dragged it back, and Natsume whispered: "Teacher, you can't be so unrighteous, if you are in trouble, don't think about escaping, I won't let you go." ”

Aunt Tako noticed Natsume's small movements, "Did you hear that?" Natsume! ”

Natsume's body instantly knelt straight, "Yes, I'm listening." ”

Finally back, my home, a place that is both gentle and warm to live with the people I want to protect.