Teacher Cat followed Natsume's line of sight, looking at the snow rabbit exuding demonic power, suddenly the snow rabbit blinked his black bean-like eyes, arched his body and moved, and then the voice of the spirit from before came, he looked at his round body now and said, "Oh no, I ran here by mistake." Then Natsume and the cat teacher looked at the snow rabbit talking to themselves in front of them speechlessly, "Well! ”

Natsume's low requirements for him were already incredulous, and he couldn't help asking, "This... That's it?"

In response to Natsume's question, the snow rabbit replied without hesitation: "You can actually use snow to make a container for me to live in, and you are really the son of a human twice." My name is Xuan.,It's a youkai who lives in that stone statue.,During the years in the stone statue, I received human worship with the shrine.,Slowly transformed into a spirit.,That's what you call a divine messenger.,Although it's not regular.,But now I ask you to help me.。 ”

"What?" Natsume said to the snow rabbit in disbelief.

"The deadline is before this container melts, if you don't agree......" The snow rabbit began to blacken, and threatened Natsume with a fierce look with her cute body, "I will curse you for three generations." ”

In this regard, Natsume looked down at the little snow rabbit very perfunctorily and said, "It's really vicious..."

Teacher Cat jumped out from behind Natsume with a very interested look, made a look like he was going to pounce on it, and said, "Natsume, can I eat this snowball?"

The snow rabbit instantly stammered and said, "Yes... It's me who said the wrong thing, please... You must help me. ”

Natsume sighed, and Natsume, who couldn't refuse to be asked for, comforted himself in his heart, I am a god, whether it is a monster or a human, I am my people, and it is my job to listen to their difficulties, so he said: "Just let me hear what you want me to help!"

Returning home with the snow rabbit, listen to him talk about the things he needs help with: "Destroy evil spirits?"

"Yes, a little farther to the west, there is a tree called 'Demon Seal Wood', but its seal was inexplicably broken, causing the evil spirit inside to run out, it is a demon that will emit black gas, make the grass and trees wither, and bewitch people's hearts, you can't leave him alone..." Be sure to seal it with your own hands. ”

Natsume's focus was not on what Snow Rabbit said, but firmly locked on Snow Rabbit's body, "What is this feeling...?"

Natsume asked, "... Xuan, don't you have a companion? Isn't there a stone statue left?"

This sentence seemed to poke at the sore spot in Xuan's heart, and the demonic power that was rolling all over his body instantly converged back into his body, and Lizhi's body also withered, and said in a nostalgic tone: "At that time, I was really happy, we always guarded the forest and the shrine together, looked at the rain and thunder together, and enjoyed the flower moon together, but, she... She is already crushed, and I am now the only one left in the Shiba Field. As he spoke, tears appeared in the corners of Xuan's eyes.

When the cherry blossoms fell, Tsui, who was wearing a pink kimono and white haori and long hair like snow, once said to him, "Gen-sama, are you bored here? I don't feel that way at all." It's all because I've always been with you. But these beautiful pictures were shattered in the end.

It's already the next morning when Natsume opens his eyes, Natsume looks up at Xuan who is lying on the towel on the desk, looks at the Xuan who can't stop crying while sleeping, and mutters to himself, "Maybe it's Xuan's dream flowing in, it must be Cui, who was shattered by evil spirits... Cui. ’

When the sun rose, Natsume stroked Xuan, who was sleeping on the ice pack, and said, "Hey, Xuan, if you cry again, it will melt, and the evil spirit really can't be left alone, Xuan, I also have a lot of things I want to protect here!"

"Guishi, let's eat!" Aunt Tazi's voice sounded as usual, and Natsume responded with a smile on her lips as usual, "It's here." ”

Natsume, who went to school, began to ask his classmates about the Demon Sealing Tree, "The tree called the Demon Sealing Tree?" Although he felt a little strange about Natsume's inquiry, Kitamoto still told Natsume what he knew, "Ah! ”

Sassada also told Natsume more details, "Ah, that tree seems to have been cut down recently to widen the road." ”

Natsume was taken aback by this information: "Huh??really?"

"It's horrible. Nishimura also sighed.

Saseda continued to look excited, and said, "It's rumored that the plants in the vicinity are starting to wither, could it be that the evil spirit did it? ”

It's really hard to answer Natsume Sasada, who is a little too sharp: "Hmm... Ahh

Nishimura laughed out loud and relieved Natsume: "Hahaha, it's caused by acid rain." ”

Natsume, who came home from school in the evening, walked into the courtyard of his house, and a young man with long white hair and a white haori light blue kimono was really cleaning the garden with a broom, and when he saw Natsume come back, he stopped his movements and said to Natsume, "You're back! ”

Natsume looked up at the unfamiliar but faintly familiar face in front of him and asked, "Who are you?" and then suddenly locked his gaze on the two rabbit ears on the man's head, which were very presence, "Xuan!"

Looking at the slowly walking forward, Natsume Xuan explained, "I got used to the snow rabbit used in the container, and I was able to turn into a similar appearance to my prototype in a short period of time. As he spoke, he shook his rabbit ears and continued, "Only this pair of ears may be the reason for the container, and as an exercise and thank-you gift, I casually cleaned the courtyard." ”

"Yes, thank you, but your ears match yours quite well. ”

Xuan continued to wave the broom and said, "Cleaning is quite interesting. ”

Natsume interrupted worriedly, "But if you don't feel good, you'll melt!"

At this time, the voice of the cat teacher suddenly appeared, "As long as this guy melts, won't you be able to get relief early?" walked up to Natsume with an orange on his head, "Help me peel this orange." ”

Natsume squatted down and picked up the orange above the cat teacher's head and said, "We promised to help him." ”

"You're still talking stupid things here. The cat teacher said while eating the oranges peeled by Natsume, "It's so sweet, it's so sweet, this." ”