"'Xuan-sama!!" After a terrible scream, Emerald fell off the cliff and shattered, 'Why... We have been sacrificing ourselves like this, hoping for everyone's happiness and protecting everyone, but... Hateful humanity, hateful! Hateful! The hateful human 'Emerald' was dominated by the hatred in his heart in this rubble and turned into an evil spirit, attacked the village, and was finally sealed by the people. I failed to protect her, I failed to protect her from the villagers, I failed to protect her from hatred... So I want to at least give Emerald to an evil spirit with my own hands..."

Seeing Xuan Natsume, who was squatting in the corner and crying like a child like a child with such self-blame, he was a little worried, "Xuan..."

At night, after the cat teacher and Gen had rested, Natsume silently got up from the bed and pulled out the chair in front of his desk, picked up the pen and scroll sent by Nakamura's grandfather from the drawer and began to instill demonic power in the scroll to write runes, first to pull out, then to get rid of, and finally to exorcise evil spirits. After finishing writing, Natsume put the three scrolls in his coat pocket, and finally sealed his saber and sword Murayu into the scroll, and also put it in his other pocket.

The next day, walking on the way out of school, Natsume fell far behind Nishimura and Kitamoto, looking up at the sky, his breath turned into white mist between his mouth and nose, and when he returned home, Natsume returned to his room as soon as he opened the door, but he was a little surprised to see that the location of the ice pack on his desk was gone.

Walking to the kitchen, Natsume asked Aunt Tako where the snow rabbit was, and Aunt Tako, who was preparing dinner, said, "Ah! I'm sorry, you're looking for that little snow rabbit, it's so cute, I can't help but put it in the fridge because it's a little warm today. So Aunt Tazi and Natsume opened the door of the refrigerator together, reflecting a lonely one, so what caught my eye was actually a big and a small snow rabbit, and then Aunt Tazi then explained: "I feel like I made another one, I didn't do it very well." ”

Natsume looked at another small and delicate snow rabbit and smiled, "How could it be." ”

Then that night, Xuan snuggled up to the little snow rabbit and fell asleep, but the little snow rabbit melted and disappeared at dawn.

The next day it was raining heavily, Natsume went to the forest park with an umbrella on his head and went to the cut down demon tree in the forest park, standing in front of the pile of waste wood with the yellow line, and asked the passing monsters, the kappa in the water, and even the cat teacher went to the bottom of the house to ask the little monsters. I also bought snacks to inquire about the middle-level monsters, and asked them to go together to find Cui's traces.

"It's rare that the rain will keep falling, and I think Emerald is hidden nearby." Natsume thought as he stood on a high vantage point and looked down at the city.

That night, Emerald appeared, grabbed Natsume's neck, and woke Natsume from his sleep and asked Natsume with difficulty, "Yes, Emui?" Black? Live... Stop! In an emergency, Natsume smashed his fist in the face, and the lamp on the table tripped and fell to the ground, hitting the switch, illuminating the room.

At this time, I heard the voice of the cat teacher coming back drunk: "I'm back." "He even had small dried fish in his mouth.

"Where have you been? Sensei, Xuan, he..."Natsume said hurriedly.

Teacher Cat half-squinted and opened his eyes, looking at Xuan who was lying on the tatami mat and being illuminated by the lamp, and immediately said to Natsume after finding that the situation was wrong: "Don't go near him, Natsume, that guy is about to become an evil spirit, he has been lonely for too long, it is hatred and sadness that fuel the evil, he seems to be barely controlling it." ”

Looking at the amazing scene in front of him, Natsume couldn't express it very well, "This is too..."

At this time, the enduring Xuan said to Natsume: "Paper... Please give me the paper, I've heard of it, that friend's book, Natsume-sama, please put my name also..."

Natsume was embarrassed at this time, "You know what? Xuan, the piece of paper that writes down your name is equal to your life, so..."

However, Gen immediately interrupted Natsume's words and asked, "Please burn it, if I become an evil spirit, at that time." Enough is enough, I'm enough of being alone. ”

Natsume stepped forward to hold Xuan's shoulder and said nervously: "Xuan, think about it, you are not alone, you still have Cui, and we are here!" We've already said we're going to help you, and we're going to help you, aren't we? ”

"I'm not going to do anything, I'm just going to protect the forest and the shrine, no, I can't even do that, the shrine is dilapidated, it's a useless god who can't protect anything." Xuan said with a crying voice.

"You're not useless! Xuan, Xuan, you are very diligent, you cleaned the courtyard for me, didn't you? And protect me from Emerald, doesn't it? Natsume retorted loudly, "Maybe Gen hates humans, but I like Gen very much, and I'm sure I'll love Emerald who makes a wish to a rainbow." ”

Hearing Natsume's words, Xuan's tears slipped from his eyes one by one, and he cried out loud, Natsume stroked Xuan's back and continued in his tone: "Even if you really become an evil spirit in the end, I won't burn your name in your friend's account, I will solve you with my own hands, but solve Cui, and give you two a final destination." ”

The next day, the weather was still the same gloomy, and the voice of an intermediate youkai sounded outside the window in the morning, "Master, Lord Natsume, I saw a suspicious shadow in the forest to the east, and I came to report it to you, so please give us cookies." ”

After getting the information, Natsume hurriedly rushed to the east forest with the cat teacher to the east of the forest, and when he arrived, Gen jumped down from Natsume's head and looked left and right in an attempt to find Cui's traces, but Natsume was secretly worried behind Gen's back, 'Gen is much lighter than before, it seems that there is not much time left, if it melts like this, Gen will become lonely again. ’

"Natsume-sama! Cui! Natsume, who was reminded by Xuan, found the traces of the evil spirit Tsuime as soon as he turned around, and immediately took out the village rain that he had kept in his pocket for the past few days and sealed it with a scroll, blocking the spiritual power wave that Emerald emitted from his mouth, although Natsume blocked it, but the aftermath blew Xuan into the depths of the invisible forest.

"Xuan!" Natsume looked back at the disappeared Xuan worriedly, but Emerald took the opportunity to run away but was discovered by Natsume, "Don't run!" After saying that, he pulled Cui's sleeve with one hand, wanting to stop her but was unwilling to hurt her, but the aura of the evil spirit hurt Natsume a little too much, and finally used the divine power in his body to suppress the injury.

Seeing Natsume's reckless actions and obvious wrongdoing, the cat teacher shouted nervously in the back: "Let go, Natsume, that guy's evil thoughts are turning into high heat." ”

Natsume gritted his teeth and refused, frantically using his divine power to resist the influence of evil thoughts on himself, "No, if you let her run away at this time... She'll be again..."