The Land of Fire, somewhere, fifteen years ago. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Why... Why am I like this...", by the pond of the forest, a little girl looked into the water, her face full of horrible scales.

The little girl was dressed in tattered clothes, holding half a steamed bun in her hand, and muttered as she ate some broken steamed buns.

This is the little girl's home, she has no name, she has been here for as long as she can remember, there are no parents, only this pond.

Her body is crisscrossed with scars, and everyone who meets her will feel uncomfortable, and every time she goes to the town to beg for food, she may be beaten up.

Even so, she wanted to go, to see the lively town, so that she would not feel lonely.

There was no food in the forest, and in order to survive, she had to go out and beg for food once every three days.

"Whoosh" A white shadow suddenly popped out of the forest.

"It's you, Bunny, are you hungry too? This one is half for you. The little girl saw the white shadow and smiled slightly, but the terrifying face made the smile a little ugly.

The white shadow was a rabbit, slowly approaching the little girl, and it could feel that the little girl, like it, had a strange aura.

The little girl divided half of the steamed bun in her hand and gave it to the rabbit, who sniffed it, picked up the steamed bun and ran away.

"Don't bunnies like to eat steamed buns? Let's get some carrots for him today. The little girl caught the water and barely ate half of the steamed bun.

Realizing that her face was terrible, the little girl covered it with a tattered scarf and walked in the direction of the town.

……

The town is not big, but it is very lively.

The little girl walked into the town, bowed her head, and whenever someone passed by, she hurriedly avoided it, for fear that others would feel disgusted when they touched her.

Crossing the main street of the town, the little girl saw the beautiful fountain, the fountain pool in the center, and every time she saw it, she thought it was beautiful.

"Hey, you ugly girl, how dare you come here?" Five teenagers gathered around, they were better than the little girl, who lived in some parts of the town, and who were also beggars.

"I'm sorry... I'm going to leave when I'm ready, I'm sorry..."The little girl knelt down in horror and kowtowed.

The five teenagers in front of her have beaten her no less than dozens of times.

"What an ugly girl, I was beaten by a big man just yesterday, and my stomach was full of anger, you shouldn't mind letting me beat you up and vent my anger, right?" One of the teenagers clenched his fists and kicked the little girl with a hideous smile on his face.

"No... I don't mind..."The little girl was about to burst into tears, clutching her stomach, and followed the five teenagers into the alley.

Half an hour later.

The little girl was lying alone in the alley, and her face and body were beaten out by the five teenagers.

"Carrots... That's great! The little girl lay on the ground and saw a carrot in the corner, and her eyes lit up. Ignoring the injuries on his body, he took out a cleaned handkerchief, carefully wrapped the carrot, and put it on his body.

"Tutu will be very happy to see this." The little girl wiped her face and looked at the not so good weather, if you don't have food today, it won't be good if it rains in the next few days.

The little girl limped out of the alley, avoiding the main street, to a less crowded place, and crouched in the corner.

Whenever someone passed by, she would beg in a faint voice.

The crisp sound of "ding" sounded, and a carriage came from far and near, and a silver-haired little girl poked her head out of the window of the carriage and looked out the window.

The sound came from the roof of the carriage, where a wind chime hung from it.

"What a beautiful girl—" the little girl looked up at the silver-haired girl in the carriage.

The silver-haired little girl was originally looking at the scenery, and seemed to feel that someone was looking at her, so she couldn't help but look over suspiciously, and saw the little girl in the corner, and her eyes lit up.

"Stop." The little silver-haired girl has a very nice voice.

The carriage stopped in front of the little girl, who quickly lowered her head.

The little silver-haired girl got out of the carriage and came straight to the little girl, looking at the little girl's messy hair and tattered clothes, the little silver-haired girl stretched out her hand.

"Do you want to come to my house?" The silver-haired little girl said softly.

The little girl shuddered, raised her head, and looked at the silver-haired little girl.

"My name is Yukihime, do you want to go home with me? Be my maid and I can give you something to eat. The silver-haired girl smiled.

"No... No, I'm too... Too ugly to be your maid. The little girl shook her head.

"It's okay, you can live in my house." Yukihime grabbed the little girl's hand and said softly.

"I—" Before the little girl could finish speaking, Yukihime pulled her into the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the clean and beautiful objects around her, the little girl was afraid that she would get dirty if she touched it.

"Don't be afraid, what's your name?" Yukihime untied the little girl's scarf, looked at the scales on her face, and was just stunned, then looked at the little girl pitifully.

"I don't have a name." The little girl covered her face.

"No name... From today onwards, I'll call you Kiyohime. Yukihime thought for a moment.

"Kiyohime," the little girl murmured.

……

Ten years later.

"Kiyohime, isn't lunch okay yet? I'm starving..."Yukihime pouted.

"It'll be right away, Yukihime." Kiyohime said with a smile and brought out lunch.

Ugly, she was brought back by Yukihime, and she has lived for ten years and has never returned to the forest.

From the timidity and fear at the beginning, to the kindness to Yukihime now, it took a long time.

She works hard to do housework, and Yukihime earns money outside.

Eating lunch, Yukihime recounts what she saw this morning, making Kiyohime smile on her face, she rarely goes out because it is too ugly.

"It's so annoying to have a few people pestering me these days. Kiyohime, in a few days, let's go to the City of Fire together, the cherry blossoms are about to bloom, and the cherry blossoms in the City of Fire must be beautiful. Yukihime looked expectant.

"Sakura?" Kiyohime hasn't seen cherry blossoms yet, not in this town or in the forest.

In the afternoon, Yukihime went out to work, and Kiyohime was home alone, knitting a scarf for Yukihime.

……

At six o'clock in the afternoon, in a small alley.

Xue Ji looked at the blood stains in her hands, her eyes widened in horror, and dozens of bone spurs appeared outside her body, and the whole person looked like...

"Youkai, you're a youkai!" The remaining four thugs on the side exclaimed that the five of them were going to block Yukihime in this alley and satisfy them. Unexpectedly, as soon as she grabbed Xue Ji and tore off her clothes, dozens of bone spurs appeared outside her body!

One of them was directly pierced by a bone spur and died next to Yukihime.

"Run! She's a monster! The remaining four people reacted and hurriedly fled.

Yukihime stared blankly at the corpse, and the bone spurs on her body slowly disappeared. It took a long time for her to come to her senses and get out of here quickly, and then run away with Kiyohime.

Yukihime returned home and told Kiyohime about it, and Kiyohime opened her mouth wide when she heard it, but she was not afraid, and hurriedly packed her things.

When the two girls had packed up their things and opened the door, they saw countless people gathered around the house, with torches and weapons in their hands.

"That's her! She's a monster, covered in bone spurs. ”

"I'll just say why it's so beautiful, it turns out to be a youkai!"

"And that ugly girl, she must be a monster too! Burn them! ”

"Burn them!"

"Burn them!"

I don't know who threw the torch first, and the rest of the people also threw it, and Yukihime and Kiyohime were trapped in the room by the flames.

Yukihime argued loudly, but people couldn't hear it.

The fire set the whole house on fire, and Yukihime cried and shouted.

"Yukihime, don't cry, I'm still by your side, I'll be with you." Kiyohime said softly, hugging Yukihime tightly.

"Kiyohime..."Yukihime fell into Kiyohime's arms.

"Humanity is terrified of ugly things and unknown powers, and if I survive, I must kill them!" Yukihime said bitterly.

Kiyohime looked outside, and through the firelight, she could see the laughing humans outside, and there was a glint of hatred in her eyes.

The fire kept burning, and in the center of the fire, Kiyohime was holding Xue Ji, her body was burned, and she was still protecting her.

"Kiyohime, thank you, I really want to see the cherry blossoms again." Yukihime said with a smile.

"Boom!" The roof collapsed, burying the two in it.

"Finally slay the youkai! It won't hurt us again in the future. ”

"Yes, it's a good thing to burn youkai."

The onlookers looked at the fire and felt a little uneasy, obviously it was two humans, how could it be a monster? Some people think so, and their hearts are condemned by their conscience.

The four thugs looked relieved, smiled hideously, and looked at the fire coldly.

……

A few hours later.

At the center of the fire, Kiyohime was not burned to death, she just fainted, her clothes were shattered, her legs were burned, and she turned into a tail.

"It turns out that I'm a youkai..."Kiyohime opened her eyes, the fire couldn't kill her, but it made her truly awake.

The scales on the face are gone, and there are some pretty faces.

"Xue Ji..." looked at the charred corpse beside her, her heart ached, she cautiously stretched out her hand, and with a wave of her hand, a soul appeared on Xue Ji's corpse.

"Kiyohime?" This is Yukihime's soul, which is slowly dissipating.

"Yukihime..."Kiyohime stretched out her hand, but couldn't touch her.

"Kiyohime, live well, you must go to see the cherry blossoms, take this with you." Yukihime pointed to a white jade bone at her feet.

"Hmm" Kiyohime nodded, watching Yukihime's soul dissipate, and her heart hurt very much.

Picking up the white jade bone, Kiyohime came out of the fire and looked at the town, her eyes full of anger.

You who burned Yukihime don't deserve to be on fire at all!

She was able to spit fire poison out of her mouth, and in less than two days, the entire town was dying in agony.

The last four teenagers were even more painfully tortured by the snake's tail.

The human heart is like this, which makes Kiyohime feel the ugliness of human beings.

When I was a child, I was also bullied by those five people, satisfying their sense of achievement, and it was because they had the lowest status in the town that they bullied her, thinking that this would give them a sense of achievement.

……

Three days later.

City of Fire.

Looking at the cherry blossoms from afar, Kiyohime swam towards the forest, and the snake's tail was a little terrifying.

"Yukihime, the cherry blossoms are really beautiful, very beautiful."