20 【Homecoming】

After being spit out by Lin Meng, the young man walked to the monster with a pale face, looked at the dying monster in front of him and said, "Speaking of which, Sister Lin Meng's kick is really ruthless, and she is also ruthless enough to her own apprentice, isn't it just hiding it and watching the joke for a while?" It made me vomit even stomach acid, and from this point of view, we can be regarded as sympathetic to each other. ”

The young man squatted down, looked at the pupils that were gradually losing color, and said: "But you really don't want to die, with your IQ you should be able to understand what I'm talking about, a momentary pain shield can indeed burst out with extremely strong power in a short period of time, but the final price paid can never be proportional to the gain, and it's really a shame that you can still maintain consciousness, see how hard you live, I will also be merciful, I don't blame you for eating me just now, just give you a euthanasia, remember to thank me after going to hell." ”

After speaking, he raised his fist, "Knock! The sound hit the head of the youkai, and so far, the two people who played this game have finished its life for a whole day.

It's weird~~~ As a 21st century, a sane young man with a sound mind, he has never even killed a chicken, how can he not hesitate to take the life of a demon beast!!

The real situation is like this~~

The young man's hand glowed with a white light unique to internal force, and he slowly helped him over from the place where the demon beast was injured.

As the internal force slowly flowed in, the demon beast also sensed the true intention of the young man, closed his eyes tiredly, and fell asleep defenselessly.

[Player defeats high-level monsters, gain experience: 2200]

[Combat Evaluation: E, XP Bonus: -30%, Additional XP: -1100.]

[Obtained Materials: Shadow Fang x3, Shadow Skin x2, Shadow x4, Gain Gold: 540]

【Player Upgrades】

"Xiaolin, you are really a gentle person~ You have to help each other even at this time."

Lin Meng stabbed the young man in the face and teased.

"It's not a big deal, those villagers also said that this demon beast only plundered food when it entered the village, and it didn't cause casualties, right?"

The wounds of the demon beast were first given to a certain extent, and after making sure that there was no major problem, the young man stood up, stretched his muscles, and said: "But I always feel that something is wrong, what is it~~"

Thinking about it, the young man suddenly thought of a possibility, his face suddenly turned pale, and he said to Lin Meng stiffly:

"Sister Lin Meng, the people in the village should have said that it was a monster that attacked the village and plundered food."

Lin Meng nodded and asked, "That's right, is there any problem?" ”

"It's a big problem, this one in front of me is not a monster level at all, at most it is just a high-level monster beast." The boy smiled bitterly, "Moreover, I just realized that this monster is very different from the monster described by the people in the village, it should be, probably, almost, maybe... not the same one." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Meng immediately jumped up and shouted, "You mean, it took us a day to make a mistake from beginning to end!? ”

The boy nodded.

"Is the real youkai somewhere else?"

“YES。”

"We've worked so hard for so long, it's all in vain!" Lin Meng was already going crazy.

"It's not that it's not without gains, at least I've broken through again." The boy comforted, "Okay, let's go back and tell the girl first, this monster, no, this monster is not her father!" ”

"Okay." Lin Meng suddenly became weak, like a car running out of gas.

―――――――――――――――――――― on the move―――――――――――――――

"Sister Lin Meng can already see the hut."

"Well, let's speed up then, that little girl should be in a hurry."

After a while, the two landed in front of the door of the hut, and before opening the door, the young man suddenly smelled a smell of blood, and the air was filled with a demonic aura that was exactly the same as what he had felt before.

glanced at Lin Meng on the side, and found that Lin Meng was looking at the room with a solemn face, and the young man said worriedly: "Sister Lin Meng-"

"I know, but there is no trace of the enchantment being destroyed, Xiaolin, I'll go in first, you wait for me outside for a while, don't come in." After saying that, he walked in quickly, and closed the door after entering.

The boy stood alone outside the door, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more solemn, especially the noise of fighting from the house from time to time, which made the boy even more worried.

Finally, the boy couldn't help but open the door.

The moment the boy opened the door, a solemn and deep darkness poured out of the room, drowning the boy in one fell swoop.

In this darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, the young man's proud eyesight was useless, but there was a force in the dark that guided the young man, even in this kind of darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, the young man walked in one direction without a trace of hesitation, and not long after the young man came in, he heard the sound of a sharp object stabbing into his body and the screams of a girl.

The darkness gradually dissipated, and the young man saw Lin Meng standing by the wall with several magic sealing needles between her fingers, and in front of her, the girl who was "very happy" with whom she was chatting was nailed to the wall, and her face was full of hideousness. The old woman was lying on the ground covered in blood, blood spilling frantically from the broken part of her arm, and she seemed to be unconscious. The boy hurried over and used his internal force to stop the bleeding for her, but it was too late, because of the excessive blood loss, the old woman's breath was very weak.

The boy noticed that the woman's body temperature began to drop gradually, and her heart beat more and more slowly, and when the boy was at a loss, the woman suddenly woke up, grabbed the boy and said, "Please, let that child go, she is really not a bad person, please, let her go, please, please, please・・・・・・・"

The woman's voice became quieter and quieter, and when her hand was released, the young man found that the mother had died, and put the great mother on the ground, and the young man raised his head and asked, "Sister Lin Meng, can you explain what the situation is now?" ”

Lin Meng looked at the girl vigilantly and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but the little girl in front of me is the monster in the mouth of the villagers, and it is exactly the same as the villagers described in terms of attack and mobility." ”

The young man looked at the girl and said thoughtfully, "Sister Lin Meng, can I ask you something?" ”

"What's the matter?"

"You also heard the mother's words just now, so I hope you don't kill her, I deliberately provoked her several times when I communicated with her before, if she had a harmful heart, I am afraid that I would have died a long time ago, even if I had a rebirth, and those villagers also said that she just entered the village to plunder food, and did not cause casualties, right? So I guess she must have something to worry about. The boy walked between the girl and Lin Meng and pleaded.

"Xiaolin, you're making it very difficult for me like this." Lin Meng's face was embarrassed, and she said in a tangled voice: "If I let her go, if she goes out to attack the village in the future, then my reputation as a witch will be ruined." ”

In the end, Lin Meng concluded: "So I must treat her from her." ”

After hearing this, the young man thought about it and said with a faint smile: "Sister Lin Meng, there is a loophole in your words." ”

stepped forward and used internal force to help Lin Meng's wound heal, feeling the warmth from the wound, Lin Meng put his face aside, and said with a hint of joy in his tone: "It's useless to please me, I must retreat from the monsters, this is my duty as a witch." ”

"So, Sister Lin Meng, there is a loophole in your words, do you have to kill if you retreat?" Sure that the wound was not bleeding, the young man took out a bandage and bandaged it, and said while bandaging: "The village was attacked and the villagers did not have a way to deal with it, the reason is that she was too strong after transforming, but if she was sealed and the strength of her whole body was less than one layer left, then who would have thought that this was the monster that made them helpless?" The young man paused and continued: "And Sister Lin Meng, you also said that the sealing technique and physical skills of the Boli witch are superb, so I beg again, Sister Lin Meng, don't kill her." That was the mother's only wish before she died. ”

The young man's reason made Lin Meng unable to find an excuse to refute, and sighed: "Okay, I won't kill her, but I must also seal her memory while sealing it, this is my bottom line, and I will never back down." ”

Although Lin Meng's conditions are a little cruel, it cannot be denied that she is right, if you don't talk about whether this girl can bear the pain of losing her strength, the psychological burden of killing her loved ones alone is not something that a little girl can bear. Lin Meng's approach is also for her future.

The boy didn't think about it for too long, nodded and got out of the way.

―――――――――――― Linmeng is sealed――――――――――――――――――――――

The young man stood aside with a muddy face, and in front of him was a small grave, he sighed and said, "Your wish, I have already fulfilled it for you, I am really sorry that I could not save you." ”

"Brother, what are you doing, huh? Was there a grave here before? How I didn't find out. A mischievous voice sounded in the teenager's head.

Interrupted by her, the young man immediately stopped grieving, and said with an unkind face: "I was just looking for you, my good sister of the moon spirit, I have something to ask you, - why did that girl become a monster?" Didn't you say with absolute certainty that that girl didn't have a trace of demonic energy on her? Can you tell me why? ”

"・・・・・・" The voice in his head fell silent.

"Don't say yes, in fact, if you don't say it, I can guess one or two." The boy waved his hand and said, "That girl should be a seasonal transformation type monster, according to the book, this kind of monster is no different from humans in normal times, and its concealment ability even makes a professional onmyoji crazy, if you want to find them, you have to do it at a special time." ”

"It's precisely because they have been a youkai for a short time that the abilities of this kind of youkai are also strange, and this kind of youkai is born as an intermediate youkai, and its talent can be said to be among the best among all youkai. It's just that the birth, origin, race, and time of existence of this kind of monster are unknown, and the only thing that is known is that they are very rare. They are evaluated in the book as extremely capable, extremely gifted, and very few in number. ”

"My brother is so knowledgeable." The girl said adoringly.

"Come, when I'm reading, you're right next to me, and I don't know what to say, and I don't even believe in ghosts. But, my good sister of the moon spirit, do you know that on the day of the transformation of this kind of monster, there will be a slight leakage of demonic energy, as long as you look carefully, you can feel it, I remember, when I was with her, there was only half an hour away from the time of her transformation, such an obvious demonic energy, why did you hand me a completely wrong answer? He asked through gritted teeth.

"But I don't know, I really don't. At that time, I obviously didn't say anything. The girl said timidly, "Also, brother, as soon as you pick up the book, I get sleepy, how can I know what my brother is reading in this situation!" ”

"Then, let me ask you, what are you doing when I'm reading?"

"Of course I'm sleeping, I'm sleepy, what else can I do besides sleep." The girl replied as a matter of course.

The boy covered his face, and he didn't even have the mood to complain.

At this moment, Lin Meng walked out of the house, and the young man immediately greeted him and asked, "Sister Lin Meng, did you succeed?" ”

Lin Meng nodded tiredly and said, "I'm really tired, now you're happy." ”

"Hee-hee." The boy smiled embarrassedly, "Then let's go back." ”

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"It's really unpleasant, Sister Lin Meng, why do we help them get rid of the monsters, and they still have to be blinded!" The young man said indignantly, "How come I didn't realize that these people are so ungrateful. ”

"Isn't it natural that powerful people will be ostracized?" Lin Meng said indifferently, but the young man clearly saw a trace of sadness flashing in her eyes.

The boy who found out about this immediately changed the subject, "Forget it, I don't want to do it, Sister Lin Meng, I see it and hurry back, Reimu is a little uneasy to be alone in the shrine." ”

Lin Meng was silent for a while, and said, "Xiaolin, I have something I want to tell you, in fact, Lingmeng is not my biological daughter. ”

"I know." The boy said seriously, "I knew about it a few days ago. ”

"The villagers of the world told you, right?" Lin Meng didn't care about the young man's words, was silent for a while, and asked, "Xiaolin, do you think I'm very ruthless?" ”

The young man shook his head and said: "The word ruthless is not suitable for you, Sister Lin Meng, if Sister Lin Meng is really ruthless, I won't have a chance to talk to you here, and that girl won't survive, and, if it's really ruthless, at that time, you don't need to listen to my opinion at all, you can just go your own way." But, Sister Lin Meng, you didn't do this, not only listened to my opinion, but even spent a lot of spiritual power to help her erase her memory. - So, the word ruthless has an insulating relationship with Sister Lin Meng. ”

"Xiaolin, you are really confident." Lin Meng smiled, but that smile looked like self-deprecation, "Didn't you hear what the people in the village said about me just now?" ”

"Do you mean 'a shrine maiden who serves demons' or a 'ghost-faced shrine maiden' or a 'youkai shrine maiden'?" The boy smiled: "These, do they make sense?" ”

Lin Meng asked with some surprise, "Didn't you think of anything when you heard these titles, Xiaolin?" ”

"What's there to think about, wasting precious brain cells on these meaningless things, doesn't feel like my style at all. Or, Sister Lin Meng, do you want me to care about these things? ”

"But ・・・・・・"

"No but! Sister Lin Meng, it is not difficult for most people's opinions to represent right and wrong, the truth will always be in the hands of a few, why should those who grasp the truth be led away by those who listen to slander, so you don't need to care about these issues. The young man shook his head, "Also, Sister Lin Meng, you are my family, I don't believe you, do you want to believe those guys who drink and chat all day long and talk nonsense?" What do they say is their business, does it have a hair-to-do relationship with me? No matter what happens, I will stand by your side, and even if it is wrong, I will be wrong with you, so don't talk about this topic. ”

Looking at the young man's firm eyes, Lin Meng's heart suddenly swelled up with an indescribable sense of relief, tears appeared in her eyes, Lin Meng touched her face, and said in a trembling voice: "Ale, what's wrong with me, I can't stop my tears, I'm obviously happy, but why are I crying?" ”

The young man smiled without saying a word, looked at the gradually enlarged shrine, stretched out his hand and said, "Sister Lin Meng, we are home." ”