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The room is simple and has only a few furniture items for daily use.

The old man brought out tea and snacks and put them in front of Su Shang, and Su Sheng couldn't help but reach out to support her with trembling movements.

"Hehe, please don't dislike coarse tea and fresh water, after all, no one has been here for many years."

The old man sat opposite Su Sheng with a kind smile on his face, and the wrinkles on his face became more and more because of the smile.

"Thank you."

"It's a nice day, and the forest is probably noisy."

The old man looked out the window at the over-the-top sunlight and the forest not far away.

"Yes."

After all, Su Sheng didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only give such an answer.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Natsume."

"Natsume?" The old man was stunned, and immediately returned to smiling: "I have a nice name, Natsume-kun." ”

"Are you the only one here?"

"Well, but I have Lord Purple with me, so I don't feel lonely at all."

"Purple-sama?"

"Well, you'll probably laugh at me if you say it, Lord Purple is not a human, it's a monster."

The old man had a happy smile on his face that was different from before.

Su Shang looked at the terrifying-looking monster that was always behind the old man.

It turned out that his name was Purple.

"Huh?"

The old man couldn't help but wonder for a moment when he saw Su Shang's appearance, and then regained his smile: "It's the first time I saw someone who didn't laugh at me after I said this." ”

"No, I'm sorry, because I think youkai exist too, it's just that why are you so sure that youkai named Purple is here."

"Because of the agreement."

Seeing Su Shang's expression, the old man smiled slightly.

"Lord Purple will come back here, he promised me."

Although it is not fully explained, it is probably the youkai who promised the old man that he would come back here.

Knowing this, Su Sheng raised his head and looked at the monster.

At this time, the monster raised its thin and terrible hand and wanted to touch the old man, but the hand stopped in front of the old man's wrinkled cheeks.

A pair of eyes that shimmered yellow were full of sorrow.

"When I was young, there was a purple dove here, probably injured, even if I walked up he wouldn't fly away, but when I wanted to touch it with my hand, he would fly away, but only to the side, probably because he didn't want me to touch him. Whenever I come here, I always meet him here, and I really miss those days. ”

"And then?"

"There are a lot of monsters in the forest, and some of them hate humans, once I was entangled by a strange monster, it was the purple dove that saved me, and then I knew that the dove was a monster, and I was scared and ran away, hehe, I really regret thinking about it now, I hurt the purple adult."

The old man didn't go on, but even if he didn't say it, Su Sheng knew that probably the dove monster had an agreement with the old man before he left, and he would meet here in the future.

It's just that Su Sheng is puzzled why the old man can't see the dove monster called purple now, obviously behind him.

"Don't you see the youkai now?"

"Well, I don't know why, but I can't see it."

The old man looked out the window, and there was no loss in his kind eyes, only calm.

A sporadic faint golden glow appeared at this time, and the red and black appearance of the guide girl appeared, and the golden light seemed to be emitted by him, flapping his wings lightly, and flapping his wings leisurely, stopping at the outside of the door of the house.

Su Sheng looked at the butterfly, and then when she looked back at the old man, she found that the old man slowly stood up and walked into the kitchen.

"Old Granny"

He called softly, but received no answer.

Only then did he slowly stand up and walk towards the place where the butterfly was.

……

"Now, I said, why are you purple?"

The girl in the uniform of the junior high school sat on the green lawn, holding an ear of grass in her hand, and her eyes kept on the purple dove in front of her.

The purple dove didn't make any movement, and its body moved slightly, probably changing to a more comfortable posture.

"But it's really amazing, it's just a dove, but you dare to talk to humans like this."

The girl lay on the lawn, holding the ear of grass in her mouth, looking very indecent.

But immediately, I saw the girl sit up suddenly: "I know, you're a monster, right!" You know, the people in the village have always said that there are youkai in the forest, and if you look at your purple appearance, it feels strange no matter how you look at it. ”

Although she said this, there was not the slightest fear on the girl's face.

The purple dove lifted its eyelids, looked at the girl, and returned to the way it had just been.

"Really, just a monster, you still haven't opened your mouth to talk to me!"

The girl looked like a queen, with bright eyes and hands on her waist, looking very angry.

"But you guy doesn't tell me his name, it's better to give you a name, just call it Zi, I always think you match this name very well."

……

Rain.

Snow.

Hot day.

Sullen.

……

The weather changed like this, and although no one said it, it probably meant that time had passed.

But even so, Su Sheng, who was standing at the door of the house, could still see that the girl would come here every day, and Zi would always be here.

……

Then the thoughts of the guide changed again, and it was another summer.

The breeze weaved through the forest, many dragonflies damp the dry summer air low, and the youkai were accustomed to the girl who was always happy to run around the forest, and the crisp silver bell-like laughter that seemed to belong to him.

It was a snake-like youkai, and it wasn't the first youkai to stop the girl from running, but it was the first youkai to eat the girl.

The girl fell to the ground and scurried backwards, unable to stand because her leg had been injured by a youkai.

Frightened, she saw it.

The purple that shines brightly with the golden snowflakes, the feathers that look like purple cherry blossoms, and the youkai that stand in front of the basilisk and protect itself in front of it.

"Purple."

The girl fainted.

When I woke up, I never saw Purple again, and I never saw other youkai again. No matter how much you look in the forest, you can't find the figures that are often hidden behind the trees, and you can't see the dazzling purple feathers.

……

Then, the thoughts of the guide mother changed again.

It was the girl who came here alone and built a simple house to live in.

It was here that she and Purple first met.

"Maybe it's because I fainted at that time, which is very rude for Lord Purple, so I'm going to wait here for him to show up, and then apologize seriously."

……

PS: To be continued