Chapter 16: The Other Side
After Komachi propped up the boat, he used a spell to dispel the fog that shrouded the boat, and Bai Mingqiu was finally able to get a glimpse of the river.
It is said to be a scenery, but in fact it is also dark, and dark shadows shroud this river with no end in sight.
"Miss Onozuka." Bai Mingqiu asked, "What are these fogs, they don't look like water vapor?" ”
"It's the soul." Komachi said, "Since ancient times, many souls have dissipated when they come to the Santo River, and every soul that crosses the Santo River will have a small part of the remains, and over time, the river will become like this." ”
Bai Mingqiu nodded, thinking that he was experiencing the myths and legends himself, he felt a little excited.
"Are we going to the other side?"
Komachi propped up the oars left and right, and said, "Yes, I will personally send you to the Hall of Truth and Wrongs when you get there, and Lord Shiki-sama should be on official business now." ”
"Shiki-sama seems to be very busy." Bai Mingqiu remembered that she had seen Sijiying Ji several times, and she was in a hurry.
"Definitely! Bai Mingqiu, you are not Yan Luo, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk. Komachi pouted, "Shiki-sama is busy every day, and Hell really has too many affairs to deal with, especially now that Hell has been restructured, there are a lot of things. What's even more annoying is, hum, what kind of competition to play for the post, it's outrageous! ”
"That's why Miss Onozuka came to Santuhe on duty." Bai Mingqiu said with a smile.
Komachi said disapprerovingly: "Cut, this is a development opportunity for young people, now is the era of young people, how good it is that an old guy like me will obediently abdicate and make way for Xian." ”
"Yes, yes." Bai Mingqiu squinted and just smiled.
Komachi felt more and more that Bai Mingqiu's demeanor was similar to Shiki's Yinghime.
The boat passed a narrow bend, and Komachi couldn't help but ask, "Hey, Bai Mingqiu." ”
"Huh?"
"What is your relationship with Lord Shiki?"
"Even if you ask, I don't know." Bai Mingqiu said helplessly, "I don't know why Lord Four Seasons looks at me differently. That Hades order must be something very important, and Lord Shiki-sama also gave it to me casually, and said that he wanted to protect me. As the most important god of death in the Four Seasons, don't you know her thoughts? ”
He always remembered what Shiki Yingji said that day, "In the Three Realms of Gensokyo, Heaven and Earth, if anyone does it to you, it is equivalent to doing it to me", what that kind of domineering and favoritism is for, he has never understood.
However, this strange feeling is very rare. Because of his tenacious and tenacious character, Bai Mingqiu was on the side of the protector many times in the previous six lives, and rarely on the side of being protected by others. It is also for this reason that Bai Mingqiu is particularly impressed by the Four Seasons Yingji.
Komachi sighed: "Ehime... Ah no, there are a lot of things about Lord Shiki, I don't know. Just like she didn't know some of my previous things, although we trust each other, we don't give away the deepest things in our hearts, and this may be the boundary between us. ”
Komachi said, "Everyone can see how much the Shiki-sama values you, and maybe the answer will be known today." ”
"Hmm..."
"But..."Komachi changed his words, "Bai Mingqiu, are you sure that you were not some big person in the Heavenly Realm or Hell in your previous life, so that she was taken seriously?" ”
When Bai Mingqiu heard the word "previous life", his expression suddenly tightened, and he looked up at Onozuka Komachi.
However, that solemn look appeared for a moment, and Bai Mingqiu smiled bitterly: "It's me who is too careful, there are many strong people in Gensokyo, and there must be many people who can see through me." ”
"Hehe, people are also a god of death, and even if you can't see that you are a reincarnated person, what are you messing with. And with your strength, I can crush you with one finger, so there's no need to resist at all. ”
Komachi said something dangerous, and with one free hand, he stroked her burgundy hair a little, and fluttered like a fairy in the light breeze on the river at this time.
"I'll tell you the truth, the first time we met you, Lord Shiki and I found out that you were reincarnated, so don't be so nervous. It's better to think about what kind of big person you were in your previous life, or what you met with Lord Four Seasons. ”
Bai Mingqiu pondered for a long time and shook his head.
"That's right..."
Komachi shrugged his shoulders and continued to hold the boat.
Komachi's speed was not slow, but it lasted for about half an hour, but there was no sign of imminent arrival.
"Is the Santu River long?" Bai Mingqiu said curiously.
Komachi explains, "Originally, the length of the Santo River was in my hands. When the deceased arrives at the river, I will adjust the length and width of the river according to the amount of his possessions, cross the river, and if his possessions are too small, I will throw him directly into the river to be eaten by the fish. ”
"Property?"
"It is not the property that the deceased had while he was on earth, but the sum of the property that the deceased spent for him by those close to him during his lifetime."
"It's called the Stygian Coin, isn't it? By the way, you just said originally? Bai Mingqiu said.
Komachi nodded and said, "Well, you are the first to cross the Santu River with the survivors." Flying is forbidden on the Santu River, and your body can't bear the direct passage to the underworld, so you can only take the Santu River. I've never carried the living before, and I can't control the length of the Santu River, so who knows how far the Santu River is today. ”
The two stopped talking, Komachi held the boat seriously, Bai Mingqiu looked around, and after about half an hour, Komachi said: "Sit down, stop the boat immediately, we have reached the other side." ”
Bai Mingqiu looked ahead, the dense fog that filled the river had disappeared here, and in front of him was a field with no end in sight, and the field seemed to be full of flowers.
Komachi docked the boat and disembarked with Bai Mingqiu.
As soon as Bai Mingqiu's feet touched the other side, the flowers under his feet began to wither and turn black in patches, and when Komachi saw this, the transport force entered Bai Mingqiu's shoulder, urging the Hades Order, so that Bai Mingqiuzhou's body released a faint green light, and the flowers no longer withered.
"What's going on?" Bai Mingqiu wondered.
"The other side is a place where the living cannot reach, there are no days and nights, there are no seasons, all the ghosts are waiting here for the judgment of Yama, if the living come, every qiē on the other side will decay, and the soul will not have a place to live. That's why the Hades Decree comes in. ”
Komachi said, walking in front of Bai Mingqiu.
"You can fly."
"Yes."
"Then follow me, we're going to fly a little way ahead, to hell, the Hall of Merits."
Komachi gave a command, and then took off into the air, Bai Mingqiu felt that the power that forbade flying in the air disappeared, and he also picked up, followed Komachi, and left behind the countless souls on the other side.
After flying for a while, Komachi said, "You're not fast enough", and then grabbed Bai Mingqiu's hand.
Bai Mingqiu was caught off guard and was held hands, so he could only follow the rhythm of Komachi's rapid progress, Komachi's flight speed was really fast, maybe because he was a ghost, his body was incredibly light, and he was faster than Bai Mingqiu I don't know how many times.
As a ghost with a very high materialization process, Komachi's body naturally has a sense of reality, and Bai Mingqiu feels very comfortable being grabbed by Komachi's hand, and that delicate feeling is as if he is wrapped in warm water.
After moving forward at a high speed for a while, Bai Mingqiu could gradually see a simple and atmospheric building appear in front of him.
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