In the dark of night, a moon as thin as a silver hook hangs on it, and if you don't look closely, you will even think that it is a moonless night.

The cool night breeze, the occasional sound of insects, and everything around is extraordinarily peaceful.

"Big brother, hurry up and move on."

Taketori Xiwu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"Hmm."

Chen Beibei nodded and continued to talk.

"The carp and its friends were taken to the market by the fisherman, and it was very lively, but they were packed in a very large bucket, and there was not even a lot of oxygen in the water.

This made the carp and its friends very uncomfortable.

'Will humans eat us?' ’

Carp asked.

'Yes. ’

Another carp replied.

But we can understand human language, and we can speak the same language as them. If we ask them to let us go, will you humans agree? ’

Carp Road.

The carp is still very good, and it doesn't want to die at such a time.

'Carp, have you forgotten?' We carp spirits can't show our anomalies to humans.

Your Majesty, the priest, that would bring destruction to our carp spirits. ’

Another carp replied.

Carp spirits have always lived in the deep sea, not because the deep sea is suitable for them. Instead, in the deep sea, there are very few encounters with humans. It would be safer for them to come.

The carp spirit is a youkai.

Once upon a time, youkai were no longer able to coexist peacefully with humans.

It's not just one kind of youkai, it's all youkai.

Youkai avoid humans, so much so that humans think that youkai have been completely wiped out from this world.

But if I don't beg them to let me go, we'll be eaten." ’

Carp Road.

Although the carp had also heard the priest's admonition not to let humans know their identity.

But.

In the face of death, the carp thought that maybe humans could let them go.

It is blue, the clouds are white, and the air is fragrant.

The human world seems so beautiful, is it true that human beings living in such a beautiful environment are as dark and cruel as the priests?

'Grandpa, how do you sell this fish?' ’

A somewhat immature boy's voice rang out.

So you know that you can come to the market to buy something, what a great child. ’

The fisherman sold two carps to the boy.

The carp and its friends were packed in a very uncomfortable thing, something very soft and impermeable called a plastic bag.

'I feel like I'm going to die......

Carp's friend said.

Let me call him for help. If he knew we wanted to live, he might have let us go. ’

Carp Road.

The carp's friend nodded, and the feeling of suffocation was already very strong. If it goes on like this, then it will die soon.

'Hey, human ......'

In human language, the carp called out to the boy who was carrying a plastic bag.

The boy looked around, but saw no one.

He had already misheard.

The boy kept walking, and he had to hurry home and ask his mother to cook a good meal for his father, who had returned from afar.

'It's me, the carp you're carrying. ’

The carp said again.

This time the boy heard the carp clearly, so he immediately opened the plastic bag in his hand.

The boy didn't feel terrible.

I guess I thought I had encountered some strange elves from fairy tales.

And.

In a human fairy tale, there is also a story about a fisherman who catches a goldfish and begs the fisherman to let him go back to the sea in human language.

The fisherman released the goldfish back into the sea, and the goldfish fulfilled the fisherman's wish.

Although in the end, the fisherman lost those things because of his greed.

But.

That goldfish is indeed what everyone wants to meet, and everyone thinks that if they meet that goldfish. You won't be as greedy as a fisherman.

'Can you put us back in the ocean?'

Carp asked.

'You're an elf? ’

The boy asked.

'No...... We are youkai who originally lived in the deep sea, but out of curiosity, we were caught by a fisherman. ’

The carp replied.

The carp doesn't know what elves are, and in its cognition, in this world, there are only two advanced species, humans and monsters, and there are no elves or gods.

After all.

Whether it's an elf, a god, or even an evil spirit, these things are all imaginary things that humans have imagined.

Elves, gods, demons, these things are all monsters under the cognition of the carp spirits.

For humans to come.

The monster which is long pretty, and has good intentions is a fairy.

And the powerful yokai with the ability to shelter humans are gods.

As for the yokai that harm humans, or even feed on humans, they are called evil spirits.

'Youkai? ’

The boy wondered.

Of course, the boy knows some about youkai, but the youkai he knows are all terrifying.

It's probably all about eating rao.

Now seeing such a weak carp itself as a monster made the boy wonder if the stories he had heard were true.

'Well, can you let us go back to the ocean?' If we continue like this, we're going to die. ’

Carp Road.

Although the carp is a carp essence, at this time, it still has no mana.

Aside from being able to speak human language, it is no different from a normal carp. So now if it wants to survive, it must rely on the boy's help.

'Let you go back to the sea, and you will live?' ’

The boy asked.

"Hmm."

The carp replied.

'Okay then. ’

The boy said.

By this time, the boy had already made his own decision. Although this may be scolded by the mother.

But.

If you bring the two youkai back and let your father eat them, that kind of thing will be very cruel to the boy......"

"Did the boy really put the carp back into the sea?"

Yuki Taketori asked.

"Hmm."

Chen Beibei replied.

"What a kind-hearted boy."

Taketori Yuki Fog Road.

Chen Beibei nodded, and then continued.

When the boy brought the carp to the beach, he asked the carp a question.

'Can you grant my wish?' ’

'What is your desire?' ’

Carp asked.

Although at this time, the carp does not have mana, but when it cultivates to the transformation stage in the future, the carp will become a human and be able to use some special spells.

So the carp still wants to know the boy's wish and give it to the boy later.

'I want ten bucks. ’

The boy said.

'Huh? ’

Carp question.

'I spent ten dollars when I bought you, and if I go back empty-handed, my mother will definitely scold me.' ’

The boy explained.

'I'm sorry, I don't have such a strong mana right now, do you have any other wishes?' ’

Carp asked.

The carp has no way to grant the boy's wish now, and even if he gives the boy money later. The boy had already been scolded by his mother, so it was impossible for the carp to come true.

'No, let's go.' ’

The boy said.

'I'm sorry......'

The carp continued.

After putting them in the sea, the boy left directly, but with some worry on his face. I guess I was afraid of my mother's blame.

The carp and his friends return to the deep sea area, while the boy is scolded by his mother.

Although the boy explained.

But.

Instead, the parents scolded the boy again for using the unreliable excuse of using a monster......"

"The boy is so pathetic."

Taketori Yuki Fog Road.

"But fortunately, although he was scolded by his parents, the carp survived. The boy felt that it was worth it, so it wouldn't be bad. ”

Chen Beibei explained.

"I see."

Taketori Yuki nodded clearly, obviously, if Taketori Yuki encountered such a thing, then Taketori Yuki would definitely do the kind of behavior that a boy did.

As for being scolded, such a thing will not be cared about at all.

When the carp and his friend returned, the priest called them in and questioned them separately.

For the priests smelled the scent of men from them.

Those smells.

For the priests, it represents fear and calamity, deeply engraved in the marrow and never forgotten.

'You've come into contact with humans?' ’

The priest asked the carp.

'Hmm. ’

The carp told the priest what had happened to him, and in the carp's view, it used human language and boyish language. It was able to get it and its friends back alive.

'You've come into contact with humans?' ’

The priest asked the carp's friend.

"No Sakura: We've been captured by humans, but I've always been like a normal carp. ’

The carp's friend replied.

At last.

The carp was punished by the priest for breaking the rules made by the priest.

- Leave the carp spirits forever!

After the carp was expelled, it returned to the shallow water, where it was even more yearning for her to come.

With the rapid passage of time.

The carp has gone through a long period of spiritual gathering, followed by the metamorphosis period, during which the carp's body slowly undergoes some changes.

All the shapeshifters that youkai choose during the transformation period are basically humans.

Of course, there will be exceptions.

For example, the priests of the carp spirits, even though they have had tens of thousands of years of cultivation, are still in the form of a carp.

It's just that there are some differences from ordinary carp in appearance, with white scales on its head and long tentacles like catfish at the corners of its mouth.

Monsters transform into humans.

In order to be able to be discovered by humans, so that humans will not be able to see through it at a glance.

In the hundreds of years after the end of the Heian period.

Humans quickly took over various regions of the world, and the youkai were forced to hide in the shadows.

Some yokai have turned into trees, some have turned into stones, and these yokai can often do it for decades, hundreds of years without moving their bodies, and look like they are dead.

This kind of life is torturous and painful for youkai.

But.

Helpless against them, humans enslave the discovered youkai, wash them out of their consciousness, and let them slaughter their own kind.

The Battle of the Great River and Mountain announced that the youkai had completely lost the right to live under the light with humans.

The Battle of the Hyakki Night Walk announced that youkai had lost even the right to live in a place abandoned by humans.

Youkai hide from humans.

This is the survival method of all youkai, so youkai who have reached the transformation stage will first choose to transform into a human.

At least ordinary humans wouldn't recognize them.

The carp has been fantasizing about what she should become, which is a very confusing question for her.

After all.

The carp has not seen many humans, after being expelled from the territory of the carp spirits.

There will be no one to guide her transformation.

In the place where the carp spirits live, the transformation is the most important day for every carp spirit.

In the priest's collection, there are many portraits of human beings, and each portrait of a human representative represents a different person.

Priestly too.

'The difference in human appearance corresponds to the difference in personality. Transfiguration is determined by personality, not by what kind of appearance you like. ’

Transfiguration is a deep science, and each carp spirit will be instructed by a priest to instruct them in their transfiguration.

Because as long as you change the appearance that matches your personality.

It is easier not to be recognized by humans.

Of course, there are many, many things involved, such as human age, clothing, customs, and so on.

The difference in age will lead to the change of many, many things.

And human clothing is also very special, as if it has a lot of rules.

Some clothes can't be worn on the street, some clothes can't be worn by women, some clothes can't be worn by men, etc.

As for customs and stuff, it's even more complicated. Some carp spirits who have been cultivated for hundreds of years have not been able to get the opportunity to go past the human world because they are not proficient in human customs......"

"Is it so difficult to come to the human world?"

Yuki Taketori asked.

"Well, I'm afraid of being discovered by humans, so even if I reach the transformation stage, I can turn into a human. Still not allowed to come to the human world. ”

Chen Beibei replied.

At this time, Chen Beibei couldn't help but think of his own style gods, in the time when he had just adopted them as style gods.

Chen Beibei almost never lets them go out alone.

It is precisely because of the fear that they will do something anti-human and let others find out their identity.

Nowadays, most of the gods have been able to enter and leave the human world freely, and even the three-tailed fox has learned to make money and can survive in the human world independently. It's not easy to think about it now......