Xiu watched the girl go away and disappear into the cloister outside the door.

"Lord, how did I get here, did you save me?" Xiu's hand swept over the bandages on his body and asked with some confusion.

"It's not so much that you were saved, it's that you saved them." The priest sat down beside Xiu.

"I... Saved them? Xiu tilted his head and thought for a while, "yes, I really wanted to save a few people in front of the big boar, and then I lost consciousness... What happened to those guys? Did they save me? ”

"Those guys are nice. Except for the few horses in the village, they were very good. The god looked out the door.

There was nothing special outside the door, but it was just a courtyard, planted with some simple-looking green vegetation, some low trees, and a little outside, it was a wooden house.

It seems to be the same as the house where Xiu is now, because the cloisters are connected.

"You saved the village chief's son, and besides, you are a 'rescuer sent by the gods', how could they let you have trouble."

"Rescuers sent by the gods?" Xiu was puzzled.

"You appeared with a fox mask, and the god that the village has worshipped for generations is a fox. So you're seen as a rescuer sent by the gods. How did you end up there, though. The place where they travel is very remote, and it stands to reason that no one goes there for no reason, and why are you there? The god lord opened his vibration sleeves, folded his hands on his laps, and looked squarely at Xiu.

"I was taken somewhere by a fox." Xiu replied.

“... Are you serious? The Divine Lord frowned.

"I was serious, I wasn't where I was, and suddenly a fox appeared in front of me, and it was very beautiful, and its fur was as white as snow, soft and loose, and I wanted to touch it. It wouldn't go when I approached, but whenever I was about to touch it, it would run backwards a short distance and I would follow. Every time, and then I wondered if it was trying to take me somewhere... Then I got on my horse and chased it, and it really led me to the big boar. At that time, the three men were struggling in fear of the horses being chased by wild boars. ”

Xiu said truthfully.

"And what about the fox?" The Divine Lord asked. His fingers subconsciously clenched the sleeves of his shirt, but he didn't hear it.

"It's gone. It took me there and then it was gone. Xiu scratched his hair, "I know it's incredible, but ,,, it's like that, it's what I've seen, that's what I've encountered, and I'm not missing anything." ”

"Is that so?" whispered the priest as if talking to himself.

He smiled lightly, "Well, maybe you've met our gods." ”

"God?" Xiu didn't understand, "It's obviously a fox, why do you say it's a god?" ”

"Our gods are not the same as yours. There are fundamentally different differences. For us, there are gods in heaven and earth, all living beings, mountains, rivers, grasses, trees and rivers. The white fox you met was a god, and the huge boar you met was also a god. ”

Xiu looked at the god lord in disbelief, "Is such a terrible thing also a god?" ”

"That's the mountain god of the Nazaki River, Lord Nazaki of Amoya. It is rumored to be a pig god who has lived for more than 100 years, and it is a forbidden place for hunters in that area, but it is a paradise for animals. The Divine Lord said lightly.

“... I can't understand your definition of a god, for us, God is immortal, the creator of the world, and your god is an animal that I almost killed..."

"Did you kill it?" The Divine Lord's voice suddenly became stern. He suddenly looked like an angry-eyed King Kong full of anger, glaring at Xiu deadly, "You didn't kill it!" You almost got killed by it! You saved three people, but you almost ruined thousands of lives! ”

Fix a momentary speech.

He didn't understand what he had done wrong, but he didn't feel worthy of the wrath of the gods.

Just as he was about to say something, the Lord suddenly sighed, "We don't think the same way as yours, so you may never understand what I'm thinking... In your opinion, it is a thing to boast that you saved three people, but in my opinion, you almost killed the god who protected Nasakigawa! Once the pig god of the Nagasaki River is gone, the animals in the Nagasaki River will be ruthlessly hunted by hunters, and at that time, there will be more than three dead lives! ”

"Then you think I shouldn't save those three people?" Xiu looked closely into the eyes of the Divine Lord.

"No... You should save them. ”

"Then why am I being blamed by you?"

"My accusation against you is not against whether you saved people, nor whether you killed the pig god, but... You should have a sense of reverence for everything that is natural! ”

Xiu opened his mouth, a little speechless.

He didn't understand, why should there be reverence for nature?

You must know that the knights of the Mandate of Heaven have no fear of even the gods, they are all rebellious "rebels"!

But he suddenly found that he couldn't say a word in front of this young man, who had a sporadic beard and was full of vicissitudes all over his body.

"I... I still can't understand it. In my hometown, nature has hurt us a lot. We've always been battling nature, and we've struggled to survive..."

"Then I'll tell you, this is not your hometown. Everything here is connected to nature, which gives us everything we need to live. It's fair, it gives us the same chance to live, whether it's a man or a beast, so we are in awe of everything and all creatures that are connected to nature! We revere them as gods not because of how powerful they are, nor because they are amazing, but because they live on the same land as we do! ”

The Divine Lord looked at Xiu deeply, with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

"Sometimes, to respect other beings is to respect ourselves. Because there is essentially no difference between us and them! We all live in the sun, we all need food, and we all need to live together. It was, it is, and it will be! ”

Xiu lowered his head and was silent.

"Sure enough, I still can't understand what you're saying." Xiu turned his gaze away.

"I didn't expect you to understand anything. We live in two worlds, and everything we accept is worlds apart. "The god stood up, you just need to think about it, why here, the fox will ask you for help, and the object of rescue is people!" ”

(End of chapter)