"What, what."

Yanagi couldn't help but look sideways and muttered in a low voice.

After calming down for a while, he remembered:

"Like ...... What does it mean to be the same? ”

Qiao Xi put his hand on the top of Yanagi Xin's head with a smile, just like he usually did when he faced the coquettish Natsume's children, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are all people who are loved by the world." ”

"Natsume-kun......?"

Yanagi Shin had a moment of mixed joy and sorrow.

For the past seventeen years, he never imagined that he would meet someone like himself.

"He ......"

Yanagi opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know what he was going to say.

At that moment, he seemed to have a lot to say, but he didn't seem to want to say anything.

Qiao Xi's hand was gently placed on the top of his head, and the feeling through his hair was a little subtle and very warm.

- Warm, like the winter sun.

"What does Yanagi-kun like to eat?"

"Huh?"

"How about omelet rice? Or the water letter cake? Hasebe collected a lot of cherry blossoms today, and it must be beautiful to make a water letter genmochi. ”

“……”

Qiao Xi talked about the topic of eating with a calm face, and didn't feel that the topic had changed too abruptly from just now to now.

Liu Sheng was speechless, and after a long time, he suddenly laughed: "Do you believe in cherry blossom water?" I'm really looking forward to it. ”

"yes."

Qiao Xi looked at the young man and laughed too.

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After dinner, the small snack pressed and cut Hasebe was really made into the water Shingen mochi, and the transparent jelly-like object was wrapped in a very complete pink cherry blossom, and it looked really beautiful.

When Yanagi Shin and Natsume were forcibly driven to do their homework by Qiao Xi, a little green monster knelt in front of Qiao Xi.

"It's rude, Lord Fengyue."

Qiao Xi raised his eyebrows, poured a cup of tea and pushed it over to the little monster.

"So, that's what you're asking for?"

- On the street before, Qiao Xi didn't plan to bring Yanagi back at first, but the youkai who followed Yanagi made a request.

- "Please protect Yanagi-kun." ”

The little green youkai made such a request with a very humble gesture.

And it's clear that Yanagi doesn't see the monster.

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Natsume Takashi has always been very well-behaved, although tomorrow is the weekend, and the homework is not in a hurry, but Qiao Xi asked him to do his homework, so he went back to the room with the obedient to write his homework, and at the same time brought a Yanagi letter.

Yanagi Shin is in high school, and he was carrying a schoolbag on the road before, although he usually didn't study much at all, but he didn't know how, when Qiao Xi said that to him, he listened unconsciously.

"Tsk......"

When Takashi Natsume moved out of the small table and placed it in the center of the room, Yanagi Shin reacted, and couldn't help but want to grit his teeth.

"It's so cunning!"

Natsume looked blankly. Facing the child's wet eyes, Liu Shengxin remembered what Qiao Xi said - the same as him.

Thinking like this, Yanagi threw his schoolbag aside and asked carefully, "Natsume-kun...... Can you see it too? ”

"Huh...... Huh? Yanagi-kun also ......? ”

Natsume was shocked.

- He used to think that only he was different from others in this world, and then Qiao Xi appeared.

And then is this Yanagi Sang-kun in front of him too?

Natsume looked at Yanagi Shin cautiously and said cautiously, "What you said is ......"

Although he didn't say it directly, Yanagi felt that the child's initial shock and apprehensive little eyes had already explained the result, so he slammed Natsume's hand on the table and said solemnly, "I understand!" ”

Takashi Natsume: "? ”

"I can't see it because it's the same kind?"

Liu Shengxin suddenly realized - this has to be said to be a big misunderstanding.

And: "So Qiao Xijun is like you, can you see it?" ”

"Hmm...... Well......"

Although he didn't understand what Yanagi was talking about, Brother Qiao Xi and he could indeed see the monster, so Natsume nodded hesitantly.

- Reaching a consensusjpg.

Because tomorrow weekend, Qiao Xi just wanted to send the two children away to communicate with this strange monster, so when Natsume and Yanagi Shin finished communicating with each other in the room and didn't start to do their homework, the five tigers retreated and ran in:

"Natsume-sama, I'm going to tell a story, come out quickly."

Natsume's eyes lit up, and then he looked at the little short knife standing in front of the shoji door: "But Brother Qiao Xi just asked me to do my homework......"

Seeing his hesitant expression, Wuhu retreated and simply stepped forward to pull him up from the ground and said, "It's okay, the adults said that the homework can be written tomorrow." Yanagi-kun is coming too. ”

Qiao Xi usually sits in the courtyard with Natsume's children and sword men and other little monsters after dinner every Friday to contact their feelings.,Today, it's because I want to communicate with the monster who follows Yanagi Shin that I sent Natsume to do my homework.,At this time, I learned that this plant monster didn't have any other malice.,So I directly called Natsume out again.。

Everyone is used to the weekly routine, and now they sit in a row, and wait for Qiao Xi to tell a story with their eyes wide open.

Qiao Xi: "......"

Looking at this slippery look, Qiao Xi choked for a moment, and then opened his mouth to start a casual topic, and then the sword men who were watching picked up the conversation very face-savingly.

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"Speaking of which, Xiao Sheng has met a person who is very similar to Liu Shengjun before."

"Huh? Can he see the future like Yagyu-sama? ”

"Well, it's pretty ......"

"Can Master Qiao Xi tell me the story of that person?"

- It was a somewhat unfamiliar voice that suddenly interjected.

The plant monster, who had been watching Yagyu from beginning to end, gave Yanagi a cautious look, and then asked as if tentatively.

Qiao Xi pinched the teacup and smiled: "Okay."

That's a ...... A story about the Snow Maiden. ”

There is a youkai made of snow and ice living on the snowy mountain, and people call her "Snow Girl".

The place where the Snow Maiden passes will be covered in snow and ice, and the creatures that the Snow Maiden is watching will turn into ice and snow.

……

"Since you met Lord Qiao Xi, then Kondo-kun must have lived happily with the Snow Girl in the end, right?"

The Five Tigers said in a tone that was both natural and eager.

Qiao Xi was a little surprised and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Because...... Such a gentle and powerful Lord Qiao Xi will definitely make everything have a good ending. ”

Wuhu's words of certainty made Qiao Xi a little stunned for a while, until the other party pulled his sleeve anxiously, and he came back to his senses and showed a gentle smile:

"Yes, Kondo-kun later lived happily with Snow Girl in the village under the snowy mountain."

The group of little monsters cheered unanimously after getting Qiao Xi's affirmation, Qiao Xi slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip with his head down.

- Not really.