Mirage never knew that human beings would burst out with such great power, and never knew that the original despair was deep in the depths, and his mind was actually blank.

He watched blankly as Junxia held the bloodied baby in his arms, and then looked at him,

"Behold, this is our child."

"She's a cute girl."

"Mirage, you say, will I be exactly the same when she grows up?"

"I wish she could be like me, but I wish she wasn't so much like me......"

- If she is like me, then you look at her as if you look at me, and if you miss her, you won't be so sad.

- But if you think about it again, it is too cruel to miss someone who will never appear again every day.

Thinking like this, Junxia raised her hand hard, wanting to touch the mirage's cheeks, and her trembling fingers were caught by the mirage in the air.

Junxia bent her eyes, although her fingers were as thin as cherry tree branches in winter, but those eyes bloomed with a long-lost brilliance.

"It's better not to be like me, it's good to be like you."

"Mirage, can you promise me to watch her grow up?"

Mirage, which had been silent from the beginning, finally opened its mouth.

He laughed, the curvature of his lips was beautiful, tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes, and then he said:

"No, I can't."

After Junxia blinked blankly, he pressed Junxia's finger to his cheek.

The dry and rough fingers on his face didn't feel comfortable, but Mirage didn't care, he looked at Chunxia and repeated:

"I can't.

Junxia, you know.

If you dare to leave today, I'll eat this child. You know so much about youkai, you should know, youkai are always like this, as long as they can become strong, even if they are their own children, they can also be eaten.

So, survive, Junxia!

If you don't protect him, I'll eat him!" ”

He said this without the slightest hint of joking.

Chun Xia heard him emphasize this, but he didn't show a surprised look.

She groped her fingers on the mirage little by little, with a helpless smile on her face, and when she touched the wetness on his cheeks, the smile on Junxia's face gradually deepened.

After a long time, she sighed.

"You can, Mirage."

Despite her old age, despite her weakness, there was indeed a sly and somewhat proud look on her face.

"She's my child, the child of both of us."

As she said this, the smile on her face looked more and more satisfied.

Mirage understood what she meant.

- It was her child, so he wouldn't bear it, and he couldn't do it, to this child.

It was only at this moment that tears finally welled up from the mirage's eyes without any scruples.

- Yes! You win!

He's not going to do anything to this kid.

But if you don't, what?

What can be done to keep her?

When they first got together, Mirage thought that he could withstand such a scene - humans will always die, and he knew this very well.

But now, when something happened with a warning, he found that he couldn't bear it.

"I'm sorry, Mirage, I can't be with you anymore."

"Pure Summer, Pure Summer ......"

Mirage muttered Junxia's name, and then watched as her star-like light dissipated into the air.

"Pure...... Summer ......"

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Mirage lowered his head, the soft hair hanging down cast a shadow on his face, and Qiao Xi sat across from him, unable to see the expression on his face.

"Junxia is a very cute girl, and I've never seen a human like her."

"She looks good when she laughs, and her eyes are crooked, shining brighter than the stars in the night."

"She was always curious about everything. Sometimes when I encounter something I don't know or haven't seen before, I always investigate it carefully and make a record. ”

"She was really kind. Whether it's a human or a monster, it's incredibly gentle, and the monsters know her. ”

"She's also very strong. Occasionally, she encounters evil monsters that have no consciousness of their own, and she can always solve them neatly and neatly, without my help. ”

"She loves to bask in the sun. Occasionally, when I have free time, I move a chair and sit in the yard, sewing clothes while basking in the sun. ”

"She loves to raise flowers and grows a lot of flowers in the yard. It is beautiful when it blooms during the flower season, and the children of the town love to come to the house to see the flowers. ”

"She loves ......"

Mirage whispered a lot, Qiao Xi listened quietly, and couldn't help but feel that Mirage and Chunxia should be very in love.

If not, how could he remember all the things about the other party clearly after such a long distance.

If not, when he mentioned Chunxia again, although sad, his voice was still full of indescribable tenderness.

If not, how could he even smile with sadness that could not be dissolved.

"Now, Lord Fengyue, my child, please leave it to you."

"Although I promised Chunxia, I want to watch her grow up."

"But it's a shame that I can't do it."

"I always feel a little lost not being able to watch me and her children grow up little by little."

"But it's also a little fun."

"Lord Fengyuejin, you probably hate monsters like me the most."

"Before I met Junxia, I went to the shrine where the god Toyotsuki was enshrined. I met a lot of youkai, and everyone was a very interesting youkai, and it was the type that Toyogetsujin-sama would like. ”

"A youkai like me, tainted with countless karma, will Lord Fengyue God find it annoying?"

- No, it won't.

It will kill you, but it won't hate you.

Qiao Xi didn't speak, and Mirage didn't think about asking him to answer, he just raised his head slightly, chuckled and continued:

"Ah, when I think that I can finally stop thinking about Chunxia, I feel a little anticipating in my heart.

But when I think of the child, I can't help but feel some regrets. ”

"Lord Fengyue, you see, have I been in the human world for a long time, and I have also contracted the vices of humans.

Always greedy and wants a lot of things. ”

"But I know — if you want too much, you won't be able to grab anything."

"Just like back then, I didn't want Junxia to die, nor did I want her to feel unhappy, so I obeyed her and kept the child, but ......"

"It's really sad, even if I know that it is my child and Chunxia's child, I still can't help but blame her in my heart...... Maybe handing her over to Lord Fengyue can make her grow up well. ”

"Lord Fengyueshen, the child doesn't have a name yet? Would you like to help her get one? ”

"Well, but Junxia once mentioned it, what do you think of the name Reiko?"

"Junxia's surname in the human world is Natsume, and this child's name is-"

"Reiko Natsume."