Not long after walking in the direction pointed by the stone monster, Qiao Xi felt the breath of a human being from a distance.

However, in those mixed human breaths, there was a demonic aura that made Qiao Xi feel familiar.

Thinking of the youkai that the stone monster said was the owner of the hot spring shop, his heart moved, and he sped up and walked towards the area.

The children at the door of the hotel were laughing, and Qiao Xi looked at the children who ran over, and was stunned for a moment.

At the moment when he was stunned, a child hit him straight up.

Qiao Xi's subconscious reaction was to dodge, but just as he was about to lift his foot, he saw the child stumbling over a small pebble on the ground.

- If he had dodged, the boy would have thrown himself to the ground.

He hesitated for a second, and then the child threw himself into his arms, and he could only reach out and hold the child.

The child was a little stunned by him, and it took a while to raise his head, and when he saw Qiao Xi's face clearly, his expression was a little sluggish.

"Mom, come out and see the angel ......"

“……”

Qiao Xi was silent for a moment, let go of the child, and said, "Are you okay?" ”

The child took three steps back, and then greeted his friends with wide eyes: "Look! It's a goblin! ”

“……”

Qiao Xi couldn't help but be silent again.

Hey, I should have said it was an angel!

He was speechless and stared at the group of children who came around because of the child's shouting, and the expression on his face was blank for a moment.

Most of the children are very sensitive, they can't detect that Qiao Xi is not a human, but they can detect the very comfortable aura on his body, so they ask Qiao Xi one by one.

"Brother, are you a goblin?"

"Brother, you are so good-looking."

"Brother, where are you from?"

"Brother......

……

The brothers who were going up and down echoed in his ears, and Qiao Xi wanted to retreat directly for a moment.

But at the last moment, his dignity as a god stopped him.

With a smile and a blank look, he pushed the children around him back a distance, and then answered their questions one by one.

"No, my brother is not an angel."

"My brother came from far away."

"Well, there's something to do with the owner of this inn."

"No, my brother has something to do, so I can't play with you?"

……

As he spoke, he moved towards the inn, and before he could approach the door, he suddenly felt as if someone was watching him.

Qiao Xi subconsciously raised her head, and at the door of the hotel, a girl in a cyan yukata stood at the door, looking at herself with a smile.

- I don't know why, Qiao Xi's first reaction when she saw that girl turned out to be that today's Qingxing Lantern Ji was actually standing on the ground?

Yes, the girl in Tsing Yi is the little girl who was friends with Qiao Xi hundreds of years ago.

Although this big monster has a very strange hobby among monsters, Qiao Xi is a little stunned when he sees her from time to time.

However, in this unaccompanied situation, he suddenly met a familiar monster, and Qiao Xi couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

He tilted his head and greeted the Qingxing Lantern Girl: "Long time no see." ”

The Qingxing Lantern girl looked at Qiao Xi and was also very emotional.

She had already noticed that a very familiar aura belonging to the big monster suddenly appeared on the mountain today, and when she was thinking about which big monster woke up from a deep sleep, she saw Qiao Xi's figure standing on the stone on the top of the mountain from a distance, and she couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart.

At this time, she had already prepared everything and waited for Qiao Xi to come over.

The two youkai looked at each other and smiled.

Qing Xing Deng said to those children who were pestering Qiao Xi: "This brother came to find the eldest sister for some things, when he finishes his work, my sister will let him play with you, okay?" ”

It can be seen that Qingxing Lantern and these children should be a little familiar, as soon as she said this, the children only hesitated, and asked her to assure Ai Ai, and then reluctantly let Qiao Xi and Qingxing Deng go in.

Passing through the back door of the hotel, there is a cave in front of you.

Different from the modern style of the hotel outside, the courtyard at the back is completely in the style of the Heiankyo period, which makes Qiao Xi feel like nothing has changed for a moment.

But only for a moment, he came back to his senses and sat under the cloister with the green lantern.

Because he had long been aware of Qiao Xi's existence, Qing Xing Deng had already prepared some small snacks and the like that he liked, and the two monsters sat side by side, not speaking, only eating snacks silently.

Qiao Xi ate a few pieces of dim sum and calmed down his mood, then he held the teacup, took a sip gently, and said, "It's so good." ”

Qing Xing glanced at him, and there was a smile in his eyes.

"I haven't seen you for hundreds of years, and you're still like this."

Qiao Xi tilted her head, and asked a little aggrieved: "Well, as soon as you fall asleep, you are all gone, I thought that they were all destroyed by the Onmyoji, it turned out that they came here to open a hot spring hotel." ”

Qing Xing Lantern glanced at Qiao Xi with a smile when he heard this.

They are all monsters, even if hundreds of years have passed, time has not left particularly obvious traces on them, and the Qingxing Lantern Girl is still as Qiao Xi remembers, her eyebrows are picturesque, her face is slightly pale, her eyes are as clear as water, and she is the appearance of an extremely gentle aristocratic girl.

However, compared to hundreds of years ago, the lantern looks a little more cheerful - it should be said that it looks more popular.

In the past, the Qingxing lamp was cold, although it was the appearance of a human girl, but at a glance, just looking at her temperament, you could see that she was a monster.

However, now, her long blue hair was tied with a hairband behind her, and she fell down naturally, wearing a delicate yukata of the same color, kneeling in the cloister holding a teacup and smiling slightly, she was completely no different from an ordinary human girl.

"Ahh

“……”

Qiao Xi was silent for a moment, a little unsure of what to say.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qing Xingdeng skipped the topic very lightly and turned to talk about the monsters in the mountains.

"Previously, there had always been Apei Harumi in Kyoto, but after he left, about two hundred years later, I don't know why, many unknown monsters suddenly appeared in Kyoto.

At that time, the great rivers and mountains had gradually disappeared from the sight of human beings - it was the decision to swallow wine. ”

Speaking of this, Qing Xing Deng couldn't help but cough lightly with a smile.

"There was even a youkai who claimed to be the heir of the wine swallow boy, which made Momiji-hime and wine swallow quarrel for a long time at that time. The Ibaraki boy even ran directly to find the youkai. ”