Chapter 10: The So-Called Humans
Qiao Xi was hit by him straight into his arms, and his hands subconsciously hugged the person, regardless of the monsters hidden in the shadows of the trees behind him sucking in the cold air or the sound of falling, but couldn't help but be stunned.
- Wait!
Why is it that they were still the same height twenty years ago, but twenty years later, he is still so tall, but the other party is suddenly half a head taller than him!
He glared at Buyue, reached out and poked his bulging cheeks and asked strangely, "Why did you suddenly grow taller?" β
- It's better for him to ask why he has become a monster, can he still grow?
So why hasn't he changed at all?!
Buyue threw herself into his arms and rubbed it, only to feel that something was strange, until Qiao Xi asked this sentence and suddenly realized: "Oh? So I grew taller? I'll just say how you feel like you're getting shorter. β
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Qiao Xi was silent for a moment.
- It's heart-wrenching enough to not grow a centimeter in 20 years, why do you still poke people's lung tubes so upright!
Qiao Xi couldn't help choking, and said very calmly: "No, it's not that I've become shorter, it's just that you've grown taller." β
Buyue rubbed enough, so he crawled out of Qiao Xi, and then took Qiao Xi's hand with a smile, shook it, and said: "Ah, I'm taller than you now, it's really Ernie sauce, na, Fengyue, call Ernie sauce~"
He hadn't seen Qiao Xi for so long, and he didn't feel unfamiliar when he spoke, but because he had an advantage in height compared to Qiao Xi, his tone seemed inexplicably rippling.
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Not enough for you!
You are a ruthless god of the moon, a god who will bring disaster wherever you go! It's not some stupid white sweet brother control Ernie sauce wake up, you!
Qiao Xi looked at Buyue with a paralyzed face, and forced a look of "I didn't hear what you said when the wind was too strong just now".
Seeing his expression, Buyue scratched his hair a little distressed, remembering that he had a real expression when he asked Qiao Xi to call him Ernie sauce before.
He thought about it, but he didn't force it, and pulled Qiao Xi like a treasure to talk a lot about what he had done over the years.
Butuki is not a good storyteller...... The gods don't have fun telling storiesβand even more, because he doesn't have a lot of vocabulary, his stories sound dry.
"I met a black youkai who spoke in a nasty voice, so I beat him up and sealed him......"
"Oh, I also saw a temple in Hachihara, and the temple is balabala......"
It's a very boring narration, but Qiao Xi listens to it with relish.
His gaze fell on Buyue's surprisingly bright black eyes because of his excitement, and he thought to himself, what a simple god.
Just because he was born in his expectation, do you have full trust in yourself?
Qiao Xi tilted his head, and a smile suddenly appeared in his pupils.
So, youkai have always been more interesting than humans.
Pure and direct.
Like is like.,Hate is hate.,Except for demon foxes and the like that often mingle among humans and are naturally cunning.,It seems that most of the monsters are simple.γ
Qiao Xi pursed her lips and smiled, Buyue blinked her eyes, and her expression was a little happy: "Ah? Does Toyotsuki also find humans interesting? Shall I take you to see it tomorrow? β
"Okay, Xiaosheng is quite looking forward to it."
- But now he suddenly thinks youkai are more interesting than humans.
Qiao Xi responded, but what was in his heart was something else.
What Futsuki just said was a monk he met in a temple in Hachihara where he could see youkai.
That monk doesn't feel fear when he sees a youkai like ordinary humans, nor does he have to seal or destroy a yokai when he encounters a yokai like an onmyoji.
In Buyue's mouth, the monk is clearly a human being, but he always looks like a monster.
When Buyue talked about him, he could even enrich his vocabulary a little, which made Qiao Xi a little curious.
Although he hasn't been with Buyue for a long time, he also has a little understanding of this guy's character, and he can say such an evaluation as "interesting" instead of starting a fight without saying a word, and he should like this human being very much in Buyue's heart.
Qiao Xi thought in her heart, and Buyue's expression suddenly brought a little bit of loss.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, looked up at Qiao Xi who was sitting on the tree, and suddenly said, "Now, Fengyue, why is the life span of human beings so short?" β
Qiao Xi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.
According to Buyue's account, he and the monk have known each other for more than ten years, and the general lifespan of people in this era is not long, even if the monk and Buyue met when they were teenagers, more than ten years have passed, he is already in his thirties and nearly forty years old, and in less than ten years, he may die.
Qiao Xi's eyes turned slightly as he looked at the moon, and he looked at the black-clothed young man who was looking up at him.
The other party's eyes were round, and the moonlight reflected in them, shining the loss in his eyes clearly.
"Well, what do you say...... This is human. Speaking of which, didn't you already know that humans are such short-lived creatures? β
Buyue lowered his head and looked wilted.
"yes, I already knew. But I still can't help but find him funny, and I can't help but want to fight with him every time I am in the temple. β
Qiao Xi raised an eyebrow.
Fight?
It's really not easy for that monk to be alive after fighting Buyue for so many years.
He thought they would do something more elegant when they were together.
"So, why?"
Qiao Xi thought about it and asked softly.
Today's moon is bright, round, and big.
When it hangs on the treetops, it looks like you can touch it as soon as you reach out.
"Maybe that's what's interesting about being human."
He withdrew his hand that wanted to touch the moon and looked at the moon.
"Did you know that there is such a story in the human world?"
Buyue looked up at him in surprise, with some doubt in her eyes.
- He remembered that Toyotsuki had only had close contact with humans today since he was born, right?
He frowned slightly.
Could it be the half-demon boy?
Buyue suddenly felt a sense of crisis in her heart.
His family Fengyue is so simple and easy to deceive, and his breath is very pure, he must guard against the approach of those monster humans with ulterior motives!
Qiao Xi didn't know that Buyue's brain hole was so big, and his attention had been completely diverted from the matter of human lifespan, and he began to worry about his life.
So he only looked at Buyue and frowned, his face was deep, as if he was looking forward to his next story.
"You've seen fireflies, right?"
Qiao Xixiao asked, Buyue was in a daze, and her attention hadn't turned at all, so she only said "um" and didn't react.