"Courtyard!?" Ichimoku Ren looked around and Kaguya-hime beside Katsuragi, and then introduced himself as well: "I'm Ichimoku. ”

Then he continued, "Why am I here?" I'm supposed to be at a shrine. ”

"I summoned you."

Katsuragi explained to Ichimoku, "I can summon some youkai here at random, but this ability is not controlled, so I summoned you." ”

"Youkai?"

Suddenly, Ichimoku looked down at himself, a trace of inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, as if he was a little lost and sad, and after a while, he raised his head, looked at Katsura Mu and asked, "Then can I go back?" ”

"This ......"

Katsura Mu was entangled and said with a wry smile: "I don't know, I actually didn't even understand how this place appeared." ”

"But I can assure you that when I figure out the reason for all this, I'll send you all back." Katsuragi assured Ichimoku with a serious face.

"Hmm."

Looking at Katsuraki's appearance, Ichimoku didn't mind, and nodded gently, even if he became a monster, he was still the same character back then.

"Hello, my name is Kaguya-hime." Kaguya Hime sat on the bamboo and said hello to Ichimoku, and Ichimoku's temperament was born to make people feel good.

"Hello!"

Ichimoku smiled at Kaguya and nodded, then looked at Katsuragi again and asked, "You're human, right?" Are there no other humans here besides you? ”

"That's true in the courtyard." Katsuragi nodded: "Only I can come here, and the rest are youkai, but there is another place, where there are many humans!" ”

"I summoned you to borrow your strength to live better over there."

Hearing Katsuragi's words, Ichimoku immediately showed a caring look and asked, "Is it dangerous there?" ”

"Hmm!" Katsura nodded, and then smiled and comforted: "But with you here, I'm already strong now, and it's enough to protect myself." ”

"Ichimoku, can I ask you a question?"

Katsuragi didn't have the ability to rush to see Ichimoku, and looked straight at him, wanting to understand something.

"Say it."

Ichimoku nodded and looked at Katsuragi and replied.

"Do you remember all the memories you had before?"

The reason why Katsuragi asked this was because he noticed that there seemed to be something about the lost and sad expression on Ichimoku when he heard that he had summoned a youkai just now.

Ichimoku was silent for a moment, looked up at the sky, sighed and said, "Do you want to hear a story?" ”

"Of course, my favorite thing is to listen to stories."

This sentence was not said by Gui Mu, but Yan Yan Luo, who came out of nowhere with a smile, came to the three of them with a smile and said a word, and then looked at Yi Mome and said, "Hello, my name is Yan Yan Luo, and I was also summoned by Gui Mu." ”

"Hello."

Gentle Ichimoku didn't care about Yanyanluo's words, and after responding, he began to speak.

"There was a small village at the foot of the mountain, where people often suffered from natural disasters, and later it was rumored that there were gods on the mountain, so they brought sacrifices up the mountain to worship the gods..."

"Later, because of the prayers of the people, a god was formed, and although this god was weak at first, he still tried his best to help the villagers who prayed!"

With a hint of a smile on his face, it was obvious that he was happy when he recalled this time.

"Because of him, gradually, people became more and more convinced that there were gods here, and more and more tributes were made, and shrines and even shrines were built......"

"His power has become stronger and stronger as a result......

Ichimoku continued slowly, his expression full of happy memories: "At that time, they built a wide road at the shrine, and added lights on the side of the road, and when someone wanted to pray, they would light all the lights one by one, and then tell their wishes in the shrine. ”

"The gods will also do their best to fulfill people's requests, and being able to hear the voices of the believers and see them happy is the happiest thing about the gods."

"But then something happened that changed all that......"

Ichimoku's gaze began to turn gloomy, and his expression was no longer as happy as before, and he whispered: "Once, after several days of continuous wind and rain, the flood was about to flood the village below the mountain, and the villagers came to the mountain to worship the gods, praying that the gods would protect them. ”

"However, the god's power is the wind, not the water, and it was originally impossible to resist the flood, but the wind god forcibly diverted the flood and finally protected the village."

"But at the cost of sacrificing one of my eyes."

"Ahh Hearing Kaguya-hime, who was in a daze, let out a low cry, and then said with some sadness, "What a great and kind god. ”

Ichimoku looked at Kaguya with a gentle gaze, and continued to speak slowly: "When the disaster passed, because of the forcible change of the flood, the god's power began to weaken and he could not help everyone as before, so people began to gradually forget about this god, until finally they all slowly left there. ”

"The shrine is gradually falling into disuse."

"How can this be!" Kaguya said a little angrily, she has always had a soft personality, and she was rarely angry, and Yan Yanluo was watching Ichimoku from the side, in fact, they all knew that Ichimoku was talking about himself.

"But the god hasn't forgotten his followers." Ichimoku looked into the distance tenderly: "He still walks on the road to the shrine every day, waiting for the arrival of believers." ”

"Day after day, year after year, I waited until the stone steps on the road were covered with moss, the shrine was covered with dust, and there was only one pillar left in the original magnificent shrine, and there was no one left."

Katsuragi stared at Ichimoku, he felt the sadness of Ichimoku, the feeling of long loneliness was unbearable for anyone, Kaguya and Yanyanluo also didn't speak quietly, and the air was filled with sadness.

"In the end, he lost his qualifications as a god without a believer, and in order not to disappear, he even degenerated into a monster and wanted to continue to guard that place......

Several people in the courtyard were silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressing, the wind god in this story was obviously a kind and gentle god, and even sacrificed his own eyes for the sake of the villagers, but in the end he got such a result.

"Ichimoku!"

Suddenly, Katsuragi raised his head and said with a serious face, "Can I ask you for something?" ”

"Protect here!"

Katsuragi immediately pointed to the courtyard and said, "I can rebuild a shrine for you here, although I can't pray to you as often as the believers before you, but I can talk to you as a friend." ”

"So, can you guard this place with me and the rest of you?"

Looking at Guimu's solemn and serious gaze, Ichimai was a little stunned, he didn't know what to say at this time.

"And we youkai don't forget things as easily as humans." Yanyan Luo also walked over with a smile and said, "Although I don't like the word depravity used in your story, you are indeed a god worthy of respect. ”

"Yes, Ichimoku, the youkai here are all very good, they definitely won't be like those villagers." Kaguyahime also persuaded Ichimoku.