"So, Leigh, do you need to hunt humans every day?"

"No... But now it seems that it can hold back for two or three days at most. ”

"Well, so be it."

"Really...... Huh? What the? ”

Erli stood up sharply, Purple looked at her strangely, revealing a hint of puzzlement, and Yuka still stared at the two people.

"You need to kill people to feed your body, so what?

Cannibalism isn't a strange thing for youkai, but rather, it's quite rare for youkai to not eat humans. You've just discovered your own recipe, but it's nothing...

Your state of mind hasn't changed much, and it's not the kind of indiscriminate murder in Youxiang's mouth, so I don't need to worry about anything. Do you want to attack me when you're hungry? ”

"Of course not!"

How could it be that he would kill Purple?

"Isn't that the end of it..."

"If I ask you, do you still want to be an exorcist?

Let's not talk about whether you have been exposed or not, the way you are now, your killing is very conspicuous. ”

Yuka, who had been observing before, interrupted Zi's words and directly asked one thing she wanted to ask, or her attitude.

"Or rather, you're going to use humans as food now, what else do you want to keep?

… What else do you want to disguise yourself to be? ”

“……”

Ellie couldn't answer, she didn't know what to say about her state of mind, maybe cowardice, or escapism. She is as far away as possible from being a non-human being, and has become a human habit as much as possible.

It's a pity that the demon's body is showing up little by little, and the hostility of the current world towards youkai eats away at the childish thoughts of the past

“…… The job of a folk exorcist, I don't want to go.

I've been... It's not human anymore... The commission may still go, but..."

Ellie looked at the two of them, her eyes flashing once more with a hint of red tyranny, as if she had made up her mind to match the demon's mind, and her body reacted.

“…… There will be another legend of a bloodthirsty monster in the world..."

……

……

……

Once upon a time, there was a young exorcist on the island of Iyonoji, who came from the West, and although she had the appearance of an immortal, she was jealous of a certain god and cursed her hair as gray as an old man.

Because of her hair and face, she was hostile to everyone, but she did not disappoint the whole world, and treated ordinary people with the loving heart of a god.

She assists humans, banishes man-eating beasts, crusades against murderous monsters, and can even transform a place cursed by the gods back to its original form.

He was a kind man and an exorcist who was cruel to his enemies.

It's a pity that the chaos on the island after that made this battlefield flower wither early.

Youkai have invaded Iyo Island and slaughtered everything they could.

She joins the righteous exorcists in the crusade against the monsters.

But, like them, in a certain crusade, disappeared forever.

On that day, she also made a promise to the people of a village to defeat the youkai who had attacked the village.

But that day, she was gone.

What a beautiful and miserable day it was, the monster was gone,

But the exorcist was gone, only a trail of blood and burnt dust.

However, after the return of calm to Iyo Island, the battle between youkai and humans has not changed much.

Humans continue to crusade against youkai, and youkai slaughter humans.

There is a black minotaur, and as soon as it walks by, it eats the entire village.

There is a four-legged monster that looks like a wolf, and its roar will summon all the beasts and attack the place it wants to attack.

There are also white-haired monsters that glow red, and they will brutally torture people and take pleasure in killing people.

There are even youkai disguised as plants, which lure ignorant children to swallow the fruit and then disembowel.

However, the gods are watching over us, the exorcists are still protecting us, and miracles are unfolding before our eyes from time to time.

The old man in the village square stood by the campfire and recited a long sentence, as if he were a witness to all this, and told the surrounding villagers.

He is one of the survivors of the escape from Shikoku Island, and a villager who has been blessed by Alice, and the old man thinks he knows everything about the situation.

What none of them noticed was that a thin gap hung in the sky, but since it was night, it was impossible to see it clearly, and everyone listened carefully to the old man's narration, and the gap was as if it did not exist.

Rumor is a terrible phenomenon, it can spread good things bad, bad things good, or worse.

Anyway, the parties must be very helpless about this spread of rumors.

For example, Erlie, who is now with a six-year-old girl, listens helplessly to the conversation in the gap, and the child is also listening, seemingly very interested in her abilities.

Twenty years have passed since I discovered my special demonic physique, and in these twenty years, I have traveled all over the current Yamato country, as well as the Hayato territory of the Bear Raid Country on Kyushu Island, and the Ezo territory in the north.

In the process of walking, she took a lot of commissions, killed a lot of monsters, and killed a lot of people, and her own "cannibalism" count was 2514 people.

Most were savages and dying men, mostly male.

Now Elle lives around Fujiwara-kyo in Nara, an abandoned log cabin. This little girl is very smart, she claims to be human, but has an IQ that does not match her appearance.

If you ignore the age of this little girl who claims to be in the palace, it can be considered to be a conversation with a young man with common sense.

The first time the two met was a year ago in the evening. Elle opened the gap herself, and when she wanted to use the analogy, she opened the gap right in front of her.

Surprisingly, Kamiya was just taken aback for a moment and returned to normal, but Erli was strange, a human who had seen a youkai for the first time, and nothing had changed.

“… White-haired monster... As for it?

I'm not one of those weird stuffy bears or something...

… And also... Did I die that greatly?

If I didn't know who it was, I would have believed it myself. ”

"What's going on, youkai sister?"

Kamiya likes Ellie's story very much, although she knows a lot, but the child's heart is still there, and she also longs for the outside world, and it seems that she rarely goes out of the house.

What Elle saw and heard gave her an imaginary world, a world that was colorful and dangerous, but also had a story more interesting than dangerous.

The things that the teacher taught her were stories that she already knew, and it was also boring for people to ask her about things. It is said that the Imperial Court is assisting Rena to attack Silla, and according to his own estimates, the Otomo Clan's attack will definitely be in vain.

But who will listen to their own words?

It is now the 29th year of Emperor Steya, that is, in 581 AD, and it is still 12 years before the reform of Prince Shotoku.

"As Alice, I helped humanity, and humans said that I was a representative of the gods.

But what about after that? I started killing people and feeding on humans, and it turned out that there was another white-haired monster. ”

"What do you think of human beings? Youkai sister? ”

Ancients looked at Ellie carefully, her pure brown eyes staring at her, as if she could see through something.

"Do you need my review? Upper Palace? ”

"Well, I'd like to know what youkai think of humans.

I've been listening to the story of the monster sister.,But this time it's not like this.,The story can be listened to at any time.,But some things are better the sooner you go.。 ”

Hearing this, Ellie said with a smile.

"I can't speak for all youkai, Kogamiya.

Do you want to listen? ”

She straightened up and nodded, ready to hear what Ellie had to say.

"What do I think of human beings... Mainly food.

People eat animals, I eat people.

Of course, it's not just me, it's the opinion of most trolls. ”

Shanggong has not changed much, she also knows the nature of monsters, cannibalism is common for monsters, and the official's own news about monsters is also cannibalism, otherwise she would not deliberately organize the official exorcist to encircle and suppress monsters.

"Anything else?"

"No, what else do you want to hear?"

To the surprise of the upper palace, Erli did not make any other comments.

"Don't you have any other opinion?"

She tried to ask, but the latter said indifferently.

"No, what would you think about what you eat?

It's just a matter of being able to eat and not being able to eat, delicious or not.

When you are willing to talk to a deer, you will do so only when you are full, otherwise, the deer is already in your belly. ”

"And what about you, youkai sister?"

"Me?"

Looking at Erli, Shanggong was a little scared, but she still asked what she wanted to ask, and she was full of confidence in Erli's judgment.

"Youkai sister, you didn't seem to be like this before."

"Why?"

"Because you're dodging something."

"Haha..."

Ellie smiled lonely and didn't speak.

“……”

Shanggong looked at the lonely Erli, although he could barely see the other party's thoughts, but this time he didn't know what she was thinking. It's complicated, and there's a lot of stuff mixed in.

"That's it for today

I'll send you back to the palace. ”

"Hmm..."

A gap engulfed the two of them, blue gems looked at them, and the background was not a black infinity, but a world of stars shining.

Kamiya loved the view inside, it was a stardust beauty she had never seen before.

Soon, though, the two of them came out of there.

Inside a room, which was supposed to be a place to sleep in the palace, but now lay a comfortable and luxurious quilt.

"Sister Youkai, are you angry?"

"No... I just remembered a little bit of the past. ”

But Kamiya knew that Erli's mood was a little complicated now, and she also left Erli's gap with interest.

"I hope what I'm saying doesn't bother you... Upper Palace. ”

"Well, no, youkai sister.

You may have been a human before. ”

"yes... A human...

You're smart, go to the palace.

It's just that I've become what I am now, good night. ”

"Good night, youkai sister."

After saying hello, the gap was closed.

Her eyes were constantly overflowing with that red breath, gently floating in the air.

It's been about three years, six months, and twenty-two days.