"Master."

"You're here, Fang me.

I'm not your teacher yet, so why call it that. ”

A young man saluted a middle-aged man, the young man was a little childish, and it seemed that he was new to the rivers and lakes, with plenty of enthusiasm and will.

The middle-aged man on the opposite side smiled, as if he was looking at his own child, looking at his future disciple.

"Yes, I thought about it for a long time, and I decided to go with Master to slay demons and eliminate demons!

I don't want to be taken away by the government anymore and become a worthless official slave. ”

"I think I'll have to say it again, Fang me.

Once you embark on this path, you will never be able to turn back.

You barely have a family, you have to hang your life with a weapon every day,

If you die, no one will collect your body, and even in most cases, the body will not be found.

chose to escape and gave up this identity, and the monsters you killed before will kill you. ”

The middle-aged man had a solemn expression, and once again stated to the young man the danger of exorcism, that it was almost impossible to have a good death, and there were very few people who died of natural causes, most of them were abnormal deaths, and they were extremely miserable.

What he meant by saying this was to ask Fang and I to think about it carefully, because he was afraid that the young man's behavior would just be a hot brain, so he ran over, and then in the first crusade against the monster, he went to die with his blood.

It's not an easy thing to do, and enough of my fellow acquaintances have died.

He participated in the war on Shikoku Island, and he knew many people, and he died outside on the day of his acquaintance or a few days later. As for the old friend, he is the only one who survives.

The eldest companion is his junior brother, who was melted into a rain of blood by the monster, and he couldn't collect a corpse for him; Yi Yu too, that time when he was blocking the monsters, as a formation mage, he was directly knocked half of his body away.

And Alice, who probably attacked the monster's lair, and couldn't find even a trace... I thought she was missing, and there was still hope for her to live. From those who escaped, she hadn't been seen since...

"Ugh..."

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Ruoshan Yu thinking about his past, he let out a long sigh, Fang I had been talking about the reason why I wanted to become an exorcist just now, seeing that he suddenly sighed, I thought I had said something wrong, and hurriedly asked.

“…… Nothing, remembered some old friends. ”

"Old friends?"

"It's almost thirty years ago... On Iyo Island. ”

……

……

……

"You've got to do it well, you know?"

"Yes, Lord Ruojia."

Compared with Ruoshan Yu's detachment, Otomo Ruojia has a straight face, not angry and arrogant, and most people are basically trembling when they see him, for fear that this person will scold him loudly.

The delicate face had long since disappeared, washed away from blood and dirt, and what was visible was the wrinkled face on the left side, which contrasted sharply with the face on that side.

He waved his mutilated right hand and let the people who were kneeling down to leave.

"Let's go down."

Otomo Ruojia inherited the mantle of Monobe Motoruka, and continued to lead his team to crusade against youkai.

The nickname given to him in the monster is "half demon", and his response to dealing with monsters is very simple, kill. A person who never gives up without a purpose is not very good in the reputation of an exorcist, but the team he leads is definitely a superior one in terms of combat effectiveness.

"Tsk."

He slammed his mouth and walked out of the house.

The rune stones outside the wooden house enveloped the wooden house and several rooms around it, and this team was also stationed near the capital, but it was far away from the team of Si Xian and Wei.

By the way, Si Xian is dead, so it should be said that it is Wei's exorcist team.

This garrison is different from Wei, it is more like a military camp, there are no ordinary people such as traders, almost all of them are members of his team, and if there is something to do, they will go to the small square near the rune stone to talk.

The Otomo family has lost power, and the Otomo clan in the officialdom can no longer interfere with the imperial court, and at this time, the only person they can count on is the Otomo family, a family member who has made a slight contribution to exorcism.

However, the Otomo family didn't care about them at all, and he was fed up with the huge shadow that the family had brought him. Now the big companion family who came to ask for help is just a family that has lost power, and if they are supported, it will cost their own energy and resources, not to mention, the official position they can obtain is only a fictitious position.

After all, Otomo Wakaya knows that he is just an insignificant position in the hearts of those people, and there is no need to spend much time on him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have mingled with the exorcists, and he hadn't heard a word of concern or encouragement to dissuade him from doing so.

"Huh? If you are a family-sama. ”

Someone called his name, it was a young man, gorgeously dressed, and quite approachable, perhaps it was set off by the dozens of guards behind him, and those people had a lot of evil spirits, obviously tempered by killing.

"Minister Suga Natsuko,

Rare guest, rare guest. ”

There was a hint of respect in his voice, but his body did not change in the slightest, maintaining his appearance.

"I don't know what the adults are doing here?

The power of the Monobe family has been completely suppressed by you? So all the people from the Monobe clan are going to be killed?"

The exorcist also surrounded Su I Natsuko and the others, and everyone understood that they were deterring each other, and they didn't want to stir up trouble, so they just kept a close eye on each other's actions.

The meaning of Otomo Wakaya is also very simple: when you get here, you should understand who you listen to. My people, don't even want to move.

"Calm down, calm down, Lord Ruojia."

Su I Xia Zi was very calm, and didn't want to discuss this issue with him at all.

"I'm just here to ask, what do you think of the situation in the court?"

"It's your business to make trouble, and I won't get involved.

I can't afford to rely on any family, so I can rely on myself. ”

He has no interest in political struggles, and to get involved is to disrupt his own will, and besides, he will not allow himself to become stronger by relying on the strength of others. Naturally, Otomo Wakaya rejected Suga Natsuko's offer.

"Your Excellency, you'd better deal with the Monobe family instead of coming to me.

However, your wife is also from the Monobe family, right? Think about it. ”

The minister sneered, it seemed that this person didn't want to deal with the Monobe family with him, but he could also know that he wouldn't get mixed up with the Otomo family.

I heard that this man was arrogant, and now it seems that it is.

……

……

……

"So, Kogamiya, you know the gap between youkai and humans, but if humans want to pursue immortality, then they must give up their human identity.

I think what makes the human soul shine is that they can create the most brilliant things of the time in a short life, and then turn to dust over time.

In the eyes of human beings in some places, glory or decline will eventually become a period of unmentioned past under the gaze of time. ”

Erli and Kaminomiya sat on the top of the hill and looked at Fujiwara Kyo in the darkness of the night. The Acropolis is so peaceful that it makes people shudder.

Some more years have passed, and the upper palace has grown up a lot. She seems to be able to read other people's hearts and understand their minds, but the more she knows, the more confused she becomes about death.

The Upper Palace would often ask Elle what she thought about death and how she could overcome it, and Elle would discuss these issues with her.

“…… So, Sister Ellie, what do you think about Buddhism?

Will it allow me to overcome death? ”

"Naturally not, the good karma of Buddhism just makes your next life better.

I don't know exactly what it looks like.

You may have the option to become a youkai, but not now, you still have territory to govern and go to the palace. You can give up your human identity for your sake, but you can't let go of the people under your rule, can you?"

Kamiya closed his eyes, pondering Erlie's words, then turned his eyes to look at Erlie's red eyes.

"Yes, it's my responsibility, just like Sister Ellie said."

If you don't pay attention, this looks like a beautiful boy, and as for the reason, Elle helps her verify that she is really a girl.

How to find out the real thing? Hot spring.

I don't know why she was dressed as a man, and it seems that she still has a wife, and I don't know how these people came up with it.

"So do what you should do, go to the palace.

I don't know what you have to do with the Soga clan, but you know what is best for this country. ”

"That is, I had to do something I didn't want to do?"

"It's true that in order to survive, you have to do it."

The two of them lay down at the same time, looking at the vast starry sky.

"Sister Ellie?"

"What's wrong?"

"What are you suspecting?"

Elle turned her head and looked at Kamiya, who was a little confused.

"I wonder if you are a person, a person who has changed the world."

"Change the world?"

"I don't know, Upper Palace.

Maybe you'll be willing to tell me what your real name is. ”

She sat up and said to the girl who claimed to be the upper palace.

"It's about time."

"Hmm."

They swallowed them up and sent them back to the house.

"Then again, go to the palace.

It's been a while since we've seen each other, because you often don't go to your wife and sleep alone in the house, which doesn't seem like a good thing to the outside world.

Do you understand the difference between not having children and not touching women? ”

"Yes, yes, Sister Ellie.

I will make it clear that although they are both women, the reality of husband and wife can be determined. ”

Ellie nodded, then said.

"That's fine, I'll tell you in advance next time we meet."

The gap closed and went up, and Kamiya shrugged his shoulders and turned around to sleep.

"Your Excellency... This... It's..."

Behind her stood a shivering woman, her slightly greenish pupils filled with fear, her slightly loose clothes and arms hugging each other, and her body trembled.

"Knives since ancient times?"

Shanggong saw the knife behind him since ancient times, and never expected her to appear here.

"Calm down first..."

"She can't do it, go to the palace..."

Erli stood behind her, holding the knife to the neck of the knife from the ancient age, and showed a dangerous smile, and the red smoke drifted ominously,

“… Prince? Something interesting. ”