Chapter 10: Aragaki Ao
A person's life is long but short.
How long a person can live and how much sincerity he can get is unknown.
I understood early on that my life would not be long, and I didn't need something as cumbersome as love, and although I was always called a mourning star, I didn't want to hurt anyone.
My name is Aragaki Hao, born in a family of Fangshi, although it is a family, but it is sparsely populated, and I was born with five disadvantages and three deficiencies.
The Aragaki family has been inherited from the Western Han Dynasty scholar Aragaki Heina to the present, but because of the surname, it has never had the opportunity to make a contribution.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Eastern Han Dynasty government and the Japanese slave state, surnames such as Aragaki have been used by them for their own use, and the Aragaki family, which is already sparsely connected, has also been implicated.
I'm the same, because of this surname and humiliation, and the appearance is born androgynous, as I get older, I get even more humiliated, so since my father's death, I haven't been to school again, but with a huge amount of insurance money to open a piano painting interest class, which can be regarded as a place to find stability in the bustling city.
In my memory, the only people who accompanied me were Liang and Aya, and my father was only responsible for my homework, not my life.
Aya and Huan Liang don't expect me to become a talent like other parents, nor do they look like school teachers and classmates are sarcastic about me openly and secretly, for them, my appearance and surname are not what they care about.
And now we have a hobby class that we have been able to do it because of their talent.
Drawing around Liang Shanqin and Ayashan, although they are spirits who have signed a contract with me, I don't know their origins, but they have been with me since I was born.
Compared with other family heirs, in addition to daily practice, the Aragaki family heirs need to sign a contract with the elves who fit their aura, and borrow the power of the elves to ensure that in an increasingly prosperous society, harmless spirits can also have a foothold.
In my eyes, they are more like a bunch of fools who see themselves as saviors.
As soon as I entered the house, I didn't have time to put the dishes in my hand into the kitchen, but at the door, I heard Aya, the 'aunt', start to be unforgiving again.
"Alas, men in the world are all affectionate, look at that stinky boy of Mao'er, I don't know where to go to tease other little girls." Aya reclined in front of the railing, standing a little lightly, obviously afraid that I would go out and have an argument with someone, I thought to myself, if my father was alive, Aya would be severely punished if he saw such a posture.
She obviously didn't notice that I was back, and was still chattering: "Winding the beam, now there are fewer and fewer places for the spirits to recuperate for a long time, and the forest area is also decreasing. ”
Huan Liang was concentrating on playing with flowers and plants, and without thinking too much, he said "oh", which can be regarded as answering her words.
Aya obviously didn't notice that Huan Liang didn't take his words to heart, and still said to herself: "I'm thinking now, since there is no problem for us to deal with now, can we take the initiative to reduce the occurrence of accidents." ”
"Mrs. Naya, where are you going to go, and you have nothing to do?" The theme that Aya talked about can be said to have remained unchanged for thousands of years, and it has been this thing for so long since I can remember.
She was stunned by my question, and it took a long time for her to recover, and then she glanced at me: "Isn't the old lady for you to be a little rabbit?" You know, if you want to follow in everybody's footsteps, you have to deal with these things. ”
I don't know where Aya is for my good, it's just that I'm no longer able to support it, and my heart is ready to spend the rest of my life in poverty, and now country Z is now finding that it is getting better and better, people believe in science more, and many people no longer believe in miracle power, not only that, but the pace of life is also tightened, even if something strange happens in life, if it is not very amazing, it will not be taken to heart anymore, not only the Aragaki family, but also the descendants of many people who are good at magic, no longer choose to become a monk, but find another way.
"Nowadays, the state is paying more and more attention to forest protection, and one day the forest will increase the coverage rate, although not as much as in ancient times, but the mountain spirits also have their own place, and spirits like us, born of things, are usually kind. Moreover, people nowadays are very concerned about personal privacy, even if there are evil spirits and spirits who come out and cause trouble, and we are not invited to deal with it, we cannot force it to interfere. Huan Liang was still playing with her precious orchid on the side, "I don't want to take risks, if I think so, I don't need this technique in this life, I am afraid that it will be true and will not follow in the footsteps." ”
Aya didn't answer the words of the beam, but gently picked up the round mirror that had not been played with for a long time, and reached out to caress the carving, as if through the dust that had been deposited for a long time, she could get a glimpse of the past that had long passed.
"Those who know me say I'm worried, and those who don't know me say what I want, Mao'er, I've taken care of you for fifteen years, but I've never put pressure on you, but this time, you have to do what I say."
I kept my old habit of listening and listening but barely spoke, except for Aya and Huan Liang to start arguing.
Aya and Liang are often like this, although it sounds a little discordant, but it can be regarded as a relief for me to relieve a little loneliness, but the two have never agreed with each other, and they have changed from words to hands when they don't agree.
Unsuspecting neighbors always think that the husband and wife are quarreling, and often run to the house to persuade them. After a long time, it was rumored that the Japanese on the fifth floor had a very poor style of life, and they hugged the left and right to share the blessings of the people, and they couldn't explain it several times, so they simply stopped explaining, and the rumors became even more intensified, and after a few days, the neighbors and the parents of the students saw me as if they wanted to talk and stopped, for fear that they would become my hunting target.
I don't care, after all, I've been used to it since I was a child...... Get used to all the gazes of people.
Since I grew up, Liang and Aya rarely talked to me about their childhood, nor did they talk about their origins, but they just accompanied each other and regarded each other as family.
Although every time I say I don't care, I have already let go of those things, but for a person, it is so easy to choose to forget in the past, and forgetting is just to live better......
But I just don't want to forgive someone who hurt me, and I don't understand why I should forgive someone who hurt me.
"Those who come to the world with spirits and strange beasts are not allowed to use magic at will to cause trouble in the world." Huan Liang glanced at Aya, "Why don't you mention your past, it has nothing to do with Mao'er, it is the ancestors of the Aragaki family who promised you." ”
"No, I want to know your past ......"
Hearing me say this, the corners of Aya's mouth finally had a touch of upward arc, and the sunlight passed through the branches outside the window, mottled and fell on her body, leaving many bright yellows, like stars.