Chapter 286: Flying Ashes in the Sky (4,000 words)
A long, long time ago, in a corner of this world, a white fox was born.
It is born of heaven and earth, and although it is ignorant and ignorant, it still likes to look at the world curiously with round eyes.
The world has wind, trees, shy turtles, and noisy songworms.
There are also people in strange but beautiful clothes.
It has seen passers-by singing and laughing in the grass, and it has also seen women dressing in the mirror in front of the carved window.
I'm going to be human, she thought.
After some time, she finally got her wish with two tails.
She was transformed into a woman, a very beautiful woman, with a skin like clotted fat, an apricot face and peach cheeks, and two cute little canine teeth when she smiled.
When she came to the county seat at the foot of the mountain, she began to learn everything about human beings, learning to eat, learn to sleep, learn to read by the library, and learn to bargain with the vendors who sell sweet potatoes.
She's smart, but she's learned everything she can in just ten years.
Except for love and hate.
It seems that everyone knows it, but no one teaches her.
So once, she made a vow in her heart while shaking the sugar gourd.
I'm going to spend the next 10 years learning how to love, and another 10 years learning what hate is......
We naΓ―ve little foxes don't know that these two things are sometimes learned in just a moment.
She wanders around and meets a man named Dixin.
He fell in love with her, took her back to the palace, gave her the most beautiful clothes and the best food, and hugged her every day after the court, even if she was tired.
It turns out that this is love, and the fox feels that he is also in love with this man, and wants to be with him every day, but he feels distressed by the exhaustion of his work after the country.
But who made Dixin the king, ruling over many princes and many more people.
Later, when Di Xin went on an expedition and won a great victory, he appeared in front of her in some tattered armor, and was about to embrace her, but a message came.
The most powerful princes and kings under his command are reversed!
The constant battles made Di Xin more and more emaciated, and the opportunities to see the fox became less and less.
The rebels invaded the capital, and Emperor Xin set fire to his own dormitory.
In the firelight, the fox cried and begged him to go away with her.
I am the king.
He said.
He died, and the fox felt like a piece was missing from his heart, and soon a seed called hatred was growing in that hollow.
Everywhere he went, he heard someone cursing the dead Emperor Xin and himself, arranging stories that had never happened before, and the fox also thought about setting off a monstrous flood to drown these people who were originally Emperor Xin.
She's got four tails, and she's barely able to do that.
But an old warlock sent by the rebels found the fox and wounded her badly.
Maybe because she was born of heaven and earth, even if her body is silent and her soul is ethereal, she will become a little fox who has lost her memory again, and return to innocence and ignorance.
It wasn't until thousands of years later that she learned that it was a curse.
India, Japan, she traveled several places, and the fox with no memory met love a few times.
She just tried so hard to love.
But every time he will leave a legend that makes people spurn and leave in disgrace.
Even though her tail has grown eight, she is still surrounded and suppressed again and again, seriously injured, and returned to chaos.
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(Little Fox)
In the 18th year of Heisei, May 20th, it was sunny.
I was chased by the Onmyoji, and after a desperate fight, I was seriously injured and turned back into my prototype. I hid under a cherry blossom tree and silently healed. It was also in that year that I met a chubby little boy who seemed scared when he first saw me, but he was very kind.
He would give me biscuits to eat, but I was so injured that I couldn't eat anything at all.
He saw that I was injured, and he hugged me and wanted to go to the doctor, but he didn't know how I could let him hold me as a girl.
I bit him angrily. Later, I hid in a tree and saw his father, who turned out to be the head of the Onmyoji, and I thought I was going to die. But the little boy dragged his father away.
For the first time, I felt that humans could be trusted.
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In May, the cherry blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, and busy people rarely have a free day.
Men and women, young and old, acquaintances or new acquaintances gather together to admire the flowers and chat.
The breeze blew and blew off the petals, and the petals fell on the girl's bun, decorating this flower-like beauty.
A chubby little boy was playing and running in the cherry blossom forest, and when he was tired of playing, he sat next to a cherry blossom tree and gently pulled the petals that fell with his little hands.
Suddenly he heard a rustling sound behind him, and curiously walked to the other side of the tree trunk, where he saw a white mass under the tree.
The white mass seemed to sense him, and suddenly shuddered.
A fox.
He subconsciously stepped back, a little scared.
The little white fox looked up and looked at the little boy.
Its eyes were so beautiful, shiny, and seemed to have tears in them.
The little boy finally mustered up the courage, leaned down, and asked softly, "Little fox, why don't you go home?" Can't find a home? β
Of course, the little fox would not answer his words.
He took the biscuit out of his pocket again and carefully handed it to the little fox.
"Are you hungry? This one for you to eat."
The little fox sniffed the biscuit lightly, then shook its fluffy tail.
He saw a deep bone wound on its leg, and the blood had stained the fluff on the leg.
The little fox licked his wounds, then turned around and limped away.
The little boy didn't know why he was a little distressed.
He ran to the little fox, hugged it, and shouted anxiously, "You can't go!" You're seriously injured and need to see a doctor! Mom said that if you are injured, you have to see a doctor, otherwise you will die!! β
The little fox was held in his arms, and suddenly it became very manic, and it struggled to get out of it.
He whispered a promise that he wouldn't hurt it, and held on hard to keep it from running.
The little fox couldn't break free, so he opened his mouth and bit down hard.
The little boy had a pain in his hand, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the little fox fell to the ground, and then the little fox jumped up on a cherry tree. After a rustling sound, the little fox disappeared.
I don't know if it was because he saw the little fox running away, or because the wound on his hand hurt, the little boy grinned and cried out: "I hate you, I hate you!" β
Unbeknownst to the little boy, the little fox was actually watching him from the tree.
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(Little Boy)
In the 28th year of Heisei, on May 20, the weather was fine.
Just like 10 years ago, Tokyo is full of cherry blossoms.
I don't know if the encounter I met you when I was a child was fate or sin? When I was young, I didn't know what love was, what love was, I just felt that you were cute and soft, and I wanted to hold you in my arms forever.
I still remember when I wanted to hug you, you bit me hard, this bite was very painful, but it also bit me in the heart.
When I said goodbye, you were slim, I recognized you at a glance, and the wound on my hand ached when I saw you, and I knew it was you.
Over the past few years, we have chatted, laughed, and traveled all over Japan together.
Now I must hug you tightly, even if you bite me, I will not let go.
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"Xiao Jiu, don't run! Am I wrong? β
A fox demon named Xiao Jiu was running in front, and Kawada was chasing behind, both of them smiling.
A young man and woman run under a cherry blossom tree, like a beautiful painting.
The people who admired the flowers looked at the man and woman with a smile, and some of the elderly people had remembrance and envy in their eyes.
When they were young, they were like this man and woman, they had fights and warmth.
After a few years of frost, the people who played together back then are no longer around, and the two people who say that they depend on each other for life and death, one of them has broken the appointment and left first.
Everyone's life path is criss-crossed at the micro level, but parallel at the macro level.
Maybe go on the same road for a while, but after all, you still have to walk your own path.
"Xiao Jiu, don't run away, I apologize! Didn't I just say you got a bit of a tan......" Kawada caught up with Xiao Jiu, and there was cunning hidden under the helpless expression on his face.
"Hmph, you still say." Xiao Jiu said angrily.
"Hehe, Xiao Jiu, look where this is."
Kawada uses a trick to deal with the girl - to divert attention.
Xiao Jiu was a little puzzled, and after looking around for a while, he felt a little familiar.
"This is ......"
"yes, this is where you bit me ten years ago." Kawada's smile was warm in the sun.
Xiao Jiu silently bowed his head, pulled Kawada's right hand, and stroked the bite mark that had long been gone.
"I'm sorry."
"Sometimes it hurts when it's raining."
"Hmm...... I used to have a bit of a heavy mouth. β
"Well, if you let me take a bite, we'll settle it."
"Huh?"
Before the little fox could react, Kawada's fingers had already touched her face.
The temperature between the fingers was warm.
She blinked and looked at Kawada, her eyebrows were picturesque, and her crystal eyes were full of tears, looking pitiful.
The lips of the two gradually touched.
After the long kiss, Kawada looked at Xiao Jiu with a solemn expression, his appearance startled Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu just wanted to ask him what was wrong?
I only heard Kawada's deep voice sound, "Xiao Jiu, I want to marry you." β
"But I'm a fox...... Besides, you're still a descendant of Onmyoji......"
Kawada hugged her and whispered in her ear, "I don't care, I just know that you are the one I love." I just want to ask, would you like to? β
This sentence made Xiao Jiuqiao, who was leaning in his arms, blush, and her voice was as thin as a floater.
"Hmm."
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Since the death of the Tsuchigomon family, the only Onmyoji family in Japan that still retains the legacy behind them is the Kotokui family.
When the position is stable, it will inevitably swell, and this is true for everyone.
The head of the Kotokui family of this generation began to try to capture the most powerful monsters, and then use the ancestral method of sacrificing a hundred ghosts to convert the demon power into soul power, and instill it in the potential clansmen and retainers.
Although this method is dangerous, as long as you can survive it, your strength will definitely increase greatly.
But during a hunt, the head of the house and a pair of elite centaurs never returned.
Until the only son of the head of the family, Kawada, officially took over, the authority of the Kotokui family was temporarily controlled by several elders.
At this time, the eldest elder was meditating in the ashram, he was old, his face was wrinkled, but his eyes were still bright, as if they could penetrate people's hearts.
"What's the matter?" The Grand Elder suddenly spoke into the empty room.
A masked figure turned from virtual to real, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully: "Great Elder, the demon that harmed the head of the family has been tracked. β
The Great Elder was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "You go to the family by yourself to choose some good hands, and you must ensure that nothing goes wrong." β
"Yes!"
"Three days later, the new head of the family will be taken over, Kawada is the most dazzling genius in our Kotokui family in recent decades, in order not to delay his cultivation, I didn't even tell him the truth about his father's death, only that he encountered a natural disaster when he went to sea. Now that he's about to take on the task of reviving the family, it's time for him to know. I'll only give you three days, and before the ritual begins, I'm going to see the monster's head! β
"Yes!" The figure saluted respectfully, then vanished into thin air.
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Xiao Jiu looked at the light rain outside the window, and his mood was a little low.
Kawada hadn't seen her in days, and the last time he left, he only said that he had been busy with a big business recently, and that he would be able to marry her when he was done.
Regarding the matter of marrying, Xiao Jiu is also full of apprehension.
Ever since she was a little fox, there were some Onmyoji who would always find her and try to catch or kill her.
Although she couldn't figure out why, she obviously didn't hurt anyone, so she must die as a monster?
She began to hate herself for being a demon, and she also hated Onmyoji......
Kawada is also from the Onmyoji family, and it seems that he will become the leader in the future, will he change?
Xiao Jiu's heart was in turmoil, and his thoughts began to be confused, so that his temples jumped suddenly.
It's as if some strange memories are trying to break out of their shells.
It's messed up.
She couldn't remember killing anyone, but why were there so many corpses around?
Whose blood is it on her hands and on her skirt?
Her face was pale, and her cold sweat kept dripping, and she couldn't stop shivering.
Fragments pop up from my head.
She couldn't tell the truth from the fake, but she was subconsciously a little flustered, wanting to stuff these memories back into the depths.
There was a slight noise outside the window, but she only felt a splitting headache, and she didn't react at all.
Broken windows.
Knife light slashed in......
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The new head of the Kotokui family succeeded to the throne.
There was a lively crowd everywhere, as if the whole of Kyoto had come to celebrate him.
Kawada is wearing a samurai robe today, and a simple katana with the name "Demon Fire" hangs from his waist.
The knife is not famous, but it is sharp.
Kawada looked solemn and bowed respectfully to the ancestral tablets in the mourning hall.
The strange-toned music sounded, and Kawada sang along with the music.
"Why?"
In the middle of the music, a faint but familiar female voice sounded.
Kawada looked at the roof in surprise.
There stood Xiao Jiu, dressed in a white dress stained red with blood.
"Why did you succeed to the throne...... You're going to kill me? β
Xiao Jiu raised his head, and Kawada's favorite pair of eyes were already blood-red.
Kawada was a little overwhelmed and was about to ask.
"It's this demon fox who killed your father, this is a blood debt!" The Great Elder's outrageous shouting rang in his ears.
"Avenge the head of the family!"
Such shouts were heard from near and far.
Someone had already jumped on the roof with a knife.
Blood, more and more blood is spilled......
"Wait!" Kawada's voice seemed weak in the noisy environment.
At this time, he did not have the iron fist and domineering that decades later, and no one listened to him.
"Why?"
The more people died, Xiao Jiu jumped off the roof, and slowly walked from the square from a pool of blood and fire.
"Xiao Jiu, you stop first! Listen to me......" Kawada shouted, "Everyone, stop!" β
Before the words fell, he saw that the eldest elder in the family, whom he respected the most, was manipulating several of the strongest Shi Gods to attack Xiao Jiu.
"Why?"
Xiao Jiu's eyes were dead, and there was no wave.
With a wave of his hand, flames sprang up from the Great Elder's body, and several Shishen gods fell to the ground limply.
"I'll tell you to stop!" Kawada pulled out the demon fire long knife and pounced on it.
The long knife stabbed into Xiao Jiu's heart without hindrance.
Xiao Jiu raised his palm and didn't wave it, just looked at him stupidly.
A line of clear tears flowed, crystal clear, not stained with any blood.
"I bit you back then, and now you stab me, and we're both clear from now on."
In the middle of the corpse, Kawada hugged Xiao Jiu and watched her body slowly become cold and brittle.
The wind is blowing.
All that's left is flying ash.
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