Facing the hopes of Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, Qianye smiled bitterly: "You asked me about this matter, but you asked me blindly. I'm an Onmyoji, and if you ask me how I control my spiritual power, I can still answer it. But demonic power is not my strength. ”

Nanami Hashimoto pursed her lips and asked, "Then what do you mean by that, Chiya?" Do you want Mai to figure it out on her own? ”

"It's okay to figure out Mai on your own, but that's too time-consuming." Qianye shook his head, looked at Mai Shiraishi and said, "The easiest way to learn to control demon power is to find a monster to teach you." ”

Mai Shiraishi suddenly asked in surprise, "Find a monster to teach me?" Are there really youkai in this world? Chiya-san, do you know youkai? ”

Qianye smiled, pointed to the ears on the top of Mai's head and the tail behind Mai Shiraishi and said, "Mai-like you have become a monster, of course there are monsters in this world." As for whether I recognize a yokai or not? As an onmyoji, you've been in contact with monsters no matter what. ”

As Nanami Hashimoto, who has a certain understanding of Qianya, it is not surprising that Qianya will know youkai, but asks curiously: "Qianya, then where are we going to find a youkai to teach Mai?" ”

Qianye smiled and looked into the depths of the bamboo forest. "There's no need to look for it, there's a perfect candidate in 'here'." Qianye looked at Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi: "You come with me." As he spoke, he walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest.

Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi glanced at each other and followed in the footsteps of Qianye.

Following in the footsteps of a thousand nights, Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi strolled through this verdant bamboo forest. In the quiet bamboo forest, only the bamboo leaves rustle with the sound of the wind. However, as he walked, Nanami Hashimoto noticed that something was wrong, and asked Qianye, "Qianye, what kind of place is this, I don't remember that the Taisha here, right?" ”

"This is 'here.'" Chiya smiled at Nanami Hashimoto: "It's another space that is different from reality." ”

Nana Hashimoto didn't hear Chiya say this, so she couldn't help frowning and asked, "What exactly is 'here' that you've been talking about since then?" A space that is different from reality, are you saying that we are no longer in real space now? ”

"Yes, 'here' is a place between reality and fantasy, not in reality." Chiya nodded, affirming Nanami Hashimoto's words: "This was originally a courtyard that I brought to Kyoto from Chang'an a thousand years ago, and then I tore it from reality together with Harumi and built this space between the unreal and the real with a mirage. You can also think of it as a legendary mirage, but 'here' is more real and constant. ”

"A thousand years ago?" Mai Shiraishi heard Qianye say this, and suddenly burst out in surprise: "Qianye-san, what did you just say a thousand years ago?" ”

Qianye looked at Nanami Hashimoto: "Nana Min, didn't you tell Mai?" ”

"How could I tell Mai about such a thing!" Nana Hashimoto puffed out her cheeks and said, "This is your privacy in Qianya, how can I tell Mai without your permission." ”

"Huh? Nanamin, do you have something to hide from me? Mai Shiraishi looked at Nanami Hashimoto with a puzzled expression, and there was a hint of puzzlement in her eyes.

Nana Hashimoto glanced at Qianye angrily, pulled Mai Shiraishi aside, and explained to her in a low voice. Qianye watched the movements of the two with a smile, smiled helplessly, turned around and continued to walk towards the depths of the bamboo forest.

The three of them walked through the bamboo forest, and what appeared in front of them was a green lake and a dark mountain, which looked like a mirror, embedded in the mountains. On the calm surface of the lake, a black-roofed and white-walled garden is surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, surrounded by mountains and lakes.

Senya took Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi to the lake, a small wooden boat docked by a pier paved with white stone slabs.

Chiya motioned for Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi to board the boat with him, and after the two of them stood firm, Chiya knocked on the side of the boat, and the boat headed for the courtyard in the lake.

The sparkling lake, the breeze blowing in their faces and the sound of music in their ears all made Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi relax and involuntarily soothe their bodies and minds.

Nana Hashimoto listened to the music ringing in her ears, although it was played by an instrument she had never heard before, but Nanami Hashimoto still heard from the familiar melody, this was their Nogizaka 46's debut single "ぐるぐカーテン". Nana Hashimoto couldn't help but ask curiously: "Qianye, is someone playing "ぐるぐるカーテン"? ”

Qianye smiled and said, "It's not that people are playing, you'll know when you arrive." ”

Nana Hashimoto was not surprised by Chiya's answer, as an onmyoji, it is not strange for Chiya to summon a god or an envoy youkai.

When the boat came to a stop, Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi disembarked from the boat with the support of a thousand nights, and what they saw was a circular square that seemed to be floating on the water, and the square seemed to be paved with a single piece of bluestone and carved with exquisite reliefs. On either side of the square are two semicircular cloisters, which surround the square, and the black pillars are hung with blue gauze tents and lanterns, which are not lit at the moment.

The sound of music that Nana Hashimoto did not hear came from behind the gauze tent.

Nana Hashimoto looked curiously behind the gauze tent, but found no one playing the music, only some instruments were placed behind the gauze tent. Nana Hashimoto looked at Chiya in confusion, with doubts in her eyes.

"These instruments were brought to Japan from Chang'an a thousand years ago, and they were the instruments used by everyone in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and they have been kept here since I collected them." Chiya explained the origin of these instruments to the curious Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi: "For thousands of years, these instruments have not grown old, and the painstaking efforts and obsessions of the former performers have condensed on them, so that these instruments can play the music they once played on their own. ”

"Then how do they play 'ぐるぐるカーテン'?" Senya's explanation obviously does not answer Nanami Hashimoto's question.

Chiya shook his head and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "It's not that they play "ぐるぐるカーテン", but Nana Min what you heard is "ぐるぐるカーテン". The sound produced by these instruments is not a fixed piece of music, but the music that the person who hears the performance of these instruments wants to hear the most. ”

Hearing Qianye say this, Mai Shiraishi asked excitedly, "Then can I listen to any song I want?" ”

Qianye nodded: "As long as it's a song you've listened to, you can hear it if you want to." With that, Chiya closed her eyes and seemed to be listening to the playing of these instruments. Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi also closed their eyes, thinking about the song they wanted to hear.

The three of them stood quietly in the square, listening to the musical instruments playing in the cloister.

At the end of the song, Chiya said to Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi: "Let's keep walking, if you want to hear it, come back next time." ”

Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi nodded, followed in the footsteps of Chiya, and walked towards the depths of the courtyard.

After crossing the square, the trio crossed a long and winding bridge to a water pavilion. Pushing the door in, there is a pool in the center of the pavilion, which is full of lotus flowers. On the edge of the pool, a richly dressed woman was preparing tea.

Seeing the three people coming in, the woman raised her head and smiled at the three people: "Sure enough, the time is just right, you come in and my tea will be brewed." ”

Nana Hashimoto looked at the woman in front of him, in this woman, Nana Hashimoto felt pure, gorgeous, dignified, and coquettish, as if she was the embodiment of temptation. Nana Hashimoto couldn't help but whisper to Qianye, "Qianye, who is she?" ”

Qianye took the teacup handed over by the woman, took a sip and replied, "She is the one who just wants to teach Mai how to control the demonic power, the Tamamo front in my memory." ”

"Tamamo mae? Isn't she dead? Nana Hashimoto involuntarily raised her voice and said in surprise.

Tamamo heard Hashimoto Nanawei's words, and said after a smile: "The concubine body is already dead, little girl, what you see is just a shadow of Tamamo in front of Mr. Chiba's memory. ”

"Huh? Is that so? Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi both looked at Tamamo with some surprise, and couldn't believe that the woman full of temptation in front of them was actually just a shadow in a memory.

Qianye smiled and said, "The magic of the mirage is that it can leave a shadow of everything it has ever seen, which is no different from the real thing. Qingming and I used magic to inject our memories into the mirage, and we created all kinds of unbelievable things in this room. Not only the former Tamamo is here, but even the shadows of Qingming and Boya are also left here. Nanamin, if you want to listen to Boya play Ye Er, you can go to him. He should be happy to play for you. ”

"Really? Can I really let the 'God of Yaraku' Yuan Boya play for me? Nanami Hashimoto asked with a look of surprise.

Qianye nodded, pointed to a pavilion not far away and said, "Of course, Boya is over there, you can go directly to him." ”

Nana Hashimoto ran towards the pavilion happily, but she didn't notice that the hand in Chiya's sleeve was pinching a technique.

Yuzao glanced at Qianye hiddenly, there was something special in his eyes, but he didn't point it out, but said to Mai Shiraishi with a smile: "Little girl, are you the nine-tailed fox of this generation?" Let's let the concubine take a good look. He waved at Mai Shiraishi.

Mai Shiraishi glanced at Qianye and saw him nodding, before she walked over to Tamamo and sat down beside her, holding her hands.

Qianye looked at Mai Shiraishi, who was being pulled by Tamamo, nodded at Tamamo, and turned to leave the water pavilion.

After coming out of the water pavilion, Qianye walked into an attic next to the water pavilion, walked up to the second floor of the attic, Qianye pushed open the window, and looked at Nanami Hashimoto, who was happily listening to Gen Boya playing the flute in the pavilion, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

"You really like 'me' at this time." A familiar voice came from behind, and Qianye didn't look back.

A woman in a cyan kimono walked over from behind Chiya and leaned on Chiya's shoulder, and Chiya naturally hugged her shoulder.

"Because that's you, Nanamin." It was Nanami Hashimoto who was held in Qianye's arms, but she was much more mature than Nanami Hashimoto in the gazebo, and her original short hair became long hair.

"Do you like the 19-year-old 'me' now, or the 21-year-old 'me' 500 years ago?" Nana Hashimoto, who was held in Qianye's arms, raised her head, kissed Qianya's cheek and asked, "Or is this 'me' in your memory that has existed in 'here' for five hundred years?" ”