Chapter Forty-Four: The Swallow of the Mulberry
If you look closely at this swallow-like thing, you will be surprised to find that it is actually a "monster"!
The monsters I've seen before are all strangely shaped, except for Yan Fei, who has become humanoid, the others are all unrecognizable things in the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoEven the "Flower of Perseverance" that is attached to Ah Chu's body is very different from ordinary plants.
Moreover, this is the first time I have seen a "monster" that has been separated from the host and exists independently.
Name: Swallow of Xi Sang
Rank: Monster/Low Rank
Quantity: Medium
Attributes: Possessed by the body of the crush, dies when the crush ends, or progresses to a demon spirit when the crush ends. The host is unique.
Food: Crush
It turns out that this is a monster that symbolizes "secret love". Looking at this little invisible swallow, I can't help but feel very magical.
How did these monsters come to be? And what is it that gives them such a name? Did they name themselves after themselves?
Because the name of "Xi Sang" is indeed full of ancient meaning.
If I hadn't worked hard while studying, I probably wouldn't have even been able to name it. Fortunately, I have read the poem "Xi Sang" in the Book of Songs, and I know that the word "Xi" agrees with "Xi", which means a low and humid place.
And "Xi Sang" is one of the rare love poems in "Xiaoya", which tells about the love hidden in the heart.
"Xi Sang has Ah, and its leaves are difficult. When you see a gentleman, how happy is it. ”
"I saw him, and the joy is indescribable" - isn't this the feeling of a crush?
It seems that this kind of mood has existed since ancient times, maybe the reason why people are human beings, many emotions are innate, right?
Perhaps from the time when the Book of Poetry was sung in people's mouths, or even earlier, the "Swallow of Xi Sang" has been with mankind.
But if you think about its properties, you can't help but feel a little sorry for it - this is probably the most fragile monster in the world!
Although they can be upgraded to "spirits" when the host's crush is fortunate enough to achieve positive results, if the crush does not end up becoming a lover, then they will die directly.
But as far as I know, most of the crushes in the world end up in nothing.
Therefore, compared to most long-lived monsters that are immortal, the life of the Swallow is as fragile as a mayfly that dies in the morning and evening.
Regarding the "demon spirit", I searched the plain memory in my mind, and it seems to be an intermediate form between a monster and a demon, that is, to become a "demon spirit", you have obtained the possibility of becoming a demon.
However, that's just a possibility, if you want to truly become a demon, there is still a long time of cultivation in between. Therefore, the greatest value of becoming a demon spirit is nothing more than being immortal.
Moreover, I also noticed that the swallow also has a very cup characteristic, that is, "the host is unique".
This also means that it cannot change hosts in its lifetime, and its fate depends entirely on the host to which it is attached. Therefore, unless you are lucky enough to cultivate a demon spirit, its life will not be able to outgrow the life of the host.
As a result, they are not only fragile but also inherently short-lived.
But that's it, the number of this kind of monster has reached "medium", which shows that sweet and humble crushes are really a common emotion of human beings.
So, what if the crush is neither over nor fruitful, but the host himself suddenly dies?
I looked at the screaming swallow, and all the doubts in my mind gradually converged in one place, and an answer was generated.
For I saw that when its wings flapped the lid of the barrel, a few faint points of light slowly emerged from the barrel, and the swallow quickly swallowed those points of light into its belly.
This is supposed to be a monster that has been forced to separate from its host. As I understand it, if the crush has been achieved or died, then it should not be here, or disappear, or rise to another form, it should not be the current situation. Therefore, after being separated from the host, there is nowhere to go, and there is probably only one situation of desolation and death, and that is what I have already guessed - the sudden death of the host.
If the host dies and takes away the undecided crush, then this poor monster will be like it now, right?
Speaking of the sudden deceased, what I naturally thought of was the girl Mi Ya who died suddenly a few days ago that Granny Zhu just mentioned.
If my guess is correct, this beautiful girl happens to be secretly in love with our Ah Chu.
It's a pity that this little thing has no chance to be known to the parties before they can be known, and the world is really impermanent.
And the poor swallow in front of you is a monster left by Miss Miya, right? I imagined it resting on the girl's shoulder, sharing the girl's poetic thoughts, feeding on the sweet but sour crush, and because of its existence, the girl's crush became sweeter and more sour.
Now, having lost its host, it can only wander back and forth along the place where the girl stays and looks at Ah Chu every day, looking for the last trace of the girl's thoughts left in the world, and maintaining its own life in this way. And when the deceased rests in peace and the thoughts of the deceased disappear from the world, the only thing that awaits it may be hunger and death.
Therefore, in the past few days since the girl's death, Ah Chu will feel that there is always unnatural movement around him, and he will feel that he is always being watched, and that is because the swallow of Xi Sang has been foraging for food on this route.
Those places are all places where the girl Miya once stood quietly without anyone knowing, watched, collected what she saw in her heart, and brewed honey in her heart. Now that the Si people have passed away, understanding these can only add to the sadness in people's hearts in vain.
Finally figured out the cause of the "haunting". Although I felt emotion in my heart, I didn't intend to explain this matter to Ah Chu. Because it is impossible for the Swallow to stay here for long, when it is gone, those strange things will not happen again, and everything will return to normal.
I think that if Ah Chu doesn't know about this deep thought, it's good to keep not knowing it like this. Now that the matter has come to this, I guess Miya herself will think the same way.
As long as Ah Chu can live a better life, and it will.
It's strange, how could I feel the feelings of my crush so clearly?
I set my eyes on the monster that looked so weak.
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
I don't know if I can communicate with it properly or what I can do. I just feel that even a "crush" is a very wonderful and beautiful emotion that belongs to human beings, and I can't bear to watch it die like this.
The Swallow of the Mulberry is a low-level monster, and it seems to be the one of the low-level monsters that can't speak. It stared at me for a moment, then suddenly let out a chirp and flapped its wings towards me.