"Hey, this monster seems to be very cute."

In the department of the animation club, a few friends were looking at Liang Yu's just-released storyboard.

This is actually the outline of the story, if it is changed to "Chess Soul", Chen Nan will change these storyboards to her usual technique before drawing the formal manuscript, although Liang Yu has been influenced by Chen Nan a lot in this regard, but the level of the two is still high, for Liang Yu, this storyboard that has been changed several times is actually the prototype of the final manuscript, what is missing is only the pen outline line, erase the traces of the pencil draft.

"Hmph, hum, I picked it all well!" With her hands on her waist and trying to straighten her barren chest, the smug Yuwen pupil's nose was about to be cocked to the sky, and after a while, she found a bunch of things in the bookcase with great interest: "If you like it, these can also be drawn." ”

"No...... No need. Liang Yu replied with a smile.

Imagine a cartoon with hula dancing guys and quirky Buddha statues, ah, this is no longer a monster comic, but a funny comic.

"It's a shame." Yuwen Hitomi lowered her head in disappointment, she seemed to really think that these things would be very promising to be selected.

"Okay, stop arguing, let's continue reading the comics." Liao Yuqing muttered, urging Xiao Lin, who was holding the sketch, to hurry up and turn the manuscript to the next page.

After rescuing the strange cat monster from the paper wall, Natsume prepared a piece of watermelon for the cat: "Let's go back after eating." ”

Although I was very dissatisfied with Natsume's attitude of sending himself like this, the youkai who seemed to be greedy was still bought.

Whew, the very tasteless cat monster finished eating the watermelon, and then licked his palm.

"You're dangerous, Natsume."

The sudden burst out of such a sentence made Natsume stunned: "Eh? ”

Teacher Cat's eyes looked at Natsume with a demonic look, and said, "As I said just now, this friend's account records the names of those youkai who have been defeated by Reiko, and it is said that as long as the name is called by the person holding this friend's account, you must not disobey his orders, in other words, you can rule over many youkai, and decide their life and death with one word." ”

Natsume: "......"

"Because of this, the monsters around this area are all looking for Reiko Natsume, and you, who also have the same blood source and hold a friend account, are very dangerous."

The atmosphere suddenly became sinister, but before Natsume could speak again, suddenly, the sound of calling the door sounded in the foyer downstairs, and Natsume remembered that Aunt Tako had just gone out, and he was the only one left in the house.

"It's coming, please wait!" Natsume turned his head in response, he looked at the cat monster who stayed where he was, and spread his legs and walked down the hallway.

All that was left was a pair of blue eyes, looking at him from behind him.

What is this feeling that makes the hairs stand on end? But Natsume didn't think the other party was deceiving him.

Putting aside this layer of doubt for a moment, Natsume came to the porch, and the knock on the door continued to ring, and he opened the door.

He was about to say "what's the matter?" when he saw that what was revealed through the crack in the door was not a human face.

Monster!

"You're back, Reiko." After the greeting as the opening remark, the other party's voice became poignant and weird, and his body jumped up in the air and pounced on Natsume.

Fortunately, although it looks like his body is weak, Natsume, who has been chased by youkai since he was a child, has developed the ability to dodge sensitively, although this is not enough to be praised by others. Natsume dodged the youkai's attack, but before he could slow down, another youkai had already sneaked in from the courtyard, intending to fight back and forth with the youkai in front of the door.

Worst.

Natsume's only way out now is to escape through the door.

"Friend's account...... Friend's Account ...... Give it back, give it back to me...... Reiko! The youkai behind him shouted so fiercely.

"I don't know, I'm not Reiko!"

But this is no longer inexplicable, in order not to be caught by the youkai, Natsume ran outside.

On the eaves, a pair of blue eyes watched him.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha ......"

I don't know exactly how long I ran, I don't know how far I ran, but Natsume finally stopped, because his physical strength couldn't catch up.

"Got rid of it?"

Just as he held his knees and looked back, he found that he had a fat cat hanging on his back, squinting at him.

Woo, no wonder I've been feeling so heavy since just now!

Seeing Natsume notice it, the cat monster jumped off his body: "It's really nerve-wracking, this friend account can't be handled by humans, okay, call it out." ”

"Nope." Natsume gasped.

"What, obviously a human still wants to stand on top of the demon, the ...... who was going to wait for you to change your mind" The cat monster who said this suddenly became extremely huge.

It is about five or six zhang tall, snow-white, and is a demon fox with strange markings on its body.

Is this the real thing?

"Okay, in order to avoid suffering a little less, I'll honestly hand over my friend's account here......"

"I've said it, no." Bang, Natsume's punch slammed into the demon fox's face, and it really hurt as a result.

"Woo~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

"Well, for me, this is also my grandmother's relic, so how can I let it go casually."

“……”

"It's true that my grandmother can't get along with anyone, and she passed away at a young age, and not only relatives, but even her mother (Natsume), who is a daughter, barely remembers her. Only I am the only one who is related by blood and I remember her name and cherish her relics. I want to have a connection with her, and I don't think it's someone else's business. ”

Natsume said slowly.

He thought about it for a moment, and then came up with an answer: "If it will cause trouble, then I will return the name to them." ”

"What else?"

"Name, don't you know how to return the cat?"

"No, it's too wasteful, and besides, call me teacher."

"Well, please, Mr. Cat."

"Hey, don't make a claim and settle things like this."

"Then let's do it, if the cat teacher is willing to help me, if I die in the middle of the journey, this friend's account will be transferred to you. Please, teacher, help me. ”

The picture flows, and this time, the person who took the initiative became Natsume.

When they saw the monster from a distance, the cat teacher who was lying on Natsume's body said: "Method Reiko told me before that the method of using the friend's account requires the saliva and breath of the spellcaster, and you have no problem with this one who has a blood source with Reiko, take the friend's account and call with the appearance of the monster." ”

Natsume did as the cat teacher said, and opened the friend's account.

"Guardian of me, show your name!"

The accounts of the friend's account seemed to be blown by the wind, and they quickly turned over, knowing that a page in the center was erected there.

"That's it!" Teacher Cat said, but the other party had already noticed the traces here, and the shadow floated in the air and chased this side: "Concentrate your thoughts, bite the paper and fold your hands, and then exhale hard." ”

Call~~~

The words on the paper suddenly scattered into the air, and then carried lightly into the wind, burrowing into the body of the youkai.

Memories of the paper poured in.

That's what remains on a friend's account, is it the memory of the monster, and the thoughts of my grandmother......

"Lonely ......"

"It's so lonely......

"I'm so hungry......

It was a memory many years ago, and it met her for the first time on that sheep's intestine path. The cause was that Reiko, who was a human, robbed it of its food.

"It's obviously a human being, and he snatched my bean paste bag, and he was so greedy." I couldn't help but complain like this.

"This isn't very delicious, if you want to eat a snack, I recommend Nanatsujiya's steamed buns," the girl turned her head and smiled at it, "By the way, why don't we have a competition, if you win me, I'll invite you to eat the steamed buns there, and if you lose to me, give me your name and be my subordinate?" ”

"Can you see me?"

"Of course."

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

"It's not scary at all."

"What's wrong with your face?"

"I was thrown by a stone," only at this time, a trace of loneliness flashed in the girl's eyes, "they don't like me, and say that I behave strangely." ”

But Reiko quickly cheered up: "Don't talk about this, let's compete!" ”

But when it comes to the game, it's actually just a one-sided sneak attack.

"That's cheating, isn't it?"

"If you win, you won, your name is very good, from today on, you will be my little brother, when I call you, you must come."

A warm smile was shown like this.

"What's your name......" it asked.

"Reiko. Reiko Natsume"

But good memories always pass away in the blink of an eye, in exchange for an even more empty loneliness.

"Reiko ......"

"Reiko, don't you call me today......

"It's so lonely, even more lonely than before...... If you don't need me anymore, please give me back your name."

It was like a long dream, and when it opened its eyes, the figure that it used to call its partner seemed to appear in front of its eyes for a moment.

"Reiko ......"

But that's Natsume, not Reiko who doesn't look alike, but has passed away a long time ago.

For youkai who have a long time, the life of a human being is like a firework.

"Reiko, doesn't it matter anymore, doesn't you feel lonely alone?"

"Ah," Natsume nodded, watching the figure disappear.

When I came back to my senses, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was already dark, and it was already evening.

"It's back to where it came from, right?" Natsume asked.

"yes." The answer, of course, was the cat teacher beside him.

"It's tiring, give the name back to the other party." This is natural, and although it seems like a simple step, it actually consumes a lot of mental energy.

"In that case, just give me your friend's account." Teacher Cat took the opportunity to make a move to a friend.

"No way!" The cat's paw was slapped open by Natsume.

"Whew."

"By the way, Mr. Cat, I heard that the steamed buns in Nanatsujiya are delicious, do you want to eat them, I'll treat you."

"Eh, if you want to eat, you have to eat."

"But can cats really eat sweets?"

"I'm not a cat!"

The sound gradually dissipated in the mountains and forests, and the wind drifted away from the memories of the past.

Grandma will not feel lonely, because you friends are always with her.

Thank you, Ryogaki.

Grandma's gentle and kind friend.