Mankind... Youkai were originally humans?

"Orioles are also very strange existence among monsters," said the stone demon, "Before the appearance of the pelican, the fate of humans and demons will not coincide, human beings thrive in the human world, and the monsters are leisurely in the world of youkai, people can't see demons, and they won't disturb each other, but after the pelicans appear, some things begin to change, and the fate of humans and monsters is mixed together, and then there are humans like you who can see monsters." ”

“... I didn't get it. "I feel like my IQ is a little bit off," you mean... When some humans die, they become birds? No, they become monsters?"

"Lord Ye Ke, in fact, I also heard from the big monsters in the north, human beings who have good conduct and mutual admiration during their lifetime will be rewarded by the heavens, so that they can be reborn as candies after death, but the price is that they only have one foot, one wing, and one eye, and their lifespan is much shorter than that of ordinary youkai, and they can only be reborn again if they are accompanied by each other, so the canopy generally acts together with two people. ”

"What if one of them dies early, or if they separate?" I asked.

"Then neither of them will have a next life, and the remaining one will only die alone. "But it's also strange that the red-feathered and green-tailed canolet I saw in the north seems to have always been acting alone, and I have never seen its mate, maybe that one is the youkai you are looking for, Lord Ye Ke." ”

After thanking the youkai at Lake M, I headed to the subway station to try my luck at the school library, and although I wasn't sure if the stone goblin was talking about or not, I finally got some direction, and as a thank you, I left the box of curry rice to the cute youkai too.

The school library is always crowded with people early in the morning, until now, I am not very accustomed to this kind of crowded place, compared to the self-study area in the library hall and the borrowing area on the first and second floors, there are a lot fewer people in the ancient books reading room, most of the boring books and documents here, if you check one by one it is estimated that I can't finish reading at the age of eighty, fortunately, there is a computer in the reading room that can search for keywords in the library, so it is much more convenient.

Return to the birds, the birds, the mountains of Chongwu, fly together, the human beings in the past life...

"There are birds in the mountain of Chongwu, its shape is like a sword, and one wing and one eye, each other is flying, the name is barbaric, and the world is full of water when you see it. "This should be said to be the return of the birds, it seems that the reason why the humans shot them to me is not groundless, and it is also recorded in ancient books that they are a symbol of floods...

With the information I got from Lake M in exchange for food, I looked at the computer one by one, and there was no real progress other than confirming that there were countless names for the birds, and I was a little frustrated.

"There are birds in Chongqiu Mountain, one foot, one wing and one eye, fly together, the name is fly," the last piece of information retrieved appeared in my field of vision, and the fly in this sentence should also be a flying bird, it is really a lot of other names, "See Zejiliang, take the longevity of a thousand years." ”

See Zejira, take the life of a thousand years. This is what humans later said about Gui Fly, and I feel a warmth flowing through my heart.

If you and you have an afterlife, you don't have to hide carefully, and you don't have to separate because of guilt, you can fly there together if you want to go to the paradise of flying birds, and if you don't want to go, even if you stay in any corner of the world, you don't have to worry about being shot by humans, because now you are a symbol of love...

Now your name here in humans is Winged Bird.

It's already evening when I returned to the store, and the old man didn't know why he didn't come today, Tianbei groceries didn't open for a day, and I was grunting with hunger, and I regretted all the way why I left the curry rice for the little demon of M Lake.

"Hello, Lord Yek. "As I collapsed on the bed to order takeout, a soft voice came to my ears.

A beautiful bird stood beside my bed, it was red-feathered and green-tailed, larger than a pigeon, and quite good-looking, and it looked no different from an ordinary bird from the side, but when it turned around, it only had one eye, one wing, and one leg.

This youkai is also half a bird. On the foot, there is also a red thread.

"Hello, Qi. I smiled with relief and reached out to touch its head, "It's finally too late for you." ”

"We've never met, but you know my name and appearance, and you're calling me in such a hurry, what's the matter?" Qi jumped up and down to me.

“... I'm curious, what the hell did you hear before you came here?"

"Didn't you call me?" said Qi, "my heart hears what you have been whispering to me, but I can't hear anything other than my name, except that it must be something that must be in a hurry." ”

Could it be that I can call them as long as I know the names and physiognomy of the monsters? In Qingsu's description last time, it seemed to be able to hear them more clearly, could it have something to do with my familiarity with their appearance? After all, I only imagined the appearance of Izuki through the description of the little demon, and there must be some differences.

"Hmm... If that's the case, then it's indeed you I'm calling for, and you're really anxious. I said, "You're right, we've never met before, and I'm calling you because a persistent guy has come to me and wants me to give you this." I unfolded the letter and placed it in front of Qi.

Qi didn't understand what I was doing, but she looked down at the contents of the letter.

"It turns out that he found you," the letter was only a few sentences, and Qi read it for a long time, "I didn't expect that Su's lifespan was shorter than mine, I always thought that I would be the one to leave first." ”

“... What do you mean to leave first?" I asked, "It's always looking for you." ”

"Because the Guifei bird only has one wing, and only two birds can fly with wings, and the comparable winged Guifei bird will bring flooding, so humans will find a way to shoot when they see it, and generally speaking, females are the first to be shot, and as long as they are with me, it will be very dangerous. Qi said lightly, "But as long as I leave, I can spend my life safely." ”

"But you don't have another life. I said, "I heard that you were all human beings, and you became birds because of your love, and you can be together for the rest of your life, so why give up?"

"He's with me and it's so bitter. Qi said, "That's right, we used to be human, but my family did not accept him, in order to make me die, my family even threw him into the river to drown, the short human time ended with me going with him, I thought it would be much better to become a bird, but I didn't expect to be shot repeatedly, he was injured many times in order to protect me, and several times he almost died." I can't accept that he lost his life again because of me, there are many beautiful things in the world besides me, and if I can't bring him peace, then I'd rather leave alone and let him live this life well. ”

"If you're not there, I'm not going to have a good life. "Thank you for calling me, Lord Yeke. ”

Qi didn't expect it to appear in front of it, her eyes widened, and she couldn't say a word.

"I think I should give you both some time to talk," I stood up and walked to the door, "Qi, it's not easy to live, if you can go on with your loving partner, don't give up easily, after all, those dangers are nothing compared to the time with you, don't let it wait any longer." ”

Su's eyes were gentle and firm, but Qi was a little overwhelmed.

Before going out, I turned to the two birds and said, "Humans no longer regard you as a symbol of floods, in our language, you are called winged birds, and humans have long regarded you as a symbol of love and blessing. ”

Half an hour later, the two birds opened the door at the same time, I don't know what the two birds said in these thirty minutes, the final result is that the two birds are together again, they and I thank you, and then use their own wings, many years later, they fly to the sky again, although the life of the bird has come to an end, but it doesn't matter, as long as the winged bird stays and flies, it will have a lifetime.

Oh yes, it means beautiful silk products, and the last thing they paid me was the piece of silk, which was wrapped in a seemingly ordinary branch, which, according to the silk, was a branch of Wakaki. And the Guifei bird that the stone demon said it saw in the north before, Qi told me that it had not been to the north, and that it might be another bird that had lost its mate.

In the south, there are winged birds, which fly and stop drinking and pecking, and are not separated, and they will come back from the dead, and they will be in one place.