I withdrew my hand, "It's better not to look at it, seeing other people's past lives, there is always a feeling of peeking at privacy." ”

"Knowing the past life, many things can be explained. Lu Shu's expression seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "For example, why did the silkworm girl fall in love with Fengmao, why did Zong An meet Lu Ke, and why did Chunshui see Qingsu." ”

“... You know me very well. ”

"It's not just you," Lu Shu said, "the human beings in the world, as long as I want to, can know." ”

"Since you all know, can you help those souls who didn't fulfill their wishes in their previous lives to choose a better reincarnation?"

"From my point of view, I hope to do this," Lu Shu smiled, "but as a monster herding life, I can't do this, life has its own laws, and I can't control the fate of others according to my will." ”

"There must be my life flower in this. I said, "If you really know how your life will develop in the future, life will lose its interest." ”

"Your future is unpredictable, but my future is visible," Lushu said, "and I will repeat each day until my long life ends here." ”

"The Spiral Tortoise has been here before," I asked, "and it told me that when it saw the Plains of Lushu, it wouldn't feel lonely anymore." ”

"It's a very kind monster," Lushu said, "I only had a brief conversation with it, and it put all its energy on protecting Niuyang Mountain for me, and the reason why I didn't want to see it again was because I wanted to keep the beauty of Lushu Plains for it, and I didn't want my pessimism to affect it." For youkai, having some concern is enough to live a good life. ”

"You're very arbitrary," I touched her head, "how do you know that the tortoise will be influenced by you?" There are so many creatures on Niuyang Mountain, if you draw yourself a prison, you won't be able to get out of it anyway. ”

"When I leave here, there will be no one who will be able to herd these souls. ”

"It's not for you to really leave Niuyang Mountain," I patted my chest, "It's the heart, like those souls, to find the direction you want freely, although your own destiny can't be changed, you should always do something to make the next many years better." ”

"What can I do?" Lu Shu's expression was a little helpless, "If I open my heart as you said, who will protect the secrets of these souls?" after all, not everyone is able to control their urge to spy on other people's secrets like you. ”

"Haha, you were testing me just now," I laughed, "What would you do if I really saw someone else's past life through the Flower of Life just now, as you said?"

"You're going to go back into the chaotic space and never get out. ”

"It's so ruthless," I gasped, "but I'm glad I don't have that much curiosity." ”

"It's not a test," Lu Shu's hair fluttered with him as he laughed, "I'll stop you when you're really going to do this." ”

"If you ask questions now, do you still want to drink?"

"You can make an exception once. ”

"You said earlier that for youkai, as long as you have some concern, it is enough to live a good life, if you don't mind, how about treating me as a friend who can be cared about?"

Lu Shu looked at me, without saying a word, without expression, the green grass was swept away by the wind layer by layer, and the white flowers bloomed quietly one by one.

"That—" I was a little embarrassed, probably because my proposal made people not know how to refuse, "Of course, I don't mean that it has to be, I just think I can often tell you some travel stories so that you can be happy, and don't you say you like to listen to stories? I just thought that anyway, I don't have many stories that many people want to listen to, of course, if you don't want to, it's fine..."

"Well, I think that's fine. Lu Shu opened his mouth and said.

"Huh?"

"I think you're a good idea. She looked up, her eyes smiling into a line.

Later, when the sun rose overhead, Lu Shu sang a song, which she said would help souls who could not find a home to return to this place, and it was also a song of blessing for new life, and the monsters who herded life sang it every day, year after year.

"There are two things I think I should tell you," Lu Shu said as I was about to leave Niuyang Mountain, "one is your fountain pen, please keep it safe." ”

"Fountain pen?" is probably the one my mother left me.

"Well, the second one is that you can go out by following the sound of the stream, and when you get to the next location, you'll meet the girl you've always wanted to see. ”

“... Tsubaki?"

"That's all I can say. She tugged at my sleeve and gave me a small jug of wine, "We'll see each other again, right?"

"Yes, it would. I didn't say goodbye, I just closed my eyes and started listening to the direction of the stream.

A strong premonition tells me that Lu Shu and I will definitely meet again.

The news of my successful descent from Mt. Niuyang soon spread through the town below, and everyone came to see what I looked like and asked me what had happened, and I omitted the matter of Lushu, but told them that there was a god in the mountain who said that as long as they stopped mining ore, the descendants would continue to do so.

After a short stay, I packed my bags and prepared to head to my next destination.

A few weeks ago, I received a letter from an unpaid person, saying that he was the heir to a sake brewing family and that he had something to ask about yokai, so I searched all the way according to the address written on the letter and finally found this place.

"Fan's Wine. I looked up at the big letters on the door, "Tsk, it looks like a very powerful place." I sighed as I knocked on the door.

"Which one?" said a young boy who looked to be seven or eight years old.

"Hello," I crouched down, "may I ask if your family is there?"

The little boy stared at me for a moment, "Daddy will be back soon." ”

It seems that it was his father who wrote the letter.

"Well, I'll wait at the door for a while. I said.

"You can wait in first," said the boy, "and although Daddy is not here, she is here." ”

"Huh?" I had just finished speaking, when a big white dog came out of nowhere and almost knocked me down.

"Come down, you're going to scare this big brother to death. ”

Scared... Do I look so timid?

The big white dog was very obedient, and immediately squatted beside the boy obediently, and his tail was about to rise to the sky.

"Is your Yoyo hospitable?" I reached out and stroked the big dog's head.

"Brother, did you bring alcohol with you?" the boy asked suddenly.

"Oh yes, I brought wine, how do you know?"

"Yoyo can smell the good or bad of the wine, and when it sees you so happy, it must be that you have good wine on you. ”

"Such a powerful dog?" I said, "worthy of a winemaking family." ”

"Not only Yoyo, but I also have a powerful cat at home. "Cats always bring back something that makes good wine, and my dad loves this one." ”

I remembered Lu Shu's words.

"Can you show me the cat?"

"Of course you can, but be quiet, the cat seems to be a little uncomfortable these days, and spends most of the day sleeping, so don't wake it up." ”

The boy made a shushing face at me and led me to tiptoe under a big tree.

"Look, this is my awesome cat. The boy whispered, unable to hide his pride.

Pretty white cat, curled up under a tree, is snoring and sleeping.

“... Father. I called softly, yes, I don't need to confirm at all, she in front of me is too familiar, the only difference is that her demonic aura is very weak.