In the blink of an eye, the boy's family was gone, and I returned to Tianbei groceries.

Merely... I was lying upright on the floor, my skull aching.

"Please, can you not take me to my dreams every time without warning...", I got up and climbed back into my chair.

"Who knew you'd fall right under the table," said the pretty flip feather on the paper, "and normal people would lie on the table." ”

Ever since I opened the ability to open the door to no man's land, I seem to be constantly wandering between dreams and reality, although I can control it most of the time, but once I encounter a monster with such a powerful demon as Flip Feather, I am almost forcibly pulled into the dream of their memories, and I don't know where the next time I suddenly fall asleep.

"It's dangerous," I said, looking at the other seven horses on the paper that were just drawings, and I couldn't help but feel a little headache, "Yours have the remaining seven... Partner, won't they come to me one by one..."

"Not really," said the feather on the painting, "some of them are busy, some of them are missing, and the only one who has time to visit you is me." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"So we have to find them one by one, and the eight horses will gather before we can leave the human world together. ”

The breath of relief just now stuck in my throat again.

"I... "I asked tentatively, hoping to get a different answer.

"Well, we. Feather said, "Me and you." ”

One of the eight horses is already beyond my control, but I still have to find the other seven horses...

"Why the hell do you have to go to No Man's Land?" I asked again.

"It seems like I have no obligation to tell you. "This is the secret of our eight horses, and I won't tell you anything without their permission." It glanced left and right, "Besides, you'll know sooner or later." ”

Indeed, as it says, when I open the door, I can clearly see the memories of every youkai that pass through the gate, as clear as if I had experienced it myself, "but I still feel that it is much better for you to tell me than for myself." ”

"Why?" said Flip Feather.

"This is my secret. Looking at the unhappy expression of the feather, I felt a little proud, "When you tell me your secret, I will tell you my secret." ”

"Do you know that your family is so naughty?" If the horse in the painting can express the mood, then the feather must have a black line on his face at this time.

"I don't know. I said.

"Actually, if you don't want to, you can refuse our request. "It takes a lot of strength to find eight horses that the devil knows where they are, and to open the gate for us—you should also feel that opening the door is a very physical and energy-consuming task, let alone sending away eight youkai of our level at once, and experiencing their boring memories firsthand, exhausting yourself half to death and getting nothing." It stared at me, and for the first time said in all seriousness, "If you don't want to do that, we won't force it." ”

"Actually, I want to say no," I said, "because I'm really tired." ”

Feather didn't speak.

"But I'm curious about why you, the powerful one who can create such dreams, or you, who have already had countless connections with humans, are leaving the human world," I said, "I wonder if you really have a reason for leaving, or if your departure allows you to let go of a lot of things, then I'm still willing to help with this." ”

After all, it's too hard for youkai to have feelings for humans.

"The rumors are true," said Feather, "that is, indecisive and nosy. ”

"Well, the monsters have learned the language very well," I said, "and it's my responsibility to help you balance the scales with humanity—I'm not sure what I'm doing, but what I say, ghostwriter, responds." ”

"So, Lord Ye Ke," Flip Feather bowed slightly, "are you going to finish reading my story first, or are we going to set off to find these people around me first?"

"If all eight horses in the painting are alive," I was a little uneasy, "you won't fight, will you?"

“... Fighting?" Feather asked, "How did you come up with this..."

"Because there used to be youkai fighting in the shop," I said, "but they're all little youkai, but once a youkai of your level fights, I feel like I'm going to be out of luck." ”

"Youkai of our level won't fight casually. "A little demon without control is like this." ”

"That's good..."

"Of course, it's still possible to mix and drink, and occasionally it's small... Let's talk, yes, let's talk. ”

“... For the sake of my life, I decided not to accompany you to find the others. ”

......

"So, why can you still participate in horse racing if you don't have a pedigree certificate?"

"At the beginning, when I was in the regular race, I had all the documents, and I didn't have these after I was injured, otherwise how could I participate in that kind of irregular horse betting competition. "Feathers are very slow.

"All the papers?" I asked, "how did they find out how you were related..."

"Fake. "A fake pedigree certificate is just a way for me to change myself into what I look like on my pedigree certificate when I test it." ”

“... You've met someone. I said, "Also, why did we come so far away..."

After I offered to find the other eight horses first, Flip Feather told me the name of the first stop, and after coming to the place Flip Feather said through the paper spirit, I was just stupid.

The vast and uninhabited mountains are covered with green grass that I have never seen before, the mountains at the end of the line of sight are constantly stretching, the sky is blue and about to drip water, and everything in front of me is more than 4,000 kilometers away from the city of A where I am located, as if I have arrived in another world.

"No way, the place where that guy is is is indeed a little far away, and the mountains and grasslands are not very close," Flip Feather came out of the painting as soon as he left City A, "And it's been too long in the circle, I also want to come out to stretch and stretch, and after thinking about it for a long time, it seems that there are only fewer monsters around here, which won't cause you too much trouble, and your little book that can be teleported in space is very useful!"

For in the painting, so Feather can be used with me paper spirits.

"Well," I said, "for the sake of you're willing to give me a ride... Far away, far away. ”

"This is the supreme glory," Feather turned his head—a tall and muscular figure, chestnut-colored fur shiny, and huge wings tucked at the sides, it was no longer the lame and ugly No. 3 in his memory, but the same as in the painting, a living feather, "You are the first person who can see me as I am, and can ride on my back, except for the person who painted me on the painting." ”

"I feel like I've had an amazing experience. I said, "I could add a sentence to my profile in the future, where I was a rider for a short time." ”

"Haha, I guess there will be a lot of youkai coming to you to ask you about my whereabouts. "The guy we'll see in a moment is called Chaoguang, it's still a short distance away from us, Lord Ye Ke, you must take care of it, don't fall down." ”

Before I finished speaking, I just walked and ran up, it did not fly into the sky as I imagined, but stretched its wings forward smoothly, it was a pair of wings wider than the painting, as if with the help of the power of the wind, gently pushed the feather forward.

"People say you can run faster than a bird. "My ears were filled with the whirring of the wind, and I felt that only shouting loudly could I hear Flip Feather.

"Lord Yek, all you have to do is whisper, and I can hear you. The feathered wings were as full as the wind, and its voice was as clear as usual, "The birds fly with the help of the wind, and so do I, but I am running on land." ”

"Do all the eight horses run the same fast?" I still said loudly involuntarily, but fortunately, the position we were in was vast, there were not many changes between heaven and earth, and the scene in front of me was only moving a little faster than usual, if I were in the city, I am afraid that I would have already been dazzled.

"I'm relatively fast. "But we're not slow, you see, we're going to find the guy today." ”

Just as I was talking, I also felt a powerful demonic force getting closer and closer.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Chaoguang, the sixth in line. Feather said as he sped up.

I'm afraid it's the same as I feel - why is the sixth of the eight horses, a horse named Superlight, so exhausted?

(End of chapter)