A youkai tells you that it's a guide, and it's strange to hear it.

"Ahem..."Shou cleared his throat, probably sensing my doubts, "The guide is to facilitate your human understanding, just like your ghostwriter is to ghostwrite, my main job is to help humans guide the way in the old street, there are many monsters in City A, and it is easy for humans to get lost if they are not careful." ”

"How are you—" I pointed to myself.

I listen to the three words ghostwriter almost every day, but when it comes out of my furry mouth, I don't get used to it.

"There's nothing surprising about that, is it?" said Mamoru "Your movements during this time have been so loud, there shouldn't be any youkai in City A who don't know about you." ”

"You didn't leave Lao Cai?"

"Well, it's just that I hid as soon as you appeared. "If the other youkai see that you come to me often, you'll get you in trouble, but it's good that you can't sense me at the moment," it sat down next to me, "It's grown a lot, young man." ”

"Then why didn't you hide again this time. I pouted, feigning displeasure.

"The old street is going to be demolished, and there is no threat to my existence, so it doesn't hurt to see you. "Every time the fluffy guy speaks, the hair on his body floats up gently.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. I said, "It's not fair that you're saying you're leading the way for humanity, you seem to know a lot about me, but I don't know anything about you." ”

"Haha, don't underestimate the guide, my name is Shou, which means guard, and it is my responsibility to protect this old street, so I have to protect the humans on the old street from being disturbed by monsters, but also protect the monsters on the old street to live freely, everyone who comes to the old street, I have to see it clearly. Furry pointed to his eyes, pretending to be fierce, "Look into my eyes, and my past will be seen clearly." ”

I didn't look away, "Anyway, you already know it, just see it." ”

"Haha, you're still so interesting," Mamoru said, "These eyes are also limited, if the other party is stronger than me, I can't see anything, like you." ”

"Hey, so you don't know much about me," I teased, "you're not good at youkai, otherwise why would you think you're causing me trouble?"

"It's really not gentle," Mamoru crossed his short legs, "I'm on the side of humans most of the time, so I'm very harsh on youkai, often banishing them and sometimes hitting them. ”

"Hit... Hit them?"

"Well, many little demons have unclean hands and feet and like to steal people's things, and some little demons like to play pranks and secretly make trouble for the vendors in the old street, which are not allowed. "Keep a serious account, "The old street has the rules of the old street, and those who do not follow the rules must be punished." ”

"Humans don't break the rules, do they?" I said.

"Yes," Mamoru said, "I've never interfered in the contradictions between humans, but humans who can see youkai are a different matter." ”

“... Anyone else but me," I said, "it can't be a demon slayer." ”

"Most of the demon killers still have nothing bad about it, and they all know that the guards of the old street are not easy to mess with, but there are a few of them, and they will always run to the old street to catch the monsters, which is very annoying. Shou said.

"I'd love to see how you punish these guys. I laughed.

"It's better not to see it," said Furry, "it's fierce." ”

"The old street is going to be demolished, what are you going to do next?"

"I don't know yet, but there is a big monster in the northern mountains that is my friend, and I may go to it. Furry said.

"Then I won't see you again. I said, "Even if I call you, you won't come." ”

"What are you doing with a sad face," it stood up, "I won't leave for a while, there are still some things to be done." ”

"What's the matter? How can I help?"

Furry looked at me with disgust, "It's really the same as rumored, a second fool and warm-hearted." ”

“... You've got to give me a chance to thank you. Although I was prepared, I was still a little reluctant to hear it say that it would leave.

"What is there to be thankful for?"

"If it weren't for you, I guess I would have run away and packed up and gone home," I said, "I made up my mind to come to City A, but when I actually got here, I realized that I couldn't survive at all, I didn't know how to communicate with people, I didn't know how to solve the problem of youkai, and I didn't know how to start a new life." ”

"I just took you to eat a bowl of ravioli. "If you don't want to try to accept people yourself, it's useless for me to take you to ten bowls." ”

"It's not just a bowl of wontons," I said, "when I first entered the university, it was exactly what I expected, and I couldn't integrate into campus life at all, but when I arrived in Lao Cai, it was different, and I was very sure to have you." After a moment's hesitation, I still spoke, "In City A, I feel like you're like family." ”

"But you found your friend later, didn't you?" Furry smiled, "still a very reliable friend." ”

"Well, that's right, but you're different. ”

"As a ghostwriter, you should know that it is very dangerous to have a heart-to-heart with a monster. Furry said.

"On the contrary," I said, "I've gotten to know a lot of yokai in my time as a ghostwriter, and it's a better feeling than I've ever been." ”

"Every life has its reasons for coming into this world, humans are, and so are youkai. ”

Its cold words made me a little confused, "Huh?"

"Haha, it's nothing, didn't you just say you wanted to help me?"

"Well, yes. ”

"But you didn't even ask me what it was?"

"No matter what. ”

“... Two fools are warm-hearted. ”

"You're enough. ”

"Okay, then I'll follow the rules of ghostwriters?" Furry spun around and stood across from me.

"I don't even know where the rules come from..."The ability of youkai to spread is terrifying.

"Hello, are you Lord Yeke?" said Furry looked respectful.

“... You're enough. ”

"Oops, cooperate. ”

“... It's me. ”

"My name is Shou, I am the guide of Lao Cai, before leaving Lao Cai, I have three wishes that I want to fulfill, I hope you can help me. ”

“... My asking price is very high, not to mention that you still have three wishes. ”

"It's okay, you owe me a thank you, it's enough to pay, right?"

"Well, that's enough...", my heart was broken, what the hell was this guy trying to do.

"Then let's do it one by one. Shou held back and didn't laugh, and the hair on his body shook and shook.

"Let's start with your first wish. I said.

"I hope you can help me find someone," Shou raised his head as if he were standing upright every time he talked about something, "There's a café on the old street, you know?"

I really know that most of the old streets are street stalls and the like, but since last year, there has suddenly been a café with a well-decorated decoration and I heard that the price is quite expensive.

"Well, I know. ”

"The owner of the café is a middle-aged man," Shou said, "the first time he came to Lao Cai was many years ago, he was still a poor boy at that time, and he wanted to come to City A to break into the world, but he was accidentally stolen his wallet, and when he was half starved and broke into Lao Cai, I happened to meet him, and I just wanted to take him to eat something, but I was robbed of the opportunity by a girl, that girl looked average, but her voice was very good, and she took the initiative to lend him money after hearing what happened to the young man, and a stranger can do this, in fact, it is not easy." ”

"Well, indeed. ”

"The two of them came and went and fell in love naturally, it was nothing, but suddenly one day, the girl left a few words and disappeared. ”

"Missing?"

"Well, at that time, mobile phones were not so popular, the poor boy looked for a long time and did not find his girl, when the two of them played in the old street, the girl always said that she loved to drink coffee, the poor boy was also dead-eyed, I don't know where the money came from, so I opened a café in the old street and waited for her, and it was more than ten years since it was opened. ”

"You wish I could find that girl, don't you? I said.

"Well, that's right, the old street is going to be demolished, and if he can't find it, he can't continue to wait for the girl. ”

"That's it?" I asked, having worked at Tianbei Grocery for a long time, such a cliché story has long been unusual.

"That's all. "Furry is sure.

"There are so many people in the world, why do you have to help the owner of this coffee shop?"

"Because he's a lover. "In this era, there are not many people who can be loyal to their inner feelings and have no hesitation." ”