??“ Time... Shixia?" Tsubaki almost shouted.

"Its demonic power, I won't be mistaken. I said, "It doesn't matter if you're a cat or a human." ”

The big gray cat looked at the moon, thought for a while, and transformed into a human form.

"I've heard a long time ago that ghostwriters like to meddle in things," Shi Xia said, "I didn't expect to be in charge of so much, and," it looked at Tsubaki, "and brought you here." ”

It speaks in a gentle tone to Tsubaki.

"Jinhua cat, a bewitching monster, a monster that can gain insight into the health of human beings," I said, "how many truths are there in what you say to me?"

"Half-truth," it said, "is true to the mother's heart." ”

At this time, Tsubaki suddenly spoke, "Is it true that you approached humans just to absorb their life force?" ”

"Yes. ”

"You don't hesitate to take advantage of human beings, day and night, you become beautiful women when you see men, and you become dashing men when you see women, confuse people's hearts, and then get into human homes, and leave a mark in the water of the house, if the deceived person drinks this water, he will be sick for a long time, so you absorb the life force of this person at this time, and use it to increase your demonic power, so that the next time you transform into a human, you will be more like," Tsubaki said, "You can be so similar to a human being, how many people have you hurt over the years?"

"Those things sound so far away," Shi Xia's hands trembled slightly, but his voice was still faint, "I did do this, but it was many years ago. ”

"How many years?How long is it?How long is it for youkai?How long is it?How long are you living like a human being, have you forgotten the time of youkai?" Tsubaki's voice was a little out of control, "How long has my former master died, is this called many years?"

"You..."Shi Xia reflected for a moment, "You suspect that it was me who sucked your master's life?"

Tsubaki realized that she was in too much of a hurry just now, and her tone softened a little, "If not, then why did you appear in front of me at that time? ”

"Because you're helpless, aren't you?"

"Then why did you disappear again on the day my master died?" Tsubaki asked.

Shi Xia looked at me, "Didn't you have your own new home at that time?" ”

Tsubaki was speechless.

"Besides, I have my own business. Shi Xia smiled a little sadly, "For example, to find weak people and absorb their vitality." ”

This tone is obviously angry.

The atmosphere was awkward all of a sudden, and everyone didn't speak.

"I've always wondered where Tsubaki went after her master's death, and she went out for a long time, even if she was traveling, it was too long," I broke the silence, "Now it seems that I should have gone looking for you, but I didn't find it, so I went back to the store." ”

Tsubaki didn't speak, but Shi Xia's shoulders shook significantly.

"It's up to you two to talk about it calmly, I guess there's a misunderstanding. I said, "I've come to you for your mother's business." ”

"The ghostwriter has said so, and if I don't cooperate, I'm bored," Shi Xia jumped in front of me from the roof, "You ask, I'll answer truthfully." ”

"You often go to Street Park, not just because you envy human beings for having families. ”

"There were a lot of people there, and at first I was really looking for someone who was weak, after all, it was tiring to maintain a human form. ”

"The child who first became your mother, is it really because he was moved?"

"How is it possible, just an ordinary human being," Shi Xia said, "because she is very weak and willing to approach me, there is no need for me to turn into something else to confuse her." ”

"According to what you said, you were sincere to your mother. ”

"If you are any monster, you can't help but be soft-hearted to such a person. ”

"And then, why did you leave?"

"Is it okay not to answer?"

"It's better to answer," I said, "it's important." ”

"Will it affect your judgment of me?" Shi Xia smiled, "Or rather, your decision to punish me." ”

Tsubaki was startled and turned to look at me.

I patted Tsubaki's head and motioned for her not to worry.

"To be honest, I'm not a person who likes to hurt youkai, and you should have heard of it, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way here to talk to you for so long," I said, "and I hope that through communication, some problems can be solved, if they can be solved." ”

"What if it can't be solved?" Shi Xia understood what I was talking about, "What if, my existence will really hurt humans." ”

"The choice is yours. I replied.

"It's really treacherous," Shi Xia said, "Choose to escape your punishment, sooner or later I will be targeted by the demon slayer, in fact, after you find out, I have no choice." ”

"I don't know. I said, "I wish we all had a choice." ”

"I'm just talking to you. Shi Xia looked at Tsubaki, "Even she can't." ”

Street Park, next to the bench.

"Tsubaki, you wait for me here, and I'll come back when the wait is clear. I crouched down and looked at Tsubaki sitting in a chair.

"You're not going to quarrel, are you?" Tsubaki asked worriedly, "It's... It's amazing, I can feel it. ”

"Don't worry, no. I said, "If there's a problem, I'll call you at any time." ”

Tsubaki nodded, and I went back to the downstairs on the roof where Shixia was just now, and it was transforming into a cat, absorbing the power of the moon.

Wait a minute, I thought.

After about an hour, I felt like I was going to fall asleep when the big gray cat finally jumped off the roof.

"Is that enough?" I said, gesturing to the moon, "the moon is still round." ”

"You've been grateful to Dade for waiting for me for so long," Shi Xia said, "If it's a demon slayer, I guess I've already been sealed." ”

"Okay, you said you could do it," I sat on the ground, "why did you leave?"

"Actually, when I first met my mother, my demonic power was enough to maintain my human form, but I was still unwilling, I didn't expect that as soon as I entered that house, I began to be curious about everything, human things are amazing," it said, "For a long time I was attracted to those new things that I had never seen before, and completely forgot the original purpose of coming to this house, until my mother said that she had a younger brother in her womb." ”

"You seem to have always been prejudiced against that brother. ”

"It's ridiculous, a monster can rob a baby of the love," Shi Xia said, "I began to try my best to get that unborn brother to leave, all kinds of pranks at home, but every time it ended in failure, and then I finally gave up, planning to leave the house, just like I told you, I hid at home and didn't let everyone see it, but then because of my mother's words, I inexplicably changed back into human form, so to speak, from that time, I suddenly understood what human feelings are about." ”

"There are many kinds of human emotions," I said, thinking back to everything that had happened before, "which one did you feel?"

"What my mother said to me warmed my heart, and it felt very good," Shi Xia said, "but when the child in her womb moved, I understood another negative emotion of human beings, jealousy." ”

“... Wait, what you told me was that the mother tells you the meaning of life through her fetal movements. ”

"Yes, she told me what life is," Shi Xia said, "and I suddenly realized, yes, this is also a life, a living person, as long as this boy in the womb is born, doesn't that mean that I have enough life force to obtain?"

"You..."

"I made a decision almost instantly," Shi Xia recalled, "When this boy was born, I would slowly absorb his life force little by little, so that I could not only increase my demonic power at home to maintain my human form, but also secretly deal with the person who snatched my mother." ”

I suddenly felt a chill down my spine.

(End of chapter)