Chapter 56: The Summoning
"Then there is also an important question about whether every summoning of Shikigami comes at a cost or something, for example, when I summon Qingxing Lantern, she always asks me to tell her ghost stories, but she didn't mention this stubble in the game before. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Xia Qingshui put the doubts in his heart on the notebook, which is why he didn't use the gray charm to summon the gods.
After a brief silence, a few lines appeared on the notebook.
"As a ghost-like god, Qingxing Lantern is beneficial and harmful to the host, she is a little ghost from hell in that world, often wandering at the entrance of the underworld, seducing people to play a game called a hundred ghost lanterns with her own beauty, the so-called hundred ghost lanterns are to light a hundred candles, and then everyone starts to tell ghost stories, blowing out a candle after each ghost story, and the hundredth ghost story is told by herself, when the last candle is extinguished, she will pull all the people involved in the game into the ghost door. ”
"If nothing else, you're already a participant, so remember not to summon her until the ninety-eighth ghost story is told. The fact that she wasn't mentioned in the game was probably because her body didn't come, so it doesn't count. ”
Looking at the words, Xia Qingshui can be said to be drenched in cold sweat, summoning the Qingxing Lantern is completely equivalent to chronic suicide, although he guessed that telling ghost stories may be some kind of summoning medium, but he didn't expect that the final outcome would be at the cost of his life.
"Every Shikigami is like this, and they need to consume their own life force?"
"Only special Shikigami does. Mia's answer relieved him.
"Shikigami summoned by the spell you rewarded me in the quest you gave me shouldn't be so perverted. Xia Qingshui asked.
Mia replied, "Most of the Shikigami summoned by a spell of this level do not require a medium, but there are exceptions, but none of them consume the host's life force. ”
After receiving Mia's affirmative answer, he was finally relieved and no longer worried.
A moment later.
Follow the ancient covenant, listen to my words, use my name, open boundaries, conclude fate, and solve problems!"
The familiar spell sounded in this small space, and this time the summoning did not have the dazzling light of the last time.
The pentagram lit up, and after a flash of light, a floating figure appeared in front of him, but it was a child dressed in red and with horns on his head.
If he remembers correctly, this appearance should be a Shikigami called Zashiki Boy in the game, a powerful auxiliary god, able to restore the blue amount for the Onmyoji, but it is rarely used by novices, because every replenishment of the blue amount will cost its life, and it is easy to be set on fire for seconds, and lose a summon slot in vain.
It's just that the Shikigami in the other world should be different from the setting in the game.
"My lord, what do you need me to do for you?" said the red-clothed child's voice was very crisp.
"No, I don't. Xia Qingshui looked at him carefully and replied.
At this time, Mia's words emerged from the text.
"Zashiki boy, a kind of fairy, often attached to the home as a child, in the legend of another world, as long as the family attached to the Zashiki boy will prosper, is an auspicious representative. ”
"What are you capable of?" he said as if he was indeed this Shikikami, and then turned his head and asked Zashiki Boy.
The last time he summoned the Qingxing Lantern, he didn't think to ask about related things at all, until the previous game Qingxing Lantern exerted a strong strength and broke through the game barrier to lose the last 1% of the boss's HP in seconds, he felt that the abilities of these gods from another world were unusually powerful. -
The child in front of him was stunned for a moment, but said a little shyly: "My lord, my ability is to summon ghost fire, use ghost fire to attack the enemy, and consume life force to restore Yumila in the body of adults." ”
"What is that, do I have such a thing?" Xia Qingshui asked suspiciously.
The Zashiki boy in front of him seemed to be a little overwhelmed by his ignorance, and lowered his head and explained, "You Mira is the power of the Onmyoji Lords." ”
With such an explanation, he immediately understood, for example, there is such a thing as qi in the body of a martial artist, and it is estimated that Yu Mila is also a kind of energy, exclusive to the power of the Onmyoji.
"Well, may I ask your name. Zashiki asked timidly.
"Uh, what's your name? Xia Qingshui said.
"Okay, Lord Shui. As if to receive a response, his voice was full of joy, and the boy bent his eyes and laughed with two shallow dimples.
Xia Qingshui didn't know why, he didn't know the world where the boy was here, and the general onmyoji would not tell the new gods his name, because the new gods were uncertain.
"What about you? your name is Zashiki Boy?" he felt that the four characters of Zashiki Boy should be just a kind of monster representation, not a name.
The red-clothed child in front of him tilted his head and asked suspiciously, "Me?" ”
"Ugh. ”
"R-class gods like this usually don't have a name of their own, and they need to be given by the Onmyoji himself. Mia's words jumped to the notebook.
He touched his chin thoughtfully, but asked Mia rhetorically, "Does Qingxing Lantern have its own name?" ”
“......”
Mia didn't reply, and he didn't delve into the seemingly important issue himself, but turned his attention to the name.
He asked Zashiki boy, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
"I, I'm a girl. Zashiki replied with a little blush, Xia Qingshui thought she was shy, who knew that Mia began to explain again in the writing book.
"Zashiki boys are usually girls. ”
This made him a little embarrassed, ignorance is not terrible, what is terrible is that he does not know that he is ignorant, and he also shows this ignorance.
Sure enough, after seeing Mia's words, Zashiki boy looked overwhelmed again, and lowered his head even lower.
"Girls? Xia Qingshui muttered to himself.
"Lord Shui, no matter what the name is, I'll be very happy. "It's talking to myself, but there are only two people in this space, and even if you whisper, you will be heard by the other party.
Xia Qingshui looked at Zashiki Boy's hopeful eyes, but he gritted his teeth and thought that he would give her a nice name no matter what.
But at this moment, the whole small space seemed to be turned off the lights, and it went dark.
When it lit up again, he was already in front of his room, but it was his own wake-up alarm clock that forcibly pulled him out of the game.
"It's embarrassing. ”
Xia Qingshui checked it and found that Zashiki had returned to the other world, and only the miniature on the summoning charm remained.