the world is a toy

"Are you right... Feiju?"

Act.3 Visitors

Act.3 Visitors

Subtitle: "Flowers reflected in the mirror, the moon floating in the water, fantasy and reality, monsters and humans."

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The autumn wind blows and the weather is cool.

As the evening approached, the wind outside became stronger and stronger.The branches in the forest rustled under the caress of the autumn wind. Accompanied by the chirping of golden bells and crickets in the grass, the fallen leaves in the forest fluttered down, and the unknown wild flowers bloomed quietly in the grass. Smell, it seems that you will smell a cool fragrance.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this is the natural beauty of the mountains and countryside.

He didn't really like this pure tranquility very much.The natural environment in the mountains can certainly make people feel refreshed, but the clan land of the Tianhe family seems to be too natural, so natural that they don’t even have the most basic household electrical appliances. Cooking and bathing depend on firewood to boil water, and at night, they even rely on candles for lighting. …

Gradually, he liked to take Feiju more and more when he walked around at night.

Feiju is that little white cat, and her real identity is a cat demon.In fact, Feiju's family is a descendant of the cat demon clan subdued by a certain ancestor of the Tianhe family. After this cat demon family was subdued, it followed the Tianhe family for generations and served every generation of the Tianhe clan.As for the little cat demon Feiju, she was accepted into the Tianhe family by Tian Heyao's grandparents and brought up. The old patriarch and the cat demon elders have decided to make Feiju the guardian cat demon of this generation.

The object of protection is the young master of the Tianhe family, and the young master of this generation is the current Tianhe Yao.

For Tian Heyao himself, the feeling of being a young master for the first time in his life is actually very novel. People around him look at him with sincere concern and expectations, whether it is grandpa or grandma, they all hope that they can be healthy Growing up; and the guardian Feiju who serves him is not a human being. As a cat demon, she is actually not yet an adult, and she who cannot be transformed into a human form is more like his playmate on weekdays.

In fact, it's more like a pet... But if you say it like this, Feiju will blow up, right?

While thinking about it boredly, Tian Heyao carefully combed Feiju's hair.Sitting cross-legged, the cute little white cat naturally curled up in his arms, squinting his eyes to enjoy his touching and kneading; Tian Heyao also liked the warm touch of Feiju's body very much, pinching the little ones on her paws Meatball, scratching the soft flesh on her neck, and then watching the little cat monster open her chest in enjoyment, revealing her abdomen, and began to roll unconsciously, meowing and showing off her cuteness...

"My family's Feiju is so cute~~"

Got cute.He gave a thumbs up and was not stingy with his praise, but Feiju was just a little girl with a thin skin, and whenever he said that, she would show a very humane and arrogant attitude.

"The young master hates meow!" She struggled and turned over, then ran away.

"Ah, the relationship between Ayao and Feiju is really good~~"

Suddenly there was an old voice from behind, the older and more amiable grandma came over with a plate of persimmon cakes, looked at Feiju's little back who was running away, and then at her grandson's mischievous mischief Laughing, she also showed a kind smile.

"Hello grandma~~"

Standing up, he sensibly helped carry the plate, then helped the old man to sit down slowly, and massaged the grandmother's shoulders familiarly.Since he was reborn as their grandson, he should be filial in both emotion and reason. What's more, after spending the last month together, he can feel the care and consideration of the old couple for him, even though he is asking himself to be a grandson. The successors of Tianhe Guangdu, but they did not force themselves to do anything against their will.

Then, why are you so obsessed with making him the young master, taking him away from his parents, and even restricting himself to live in this wild place?

After thinking about it carefully, he quickly understood the old man's intention - it was for protection.I have awakened the Tianhe family's Guangdu power, which means that I am destined to take on the mission and responsibility of the Ghost Slasher clan because of this power; before I can grow up, let myself become the successor and the young master. On the one hand, it can guide oneself to learn the power of Guangdu, on the other hand, it can let oneself live under the protection of the clan land, and cut off the prying or persecution of those who are interested.

Their love is pure and innocent, and they just hope that they can grow up safely, and then pass on the blood of the family, so that the light of Tianhe will not be cut off.

He didn't deliberately force him, it's just the care and love of the older generation for their children and grandchildren. In a sense, this kind of family affection is what Tian Heyao was attached to before. He has already decided that this family It is Tian Heyao's relatives in this world.

Then, for the time being, let everything about your last life be buried deep in your memory.

You can't live without memories, but you can't live with only memories.The experience of the previous life is a part of his life. Those missed obsessions can be used as valuable experience in life, but they must not affect the life course of this life. Hold your own heart, don't indulge the future, and don't sink In the past, this shouldn't have been a problem.

But after my rebirth, how should I live in this world?

This is an academic question full of philosophy, and it can only be answered by himself.This world is paradoxical. Those people and things that I knew, possessed, and regretted in the previous life may not exist.

I don't know if the two worlds will be related.

Because he started to think wildly, the movements of Tian Heyao's hands naturally slowed down, sensing his absent-mindedness, grandma sighed, turned sideways and took his hand: "Are you tired, Ayao?"

The thoughtful grandma mistakenly thought that her grandson was missing his parents.

"Um, I'm just distracted," he said with a haha, and shook his head at the old man with a smile, "Grandma sit down quickly, I'll continue to help..."

"Okay, okay, grandma received Ayao's heartfelt wishes." He stretched out his hands to straighten his neckline, which was actually not messy, and rubbed his head to educate him, with a kind and amiable appearance, "Ayao, take a rest too. After an hour, I will be ready to wash up and turn off the lights. For children, going to bed earlier will be good for their physical development."

"...Um, well," hesitating, hesitated, and finally he was defeated by grandma's loving eyes, "Okay, I get it."

"Hehehe, my Ayao is really sensible."

Sitting on the side of the low table resignedly, he stretched out his hand to take a dried persimmon for the tooth-making festival. This kind of snack was dried and frosted by grandma herself. It looks bright yellow, thin and even.

Wait, how many persimmons did grandma bring just now?

There are only four persimmons left on the plate, but if I remember correctly, there were six persimmons on the plate when grandma came here just now, and no one touched the persimmons. with...

He stood up suddenly, approached the old man, opened his hands to protect grandma, and at the same time narrowed his eyes slightly, observing everything in the room.

I don't know if it's because of [Darkness], apart from the strengthening of his own body, his spirituality has also been greatly improved, and this body itself has the bloodline inheritance of Ghost Slasher. Now he The perception of the spiritual aspect is extremely keen.

For example, right now, in his senses, there is a faint wave of evil energy directly opposite the low table.

"Oh, it's amazing... I noticed the old man's fear so quickly."

Accompanied by this unscrupulous and frivolous tone, ripples suddenly appeared on the originally empty tatami, accompanied by the escape of atomized smoke, a thin and short little old man with a prominently protruding back of the head just like this It appeared there out of nowhere.

Hey, when did this guy show up?

Without the slightest restraint or politeness, the little old man scratched his protruding bald head, picked up another piece of dried persimmon, weighed it, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

"Grandpa, may I ask who are you?"

He blocked his grandma behind him, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.Although the little old man in front of him did not show any hostility, judging by his appearance without scientific basis, the other party is undoubtedly a character from the other world. Safe and sound, which means that he is either harmless and will not trigger malicious detection, or...

Or the opponent's strength is enough to ignore the enchantment of exorcism.

"It's good to be vigilant. Compared with the little doll of the old husband's family, he is a genius."

Facing Tian Heyao's warning, the little old man didn't take it seriously, he just tasted the persimmons comfortably, as if he regarded himself as one of the masters of Tian He's family; seeing that the other party showed no malice, Tian Heyao didn't approach him either. Every step he took, he just looked at the little old man curiously, focusing on the back of the little old man's protruding head, his piercing gaze kept wandering and scanning there.

Anger... this brat did it on purpose.

I know the shape of my head very well. The style that protrudes backwards is indeed (very) somewhat (not) strange (beautiful) (beautiful) (weird). Normally, it’s okay. No one (monster) dares to judge me, but Now being stared at by a brat like this, I always feel that I can't let go of my face.

Then it became more and more unbearable.

On the other end of the low table, Tian Heyao's eyes didn't blink, his sight almost turned into a substance like the eyes of stars, a child looked at people with such eyes, the innocent and pure eyes that day, the more stressed he looked The bigger it is, the bigger it is...

"Okay, okay, the old man admits defeat," the little old man sighed with a wry smile. He wanted to scare the children at first, but he didn't expect to be played by the children for so long. He nodded to Tian Heyao, and then put His eyes turned to grandma who had been silent all this time, "Long time no see, Lin Zi."

Tianhe Linzi, that is, Tianheyao's grandma, who has been silent all this time, just pulled Tianheyao to her side, and then smiled implicitly at the little old man: "Long time no see, General Slider."

General Slider?

Tian Heyao was taken aback by this strange address, followed by an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but before he had time to ask, grandma suddenly grabbed his little hand and said, "Ayao, go quickly!" Call your grandpa, and say that an old friend is visiting."

Act.4 Nocturne

Act.4 Nocturne

Subtitle: "I'll be with you, with you..."

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At night, there is a faint sound of wind blowing leaves in the forest.

The wall clock on the wall points to the nine o'clock position. Normally, at this time, Tian Heyao would play the role of a well-behaved and obedient child seriously, and go to bed after washing up; but now he doesn't feel sleepy at all, just squinting The eyes counted the patterns on the ceiling, and the thoughts drifted to nowhere.

Because in the farthest middle hall, grandparents are talking with a monster at night by candlelight.

The lean old man with the protruding head was called General Slipper by his grandma. The way he appeared on the stage was hard to distinguish from reality. Tian Heyao could judge that his "fear" and "karma" should belong to the reality of dreams. The first category of monsters is the most difficult "concept system". Whether in the outside world or the inside world, they generally have their own unique identity and status.

Then the question arises, why would such a monster come to the Tianhe family's residence in the middle of the night, and have a secret talk with the Ghost Slasher family, which is opposite in status and status to the monster?

During this time, Tian Heyao has read a lot of ancient books and documents about this world. As far as he knows, although the relationship between monsters and humans in today's society is not as bad as it was in ancient times, it is definitely not a true harmony.In the other world, being a monster always makes people feel fear, intimidation, or awe. This is the sense of existence as a monster; Fire and water are incompatible with monsters, because the concepts of good and evil and values ​​between the two are very different.

Although it is said that the Tianhe family does not reject monsters, and is even willing to coexist with monsters, it is not so harmonious with the old man of the big monster level, right?

It's a pity that I can't eavesdrop on the conversation between my grandparents and grandparents. Not long ago, my grandpa asked him to go to bed quickly, and my grandma even told him not to come over. It can be seen that the content of their next conversation is no longer who they are now accessible.

So I'm even more curious.

Tian Heyao thought wildly in the quilt for a while, and finally sat up. The sudden movement woke up another little sleeper in the quilt, and a small white shadow rolled down from his chest.

"Wow meow-"

Feiju, who fell to the ground, let out a dissatisfied meow. She stretched out a small paw to rub her eyes, and a pair of cat ears twisted and twisted with her small movements.

"Ah, sorry, Feiju, forgot that you were on me."

Tian Heyao reached out and touched the little cat demon's chin and gently comforted it. The itchy feeling made Feiju narrow her eyes comfortably, and a whimpering sound came from her throat.

Oh, it looks like a cat at all.

The natural cuteness of the little cat demon made him feel a little more relaxed. He felt that he seemed to be overly nervous—there was no need to think wildly just because the visitor was a monster. monster?

Comforting himself like this, Tian Heyao forced himself to relax.

But there is always a vague uneasiness lingering in his heart, and now he doesn't feel sleepy, he simply climbed out of the bedding, poked the little cat demon in his arms and said: "Feiju, I want to go to the river to see the stars."

"Meow?" Fei Ju looked at him in a daze, and shrank back into his embrace, "It's already so late, meow...young master, are you going now?"

"Well, because I can't sleep now," Tian Heyao paused for a while, "Feiju, do you stay here and continue sleeping or go out with me?"

"Woo meow——" the little cat demon raised his head and shook his tail, indicating that he wanted to be with him.

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The Tianhe family's residence is located in the forest of Nojingyuan, with mountains in the north, water in the south, and an undeveloped forest reserve in the west. Only the east has a path leading to the town; The old house used by Shang Tianhe's family is not too big.

It is just an exquisite and elegant forest hut, and the divided courtyard is only a narrow circle.

The courtyard is not suitable for stargazing, as the dense woods will clutter up the view. If you want to enjoy the night, the best place is actually the river beach not far away, where the Tianhe family fetches water every day.After dressing, Tian Heyao glanced at the unchanging candlelight in the direction of Zhongtang, and after thinking about it, he decided not to tell his grandparents.

He carried Feiju to the path in the forest, accompanied by the oppressive wind.

There is always an inexplicable sense of gloom in the woods at night. Whether it is a shady tree crown or a low shrub, they are like giant beasts crouching in the dark; Stopped, and began to tweet tirelessly when they were far away.Moonlight sometimes shines down through the gaps in the leaves, so that after walking all the way, it seems to have passed through several borders of darkness and light. The broken moonlight pulls out the same broken shadows, and then they are embroidered in the distance. behind.

Not long after, he and she had arrived at the river beach.

Looking up at the sky, there are no stars in the sky tonight, only a round moon dotted at the zenith, as the saying goes, the moon is sparse, and the faint moonlight shines on the earth, and the river water also reflects the silver light, shining like a broken moon. like jade.

"It's so beautiful..."

The little cat demon in her arms murmured, her eyes were full of joy and fascination.She seems to have never seen such a beautiful night scene. Although she is a monster, she is still just a young cat demon in the final analysis; Tian Heyao actually knows very well that the little cat demon has always been very lonely. In the original cat demon group, there were no playmates of the same age, and now she lives in Noigen, and she has only herself.

"A colorful childhood is better."

"Eh? Young master, what are you talking about meow?"

"It's nothing."

Tian Heyao smiled, and before the little cat demon could react, he put her on the ground. He rubbed her face, an inexplicable idea came to his mind, and then whistled softly.

The melody of "Castle in the Sky" sounded, melodious and soft.

In fact, the original name of this song should be called "Accompanying You", but it is commonly known as "Castle in the Sky".Known all over the world for its beautiful tunes that make people cry and beautiful melodies that move people's heartstrings, Tian Heyao reproduces it in the form of whistling. Although it lacks the resonance that shocks the soul, it has a touch of moving charm.

The beautiful melody is like the sound of nature, Feiju has closed her eyes to listen, and the whole person (cat) has entered into this unprecedented mystery and melody.

Tian Heyao also sank down, and some memories were picked up by him along with the music.In the previous life, he was also at this age when he heard this song for the first time. That summer, his sister used all her savings to buy a music box for herself. Let his world be full of happiness and laughter.

But that world is no longer there.

With a sigh in his heart, he raised his head and turned his gaze to the starry sky again. The evening wind slowly blew dense clouds, which looked like black curtains against the night.The moonlight leaked through the veil of the sky, and a silver shadow shone on Tian Heyao's face. Gradually, his pupils became ethereal, and the world also became illusory at this moment.

So who can prove that the world he traveled through and reborn is not an illusory existence?

The woods dancing with the wind, the gurgling river not far away, the half-buried boulders, the fine river beach... everything under the night is reflected in his eyes, forming a scene of extreme tranquility and extreme movement. picture.

No one noticed that the shadow behind him was trembling slightly, and the [darkness] attached to him finally responded at this moment, as if she had just woken up, she revived confusedly in the melodious melody.

However, before she fully recovered her will, the next moment, a chill came along with the sound of the wind.

The melody of the whistle stopped abruptly, Tian Heyao closed his eyes and listened carefully to the situation hidden in the wind.He heard a sound of mechanical operation, steel molds rubbed against metal parts, and the wheels rotated when the threads were twisted; the owner of the sound was very careful, even in this silent night, the sounds brought by these preparations were almost indistinguishable. It's not easy to check, but Tian Heyao can hear what it is, because he is too familiar with this sound, and he has been dealing with this kind of thing for most of his life in his last life.

The click is powerful, but it is a murder weapon. This is the sound of a bullet being loaded.

Act.5 Please close your eyes when it gets dark