Neighbors in forbidden land

"Xiao Hei... are you really not a human being?"

Yimi, who finally let go of me, is now looking at me curiously, with black gleam hidden in her blue eyes.

"Um... not."

I'm not human, it's the same before and now.

"I thought you were moving too fast, Xiao Hei... so you have wings..." Yimi walked around behind me slowly, raised her hand, her face was shining with excitement, and she was eager to try. Tone, "Can I touch it? It won't break, right?"

"Won't……"

I don't think it will break if you touch it.

After hearing my answer, Yimi slowly put her finger on my single wing, and her slender fingertips caressed the weather-beaten broken single wing, like a white elf dancing on the black ground.

"Hey……"

As a result, Yimi suddenly stepped up to my side, bent slightly and poked my face.

With my current body, I can clearly feel the... touch of Yimi's fingertips touching my skin.

"what happened?"

"I'm thinking..." Yimi slowly swayed in front of me, bent over and held my face with both hands, and gently pressed his forehead against mine. The black bangs are like vines, gently entangled together, "Xiao Hei, what are those black things on your skin? You have arms, legs, and face..."

"Eh? If so..."

I'm not very clear either... I just became like this just now...

"It looks like scales..." Yimi held my face in her hands, and her fingers slid on my face, but a subtle touch spread all over my body.

It's really... very strange...

"But it feels like a stone..."

Yimi's hand rubbed against my face, her eyes with two colors blinked and blinked, her eyes kept wandering around my face, and finally the tip of her nose touched mine lightly.

I don't know why, but Yimi froze suddenly, and I could only stare blankly at her face so close, and feel her breath, that feeling called warmth.

As a result, the moment Yimi's face turned red, she suddenly moved her face away, quickly put her hand off my face, and then hurriedly turned her face away with her hands behind her back.

"Haha...haha... So, so, who are you, Xiao Hei?"

Seeing Yimi suddenly flustered, although I was a little puzzled, I still paid more attention to Yimi's question.

Who am I.

Or, what am I?

Obviously, I'm not human.

But, am I a monster?

Am I still a monster now?

Or, am I the "disaster"?

"By the way? Xiao Hei, are you the same as the big goblin you met that day?"

Yimi patted her hands lightly and asked with a smile.

big goblin...

I remember she said that she is not a monster, but she is not human either.

By the way, what is she?

"Maybe... right?" I don't know the answer to this question, maybe I can ask her the next time I go to the extreme north.

Although she is not necessarily willing to answer this question...

"That's why Xiao Hei, aren't you afraid... of my eyes?"

Hearing this sentence, I raised my head slightly to look at Yimi who was quietly looking down at me with her hands behind her back.

She didn't wear a cloak woven with leaves and vines, but a black dress. The long black skirt fluttered around her legs, and two white flowers bloomed on her chest as if solidified.

Those eyes with black light looked at me quietly, as if the sky surrounded us, as if the sea surrounded us.

Thinking back carefully, those were actually a pair of pupils that would bring death.

As long as it is seen by those eyes, it will be killed in an instant.

Just like around us, Yimi opened his eyes, and almost all the plants lost their life in an instant, showing a withered posture.

This is why Yimi will be exiled.

That's why we meet here.

Other humans fear the eyes and the death that Yimi can bring.

But for me, these eyes are not terrible.

In addition to the fact that I don't know what kind of emotion fear is, maybe it's also because I can look directly into those eyes.

I can see the blue sky and the blue sea from those eyes.

Just like the clear sky will turn into night, just like the sea will also have waves, just like the black light floating in Yimi's eyes.

"Well, I'm not afraid."

It's great to be able to say that.

"..."

What exactly is beauty?

I never understood.

But now.

"Because...it's beautiful."

Your eyes, your smile, your manner, your name.

It's just beautiful.

"……thanks."

Yimi blushed, nodded slightly to me, and spit out the word slightly.

It must be beautiful too.

Afterwards, Yimi walked towards me, raised her hand and put it on my head.

"Xiao Hei, you are also very cute—huh?"

"Ok?"

Yimi's sudden turn made me a little overwhelmed.

"Your hair..." Yimi rubbed the top of my head with her hands, "What is this?"

what?

Yimi said and put her hand in front of my eyes.

The black powdery substance spread in Yimi's palm, and the next moment, the powder condensed into black light, which floated away from Yimi's hand.

"Uh……"

I don't know about this either...

"Xiao Hei, you have these things all over your head... It doesn't look like dirty things, but I haven't seen it either... Wait, come with me."

As soon as Yimi said that, she grabbed my wrist and pulled me away from here.

"Yimi? Where are we going?"

I let Yimi pull my wrist, and at the same time controlled my fingers not to touch Yimi's hand. As a result, Yimi stopped after taking two steps.

"That's right...it's still Xiaohei, you can take me away..."

"What's wrong?" "Because..." Yimi raised her finger and pointed forward.

I looked in the direction of Yimi's finger, twisting and stretching vines on the ground, and those shriveled plants that were struggling to grow.

All died, lost their only color, and turned into dry remains.

so...

Yimi let go of my hand slowly, and said in a low voice, "I'd better not open my eyes casually from now on..."

"..."

Even if I can resist the magic eye, the life of those plants is still fragile.

"So...Xiao Hei, come and drag me away?"

Yimi whispered in my ear.

but……

"……Feel sorry."

"Why do you have to apologize?" Yimi's face was full of doubts.

"because……"

I slowly imitated Yimi's previous appearance, trying to squat with my legs bent, and then lightly stroked the ground with my hands.

Extremely sharp cut marks instantly appeared on the ground.

"I don't know...why did it become like this..."

It should be said that it has always been like this.

"...Is this the real reason why Xiao Hei said you can't touch me?"

"Yeah." I nodded lightly, this is indeed one of the reasons...

I slowly tried to stand up—

As a result, he fell directly to the ground and hit his face on the ground.

There are strange sensations in my face, body, arms, and legs. Sure enough, I have not adapted to this new body in any way...

"Xiao Hei?" Yimi called my name while holding my arms with both hands and helping me to stand up slowly.

"It's okay..." I imitated Yimi's answer when she fell down before, although I was indeed fine.

This body is still too different from the previous body...

"Be careful...you can fall down..." Yimi wiped the mud off my face with her hands as she spoke, and slid her fingers gently across my forehead and face, "Looks like It really didn't fall anywhere..."

Yimi paused for a moment, then suddenly took my left arm with both hands, and at the same time leaned her body over.

"Yimi?"

"Okay! Anyway, I don't have any other places to grab, so you can take me away and I can prevent you from falling, killing two birds with one stone!" Yimi's eyes turned to my back, "Or do you want to Let me grab your wings? Or... the tail?"

I also turned my head, and the black tail over one meter was quietly hanging on the ground, and the sharp knife stabbed the ground and scratched deep scratches.

I really can't catch it...

"Xiao Hei, don't you think wrongly? I don't have any other thoughts!" Yimi leaned her head on my shoulder while talking, and turned my face to another direction, "Hurry up and lead the way! "

"Oh... but where are we going?"

"Look for the ditch you dug earlier, Xiao Hei."

"The ditch?"

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As a result, Yimi, who had been holding my arm, and I wobbled to the edge of the river, did Yimi reveal her purpose.She drank a few sips first, and then let me sit by the river ditch.

"Sit down."

"Oh……"

I can't sit...

I tried to recall Yimi's sitting posture in my head, and then tried to bend my legs slowly...

As a result, he fell directly by the river.

"Xiao Hei, why are you so stupid...I fell down twice." Yimi slowly squatted down beside me, then grabbed my ankle with her hand, and slowly broke——

Then he suddenly waved his hands, blushed and ran behind me and squatted down: "Move yourself! Do you want me to help you!"

I hastily adjusted my unfamiliar legs, trying to change to the same side-sitting posture as Yimi I had seen.

Why is it so difficult... so it turns out that human actions are so difficult...

"Okay, don't move around, I'll wash your hair for you."

After hearing Yimi's words, I hurriedly stopped my movements. I didn't know where to put my hands and had to hang down on the ground, poking several holes in the ground.

Yimi gently untied the torn white dress wrapped around my hair, her slightly narrowed eyes were full of nostalgia: "This...you still have it..."

"Ah."

After that, Yimi didn't continue to say anything, but just covered her lap with the torn clothes.

My ponytail-like long black hair spread out in an instant, Yimi just reached out to the river ditch to hold water and poured it from the top of my head in silence, I felt a different feeling from before down the top of my head Spread, slide across the cheeks, drip down the neck and onto the cloak.

"Is it cool?"

"No..." I wanted to shake my head, but Yimi gently pressed her down.

"Then don't move."

"Why don't you wash at the beach..." I asked softly, after all, there is a lot of water there, right?

"Washing your hair with sea water, Xiaohei, do you know how to take care of it..." Yimi sighed heavily, "I will teach you all the things related to girls' self-cultivation in the future, one by one, now Be quiet first."

"Yes……"

Yimi repeated the same action while talking, more and more water flowed down my face, and a strange feeling rippled all over my body.

Afterwards, Yimi put her hands on my hair and began to rub and tidy it gently.

The tangled strands of black hair were separated strand by strand in Yimi's hands, becoming as smooth as Yimi's light orange long hair.

Then, through my reflection on the water, I saw it.

The black butterfly-like light shines and flies in Yimi's hands, just like when I turned into a human form before.

"Xiao Hei, your hair...is amazing..."

The expression on Yimi's face was also very surprised, but the movements of her hands did not stop.

I was also surprised.

The black butterfly fluttered along Yimi's fingers and her arms towards the blue sky.

Then--

"Xiaohei, your hair...it turns out to be white..."

I saw it.

In the reflection of the river ditch, the plain white long hair was entwined between Yimi's fingers.

Like clouds dotted in the sky, like snow flying all over the sky, like——

The quiet moonlight in the once dark night.This is... the color of my past.

"What a nice view……"

While Yimi was feeling emotional, the movements of her hands also slowly stopped.

The black butterfly turned into a little shimmer and melted into the air.

In this way, Yimi and I were silent for a long time, until Yimi removed all the black on my hair, leaving only the white with crystal dew, reflecting a faint light in the sun.

"It's really beautiful long hair..."

Yimi stroked my hair lightly. For some reason, I could feel a faint gentleness flowing into my hair along Yimi's fingers.

I turned my head slightly, and looked at Yimi whose face was as gentle as sunshine:

"Yimi, your hair is beautiful too!"

Yes.

I've always felt that way.

"Me?" Yimi's eyes widened slightly, responding to my gaze.

"Well, it's like sunlight! It should be said to be more beautiful than sunlight!"

When I see your long hair, I think of sunshine.

But I believe that it must be more beautiful than the sun.

"Hmm... Although what you said is a matter of course." Yimi puffed out her chest proudly, then raised a hand and gently stroked my head.

"But... thanks."

"Next time I'll help you wash Yimi, shall I?"

I tried to suggest that.

"Xiaohei, will you know?" Yimi just responded to me with a smile.

"Won't……"

"Then just wait obediently... I didn't use much water, so it's almost dry."

Yimi picked up the white torn dress from her lap, and tied my long hair back.

In the clear reflection, a white butterfly is tied to the long white ponytail.

"It suits you very well, Xiao Hei... No, should I call you Xiao Bai now?"

"Eh?"

"Just kidding, blackie."

"Eh..."