total eclipse of heart

The drizzle was falling, drenching Kyoto at the end of March.

Weeping cherry blossoms hang down under the eaves, and the petals of the cherry blossoms fall with the drizzle, rustling down.Mu, who was lying down, turned his head and saw Ying Yu outside the door, he didn't speak, there was no one in front of the bed, and he was a little lonely.

A few days had passed since the night of the Hundred Ghosts' Night Walk, and after that, he fell into a serious illness and stayed in the sickbed all day long. Master Ye Wang ordered him to rest well.After subduing the demon that night, something seemed to have changed.From the outside to the inside, both.But he didn't want to think about it anymore, he obeyed Lord Ye Wang's words and fell asleep night after night.

On this day, I thought it was a boring and lonely day, but Mu woke up and saw Huajian brothers and sisters.

"Yo Mu~" Hua Jianmu waved at him with a smile, scratched his scalp after thinking about it, and then changed his words: "No, I should call you Ma Cangmu now!"

Seeing the Hanami brothers and sisters who suddenly appeared in front of him, Mu straightened up and looked at them with a little embarrassment.How is this going?How did they suddenly appear here?This is Lord Ye's mansion.

"Lord Ye Wang allowed us to visit you." Seeing his doubts, Hua Jianyuan, who was kneeling beside his elder brother, said softly.

Mu was stunned, Mr. Ye Wang...what was he thinking.

Seeing Mu with a dazed expression, he furrowed his thick and straight eyebrows, rushed over and put his hands on Mu's neck and hugged him vigorously: "Now that you've become Ma Cangmu, don't you recognize me as a big brother?"

Mu quickly glanced at him in bewilderment, and said in a low voice, "It's not..."

"Hey, hey, this looks good." Hua Jianmu nodded with satisfaction, this little brother finally recovered to the dull and timid when we first met, this is in line with his wishes.Hua Jianyuan looked at the two of them, covered his sleeves and smiled.Through this movement, Mu discovered that she was wearing a light undershirt, and the outer robe was pink and yellow crab claws. Her jet-black hair was parted left and right, hanging down to her neck, tied with a ribbon, and the length was around her chest.

"Yuan..." He uttered in surprise, his gaze fell on Hanamiki inadvertently, and he also noticed the difference.The straight clothes (Note 1) are the same as his, except that the one on the wooden body is different from his bright water red, it is black with white patterns, and it is solemn and solemn, which does not match his lively and carefree personality.However, the boy sat upright, and he was somewhat calm.

Mu looked at them silently, and didn't bring up this topic.It was Hua Jianmu who took the initiative and said, "Hey, Yuan and I have been adopted by a big adoptive family, so the clothes we wear are not worse than yours!" He said, pointing to his clothes, a little proud.

Mu nodded, smiled, and talked about various daily things.Talk about the Izumo Kagura in the ritual ceremony, talk about the ghosts getting lost while traveling at night, and talk about Lord Ye Wang's awesomeness.While talking, he either unintentionally or intentionally cast his eyes towards the shadows in the house, as if he saw something, then shook his head under Hana Jianyuan's concerned question and continued to talk about the cherry blossom viewing in March.

Mentioning this point, Hanamiki put his fist in his palm and happily proposed: "By the way, let's go to enjoy the cherry blossoms some other day!"

Mu Jing paused, looked at Hua Jianyuan, and said, "The three of us?"

Hua Jianmu nodded heavily, "En! There are three of us."

Mu looked at him for a while, then nodded, and said softly, "Okay."

——You want to say, someone acting in a show won’t be so real, right?

——You still want to believe them, don’t you?

——Then why don't you think about it, the biggest doubt in their words.

Mu raised his drooping head, turned around, and said coldly to the monster in the shadow: "Shut up." Then he picked up a spell and shot it at the monster hiding in the shadow like an arrow. The body in the shadow quickly shrank back.

"Remember, you are my servant now." Mu's eyes widened suddenly, and his face became ferocious, "The filthy things that are not even considered shikigami are still talking too much, do you want to die?"

It is no longer the shy, humble and timid Mu in front of the Hanami brothers and sisters, but the Asakang Mu who was reborn with a surname.

Only a few people in Yinyang Liao knew about the fact that he was named Ye Wang.How did the Hanami brothers and sisters far outside the city know?And it was precisely at this time that they were adopted by a big family in the city, all of this was a bit strange.

"Anyway, I trust my friend." Mu murmured.

So during the conversation, he didn't inquire at all about who the big family adopted Hanami brothers and sisters.Similarly, he was very relieved that the Huajian brothers and sisters did not inquire why he was named Ma Cang.

They still treat each other as friends.

Therefore, he will believe Huajian.After all, he only has one friend, Huajian.

Goodbye Lord Ye Wang, after Mu recovered from his illness.

It was in a rain of cherry blossoms falling under the cherry blossom trees.

The pink cherry blossoms, the white hunting clothes, and Ye Wang stretching out his long sleeves, not only has the suave and suave style of writing poems like a young man like a jade, but also the calmness of a public official with the world in his heart. In Mu's heart, he is a god.

Mu bowed respectfully, but when he raised his head, he was attracted by the little thing in Ye Wang's arms.

is a cat.His hair is yellowish brown, his head is round, and there is a black "king" drawn from the top of his head to his forehead. He looks like the king of the forest, but the alertness in his eyes belongs to a cat.

"This is..." Mu opened his mouth slightly, as if he couldn't understand the little animals bouncing around in Ye Wang's arms.

——That's Lord Ye Wang's arms!

Why didn't he get this treatment...

Ye Wang chuckled, Mu was awakened immediately, and hurriedly shook his head trying to explain: "Ye, Mr. Ye Wang, I, I, I, I..."

That's not what it means!

"What does 'that mean' mean?" Ye Wang asked with a smile in his eyes.

Mu, who had never seen Lord Ye Wang like this, didn't realize that he was being molested. He stammered and hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word. Smiling and genuinely happy.

My lord...he seems very happy.

...But, the second half of the sentence just now I just thought in my heart?

Ye Wang let out a "huh", embraced the kitten in his arms, and replied to his previous sentence: "Probably because I discovered that there are more pure souls in this world besides you." After saying that, he lowered his head He smiled at the kitten in his arms, and the kitten raised its head as if it could understand human words, and meowed at King Ye as if agreeing.

Then he raised his head, his eyes were stern, and his thin lips parted slightly, "You probably understand a little bit, I can hear your thoughts. Of course, it's not just you, everyone's."

Mu froze for a moment.

Ye Wang smiled at him and asked softly, "Are you afraid?"

That smile is the spring breeze that melts everything, Mu slowed down and shook his head.

"If I don't have evil thoughts, there is nothing to be afraid of." Mu drooped his eyes, and his thick butterfly-like eyelashes cast a small shadow on his face, "I know it's difficult, but because I admire and like Ye Lord Wang, such feelings will not change."

"If one day, I will face you with swords like Lord Ye's enemy. At that time, please kill me without hesitation."

As if he didn't know that what he said was terrible, Mu raised his eyes, just like Ye Wang smiled at him just now, and returned a bright and shadowless smile.

What is the same in this world... Ye Wang sighed slightly in his heart, but lowered his eyes and slightly curved the corners of his mouth.

"Compared to your inexplicable entanglement, this kitten is more determined." As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and tapped the kitten's forehead, teasing the little thing in his arms.The kitten raised its head in dissatisfaction and barked at him in protest.

"Meow!" The kitten in his arms opened his round eyes wide open due to dissatisfaction, a little innocent and innocent, just like the boy in front of him.

Seeing this, a smile rose in Ye Wang's eyes, and a gentleness that he didn't even know permeated his eyes, shining like moonlight shining on the earth.

One person and one cat construct a picturesque painting under the cherry tree.

But Mu, who was standing aside, held his breath, not daring to disturb such a beautiful picture scroll.At the same time, I shed tears for myself in my heart, in this world, people are not as good as cats.

"Master Ye Wang, does this kitten have a name?"

Ye Wang raised his head and thought about it carefully. His long wine red hair flowed down his shoulders, which was more eye-catching than the sunset in the sky.When the cherry blossoms fell, he thought, "Quanzong, he is a psychic kitten. From now on, we will call him (Note 2) Maoyou Quanzong (Note 3)."

King Ma Cangye probably didn't expect that the two names he had named in his life were all related to his failure later.One is a person and the other is a cat.In the late spring of March thousands of years ago, under the cherry blossom trees, they all appeared beside him.

Then, many years later, his story with them is not over.

And before that future comes, the boy named Ma Cangmu and the kitten named Maoyouguzong in front of him will be his most beneficial helpers in the next important battle.

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[(Note 1) Straight clothing: Straight clothing with reduced sizes for children. There are no color restrictions, and bright and thick colors are mostly used. 】

[(Note 2) His name: For Ye Wang, all living beings are equal, he likes pure souls, so he doesn’t care about those "he, she, it" referents who treat things differently, but are equal" he". 】

[(Note 3) Mao Youquanzong: A character only in the comic version of "Shaman King".It is the holding spirit of Ma Cang Yewang thousands of years ago. 】