Grandmother Dressed Up

"I noticed it when I saw you, little brat." The chubby cat looked at Natsume Takashi warily, "That butterfly-like mark is obviously not an ordinary tattoo, but has a very dangerous smell .”

"Imprint?" Natsume Takashi turned his head to look at the window glass of the room strangely. There was nothing strange about his own reflection in the glass, and there was not even a single mole on the exposed collarbone, let alone a butterfly. Same mark.

"There is nothing." Takashi Natsume turned his head to look at Fat Cat, "Teacher Cat, are you sure?"

After Natsume Takashi moved into Fujiwara's house, he knew that this town was the hometown of his grandmother Natsume Reiko, and found some relics left by her grandmother, from which he got a "Book of Friends" with many monster names written on it.Holding the "Book of Friends" you can command the monsters who left their names on the book, so there have been many monsters who attacked Takashi Natsume and wanted to snatch the Book of Friends.

There are also those monsters whose names are on the "Book of Friends", who came to Natsume Takashi's body because the spiritual power in his body was very similar to that of his grandmother Natsume Reiko, and hoped that Natsume Takashi could return their names, so Natsume Takashi's Life becomes busy and dangerous in an instant.

However, perhaps because Natsume Takashi has powerful spiritual power in his body, recently there is a big monster named "Madara" who has been following him in the form of a lucky fat cat, guiding him about the account of friends like a teacher. Things, Natsume Takashi's life is still full of surprises.

On this day, Natsume Takashi suddenly remembered that there were still some grandma's belongings that had not been sorted out, so he took advantage of the weekend to study the remaining boxes in the room, but there was no gain for a while.

That is, when the relics were about to be sorted out, Madara, who had turned into a fat cat, suddenly said something strange.

There is a butterfly-shaped mark under his neck?

Natsume Takashi is very aware of his body, so he also knows that there is no so-called butterfly mark on any corner of his body.

"Can't you see?" The spotted fat cat showed a strange expression on his face, "It was in that position from the beginning, the glutinous rice balls made by Aunt Tazi are so big, they should be black, but the color is very light, it doesn't look like it It’s too eye-catching, but not ugly.”

"Could it be that only you, Mr. Kitty...or only monsters can see it?" Natsume Takashi didn't doubt what Madara said, so he stroked the place where there might be a butterfly mark, "Could it be another monster's curse? But I don't I remember encountering strange monsters recently."

"Curse?" Madara moved closer to Natsume Takashi, stretched out his round cat paws and climbed onto Natsume Takashi's body, softly touched the butterfly mark that only he could see, muttering , "I can feel that there is a spiritual power that is completely different from yours, and it didn't appear recently."

"That is to say..."

"It is true that someone or a monster left this mark on your neck, kid, but it may have been a long, long time ago." Madara narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, "If it is a curse, it has been too long , but to be on the safe side, it’s better to remove it as soon as possible.”

"I don't even know what this mark looks like." Takashi Natsume looked at Madara, "Mr. Cat, can you help remove this mark?"

"No matter how you touch it, there is no response." Madara touched the butterfly mark with her soft paw again, "I will try to touch it lightly with spiritual power, and if it hurts, I must yell out."

"I'm sorry, Teacher Cat."

Natsume Takashi saw the pattern on Madara's fat cat's head that only the main body had. After a burst of faint blue light, Madara stretched out his hand to the position of the mark again.

"Boom!!"

Immediately afterwards, Natsume Takashi himself didn't see what happened clearly. When he came back to his senses, Madara had already flew upside down towards the opposite cabinet, and knocked down the cabinet door after a loud noise. The whole cat was dizzy Lie down on the fallen cupboard door and passed out.

Natsume Takashi touched the place where the invisible mark was, and Madara looked like he was attacked by that mark!

"Guizhi, what was that voice just now?" Aunt Tazi asked from outside.

"It's okay, the cat accidentally fell." Natsume Takashi quickly explained.

"So loud? Did Panji eat too much recently?" "Panji" was the name given to Madara by Aunt Tako.

"Yeah, but it's fine, Aunt Toko, don't worry." After comforting Aunt Toko, Natsume Takashi walked over and picked Madara, who was gradually waking up, from the cabinet door and shook it gently, "Cat Teacher, are you okay?"

"Natsume, you are really a lucky guy." Madara regained his composure, and looked at Takashi Natsume as if he were sizing up a stranger.

"Cat teacher?"

"That mark should have been imprinted on you by a very powerful big monster. If a monster attacks you with spiritual power, the impression in this brand will attack that monster." Madara stood up and shook his body, "Also That is to say, the function of this mark is to protect you, and there is a big monster who has been protecting you."

There is a big monster who has been protecting Takashi Natsume.

"Hmph, I underestimated the enemy just now. If I had been prepared in advance, the imprint left by this kind of age would not make me so embarrassed." Madara turned around and pointed Natsume Takashi with her round butt and tail, He said somewhat dissatisfied, "However, after so many years, this mark still has such spiritual power... Kid, it seems that you know a very powerful monster."

"Why must it be a monster? Couldn't it be a human?" Because of the "Book of Friends", the first thing that popped up in Natsume Takashi's mind was his grandmother Natsume Reiko.

"Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people in this world who can see monsters. Many descendants of monster exterminations have no spiritual power in their bodies, and even some demon exterminations will lose their spiritual power with age and become invisible to monsters." Ordinary people." Madara shook the cat's head, "In the current world, it is impossible for humans to leave such a mark."

"Although Reiko has very powerful spiritual power, she has never used it in such a complicated way." Madara seemed to know what Natsume Takashi was thinking, "Natsume, when you were attacked by monsters before, did any monsters appear like the one just now?" How about being bounced?"

"Mr. Kitty, you also said before that spiritual power is a very precious power for monsters, so except for monsters with strong spiritual power, ordinary monsters hardly use spiritual power to attack." Takashi Natsume shook his head , "I have never been attacked by a particularly powerful monster, so the mark may not have been activated."

"That is to say, the monster who left this mark on you...he believes that you can deal with ordinary monsters, so he just needs to protect you from being hurt by powerful monsters." Madara analyzed to himself.

"Natsume, you seem to be unlucky, but you are actually quite lucky. You have been out of danger all the time, and your life is safe."

"No." Natsume Takashi suddenly showed an expression of reminiscence, "When I was young, I was once chased by a monster to a barren hill, and I was almost killed by a monster that looked like a rhinoceros. I didn't have the strength to resist at all. if not……"

Speaking of this, Natsume Takashi's voice suddenly stopped, and a figure in a kimono appeared in his mind after a long time. Although the kimono was broken, it was incredibly beautiful.

"If not?" Madara looked at Natsume Takashi intently.

Natsume Takashi was silent for a while, and then said: "At that time, a monster saved me."

"What kind of monster?"

"Her name is Zuiyue, and she is a monster who lives on rocks and likes to drink. She said that she is a monster of rocks, and she can't stay too far away from rocks until she becomes stronger." Takashi Natsume's memories of eight years ago gradually became clear. "It's a female youkai wearing a kimono. It looks no different from a human in appearance, and it's a very beautiful woman."

"Is the butterfly imprint on your body related to that monster?"

"I remembered, Mr. Cat!" Natsume Takashi's eyes lit up, "The kimono of Zuiyue is indeed embroidered with a butterfly-shaped Eha, and she should know grandma."

"Know Reiko? That should be it." Madara nodded secretly.

"Mr. Cat, you know a lot about grandma. Do you know that monster named Zuiyue?" Natsume Takashi said, and told Madara about Zuiyue and his agreement eight years ago, "Leave that small town Afterwards, I went through a lot of host families, and also encountered a lot of uncomfortable things because of the ability to see monsters, but as long as I think about getting over it, I will meet Zuiyue, and the whole person seems not so uncomfortable."

"After becoming stronger, I left the stone to find you? It sounds like that monster is lying, right?" Madara ran to steal the snack Natsume Takashi put aside, "How could a monster who can leave that mark be killed by a Stone bound?"

"Reiko knows so many monsters, even I don't know most of the monsters in "Friends Book". It's not surprising that there is a monster I haven't heard of before."

"Maybe I'm lying, but I'm still very grateful to her." Takashi Natsume smiled, "And it is very likely that she left this butterfly mark, which can be said to have been with me in an invisible place."

Natsume Takashi and Madara had their own thoughts, but because they couldn't discuss anything, they continued to organize some things left by Natsume Reiko.

"Cat teacher!"

When Natsume Takashi was sorting out the last box, he suddenly saw an old photo frame at the bottom of the box. The photos in the frame...

It turned out to be a photo of Natsume Reiko and Zuiyue!

"This is Zuiyue!" Natsume Takashi immediately sent the photo frame to Madara who was eating a few plates of dim sum.In the photo, Natsume Reiko's face was flushed and she was smiling very happily. She looked like she was drunk, and she was very boldly hooking Zuiyue's shoulder beside her.Zuiyue, who was sitting next to Reiko, was holding her forehead with a headache expression, although she was helpless, she couldn't hide the smile at the corner of her mouth.

"It's really a rare beauty!" Madara's eyes lit up when he saw the beauty in kimono in the photo.

"Here is another letter." Natsume Takashi turned to a sealed envelope from the bottom, with the words "Drunk Moon Received" written on it.

"Looks like it's a letter written by Reiko to that beauty." Madara rushed over immediately and urged with strong curiosity, "Shall we take it apart and have a look?"

"No!" Natsume Takashi immediately hid the letter, "This is a letter from grandma to Zuiyue. If I have a chance to see you again, I will give this letter to Zuiyue."

The rejected teacher cat rolled on the tatami mat in boredom.

"I don't know if Zuiyue is still sleeping on the rock." Takashi Natsume couldn't help thinking after finishing packing up grandma's belongings.

On a mountain not far from the town, in a large Japanese-style house, a skinny young man in a black kimono with a spell on his right eye was called to a stop in the corridor of the courtyard.

"Mr. Dechang, our family found a very powerful monster in the forest to the east, maybe you will be interested in it." In front of the young man who was much younger than himself, the middle-aged man who spoke was still respectful and cautious.

"No need." The long-haired young man didn't look back, "It's no longer necessary."

The young man walked all the way, walked along the promenade into another courtyard with a pool, and walked slowly towards the figure in a kimono sitting sideways by the pool.

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Zuiyue: I'm going to find someone who will pay the bill