Neighbors in forbidden land

"Where is the sun..."

Yimi, who was sitting in the cave facing the wall, had a very soft voice, as if she was asking me, or talking to herself.

After hearing Yimi's murmur, I stood outside the cave and looked at the sun that was about to set on the skyline. The light penetrating through the clouds dyed the blue-black sky into bright orange red, and the plants on this land also Clothed its own shadow.

Once upon a time, the sun was a huge shining star to me.

The sun will shine, and I can see it. People say that the sun will heat up, but I can't feel it.

What kind of feeling is that?

Yimi, who can feel it, doesn't seem to like basking in the sun.

I rely on the sun to tell the approximate time of my day, but I don't need to know the approximate time because I don't have anything in particular to do.

Therefore, for me in the past, I would not think about the question of "where is the sun", it is better to say whether the sun rises or not.

But now, things are a little different.

When I see the rays of the sun, I think of Imina's hair hanging down to the ground.

Yimi's hair is not so bright, and the color is not so dark, like seeing the sun through the fog.

"Is it dusk... I don't know if the sunset here is the same as the sunset over there?"

Yimi can't see the sun, it should be said that she can't see anything.

The "over there" in her mouth should refer to the far south of the sea, where humans live.

"There should be one to two hours before dinner, but I don't want to move anymore, I've walked too much today." Yimi said this without waiting for my answer.

A part of it is in my mouth, and I can just spit it out when Yimi wants to eat it. Just now, under the guidance of Yimi, I also dug a ditch to bring the water here, and the problem of water use has been basically solved.

"The taste of that meat is really not flattering. The quality of the meat itself is poor, and it's roasted casually. It's really terrible."

I also ate a little bit of Behemoth meat, as a matter of course, I didn't feel anything.

"I feel like a lot of things happened today..."

to me.

For Yimi.

A lot has indeed happened today.

"I'm so tired... Ah!" As a result, Yimi suddenly screamed, and I hurriedly focused my eyes on the hole, which was Yimi's body.

Yimi jumped directly to the side, supporting her body with both hands and kept moving backwards.

"It's okay...Xiao Hei, as long as you're fine..." Yimi had a look of being frightened by something, but I couldn't understand what she said.

"...Don't worry about it. What's more, there seems to be a disgusting bug over there! Xiao Hei, get rid of it!" Yimi pointed at the seat where she was sitting before.

I looked in the direction of her finger, and after looking carefully for a while, I found a reddish-brown worm that had grown a lot of legs and kept twisting its body and limbs on the ground.

Huh?So there are other creatures in this place?

It's really strange, but no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary bug, too small to notice unless you look carefully.

After all, even "fear" doesn't understand anything, so it's normal to stay here.

I stretch out a claw tip.

stamp.

Huh?Didn't die?It seems to be poked crooked.

After all, in order not to hurt Yimi on the side, the movements should not be too big.

Poke again.

Eh?Still missed.

stamp.

Poke again.

Poke again.

Poke poke.

"Xiao Hei! Is it still not done yet? And why is there such a big commotion when hitting a bug?" Yimi shivered and shivered and shrank to one side and shouted to me.

It would be easy if it was as big as Behemoth.

Re-aligning the claws... By the way, why bother?

I directly pierced the tip of my claws into the ground, and pulled out the cave with insects and dirt.

Lightly fill in the foot.

ended.

I report the results to Yimi.

"I really... don't want to live here..." After a sigh of relief, Yimi, who sat on the ground, wrapped her arms around her legs bent in front of her, put her face on her legs, and squeezed out Such words.

silence.

According to Yimi, since she can be called a princess, she must have had a much better life in the past than she does now.

But why was he exiled here?

"Xiaohei..." Yimi's faint voice echoed in the cave, like a long breath.

"How long have you been here?"

How long?

The answer to this question -

Right on top of that mountain.

"Forgot... did you..." Yimi slowly repeated these words.

"You've lived here for so long...it's been hard..."

this...

Because, until I met you, there is nothing I need to do.

Even if I met you, I don't think there is any hard work.

"...No... Are you uncomfortable..."

Because, I don't have only hearing and vision, no other senses.

After I met you, I found the color of your hair from the rays of the sun.

"...Why are you...so optimistic..."

What exactly does "optimism" mean?

Does it mean my current state?

As for why.

I'm not so sure either.

How many days have passed.

The world regains its vitality, the sea and sky are reshaped, mountains and rivers are displaced, plants sprout fragile sprouts, animals find a recovery environment, monsters start to become active again, and human beings expand their civilization.

Although the world is still very desolate, but gradually regained their own posture.

I once set off from the extreme south and traveled to many places on this planet.

In the end, I chose to stay here, in this land that humans call a forbidden land.

Don't trouble the world any more.

That's how we got here.

That's how it came.

But now...

day to day.

While still desolate, the land is recovering.

When you come, you bring a different color.

You bring a different light orange color.

Let me learn to look at the sun and appreciate your appearance.

"..." Yimi didn't respond at all.

I looked down into the cave.

Yimi put her hands together under her head, lying on her side on the ground, curled up in a ball, her light orange hair spread out on the ground behind her to surround her, her chest rose and fell evenly, and she let out a steady sound. breath.

Are you asleep?

If that's the case, then go and write a diary.

I gently spread out the broken wings behind me, rose slowly, and flew towards the mountain where I wrote my diary.

Because I wrote from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, I flew upwards along the words I carved on the mountain wall until I was almost at the same height as the clouds, and there were no my inscriptions on the mountain wall.

I glanced at the time I wrote down in my diary yesterday, then stretched out my paws and started to write today's diary:

"Today I met a human girl, her name is Yimi, she is a princess, she was exiled here, always closed her eyes. Her voice is very soft, I can't judge whether her voice is beautiful, but I I think it should be like the chirping of a bird. Although I haven't had the chance to hear it, her voice must be more beautiful than a bird. Her appearance is very weak, and I can't judge whether her appearance is beautiful, but I think it should be like The sun in the sky, because I can often see the sun, her appearance must be more beautiful than the sun. Her hair is really long, longer than any human hair I have ever seen. She is going to live here, now She fell asleep."

Hmm, this is enough, and finally, I engraved today's date:

"No.40 thirty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty six days."

Watching the gravel roll down the mountain wall, I also returned to the entrance of the cave where Yimi was.

Fortunately, Yimi was still sleeping and did not wake her up.

At this time, the sun finally dipped below the horizon, taking away the last tinge of orange, and night came, with countless stars shining among the clouds, and silence sprinkled on this desolate land.

I lay down next to the cave, curled my body into a ball, folded my wings behind my back, surrounded myself with my tail, listened to Yimi's breathing in the cave, and looked at her peaceful sleeping face.

Good night, Yimi.