Neighbors in forbidden land

"And...how far..." Yimi's pace gradually slowed down as her footsteps became vain, and she walked forward unsteadily.

Although I can already see the little goo churning on the beach, but for Yimi I am afraid there is still a certain distance.

Fortunately, the humans at the beach had given up on "playing" with Guo after seeing me approaching, and basically all scattered and left.

"Gulu Gulu! (Yi! Black!)"

The little Goo who saw me seemed to be happily calling our names, and then he slammed into a nearby boat. The mast and various loads on the ship were thrown to pieces by this tail, and the whole All the boats were shaking violently in the capsized waves.

They told her to hide it...

In fact, I can also see it from here. Under the blue-black scales falling off her body, there are already many wounds of different sizes on the surface of the darker body, and the bright red blood slides down the gaps in the scales. was quickly washed away by sea water.

Her body...is still too fragile.

"I seem to hear the voice of Little Goo, is it very close?"

"Then let's go!" Yimi said, holding the long black skirt with both hands, speeding up her pace a little.

Even so, during this period, the magic attacks launched against me have never stopped.

Flame, ice, snow, thunder and lightning, strong wind and even pure magic power, the interval between attacks is getting longer and longer, but even I can feel the destructive power getting bigger and bigger every time.

The resulting movement became louder and louder. At first, it was like a rock collapse, and finally, even the gust of wind roared like thunder and lightning. My broken wings let out a violent "cry" under the continuous bombardment. creaking" sound.

But... when did the wings become so broken?

It used to be a good white pair of wings... Now the scorched surface is full of broken holes.

Since that day, the day of calamity, after I was buried in lava, these wings have become like this.

Unlike the rest of my body, this is clearly the most vulnerable part of my body.

Maybe this is the reason why I became so scorched, is it really because the fire is too big...

I slowly watched Yimi continue to advance along the street, and at the same time turned my head slightly, and found that more human beings had surrounded us from different directions.

But the speed of the encirclement is not fast, so you are still afraid of me and Xiaogu...

Of course...it is also very likely that he noticed that Yimi was here too.

Later, they probably realized that such an attack would not work against me.

Therefore, the direction of the attack was changed to aim at Xiao Gu who was waiting for us by the sea.

Now it's troublesome.

I flew up in a hurry, rushed to the magic attack route, and helped Xiaogu block the attack that was enough to smash a hill.

A huge sound exploded on my body, and the wind pressure spread out in all directions centered on me, kicking up all the dust on the ground and fluttering in mid-air.

"Xiao Hei? What was that sound just now?" I could hear Yimi's shout, who was obviously some distance away from here, and sure enough, the noise this time was still too loud.

Thick smoke billowed from all parts of his body, if this blow had hit Xiao Gu's body... I'm afraid even Xiao Gu would have suffered a lot of injuries.

"Gulu Gululu! (Yi! I'll pick you up!)"

As if sensing danger, Xiao Gu flicked her silvery white tail fin, and countless huge foams began to rise on the tumbling sea surface, and the ups and downs of the waves turned into huge waves tens of meters high, rushing towards Yimi's direction past.

Before I could react, the waves that were about to reach Yimi's position split up in an instant, turning into two low streams of water that surrounded the running Yimi in the middle.

The next moment, the two streams of water converged, wrapping Yimi in the middle, and retreated along the road to the sea as if the tide was ebbing, and at the same time rolled Yimi into the sea.

Then I saw Yimi, who was wet all over, riding on top of Goo, coughing non-stop.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! This is a cough! What the hell...it scared me to death...cough!"

Although the method was a bit rough, it was finally done.

I took a few steps to the seaside. This place seems to be specially used for placing ships used by humans. I can see that there are many ships docked here in the distance. Nearby... only the wood slag and fragments floating on the water are left. The ship is gone.

Although Xiao Gu has no way to understand the human language spoken by my way of conscious communication.

but.

I believe she will be able to understand this sentence.

Little Goo on the beach blinked his white eyes at me.

"Gulu. (Go away, Yi, Hei.)"

The silver tail fin stirred the sea surface, and the blue body hovered northward in the sea.

"Hey! Xiao Hei, why...don't you come with us?"

Although Yimi couldn't see it, she could hear it.

"Xiao Hei, what are you going to do... are you going to disappear again!"

Yimi, who was sitting on Xiaogu's back, called out to me, what is her expression?

Looks like you're going to cry, right?

Is this sadness?

Sad for what?

Because of me?

"..."

After a brief silence.

"fraud."

Although I have lied to you many times.

I've been lying since the first day I met you.

But this time.

Because I still have something to say to you.

"... Hurry up if you have something to do, don't waste time, or you will be fined to kneel when you come back."

But I seem to be lying on my stomach all the time, right?

Yimi smiled lightly, then waved her hand:

"When you come back, don't break your promise again?"

I waved my paw at Yimi:

In the end, I nodded to Little Goo. Little Goo circled the sea for the last time, passed through the gap in the magic barrier that was smashed by her before, and covered the entire country, and swam towards the north at high speed.But...the speed seems to be a bit fast?

Can Xiaogu understand... I'm worried that Yimi will be thrown into the sea by her...

Seeing the figures of Yimi and Xiaogu getting farther and farther towards the skyline, I also slowly turned around.

Groups of human beings surrounded me in the direction of where I was, surrounded me in a semicircle several hundred meters away, and behind me was the sea that gradually returned to calm because of Xiao Gu's departure.

And the one standing at the front of the group is——

"Are you Azusa..."

I used my own voice to call out her name.

She was wearing a simpler black dress than Yimi's, with two white flowers hanging on her chest, and holding a red sword in her hand.Her hair is much shorter than Yimi's hair, and even the color looks similar to the surrounding humans, but she can feel many things different from Yimi from her body.

I could see the people behind her making noises and whispering.The expression on her face was slightly distorted, but she quickly regained her composure.

"I understand..." She raised her sword, pointing the blazing tip at me, "You must be that little black."

"Yes." I nodded.

I felt that the voices of the group of people around me became more and more noisy, but with a wave of Azusa's hand, everyone fell silent.

"This is the first time I know that you can speak human language... What is your purpose?"

This is where she differs from Yimi.

Her eyes are different from Yimi's.

Yimi's eyes are like sunshine.

Her eyes are like a sword in her hand.

"I don't know what my purpose is."

When I said these words, everyone on the opposite side exclaimed in a low voice, only Azusa was still staring at me.

"I just rescued Yimi who was abandoned by you."

"you……"

Azusa's face darkened instantly, and his eyes became sharper.

"What do you know..." He just gritted his teeth and said this sentence.

"I really don't understand anything."

"..."

I don't understand why humans have so many emotions.

Will be happy, sad, melancholy, and all kinds of emotions that I don't understand.

I don't understand why humans have so many expressions.

I can laugh, cry, stare, and make all kinds of expressions that I can't understand.

I don't understand why humans have so many gaps.

Can understand, tolerate, communicate, doubt, hate, and behave in various ways that I don't understand.

I don't understand why there are so many colors in the world, and why there are these colors.

The blue sea is transparent, the bright white sun is orange, and the blue sky is black.

The silvery moon was stone gray.

So the whole world turned into a sea of ​​flames, leaving only red.

I don't understand anything, so humans and monsters all over the world want me to die.

I don't understand anything, so I always get blamed by Yimi.

I don't understand anything, so I make mistakes.

I don't understand anything, that's why I became like this.

"I don't understand anything, especially I don't understand your behavior of throwing Yimi in a forbidden place and then taking her away."

"..." I couldn't understand the expression on Azusa's face, I only knew that she was silent.

I don't even know why I'm still here.

I don't know what's wrong with me now.

the first time.

I don't seem to be "in control" of myself.

"I don't understand anything, that's why I stayed there for many days, many, many, many days..."

I haven't left that land for a long time, until Yimi's arrival.

"I don't know anything, but ah..."

Seeing Yimi's face, she frowns and smiles, cries and fusses.

"I don't understand anything, I only understand that I promised Yimi—"

Maybe--

"—I will stay with her until the end of my life."

"Don't say the princess's name casually..." Azusa swung open the sword in her hand, red flames spread along the tip of the sword, becoming as long as my claws, her short hair fluttered in the flames, but her expression did not change. Illuminated by flames.

Yimi once said that you who can become the captain of the guard knight are more powerful than me.

You who can knock down a squadron of knights and kill many lions and tigers are stronger than me.

I always remember this sentence.

I don't know why I do this.

I spread my wings, shook off the coiled tail, and opened my two paws.

I just want to prove it.

You can protect Yimi well, if I am stronger than you, then I can also protect Yimi well.

"It's the same with you...don't call me princess princess..."

Yimi she is.

my princess.