Neighbors in forbidden land

I have wondered countless times why humans are afraid of me and hate me.

Whether it is the human beings before the day of disaster, or the human beings after the day of disaster.

Is it because of my appearance?Is it because of my strength?Or because of something else?

If the human beings before the day of calamity were afraid of me, it was because of various reasons, but I didn't explore it.

Then after the day of disaster, I have completely lost the opportunity to explore.

Because human beings will never give me such a chance again.

The mistakes I made cannot be undone.

So I never left the Forbidden Land again, just to stay out of trouble.

But today, I have to make another note.

If humans were writing diaries, they would definitely write about disaster invasion today.

I directly smashed the magic barrier that was so huge that it covered the whole country, leaving only the area where I didn't go, and the magic barrier barely supported it.

Even if I fly along the way, I will inevitably damage an unknown number of houses and trample on many streets.

It reminded me of the storm that night. The cave where Yimi hid was destroyed by natural disasters. The mudslides and collapsed caves from the top of the mountain were accompanied by howling winds in the dark night. As a result, I had to start again at the foot of other mountains. A cave was dug.

For human beings, food, clothing, and housing are undoubtedly essential elements for survival.

So, in the eyes of those humans, I am no different from the squalls and rainstorms.

Wherever it goes, it will be destroyed.

Moreover, there will always be a time when the violent wind subsides, and there will be a time when the rainstorm will finally patter.

But I have always been there.

Once I decided not to be close to human beings, because of one person.

Now I broke the original decision, but also because of one person.

I once faced that person with my truest face, but it ended up like that.

Now I tell countless lies just because I don't want to repeat the same mistakes.

Did humans reject me, or did I reject humans?

It's just that when I see Yimi, I occasionally forget all the past.

He will naturally communicate with her and meet her various requirements.

We were able to live together so naturally only because she couldn't see me, couldn't touch me, couldn't hear me.

She totally sees me as a human being, a human being on her equal.

That's why they accepted me so naturally.

Even so, I also feel that if it can go on like this, maybe...

However, in fact it is impossible.

Even I know that you can't lie.

Humans don't like being lied to either.

But only in this way can Yimi and I get started.

With the name "Black Pearl", although Yimi prefers to call me Xiao Hei.

With everything that came after.

Maybe that's how it should be?

Lies are bad things.

But why, I, who lied, can see Yimi's smile?

I don't understand, don't understand, don't understand, don't understand.

But why, I, who gave the gift, saw a different ending?

In order for humans to accept me, she suggested that I give the moon as a gift, on the grounds that the moon shines beautifully.

I don't understand what beauty is, and the moon doesn't shine, all I know is... there's nothing left.

In order for Yimi to accept me, I gave away the shells drifting by the sea as a gift, the reason being that I didn't know.

But Yimi laughed and cried again, what was the reason for this.

A glowing moon and a non-glowing shell.

So why.

Also, why.

Does Yimi want to stay with me?

Or do you just want to stay with "Xiao Hei"?

I do not know.

So, I have to check it out.

Because, it is impossible for me to deceive Yimi for the rest of my life.

My life is long, but Yimi's is short.

I don't want her life to be spent in a lie.

Because she should know, know all the truth.

So, I let Yimi decide for herself.

If she opens her eyes, she will be able to see me.

I will not die, but what will happen, I don't know.

What kind of expression will Yimi face me? Will she be afraid?

Like being afraid of the night?Like being afraid of thunder and lightning?

Like being afraid of... disaster?

Now, I am standing in front of Yimi.

She told me to hide behind her, and in the past no matter what, I would do as she said.

But only this time, allow me to defy you.

Because, this is something you need to face Yimi.

Because, this is what I need to face.

"Then... I opened my eyes."

This is what Yimi carefully asked after repeated confirmation.

I am sorry.

Once again, I lied.

But, this should be the last time.

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The moment I opened my eyes.

I thought about many, many things.

What exactly is it that Xiao Hei wants me to see?

For a moment.

Unreasonable fear permeated my body, and even my body trembled.

Because I thought of a possibility, a possibility that I dreaded most.

But soon, strong light flooded into my eyes, and the originally mild sunlight became incomparably irritating at this moment, which made my eyes which had just been opened subconsciously close again, and tears flowed uncontrollably When I got down, the dizziness that flooded my brain instantly overwhelmed my fear, and I almost couldn't stand still and fell directly to the ground.

Fortunately, this is not the first time I have done this. Based on previous experience, I hastily raised my right hand and gently covered my eyes, trying to slowly reopen my eyes, while letting a little bit of light flow through the gaps between my fingers. into your field of vision.

Under the control of my dizzy brain, my eyes felt the strong light called sunlight, and I slowly adjusted my sight, looking at the world from the shadow between my fingers.

Familiar yet unfamiliar sunshine covers the whole world. I say familiar because every day, the sun will fall on each of us without exception. I say unfamiliar because I haven’t seen the sun for a long time. The sun is very warm. But too dazzling.I blinked hard, then tried to slowly move my right hand away, letting the light from the sky fall on my face.

To keep in my eyes the most incredible landscapes of this forbidden land.

I saw it.

Flying... Butterflies.

Black, white butterflies, butterflies made of pure colors.

It is like the curtain drawn by a wonderful opera, like the brilliance of thousands of years upstream.

But I know it's not a butterfly.

I know how fragile a butterfly is.

Under the superior conditions of the imperial palace, there will only be a small number of butterflies.

They are light and graceful, dancing surrounded by flowers and plants, and their small wings are swaying and warm with the fragile wind.

These are not butterflies. Butterflies cannot live in such a harsh environment in the Forbidden Land.

These are lights.

It is countless lights.

It is a symphony of black and white, with wings playing a silent movement in the sun.

They hovered above the blue sky in a wonderful arc, and then melted into the sunlight with a touch of innocence.

And among the circling black and white butterflies, stood a young girl.

A girl that I may have imagined countless times in my mind, but I couldn't see it after all.

Maybe that's what it said that day.

I once thought that she might have a smaller and cuter body than mine, otherwise how could she make light movements.

I once thought that she should also have long black hair that I never care about, but I just tied it into a long ponytail casually with the clothes I gave her.

I once thought that she must have a pair of black eyes that are more beautiful than mine, with confusion and tranquility towards the world.

I once thought that she must have a delicate and lovely face, even if there are spots like black scales on it, I also believe that there are no ugly girls in this world.

I once thought that she might always be naked, wantonly showing her slender youth to the world, flaunting her perhaps imperfect skin in this uninhabited land.

It's just that I didn't expect that the cloak I wove that day, the cloak that was abandoned in that sad heavy rain.

Just right, on her body, with scaly black blotches protruding from the almost withered cloak, but it didn't detract from her beauty in the slightest.

It's just that I didn't expect that behind her was a black wingspan riddled with holes and a slender tail full of blades.

It's just that I didn't think about it, I didn't even close my eyes.

She is right in front of my eyes.

"Small... black?"

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Eh?

It felt like something had broken off of me just now.

Like dust blown up by the wind, but with a glimmer of black and white mixed, it soars to the blue sky.

"Small... black?"

After the light faded away, I raised my head slightly and looked at Yimi with a stunned face. In the pupils clearer than the blue sky, there was a black floating light.

Wait... that's not right...

Why do I have to look up to see Yimi's face?

When did Yimi become so big?

wrong.

There was a reaction that could not be described in words from all over the body, which had never been seen before...

……Feel?

wrong.

I slowly raised my arms.

Raised under completely different control, it was a white arm that was even slender than Yimi's, with fine lines of black scattered on it... What is this?

And the end of the arm.

It is no longer black claws.

It's human-like slender fingers, the right claw... There are five fingers on the hand, and only four on the left.

"Eh?"

Unconsciously, he exclaimed with his original voice, but it was not the usual deep and roaring voice.It's a crisp voice similar to Yimi's.

what happened……

Looking down at his body, it was no longer a scorched black body like a rock.

It was a body that was slenderer than Yimi's, and even the snow-white chest under the cloak that had been put on his body from his arms at some point had protrusions similar to Yimi's.

how do I……

Become like a human?

Eh?

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?"

I also know for the first time.

He could make a sharper voice than Yimi who was already stunned in front of him.