Chapter 1783 Saved
"Zhizhi~zhizhi~"

The child stared at the bird and asked uncertainly, "Do you want me to follow you?"

Seeing the bird nod, the child opened his eyes wide in surprise.

He stood up.

The bird has flown forward.

He became anxious and staggered after him.

"At that time, I only saw the little fire and didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation."

The boy lamented the incredible experience, "Until I heard my mother's cry"

"I just realized that I had walked out of the house and even down the stairs and reached the landing."

To this day, he is still confused about what exactly happened at that time.

But the only thing that is certain is -
A small fire saved him.

……

He still remembers that day when his mother hugged him and cried.

He was a little confused.

Of course, to others, his performance appeared to be terrified.

He was indeed terrified.

But, beyond that, the presence of Little Fire lessened his fears.

What that experience left him with was not only fear, but also wonder.

His mother's emotions infected him.

His mother also held him too tight.

He could feel the trembling coming from his mother.

He burst into tears and temporarily forgot about the small fire.

"...When I remembered it later, Xiaohuo had disappeared."

The boy smiled.

Although I was disappointed at that time, I could do nothing about it.

He told his parents about Xiaohuo.

But his parents told him that it was just an illusion in his confused state.

How could there be a bird in the sea of ​​fire?

Did this little bird save him?

What saved him was his own obsession with escaping.

He still remembers that his parents hugged him and praised him for being a brave child.

Since his parents said so, the child soon forgot about the bird in the sea of ​​fire.

but……

"I saw the little fire again behind me."

The boy squinted his eyes. The gaps between the leaves above the place he had just walked past were quite large, and the sunlight projected through stung his eyes.

He took a few quick steps.

“I was pleasantly surprised.”

"I thought the little fire was just an illusion..."

“But it reappeared.”

It was just an ordinary day, a spring afternoon.

He goes home after school.

He looked up inadvertently and saw -
Xiaohuo stood beside the forsythia that was sticking out from the wall.

The beautiful sunset sprinkled on Xiaohuo's body, and his fiery red hair became even more dazzling, making it almost impossible to see the forsythia flowers next to him.

He couldn't help but walk into the wall.

When he got closer, he found that Xiaohuo's body was indeed red, but his head was white.

The fire last time and the sunset this time prevented the boy from noticing this at first.

The small fire under the light of the fire and the sunset glow looked like it was burning with flames all over its body.

Just like... a fire elf.

The boy opened his eyes wide.

His eyes and face were filled with amazement and astonishment.

……

"That was also the time I discovered that Xiao Huo was a monster."

Seeing the road ahead, the boy stopped and turned around.

Walk back again.

"I met a classmate..."

They called his name.

When he turned his head and looked at them, they asked him curiously: What are you looking at?
He was stranger than they were.

Watching birds, of course.

Such a beautiful bird...

He told it like it was.

But they gave me even stranger looks in return.

They said: Where are the birds?

There were no birds on the wall at all.

He froze.

Seeing this, the classmates asked him what was wrong with concern.
They all knew that he had escaped from the fire, and the teacher also told them in class to care more about their classmates. The boy asked them again seriously: Is there really no bird?

They all shook their heads, and some even said that the boy was weird.

The boy was a little flustered and at a loss.

He shook his head.

Said he was just joking.

There really was a bird before, a very beautiful bird.

But it had flown away before they arrived.

The weird atmosphere suddenly disappeared.

The students all laughed.

It is said that boys can also joke.

Because the boy is usually the type of person who doesn't talk much and is not particularly active in class.

The boy forced a smile.

The classmates said goodbye to him and left.

The boy left too.

But soon, the boy ran back.

He was disappointed not to see the bird at his original position.

The shoulders slumped.

“…Squeak~”

This voice? !
The boy turned his head suddenly.

Then, on the other side of the wall, he saw a fiery red bird.

The bird stood with its back to the setting sun, almost as if it was about to melt into it.

The boy walked over slowly.

"You...are a monster?"

……

"...Actually, Xiaohuo isn't the first monster I've seen."

The boy stopped.

After the passers-by had passed by, he continued, "I was only five years old when I first saw a monster."

It was such a long time ago.

But he always remembered it very clearly.

"What does a child that young know?"

The boy smiled and said, "I probably scared my parents at that time."

He still remembers his parents' anxiety, sighs, confusion... and sadness at that time.

"Later, it was my grandmother who told me what I should do."

In order not to worry his parents, he began to pretend that he did not see the monster.

He never approaches monsters.

Grandma said that monsters are very dangerous.

Moreover, humans and demons have different paths.

It's not good to be too close to monsters.

"I once asked my grandma, can she see monsters?"

"But Grandma shook her head."

"Later, when I was older, my grandmother told me that it was her brother who saw the monster when he was a child."

"It's just that time is not comparable to now."

"Grandma's brother...was treated badly."

"I always remember what my grandma said. Monsters may not have any bad intentions, but they will bring bad luck to humans who come into contact with them."

“For a long time I didn’t know if this was the right thing to say.”

"Actually, I'm very curious about monsters."

The boy pursed his lips, "It's a monster after all."

"I've read a lot of books about monsters, and watched a lot of movies and TV series about monsters..."

"Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a Yokai lover."

"But because of what happened to me when I was a child, what my grandmother said, and maybe because of my own personality... I have never dared to approach them."

“Until I encountered a small fire”

"I know this is wrong."

The boy shook his head and said, "Xiaohuo saved me."

"Without the little fire, I would be dead."

"I don't know about other monsters."

"But Xiaohuo is different."

"Little Fire is my friend."

So, Xiaohuo disappeared again and again, and he went to look for Xiaohuo again and again.

He knew Xiaohuo had not left.

Little Fire just got lost.

He wants to bring Xiaohuo back.

　ps: Thank you Cangqiong Qianjue for the reward~(*︶*)!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)