Chapter 31 A book
Because he was too concerned about the scene in his dream, Natsume didn't realize the change in his aura at all. Naturally, he didn't expect that just such a small change would attract Tomoe's attention.
"I'm really fine, I just had a nightmare. Go to sleep, Tomoe!"
Natsume shouted towards the door, mumbling reasons that even he couldn't convince himself of, even if it was the truth.
In fact, Tomoe really didn't believe Natsume's words -
Natsume would wake up and even have a disturbed breath because of a nightmare? No matter how you look at it, it’s impossible!
With Natsume's calmness, how could he be frightened by a dream?
However, Tomoe still responded, then turned and left. It wasn't that he believed the reasons Natsume said, but that he didn't want to embarrass Natsume - he even gave a poor excuse like a nightmare. This shows that
Natsume I really don't want to disturb him by going in by myself.
What on earth was he doing in the bedroom?
Thinking that Natsume was hiding something from him, and that Natsume might not completely trust him, Tomoe's heart sank, and a hint of hurt flashed across his eyes.
After feeling that Ba Wei's breath outside the door had gone away, Natsume in the room relaxed a little. He knew that Ba Wei must have misunderstood him, but now he didn't want to explain anything to Ba Wei. It wasn't that he didn't value Ba Wei. , I really don’t know what to say to him.
Regarding the fact that he may have another contracted beast, Natsume currently doesn't want Tomoe to know, because his intuition is that Tomoe will definitely not like this.
And Natsume, who lied to Tomoe, also didn't want to do it, so he could only let him suffer a little temporarily.
Since attending Higurashi Kagome's birthday party that day, Natsume has had the same dream almost every day, the same scene, the same monster, but the appearance of the monster has been very blurry, and Natsume has not seen it clearly after so many days. .
The strange dreams in the past few days made Natsume, who originally didn't want to pay attention to the summons, change his mind and went to Higurashi Shrine again. However, he did not go to the small ancestral hall of the Bone Shouting Well, but walked around Higurashi Shrine.
"It's rare for children nowadays to be interested in shrines!"
The most excited person about Natsume's arrival was not Kagome Higurashi, but Grandpa Higurashi!
Grandpa Higurashi always likes to tell others the origin of everything in the shrine, but his family is not interested at all and always quickly changes the topic or pretends not to have heard anything. This makes Grandpa Higurashi very disappointed. .
Things that I regard as treasures are so disdainful to my family!
However, when Grandpa Higurashi habitually told Natsume about those things like Buddha's hands and kappa bones, he found that he actually stood up quietly from beginning to end without looking impatient!
Now, as if Grandpa Higurashi had found a soulmate, he pushed his granddaughter aside and completely dominated Natsume!
Higurashi Kagome was very helpless, but could not use any violent methods against her grandfather, so she could only watch her friend being "occupied" and "poisoned" by her grandfather and was helpless, feeling extremely sorry for Natsume.
In fact, this was just Kagome Higurashi's subjective idea. For Natsume, he didn't think it was boring to be dragged by Grandpa Higurashi to tell stories.
Because Natsume discovered that what Grandpa Higurashi said was almost all the truth!
It's just that after modern people have received scientific education, they no longer believe in strange things, so they feel that Grandpa Higurashi is always talking nonsense, and that's why they feel impatient.
Natsume learned a lot from Grandpa Higurashi!
——One
talked enthusiastically, and the other listened attentively. Slowly, the two of them arrived at the warehouse of the shrine.
"These are all my treasures!"
Grandpa Higurashi proudly introduced his collection to Natsume:
"This brush is made of the tail hair of the nine-tailed fox. It has powerful spiritual power. Use it to draw talismans. The power of the seal is doubled;
this is a five-hundred-year-old peach branch, which is the most suitable for use in this method;
this necklace is made of werewolf teeth, and it will keep the weak monsters away from them. ;
..."
Grandpa Higurashi cherishes his "baby" very much, and he can't hide the proud expression on his face.
Natsume just glanced at Grandpa Higurashi's collection and was able to determine that most of them were fakes.
Grandpa Higurashi is the kind of standard person who talks on paper. He has strong theoretical knowledge, but he has no understanding of what those things really look like, so he accepts a lot of fakes.
Of course, Natsume would not tell the truth to Grandpa Higurashi. Natsume didn't want to make this cute little old man sad.
Originally just casually scanning the fakes, Natsume's eyes suddenly condensed and stopped on something - this is... it is indeed a shrine with a long history, and it does have some good things!
The long stay of Natsume's gaze was noticed by Grandpa Higurashi. Looking along his line of sight, Grandpa Higurashi discovered something that aroused Natsume's interest.
He reached out and took the thing off the cabinet. The thick dust spread instantly, causing Grandpa Higurashi to choke and sneeze several times.
"When did I put this thing here?"
Grandpa Higurashi said to himself strangely.
At this time, Grandpa Higurashi was holding an old book in his hand. The yellowed pages showed their age.
"This is..."
Natsume asked Grandpa Higurashi.
In fact, Natsume did not know what this book was. The reason why it attracted his attention was only because Natsume detected spiritual power fluctuations in that book.
This is one of the only things in the warehouse that has spiritual power fluctuations, and the spiritual power fluctuations far exceed those of the other items.
So Natsume was sure it must be something good.
——
"This is a book about contracts."
Grandpa Higurashi told Natsume about the old book in his hand without any concealment:
"This book has detailed instructions on how to conclude and terminate various contracts. Explanation."
Grandpa Higurashi said as he handed the book to Natsume:
"I see that you are very interested in this book, so I will give it to you!"
Grandpa Higurashi said very generously.
"No, I can't have it."
Natsume didn't reach out and refused directly:
"This book is too precious, so Grandpa Higurashi should take it back."
"Precious?"
Grandpa Higurashi opened his mouth and laughed after hearing this:
"Conclude a contract. It sounds very powerful, but it also has limitations, because it is only useful for monsters.
Now that there are no monsters anymore, what is the use of this book? If you don't accept it, you are looking down on me!"
Chapter 32 is not the only one?
Even though Grandpa Higurashi talks about it all day long and talks about various monsters and legends in a clear and logical manner, in fact, without spiritual power, he doesn't believe in those things at all, so he has no pressure when talking to Natsume.
It wasn't until a few years later, when he saw the half-demon Inuyasha and his granddaughter disappearing into the bone-eating well, that Grandpa Higurashi realized that those things were true. There were real monsters in the world, but he just couldn't see them. !
Of course, he has no way of seeing the future now.
"Take it quickly, it's not a big deal!"
After saying that, seeing that Natsume still had no intention of accepting it, Grandpa Higurashi simply threw the book at Natsume, so that Natsume had to catch the book.
"Then thank you Grandpa Higurashi."
At this time, Natsume stopped being pretentious. Anyway, this book is really almost like a piece of waste paper to Grandpa Higurashi who has no spiritual power.
No matter how much theoretical knowledge he has, it is of no use.
Seeing Natsume put away the book, Grandpa Higurashi smiled with satisfaction, then deliberately lowered his voice and whispered to Natsume: "Actually, when I was a child, I believed that there were monsters in the world, and I kept all the monsters in the book
. I have tried all the spells, and the result..."
Grandpa Higurashi shrugged and gave Natsume a "you know" look:
"So just go home and study it, it's better not to experiment."
"..."
Natsume He glanced at the funny Grandpa Higurashi and said nothing.
——Not going to test? How is that possible? If you don't use the opportunities you finally encounter, it would be a waste of resources.
Natsume's silence was taken as acquiescence by Grandpa Higurashi. After nodding with satisfaction again, he turned around and walked out: "
We have almost seen the collection in the warehouse. Let's go to other places."
Grandpa Higurashi turned around without saying. I saw that just when he said those words, the old book in Natsume's hand suddenly emitted a golden light, and then "swish" it got into Natsume's forehead and disappeared.
Natsume was stunned by what happened suddenly. If it wasn't for his calm personality, he might have couldn't help shouting -
nonsense, even if a normal person saw a book burrowing into his body, he wouldn't be able to help it. You won't be completely indifferent!
Of course, Natsume is not a normal person.
At the same time as the golden light disappeared, Natsume inexplicably gained something in his mind. Spells and formations were all knowledge related to contracts. Natsume, who was originally a little ignorant about this aspect, suddenly became a master. characters!
Speaking of which, Natsume is not completely unfamiliar with contracts. After all, he also had a pet beast in his previous life, but the laws of the two worlds seem to be somewhat different. Some of his abilities and knowledge can be used universally, but some are not easy to use. .
The biggest change among them is this contract.
But now, Natsume suddenly got rid of his novice status in terms of contracts, and he was well aware of the contract between him and Tomoe.
It can be said that if Natsume wants to terminate the contract with Tomoe, then after a few hand seals, there will be no relationship between him and Tomoe.
Of course, now that the relationship with Tomoe has improved, Natsume has no intention of terminating the contract. Who made him accustomed to Tomoe's service?
Grandpa Higurashi was still talking non-stop in front of him, but he didn't know that the thoughts of the only listener behind him had gone to nowhere.
Fortunately, Natsume's expression was always neither sad nor happy, and Grandpa Higurashi, who had a carefree personality, didn't notice his distraction at all.
As for the missing book...
Grandpa Higurashi said that within three minutes of leaving the warehouse, he had already forgotten about the worthless thing!
——Getting
good things at Higurashi Shrine kept Natsume in a good mood. Even though he could still feel the unknown call, it did not affect his good mood.
After returning home, Tomoe immediately noticed that Natsume was in good condition today, a change from the irritability of the previous days.
Yes, Tomoe is so smart and perceptive. He had already noticed something unusual about Natsume when he had a nightmare on the first day, but Natsume didn't say anything and he pretended not to know.
However, Ba Wei's mood has been very depressed these days. As a servant, he cannot gain the trust of his master and cannot even figure out why his master is unhappy. For Ba Wei, this is a very painful thing.
Now, seeing that Natsume seemed to be in a good mood, Tomoe hesitated for a moment and finally asked the question that had been bothering him for several days: "Xiao Zhi, can you tell me what is bothering you these days
? ?"
As he said that, as if he was afraid that Natsume would be angry with him for paying attention to his private life, Tomoe followed up with another sentence: "
If you don't want to say it, you don't have to say it."
Although he really wanted to know the answer.
——Can’t you bear it anymore?
Just like Tomoe can easily detect subtle changes in Natsume's mood, Natsume, as the master, can also feel Tomoe's mood if he wants to.
Therefore, Natsume has long known that Tomoe is depressed these days, but he has never said anything. But now that Tomoe has made it clear, Natsume hesitated for a while and decided to tell the truth.
On the one hand, this decision was made because Natsume couldn't bear to see Tomoe continue to suffer. On the other hand, it was also due to the book he got today - when he got the knowledge
in that book, Natsume already knew it. He felt The summons that arrived has nothing to do with the contract!
In other words, he still only has one contracted beast, Bawei.
——
"I'm really a little anxious these days."
Natsume admitted to Tomoe.
After listening to Natsume's words, Tomoe immediately started to look forward to it -
was Xiaozhi planning to tell him the secret?
Natsume's words below confirmed that Tomoe's guess was correct.
"Ever since I went to Higurashi Shrine, I felt a call, as if someone was calling me, and when I got home, I started to have some messy dreams that were completely out of my control." Needless to say much, because at this time Ba Wei's face had become ugly.
The smart Tomoe immediately understood the reason why Natsume concealed himself before, and at the same time, his heart did rise as Natsume had worried before - summoning? Did Natsume make contracts with other monsters besides himself at that time?
Tomoe felt sad when he thought that he was no longer Natsume's only one.