Chapter 821: So I am the variable?
Chapter 821: So I am the variable?
"Ibo, you seem a little sad?"
Kamiyagawa's tone of inquiry was friendly, like that of a gentle brother, and there was an indescribable guiding meaning in his words.
If Kamiya wants to extort information now, he doesn't even need [One Thousand Silver Needles].
Most people can't resist this.
The little boy, Ibo, was an "ordinary person". Under such a guiding question, his inner emotions surged, and the blue color that symbolized sadness became even darker.
"Grandma Kuan passed away more than ten days ago." Yibonana said.
"Grandma Kuan?"
"Well, grandma is very kind to me. Although the other people who stayed with me were also very kind to me, Grandma Hiro was the best. Moreover, it was Grandma Hiro who brought me out of Mizuho Kokuto when I was still a baby. If it weren't for her, I would have died a long time ago."
It sounds like the reason why Ibo is so sad is because of the death of his relatives in "reality".
When it comes to Grandma Hiro, Iba's desire to talk becomes stronger. He glances at the Yatagarasu standing behind Kamiya River and says:
"Granny Hiro also has wings, just like my older sister. However, her feathers are colorful. As far as I can remember, I have been running around in the reed plains with the adults around me. Because Hikoha Ryobu went crazy, the reed plains were in chaos and many people died. When I was a child, I was often scared. When I went to bed at night, Grandma Hiro would hug me with her wings. As long as I was with her, I was not so scared."
"Wings? So, Grandma Kuan is a demon, right?"
Kamiyagawa continued to ask leading questions.
Judging from Yi Bo's appearance, the boy obviously belongs to the human race among the grass.
"Everyone who is with me, whether they are human or demon species... everyone is the same. Everyone is having a hard time."
Ibo obviously doesn't care much about the issue of human grass race.
It seems that there are many evil people like Grandma A Kuan among the people who are with him.
Kamiyagawa briefly recalled the currently known information. According to Hikoba Ryoutake's own account, after realizing that Okuninushi was influencing successive emperors, Hikoba Ryoutake massacred many people, probably out of rebellion or revenge.
Under the rule of the last human emperor, the situation of all the people in Awahara should not be very good.
From this point of view, there should be nothing wrong with what Ibo said.
"You said that the Awahara where you live is full of chaos and danger, but I think Grandma Hiro wants you to live well. She will bless you, Iwa." Because he also has a lot of "children" at home, Kamiya patted Iwa's head as gently as possible.
"If possible, I hope we can all live well together."
"Ah."
This child has a good vision in his heart.
Yi Bo is a pretty strong kid, but in a dream, confessing his sorrow to the person in the dream... he doesn't think this is weakness.
He really needs some comfort from others.
Moreover, this topic was brought up by the older brother in the dream.
It's like he can see through people's hearts and is very considerate.
But since it was a dream, everything seemed reasonable.
No matter what, big brother is a good person!
Because he received some timely comfort from Kamiyagawa, the little boy Ibo's favorability increased.
"Hmm..." During this back-and-forth conversation, Yi Bo, who had been standing with his back against the wall, suddenly snorted softly, and then looked at the three-way stone corridor in front of him with a confused expression.
"what happened?"
"That voice, I hear it calling me again."
Ibo stared at the dark corridor without moving, his thin body trembling slightly.
"You seem to want to find that voice."
"Well, I want to figure out what this dream is all about."
"Then go find it, we'll go with you."
"Hmm." Ibo was stunned for a moment, then tried to force a smile, "That...that's great. Big brother and big sister, thank you."
Perhaps because of the presence of Kamiya River and Yatagarasu, he was no longer as timid and fearful as when he was alone.
With the company of these two friendly dreamers, perhaps he can really find the truth of this strange dream.
……
In the capital of Mizuho Province where prophecies exist, the existence of the little boy Iha is like a variable.
Kamiyagawa is not yet sure what impact this variable will have on the development of the situation.
But no matter what, the most appropriate way to deal with it right now is to keep him by my side. In this way, even if this boy causes some abnormal changes in the situation, we can react in the first time to avoid falling into a passive situation.
In this way, Kamiya asked the little old man to continue to assign his external body to explore around, while he asked Iwa to try to lead the way, trying to find the source of the so-called "voice calling Iwa".
"It seems... this side."
With Kamiyagawa's company, Iba calmed down a lot.
He finally felt that this handsome older brother who appeared in his dream had a very peculiar personal charm.
As long as this big brother is here, people can feel at ease, as if everything will be fine, and even if the sky falls, the big brother can hold it up.
As his condition improved a lot, Ibo could hear more clearly the voice that only he could hear.
The sound was finally no longer as illusory as it was at the beginning, and its direction could be slowly determined.
Led by Iwa, Kamiya and his party walked for a long time in the maze-like stone corridor until -
"Abba!"
The little old man who was accompanying them began to sense something.
Somewhere ahead, there is something worth noting.
After turning a few more winding roads, we began to sense the Kamiya River and the Yatagarasu.
Ibo was indeed leading his group to a very special place.
There seemed to be an extremely restrained divine aura ahead. It was not quite right to call it the aura of a god. Moreover, this aura itself was similar to the overall aura of the Mizuho Kingdom, so it was not so easy to detect from a distance.
Having said that, although the interior space of the palace in Shuisui Kingdom is very large, it becomes like a maze after being abandoned.
But with the little old man spreading out to conduct a carpet search, Kamiya and his group should be able to find this place sooner or later.
The appearance of Ibo accelerated this process.
The stone corridor we were exploring was wider than the others we had passed along the way. However, the number of gray-white crystal pillars had increased, strangely rising from the floor, walls, and even the ceiling, almost filling the corridor.
Each pillar of stone crystal also contained the corpse of a human. They looked much more vivid than those seen before, and their clothes were also uniform, and they all looked like they were wearing sacrificial white robes.
All the people were in the same posture, with their hands clasped together, worshipping in the direction of the end of the stone corridor.
After passing these crystal pillars, the things at the end of the corridor finally appeared in front of everyone.
It was a huge carved stone door. The divine aura that was sensed earlier came from behind the stone door.
"Big Brother, Big Sister, it's right here! That voice came from behind here!"
Ibami said so confidently.
"Abba whining!"
At this time, the little old man finally escaped back into the bronze pendant of the duck.
The Yatagarasu who was traveling with them looked at Kamiyagawa, and after receiving a nod from the latter, she slowly walked forward and put her fair and slender hands against the stone door.
Use a little more force.
Kaka.
There was a spine-chilling grating sound, and the heavy door opened.
Behind the door was an empty, sealed stone chamber without any furnishings. Swirling mist filled the air, rising and spreading with a bone-chilling chill, obscuring everything in the space.
The only thing that was noticeable was the top layer of the mist, which was under the dome of the room. There was a woman floating there. The woman was wearing a colorful robe, with a pair of bare white feet. She was curled up with a gray crystal in her arms.
The surface of the crystal is flat and smooth, like a large glowing egg.
Her face was completely unclear, giving people a soft feeling, and her posture floating in the air was extremely smooth and natural, looking like she was sleeping peacefully.
Considering the aura of the gods here, this should be a goddess.
The sudden appearance of Kamiya Kawa and his party, who came uninvited, did not disturb the goddess's sweet dream. She was still curled up slightly in the air, breathing steadily in her chest, only causing her colorful robes to flutter up and down like flowing water.
"Iwanaga-hime?"
At first glance, Kamiya Kawa felt that this goddess gave a similar feeling to Iwanagahime whom he had seen in the crystal before.
When he quickly focused his eyes and further observed the goddess who was suspected to be Iwanagahime, he suddenly found something wrong——
There was a ring on the ring finger of the goddess' left hand as she held the stone egg.
There was nothing special about the ring itself, but Kamiya had seen it and even held it in his hands.
It was the one he returned to Ibo!
If I have to say, the ring on the goddess's finger is more transparent and cleaner, and complete without any gaps.
But there’s nothing wrong with that feeling.
That thing should be the same as Ibo's, the two rings, one new and one old, probably belong to two different time and space.
Not having the energy to carefully analyze the disordered time and space relationship symbolized by the ring, Kamiyagawa quickly looked at Iha.
The boy's face was filled with endless confusion. He just stood there blankly, looking up at the goddess in the sky, but his pupils were completely out of focus and without any spirit. Then, Yi Bo moved his lips unconsciously, and two empty words slipped out from under his lips and tongue:
"Mother."
Ibo had never seen his mother, nor had he ever seen the woman floating in the air.
But for some reason, he felt that he should call the other person that.
Hearing Ibo's call, the goddess in the sky responded.
She turned over lightly in the misty air, as if she had turned over lazily in her sleep. Then she stretched out her left hand, caressing Ibo, and murmured softly in her sleep:
"My child."
The sleeves of her colorful robe danced in the air like flowing water, and the goddess gently hooked the five fingers of her left hand.
In an instant, the clear sound of the piano echoed in the empty stone chamber.
From Ibo's small body, first a few strings were thrown out, and then a zither almost as high as Ibo's was extracted.
This ancient Xuanqin is probably the Tianzhaoqin.
"Is this thing in Ibo's body?"
Not only the Tianzhaoqin that appeared out of thin air, but even the raw bow and arrows and the An Ya Huangquanjin stored in the [Mirage Bag] of Kamiya River also flew out uncontrollably at this time. The slender bow and arrow and the sickle full of evil spirit kept buzzing.
The night-eating power of [Mirage Bag] actually failed to stop them.
The three divine weapons floated in the air, but all of them moved towards Ibo.
Pulled by the invisible force, Ibo's feet began to dangle in the air, and his body slowly floated up.
"Hey! Ippo!"
The development of the situation was somewhat unexpected, but Kamiyagawa was quick-witted and quickly dodged and grabbed Ibo.
I don't know if it was due to the extremely high "charisma" of the current lord of Takama-ga-hara, but even with just a shout, a pull, and a touch, Iba, who had lost his mind and judgment, actually regained some consciousness.
He didn't know what was happening now.
He was just instinctively afraid of the incomprehensible abnormality, and struggled to return to Kamiyagawa, who gave him a sense of security.
While pulling Iwa down, Kamiyagawa's calm yet excited brain was extremely active.
A previously ignored idea flashed through his mind.
Regarding the prophecy that might have been left by Iwanagahime——
[An outsider who has the potential to become a king will enter the capital of Awihara Mizuho with a bow and arrow. When he collects the three artifacts, Oana Muchi will be born into the world with the former glory of Awihara!]
When he saw this prophecy before, Kamiya had a preconceived notion that the so-called "outsider with the potential to become a king" was himself.
But, could it be that...
The content of this prophecy itself has nothing to do with me, right?
Iwa is also an outsider in Mizuho Province!
Moreover, if he stayed with me who had a raw bow and arrow, would that count as "entering the capital of Ashihara Mizuho with a raw bow and arrow"?
Well, the usual ambiguity of prophecy.
Come to think of it, it seems to be true, since it wasn’t Xiao Wu who gave the prophecy.
Perhaps only when Wu of my own family interprets the future vision, he will speak eloquently, clearly, and plainly, and mention everything in detail, for fear that people will not understand or have misunderstandings...
"There is a connection between Okuninushi's three sacred treasures and Iwa. If this child is an outsider with the potential to become a king..." Kamiyagawa's brain turned quickly, "Then, am I the variable that appeared in the capital of Mizuho?"
It turned out that I was the troublemaker.
"my child……"
Thanks to Kamiyagawa's intervention and his charm that appealed to both men and women of all ages, Iwa had broken free from the maternal call, grabbed Kamiya's haori, and hid behind him.
But the colorful-robed goddess floating in the air didn't seem to feel anything unusual.
It seemed as if she was completely unaware that the "child" Iwa, whom she had never met, had "defected" to Kamiya River.
She just stretched her body gently and continued the unfinished rituals and movements.
This goddess might be Iwanagahime, but she is definitely not acting with her own consciousness. No wonder she gave Kamiya and his party the feeling that her divine aura was incomplete, and no wonder she was wearing a complete ring on her hand.
Perhaps the Iwanagahime here is just an afterimage of her incarnation left over from a period when she still wore the ring.
Click——!
The gray-white stone egg in Panchangji's arms broke open, and the cracks continued to expand, emitting a dazzling white light that could cover the entire stone chamber.
"Be reborn in eternity, my child. You are His descendant, you are His flesh and blood. You are the flesh of the old emperor, you are the new king of the reed plains. You are, Oanamuchi." (End of this chapter)
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