Why can't humans do it too?

From the start of the plan more than a decade ago, Suer never expected that Jibril would stand by his side because of their interactions. Yes, he knew that the Skywing race also had different expectations for Jibril, who was known as an extra individual, hoping that she could fulfill their master's long-cherished wish and defeat the God of War.

However, Jibril becoming stronger on her own and defeating the God of War is completely different from Jibril helping outsiders kill the God of War. The former is just an internal matter between the Skywing race and the God of War, while the latter is colluding with outsiders and is a complete betrayal.

Even when he left, he didn't choose to see Jibril one last time. It wasn't because he disliked her, but because Sull was certain that neither he nor the pink-haired winged creature had figured out how to face each other... But at least for Sull now, he still wanted to go back to that time in the past.

When the three of them lived together in those ruins.

Chapter 112 Lady Xin Ke is still unwilling

In any case, all the suffering and pain are in the past. As time goes by, Suer misses that time more and more, and even in his memories, it seems to be covered with gold leaf, shining brightly.

I want to bring back the past, to bring back that carefree and beautiful time, to live with the people who matter to me, to see them every day—yes, the people who matter to me.

Sue suddenly realized that Jibril was also among the important people he subconsciously identified... Unexpected, yet not unexpected.

He did not resist.

However, Xin Ke has always kept it in mind, but fortunately, she hasn't taken any drastic actions so far.

—Shouldn't overly aggressive words be considered actions?

Even amidst the chattering, Suer couldn't help but drift off into a daze, suddenly realizing that he was becoming more and more accustomed to Xinke.

This is a good thing.

Uh... I can't let them find out that I'm secretly describing her as chattering.

It was already McDonald's closing time. Suer and Xinke were in the back mountain of the shrine where they had first arrived in this era. Compared to the hustle and bustle of the city, the forest surrounding this place had a more tranquil and peaceful feel, as if it were isolated from the world.

Although Suer felt that it would be better if he wasn't being scolded.

"I really don't understand what you're thinking. You were bored in that prehistoric era and wished you could just fall asleep and be in modern society. You're always worried about whether humanity can develop its own technological civilization with the interference of monsters and gods. Well, open your eyes and take a good look now!" With no one around, Xin Ke simply revealed herself and angrily lashed out.

She was pointing in the direction of the brightly lit city. It had been a long time since Suer had seen her so angry since the end of the war.

“…Yes, they have developed it, but haven’t we all been to the universe to see it? The starry sky, the moon, and the sun outside are completely different from the prehistoric era in that box, right?” Suer’s voice wasn’t loud. “If I played a role in the evolution of this world into what it is today, then wouldn’t I have to go back?”

Even though she didn't need to breathe, Xin Ke's translucent chest heaved angrily with anger. What Su Er could think of, she could naturally think of as well. However, even if she could think of it, it didn't mean she was willing to do it this way.

"It has nothing to do with that Skywing race?" Xin Ke said sarcastically, sneering through her nostrils.

"Related," leaving no room for lies, Sue said frankly, "Yes, just like you said, I don't want to go back either, but if I really need to go back in the future to do something in order to get the life I have now, then I would rather call this an investment."

“Let’s do this to protect such a beautiful future… okay?” Turning to face Xin Ke, Su Er stretched out her hand, palm up. “Don’t worry, if we’re lucky, we might be able to come back soon.”

“You’re so stupid,” Xin Ke said coldly, letting out a long breath.

“I’ve always been stupid… Didn’t you already know this?” Sul shrugged, not taking the criticism seriously, which wasn’t even that sharp.

"You've already reached your final destination, yet you keep searching for a way back. How foolish of you."

Xin Ke repeated it again, but this time Su Er didn't speak. He just raised his outstretched hand in a gesture.

Snapped!

"I will not forgive that fangirl," Xin Ke said coldly, slapping Su Er's hand hard before turning away.

"Whatever you want, or you can call her Birdman... I don't care," Su'er grinned as she looked at Xin Ke's slender back, ignoring the throbbing pain in her palm. "So, we've reached an agreement for now?"

"...I just miss Yashiki-dōji a little."

With an ambiguous answer, Xin Ke raised her arms in front of her. One after another, traces of magic extended from the exposed rocks to the soil and then to the fallen leaves, brushing over every blade of grass, and finally pointing in the same direction, forming a complete circle.

At the very center of this circle is the Divine Tree, whose function is not complicated. It is to gather more spiritual energy in an environment where the world as a whole seems to be asleep and spiritual energy is scarce. Incidentally, there is a similar spell next to the well, but its power is much lower.

This tree is special.

What makes it special is not only its long growth period and the thickness of its trunk, but more so its unique charm that sets it apart from other trees, possessing a mysterious symbolic meaning.

Aside from the large and small skeletons, there was nothing special about the well. The only thing that caught Su'er's attention was the intricate root system of the sacred tree next to it that he had seen when he dug deeper these past two days. The roots did not extend radially as usual, but were unusually entangled right below the well, densely packed together, like a bridge covered by soil, which had never been discovered before.

What's even more peculiar is that the roots are strangely intertwined, forming a vertical shape, as if they were also a well, but a solid one.

Regardless of whether it will have any effect in the end, these spells are just another attempt by him, adding another line to the record of the attempts that Suer has made in the past few days. He is certain that this place is definitely abnormal, and he does not believe that the place where he appeared after stepping out of that galaxy is a coincidence.

Firmly believing this, Suer not only tried it himself, but also avoided the family living in the shrine and examined the ancient books they enshrined in the main hall of the shrine. It seemed to be a record passed down through generations of their family. However, even so, Suer could not find anything unusual in the record and could only keep trying clumsily.

"If the spiritual energy density continues to rise like this, will this tree become a spirit? Like a Yashiki-warashi?" Sur suddenly asked, watching the specks of blue light seep into the trunk.

"Don't have any unfounded expectations. I don't think this attempt will be of any use," Xin Ke continued to pour cold water on the idea. "If there really is some kind of secret here, and if there really is a special kind of energy, then logically we should have already used up that energy by the time we came from such a distant past. And this kind of energy is definitely not something that can be easily replenished by ordinary energy like spiritual energy that is readily available everywhere."

Chapter 113 Kagome's Troubles

The power used by monsters is called demonic power, the power used by Onmyoji is called spiritual power, and the power used by those unseen experts on strange phenomena is called knowledge. The depth and breadth of a real world are enough to give birth to a variety of forms of power.

Therefore, Suer also agreed with Xinke's guess that the tree and the well contained another kind of power—perhaps the resentment or emotions of the monsters before they died, which would explain why there were so many monster skeletons in the well.

The only thing that puzzled Suer was who discovered this place in the distant past, built this well and shrine here, and buried so many monsters in the well—it couldn't have been that these monsters ran down into the well one by one and committed suicide here, could it?

Unless the well has become a spirit and possesses the ability to lure monsters to commit suicide, which it clearly does not have, it is unlikely to have become a spirit.

The most likely answer is that someone, a monster, or a god killed many monsters in the distant past and buried them in a well to produce an energy that is currently only a hypothesis.

This enormous sacred tree was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much spiritual energy entered its trunk, there was no further reaction. Not even a glimmer of light was emitted from its bark. Normally, with so much spiritual energy gathered together, even an opaque object would faintly glow. This also proved that this sacred tree was extraordinary.

Moreover, it wasn't all for naught. A thought struck Suer, and he suddenly felt a vague impulse... like silk threads wrapped around his fingertips, so weak that even a little force would break them.

"what!!!"

The little girl's scream, her voice before puberty, was so shrill that it gave Suer a headache, and the connection that existed between his hazy emotions trembled, as if it would break at any moment.

At the same time as Xin Ke, they turned around to look at the source of the sound. They had just closed their eyes and felt that mysterious feeling, and they had let an ordinary person named Lei sneak up to the back mountain without any warning. Hmm... he doesn't seem to be an ordinary human.

At least at this moment, with all of Suer's senses fully activated, the ball of light on the girl's chest, which was constantly radiating spiritual energy, was dazzlingly bright in his eyes.

The girl... also felt something strange about her body for the first time since birth. She couldn't help but press her chest tightly in pain, as if something was about to burst out. Her skin seemed to be so hot that it was untouchable, but she did not feel the pain of being burned.

She saw the man whose name she didn't know, the monster, and he reached out his hand to her.

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Kagome Higurashi

Because the shrine was called Higurashi Shrine, her surname became fixed thereafter. It wasn't rustic at all; in fact, it sounded quite nice. Originally, the family lived in an apartment building in the city, but after her father died in a traffic accident, they moved together to their ancestral shrine.

Although she could be considered a shrine maiden by some means, she was actually not a professional at all.

Well, that's normal. After all, even among the people living around the shrine, Higurashi Shrine is considered a long-declining shrine. Otherwise, it wouldn't be rumored to be an abandoned shrine, which would scare away people who come to explore.

Moreover, Kagome's dream is to study hard and find a high-paying job, not to inherit the family business and revitalize the shrine. However, these are not the main points.

The key point is that although she was jokingly called a shrine maiden by her friends at school because of her family's shrine, Kagome Higurashi doesn't actually believe that there are monsters in the world. After all, who can believe in things that only exist in picture books and stories and have never appeared in the real world?

However, this naive understanding was completely wiped out that afternoon.

Monsters are real.

Taro, who seemed to sense something was wrong, forcibly dragged her to the back mountain. There she saw a monster with beautiful platinum blonde hair. Even though there was a long scar on his right forehead, it didn't affect his handsomeness at all. If he were in her class, her friends would probably scream.

Yes, it's a monster, definitely not human.

The family's ancient well, which had been said to have never been opened for hundreds of years and would bring bad luck if opened, was opened. And in the blink of an eye, the handsome man had vanished from her sight when she looked up again—how could a human possibly do such a thing?

Not to mention what he and his grandfather saw as the sun was about to set. The grass that was empty before they went to eat was piled up like small hills of soil in such a short distance, clearly just dug out, and even damp and dark.

Not to mention the piles of white bones that Grandpa saw after he brought a ladder and went down... How could such strange and huge skeletons be possessed by ordinary humans or animals? They don't even qualify as fossils.

The most amazing thing was that when she and her grandfather got up early the next day and went to the back mountain, they found that the soil had been filled back in, and the terrible white bones had also been buried at the bottom of the well. The problem of how to deal with the soil that had troubled the old man and the young man all night disappeared.

'Is he a good monster?' For some reason, Kagome had this thought.

At least this monster knows how to clean up the mess he made.

Although she is somewhat precocious due to her father's death and has become stronger because of this experience, none of this has affected the fact that Kagome Higurashi still possesses the fantasies unique to young girls.

Hmm... just random fantasies.

After spending the whole night with her grandfather, she heard many stories about monsters he had encountered when he was young, which deepened her curiosity about these creatures that had never appeared in her life before.

However, nothing unusual happened after that day. The well cover was put back on, and the talismans that were pasted on after the ritual did not cause any abnormalities. No monsters visited, and the monster that Grandpa had mentioned sneaked into the house to freeload did not appear.

Unwilling to give up, Kagome even led Taro to patrol the back mountain many times, but they did not see the blond-haired youkai again around the sacred tree or the well.

Life has returned to its previous state, with no significant changes over the past few months.

Until tonight.

Chapter 114 The Girl's Blood Pressure Continues to Rise

It felt as if my heart was being gripped by a hand, tightly bound and pounding in a limited and misaligned space, rapid and hollow, causing my eardrums to vibrate as well.

In the darkness, something invisible seemed to be calling to her. A sudden tremor in her heart startled Kagome Higurashi awake from her sleep. She hurriedly changed out of her pajamas, grabbed a lantern, and ran as fast as she could towards the back of the shrine.

The options of notifying Grandpa, waking up Mom, or waking up her brother never even crossed her mind. That magical power seemed to have captured Kagome Higurashi's mind, and a burning heat emanating from her chest made her brain burn as well.

Even if she fell, she didn't care. She didn't even have time to pay attention to the lantern that flickered a few times and then went out. Kagome Higurashi continued running towards the back mountain of the shrine without looking back.

The densely forested back mountain should be pitch black at night, with the dense branches and leaves obstructing the view. Tonight, even the moon is hidden behind the clouds. The bright and warm shade under the sunlight during the day only feels eerie at night, as if something shameful is hidden in the darkness, rustling and whispering.

Everything should have been this way.

However, to Kagome Higurashi, who was quickening her pace and even jogging at the end, the bumpy path seemed like flat ground, and she could see clearly even without the light of the lantern.