This mountainous area was originally inhabited by many monsters. The land of Jiutian Kingdom is limited, but its population is increasing year by year. People's territory gradually expanded here, but getting along with monsters was not harmonious.
Fortunately, both parties reached an unwritten agreement. Although there are occasional conflicts between the two sides, they are not always bloody. Every three to five months, it is not a new thing to hear about someone whose child was captured or who killed a monster on the mountain. Throughout the year, accidents rarely happen. At that time, Xue Mo traveled between villages all year round, bringing needs and knowledge from here and there. Adults and children alike like him and respect him.
One day, a young woodcutter was cutting wood in the forest. The trees near the village were all cut down because several families got married at the same time and built many houses. His father and mother also live in the village. Because his father has limited legs and feet, he is the only one who can cut firewood for three families. The young man worked very hard and went deep into the woods without knowing it.
He saw a woman in the woods—a beautiful woman. Her eyes were as charming as silk, her blond hair was like soft gold, and her eyes were like blazing flames. She sat on a branch and on a whim, played a trick on the young woodcutter.
The two got to know each other and exchanged names. The sun was about to set, and he suddenly realized that he was too busy chatting and had forgotten the important task of chopping wood. But when he turned around, he found that his firewood basket was already filled with dry firewood. He thought it was strange, but the girl said that he had a full basket when he came. He scratched his head and smiled honestly.
The young man was an honest man. He told his family everything he had seen and heard. His parents and sister all said that he was stupid, possessed by evil spirits, or had encountered a mountain demon. He didn't believe it, so his sister said that the only people with blond hair were Fan people from the outer sea. Fan people would go to see the king, and they couldn't come to such a remote place to suffer. Furthermore, Fan people were speaking in Fan language, how could he possibly understand them? So either he was making up lies, or he hit a demon, and he was really lucky to get him back safely. From now on, you should avoid going to such places, otherwise you will be eaten by monsters sooner or later.
Although the blond girl was a little naughty, she was so kind, how could she harm him?
He went there the next day and the blond girl was still there. The young woodcutter said that his family told him that she must be a monster. Unexpectedly, the girl admitted it openly and said, "Yes, I am a monster, a monster from Garuda."
He was a little scared, but after thinking about it again, he still didn't believe it. The two of them chatted one by one until it got dark. After the sun goes down, the woodcutter's firewood is full again.
Although the woodcutter was honest, he was not too stupid. He could figure out the reason after a few rounds. One day he told the girl Garuda that he believed she was a monster and he wanted to see the girl's true body. She disagreed and said that you humans all judge people by their appearance. If she changes back to her original form, he will definitely be scared away and never come to see her again like the people in the past. The woodcutter promised again and again, but the bird girl still didn't listen, and he was very disappointed. Later, he heard in the village that venomous snake gall was something Garuda liked, so he ventured into the mountains to catch snakes. When he didn't show up in front of the woman as promised, she became anxious. When the woodcutter almost died in Shekou, he was saved by Garuda girl. That's a really big python.
"Are you stupid! Big pythons are not poisonous. And we don't eat ordinary venomous snakes."
"You like Naga, I know." The woodcutter patted his chest with lingering fear, "They say this kind of snake demon is very big."
"You are such a fool."
"I thought you liked it."
The Garuda girl blushed. She knew that the young woodcutter was at a curious age. In order to prevent him from causing more trouble in the future, she agreed to show him the prototype. I never thought that her real body was a monster with a human face and a bird body. Although she still had a beautiful face, it felt a bit forced and nondescript.
The woodcutter laughed.
When he saw the woman's strange expression, he immediately covered his mouth and apologized. On the contrary, Garuda was very strange, because everyone was scared away before, but the woodcutter was not, and he still smiled so happily.
The woodcutter carried the big snake back, causing quite a stir. He said that monsters were helping him, and the villagers slowly began to believe him. Gradually, some people also said that they had seen him and the blonde succubus in his mouth in the woods. As soon as it was passed down from person to person, the matter became public. Human nature is always jealous, men can't stand him, and women are afraid of him. It was clearly a heroic act to eliminate harm for the people, but the woodcutter found that life gradually became difficult since then.
He was very sad and told Garuda about his feelings. The bird girl thought for a while and said, if you don't mind, just come to the mountains and live with me. Although when she was still in the egg, her parents told her that humans could not be trusted. Garuda only breaks out of its shell when it reaches adulthood. When she was born, her parents were gone. As she grew up, she met bad people and good people, and more and more people were afraid of her and stayed away from her.
The two have long been secretly in love, and they are just one step away from becoming a bird in the same forest. But the woodcutter was worried and felt that he should say hello to his parents, so he asked the bird girl to wait for her - he would definitely come and marry her.
The bird girl agreed.
Bird Girl never saw him again.
At that time, the girl Garuda was pregnant. When she found out, there was still no news from the young woodcutter. She began to wonder, could she be in any danger? Something happened? But I didn't hear any monsters say that they ate the people who cut wood, but they just lost two families of children and several families of chickens and ducks. She didn't dare go to the woodcutter's village, because there were too many people there anyway.
When her belly had swelled slightly and her round outline could be seen, she met a knowledgeable iron-eating beast in the forest. The iron-eating beast was a little surprised when he saw her.
"I didn't expect you to live well and be pregnant."
"Who are you?" Bird Girl asked.
"I am a friend of your parents..."
"Friends?"
She didn't believe it at first, so she pulled the iron-eater and asked questions. He listed some stories and songs that his parents told and sang when he was still in the shell. So she believed it and asked, where are her parents?
Killed by humans.
Humans make feathers from the feathers of a pair of golden-winged birds, which symbolizes the love between husband and wife and that they can grow old together. This magnificent plumage was presented as a tribute to the king's fourth daughter. The fourth princess is going to marry to a vast continent in the north and become the wife of a prince. People want the princess to go there in glory and not lose face. Along with the princess, the dowry was made, in addition to the feathers, there were also treasures unique to the country such as soul-returning incense.
"Human beings cannot be trusted," she murmured.
"I didn't want to tell you... Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if I say it. When you grow up, as a mother, you should have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. But, not all humans are evil, they..."
The bird girl transformed into her original form and flew away without listening to what he said next.
All the monsters in the mountain knew that the silly orphan Garuda was pregnant with a human child. They told it over and over again like a joke and never tired of it. There are also kind-hearted monsters who protect her and prevent the monster clans from fighting each other; there are also evil-minded monsters who say that they have seen the woodcutter marry a village girl and do not want her anymore.
She didn't want to believe it, and she didn't want to look.
Then the child was born, a healthy boy. Her eggs are not strong enough, they are soft and can be easily torn apart by the child. But when the child came out, she was dumbfounded - the egg that had only been laid for a few days actually hatched into a baby. Garuda shouldn't be like this... Moreover, there was too much human milk odor on her body, and she felt at a loss.
She still brought her child up, and suffered all the looks from the demon clan. The child gradually grows up. At first, when he asked about his father, she comforted him that one day his father would pick up his mother, and she was also waiting for this day, and they waited together. But regardless of whether it's a human or a monster, a lonely mother with a fragile child will suffer big losses wherever she goes. In order to survive, she slowly changed, becoming stronger and more capricious. Her emotions were often out of control, especially when she saw her growing and frail son, there was always a hint of bitterness in her heart.
"You are really looking more and more like your dad."
This statement has changed over the years.
The child doesn't know why, and his mother is getting weirder and weirder. He could still clearly remember how gentle his mother was when he was a child. However, due to the pressure of life, they often go hungry, and even go to the villagers' houses to steal chickens and dogs. Among monsters, this is something that only low-level little monsters who can't even transform can do it.
My mother became increasingly surly and crazy. She never mentioned her father again, and would beat him when she was annoyed. After beating her mother, she would hug him and cry. He lived in fear, walking on thin ice, not knowing which day he would be scolded and beaten, which was no better than going hungry. From "Human beings are all liars, except for your father who is good" to "Human beings are all liars, especially your father who killed a thousand swords", he didn't know why it became such a rhetoric, and how to listen to it, Go and see, discern.
He just realized from his mother: his father didn't want them anymore, and his father also lied to his mother.
Hundreds of years have passed.
People in this mountainous area live a long life into their sixties or seventies. His father must have died long ago, but his mother has never let go of her hatred. He felt that his father was indeed cruel, but he had no real feelings about it. It was just that his mother was chanting day and night, and the words like a mantra lingered in his ears, and he had some... views on human beings. But he also doesn't like monsters, because monsters also laugh at him and bully him, saying that he is an inferior half-demon. Whether he loves it or hates it, these are things he has never really understood.
Later, by chance, they were able to visit their father's grave.
The old man guarding the tomb was not afraid of monsters. He looked at the year on the tombstone and said slowly: "He... must be from my father's generation. It's just that he passed away early, more than eighty years ago." ”
"How come?" he asked.
"I heard that he wanted to marry a monster as his wife. His father got angry and slapped him. He hit his head on the corner of the table and died."
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