As a general, she cannot be a good daughter of Kage.

"That's right...after all, they are all similar to you in the role of military advisor."

She teased him jokingly.

"Eh? Pfft... The general has given you too much praise. Ayaka is not a strategist. She's far from it."

Ayaka was stunned for a moment and then retorted with a slight smile with a rosy face... She is just a socialist lady who knows a little about social skills.

"All I can do is rely on my own knowledge to help the General... Even if it's just a little, I'll be satisfied."

"...You've done a great job."

She is truly worthy of being the daughter of Kamisato Hanadai.

"Hearing the Lord's praise, Linghua felt very warm in her heart, but... I am still far behind Coral Palace Xinhai. Although I have no contact with the resistance, I heard... that girl is about the same age as me. At such a young age, he has already become the leader of the resistance and even a military advisor. Phew... He is really young and promising."

Speaking of this, Ayaka showed a nice smile... Although it is inappropriate to say this about a character who may become an enemy, this is what she is thinking now.

"If there is a chance in the future... I would also like to meet her, compete with her on chess skills or chat with her."

But by then, Kaijijima Island should have made peace with Narukamijima Island, right?In this way... she is happy to cooperate with each other for Inazuma's future, and even assist the general together.

Of course, these must be planned long-term by each other, because she knows that the gods that the two parties believe in are different, and it is easy to conflict over this, so it is better to think about it in the long term.

But now it is enough to have her and her brother to assist the woman in front of him, oh... of course, we also need to add the eighth level palace secretary, and the rest... the day leader's execution and the appointment execution are completely unreliable in this kind of thing, and it is unpredictable. pre.

It's just that... when she came back to her senses, she raised her eyes and met the general's eyes looking at her. The purple-haired woman in front of her now had a soft complexion and a happy smile on her lips, as if she had returned to the time when she was a child. .

"...///"

Linghua lowered her eyes shyly, her fair face showing a hint of rosy. The expression on the girl who was as beautiful as ice crystals at this moment was very pleasant.

"General, why are you looking at me like this?"

After hearing the other party's voice as delicate as running water, she shook her head silently, then gently opened her jade lips,

"It's nothing... I just feel that sometimes you... are more mature than me."

After all, she is not yet 500 years old. Although it is an exaggeration for humans, but... in front of everyone who is not human... she is just a child. This situation is very obvious in front of Ying. After all, Ying is already thousands of years old. Sometimes in front of Linghua, she felt like a giant baby who had to be taken care of.

Perhaps among the rice wives, the only one who is almost the same age as her...is Shenzi?Shenzi is several years older than her, so it's no wonder that the other party sometimes teases her and says, "General, hurry up and call me sister Shenzi~"

"The General is in a daze again..."

The next second, a voice came from her ears. When she came back to her senses, she found that Linghua had sat in front of her and was stroking her cheek. This kind of intimate way of getting along was not the kind of superior and subordinate at all. After all, for Linghua, she was in front of her. The woman is her childhood sweetheart.

"General...don't worry about these things. In fact...this is also part of your charm. I'm more mature than you...that's not the case at all."

Ayaka then shook her head, as if to comfort her.

"I also have childish moments... Isn't it the best example to always stick to you in the past? Of course, if I can now... I still want to stick to you, but... I can no longer be so willful."

Look...what she said, she was taken care of by the other party again, just like a caring cotton jacket...Oh...that's all.

She compromised... She should feel lucky to be surrounded by such gentle people.

His eyes inadvertently swept across the desktop, and happened to find the photo album that the other party had been looking at before. His expression froze and he became a little curious.

"This photo album...is old."

She whispered and carefully turned the old photo album in front of her at an angle, pulled it closer to her along the table, and started to look through it. She remembered that she had this photo album a long time ago, when Linghua's Mother Hua Dai is still alive.

"Yes... I still remember the photos I took with the General and my mother at that time, and here... this is it."

Ayaka smiled happily when she saw it, and then silently moved to her side. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but even put his shoulders close to her. In the process, he also deliberately pressed his weight against her side.

After feeling the touch on her shoulder, she smiled fondly in her heart and then let the other person leave. The two of them were sitting intimately together looking at the photo album on the table, and the atmosphere was filled with warmth for a while.

"Heh... When you were a child... you always liked to lie on my lap and act like a baby."

After looking at one of the photos, she smiled and teased the girl next to her.

"Pfft...yeah...I didn't understand anything at the time. I thought the general was my sister."

Ayaka smiled with a red face and replied in a low voice, she was really like this in the past... because her mother was familiar with the shogun when she was young. In her mother's words... the shogun is the benefactor of our Kamisato family. For generations, he has been protected under the wings of the General.

"By the way...why did you take out this old photo album? Is it to reminisce?"

The general turned his head to look at the girl who was close to him.

"That's not the case... I'm actually looking for someone. She's an old friend of my mother's... named 'Chun'."

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Chapter of the Snow Crane ~ Narration of the Crane and the White Rabbit ~ : Chapter 57 This is how I brought you up.

...Tsubaki?

Who is it?

After hearing Ayaka's words, she couldn't help but reminisce in her heart, recalling some acquaintances that Hanayo mentioned in the days when she was with him, but she still had no impression.

In other words... Ayaka's mother had never mentioned this name to them before. Not only Ayaka, she also felt that this person was a bit unfamiliar.

"Sure enough, the General didn't know about it either... Mother never mentioned this name to us before."

Looking at her confused expression... Linghua sighed in understanding.

"This 'Chun'...what happened to her? Why are you looking for her?"

She turned around and asked the people around her with some confusion.

"Actually...a few days ago, I found a notebook left by my mother from the old things. There were many trivial things she recorded in it."

Ayaka slowly unfolded the folding fan in her hand, holding it in her hand without covering her face, and gently caressed the camellia pattern on the fan.

His fingertips paused on the petals of the camellia and he raised his eyes to meet hers.

"Among them... there is a name of a person I have never heard of before, and the frequency is so high that it is really concerning."

"This name...could it be this 'Chun'?"

she asked softly.

"Um…"

Ayaka responded softly.

"I see...that's why you have to look through the old photo albums of the Shenli family to recognize her?"

"Yes, although my parents have passed away many years ago, my brother and I know most of the people who have interacted with them."

"But... I really don't have much impression of Miss Chun. At that time, I thought... if I look through old photo albums, I might find someone I don't recognize. Maybe that person is Miss Chun."

After explaining this, Ayaka reached out and gently flipped through the photo album in front of them again. A delicate "clatter" sound penetrated into the ears of the two of them from time to time while turning the pages.

"...You care about her?"

So...what would happen if we found it?She lowered her eyes and looked at the white and delicate hand that turned the pages of the photo album from time to time, and looked at the other person's profile again.

"Hmm...I actually really want to meet her."

Ayaka replied... After all, he is an old friend of his mother. I wonder if he is doing well now?

"The notes say... Miss Chun is very valued by her mother, has quite a personality, and is a fun-loving person."

Personality...fun-loving?

She frowned slightly... Why is it so familiar?

By the way... doesn't Kamisato Hanadai himself have the same personality?She had some complicated thoughts in her heart.

Although she is usually very serious about official duties, she is a quirky and fun-loving person in private. After all, she has been familiar with Ayaka before she was born. She also knows the other person's personality at ordinary times, which is different from the current Ayaka. Somewhat similar, but more playful than Ayaka and even...somewhat like a little devil.

"But... I have flipped through this photo album countless times. Not to mention that I can name most of the people in it. There are indeed people I don't know among them, but they are all men. The name 'Chun' is ordinary. It means women."

Ayaka frowned in distress.

"Is it possible that a man is pretending to be a woman?"

she asked.

"Well...it is indeed possible, but...this kind of thing is very rare anyway, isn't it...General?"

"…rational."

It's indeed good... The other party doesn't need to go to such trouble. The only possibility is Hua Dai's close friend, a close friend who has never told others, but... why is this so?

"Is there any clue besides this...?"

She also became a little curious.

"...There is a more direct clue. In fact, her address has been written down in the previous notes, but it is my... habit to get the information about that person before meeting the other person."

Ayaka smiled at her awkwardly.

"...Occupational disease~?"

she asked, suppressing a smile.

"Haha... You can also say that I made you laugh."

The other party covered his rosy face with a folding fan and gave a sweet reply.

"It doesn't matter...I have it too."

She answered gently touching her long purple hair.

It's true... After all, dealing with Inazuma's affairs all day long will inevitably lead to some funny-looking occupational diseases. For example, the first action when meeting a stranger is to see clearly what the other person is thinking, or whether it is a newspaper or Any paper... must be stacked into a pile before looking at it.

"Pfft... each other... in this situation, it would be better to meet directly. Well - maybe we should bring a few meeting gifts first."

Having said this, Ayaka raised her eyes with some meaning and glanced at the purple-haired beauty beside her. A charming smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and then she spoke,

"Then...could you please, General, go out with me~?"

"Huh... do you want to come here incognito for a private visit?"

she asked with a slight sigh.

“Not bad~”

"That was planned from the beginning?"

She asked playfully with her eyes half-opened.

"Haha...have you been discovered~?"

Ayaka covered her face with a folding fan and became naughty.