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

"Seven sounds."

That is... seven times?

Ayaka thought.

"You might as well give it a try."

The general then stretched out his hand and tapped the stone seven times in a regular pattern.

Knock~×7

Two seconds later—

It was quiet, there was no sound, only the soft sound that still echoed.

"useless."

she said with a sigh.

"..."

Ayaka lowered her eyes again and looked at the words in the note, her ice-blue eyes scanning the content inside intently.

[The crane brought a flower to decorate the hair, and the white rabbit sewed four pieces of moonlight into a skirt. I dressed up properly, shouted the name "Chun" seven times to the east, and in a blink of an eye, I was standing on the path to her house. . 】

flowers…

Looking around...the plain white and fluorescent petals were blooming on the lawn.

moonlight…

The bright moonlight outside the cave was shining on them at the moment.

East, this is the East.

The only remaining information is 'Tsubaki'... and numbers.

This 'Chun' should be the answer to the mystery.

that number...

number!

"Maybe...it should be more than seven knocks."

Linghua suddenly raised her head and said firmly to her.

"Oh? What does this mean?"

After hearing this, the general asked her to continue.

"Isn't it just this sentence that contains numbers? General."

"One flower, four pieces, seven sounds."

Ayaka explained to her in turn.

"That's... twelve times?"

asked the general.

"That's right, but...there needs to be an interval between each number of one, four, and seven."

Otherwise, my mother wouldn’t waste so much time trying to contain a number in three sentences.

The general nodded, walked to the pile of stones again, stretched out his hand and tapped it gently with his fingers~

Knock~

After two seconds, knock four times~

Knock~×4

Knock seven more times.

Knock~×7

The crisp knocking sound echoed in the cave like a wooden fish.

Whoa!

The next second... there was some kind of cracking sound inside the stone.

She subconsciously pulled Linghua back slightly, and it didn't take long!

Whoops! !

The pile of stones in front of him gradually broke into pieces, peeling off layer by layer like broken snow, finally revealing a cave inside that was large enough to accommodate several people.

There is a rectangular natural stone in the center of the cave. There is a small box that looks a little ornate placed on top of the stone. However, its surface has been aged, and the original smooth reddish-brown wood has faded and turned golden. The lock buckle is already rusty, indicating that it has been left for no less than a few years.

"This is…"

Ayaka saw that this box looked familiar. There was a similar box in the house, exactly the same... but much newer than this one.

"...Go and have a look, maybe it's left for you."

Seeing this, the general already had some kind of suspicion, and then he sighed with some complexity and encouraged the girl next to him.

"Master General..."

Linghua looked at her, her steps seeming hesitant.

"Go..."

She nodded slightly to the other party and instructed softly.

"Um…"

Ayaka finally pursed her lips and nodded, then turned around and walked to the box alone.

click...

After the lock clicked, she carefully opened the lid of the box and saw clearly the contents inside.

"...notes again?"

Ayaka murmured softly, then picked up the notebook lying quietly in it with both hands, and returned to the general's side.

"What is it?"

"The note...is it Chun's? Let's go out first. The atmosphere here always feels a bit heavy."

Ayaka took the initiative to hold her hand and said to her.

"Let's go...reading in a dark environment is not good for your eyesight."

In this way, the two walked out of the cave again and returned to the already dark beach.

The waves in the distance still roared regularly, washing the skin-colored beach from time to time, but this was already commonplace for them.

Ayaka stood on the beach again and picked up the notes she had just obtained. She hesitated but still determined to read through them.

"..."

Seeing this, the general did not follow him to watch together but... stepped back slightly to give the other party a suitable private space, because she had already sensed that this letter was not simple. It would be better to let the other party read it alone. Maybe it was written to him. Maybe.

"..."

Ayaka was already paying full attention when she saw the first sentence in the note. Her ice-colored eyes were slowly scanning these fonts that she was very familiar with, as if in a trance.

She didn't make any movements during this period, she just stayed in place and stood silently. The bangs were blocking her eyes at the moment, making it difficult for the general to see clearly, but she could feel that he was subconsciously pursing his lips. , as if enduring something.

The moonlight in the sky spreads the silvery white light on the girl's body, and her slender figure is coated with a layer of silver gauze. She stands alone on the silver beach and casts a black shadow. If she were a painter, If so, maybe you’ve already started writing?

"call…"

After an unknown amount of time, Linghua almost finished reading the contents of the note. She exhaled a somewhat complicated breath, raised her eyes to look at the silver moon in the distance, and then closed her eyes slightly to relax her mood. The gift had been left forgotten on the beach.

clatter...

Estimating the time, she quietly walked to the other party's side again with light steps, like a breeze, which would not disturb the other party but could be easily noticed by the other party.

"... are you okay?"

She cares.

"Yeah...it's okay."

Ayaka withdrew his gaze and looked at her, showing her a fragile smile. Even his ice-colored eyes were slightly red, as if tears were about to flow out in the next second.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but gently reached out and touched the corner of the girl's eyes with her fingers.

"...General...I..."

When she felt the touch of that finger, the girl finally couldn't help but shed a tear, just a few drops. She didn't cry loudly, she just shed a few tears silently, and then she stopped with some strength. .

"Is it Hua Dai?"

"...Um."

The girl nodded.

"She... said something, oh... it's okay if you don't want to say it."

"It's okay... you're my family too, it's okay."

It would be better to say that being with the General could somewhat ease her heart at this time.

"This 'Chun'...huh...is my mother."

Ayaka lowered her eyes and told her this.

"...As expected."

She had actually guessed it a long time ago. From the moment the box was exposed to her eyes, she also knew Kadai Kamisato, and he was also very good at this kind of trick.

Chapter of the Snow Crane ~ Narration of the Crane and the White Rabbit ~ : Chapter 70 Today she is just an ordinary girl

"Have you thought of it, General? Phew... I felt that something was fishy from the beginning."

Ayaka handed the note in her hand to her, meaning that she could take a look at it too.

The general picked up the note, unfolded it and looked at the content written in beautiful calligraphy——

[Tsubaki is the same as me but different from me in ordinary times. As Tsubaki, I am not the Kamisato Kadai, but the most ordinary woman. 】

[All the following are just ordinary trivial matters in life recorded by me. 】