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

"…beautiful."

Ying held back another word.

"...(Stare~)"

The general looked at her silently, his eyes full of hidden complaints.

"Well...it suits you very well..."

After seeing her dissatisfied look, Ying immediately choked up a word again, then coughed lightly and stood up and walked to his daughter, raising his hand to touch the material of her clothes back and forth.

"This is in line with the saying. Buddha needs golden clothes, and people need clothes. This clothes matches you perfectly in terms of color, design style and overall temperament."

The palm of her hand touched her daughter's face again from the hem of her clothes, and she gave her a soft smile, as if she wanted to satisfy the other person. Even so, she was definitely not talking nonsense. What she said was all true. This dress really looked like her daughter. It matches so well, maybe it matches her too.

"...Is this true?"

The general's expression also softened, he asked softly, and his fingers habitually smoothed his broken hair and tucked it behind his ears.

"It's absolutely true. When have I ever lied to you? What do you think, Ayaka?"

Ying immediately looked at the girl beside him and asked for help.

"Well, Lord Shadow is right. Don't worry, Lord General."

Ayaka immediately understood what Kage meant and gave her a sincere answer with a beautiful smile.

"Huh...since you all said so, I'm relieved."

The general breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"As expected of Ayaka, the clothes are as excellent and unique as ever."

The shadow raised his arms and looked appreciatively at the ice-colored girl standing next to the general.

"Haha... You are exaggerating. This is what I should do. Moreover, I have always wanted to give the General a new set of clothes, and today I have the opportunity."

Ayaka bowed politely to her, then looked at the person next to her with tender eyes, and her delicate hands caressed the other person's shoulder with warmth.

"Okay, you've finished changing your clothes. Is it time to sit down?"

The general took the brunt of it and stroked the hem of his skirt before kneeling again and sitting across from the low table in front of him. He held up the water glass as usual and slightly covered up the rosy color of his face.

"Haha..."×2

Ying and Ayaka glanced at each other tacitly, then smiled fondly, and then they sat down next to her as before.

Ayaka also took a sip of tea, then thought of something, and took out the red rope tied to the general's left ankle from the pocket of her skirt.

"General, please extend your hand."

She ordered softly to the purple-haired woman on her right.

"?"

The general gave her a puzzled look. When he saw the red rope on the other person's hand, he understood the meaning and obediently stretched out his left hand for the other person to catch it.

"Originally it was tied around your ankles, but the red color didn't match your current black stockings, so I tied it around your wrists."

Although the opponent's wrists are also wrapped with those black silk gloves, it is better than being tied to the ankles. The previous two sets of kimonos can be matched with it. After all, one is paired with dark purple knee-high socks, and the other is white. Silk stockings went well with the color red, but this set seemed particularly inconsistent. After weighing them, she decided to tie them around her wrist.

"...Thank you very much."

After hearing this, she thanked her obediently.

"Pfft, thank you for what~?"

After hearing this, Ayaka puffed up her face slightly and pinched the flesh of her palm. The general also smiled at her and tried to pinch her back as if he was joking.

"cough~"

Unexpectedly, the shadow next to him suddenly coughed.

"..."×2

The two became honest instantly.

"Good tea?"

Ying took a sip of tea and spoke as if on purpose. He felt like an outsider. Watching these two show their affection, so did the general~!Is it really okay to leave mom aside? !

"Well, it's very delicious. It's you—"

Ayaka also answered the question cooperatively after hearing this.

"The general made it."

Shadow answered.

"Oh...but you directed-"

"It's all her fault."

"...Yes, that's it..."

Ayaka replied awkwardly.

"She doesn't know how to make tea. Even if she does, it doesn't taste good. No... she can't drink it."

The general revealed the truth ruthlessly.

"!"

Pooh~

Dissatisfied, Ying pinched her thigh flesh with his fingers.

"!"

pat~!

The general trembled and opened the opponent's hand with a blush.

"General, General..."

Linghua also saw the little actions of these two people, and she subconsciously tried to dissuade the general softly.

"You are on my side...why are you trying to persuade me?"

The general asked with some dissatisfaction with her.

"Eh...well...Yingda——"

"Ayaka~? Have you thought about it? Where are you from~?"

Ying narrowed his eyes and looked at the troubled ice-colored girl in front of him and said threateningly.

"Um...I-"

Ayaka was in a dilemma. On Kage's side, she was afraid that the general would be unhappy, and on the general's side, she was afraid of offending her 'mother-in-law'. In the end, she made a difficult decision.

puff~!

"!!"

She held the general in her arms and looked at Ying with a serious tone.

"I'm sorry, Kage-sama, please pinch my leg!"

He spoke such incomprehensible words with a cool and beautiful voice, leaving Ying stunned for a moment.

"puff……"

The general, who was held in Linghua's arms, couldn't help but smile, and then glanced at his mother as if he was proud.

"...(speechless)"

Kage narrowed his eyes and looked at her, and then sighed helplessly and tiredly. In fact, she had expected this result. Kamisato Ayaka has always been on her daughter's side from beginning to end, which is normal. , which is why she is optimistic about the other party.

"...Linghua, thank you."

The general raised his eyes to look at the ice-colored girl holding him in his arms, with tender gratitude in his eyes. Although this was the result of the three people's play, she was still touched by the other person's choice.

"…Um///."

Linghua's face turned slightly red after seeing her eyes, and then she touched her cheek lovingly, as if she were treating a treasure in the world.

"General, bring me some more tea."

The next second Shadow interrupted them again.

"……go alone."

The general immediately looked at the other party with a speechless expression and said coldly.

"I won't do it."

Yingli answered confidently, holding his arms up and closing his eyes a little arrogantly.

"..."

The general rolled his eyes at her and then left Linghua's arms. He stood up obediently, picked up her mother's tea cup and walked to the hot water area to make tea for her again.

"correct…"

While she was pouring the tea, she remembered something.

"?" × 2

Behind her, Ayaka and Kage subconsciously looked at her.

"Over at Kaiji Island...what's the latest news?"

She lowered her eyes and quietly burned tea and asked casually.

"To tell you the news, the other party seems to be planning to negotiate with us recently."

Ayaka is worthy of being the second-in-command of the society, and she responded to this news instantly.

"..."

She paused and looked at the other person.

"Is this information ever accurate?"

"Well, the news is conclusive, and the party representing the shogunate is Tian Ling Feng Xing, and the representative responsible for negotiating peace is Su Luo, and She Xing Xing will also assist."

Ayaka told her clearly.