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

"Well - that's all. You can go there for me, just like before."

Kage thought for a while and felt that it would be inappropriate to expose them in front of many people, so he suggested entering the Pure Land as usual and letting the general appear as the 'Thunder and Lightning General'.

"also…"

The general also expressed his understanding and nodded.

hum~

The next second, the shadow turned into purple light and melted into her chest as usual. At that moment, the general's eyes glowed with a faint purple light, and then dissipated, and the daily casual clothes on his body also turned into the dragon of the 'Narujin Lord's Canon' Danhua was dressed in a kimono and her hair was tied up. Her originally gentle temperament now became a bit cold and glamorous.

In this way, she walked directly to the beach with her arms slightly extended. Although she was exposed to everyone's eyes, she immediately walked in the direction of Linghua. Maybe she was used to it.

"General...are you back?"

Ayaka was keenly aware of her figure and immediately turned around and walked to her side proactively, greeting her like this with a sweet smile.

"Well... I chatted with Shenzi for a while, and I wanted to bring her over to help, but I thought that the fox had 'something wrong' and would come over at night."

She emphatically said "something's wrong". After this important point, Ayaka understood something and smiled habitually.

"It doesn't matter. Since the Yae Palace Secretary has something to do, we can't force him. It'll be nice if he can come later."

Ayaka gave such a face-saving answer, and besides, she already had enough manpower at the moment, and there was no need to find any more helpers. After hearing the news about the Mikawa Flower Festival, many people came to help, which she was very satisfied with.

"Is there anyone I can help with? It's not right to stay here like this."

After looking at the busy people around her, she felt a little sorry and asked.

"There is no need for you to exert any effort. In fact, we already have enough manpower. It is only a matter of time before it is completed. It will probably be completed by evening."

Ayaka shook her head.

"...However, it's really inappropriate to do nothing like this."

She thought for a moment before answering.

"Haha, then General, why don't you come over and keep us company?"

Ayaka asked with a fond smile.

"Well... that's fine too."

Afterwards, Ayaka led him to Ayato's side. The Kamisato siblings were responsible for directing the layout and instructing everyone to place the items in relatively suitable locations.

"General, please come here in person."

After Ayato came over with his sister and the general, he immediately turned around and greeted her respectfully.

"It's okay... I have nothing to do, I thought I might be able to help."

The general nodded and replied like this.

"Well... I'm really ashamed. With enough manpower, there's really nothing I can do to trouble you."

Ayato smiled awkwardly at her.

"It doesn't matter, you can just be busy and don't need to pay attention to me."

The general said it didn't matter, it was good to just watch like this. If she noticed where manpower was needed, she would just go over and help.

"As ordered."

Ayato nodded and entered the state again to direct the subordinates' arrangements.

"General, this is for you."

At this time, Ayaka took out a fox mask from her pocket. It looked familiar. It was the same fox mask the two of them wore when they visited the festival last time.

"...?"

Seeing this, the general was stunned for a moment and understood. He raised his hand and took it over. He looked at the white fox on it with a trace of nostalgia in his eyebrows.

"Do you remember?"

Ayaka asked.

"Including the dance, of course."

The general raised his eyes and raised his lips to the girl in front of him, Wen Yi, and answered.

"Haha, I made a fool of myself in front of you then///"

Ayaka smiled shyly, the warmth in her heart gradually welled up, and her pretty face put the fox mask in her hand on the side of her head with a happy expression.

"...Why make a fool of yourself? You can obviously dance well."

After saying that, she put the mask in her hand on her head.

"Hearing your comments like this... the hard work of practicing for so long feels worth it."

The two of them were walking side by side on the beach... The warm light of the festival shone on each other's faces, coating them with a beautiful golden veil.

"Practice? I thought you'd be able to dance 'Egret Returns' from the very beginning..."

She was a little surprised by this, because in her impression, the dance "Egret Returns to the Garden" should be regarded as a compulsory subject in the Kamisato family. After all, it is the kind of ballroom dance performed in front of the one you love.

"Um...this, don't laugh at me..."

Ayaka looked away awkwardly.

"How could... why should I laugh at you?"

She felt helpless looking at such a girl.

"Actually...although I have practiced music, chess, calligraphy and painting since I was a child, I am...not good at dancing and other courses."

Ayaka answered.

That's right...she understands that no one is perfect after all. Even Princess Egret, who is so gentle and elegant in the eyes of the world, will have things that she is not good at. This kind of thing is normal.

"Then how did you..."

She wondered, how did you learn that?

"Actually, part of it is self-taught. Some of the movements were also consulted on the information that the Kamisato family once analyzed on 'Egret Returns to the Garden', and also... I asked a friend who is very good at dancing for advice."

Ayaka said to her.

...Friends?Good at dancing?

She was stunned. Was there such a person around Linghua in her memory?

"It's not very accurate to say they are friends. In fact...she and I have never met in person. We only communicate through letters."

Linghua saw her somewhat confused look, so she explained like this.

"Is that so... Are you from Narukami Island?"

She asked, maybe she was from Haiji Island, after all, she relied on letters——

"Uh...she's from Sumeru."

Ayaka replied awkwardly.

"Xumi? Seriously?"

She was a little surprised. He... traveled really far. No wonder he couldn't see each other even if he wrote letters. Moreover, the country was still under lockdown at that time, right?It is true to think that only letters can go abroad.

"Well...actually, it was a letter from a friend of my mother at the beginning, saying that someone else was in Xumi and wanted to ask the Kamisato family for help with something. It was to invest in a theater called 'Zubair', and in return I will get some shares in the theater, and the owner of the theater said that the theater is being suppressed by the Ecclesiarchy and urgently needs this money, and he said that it will be returned in the future."

Ayaka recalls what happened in the past.

"..."

She listened carefully.

"Afterwards, after discussing it with my brother, we decided to invest in it because we knew that my mother's friend was an expert with unique vision."

"The owner of the theater was very grateful to us after hearing the news, and even wrote a special letter to us. After that, the Kamisato family and the owner occasionally had business exchanges. One time, the other party happened to mention something about the theater as a A young dancer named "Nilu" from "Money Tree" told me a lot about her. It happened that I had some bottlenecks in the dance "Egret Returns" at that time, so I planned to use her to communicate with that Nilu. Miss Lu got in touch and the result was success.”

The other party was very enthusiastic and knew everything. Even though she was a dancer from Xumi, after she explained the general steps of the dance and the emotions to be expressed, she was able to instantly understand the dance steps and draw a sketch. Let me analyze it step by step for her, just like that... little by little, I came up with the 'Egret Returning to the Garden' that jumped out in front of her sweetheart.