Chapter 214 Parents' Past, A Two-Way Journey...
Ah-Zhu has had a slightly bloody wish since she was a child.
This desire may have been dulled by time, but its essence has never been dimmed.
"Little Sun, tell me, what makes everyone's life so hard?"
Meow~
The cat purred contentedly as it enjoyed his petting, squinting as it watched the girl weave through the stalls.
"A-Zhu, Little Sun! Look!"
Miyoko fully enjoyed this rare moment of freedom, holding her spoils high in the air.
"I caught the goldfish!"
"Awoo."
"Eat, ate? Spit it out right now, waaaaah!"
"...Hahaha, who told you to put the fish in front of the cat?"
A-Zhu smiled, and her fierce golden eyes softened.
"Let's go, I'll go with you to catch another one."
"No need, there's no way to take it back and raise it anyway."
After a brief moment of disappointment, Miyoko excitedly turned her attention back to the celebration.
"Look, look! A-Zhu, there are some children with red horns over there. They must be demons! I remember one named Torachiyo was the worst among them..."
"Nonsense!"
The group of children immediately erupted in chaos.
"Lady Torachiyo did do bad things later, but that was because she was corrupted by the abyss while protecting Inazuma, and it wasn't out of her true nature!"
"Oh!"
Miyoko was startled by this overreaction. The girl, who rarely interacted with strangers, immediately hid behind Takeru and whispered her rebuttal.
"Protecting Inazuma? I've never heard of that. Back then, it was clearly the Onmyoji Harunosuke and Lord Narukami who fought against the Abyss..."
"Yogami Harunosuke? You humans only speak for yourselves, forgetting all the contributions of us yokai!"
Unexpectedly, this quiet rebuttal completely enraged the demon children, who surrounded him and attacked him.
"Harunosuke only left Inazuma to study and adapt Onmyodo after his good friend Kitsui-no-miya died in battle! And you, you've advanced his graduation time by several decades!"
Miyoko was bewildered. "Huh? Why are all these kids from the outside world talking nonsense?"
"There are always multiple versions of a legend, Miyoko, us... Miyoko?"
When it comes to family honor, Miyoko can't stand it. Under A-Zhu's helpless gaze, she stepped forward and patted her chest:
"Alright, let your sister, a legitimate descendant of the Shinto family, explain the correct history to you..."
"Liar, liar, big liar!"
The children weren't buying it at all, sticking out their tongues, squinting their eyes, and making faces.
"But Harunosuke never married or had children, so where would his descendants come from?"
"Fine!" Miyoko snapped angrily. "These brats actually dared to deny my existence! I'm going to teach you a lesson! Don't run away! Come to class, all of you!"
The girl chased after the child and ran very fast, leaving Azhu standing there sighing.
"Oh dear, this is really... It's a rare occasion to have a celebration, and we're not even enjoying it properly."
Although it was a pity, A-Zhu did not try to stop her. She simply followed quietly behind the girl, watching her chase and play with the children.
This is probably the first time Miyoko has ever experienced such a large-scale tag game.
Indeed, Miyoko quickly went wild with fun, grabbing the children one by one and throwing them to Takeshi to watch over, then excitedly pushing towards the last one who had escaped the net.
I'm the winner!
"Oh, you're dressed so elegantly, why are you arguing with a child?"
The little boy in the red corner frantically darted through the crowd, dodging and running. He was small and agile, and thinking he could escape Miyoko's pursuit, he turned back and laughed.
"Hehehe, you big liar, slowpoke!"
When he turned around, he didn't see anger on the girl's face. Instead, her pupils trembled, and she looked as if...terrified?
"What's wrong...Wow!!"
Before he could turn his head back, he felt a powerful force strike him from the side, followed by intense pain.
Bang!
"careful!"
Miyoko stepped forward to catch the boy who had been kicked away, and at the same time stood up and glared at the man in front of her, who was wearing shogunate attire.
Why did you kick him?!
"Waaah..."
The man glanced disdainfully at the sobbing red-horned child, showing no remorse whatsoever.
"This is a human festival."
The implication is that monsters are forbidden from entering.
"discriminate."
Navelette frowned, recalling some unpleasant memories.
Higewen patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's all in the past now."
"Really……"
As Navelette was still recalling, she saw the girl in the image pause for a moment, then suddenly leap up and kick the samurai in the waist, in the same spot as the boy.
"I don't think you're human either!!"
"!?"
This kick was incredibly powerful; the samurai was sent flying, leaving the audience speechless.
"Is she truly worthy of being called the mother of a lynx?!"
"Miyoko!"
A-Zhu arrived a step too late, and just as she grasped the back of her katana, a speed-up charm was slapped onto her.
"Run!"
She decisively picked up the two frightened ghost children and walked away without any noble demeanor.
"The disadvantage lies with me!"
"……well."
A-Zhu sheathed her sword and placed the cat on her head.
"Kids, hold on tight."
Children and teenagers hurriedly fled this rare festival.
"What a pity! It's such a rare opportunity to get out, but it was all ruined by that Yu Li!"
Paimon was indignant.
"With power?" Leosley glanced sideways.
"Ah, he's an official of the shogunate, a leader of the Doshin, you can think of him as the captain of the guard..."
"Well, it might be due to the national circumstances. Our garrison captains generally don't beat civilians."
"..."
Lei felt as if he had been stabbed in the chest.
"How could the monster's situation be so dire..."
The young Akaki, nestled in Miyoko's arms, had tears welling in his eyes, but he forced himself not to cry.
"Sister, I will never call you a liar again."
"Okay, okay, it's good that you know you're wrong, child..."
"I'm going to call you historically illiterate..."
"You! I'm illiterate? I studied for at least fifteen hours a day when I was a child!"
"Then you must have a terrible teacher..."
Miyoko didn't complain about anything, she just kept bickering with the children, but Takeru could see a hint of disappointment between her brows.
"Little Sun, why is it always so difficult for people to live freely?"
"Meow."
A cat is a cat; no answer can be given.
"Sister, we're telling the truth. Your teacher taught you all wrong. Please, please don't be fooled."
"Okay, I'll remember that and I'll find a way to verify it."
As darkness fell, Miyoko could no longer hold on.
She was already exhausted from a long day, and then she had to endure another tumultuous night.
"Ah Zhu, I'm so sleepy..."
"Then go to sleep, I'll carry you home."
"...That doesn't sound very elegant."
In the dark forest, the girl's breathing gradually calmed down in his ears.
Meow~
"Go down and walk by yourself, little sun, there's no place for you anymore."
He traversed the forest and rocks, leaped over the walls that were insurmountable in his childhood, and escorted Miyoko back to her own room, then took away the shikigami paper doll from the quilt on her bed.
It is said that Harunosuke's creation, "Shiki Daisho," possesses almost human intelligence. Miyoko has always wanted to surpass it, but no matter how hard she tries, she can only barely make the paper doll transform into a human form.
"Are honors and being number one really that important to you...?"
"I don't understand. I have things I value more."
"Meow!"
The chubby orange cat, which was jumping onto the bed, was grabbed by A-Zhu and shoved into her arms.
"Don't bother her... stay with me."
With one hand on the knife and the other holding the cat, he nimbly leaped over the high wall.
Kavi looked confused. "Did you leave something behind at the celebration? Do you need to go back to get it?"
"No, I think it's better not to judge Inatsuma people by common sense. How should I put it, after all, this country sometimes seems..."
Sino found a suitable adjective.
"It was extremely depressing."
“And repression always breeds madness,” Al-Hysen concluded.
"Snoring..."
Only the cat doesn't care about anything.
The little sun was held in his arms and crossed the forest and rocks again, but it did not return to the small island where the festival was held.
Instead, it was carried straight into a private house, where a dozen or so scattered samurai stood in the Inazuma-style room.
"Boss, we've been waiting for you."
"Um."
Under respectful gazes, A-Zhu stared at Yu-Li, who was bound hand and foot.
Paimon exclaimed, "It's that corrupt official from earlier! Wait, is this revenge?"
Leosley recalled, "Strangely, I didn't see him giving any operational instructions to his men in this footage."
"With force."
The golden-eyed boy pressed the blade against the official's neck.
"I am going to ask you a question, and your answer will determine your life or death."
"Sir, please, please speak..."
The officials trembled with fear, showing no trace of their former arrogance.
"Well then, listen carefully, my fellow countrymen, my question is—"
His golden pupils almost reflected light in the night.
What makes us unfree?
“I know! I know!” Yuli immediately cried out in surprise, “It’s the gods! Because it’s not Barbatos who rules us, that’s why we’re not free!”
*Pfft*, the next second, the image was covered by a large amount of mosaic, and the sound of a heavy object falling could be faintly heard from the red blur.
"You're a little off. Let me tell you the correct answer."
"It is oppression, injustice, power and indifference."
Ah Zhu took the cloth handed to her by her subordinate, wiped the blood off her hands, and then went to hug the cat that looked somewhat bewildered.
"And on the bones of you parasites, I pray that an era of equality for all, free from oppression and suffering, will eventually come."
...
Silence reigned inside the opera house.
What followed was an extremely enthusiastic commotion.
"That's definitely the lynx's dad! He absolutely is!!"
Screams and gasps filled the air, and Raimondo was nearly shaken to pieces by the excited crowd.
"There's no reason why it shouldn't be! Look at his stubborn expression!!"
"Boss!"
A few barely suppressed sobs escaped, and a sharp-eared subordinate dragged a small child out of the cabinet.
"Damn it! His son is here!?"
"Now we have no choice but to silence them, what a pity..."
"I didn't see anything! I—"
"If you see it, then you see it. Why are you too weak to admit it?"
The terrified child never imagined that the murderer who had just killed his father would merely glance at him calmly, showing no intention of eliminating him completely.
"Remember, the murderer is me, the Bamboo Demon. Don't take revenge on the wrong person."
Ha, demons and onmyoji, that must be the greatest distance in the world...
He was feeling melancholy when he overheard one of his underlings gossiping rudely:
"Boss, but that woman called you Azhu."
"roll."
The noise from the audience never stopped.
"They didn't kill any children! How do you define this behavior? It's not robbery or rebellion, anyway."
"A world where everyone is equal? That's a really bold idea..."
"First of all, this is definitely not their first offense."
Xia Worei watched them retreat in an orderly and unhurried manner.
"Secondly, they had to flee. The witness was only drugged and rendered unconscious for two or three days; he was not killed."
"Our fame is growing, and this day will come eventually."
A-Zhu didn't seem surprised, but the way she stroked the cat's hand became heavier and heavier with each touch.
"I only regret that I didn't leave her with a perfect farewell."
"Boss, there's another celebration in two weeks, but it's definitely too late."
"..."
"Boss, why don't we go back and kill that child?"
"He raped and kidnapped his father, why did you kill him?"
The audience stared blankly at the screen.
"This is just like a lynx, no, not like a lynx, he's a real killer..."
"If you combine Miyoko's gentleness with that, then it's a lynx... What's going on?"
No matter how confused they were, all they could see was a boy named A-Zhu changing out of his blood-stained clothes and leaning against Miyoko's door.
"ah……"
He didn't close his eyes all night, just staring blankly at the full moon in the sky.
"Little Sun".
He stroked the cat and asked.
"Miyoko and I are breaking up. Will you stay with me or with her?"
Meow~
"Fine, come with me, you're smart to back up."
"So, it's going to be a long-distance relationship? No way..."
But no matter how much the audience resisted, A-Zhu began to prepare to leave; love could not stop him from pursuing his grand ambitions.
"Miyako, stop him! He's going to take your cat and wander the world!"
Miyoko never showed up, and even when Kosei crawled into bed, the only thing that emerged was a lifelike shikigami.
"Where did they go? All the guests who came to visit have left..."
The images moved along with the cat's memory, and the lost bat fan was only found once in the corner of the wall.
"Could it be that she secretly ran away to play? Ah Zhu is often nowhere to be found either."
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Miyoko returned to her room covered in leaves, her face deathly pale.
"Little Sun".
She sadly stroked the cat and asked.
"I want to break up with Azhu. Will you stay with me or with him?"
...?
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Author's note: Do you all remember Yuijin Seinosuke, the one who sealed away the 500 Zang...? And then, the Traveler and Prince Xinyan went on a rampage in the Yin-Yang Bureau he left behind, leaving behind an event pet named Shiki-chan in their backpacks.
It's normal not to remember, though; it's been so long, and that event was time-limited, so there's no way to make up for it now...
There will probably be one or two more chapters in the "Parents' Memories" series, but that's uncertain. I will indicate this in the subheadings.
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