Chapter 44: Marrying a Fairy
For the first time, Suzuki Sonoko doubted her unbreakable good luck.
According to information shared by several Soul Society natives at Urahara's shop, the living world and Soul Society are separated by a layer of space called the Dankai, where the time density is over 2,000 times that of the outside world and is filled with various folded-out space cracks.
In the early years, Soul Society used this place as a place to exile criminals. Any soul thrown into Dankai, even if it could survive for a while, would eventually be torn apart if it encountered a Kuru that blocked the spirit body or a strange insect called Kutu that devoured the soul.
With just this short time difference, Sonoko and Ichigo Kurosaki and his group, who had jumped into the gate earlier, were already in completely different spatial dimensions.
However, for Miss Suzuki Sonoko, who had no ability at all, it was difficult for her to even turn around, let alone find her accomplices for help.
The raging storm carried an oppressive atmosphere. Suzuki Sonoko fluttered in place with a dead look in her eyes, and was dazzled by an oncoming wind ball made up of folded space.
She closed her eyes and opened them again, and found herself standing in a deep forest.
Miss Suzuki took a deep breath quickly and felt that she was sweating coldly because of the thrilling experience just now, which made her heart ache.
She leaned against the tree trunk and wiped away the cold sweat, thinking that Yato had not lied to her and her good luck was still on her side.
Although the process was a bit thrilling, she still managed to pass through the Dangai and reach Soul Society!
But even if she came, she would only be a burden: rather than helping to rescue the execution ground, the possibility of her being taken hostage by the Death Gods of the Jingling Court might be even greater...
Sonoko suddenly felt fortunate that Urahara-sama had modified her cell phone this morning. She wondered if she could contact Urahara Kisuke if she called Urahara Shoten now and ask him to tell Kurosaki Ichigo and Yato: Before leaving Soul Society, please stop by Rukongai and take her back with you.
However, the call was not connected.
Suzuki Sonoko did not doubt Urahara's transformation ability because of this. She thought it was very likely that the phone was damaged due to electromagnetic interference when passing through the Dangkai.
Fortunately, because she had been accompanying him to meetings, she knew a little about the general situation of Jingling Court...
Following a subtle sound, an old lady with white hair appeared at the end of the grove.
According to the information provided by Urahara Kisuke (and actually in the photos), there is actually no difference between Soul Society and the real world. After dead souls have lived here for 60 years, they will be reincarnated as new souls.
During this period, they lived like living people, but they hardly consumed any food and their lives were as boring as if they were living in ancient times.
There is also a piece of information about Rukongai in the popular science of Soul Society, which says that the areas towards the back are more chaotic, and the last few areas can basically be equivalent to slums, but the areas in the middle and front are very peaceful. Everyone lives a stable life as they did when they were alive, quietly waiting for reincarnation, and even robbery and theft are rare.
Detective Suzuki Sonoko began to observe diligently.
The old lady in front of me was dressed simply but cleanly enough. She looked like she was collecting firewood, but her body was very plump. She looked like a hard-working person with a wealthy family.
Yuanzi was immediately relieved.
Her good luck continued to be online, not only helping her successfully reach Soul Society, but also cleverly avoiding the Shura Field of Rukongai, giving her a safe hiding place.
——Sonoko had no intention of hiding in the bushes. After all, Soul Society was a place that received dead souls. A newly attracted soul might suddenly appear in every corner of every area, and the residents here were used to this situation.
Although she knew that she was likely to become an illegal resident, in order to avoid being arrested as a suspect, she focused her attention and stared at the old lady, adjusted her mindset, and prepared to play the role of a novice driver who had just hit the road.
Suzuki Sonoko is actually a person who is addicted to acting, but the living environment of the Suzuki family means that she is destined to have no difficult life experiences, so her expressions and demeanor have always been a bit exaggerated.
Whenever she tried seriously to put on a show to fool someone, her expression and actions not only failed to achieve the purpose of concealing the truth, but instead made her look like a child playing a bad joke, asking the parents for some gifts in a roundabout way.
——Sometimes her eyes are so bright that she can’t help it, and people just want to pat her on the head.
Just like right now.
The eagerness in Yuanzi's eyes was too strong. If the old lady opposite her was really an ordinary woman, she would probably break into cold sweats when she saw the pressure-filled look in her eyes.
However, this old lady is actually a human being, and she has something to hide.
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Higashiyama Village is a small village on the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, far away from the town. The highest leader is the village chief.
Although the village is close to the sea and has abundant resources, the villagers have relied on fishing for their livelihood for generations. In order to thank the sea god, the village sends a living sacrifice to the sea that provides them with food every eight years.
——Dress up the young girl beautifully and carry the bride to the pier where the gods are worshipped in a sedan chair passed down from their ancestors. Then everyone kneels down and asks the gods for blessings, and then presents the bride prepared for the god this year to him.
This sending-off means tying the bride to a sampan with a hole in it and pushing them into the sea to drown them slowly.
Eight years ago, the girl of an old hunter in the village was drowned. The stubborn old man left the village in anger and lived in a valley not far away.
The old lady, like everyone else in the village, thought that the old man was too troublesome. Sacrificing the bride was a major event that concerned the continuation of the village. How could he get angry because of his own selfishness?
As a result, after eight years, there were only two girls of marriageable age left in the village. The village chief's daughter was taken away by a passing warrior, and the only one who could be a bride was her granddaughter.
At this time, the old lady suddenly understood the old man's hatred.
But she didn't dare to refute.
The old lady has lived in the village for more than sixty years and has sent so many brides that she can't count them on one hand. She is reluctant to part with her granddaughter but can only sigh. However, today, when she met a strange girl in the mountains, a bold idea suddenly came to her mind.
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Suzuki Sonoko had no idea what the old lady was saying.
In fact, it was not just this old lady. After she was brought back to a place called Higashiyama Village (there is a monument at the entrance of the village), Suzuki Sonoko was frustrated to find that she could not understand what anyone in the village was saying.
Their accent was more like a distorted dialect, more like a dialect than any other dialect Yuanzi had ever come into contact with. In a long sentence, she could only guess the meaning of two or three words based on the approximate pronunciation.
The rest of the communication can only be done through gestures.
First of all, you can’t expect other people’s kindness to last forever, so it’s more reassuring to give them rewards.
Sonoko didn't know what the common currency of Soul Society was, but this place was roughly equivalent to a supernatural version of ancient society. Just because money couldn't be spent didn't mean items had no value.
Suzuki Sonoko has a lot of accessories on her body, including earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and so on. Unfortunately, although these jewelry are expensive, the price is mostly due to the brand and design concept. They look delicate, but they may not be popular.
She picked and chose, and put the pendant on her left ear in the old lady's hand.
It was a platinum base, with small round balls inlaid with diamonds. When placed in the old lady's palm, it looked very priceless.
Yuanzi closed her hand, then pushed the old lady's hand back to her chest, indicating that the thing was given to her, and then made a gesture of tilting her head back to drink water, telling the old lady that she was a little thirsty.
The old lady was very kind. She took her to a thatched hut on the side of the village to let her rest, lit a fire for her, brought her water, and carefully closed the door before leaving.
Yuanzi looked around the simple room: Although she was said to be easy to raise, that definitely didn't include adapting to this kind of living environment...
On the other side, the old men and women in the village gathered at the village chief's house for a meeting.
“That won’t do!”
The village chief slammed the table and said, "This is an outsider. What should we do if he offends the gods?"
"Look at what you're saying," the old lady who brought the garden back, named Azhen, waved her hands and retorted, "Your daughter was taken away by the samurai, can't you please let my granddaughter go?"
"But we offer the [bride] to ask the sea god to bless the bloodline of our village. Find an outsider..."
"What happened to the outsiders?"
The real mother-in-law retorted angrily, "Perhaps the God would prefer this foreign girl as his bride rather than this rough-bred girl from the seaside!"
As soon as these words fell, the room suddenly became quiet.
The girl that the real mother-in-law brought back was more like a wandering princess than a girl. There was no trace of sea breeze, labor, or poverty on her body. Her fingers were as white as blanched lotus roots, and her teeth were so neat that it seemed as if she had never chewed any coarse grains.
Even just standing there, she attracted much more attention than the girls in the village.
"But," the village chief knocked on the table, "what if she has a background?"
The real mother-in-law rolled her eyes and said, "If she had a background, she wouldn't have stayed in the house so obediently. She would have called us to help find her family long ago!"
While the village chief was still hesitating, Zhen Po Po took out the earrings that Yuanzi had given her during the day from her arms.
"this……"
"She should have several more on her," Grandma Zhen generously pushed the items to the center of the table. "We need to wear ceremonial robes during the [wedding], so there's no need to bring all these miscellaneous items to the Sea God."
The village chief looked at the gem, whose material he didn't know but still reflected a bright halo under the candlelight. He gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and nodded in agreement.
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Yuanzi felt that her living environment was a bit harsh.
She knew that souls without spiritual power would not feel hungry, so she was not surprised that the old lady did not bring her food. However, in the middle of the night, she was so hungry that she felt more like she was fainting from hunger than falling asleep.
Fortunately, there was food the next morning. As a reward for the trouble of preparing food (after all, they couldn't eat at all), Yuanzi generously gave the other earring to the old lady.
She also took the opportunity to inquire about the latest developments in Jingling Court.
——Even if the execution has not started yet, the execution of the adopted daughter of the head of the four noble families should be big news, right?
However, the old lady only spoke the local dialect and her standard accent was completely incomprehensible.
Yuanzi couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.
If he went out, he would probably expose himself as a traveling trouble and bring down the god of death from the Jingling Court.
If he doesn't go out, not only will he not see the God of Death, he will also not see Ichigo and Yato who might be preparing to cause trouble.
Thinking of this, she squatted in the corner and scratched her hair involuntarily: Am I going to live like a snail in this shabby hut?
After almost three days, forced by the harsh living conditions, she finally mustered enough courage to go out!
When the old lady came to deliver food, Yuanzi resolutely gestured to walk out the door!
The real mother-in-law calmly put down the rice ball. Knowing that the little girl couldn't speak human language, she half-heartedly coaxed her, "Don't go out. It's dangerous outside. There are wolves and bandits in the mountains. If a girl like you were caught, she would be bullied to death!"
Yuanzi tried hard to distinguish for a long time, and finally understood the words "danger" and "arrest", and immediately became scared.
——Has Jingling Court already begun martial law and is strictly investigating travel accidents?
Although it seemed that there would be no danger as long as she didn't go out, in order to ensure that the old lady would continue to hide her here out of kindness, Yuanzi gave her a bracelet as a bribe.
Then he squatted back on the thatched mat pitifully, puffing his cheeks and nibbling on the two small rice balls.
Grandma Zhen arranged for the room in the garden to be unlocked. In fact, everyone in the village knew what the person locked up in the room was for.
Not to mention that she couldn't run away from the village at all. There was a large forest behind the village. Leaving the door open and letting the girl out for a walk occasionally could actually relax her vigilance and allow her to stay quietly until the next month's sacrifice.
Grandma Zhen was holding a necklace. Although she didn't know what it was made of, it looked very valuable. Unfortunately, in order to exchange for her granddaughter, she had to use all these things to bribe the village chief...
When she entered the village chief's house, she saw a tall stranger standing in the house. The real mother-in-law thought it was the warrior who took away the village chief's daughter and came to visit, but she didn't know that he was actually a guard from a passing noble family.
He stood silently in the middle of the main hall. When he saw the real mother-in-law come in, he just glanced at her condescendingly, then put a handful of money on the table, took the food and medicinal herbs handed to him by the village chief, turned around and walked out of the yard.
"What's that for?"
"It seems the master was hunting in the woods, and a guard was injured, so he sent him to buy some things..."
The village chief answered as he took the chain without hesitation and put it in his arms.
The warrior holding the white cloth and medicinal herbs moved his ears slightly and frowned involuntarily. He stood on the hill and glanced at the village below. Finally, he ignored the things that were wrong and hurriedly took the things to find his owner.
On the other side of the forest, several horses were tied under a tall tree. A warrior who seemed to have broken his leg was leaning against the tree roots and groaning. When he came back with something, their young master was playing with an insect with a piece of straw.
Seeing that his subordinates had finished bandaging the wound, Komatsu Naotaka finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a yam from the package he brought back and squatted lazily by the fire, roasting it in circles.
"When you took something from the villagers, did you remember to pay them?"
The warrior named Yuji nodded immediately: "Of course I remember what you ordered, but that village..."
"What happened to the village?"
Yongci helped his companion wrap the last layer of bandages and said hesitantly, "The people in that village seemed a little taboo. When they led me in, they seemed to have avoided a house to the north. And when I was shopping at the village chief's house, I saw an old lady bring in a very exquisite piece of jewelry."
"well?"
The idle third son of the Komatsu family was rarely interested. "Could it be that the village is a retainer left behind by some noble family?"
The injured warrior, named Tenman, couldn't help but complain to the young master when he heard this: "Rather than a retainer left behind by a noble, isn't this more like someone hiding in the village?"
"So he bought a wife from somewhere else? Are you afraid she'll run away?"
Yongci recalled the scene that had passed through his eyes and shook his head in denial: "Anyone who can afford to wear that kind of jewelry is worthy of being called a princess. How could she be sold as a concubine?"
You have to know that human traffickers are just selling people. How could they allow the goods to have so many expensive decorations on them?
"That's interesting..."
Komatsu Naotaka held a roasted yam in his mouth and ate until a circle of black ash appeared on the edge of his mouth. He thought that since Tenman was injured, he could not hunt. According to Yuji, the owner of the jewelry was probably a beauty!
If you have nothing to do, you might as well go and watch something exciting happen.
After a simple dinner, Sonoko squatted in the hut and studied her cell phone, trying to contact Urahara Shoten, when suddenly a slight sound came from the window.
Suzuki Sonoko quickly looked up at the small skylight and saw a handsome guy falling from the sky and hanging upside down on the eaves.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time through the leaky thatched roof. Yuanzi blinked and said hello subconsciously.
Komatsu Naotaka was climbing on the damp wood, but was also stopped by her sudden greeting, and he replied with a dazed "Hello".
Suzuki Sonoko was immediately surprised.
——Oh my god, she finally met a guy who can speak human language!
Because of the poor communication, the naturally lively Yuanzi almost went crazy. At this time, the relief of finally finding a topic to talk about successfully overwhelmed her instincts, and she didn't have time to pay attention to the man's appearance at the first time.
Shanglong looked inside through the narrow window, rubbing his chin and began to think.
Her skin is fair and smooth, her hair is soft, and she doesn't have any scars or even calluses - she must be a girl from a wealthy family.
She had innocent eyes and would get so excited that she shed tears when she saw strangers. It was obvious that she was not used to controlling her emotions - let alone being hungry, she probably had never even seen a complete crop. Not only did she come from a wealthy family, she was also a very spoiled child.
Could it be that he was kidnapped after being stranded here?
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, the innocent and delicate girl waved at him. Then, when Shang Long looked over with a friendly smile, she asked him cautiously, "What's the situation outside now?"
——If he is wearing ancient clothes, he should not be a dead soul who has just arrived in Jinglingting, right?
As soon as Komatsu Naotaka saw her evasive eyes, he felt that something was wrong. Later he thought about it and thought that it was probably because she was clearly in a state of semi-imprisonment, but she did not show any intention of asking for help from beginning to end?
So he naturally narrowed his eyes, smiled, and chose an ambiguous answer.
"Just like usual."
"But didn't that old lady say that the Grim Reaper has started to catch people?"
[You two have conflicting information. Who is telling the truth? ]
Shang Long easily recognized the doubt in her eyes.
Although he didn't know what the god of death she was talking about, after thinking about the context, he immediately gave a flawless answer.
"The Grim Reaper has been arresting people for a while now," the young master of Xiaosong Castle nodded seriously. "I'm talking about the same as usual, the same as today and the past few days."
What? !
Sonoko put a hand on her chest in surprise and took a few steps back. "Are you sure the security in Seireitei wasn't enforced a few days ago because the Kuchiki family's daughter was going to be executed, but that there were actually some Shinigami out on the streets arresting people?"
——Doesn’t this mean that Ichigo and the others were exposed long ago?
Miss Suzuki, who was still hoping someone would come to rescue her, suddenly became disheartened.
"Come to think of it," the clear male voice asked thoughtfully, "From what you said, it seems that you care a lot about the daughter of the Kuchiki family..."
Yuanzi quickly began to shake her head.
"No, no, no."
Her demeanor in refusing was simply out of character. "How could I possibly know a Death God of that background? It's just that the streets have been under martial law recently, and rumors of a traveller trying to disrupt the execution have been spreading like wildfire, so I just heard some of it from other people in the village!"
Naotaka Komatsu seemed to be convinced and nodded with her, silently snapping his fingers in his heart: It’s a pity that the martial law thing was made up by me, so in addition to [Death God] and [Seireitei], there is also a new word called [Travel Disaster], right?
He quickly formed an equation in his mind: [She was locked in the room but was not anxious - most likely she wanted to hide - because the old woman told her that there was the Grim Reaper outside catching people - she was afraid of being caught by the Grim Reaper - The Grim Reaper imposed martial law because he wanted to catch the troublemakers]
To simplify it in one sentence: This girl is most likely one of the "travel disasters" she mentioned.
Although the conversation was filled with a bunch of words that Shang Long had never heard of, his expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, and he played the role of a playboy who knew some gossip but not the details almost flawlessly.
If Suzuki Sonoko could carefully recall the conversation between the two, she would find that all the useful information in the words of the person in front of her was actually extracted from what she said.
But she has always been careless, and now she was so anxious that she wanted to scratch the wall. Her mind was full of the maggot nest that was described by the great god Urahara Kisuke like a ghost story, which was said to be the place where the criminals of the Soul Society were imprisoned.
For several days after that, Naotaka Komatsu always came to talk to her when no one was around. When he found that the door of the house was not locked, he simply walked into the house.
As the only channel for communication and external contact, Yuanzi tried very hard to fool this person and help her find out the information!
Because she was worried that she might be a fugitive and illegal immigrant, Miss Suzuki was smart enough not to reveal herself from beginning to end.
She acted like a gossipy newcomer to Soul Society, asking Shang Long a series of questions about the situation outside, seemingly out of pure curiosity.
After chatting for several days, I finally tried to find out indirectly: Since the Death Gods have been hunting for so long, how many troublemakers have they caught so far?
Shang Long pondered for a moment, then asked, "You said that Lord Death is difficult to approach, so how can I know the specific outcome?"
Yuanzi was angrily saying, "When you were walking down the street, you didn't see any Death God...did the Lord lock someone up and take him away?"
"But I don't know what the travel disaster looks like."
Xiao Song Shanglong held a straw in his mouth, crossed his legs and shook them, but his eyes lingered on the girl. "Even if the God of Death walked past me with a travel disaster on his back, I wouldn't be able to tell whether it was an ordinary criminal or a travel disaster, right?"
What he said makes a lot of sense...
Soul Society is so big and Seireitei is so small, even the most sensational news will change once it reaches the corners. Moreover, this is a matter of the gods of death, so once the gates of Seireitei are closed, people outside can only watch the excitement.
Thinking of this, Yuanzi couldn't help but wilted down, as if even the soft hair on his head had drooped, and his entire outline appeared visually smaller.
Naotaka Komatsu would see her shrink like this almost every day. After it happened so many times, he began to like deliberately making up news to make her worry, and then watched her curled up in the corner and feel wronged with interest.
After I had enough of my eyes and the itch in my heart subsided, I patted her head again and reluctantly promised to help her find out more.
Every time this happened, even though she knew there would still be no clear news the next day, she would slowly brighten up from her depressed state, just like the day before.
The girl's warm brown eyes gradually filled with sparkling light, and she stared at him with an expression that seemed particularly moved.
After about ten days, she gave Shanglong a ring.
This thing is obviously for girls, and it is a bit inappropriate to use it as a reward for bribery. However, because the workmanship is so exquisite and beautiful, even the young master of Xiaosong City is surprisingly fond of it.
Suzuki Sonoko's personality is not perfect. In fact, she has never learned to read other people's faces since she was a child. Because everyone takes care of everything for her, she easily becomes dependent on others and reveals a lot of things without realizing it.
As for Komatsu Naotaka...
After twenty days, he quietly analyzed a lot of things.
First of all, the girl's speech is clear and well-structured, and because her worldview is so vast, it is probably not made up.
But she didn't know much about the so-called "Rukhun Gai".
She was curious about why Shanglong only appeared at night, but when he was almost about to expose himself and said that he "came from somewhere else and couldn't see people", she easily believed that he was a stowaway from the area at the end of the number.
Furthermore, when she asked about the "human who was given abilities by Miss Kuchiki" during the travel disaster, she showed a lot of small gestures and personal emotions.
However, when inquiring about the "god who came to help raid the battlefield", he felt an extra sense of indifference.
This kind of indifference is similar to the indifference you feel towards your childhood friend next door because you know him too well - because you know he is capable enough, this god is rarely mentioned compared to the urgency of asking about other people.
In other words, after spending twenty consecutive nights with the beautiful woman, Naotaka Komatsu came to a completely new conclusion.
Instead of trying hard to pretend to be a passerby, this young lady should obviously be one of the protagonists of the story.
Then he followed the logic of the story and made further guesses.
The one who was to be executed for giving her abilities to humans was a noble lady who was a god of death, and the one who came to save her was a human boy who had received her abilities.
In short, this is probably a cross-border love story.
And this young lady - like the god who rarely appears, is most likely here to help out of friendship.
Miss Suzuki's unconscious catchphrase is "What happened to our family?" People who like to say this usually come from powerful families. In addition, she has a vague understanding of Rukongai. Komatsu Naotaka thinks that Miss Suzuki Sonoko should be the daughter of some other great noble in the Seireitei family, and should be a close friend of the girl from the Kuchiki family.
The specific plot of this story is probably not much different from the vernacular novel.
——The princess who fell in love with a poor warrior wanted to elope. Her good friend, a princess from another family, did her best to gather information and cooperate with him. Then, with passionate and naive fantasies, the group prepared to escape from the cage of the aristocratic family together.
However, in this story, the relationship between the [princess] and the [poor man] is probably replaced by the relationship between the [god of death] and the [ordinary person].
Obviously, when Komatsu Naotaka saw her squatting pitifully in the corner, he wanted to say: These daughters of gods are much more naive than princesses of noble families. There are only two possibilities for this lady to be here.
Either they succeeded, but were chased and separated. This young lady, who had no skills, fell into the human world alone without knowing it.
Or it was a failure, and this young lady was punished and abandoned in the human world, and she still didn't know it.
Shang Long walked up to the aggrieved Miss Suzuki, and like countless times in the past, he used words that sounded true and false and had no flaws to tell her a promising tomorrow. Then he slowly stroked the girl's hair without any dirt, and said goodbye with a smile under her eager gaze.
In Xiaosong Castle, Xiaosong Shanglong is the third son of the family who is lazy and idle. His family members always keep saying: Xiaosong Castle is weak and has no way out except relying on the big city. He should listen more to the master's son and make a living for himself.
Even the old woman who took care of him when he was growing up kept muttering, "When will the young master grow up..."
Naotaka Komatsu felt that he probably had some hidden ambitions, but because he was born in an inappropriate place, that ambition only made him see the hopeless future of this city more clearly, and then feel a kind of irritating depression.
But this little fairy is different.
After Shanglong had gathered enough framework information to trick Yuanzi in return, he would come to her every day to listen to her stories, and then fill in some reasonable and logical developments of the events and tell them to her based on her expectations of the day or his own feelings when he saw her.
——He even used the guard deployment of Komatsu Castle to make up a patrol schedule for the Death Squad for her.
Because Sonoko actually didn't understand much, and was fooled by such a guy with extraordinary political talent. Every day she worried about what terrible things Ichigo and Yato had done, and that she would not be able to return from Soul Society. Then, with his smiling and caressing comfort, she forced herself to cheer up and continue working hard.
After Shang Long discovered that she was unconsciously picky about food, he would bring her some food every day. Although she would always unconsciously dislike it (for example, she would frown when biting it), he felt that the little fairy was really delicate, and at the same time he would be more careful to search the kitchen in the middle of the night.
Then, after [finding ways to make her unhappy and then make her happy], [bringing food to make her happy every day] became the second magical hobby of the young master of Xiaosong Castle.
However, the little fairy was only happy when she ate meat.
Gradually, even Naotaka Komatsu's days and nights began to turn upside down.
However, no one in the City Lord's Mansion ever cared about him. Instead of facing the endless nagging that seemed ridiculous to him, the thing to look forward to every day was running to meet the little fairy in the middle of the night.
——It would be better if she could be happy simply because of [my arrival] rather than because of [the news I might bring].
Unfortunately, this was a bit too much to ask, so after successfully fooling the little fairy for another day, His Highness Naotaka Komatsu officially began to hate the god and the human boy who was in love with Miss Death because of the excited and expectant look that did not belong to him.
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It didn't matter for a day or two, but after more than a month, even if the time was confused in the closed environment, Yuanzi slowly realized it.
Rukia's execution stay is only 25 days. Even if Shanglong said that there is a lot of panic outside, if they want to rob the execution ground, there should be a fight!
Sonoko remembered that Ichigo was very strong when he used Getsuga Tensho, and Yato was also very fierce when he killed the Hollow!
Moreover, according to the popular science that Reisi Munakata had given her in her early years, the execution ceremony in Soul Society was a huge undertaking. After the Soul-Zanping Sword used for the execution was released, it shone like a phoenix!
She couldn't help but start to suspect that there was something wrong with Shanglong.
But after doubting for a long time, she couldn't think of any benefit from this person lying to her. Suzuki Sonoko, an intuitive creature, could swear with her sixth sense: this person had no ill will towards her!
So Yuanzi couldn't help but feel even more distressed.
She was distressed for several days. She only felt happy when someone was comforting her. When she was left alone, she immediately started to suffer from insomnia.
Suzuki Sonoko had always been living a life of mixed day and night, and when she woke up early one morning, she found that her real mother-in-law had given her a super rich breakfast.
Yuanzi was actually quite grateful to the old lady: after all, according to Shanglong's description, Jingling Court was no different from an army approaching. Although this village was far away, it was still quite dangerous to harbor a stranger.
——Although it was probably because she gave a lot of things.
Because Naotaka Komatsu unexpectedly didn't show up the night before, Sonoko was hungry early and ate without caring about the taste. As a result, as soon as she finished eating, her vision went dark.
When she woke up, she found herself being carried on a frame that was not gorgeous but very fancy. Various flowers, plants and wood carvings decorated this thing that she could not tell whether it was a stretcher or a simple sedan chair. She moved her eyes downward and found that she was wearing a set of clothes covered with dark blue patterns. There were bunches of golden fruits hanging on her wrists. It seemed that she was being carried by a group of people.
Her head felt dizzy and heavy, and she always felt that something was wrong. When she recovered a little, she found that the problem was that her hands were tied with ropes woven into the fruit, and the people who were carrying her were walking forward into the sea.
Because of what Yato had said before, Sonoko wasn't worried. After all, she was lucky, so lucky that she might be struck by lightning before anyone could harm her...
As a result, even after half of her body was submerged in water, there was still no thunder, tsunami, or sandstorm. Ms. Suzuki, whose hands and feet were out of control due to the drugs, couldn't help but start to wonder: Are the gods and the Soul Society... incompatible?
When her shoulders were also submerged in water, Sonoko's expression looked as if she was ready to die.
The salty smell of sea water filled her nose. A wave hit her, and her head, which was still hanging on the surface of the water, was completely wet.
——Is she really going to die?
——Speaking of which, everyone in Soul Society is a ghost. This feudal and superstitious style of painting is really unacceptable...
The loud sound of water splashing hit his ears, and Yuanzi inexplicably heard the sound of horse hooves coming from afar.
Through the swaying water and the water-stained hair, Suzuki Sonoko saw Komatsu Naotaka appearing on the dock on horseback.
Because their acquaintance started with a lie, the third young master of Xiaosong City did not prepare to bring the person out until the day before the sacrifice with a guilty conscience.
Unfortunately, the fact that he searched the kitchen every day still revealed a clue, and his father who found out the news was directly locked in the house.
By the time he jumped out of the window, it was almost too late!
Dongshan Village is a subsidiary of Xiaosong Castle. Although they basically don't communicate with each other in normal times, the taxes are indeed paid to the Xiaosong family. As the third son of the family, Shanglong interfered with the sacrifices and no one dared to say anything.
He almost unceremoniously destroyed everything related to the evil festival, and then, under Sonoko's confused gaze, he carried her onto the horse and brought her all the way back to Komatsu Castle.
The castle of Komatsu Castle wasn't big, but it was quite exquisite. Shang Long thought Suzuki Sonoko had choked on the water, and thought that with her inability to endure hardship, she must be suffering to death...
When this guy came to see her with a bowl of hot soup, Miss Suzuki sat expressionlessly in her futon, curled herself up into a big bun, raised her head, and asked calmly, "This isn't Soul Society at all, is it?"
Shang Long paused holding the bowl of soup and said nothing.
Suzuki Sonoko exploded instantly.
To be honest, it is very detrimental to a normal person's mental health to stay anxious in a small room all the time. Suzuki Sonoko has never been worried for so long in her life!
Because she had been worried for a long time, Yuanzi was horrified to find that she had even forgotten how to lose her temper!
Fortunately, someone kept coaxing her in the later period. At this time, under Shanglong's persistent persuasion with the soup bowl, Miss Suzuki quickly regained her temper and kept urging herself with a terrifying mentality that even she felt was calm.
- Get angry quickly. You've been suppressing your emotions for so long. If you don't release them once and for all, you'll definitely get sick.
She flipped over the pillow next to her without hesitation, then picked up everything she could get her hands on and threw it at him, shouting in agony, "You actually lied to me?!"
Shanglong had no intention of hiding at all.
After all, he had lied to her out of curiosity at the beginning, and in the end, he really let her down. When he found that Sonoko was so angry that she seemed to be shaking and fainting, he hurriedly interrupted her and said, "After all, I saved your life, Miss Sonoko—"
"I won't be in any trouble without your help!"
Furious, Miss Sonoko threw a stack of manuscript paper at him and said, "Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about those bastards in the village. Those who want to kill me will probably get their comeuppance soon!"
Yuanzi, who had no idea that he was living under someone else's roof, felt much better after he had vented his anger. He stayed in the house and took deep breaths.
After being kicked out of the door, Naotaka Komatsu wiped his face and, under the guidance of his attendant, went to continue talking about life with his father.
His father locked him up yesterday because he wanted him to marry the girl from the next town so that he could build some connections and help his brother. Even though he brought her back today, he still didn't agree to him marrying an orphan he met in a mountain village.
Shang Long wordlessly dug into his sleeves and pulled out a pair of earrings, a necklace, and two small rings. He asked, "Look at these things. How does she look like an orphan?"
Lord Komatsu has always been confused. He had previously disagreed because he suspected that Sonoko was an orphan. Now, after seeing this row of jewelry, he began to suspect that she was the illegitimate daughter of a minister. He then felt that it would be dangerous to get involved in such matters. His face stretched and he said: This is even worse!
"Well," Komatsu Naotaka sighed and said righteously, "She is actually a fairy."
Xiaosong's father chuckled: "Do you think I believe it?"
Shang Long shook his head and said, "It's obvious that Yuanzi has been spoiled since she was a child. It's already extraordinary that she knew I was lying when she first met me. What she said in anger must be the truth."
The Lord of Xiaosong City sneered: "So what?"
Shang Long gathered his sleeves and took back the string of jewelry on the table.
"Since she said that the people in that village will suffer retribution, then this village will definitely suffer retribution."
The dissolute young man calmed down, his expression becoming more calm and confident, "As long as we send someone to watch, we'll know for sure if it's true or not."
Lord Komatsu was skeptical, but because he had done a lot of bad things, he acquiesced to the proposal.
On the other side, because they were too familiar with each other, Suzuki Sonoko only realized it belatedly after she had smashed Komatsu Naotaka all over him: although it is not Soul Society, this may be a feudal society that is not as enlightened as Soul Society!
Even though she developed a habitual dependence on that man due to the confines of the cramped space and psychological pressure, Naotaka Komatsu was never one of her fiancés who wholeheartedly pleased her.
This kind of situation seemed dangerous no matter how she thought about it, but because she was not wrong, she felt wronged and pitiful. She had almost never encountered it.
Yuanzi's mind was full of the thought that "killing was legal in feudal society." He was also worried about where he had fallen and whether he could get back. After a while, he began to doubt his life. His brain, which had never been so busy before, began to feel sleepy.
Since then, she has fallen into a long period of self-abandonment.
However, Naotaka Komatsu seemed unaffected. He brought her delicious food every day, which made her feel familiar as if she was being coaxed.
Almost a week later, Lord Xiaosong sent someone to talk to Shanglong with a gloomy expression.
Xiao Song's father drank tea and said, "It rained heavily last night."
The useless Third Son yawned and said, "Yeah, there was a rainbow by the window this morning. It's a pity that Yuanzi doesn't like such things. He was just thinking about what to eat for breakfast."
The Lord of Xiaosong City's forehead jumped. He glared at his son and said, "There was a landslide near Dongshan Village. Everyone in the village was killed or injured. Even the crops in the fields were drowned by mud and water. However, a hunter's family, only half a mile away from the village, remained completely unscathed."
The implication is: This might really be a fairy.
Although Shang Long said so, he only believed it 80%. After all, according to the world view he came up with from Suzuki Sonoko, the Soul Society was just another normal world, and the Shinigami were more like humans with extraordinary abilities than gods.
“Is there really retribution…?”
That night, while delivering food, Komatsu Naotaka stared at the now bright-eyed girl for a long time, then suddenly asked her, "Will I die if I lied to you?"
Yuanzi had recently regained her sleek, smooth demeanor. She burped, thought for a moment, and replied, "The last person who scammed me was annoyed by my harassing phone calls for years. Your situation is a bit more serious, but at most I'll curse you for eating instant noodles without the seasoning packet. It won't kill you."
It seems that this is a result of careful consideration...
Komatsu Naotaka smiled and touched the top of her head: "Oh, there will be no retribution for lying to you."
Before leaving the house, the young master holding the dinner tray thought silently in his heart: I just don’t know if I will suffer retribution if I marry you directly?
After discovering that Suzuki Sonoko might really be a fairy who could bless people, Lord Komatsu began to arrange the marriage with extraordinary enthusiasm. Shang Long could not deny this and spent the whole day thinking about what to prepare so that he could survive the wedding night and not be kicked off the bed by the bride.
A few days later, a sudden attack revealed the reason for Lord Komatsu's anxiety.
A year ago, the Xiaosong family said that their lord had ordered something, and as minions, the Xiaosong City Lord and Shanglong's eldest brother did it diligently. Recently, the fight between the two sides caused another disturbance, and someone came to their door.
The enemy's goal is tit-for-tat, not a life-and-death battle, but to cut off one of the master's arms as a warning.
This arm is Komatsu Castle.
——The army is approaching, the internal thieves are colluding with pirates to cut off the retreat, and there is no way to ask for help from the master's family.
It was not until his father and brother were killed by the enemy one after another that Shang Long realized that his father had long seen the signs of the country's destruction, but because he was optimistic and always felt that his lord would not abandon him, he had no intention of letting the people take refuge. Instead, when he was at his wit's end, he was planning to hold a wedding.
Before, he had hoped that Shanglong would marry the princess of the neighboring city so that he could gather some troops for him;
Now, he hopes that Shanglong can marry a fairy to bless their family with peace.
Because the city lord and his two sons were all dead, Shang Long was the only one left in the Komatsu family. The surrounding retainers decided to defend him at all costs, but Shang Long stood on the top of the city and watched for a long time, just wanting to buy time so that more people could leave by boat.
Suzuki Sonoko was dug out of bed with a confused look on his face, and was inexplicably sent onto a large ship. Before saying goodbye, Shanglong, with a strange expression, stuffed a jade pendant into his hand.
At this time, the sky was full of clouds and mist. The man with a bandage on his hand was holding a knife. He looked completely different from the image he had when he had fooled her earlier.
Yuan Zimu stood on the deck in a daze, always feeling that the man's back as he left was inexplicably handsome.
Just a few minutes after the ship left the port, Sonoko understood the reason for this sudden drama from the mournful cries of the people around her. The sense of unreality really prevented her from getting into the drama. As a result, before the flag on the city wall fell, the servants operating the rudder turned around and steered the ship back to the dock.
The ragged and unarmed people rushed into the battlefield shouting like crazy. Suzuki Sonoko was pushed off the deck by the crowd and happened to stand in front of the shore, watching a war that belonged to the era of cold weapons.
The scene was so much like a TV drama, but the strong smell of blood nailed her to the spot.
Suzuki Sonoko has seen many dead people, but they were all lying safely in body bags, and it wouldn't take long for Kudo Shinichi to find the murderer.
Although that feeling is terrifying, it is subconsciously safe.
But in this scenario, although the cold arrows flying from all kinds of strange angles could not hit her, and the enemies who wanted to finish her off could basically not get in front of her, Yuanzi stood in a safe open space that seemed like an absolute territory, and felt an intuitive shock.
On the other side of the battlefield, the last guard beside Komatsu Naotaka also fell down. He turned around with blood all over his body and saw her standing in the middle of the battlefield with an expressionless face.
Ah, the exhausted young master struggles to find joy in misery: although this scene cannot be called retribution, it can be regarded as a standard suicide for love, right?
It’s a pity that their little fairy can’t even die...
His body lost weight and his vision went black. The next second after he fell to the ground, he was surprised to find himself suddenly in the open sea. A bad-tempered boy he had just met a few days ago asked him reluctantly with a stern face: "Do you want a country?"
Wang, who had avoided responsibility his entire life, smiled weakly and replied, "...I want it."
So the Qilin bowed down, the king forgave him, and the future master of Yan State closed his eyes and rubbed his back covered with blood scabs against the tree.
"Can you do me another favor?"
He asked with a smile.
The blond boy curled his lips impatiently: "What?"
Komatsu Shanglong pulled out an identical jade pendant from the compartment on his chest and shook it, saying calmly, "Go to the battlefield to rescue someone else. My future wife is still there."
Yan Qi snorted and said, "Why save her? The white light on that woman can be seen from ten feet away. She is definitely not dead!"
Shang Long held the jade pendant against his chest, patted it, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"That would be great..."
"What did you say?"
His Majesty Prince Yan sighed again, then smiled and said with emotion, "I mean, becoming an immortal is so great! Now I can really marry a fairy who is my equal."
The author has something to say: All those who thought she would go directly to Soul Society to meet Uncle Aizen, Byakuya, and Urahara are wrong...
To be honest, because your ideas are always different, I see that your comments are sometimes very rigid.
Then, I think you probably didn’t expect that the eighth one would be Shanglong…
But this was a planned plot long ago, and Sonoko really thought she had arrived in Soul Society┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Let’s be the queen in the next chapter.
The timeline is now five hundred years ago, before Prince Naotaka of Yan was welcomed back to the Twelve Kingdoms. This chapter mentions the original plot before Naotaka Komatsu ascended the throne, but because of the insertion of Yuanzi, there should be no similar sentences and memes.
Finally, as usual, please leave a message and say good morning to everyone!
If there are any typos, please leave a message to tell me, I will correct it when I wake up, mua (づ￣ 3￣)づ
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