"I ...... I have an idea - Asa, you wait here! He hurried back to the bedroom and took out the treasure he had always treasured, the glazed cherry blossoms, his mother's relics. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I feel that this glazed cherry blossom matches the pattern on the stone slab a little incredible.

"This glass cherry blossom is the key?" Asa asked curiously, "Why is a petal missing?" Lost? ”

"It's not lost!" Although my heart was pounding in shock, I still tried to smile and take out the small talisman bag that I found in the Taoist Mausoleum and once belonged to Lacey, and took out the petal from it, "The missing piece is for Lacey." ”

"Oh......"

"Na...... Assa, "I was about to put it on the slate when I put it together, and I hesitated," you say, if someone puts this on it...... What will happen? ”

"There's never going to be a *beauty, is there?!" Asa's words were still so unorthodox, "How could I possibly know this? ――Aren't you better than me about these Sakura related to Oriental Taoism? You're a sorcerer! ”

"No...... he looked up at him a little blankly, "This must have been carefully hidden by my mother - although I don't know what it was - but she didn't even tell me, I guess my father didn't know, right?" Maybe ......"

"You mean—this is a secret that your mother, Lady Sakurayuki, doesn't want anyone to discover?"

"Yes." I nodded.

"Oh......" Asa thought for a moment and suggested, "Sakura, or ...... Put it on, right? ”

“？”

"Uh...... "If it were me, if there was a secret that no one else wanted to know—I would destroy it?" Is it necessary to go to such trouble as Mrs. Sakurayuki to hide? ――A stone slab carved with cherry blossom patterns was left behind? That's right! His eyes lit up at this, "That's right." Didn't you say that your mother, Lady Sakurayuki, taught you Oriental writing when you were a child. Oriental painting or something? I think your mother must be ready to tell you at the right time! It's a pity -- uh," he said halfway through. Asa was amusefully silent.

"Yes--my mother died so early,......" sighed a little sadly, and then slowly brought the glazed cherry blossoms closer to the stone slab, "Well, you're right-this was left to me by my mother, and I should-"

"Ahh Cherry! Unexpectedly, Asa suddenly shouted, "Wait! ”

"Huh?"

"Wait and put it on!" Asa looked cautious, "This is your mother's secret—it's better to wait until I'm far away to open it." ”

"Don't!" I grabbed Asa who wanted to leave, "Wait! ”

“？”

"Well...... Asa ...... hesitated. I said, "You're still here, aren't you?" …… I...... I ......"

How to say, at this time, people really don't have the courage to open it themselves--only to open the secret left by the mother, the secret that the mother has been hiding...... Although I don't know what it is, I still instinctively feel that this secret is important and important...... Maybe it's a secret that people can't bear alone.

And, even though it was a secret left to me by my mother, perhaps a secret that no one else should know, I still hope that someone will be there to support me and open it up with me. It's true.

If it's Asa...... If it's Asa whom my daughter trusts...... It should be- yes?

Mother...... I don't think you mind, right?

- But how can people say this?!

"Hah!" Asa grinned knowingly and stepped forward, "Understood—now you know how important I am?" Do I want to take your hand and open it with you—"

Belch! I was wrong! Dead perverted! You can't be kind to him!

"Die!" I glared back at him. "Give my sister a good place for me to stay here!"

After saying that, I angrily pasted the glazed cherry blossoms on the slate.

"Bang!" Just as the pattern of the stone slab flashed with a pale green light, the brass lion on one side suddenly let out a loud noise. Immediately afterwards, the kitchen on the other side also responded with a "Smack!" The sound of shattering.

Before we could react, a small metal ball rolled down to the floor in front ......of the kitchen with a crisp sound.

What's wrong?

Following the direction of the crackling sound, we found that the blue brick on the kitchen wall not far away had broken a piece, revealing a small black hole.

Turning his face to look at the brass lion that made a loud noise—its right eye was gone, and a deep black hole had appeared where it had been, and a wisp of green smoke had come out of it.

"Sulfur?" Asa sniffed suspiciously, "Oh! No, it's fireworks? Fireworks? ”

"Fireworks?!"

Oh! Right. When I was a child, my mother used to take me to play with the oriental fireworks, and I still remember the brilliant blooming fireworks in the air - this is indeed the smell of the green smoke after lighting the fireworks at that time.

That...... What the hell just happened?

The metal orb on the ground must have been the right eye of a brass lion—ah! Could it be ......

"Huh!" Asa, who also reacted, leaned down to pick up the brass lion's right eye, which had rolled at his feet. "I used the gunpowder used to make fireworks to knock out the eyes and shatter the walls. Revealing a hidden brick hole - Sakura, your mother is so smart! ”

"It's just too loud and too dangerous," I laughed as I walked to the kitchen with Assa, "and it's too powerful—it would be too bad if the lion's right eye hit someone." ”

"Haha! Sakura, you're stupid this time! ”

"Huh?!" I don't understand.

"You don't want to think about it," Asa pointed back to the brass lion, "when Lady Sakurayuki designed this mechanism, the bronze lion was hidden in the plaster cast!" ――The lion's right eye must first shatter the plaster statue that is blocking the way, how can it be done if it is not powerful?! ”

"Yes! Makes sense! ”

Indeed, my mother must have said unexpectedly. I guess when she designed it, she only thought that her daughter would find the pattern on the slate, and she would never have thought that we would first peel off the plaster on the surface of the brass lion.

"Now, Asa," I asked Asa as we walked toward the hole-induced kitchen wall, "how do you know about fireworks and gunpowder?" ”

I know it's normal - when I was young. Because my mother, who is an Oriental, once took me to play.

But, Assata—

"Me? It's easy! Asa casually explained, "I saw it when I was a child—this one of the novelties that came to our Northridge from the Oriental merchants to sell. I also gave us a few cars to play with. ”

"How many cars?! How many cars are there?! Sent to you?! My eyes widened in surprise, "Woo...... I'm so envious! ”

My mother took me to play with the fireworks, but she treasured them for a long time. It was so rare that she happened to buy it, so expensive and expensive.

"What is there to envy?" This bastard with royal status doesn't know the distress of us civilian children, "Actually, the fireworks are nothing, they are just beautiful." ”

“……”

"Really!" Seeing that I glared at him dissatisfied, Asa hurriedly explained, "Light it with fire, and if it burns, it will be gone—it's not fun at all!" ”

"Isn't it fun?" I muttered, "That funny ......."

"Interesting—isn't it?" Asa scratched his head in disbelief. "Isn't it just a bunch of sparks? Any fire mage can be released, huh? Also, the fireworks weren't powerful, and they didn't hurt to burn people - unless they burned several cartloads of fireworks together. ”

"What?! Burned together?! I confirmed aloud in surprise, "You burned them all together?!" How many cars of fireworks?! ”

"Yes!" Asa nodded, "It was my brother's idea - mainly to see how powerful the burning together would be - and it just turned out to be a house that was blown up. The power is not comparable to that of a high-grade flame bullet. ”

"......," I let out a long, heartfelt sigh.

A game for the royal kids......

Fireworks worth thousands of gold coins were piled up together and burned.

Woo! It's too extravagant!

"But," the bastard didn't notice my thoughts, but was there reminiscing about himself, "but according to the Oriental merchant, if you take all the gunpowder out of the fireworks." If you put it in a closed place and light it, it will be more powerful than a fire charge! -- Unfortunately, we all burned out at the time, so we didn't have a chance to try -- and. And if you put it in a cylindrical copper tube, and put a copper ball or something on one side, it will hit out the power - ah! Speaking of this, Asa exclaimed suddenly, raised the lion's right eye in his hand, and then looked at the brass lion behind him, "Isn't this a copper ball?!" Ha! It turns out that what the merchant said is true! That's how it really works! ――It's really powerful! ”

As we talked, we walked to the wall and looked into the black hole that had been shattered by the lion's right eye—it was shallow. Inside is just a blue brick with a pattern carved into it.

-- It's cherry blossoms again.

"Ugh! How is this the case again?! Assa, who looked a little strange, hurriedly complained, "Sakura." Your mother, Lady Sakurayuki, is also terrifying! Does she like this dangerous game?! ――Where are you going to hit a bronze ball that can kill people?! ”

"How do you talk?! Where can it be so scary? I glared at him fiercely," said my mother, who must have done the same. Couldn't hit us -- weren't we standing in the middle of the pentagram when the brass lion fired its right eye just now? There is no danger at all! ”

After saying that, I pasted the glazed cherry blossoms on the green bricks again.

But this time, Asa and I were prepared and looked around cautiously.

――What will happen?

There were no loud noises, and no copper balls.

Instead, a mound of earth used as a flower bed on one side emitted smoke like the right eye of a brass lion.

"Uh...... Lady Sakurayuki wouldn't have buried a lot of gunpowder there, would she? Asa nervously placed a protective wall of ice in front of him, "So much green smoke - gunpowder buried in the ground, just as the merchant said, a confined environment - Sakura, do you know how powerful a large pile of oriental gunpowder like that is?" ”

"This ...... How would people know?! Influenced by Asa, I also nervously shrank behind the ice wall, "There are so many things in the East, how can people know about them?!" (To be continued)