The child was serious, and Reimu could feel it effortlessly from the way she looked at her.

There was no reluctance, no fear, no confusion in those clear eyes, just the determination to grow up and ......

"Mom, tell me what to do?"

Dongdong saw that the girl in front of him seemed to be in a dilemma, so he repeated his words again.

Lian Lian closed her heart because of her youth and ignorance, and as a result, she failed to hear her sister's last heart, and now she is guarding in front of the Earth Spirit Hall day and night, isn't it just to let her sister know that she has grown up?

The two knights, whose names she didn't know, had told her the meaning of duty from different angles, but she didn't understand it at all.

Now that I think about it, the reason why she doesn't understand these things must be because she hasn't grown up yet, right?

And that fat uncle's weird mood, and that complicated thing called love...... Knock Knock suddenly felt so ignorant.

"Mom, if you grow up, you will definitely be able to understand a lot of things, right?"

"Hmm...... There's nothing wrong with that, but do you really know what it takes to grow up? Knock knock you're still ...... It's too small. ”

Reimu was still hesitating, but Dongdong took the initiative to grab her hands, this action was not to ask for a hug from her mother, the little guy could feel her mother's mood at the moment, she actually wanted to use this way to reassure her.

"I know I'm too young~ That's why I want to grow up. And I want mom to ...... Let everyone see me grow up! ”

Since he opened his eyes for the first time in the MC world, Dongdong has experienced a lot of things that ordinary people never want to encounter in their lives, and has learned a lot of truths, but this little guy has never learned the experience.

It wasn't until after reading that memory just now that Dongdong had a sense of urgency to grow up for the first time and had the idea of wanting to change.

No matter how crystal clear the naïve dream is, it is only a naïve escape at best, and the reason why this kind of dream can continue to be done is because there are many forces around him who are attracted to protect this innocence, and the enlightened Dong Dong now feels that this is very bad.

She's not smart or powerful, she can't help the people around her, and she can't even save herself from malice.

The people who approached her to protect her would one day be gone, and some of them would be forever, the first thing she learned when she was still in the jar, but the little guy subconsciously refused to think about these things because he was afraid of this reality.

Everyone around her will leave her after all, and when Dongdong finally begins to face this fact, a question that she has ignored for a long time is in front of her, is she going to let these important people leave with their weakness and childish worries about her?

Absolutely not! Even if she wants to leave in the end, Dongdong wants everyone around her to leave with peace of mind, she wants to grow up, become smart and powerful, so that those bad people don't dare to bully her anymore, so that those who are worried about her don't have to worry about her anymore!

"This... There are many ways to grow up, and I want you to grow up safe and carefree, I ...... What did I say? ”

Reimu is not Knock Dong's mother at all, Knock Knock is not Reimu's child, the mother-son relationship between the two of them is very wonderful, and even in the beginning, Knock Knock is just Reimu's pet, and Knock Knock is not even a pet to be strictly speaking - would you think of the ants you keep in the observation box as pets?

It was fate that initially connected the Hakurei shrine maiden to a small Maoyu, and the first party to be emotionally involved was Hakurei Reimu.

And Reimu is not invested in maternal love, she just transfers her pent-up feelings as a Hakurei shrine maiden to Dongdong.

Xiao Maoyu just wishfully regarded Bo Li Reimu as her mother, and Bo Li Reimu just accepted it naturally, she felt that this little guy would one day find out that she was not her mother at all, and at that time, she just had to go with the flow and refuse.

This is the usual practice of the Hirori shrine maiden, who is neither kind nor strict with everyone, and everything is as it should be.

But what she didn't expect was that these wishful thinking feelings of Dong Dong gradually precipitated and fermented with the child's usual naivety and innocence, and finally turned into the supreme truth in her world that is better than logic and truth, 'You are my mother'.

She can't refuse harshly, because Dongdong is the successor of the Witch of Hakurei, and she must fulfill the responsibility of raising and teaching Dongdong, but doing so will undoubtedly make Dongdong sink deeper into this false perception, and this situation is simply an endless loop.

There's no way to say no...... And I fell into it myself without realizing it. ’

Finally, the Witch of Hakurei showed a wry smile like resignation, she was not married or even in love, but now she has an extra girl, and she is a girl who can already make soy sauce, which is simply ......

'Alright! I am your mother, your teacher and your senior...... Hope you won't regret it in the future, knock knock. ’

"Listen up, little fool. Each Memory Spell Card here contains the will of a Gensokyo resident, all you have to do is wake it up and face their questions and tests, and I'll teach you how to use them. ”

I don't know who still remembers the first name of Dongdong in this life?

Hmmm~ That's right! It's a stupid person, the big name is Hakuri Dongdong, and the nickname is a stupid person, a stupid person who likes to bang around in a glass jar.

Maybe it's because the little guy's head is really open.

It didn't take long for Knock Dong to master how to use spell cards, and then he began to choose which memories to start with.

Reimu Bo followed behind Dongdong with an uneasy mood, although she still looked like a girl in her twenties, her expression was very much like that of a mother who sent her child to elementary school.

When she saw Dongdong pick up two rune cards from each of the two adjacent tables and hesitate, Reimu, who felt that she should make a reference for her daughter, immediately stepped forward, and then she saw the contents of these two spell cards.

Dream [Sister Red! After coming back this time, let's go back to our hometown and get married! 】

Dream [Hmm! Kaguya! We'll be together forever, right? 】

Reimu: ......

The Witch of Hakurei, who faced up to her wife's identity, immediately snatched the two spell cards from her daughter's hand, and then said to Dongdong, who was taken aback.

"Hmm~ these two guys...... It's stupid! That's right! It's all stupid! Experiencing their memories is a lowering of IQ. ”

This is the prison cage of memory, and in this way, Koming Jijue firmly connects every resident of Gensokyo, because everyone has the memory of that wonderful paradise in Gensokyo, and this memory belongs to everyone, even Reimu.

Of course, because this kind of memory of you and me and me is very unstable, all of them often have some very complicated changes.

For example, a spell card that Dong Dong picked up again.

Dream [Marisa, hey, hey, hey~ Marisa, (sucking)~ You're my thing! 】

"Mom! Mom! I have a friend named Marisa! ”

"Knock knock ~ good ~ hurry up and put down this spell card."

Bori's mother said to her daughter as she tried to keep the gentle smile on her face from crumbling.

If you don't understand what your mother says, you can study it slowly in the implementation!

With this thought, Dong Dong obediently put the rune card in his hand back to its original place, and then began to look for other spell cards.

The changes to the Memory Cards were only temporary, and they quickly changed to their original appearance.

Disillusionment [Phoenix that cannot be nirvana]

Disillusionment [Lost Eternity and Ephemerality]

Disillusionment [Enchanted Forest Without You]

It seems that all the wills of Gensokyo have felt the arrival of the next Hakurei shrine maiden, and all the memory spell cards belonging to them have changed all at once, just like a carnival, except that this carnival makes Reimu's head feel three times bigger.

Dream [Master Wen asked me to patrol the mountains~Ilyiryo~]

"Knock knock, this won't work either."

"Oh!"

Disillusionment [The little white wolf who will always be behind you]

Dream [Real value for money!] A real clearance sale! Ten dollars for all! Ten dollars! 】

"You profiteer! At this time, you have to advertise! Knock knock! Stay away from that spell card! ”

"Oh!"

Disillusionment [Ancient Prop House with No More Visitors]

Dream [People's ...... People can't eat anymore]

“…… You can't eat it, so you can have a ghost! No, you seem to be a ghost already. ”

"Huh? Mom, what are you talking about? ”

"It's nothing, let's change the card."

Disillusionment [Cherry blossom night, dance for Junyi]

Dream [Miss Ben is the strongest!] Miss Ben is the smartest! Are you convinced! 】

"Dissatisfied!!!

"Not convinced?"

"Uh...... Next, next, this one is not suitable either. ”

Disillusionment [Lake of Mist with Frog Croaking]

Dream [Meiling! The eldest lady promised to pay you a salary! You have to be calm! Don't jump down. 】

“……”

“？”

Disillusionment [Lost Soul]

Dream [My name is Yakumo Purple and I am seventeen years old this year]

Dream [The charm of photography, you who play with equipment will never understand]

Dream [Sanae of the East Wind Valley! Strike Freedom Gundam! Sortie! 】

Dream [Heaven Destroys the Holy White Lotus, Retires and Keeps Peace]

Dream [Heaven destroys Feng Cong'er, quit the religion to keep safe]

Dream [You are a monster and I am a human being, monsters have such a long lifespan, when I die, you can take it yourself]

………………

Dongdong found that his mother, who was accompanying him to find a suitable spell card, suddenly squatted on the ground like a child and cried.

"Mom? Why are you crying? ”

The little one, who didn't know how to soothe his mother, suddenly spun around in a hurry.

"Mom, don't cry."

"It's okay...... I'm fine. ”

Reimu pulled Dongdong into her arms and whispered in a still choked voice.

It's just that as a Hakurei shrine maiden, she can't even bear everyone's memories...... I'm so useless. ’

'Gensokyo is gone. Why am I still ......'

Vaguely feeling what Reimu was sad about, Dong Dong could only gently hug her and comforted her awkwardly.

"Mom, don't cry, I'm still here."