"However, you just called me over because you didn't want to disturb Ayaka to read the notes, it seems that that the notes really have a background."

Paimon analyzed while looking at Kamisato Ayaka's expression, "But judging by her expression, it's probably not a treasure map." ”

"It's okay, whether there is a treasure map or not, Ayaka's commission fee is still there." Yingman said nonchalantly.

Paimon nodded, "yes, then let's help Ayaka solve this commission." ”

Kamisato Ayaka: "."

"Traveler, Paimon, sorry for keeping you waiting." Kamisato Ayaka finished reading her notes as she said as she walked towards Ying and Paimon, who were standing aside.

"It's only been a short while, and you've seen it very quickly." Paimon replied.

"Have you read the notes?" Ying asked.

"Well, I'm done, but Nahida was suddenly caught by a hand in front of me, doesn't it matter?"

Kamisato Ayaka said hesitantly, because she was also anxious for a moment, but seeing the Traveler and Paimon on the side looking as a matter of course, she suppressed her curiosity in the bottom of her heart and read the notes first.

"It's okay, it should be her family looking for her." Paimon was relieved.

Kamisato Ayaka: "??? ”

That's how her family is looking for her? A hand reached out from a crack in the space and caught her inside?

"Well, well."

Although Kamisato Ayaka still wants to ask something, she knows that it is not appropriate, because in her opinion, Nahida is a friend of Ying and Paimon, not her friend, because all her secrets have been seen by Nahida, which makes Kamisato Ayaka very unnatural to face Nahida, which also makes her dismiss the idea of making friends with Nahida.

Kamisato Ayaka changed the subject and said, "By the way, I think I should share the truth of this notebook with you. ”

"Although, the content in it is completely different from what I thought..."

Paimon wondered, "Different?" Isn't this the note of the fox oracle? ”

Kamisato Ayaka replied, "Not a fox oracle. ”

"Tsubaki's real body is my mother."

"Hey??!"

Hearing Kamisato Ayaka's words, Paimon let out a voice of surprise.

"Surprised, right? I, I'm surprised, too, that this notebook was written like this at the beginning. ”

Kamisato Ayaka looked at Paimon and Ying's incomprehensible gazes, and said slowly, "Tsubaki is both the same and different from the usual me, as Tsubaki, I am not Kamisato Kayo, but the most ordinary woman. 】”

"All of the following is just an ordinary record of my life. 】”

"Most of what is written in the notes is my mother's private and trivial thoughts... The things we thought were related to Tsubaki were also her thoughts. ”

Paimon said with a puzzled face, "I mean, the design drawings and exotic food."

"Well, it's all things my mother wants to try." Kamisato Ayaka bowed her head.

"It may seem strange to you, but as me, I can understand my mother's behavior."

"Actually... Actually, I have such a side myself... I was even a little overwhelmed when I read the notes, as if some of my thoughts had been seen through and written down in the notes..."

Listening to Kamisato Ayaka's words, Paimon asked curiously, "Is this any different from being seen through by Nahida?" ”

Kamisato Ayaka: "."

Ying looked at Kamisato Ayaka, who suddenly fell silent, and turned to Paimon, who was scratching his head, and complained, "If you can talk, you can talk a little more, Paimon." ”

"Oh hey!" Paimon was embarrassed by Ying's words, and involuntarily let out a sigh from the wind god.

"Actually, the feeling for me is about the same, when Nahida saw through my psychology, it gave me the feeling that I was uncomfortable with being seen by my elders, and I was also curious about why I felt this way, shouldn't I be very angry?"

"Huh? Is that so? Paimon asked, scratching his head.

"yes, it feels amazing, why can a little kid give me this feeling." Kamisato Ayaka sighed with emotion, "Nahida's identity is not ordinary, right? At least it looks like it's definitely older than me. ”

"Hmm." Ying nodded, Nahida's age was at least dozens of times older than her age.

"I won't ask much about the rest of the letter, but as for the contents of the letter, my mother has been in charge of all matters as the head mother of the Kamisato family since she married my father. The identity of the company is relatively noble, and there are many aspects that need to be touched. ”

"Not only that, but her every move represents the Wakakamisato family. People are always watching her, and in this case, she must not have much time to do what she wants..."

"After my parents passed away, my brother and I took over everything in the Kamisato family. The many difficulties encountered during this period may be unimaginable to outsiders..."

"Whenever I'm in trouble, I always wonder: Did my mother do the same back then? What would she do with such a thing? ”

"Maybe it's been a long time since I've seen her. Unconsciously, even my memory is almost all that remains of my mother's majesty and nobility. ”

Ying looked at Ayaka at this time and was a little overwhelmed, because she had never encountered this situation, so she could only instinctively walk next to Kamisato Ayaka.

Kamisato Ayaka suddenly said, "But that's not right. ”

"When I saw this notebook, I realized... She's exactly like me, no matter what responsibilities we have, we're just ordinary people. ”

"I love beautiful things, I want to try the cuisine of each region, I crave beautiful things that I have never seen before..."

"Maybe you'll laugh at me for not being mature enough to hear that, but... I do think so. Not as Kamisato Ayaka, but as an ordinary girl. ”

"Ahh I am back. Suddenly, Nahida's voice came from behind.

"Your idea is very good, and it deserves support." Nahida greeted and said to Kamisato Ayaka.

"Nahida, what were you doing just now?" Paimon asked curiously.

"Well, just now the tassel said that he caught a fish, and he caught me excitedly, but when I saw it, it wasn't a fish, but a girl who stupidly wrapped herself in a fishing line." Nahida explained.

"Huh? Mermaids? Paimon asked curiously.

"No, it's just an ordinary girl, but Tassel insisted on telling me that this is a fish, not only that, but she also found a fish tank and threw this girl in, saying that this fish is good and can be used as an ornamental fish."

Paimon's eyes were filled with gossip, "Wow, would Tassel actually do that?" And then what? ”

"Well, at my request, the tassel still let people go." Nahida explained, "And then, as you can see, I was thrown by her again. ”

Kamisato Ayaka: "."

"Well, that's really something that tassels can do." Paimon said with a reasoned analysis.

"Kamisato Ayaka, is it?" Nahida turned to Kamisato Ayaka and said, a gentle smile on her face.

"Huh? Me, me. Kamisato Ayaka was uncomfortable with Nahida's eyes.

"Don't be nervous, take it easy."

Nahida said slowly, her voice like a kind of magic that quickly relaxed Kamisato Ayaka's originally nervous mood.

"You, you." Kamisato Ayaka stared at the little child in front of her with wide eyes.

Nahida smiled and said, "That's right, but there is no reward." ”

Paimon scratched his head and asked, "What is Nahida talking about?" Why I don't understand. ”

"Maybe it's mind reading again, right? Ayaka may have sensed Nahida's identity. Ying replied.

"I, I." Kamisato Ayaka was excited again, but she didn't expect this little child to be a god.

"I heard you have some doubts before, can you say it again from the beginning, I can help you solve it." Nahida said gently, it was completely different from her previous appearance, and at this time she had a sense of a god, and she was completely like a bear child before.

"That's right." Kamisato Ayaka recounted her previous confusion to Nahida.

"Is that so? It's very similar to my situation. Nahida said with a smile.

Kamisato Ayaka's eyes widened and she said in disbelief, "Huh? How so? Aren't you a god? ”

"Yes, you look at the gods, just like other people look at you, the gods actually have a lot of things they want to do, such as eating what they want to eat, going to good places to see the scenery, but because of the majesty of this country, and the lack of friends they can make."

"This, this" Kamisato Ayaka didn't relent, Nahida's words shocked her.

"I can understand your situation, because it happened to me myself."

"How so?"

"Why not?"

"However, this is a little different, I used to have a father and mother, and now I have to manage the family and maintain the face of the Kamisato family. This should be incomprehensible to the gods in the high, right? Kamisato Ayaka, under the influence of Nahida's radiance, spoke out in one fell swoop.

"I also have my own kingdom, why is it different?" Nahida said with a smile.

"But the emotions of the departure of parents are incomprehensible to the gods, right?" Kamisato Ayaka continued.

"I can understand it, five hundred years ago, the mother of the Tree King passed away, and I appeared, and I began to rule a kingdom when I was weak, but I didn't know anything when I was young, so I could only hide in my dreams and observe the world. It's worse than you. Nahida replied.

"According to my analysis, if this sentence is heard by Tassel, Nahida will be beaten ninety percent." Listening to Nahida's words of tiger and wolf, Ying turned to Paimon and said.

"I think so too." Paimon chimed in.

"And how did you get out?" Kamisato Ayaka asked.

"Boom!"

Kamisato Ayaka watched in amazement as a hand reached out of the space, slammed directly on Nahida's head, and then instantly withdrew as if nothing had happened.

"I'll just say, with Tassel's current ability, I guess I'm always paying attention to Nahida." Ying turned to Paimon and said.

"Are you alright?" Seeing Nahida suddenly knocked on by a hand, Kamisato Ayaka asked with concern.

Nahida endured the pain on the top of her head, squeezed out a smile and said, "No, it's okay, I'm used to it." ”

Kamisato Ayaka: "."

"Okay, back to the point, people don't have to live so tired, to a certain extent, you can relax yourself, for example, travel to other countries, so that no one knows you, and you can do what you want to do, right?"

"However, I still have a family to manage, isn't that okay?"

"It's very simple, for example, I, I left my own country, it's not that there is no change, it's just that you're too worried, and it works wonders to relax yourself to a certain extent."

"I, I'll try as much as I can. Thank you. Kamisato Ayaka thanked Nahida.

Nahida looked at Kamisato Ayaka's convincing appearance, touched her chin and said, "Well, yes, that's how you have spirit." ”

"Are there any other anxieties that need to be answered?" Nahida continued.

In her notes, her mother wrote that she had always wanted to participate in local folk festivals in Inazuma. On a clear night, she said, she looks into the distance from her home and occasionally sees the lights of the festival. I've seen it too! Very lively, a lot of people, the fire in the lantern is very bright and can light up a large area of the night sky... Sometimes we have to worry about law and order. ”

"It's just that, with our status, it may not be polite to rush into the festival. Especially in my parents' time, the relationship between the society and the people was not so close..."

"Even if no one restricts us, if someone from the society suddenly appears in the crowd, everyone will look at us strangely. Think, what are we going to do there? ”

"My mother said that she didn't want others to feel inhibited, and that she wanted everyone to enjoy the joy and freedom of the festival... She didn't want to disturb anyone, and she didn't have so much leisure, so she didn't go once. ”

Paimon suddenly said, "I see. So that blueprint is the clothes she plans to wear to the festival? ”

"Yes. Exotic dishes are sometimes sold at festivals. Those were the things she wanted to try, too. ”

Kamisato Ayaka laughed sadly when she said it, "It's a bit presumptuous to say, but... I really didn't expect my mother to have such a girlish side, hahaha. ”

Paimon: "Don't be presumptuous, I think your mom is a cute and responsible person!" ”

Hearing Paimon's words, Kamisato Ayaka laughed happily.

"I would like to ask you, as a god, what do you think of your mother?" Kamisato Ayaka asked Nahida.

Nahida: "."

"I don't have a problem with this, please don't ask me about this." Nahida retracted her expression and said with a hint of fear.

Kamisato Ayaka: "??? ”

Seeing Nahida's expression of fear and fear, Kamisato Ayaka thought that it was because the god was unwilling to think back to her deceased mother.

But what Kamisato Ayaka didn't know was that Nahida's mother was alive and well now, and as long as Nahida said bad things about her, she could accurately deliver sugar-fried chestnuts to Nahida's head across space.

Kamisato Ayaka hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I was too emotional just now, I hope you don't mind, if you mind, it's okay." ”

"It's okay, I don't mind."

Nahida said slowly, don't mind? It's strange, I'm almost going to be beaten again, and next time I'll have to pit you for a wave, otherwise the more I think about it, the more I lose.

"That's good." Kamisato Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Before I knew it, I had fulfilled some wishes for my mother. I can't do it for her except for the festival. ”

"It seems... There's no chance of seeing her do it. Saying this, Kamisato Ayaka's expression was very lost.

"Ayaka, you've done a great job." Paimon was relieved.

"Thank you, I seem to understand something."

"Mother and I, in some ways, are exactly the same. What she faced was also what I was going to face. ”

Nahida looked at Kamisato Ayaka with encouraging eyes and said, "What do you think?" ”

Kamisato Ayaka plucked up the courage and said, "She pinned the unattainable on Tsubaki, and I... I have already made up my mind. ”

"Maybe what you think is difficult, but it's not that hard?" Nahida smiled and reassured.

Kamisato Ayaka replied firmly, "Well, yes, after listening to your words, I feel that I have a new goal, and I will spend every day without regrets." ”

"Yes, I'm very energetic, so I'll do you a little favor."

Nahida stretched out her hand, and the green divine power condensed into a mask, and Nahida handed the mask in her hand to Kamisato Ayaka.

"What is this?" Kamisato Ayaka curiously took the mask.

"If you want to relax in the future, but you can't appear as yourself, this mask can help you, it will cover your aura and turn you into an ordinary girl." Nahida explained with a smile.

"Thanks, thank you, this is exactly what I need." Kamisato Ayaka held her mask in her hands and bowed to Nahida.

Nahida listened to Kamisato Ayaka's words, tilted her head to make a cute expression and said with a smile, "You're welcome, your wish has been watched by the gods." ”

"Uh-huh."

Nahida's words gave Kamisato Ayaka great courage, and she said earnestly to Ying, "Traveler, I want to invite you to the festival with me, is that okay?" ”

Although the words were naturally spoken, Nahida noticed that Kamisato Ayaka's little hand holding the mask had turned white, which was caused by too much nervousness and hard pinching the mask.

"Wow. It's good, it's better than you," Nahida clapped her hands and encouraged her.

Kamisato Ayaka was a little embarrassed by Nahida's praise: "Woo~"

"Of course you can, we've been interested since we saw the poster, since it was Ayaka's invitation, how could we refuse?" Ying replied with a smile.

"Really? Thank you so much. ”

Speaking of this, Kamisato Ayaka felt that her eye sockets were a little pantothenic, and hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands, but there were no traces of dampness.

"Nahida, thank you for the courage you have given me, you are such a gentle god." Kamisato Ayaka thanked Nahida again.

"You're welcome, it's all up to you, if you don't think you'll do the same, I'm just helping you and letting you make your own quick decisions, so you have to thank yourself."

Nahida replied with a wink as she peeked at Kamisato Ayaka's heart, the corners of her mouth revealing an imperceptible arc.

(End of chapter)