Chapter 852: Festival, When the Egrets Fly

In a flash, the day of the festival arrived.

In Kamisato Mansion, Kamisato Ayaka looks at Jiang Yi who has returned.

"I haven't seen you for a few days!" She said with a half smile. Although she said that she had to work to prepare for the festival and had no time to accompany you, you seemed to be enjoying yourself outside.

Even though I know... um! Jiang Yi is unfaithful, I am still a little unhappy.

Fortunately, these days, Jiang Yi seems to be doing the right thing. Taiyi Zhenren visits Daoqi City to treat patients, brings people back to health with his miraculous hands, and spreads his reputation of saving the world in Daoqi.

Many sick people have recovered, it’s really... great!

Shenli Linghua looked at Jiang Yi's expression and thought that if he hadn't stayed at Xiaogong's house for two days to help make fireworks, it would be perfect.

"I didn't expect that so many people would come to me after I said I would only see them for one day." Jiang Yi was helpless. "Seeing them begging in front of me, I can't refuse them!"

That day, he informed Kamisato Ayaka and told her that she would help Xiao Gong make fireworks to help the child realize his dream of seeing the "giant raccoon demon".

At the same time, the news about his medical consultation during the day had already reached the community.

"Xiao Gong, you are a very enthusiastic girl, right?" Kamisato Ayaka asked, "Are you ready for the fireworks party?"

"Yeah!" Jiang Yi nodded, "When I'm free."

"Then... I've thought about it." Shenli Linghua took a deep breath and said, "Jiang Yi, remember I told you that I would share the contents of the notebook today?"

"The owner of that notebook is not the fox envoy, the real body of 'Tsubaki' is my mother..."

She gently told Jiang Yi her mother's name.

“——Kamisato Kayo.”

"It's my aunt?" Although Jiang Yi already knew the truth, he still pretended to be surprised.

"Surprised, right?" Kamisato Ayaka said, "I'm surprised too... but that's what the notebook said at the beginning."

"'Tsubaki is both similar to and different from my usual self. When I'm Tsubaki, I'm not Kamisato Kayo, but just an ordinary woman.'"

"'All of the following is just a record of my ordinary life.'"

She and Jiang Yi stood in the huge cherry blossom garden which was only theirs.

"Most of what's written in the notebook are my mother's private and trivial thoughts in her daily life...Those things we think are related to 'Chun' are also her ideas. The design drawings and exotic cuisine are all things my mother wants to try."

Kamisato Ayaka paused for a moment and said, "You know what? I can understand my mother's behavior very well."

"Because... actually... I have this side of myself." She covered her chest. "I was even a little overwhelmed when I read my notes, as if some of my thoughts were seen through and written down in my notes..."

Exotic food, design drawings...

Kamisato Ayaka thought about the "Lotus Crisp" she ate that day, and designed clothes for Jiang Yi based on her previous experience in designing clothes for herself.

"After my mother married my father, she has been in charge of various affairs as the mistress of the Kamisato family. The status of a community official is relatively noble, and there are many aspects that need to be taken care of."

She felt the same way, "Not only that, but her every move represents the Kamisato family, and people are always watching her."

"In this situation, the mother doesn't have much time to do what she wants to do..."

Kamisato Ayaka walked forward and looked at the sea outside the courtyard and the ships coming and going on the sea.

"After our parents passed away, my brother and I took over everything in Kamisato's family. During that time, we encountered many difficulties..."

"Whenever I encounter trouble, I always wonder: Did my mother do the same thing? How would she handle such a thing?"

Kamisato Ayaka's voice is filled with longing.

"Perhaps it's because I haven't seen her for too long. Unconsciously, even my memory is almost left with only my mother's majestic and noble side."

She shook her head, "But this is obviously not right."

"When I saw this notebook, I realized... that my mother and I are exactly the same. No matter what responsibilities we bear, we are just ordinary people."

"I like beautiful clothes, want to try the food of each region, and long for the beautiful scenery I have never seen before..."

Jiang Yi walked to the side of Kamisato Ayaka.

Kamisato Ayaka bit her lip: "If I say that I also have such an idea, not to live as Kamisato Ayaka, but as an ordinary girl. Will you... laugh at me?"

Jiang Yi has lofty ambitions and is creating great achievements that are praised by the world. If she were just an ordinary girl, could she still impress Jiang Yi?

Not Princess Bai Lu, just ordinary Linghua.

"Why are you being laughed at?" Jiang Yi carefully guessed the girl's mood, "I am also living as an ordinary person! Expecting a different life is everyone's fantasy. Some people stand on the ground and yearn for the heights, while others stand in the clouds and yearn for the ground. It is human nature."

"Who says that people who are high and mighty can't have an ordinary side?"

"Even General Raiden... has a side that is unknown to the public!" He whispered the secret.

"Huh?" Kamisato Ayaka looked at the castle tower in the distance. The majesty of General Raiden left in her memory made her dare not ask what the other side of the general was.

However, after Jiang Yi mentioned the general, he suddenly stopped worrying.

"My mother wrote that she had always wanted to attend the local folk festival in Inazuma. She said that on clear nights, she could occasionally see the lights of the festival from her home in the distance."

Kamisato Ayaka looked at Inazuma Castle across the sea. It was daytime and she couldn't see anything.

"Actually... like my mother, I have never been to a festival." She lowered her head, "So, what you asked me to do that day, to take you to the festival and introduce you to someone, is impossible."

"My dear lady, the mistress of the shrine administrator's house, my mother and I rashly participated in the festival... In my parents' time, the relationship between the shrine administrator and the people was not that close."

"Even if there's no one to restrict us, if the society's advocate suddenly appears in the crowd, everyone will look at us strangely. They will wonder what we are doing there."

"So, this is not polite."

Kamisato Ayaka held a fan and looked sad.

"My mother said that she didn't want others to feel constrained and hoped that everyone could enjoy the joy and freedom of the festival... She didn't want to disturb others and didn't have that much free time, so she never went there."

"I just watched from a distance. The festival was very lively, with a lot of people. The flames in the lanterns were very bright, lighting up a large area of ​​the night sky... Sometimes we also had to worry about the public security issues there."

She turned around and faced Jiang Yi.

"I heard that at festivals, exotic food is sometimes sold at festivals...it smells delicious."

“This is one of the things my mother wanted to try the most.”

"And that design drawing was of the kimono she was going to wear to the festival."

"Mother must have fantasized about this many times!"

Jiang Yi wanted to speak.

Kamisato Ayaka raised her hand, placed her fingers in front of Jiang Yi's lips, and shook her head.

"Unconsciously, I have fulfilled some of my mother's wishes. The only thing I cannot do is to go to the festival. It seems... I will never have the chance to see her complete this."

"I never thought before that my mother is such a lovely, responsible and girlish person."

"She placed her hopes on Tsubaki to achieve what she couldn't, and I..."

"After meeting you, I understood something."

"My mother and I are exactly the same in some ways. What she faces is what I will face as well."

"But I want to... live every day without regrets."

"Ever since I saw the poster, I've always wanted to go! I used to worry about those things... but today, it doesn't seem to matter anymore."

"I plan to face my heart sincerely and fulfill this wish that belongs to my mother and me."

"Just be willful as the eldest daughter of the society."

"I'll go to the festival with you!"

Kamisato Ayaka made up her mind, closed her eyes, and then opened them again.

His face flushed slightly, his fingers trembled, his chest rose and fell, and he took slow, deep breaths.

He raised his head and stared at Jiang Yi.

The sound is like a mosquito's hum.

"so……"

"Can you help me put on my kimono?"

"I teach you!"

Jiang Yi felt his mind go blank.

How long it takes to put on a kimono depends on how skilled the person helping you is.

Behind the room screen.

In front of the mirror.

Kamisato Ayaka, wearing white underwear, stood tall and graceful with her long hair tied up.

Jiang Yi studied for a while before he understood how to wear a girl's kimono.

Although the three inner and three outer layers were very troublesome, his learning efficiency was slowed down a hundred times after being disturbed by distracting thoughts, which made him want to take a basin of water to calm down.

It should have taken only a minute to learn.

Oh! I also learned how to tie a girl’s hair.

After Kamisato Ayaka started, she regretted it and became a little restless.

My heart was beating fast.

Jiang Yi started to help a girl put on a kimono very seriously. It was his first time in his life! His fingers were slightly nervous.

Kamisato Ayaka looked at Jiang Yi's restrained hands, the corners of her mouth curled up, but quickly let go.

Wrapped in layers of clothes.

Tie your waist, tie a bow at the back, comb your hair, and wear accessories.

"Are you ready?" asked Kamisato Ayaka.

"It should be... okay, right?" Jiang Yi wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Kamisato Ayaka looked at herself in the mirror, turned slightly, and observed the bow on her lower back.

A blue and white furisode kimono with wave and camellia flower patterns.

Dark corseted waist with a blue bow at the back and a pink waist cord with tassels.

Her hair was tied up and adorned with floral hairpins and beads. Her snow-white ponytail hung down with two pink hair ties hanging from it.

She held a dancing fan in her hand and wore cute wooden clogs on her feet.

"Alright!" Kamisato Ayaka checked the result, "You should change it too! I'll help you!"

She came behind Jiang Yi and helped him put on the custom-made festival kimono.

After a layer of white clothes, there is black clothes, followed by a lower coat with vertical stripes.

On the outside is a dark red furisode coat with some light and dark patterns, as well as some floral designs.

Kamisato Ayaka combed Jiang Yi's long hair, rolled it up, and inserted it into the egret-themed hairpin.

Fortunately, it is long hair, otherwise it would just be a decoration.

She smiled and said, "Okay!"

"Then, let's go to the festival! It's time to start." Jiang Yi stood up, stepped on his wooden clogs, and reached out to hold one of Kamisato Ayaka's hands.

The two men pushed open the door.

Today's community is exceptionally quiet, with few people to be seen on the streets.

There were only pairs of eyes secretly looking around everywhere.

Thomas rubbed his brows and looked at the two people walking out of the door.

"I have tried my best!"

"Miss, it's you who didn't pay attention!"

"It's impossible to hide it from others!"

The egret flaps its wings and flies away!

Jiang Yi took Kamisato Ayaka straight into the clouds. After all, walking such a long distance in wooden clogs would be completely unbearable for the feet!

Of course, fly directly.