Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 169 Maria

After Ishino and Natsumi returned home, Xiao Ai opened the door for them, and when the two entered the living room, she looked at the box in Natsumi's hand and asked curiously: "Mom, did President Suzuki agree to give away the other egg?" Is it transferred to you?"

"Yeah, so I brought back both eggs." Xia Mei put the box on the table with a smile, looked at the box and thought, "But where should I put this memory egg?"

"Why don't you put it on display in the Mihua Museum!" Xiaosaki who came out of the room suggested aloud, "I think if this great work of art can be seen by more people, grandpa Xiyi Gao will be very happy." happy."

Hearing her sister's suggestion, Xiao Ai also felt that it made sense, but suddenly she thought of something, looked at Xia Mei who nodded in approval, and said: "This is indeed a good idea, but before that, can you let me see what's inside the egg again?" Photos, there are some things I want to confirm."

Hearing Xiao Ai's request, Ishino immediately understood what she wanted to confirm, so he readily agreed. After turning off the light in the room, he took out the flashlight to shine on the bottom of the memory egg, and projected the photo on the The living room ceiling.

After the photos were clearly displayed above the heads of several people, Xiao Ai raised her head and pointed to the group photo of Kasaka Kiichi and Maria and said, "Mom, did you find that the great-grandmother looks very similar to the young woman in the photo over there?"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Ai pointed to Princess Maria in another photo of Emperor Nicholas and his family and said, "Look, this should be Princess Maria, the third daughter of Emperor Nicholas. Are the facial features exactly the same as those of my great-grandmother?"

"So Xiao Ai, you mean that the great-grandmother is actually Princess Maria?" Hearing her sister's conjecture, Xiaosaki was surprised, and then asked in doubt, "But didn't the history books say that Emperor Nicholas' family was killed? "

"No, in fact, the body of Princess Maria has never been found, and many relevant scholars believe that she probably escaped the execution at that time." At this time, Shi Ye explained, "I think Xiao Ai's guess It's very likely to be the truth."

"I think the person who rescued Maria at that time was probably Kiichi's great-grandfather. After the two returned to China, they built this castle to protect Maria." Ishino looked at Natsumi beside him and said, "I think the reason for using the new German The Swan Castle is the prototype, but also because the mother of the great-grandmother was a German princess."

"Actually, when I saw these two photos for the first time, I also had the same feeling, but I was a little excited at the time, and I didn't think about it deeply." Xia Mei also nodded when she heard the words, "Now that I think about it, maybe this is Xi Yi The secret that great-grandfather wanted to convey to me through this memory egg..."

"So, mother is actually a descendant of the Russian royal family, she is a veritable princess!" Xiaosaki joked to Xia Mei with a smile on her face.

Xia Mei scratched her eldest daughter's nose angrily and said, "What kind of princess, Tsarist Russia has long since ceased to exist. Even if my great-grandmother was once the Tsar's princess, it has nothing to do with who I am now."

"I think the greatest significance of knowing this past is that we can remember our ancestors, understand the history and inheritance of the family, and better inherit the family tradition and the beliefs of our ancestors, instead of lying on the glory of our ancestors and showing off everywhere." Xia Mei Said to the daughters in a slightly educational tone.

Shi Ye also agreed and added: "Xia Mei is right, no matter whether the great-grandmother's status is a princess or a commoner, it will not have any impact on what we are going to do. Success still depends on our own efforts to achieve it, understand? "

Although Xiao Ai and Xiao Saki are not real children, they are extremely lacking in family education and family inheritance because they lost their parents since they were young.

Although Ishino doesn't think they will become vain and domineering because of the family's past glory like some noble children, but also thinks that appropriate reminders are necessary, and you can't think that people's mood will never change because of their inherent impressions, so Expressed support for Xia Mei's statement.

"We know." Seeing their parents say these words so seriously, Xiaosaki and Xiao Ai quickly understood what the other party wanted to express, and humbly accepted their advice.

Although the sentence just now was indeed just a joke, but both of them recalled the changes in their mentality after becoming a member of this family in their brains, and found that they would be unknowingly proud of the past glory of the Kasaka family .

Perhaps it was because the previous 17 years of life were too depressing and painful. The two suddenly realized that after they integrated into their new identities, the sharp contrast brought about by their happy life did make them feel a little vain in their mentality. It was only after discovering this clue that they were reminded.

"Okay, mom knows that you are not children, so you should understand what we mean." Seeing that the daughters seemed to be reflecting silently in their hearts, Xia Mei showed a gratified smile and touched their heads and said, "Xiao Ai, it has been confirmed now." , Tell me what you think."

When Xia Mei brought the topic back to the previous question, Xiao Ai nodded and said: "Since the secret of the identity of the great-grandmother is hidden in this egg, I am worried that taking it out to the exhibition will expose this secret."

"I really didn't think of this before, so now that I think about it, it's safer to hide in the castle." Xiaosaki nodded in agreement after hearing her sister's analysis.

"Don't worry about this." Hearing the concerns of his daughters, Ishino explained calmly, "I didn't have the objective conditions to show the projection directly in the art museum, and the projection time of this egg is limited by the photosensitive material. It can’t last forever, so we can only show the shape and internal structure of the real object, and use the video image to show the projection mechanism.”

"As long as we hide the photo of great-grandfather and great-grandmother in the video data, no one will know the connection between Princess Maria and the Kasaka family." Ishino said with a confident smile, "We can also use this to start the wedding ceremony. The great-grandfather's title of 'Magician at the end of the century' has greatly enhanced the brand value of the jewelry and arts and crafts of the Kasaka Foundation."

Hearing Ishino's idea, Natsumi thought for a moment and then agreed with a smile: "It sounds like a good idea. It can not only show the world the talent of Kiichi's great-grandfather, but also win more benefits for the Kasaka Foundation. It really kills two birds with one stone." .”

Seeing Xia Mei's satisfied smile, Ishino silently gave himself a thumbs up in his heart, but the reason why he wanted to show the Egg of Memory was other considerations besides these superficial reasons.

(End of this chapter)