As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

But when Jingu Mako curiously asked who the 'she' Rika was talking about, Rika shook her head, indicating that she couldn't say.

During this process, she also looked at Mako Jingu with a somewhat strange look.

Mako Jingu still remembers the look in Rika's eyes very clearly.

Why on earth was she looking at me like that?

Mako Jingu was very curious about this question and secretly made up her mind to find the answer.

For Mako Jingu, today was a very ordinary morning.

After she finished washing and having breakfast as usual, she went to the study as usual.

Although Yuanhui and her two mothers did not make any requirements on Jingu Mako's talents, she herself had a strong interest in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Moreover, she seemed to be born with knowledge and did not need any famous teacher to teach her. She mastered these skills naturally.

One of Mako Jingu's favorite things to do is to play the piano for her parents, and then let them touch her head and express their sincere admiration.

But unfortunately, Yuanhui and his two mothers have become increasingly busy lately.

With a sigh in her heart, Mako Jingu immediately cleared such emotions from her heart.

Although she also wanted to help her parents, Yuan Hui and her two mothers could see that she did not like these worldly things; secondly, she really had no talent in this area, so in the end she simply stopped making trouble.

Just when Jingu Mako came to the kitchen and wanted to look at Yuanhui's collection of books as usual, she found a beautifully carved small box on her table.

Mako Jingu blinked, looking a little confused.

She remembered very clearly that when she left here yesterday, the small box was clearly not here.

Why did it appear today?

Could it be that--

"[Lika]."

After calling out softly, Jingu Mako heard the clattering sound of small leather shoes stepping on wooden boards.

Not long after, a cute little girl with silver hair as bright as the moon walked into the study with an expressionless face.

Then, Jingu Mako, who was prepared, hugged him in her arms.

Lika showed a helpless look on her face.

Ever since Jingu Mako grew up, she has loved this game of picking her up and lifting her high.

She is a weirdo who has a close relationship with dolls and is naturally easy for girls to like.

Apparently, Mako Jingu was one of the women who was captivated by her cuteness.

The two slender feet dangled helplessly in the air. Lika sighed slightly, with an expression that said, "I'm so tired and I don't think I'll love again."

This kind of expression made her already amazing cuteness increase by who knows how many percentage points.

However, despite Rika's appearance, she actually still likes to be close to Jingu Mako.

She had the scent of her master that she loved very much.

If she really didn't want to be treated like this by Mako Jingu, she, as a monster, didn't know how many ways she could use to avoid Mako Jingu, who was a human.

After a while of the usual intimacy, Jingu Mako pointed to the small box on the table and asked Lika, "Lika, is this your gift for me?"

Apart from her, the only one who could enter and leave the room freely was Lika.

That's why she asked this question.

Lika shook her head.

"not me."

she replied.

"This was sent by the master."

"According to him, it seems to be the swallow's Zi Anbei."

"Swallow's Zi'anbei?" Jingu Mako repeated the word with an incredible look on her face.

As Yuanhui's daughter, she naturally knew the five difficulties that Yuanhui had to overcome if he wanted to propose to her.

Among them is naturally the swallow's Zi'anbei.

What surprised her was that

"Does this thing really exist?"

Speaking of this, we have to explain what Yan Zi'anbei is.

First of all, as the name suggests, Zi'an shellfish is actually a kind of shellfish.

On Sakurajima, when a pregnant woman gives birth, the midwife will place a special kind of conch in her hand.

The conch is slender and shiny in appearance, and the mother can hold it tightly to help with labor.

Because of this effect, this kind of conch is called "Zi'anbei" or "Anchanbei".

Then, the swallow's egg-laying shell is naturally the shell that the swallow needs to hold in its hand when laying eggs.

Swallows don’t even have hands, so how could they hold anything during childbirth?

Besides, swallows are oviparous and humans are viviparous.

There is no comparison between the two.

"Of course not." Lika shook her head and said.

"This is just something someone found in a swallow's nest. It seems that it was brought from the seashore when it was building a nest."

"That person seems to be called Ishigami Maroashi?" Rika said in a somewhat uncertain tone.

"Although this shell does not meet the owner's standards, it is indeed very beautiful, so the owner sent it back for you to see."

"Is that so?" Jingu Mako breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing that name, she really thought that someone had completed Yuanhui's challenge and got the rare item that didn't exist at all.

Fortunately it was only a false alarm.

Mako Jingu doesn't want to get married at all.

For some reason, she felt a deep-seated aversion to weddings.

For her, the most important thing is to be able to live with her parents forever.

Since this is something my father sent me, there is no need to be overly cautious about it.

Sitting in front of the table, Jingu Mako picked up the small box with some curiosity, and then opened it with a "click".

What came into view was indeed an extremely beautiful shell.

It has sea blue lines and pearl-like embellishments.

It's really beautiful, like a work of art.

Girls all love beauty.

When she saw the shell, Jingu Mako couldn't help but let out a cry of admiration, and then she stretched out a finger as thin as a scallion root and gently touched the shell.

And just when the two met, a hint of confusion suddenly appeared in Jingu Mako's big black eyes.

As if stimulated by the shell, something that had long been deposited in the depths of its soul suddenly rolled up and floated to the surface.

For some reason, a strange yet familiar scene suddenly emerged in Jingu Mako's mind -

She was much more mature in the picture than she is now.

Her face was full of maternal love and sadness.

At this moment, she was looking at the baby in her arms with affection and reluctance.

Although the baby's face is wrinkled and has not yet unfolded.

But Jingu Mako recognized the identity of this baby with an amazing intuition.

He is her father, Yuanhui.

I…gave birth to my father?

An absurd idea suddenly appeared in Mako Jingu's mind.

This even made her mind a little confused——

Since my parents were able to give birth to me, then she should also be able to give birth to my parents in return...

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106. Praise my generosity to your heart’s content!

The swallow's shell is an ordinary thing.

It was just a beautiful shell that Ishigami Maroashi found in a swallow's nest.

Not only Genki, but also Sharan, who is the half of [Saint Peter], and Tamamonomae, who is the [Jade-faced Golden-haired Nine-tailed Fox], have confirmed this.

The reason why Yuanhui sent this little thing back to Jingu Mako to see was simply to follow the development of the plot.

But when Jingu Mako touched the Koan Shell, in addition to that picture, a substance as cold as water also flowed out from this beautiful shell and poured into her soul. Finally, it condensed into a crystal clear object.

A shell.

Mako Jingu had never seen such a beautiful shell.

In that crystal-clear body, wisps of starlight appear and disappear, just like looking up at the dazzling Milky Way in summer.

This is the real Zi'anbei.

The moment she saw the shell, an epiphany suddenly emerged in Mako Jingu's mind.

But Zi'anbei is clearly an imaginary thing that does not exist in reality, so why...

"Mako."

The calling voice in her ear woke up Jingu Mako who was in a trance.

When she raised her head, she was greeted by Lika's poker face which remained unchanged for almost ten thousand years.

However, in those lavender eyes, Jingu Mako saw some traces of concern.

"What's wrong with you?" Lika asked Mako Jingu, and then looked at the small box she was holding.

The shell was lying quietly in the middle of the box, exactly the same as it was when the box was just opened.

Apparently, being the weird one she is, Rika didn't notice anything unusual.

Whether it was that picture or the shell that suddenly appeared in the soul, they were all visions that were only shown to Jingu Mako.

Lika is her playmate who grew up with her, her best friend, and her best friend with whom she can talk about anything.

Logically speaking, Mako Jingu shouldn't hide anything from her.

But at this moment, Jingu Mako was inexplicably reluctant to tell Lika about this.

Invisibly, it was as if someone whispered in her ear with decisive words:

"You must not tell anyone what just happened!"

Mako Jingun felt that the voice was unusually familiar.

And when she reacted, she realized that it was her own voice.

However, compared to her current voice, that voice seemed more mature and hoarse.

Is 'I' warning me?

Mako Jingu was a little confused. Although she knew that she was different from ordinary people, what happened to her today was completely beyond the scope of "different" and seemed quite strange.

Before her consciousness could react, her body started to move on its own.

"Nothing." Jingu Mako shook her head and said to Lika, "This shell is quite pretty, so I was fascinated by it."

Both her expression and demeanor at this moment were extremely normal, so normal that even Jingu Mako herself was a little surprised.

It was as if... she had repeated this behavior thousands of times, and it had become a conditioned reflex.

After saying this, she even handed the box lightly to Lika, as if she wanted her to appreciate its beauty.