What a strange child, but I don't know why, but I always feel very connected to her.
After Rui Hui shook her head and left, at almost the same time the next day, she came to the lakeside as promised and saw the strange little girl again.
But this time, Mizue did not come empty-handed. She also brought her favorite toy when she was a child, the "Oshie Hako Board".
The so-called "Oshie Hakoban" is actually a simple way of playing badminton.
It is said that during the Edo period, during the first lunar month, adults would give girls a rectangular drawing board with a pattern on it and a handle on the bottom, which meant to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters.
Later, when the female officials in the palace were bored, they began to play games with a feather board and hit each other with small objects with a ball board. As a result, the sense of ritual became less and less, and it gradually turned into a traditional game.
"What is this?" When looking at the hako board with kabuki patterns on it that Mizue handed over, the little girl couldn't help but tilted her head, as if she had never seen such a strange thing.
"This is called a feather board. It's a gaming device. Didn't you say you haven't played any games before? I'll let you play with it today."
When the little girl curiously turned over the hako board that Mizue had collected since childhood, Mizue couldn't help but nodded.
From yesterday's conversation, we can learn that the little girl seems to live in a very serious family. Although she knows a lot of knowledge far beyond her age and has an extremely mature mind, she knows nothing about children's entertainment.
Ah, is it another kind of devilish family that strictly educates its children from an early age, but ignores the fun of childhood? Children who grow up in such a family will easily develop psychological defects.
Because Mizue grew up in a similar situation in the "Kamidai Family", she understands the little girl's feelings very well.
"This feather board was given to me by my mother-in-law who worked at my house when I was a child. Now I give it to you. You must cherish it."
Looking at the tablet in the little girl's hand with traditional kabuki patterns on it, Mizue couldn't help but reach out and pat her little head.
Although the little girl didn't say anything on the surface, judging from her expression, Ruihui still knew that she was very interested in this thing.
So Ruihui took out another badminton board and badminton, and began to teach her to play this strange game of "playing badminton with a table tennis racket."
"Anyway, just hit the flying ball back. I understand." After Mizue finished explaining how to play the feather board, the little girl nodded.
"Well, although it may not be easy to hit at first, you can learn it quickly."
At the secluded lakeside at night, Ruihui threw the badminton in her hand upwards and gently hit the badminton in the direction of the little girl.
Because the opponent was just a pure novice, Ruihui hit the ball very slowly, and deliberately let it float in the sky in a parabolic shape for a while, so that the little girl would not be in a hurry.
However, it turned out that Ruihui was overthinking.
The next moment, the little girl's body jumped up like a wild cat hunting in the dark night! Holding the badminton paddle in his right hand, he hit the flying badminton hard!
Whoosh! Poof!
As a strong gust of wind swept by, the blown badminton flew past Rui Hui's head at an extremely fast speed, blowing her silky hair into the air.
What the hell is this? Am I dreaming
When this round was over, Rui Hui still stood there blankly, unable to believe what he just saw.
It's hard to imagine that such a pretty little girl could have such exaggerated skills. The ball she just hit felt like a professional badminton player performing a smash.
Seeing that Ruihui couldn't catch the ball and was stunned in place, the little girl asked doubtfully: "How is it? Does this count as my victory?"
".Forget it, so please."
The corners of Mizue's mouth twitched slightly, but she still picked up a brush stained with ink from the side and handed it over.
"This is?"
"The traditional penalty in badminton is that the winner can put a mark on the face of the loser. No more, just one mark."
As if she had accepted her fate, Ruihui leaned her pretty, flawless face closer, then reached out and pointed at her left cheek, indicating where to draw.
Ha. It was obviously the first time for the little girl to do such a thing. After thinking for a moment, she picked up the brush with her slender white hands and drew a "丿" on Rui Hui's left cheek.
"Okay, are you familiar with the gameplay now? Let's continue."
Although her face was scratched, Rui Hui still smiled and pulled the little girl up to continue playing, but she was somewhat dissatisfied.
Damn it, I don’t believe it. I’ve been playing badminton for so many years, but I can’t even beat a little girl who played for the first time at the age of six or seven
See if I don't paint your face with graffiti. Looking at the little girl who was preparing to serve, Ruihui couldn't help but think of this.
However.
Whoosh! Snapped!
"You have some ability."
"Uh! Come again!"
"Come again!"
"Ugh! Ouch! Ouch!"
After ten minutes passed, Ruihui's tone changed from the initial leisurely to irritable, and there were more and more graffiti on her face.
After being painted with the twenty-sixth stroke, Rui Hui, who had been painted into a tabby cat, couldn't help but put her hands on the ground, looking shameless in front of others.
It turns out that I am a waste, I can’t even play with a six or seven year old girl, hahahahaha.
Although she knew that her physical fitness was not very good, Ruihui didn't expect that it was already so bad. In other words, she didn't expect that the girl's motor skills could be so strong.
"Um, are you okay?" When she saw Ruihui lying on the ground dejectedly, the little girl with a clean face couldn't help but squat in front of her and asked in confusion.
"Do you think I'm okay?" Ruihui said, raising her head to let the little girl see her miserable state.
Now, that pretty face that was originally beautiful and fragrant has been covered with strokes from top to bottom and from left to right. It is really funny when paired with Ruihui's extremely puzzled expression.
"Pfft hahahaha."
As if being amused by the elder sister's miserable face, the little girl finally couldn't help but laugh.
This was the first time Rui Hui saw the little girl's smiling face since she saw her.
She was very beautiful to begin with, and even if her face hadn't grown yet, she could still charm all living beings, making everyone's eyes unconsciously focus on her.
At this moment, the amused smile made that cute little face suddenly more energetic and became much more agile.
"That's right. Children should smile more. It's not good to keep a sullen face all the time."
Seeing that the little girl finally laughed, Ruihui ignored the messy graffiti on her face and stretched out her hand to rub her face, which still had some baby fat.
".Well, let's keep playing."
"Here, you can play. I'm going to wash my face first. There's no room to draw anymore."
Just like that, with Ruihui smiling bitterly and running to the crystal clear lake to wash her face, the two continued to start this interesting graffiti game.
After that night, Rui Hui often made appointments with the little girl and ran there with various toys to play with her.
The two of them played all the way from hako boards to kendama, karuta, tops, kites, glass marbles, waka cards, etc. In nearly a month, they played all the games Mizue knew.
As the two spend more and more time together, Rui Hui also has a deeper understanding of the little girl named Yong Ji.
Although he only asked for a name, not a surname, nor a family background, Ruihui liked this smart little girl very much.
During the relationship, she even discovered that Yong Ji possesses talents that are so perfect that they are almost inhuman.
This little girl's learning ability, thinking ability, reaction speed, insight, motor nerves, and almost all indicators that measure human excellence have reached the level that can be called "genius".
The most frightening thing is that she is not only a genius in one aspect, but a genius in all aspects.
In other words, if she wants, Yong Ji can easily become a scientist, athlete, politician, artist, etc. when she grows up, and she can all be the leader in the industry.
Son of God, Yongji is like a child blessed by the gods, capable of anything.
In this world, as long as she wanted to, there was almost nothing she couldn't do. This child's talent was so terrifying that even Ruihui couldn't help but feel a little scared.
For such a powerful child, her future life path may affect the future of the entire world, so she must be properly guided.
Whether it's because of the connection with this child, or because he just finished being a "Saiou" and wants to find someone to rely on.
In short, Ruihui tried to communicate with Yongji step by step, trying to instill a relatively good outlook on things in her.
As time goes by, the relationship between the two is getting better and better. If an unsuspecting person passes by, they might think that they are a beautiful and lovely mother and daughter.
However, such days did not last long.
Just as Mizue and Nagaki were playing by the lakeside in the suburbs of Tokyo as usual, a middle-aged man wearing a black ancient kimono walked through the night and found them like a demon emerging from hell.
When the man with the very ancient samurai Tsukiyo haircut and the mustache around his mouth looked very majestic, Yongji, who was playing cards with Mizue, couldn't help but scatter the cards in her hand on the ground.
"Yongji. The servant reported that you have been disappearing frequently at night recently. Did you come here?"
The man slowly opened his mouth and spoke in a condescending tone that seemed to despise everything.
However, when Ruihui saw the man's face, her body suddenly trembled violently.
Rui Hui knows this man, of course she knows this man, how could she not know him.
Because this guy is the contemporary head of the "Tianmu Clan" who has been an enemy of the "Kamidai Family" for generations, and is also known as the most terrifying Tianmu Clan member in the past hundred years, Tianmu Yongye!
(End of chapter)