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"Actually, something happened in the past two days..." Seeing the red and white princess looking like she could sit there till eternity with her cup of tea, I knew I had to take the initiative to speak.

"Due to some irresistible factors, I went back to 30,000 years ago in my dream and met your ancestors..."

"It's the ancestors." The Red and White Princess unexpectedly interrupted my tirade: "I already know what happened, and there is no need to repeat it."

"Already know?"

I blinked and failed to understand the situation. Could it be that the red and white princess was following us secretly?

"The conscientious predecessor left a message in the seal. When the seal was lifted, I received it here."

"Seal? Message?" I was still confused, and the Red and White Princess didn't explain, just let me use my exhausted brain, and finally sorted out the meaning of her words.

In other words, when the ancestors of the Red and White Princess sealed Honzina's memory, they also left a message in the seal. When the seal was lifted, the next generation of the Red and White Princess understood what happened.

Although I don't know what magical means the other party used, I can understand this approach. According to the previous inference, everything she did was to prevent the current Red and White Princess from being embarrassed.

Look, they are both mikos, but there is such a huge difference. One is always thinking about the successor and considers everything thoughtfully, while the other is always tired of running around, wandering between repairing and dismantling, unable to extricate herself.

"Now that you understand the specific situation, I have a few questions... I just want to ask them out of curiosity. It may involve your privacy, so you are free to answer them or not."

"Don't worry, as long as I can answer, I will tell you everything."

I was overjoyed that she was so easy to talk to, but I saw the red and white princess with an expressionless face. She took out a money box that was bigger than her from nowhere and placed it in front of me. There seemed to be a fox tail wagging behind her butt.

Yes, I know that with the nature of this chastity princess, it is absolutely impossible to have a free lunch and contribute to the reconstruction of the shrine.

I painfully donated a huge amount of money that was enough for the red and white princess to kill everyone in five minutes. Seeing that she was satisfied and took back the money box, as the saying goes, people are short-handed, so I became rude.

But where should I start asking? I was not prepared for the unexpected encounter, so I had to ask whatever I thought of.

"That dream was caused by your ancestors?"

"Wu's guess is correct."

The red and white princess simply nodded and admitted, and her straightforward attitude surprised me. Maybe I can find the answer to more in-depth questions.

"So, everything in the dream is part of your ancestor's plan?"

"That's not the case. His sudden appearance disrupted her original plan. Otherwise, she wouldn't have left a special message."

Thinking about this, I accepted what the Red and White Princess said and was thinking about the next question. Unexpectedly, after the Red and White Princess paused for a few seconds, she added something that left me scratching my head, seemingly completely irrelevant.

"It's just that she doesn't hate this accident. Rather, she feels sincerely happy about Wu's appearance."

"Hmm...ah...that's really...a big thank you, should I say thank you?" When he suddenly said this, I didn't know how to react for a moment, so I scratched my head and asked cautiously.

"There's no need. It's her business to be happy. You don't need to pay attention to it."

Ha...what and what, this princess of integrity has also learned to use Zen language to fool people?

"The next question is, what is the purpose of your ancestor creating this dream?" I swallowed nervously. The previous ones were just appetizers. Now is the time to get straight to the point. This princess of integrity will still answer.

Is it easy to just have fun?

"In order to recover something that accidentally strayed out." Sure enough, the Red and White Princess's statement began to be vague, and it seemed that she had no intention of telling me what it was.

"Okay, what happened to the last design drawing?"

The red and white princess played with the tea cup and glanced at me: "What do you think? I want to hear Wu's opinion first."

She actually asked a question back, well, since she answered all questions before, I didn't hesitate.

"There is no doubt that this blueprint is the direct cause of the decline of the Horadric clan."

"However, even though I feel sorry for the Horadric tribe, because of the appearance of this blueprint, Ben... ahem, Nana saved her life and became a member of the Holy See Mountain. From this point of view, it seems that I should thank you.

Which ancestor is right?"

It is true that this blueprint led to the decline of the Horadric clan. From a righteous perspective, I should criticize it. However, this period of history has been separated for too long, and it has been too long for me to have much sympathy. Moreover, even

Tia and Benzina have already let go. If I were still filled with righteous indignation, it would be too sad and sentimental, or even pretentious.

As if she had received a satisfactory answer, the red and white princess showed a smile on her indifferent face: "If you can think like this, it means that the painstaking efforts of the ancestors have not been in vain."

"So, the decline of the Horadric clan was really caused intentionally by your ancestor?"

The red and white princess nodded slightly.

"I also know that this is what the Horadric clan asked for. I'm just curious, why do you witch clan do this? Is it related to your existence or responsibilities?"

It was another core question, but this time the red and white princess still answered it readily.

"That's not the case. It's just that the ancestor was more nosy and full of stupid ideas about maintaining world peace."

"Really?" I expressed doubt.

"If there were such responsibilities, how could we and the rest of the clan watch the invasion of hell and the destruction of all lives? Could it be that the consequences of allowing the Horadric clan to expand back then could be comparable to the losses caused by the invasion of hell?"

It seems to be the same principle.

"So, what happened to the Horadric clan back then was just the personal will of that ancestor, not the mission and will of our clan."

"Okay, okay." The Red and White Princess' explanation was reasonable and reasonable. I couldn't find any flaws at all, but I always felt that something was wrong, and I had a subtle feeling of being successfully deceived.

So what is the mission of your miko clan? You who claim to be a clan of guardians, what exactly are you protecting?

I almost wanted to blurt out this question, but finally endured it because I felt it was a bit over the top and not the right time to ask it at this place.

There was a long silence. Oops, the sequelae of lack of preparation appeared. I didn’t know what to ask for a moment. It seemed that I had asked everything that should be asked. The red and white princess answered readily enough, but she seemed to be avoiding the important and neglecting the trivial, which made me peep inside.

Desire has not been satisfied, and is even dry, hoping to get more truth.

"That... by the way, I remember your ancestors said something like this." I tilted my head and thought about it, and I found another topic.

"Remember that your miko clan is passed down from generation to generation, right?"

"Yes, I remember telling Wu that we mikos were conceived by the will of Gensokyo, and our lifespan is not much longer than that of humans. Whenever the miko feels that her lifespan is approaching, Gensokyo will give birth to a new generation.

Witch."

"You are so powerful that you can even create that kind of dream. How come your lifespan is so short?"

The Red and White Princess was silent for a moment, but still answered the question: "Follow the rules, and at the same time, in order to feel the joy and pain of birth, old age, illness and death."

"Even if you just want to experience life, old age, illness and death, there is no need to shorten your life. You guys are really weird."

"Yeah, it's really weird." For some reason, when the Princess of Honesty agreed with me, she glanced at me from the corner of her eyes, as if she meant something.

"Can you also create a dream like that?" I shook my head and put away the strange thoughts in my mind. I asked enthusiastically. If so, maybe we can also exchange ideas about our own copycat version of the dream realm and learn from each other.

"Each generation of shrine maidens has different abilities. I'm sorry, but dreams are not what I'm good at." She pondered for a moment and then said: "Moreover, Wu may have misunderstood. The dream that time was a complete accident and was not the result of the ancestors' abilities."

In terms of the power of dreams, our ancestors may not be able to match the mermaid clan."

Does that mean you are at least much stronger than me?

"Ah, I almost went off topic while I was talking. I remember your ancestors said something like this, saying that if the miko maidens from generation to generation have the word "dream" in their names, they are all special. Does that mean you are the same?"

When I asked this question, the red and white princess, who had always been extremely calm, showed an unexpectedly complicated and helpless expression.

"That ancestor... was not only troublesome, but also talkative."

"In other words, she didn't lie?" Come on, the good stuff is finally here!

"Indeed, it's just that the term "special" is open to question. In my opinion, the word "special" can be translated as hard work." After a pause, she nodded heavily as if to emphasize the meaning: "Special hard work.

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"If you are capable, work harder. It means you are still very special. So where does the hard work go?"

"Probably because I want to truly fulfill my duty as the guardian of the clan." After a moment of hesitation, the Red and White Princess used a montage technique again and explained vaguely.

I'm shocked. If you understand this sentence in reverse, it means that you witches who don't have the dream character don't have to fulfill your duty to protect the clan, or are you just pretending to be able to touch it like that? You might as well be called the Moyu clan.

I also noticed a detail. Even though this guy had a complaining and helpless tone, when he mentioned his duty to protect the clan, there was still a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

This is probably the first time I have seen such a real and pure happy smile shown by this inconspicuous red and white princess.

However, my curiosity was still not satisfied, and I was fooled by this guy again, without getting any substantive answer.

There is no other way, just take it by surprise and go straight to Huanglong.

"Last question, what does your ancestor want to recycle? Could it be Nana? What is the connection between Nana and you?"

However, the unexpected effect was not achieved. As if she expected that I would ask this question, the Red and White Princess calmly took a sip of tea, and then found that the tea was frozen as solid as a mountain, motionless, and she couldn't help showing a look of frustration again.

color.

If I say you make another pot of tea, will you die?

"I only guessed half of it right." She said lightly, as if she was just stating an ordinary topic.

"To be precise, the ancestors went to recover the source of magic."
Chapter completed!