To the eternal you

"Well... In short, I probably heard what Thomas said, and I probably have a sense of what to do next, but is it really necessary?"

Xiao Gong sat next to Thomas carelessly, and picked up the teapot to pour water for himself.

This is not the first time for her to come to Mulou Tea House. After all, she has to cooperate with the club every year. During some small festivals on weekdays, she also needs to find Xiaogong to order some fireworks. After coming and going, she and Shenli Linghua can be regarded as an acquaintance.

"If Xiaogong thinks that we are fooling you, then he won't come, after all..." Kanli Linghua looked at her with some worried eyes, or she had changed the style hair accessories.

Xiao Gong likes to collect candies and put them in beautiful hair accessories boxes. Sometimes when she gets dizzy, she will wear the wrong hair accessories, and the candies hidden in the box will jingle when she walks.

And during the time when she had the flower of heart, her hair ornament was also replaced with a fireworks hair ornament that bloomed in the summer night, but since she chose to hand over the flower of heart, she has never been seen wearing it again, although Usually there is no change, but occasionally it will show a sad look.

"Having said that, but I...I'm not saying that you can't, but I feel that I can't. After all, you see...I'm just an ordinary and ordinary firework maker. I don't have the courage or perseverance like those rebels. I want to abandon my current life and hide all the way to the end."

Xiao Gong's expression became a little lost, and the originally deliberately pretended free and easy look became a little more reserved.

"If someone like me joins, I'm afraid that I will hinder everyone because of me. Then, won't Ms. Linghua's dream come true?"

"But you also provided them with shelter, didn't you?"

Kamisato Ayaka asked her gently.

"When everyone was avoiding them, the Naganohara family took them in and found a place to hide for them. This has nothing to do with you taking the initiative to hand over the flower of your heart and not resisting. When everyone doesn't trust the shogunate At that time, only Xiaogong stood up."

"Miss Linghua already knows..." Xiao Gong looked a little embarrassed, with a slight blushing on his cheeks, the feeling of being pointed out in public for doing bad things was really embarrassing.

"Maybe others can't understand, but I can understand Xiaogong's wish. Fireworks should bring bright light to everyone in the dark night. It may be fleeting in a person's life, but it is enough to leave an incomparably deep impression. remember."

Kamisato Linghua still remembers the girl who looked forward to seeing the flower of heart bloom under the summer night.

"Besides, what we have to do is to prepare enough "fireworks" to light up the entire Inazuma Castle night sky during this period of time! "

"Let the children have a relaxed and happy New Year, the adults get together to talk about the world, and usher in the new year of Dao Wife. Xiaogong also doesn't want everyone to be forced to obey the unspeakable rules of the flower of the heart." Bar."

Thomas is also quite familiar with the owner of the Naganohara family. After all, Xiao Gong has a very outspoken character. For some businessmen, she is simply a fat sheep to be slaughtered, especially because she is often caught by heaven because of safety-related regulations. The person who led the execution took it back. Things that she couldn't handle were often settled by Thomas.

Thomas will not refuse this. After all, Xiaogong is not asking people to do things for free. Whether it is the fireworks coupons from the Naganohara family, the occasional collection of fresh berries, or any interesting news, she will be the first time. Tell Thomas.

The network of human feelings is always formed in the discussions among neighbors in twos and threes. It may not always be new, but everyone has a different view on a single matter. The release also needs to be checked, and Xiaogong is obviously a very good candidate, which also saved him a lot of troublesome repeated investigations.

"That's right... the Flower of Heart shouldn't be something that people avoid talking about, feel afraid of, and even have to hide all day long from the very beginning."

Xiaogong's energy was lifted a little.

"Then, Your Highness—"

With a calm smile, Kamisato Linghua spoke.

"Huh? What am I going to do?"

The little guy looked at her with an OvO expression, a little naive and a little cute.

"Of course I need your help! Please tell us about Xiaogong and Xinzhihua's unfinished wishes."

Kanli Linghua retreated behind her, saluted respectfully, the little guy was a little puzzled, turned from the original duckling to standing up, and came to Xiaogong obediently.

The smell of milk on the girl's body mixed with the sweet dumpling smell made Xiaogong a little bit unable to help but want to hug this cute little guy, but the current scene really hugged it would not end well, so he might as well He lowered his head and let her put her little hands on her head, rubbing it, rubbing it again.

"That... Your Highness~~?"

Xiaogong blushed, her body was a little twisted, and her tone trembled.

"Emm, um, Xiaogong is such a good boy~"

"Little-highness-lower-!"

"Sorry! I just want to touch Xiaogong~"

"Ahem! It's okay, after all, I am also very happy to be liked by His Royal Highness ~ hehe."

After the little fuss, His Highness also closed his eyes, and some warm white light balls radiated from his side, and each light ball contained the heart flower, each with its own shape and lifelike.Among them was a goldfish flower, the orange-red petals were as gorgeous as fireworks, Xiaogong opened his eyes wide, and subconsciously stretched out his fingers to point on the ball.

The flower of the heart shone brightly and covered the inner room. Paimon covered his eyes while sticking to the traveler's side. Because she was closer to Ying, she subconsciously grabbed the hem of her clothes. Only Brother Thomas was alone. Sitting there stupidly.

After the light passed, Xiaogong was in a trance for a moment, and His Highness was also holding that illusory goldfish flower in his hand.

"After the light spots left by fireworks in the sky disappear, they will turn into rain and snow, and fall to the ground again. They nourish the earth and nurture human beings, in order to be sent to the sky again to reproduce their splendor moment."

This is one of Xiaogong's favorites among the many stories about fireworks passed down from the Naganohara family.

It is also what she thinks, what the Lord of the Imperial Palace wishes, so she hopes to make fireworks that are big enough to be seen by the entire Daozuma. .

It's just that no one thinks that this wish can be realized, and such large-equivalent fireworks will never be allowed to be produced by folk pyrotechnicians, but if you look at it from another angle.

It seems that it is not impossible to arrange her fireworks in the whole Daozuma, and finally ignite them together into the sky.

It's just that it requires a lot of manpower. Even if there are many friends in Xiaogong, it will take at least several years from the time she starts to make it to the completion, and then it takes a long time to arrange it. Personnel selection, fireworks maintenance, A lot of things need to be done, such as location exploration, overall planning and so on.

Over time, even Xiaogong felt that this was an unattainable wish.

It's just that, after she got the flower of heart, she learned by chance that there was a firework called "Flying Meteor" in the past.

Just like the literal meaning, the fireworks are like shooting stars, flying backwards from the ground to the sky, until they bloom brilliantly under the sky that everyone witnessed together.

And this firework was also made by the Naganohara family at that time. It is said that the materials and formula were provided by a certain witch with a cat face mask. After that, the ancestors of Xiaogong will record it for several generations. The note that explained the method of making fireworks was returned to the other party, which can be regarded as the opening of the tradition of Nagano Hara's fireworks shop.

The Nagano Hara Family will give each customer who comes to order fireworks a note. This note can only be understood by the fireworks masters of the Nagano Hara Family. It records the specific formula of the fireworks.No matter ten years or 100 years have passed, as long as the guests can bring this note back, the Naganohara family can make exactly the same fireworks as they did back then.

Each person's custom-made fireworks are always different, and with the development of fireworks skills over the years, the fireworks that are popular in the market are no longer the same as before, not to mention that the fireworks of the Naganohara family are famous for their variety. But after getting old, the more things you experience, the more nostalgic you will be, and what you want to see is the firework that may not be big but touches the soul in your memory.

The craftsmanship of "Flying Meteor" has not been inherited. Even if it existed, it may have been lost in such a long time. And the cat-faced masked lady priestess and the others have no way of finding it. They used to serve as priestesses Many of them are orphans whose families have been destroyed, or children from certain rural villages that have long been removed from the list.

Therefore, Xiaogong's wish ran aground again, and at the time when the flower of heart was in chaos, she also made a decision to go to the shogunate to hand over the flower of heart to His Royal Highness.

If it is to let the child have her dream, maybe one day she will be able to see the real "meteor flying against the sky". At that time, no matter whether her temples are white, or she is too old to walk or hear voices, she will definitely In your favorite position, waiting for that firework to bloom.

"So...how can we help Miss Xiaogong fulfill her wish?"

Paimon asked curiously.

"The only way left is to find that Miss Witch. Of course, if Miss Xiaogong doesn't mind, I can contact one of my...friends in Mond. Very good at it."

Ying's expression was a little unnatural, or she was worried that if she really planned to do this, how would she take care of Keli, instead of letting these two masters create a bouncing bomb that could send the entire Daowife into the sky as fireworks.

"This point actually has some clues to the company's pursuit. After all, we have cooperated with Narujin Taisha since ancient times, and there will also send witches to Inazuma Castle to hold regular blessing ceremonies. Fireworks are naturally one of the ordered goods. If you can know roughly which period it is, maybe you can find it from the bill."

Kanli Ayaka thought for a moment and replied.

"You... Are the bills that your company has kept up to now? What if that lady witch was from hundreds of years ago!" Paimon showed a shocked expression.

"Huh? Bills are very important things, so they should be kept properly, and the society is in charge of folk rituals and music. Many past skills have not faded, and this part of the bills is also credited. You can intuitively see that through the purchase of objects in that era. The implements used by the people at that time, and then infer the era, and then find the Yae Gongji of Narujin Taisha after knowing the specific age, she will be able to answer for us.”

Ms. Ayaka Kamisato's thoughts inspired Xiao Gong.

"In this way, I vaguely remember that my father said that this is a story that happened when the Naganohara family just started to improve, and they were parading in the Great Imperial Palace."

Xiao Gong pinched his chin and kept recalling.

"I remember that at that time, in order to develop fireworks that look good during the day, the ancestors used unique dyeing techniques and proportioning element materials... It took a lot of effort, but later because of certain things, they were not allowed to be released. , It has been several years since the ancestors developed new fireworks for the Great Imperial Palace again..."

Kanli Ayaka frowned slightly, her cheeks puffed up a bit, she thought about the connection before and after, and then suddenly realized.

"After the light spots left by the fireworks in the sky disappear...the earth is nourished and human beings are nourished...I think I understand it. If I understand correctly, this corresponds to the time when the gods descend."

"Well~ I think we can stop thinking at this point, it must have something to do with Qibao!"

"Wow wow!" Xiaogong hurriedly stood up and covered Paimon's mouth, leaving only big innocent eyes looking at her aggrievedly.

"You can't talk nonsense! If you are overheard, you will be in trouble!"

"Eh...?" Ying looked back at Linghua and Thomas in surprise.

"How should I put it... Today's Inazuma can have such a scene, it is the vitality that glows after bathing in the embers of the gods, so no matter how deep the fate you have with the Great Imperial Palace, And please don't call her by her first name like that in public... especially in a pet way."

Thinking about it in another way, the leader who sacrificed for the country will be called Jiabao directly by others in later generations, it is really...not appropriate.

"Then shall we also call that Great Imperial Palace-sama...?"

Ying said with a delicate expression.

After all, the time I spent in Liyue was so influential. It would be better to say that she felt a little embarrassed. When the god you worshiped so much became a little girl, I pushed her on the bed and pinched her legs. ..

If she said this, she might have to explain it on the spot in the Mulou Tea Room.

"That's right, please call me Ogosho-sama with sincerity and respect—!"

Ms. Ayaka Kamisato had a serious expression on her face, and even Brother Thomas, who has always been willful, rarely interrupted her.

"Em, um, please call me Your Highness with all your heart—!"

The little guy who didn't know when he stood on the table said with his arms akimbo proudly.