Fairy Tale of Brothers War

It turned out that Asahina's family had a small private island in the East China Sea of ​​Japan, which was most suitable for escaping the heat in midsummer.Every year at this time, a family trip will be held. In previous years, the brothers' mother Asahi Namiwa would also come, but this year, because the father of the two sisters, Ema and Rintaro, planned the wedding ceremony next month, they did not come this year.

My sister and my brothers are discussing this. Lying on the bed, Eri kicked her little feet. My sister is really serious. I didn’t tell myself such a big thing until now. If I didn’t ask, I’m afraid I wouldn’t know what I wanted before I set off tomorrow. What to do!

Although I promised my sister to go back to the room and have a good rest, but... Looking at the dark night sky outside the window, Eri was crying and her heart was boiling: after hearing such exciting news, it is only a ghost that I can sleep now!

"咚咚-"

"Please come in—"

Azusa slowly pushed open the door, saw Huili lying on the bed with bright eyes and no sleepiness, she smiled in her heart, sure enough what Brother Yachen said was right, this little guy really couldn't fall asleep!

"Brother Zi?"

Eili was a little puzzled, it's strange, shouldn't brother Zi be in the living room at this time to discuss the travel plan with everyone tomorrow?Why are you here again?And brother Zi feels weird tonight, where is it?Eili subconsciously looked behind Azusa, it was empty and there was no one there!That's it!Huili finally understands what's weird. On weekdays, Brother Zi and Brother Chun are always inseparable, but why did I only see Brother Zi tonight?

"Ema is worried that you won't be able to sleep, but you really can't get away." Azusa sat on the bedside of Eri with a smile on her face, looked at the confused Eri, and said, "What's wrong?"

"I haven't seen Brother Chun yet."

Tsubaki?Azusa froze for a moment, and couldn't help recalling the scene in the living room just now in her mind.

Ema couldn't bear to see Eri walking back to the room silently, but the things I need to bring for the trip tomorrow... I and Eri are both girls, and there are so many things that are inconvenient for my brothers to help... Thinking of this, Ema is in a dilemma, leaving is neither staying nor staying.

Seeing Ema's worried expression and her frequent glances in Eri's direction, Yachen laughed and said, "Don't worry, the little girl can walk back to the room by herself."

The point is not this... Although she thought so, Ema still nodded, and took the pen in her hand to write down the things to bring tomorrow on the paper, but it was difficult to concentrate, and she made typos from time to time.

"I'm really sorry." Putting down the pen, Ema said with a blushing face.

"That little guy has a good sister." The one who had been watching from the sidelines walked up to Ema, stretched out his hand and messed up the bangs on Ema's forehead, "I just heard from that little guy that before she goes to bed, my sister always Want to tell her a story?"

"Well." Ema nodded and explained: "It started from a very young age. The child liked to listen to fairy tales. At first, she was afraid of sleeping alone at night, so she accompanied her, but later When she was young, she seemed to have developed such a habit that if she didn't read a few paragraphs to her before going to bed, she would never rest no matter what..."

When she said these words, the expression on Eili's face was very gentle, a kind of unique friendship was rippling in her eyes like autumn water, and the smile slightly raised at the corner of her mouth was like a ray of breeze blowing in everyone's heart.Even Azusa had to admit that Ema was very beautiful at this time.

"In that case, I'll go and spend time with my little sister tonight!" Chun smiled and stood up from the sofa, ready to go to Huili's room.

"Chun—" Zi grabbed Chun who was walking forward, frowned and said, "She won't be able to sleep even more if you go!"

"Totally agree!" Ukyo adjusted his glasses and said.

Yao sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "Azusa should go, no matter what, we took that little guy's sister..."

Why does this sound so awkward?Ema raised her head unnaturally and glanced at Yao, just in time to make direct contact with Yao's eyes, her face blushed, and she lowered her head.

Thinking back to the present, Zi smiled: "Brother Chun is busy tonight, so, can I come to accompany Huili tonight?"

"En!" Huili nodded vigorously, moved to the inside of the bed, and said, "Brother Zi, come up too."

"Eh? Is it okay?" Azusa was stunned, logically speaking, in his eyes, Eri was just a 12-year-old sister, and it was fine for the two of them to lie together, but...why did it feel so weird?

"Yes! It's ok!" Eri said.

As if trying to avoid her own feelings, Azusa nodded, turned on the small desk lamp on the bed, went to the door and turned off the main light in the bedroom.

The room suddenly darkened, leaving only the small lamp in the shape of a marigold beside the bed exuding a soft orange light. The evening breeze blew the gauze curtains like purple smoke, and also lightened the little daisies on the window sill. The fragrance is brought into the house.

"Brother Zi." Eili tugged on Zi's arm and opened her mouth in a low voice.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Brother Zi smells really good!"

When saying this, Eili's small head subconsciously rubbed against Azusa's arm twice.

"Boom—" Zi always felt that something exploded in his head, and his face was burning hot, with an indescribable strangeness.

"Hmm... It's a very familiar smell, I can't tell it, but it smells good." Eri, who didn't know why, still said to herself.

"Speaking of which, I heard Ema say that Eri likes to listen to stories when she sleeps at night." Changing the subject hastily, Azusa tried her best to sound natural, "May I tell Eri a story?"

"Really?" Eili raised her head, her black pearl eyes were shining brightly, "I like Brother Zi's voice very much, and I have been looking forward to what kind of story Brother Zi will tell!"

Seeing Eili staring at him with bright eyes, Azusa's smile became more and more gentle. This little guy really couldn't hide his emotions at all, "Why does Eili like fairy tales so much?"

Hearing Azusa's question, Eili said with some embarrassment, "Brother Zi, do you want to know?"

"Ah."

"That... I tell you, don't tell others!"

Seeing the mysterious expression on the little guy's face, and thinking of the conversation between the little guy and Ema in the living room, Azusa faintly guessed something, nodded and said: "Yes! I promise!"

"Hmm... Where do I start?" Eri scratched her little head with her hands, thinking about it seriously.

"As far as I can remember, my sister is always busy and has no time to accompany me. I can only be with my sister during the day when I eat, and my father is often not at home, so most of the time, it is me. I stay at home alone, by the way, there is a little squirrel named Julie, Brother Zi knows about it, right?"

Julie?Is that the silver squirrel that always fries?Azusa couldn't help laughing at the thought of the squirrel showing its teeth and claws every time the brothers in the family got close to Ema.

"Although Zhu Lili has been with me, but when my sister is not around, I am really lonely." When she said something, her voice sounded very lonely, maybe it was some bad memory, Azusa thought.

"And then, I remember hearing fairy tales for the first time when I... well, I can't remember how old I was."

"At that time, it seemed that my sister and I slept separately for the first time, and I was very scared at night, so my sister sat by my bed and told me stories. That's because I didn't quite understand what those stories meant. I just think that the appearance of my sister telling me stories by my side is very reassuring, and I feel very peaceful."

"I like this time of night. Looking at my sister's appearance and listening to her voice, I feel that this is the happiest time of the day..."

Azusa listened silently, and could not help wrapping his arms around the girl's shoulders.She...maybe a strong kid too.

"Even if it's just for a short while, I really want my sister to spend more time with me, and I really want to stay by my sister's side like this. This can be regarded as my willfulness..." Eili lay in Azusa's arms Li, slowly said: "But, am I being too self-willed? Obviously my sister is already so tired."

Azusa shook her head, and scratched Huili's little nose lightly: "Actually, it's not just my sister, there are so many older brothers in the family. As long as you think about it, all the older brothers are willing to be relied on by Huili."

Eili raised her head, her dark eyes reflected Azusa's gentle face, "Really?"

"Well, really."

"I like brothers the most! I like brother Zi the most!"

Eili hugged Azusa, buried her head in Azusa's shoulder, Eili said happily.

So warm, this is probably the unique temperature of the family.

Azusa also reached out and hugged the girl's small body.

Obviously what I should care about is the younger sister who is in the blooming season, the younger sister who will still blush after hearing Tsubaki's jokes and say "bless me", "everyone is still a family", the younger sister who is gentle and considerate no matter what she does My younger sister... But now, why do I care about this little guy who is always worrying about everything, who always seems to be immature?

Subconsciously hugging Eri in her arms, Azusa closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

He took out a book from the bedside table and casually flipped through a few pages. Azusa glanced at Eri with great interest, and asked, "What story does Eideru listen to?"

"Hmm..." Huixiang thought for a while, took the book and turned to a certain page, and handed it to Azusa, "This."

""The Daughter of the Sea"?"

"Hmm! I like this story the most."

Eri at this time is really childish, no, it should be said, this little guy is always childish, such a small...

When she came back to her senses, Azusa calmed down a little.

"In the depths of the sea, there grow many strange trees and flowers. Their trunks and leaves are so soft that they shake at the slightest movement of the water; in the deepest part of the sea, there is a palace of the King of the Sea, whose walls It is built of coral, and the tall, pointed windows are of the brightest amber..."

"...Ariel dragged the prince out of the water and floated down the current. It was daylight, and the storm was over, and she laid the prince gently on the sand, and the sun shone on his face, as if pouring water into his face. new life..."

"... She bravely drank the medicine given to her by the witch. Suddenly, she felt as if a sharp knife had split her body, and she fainted from the pain..."

"She turned around and threw the knife to the sea, and the waves gave out a red light, and she felt that she had melted into foam immediately, and the sun rose, and the sun's soft warmth shone on these foams, and she didn't feel perishing, as if she had turned into a bubble A wisp of blue smoke floated into the air."

After closing the storybook, Azusa turned to look at Eri who was still very energetic, and asked helplessly, "Why don't you sleep?"

As if she had just recovered from the story, Eri was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Because brother Zi's voice is so nice, I fell in love with it before I knew it, so I couldn't fall asleep!"

The original intention of telling you a story is to let you sleep well, but unexpectedly it has the opposite effect!Azusa turned her head to the side, and saw that Eri was focusing on herself with her little head resting on her hands, and then glanced at the watch on the wall, it was past ten o'clock, why is this little guy so energetic tonight?Sure enough, it was right to hide from her and Mi that they were going on vacation the next day!Eri, who is usually well-behaved, looks like this. With Yimi's character, why doesn't she just blow the roof off?

But... It's a holiday after all, so it shouldn't be a problem to sleep in the car tomorrow, right?

Thinking of this, Azusa felt relieved, leaving aside the "task" of putting the little guy to sleep, as it is now, it doesn't feel...not bad.

"Why does Eri like this story?"

When reading the story to Eri, Azusa was always confused. Most of the fairy tales take care of the mood of the children, and the final ending is happy. In a very popular sentence, the final ending is always Yes—the prince and princess lived a happy life. The story of "The Daughter of the Sea" is different from most fairy tales. The final ending...

"Because... Ariel is very pitiful..."

Azusa raised her head, and was facing Eri Kami's teary eyes.

"That's how I felt when I heard this story for the first time." Sniffing her nose, Eri said, "Later, I often asked my sister to tell me this story, although I don't know if I can convey my heart , but I want Ariel to know that it doesn't matter if the prince doesn't like her, in this world, there are many girls like me who like her, if she knows, she will be very happy."

While saying these words, Eri's eyes kept looking at the starry sky outside the window. On a midsummer night, Azusa followed Eili's line of sight and turned her gaze to the starry sky outside the window.

"Eri was wrong."

After a long time, Azusa turned her head, looked at the girl next to her, stretched out her arms to embrace Huili's shoulders, held the little girl in her arms, and said slowly, "I think Ariel is very happy in the end." .”

"Because she saw the prince's smile in the end, so beautiful, she has been watching, remembering, reading, and thinking. It is also a kind of happiness to see the one she loves can be happy."

Azusa closed her eyes, and that picture kept replaying in her mind over and over again.It was a very beautiful world, with blue ocean, golden sunshine, and even the air was filled with fresh smell.

What a beautiful fairy tale, what a beautiful... heart.

"But...she's not with the prince!"

Huili shook her head, she didn't understand why Brother Zi would say that.

As expected, Zi smiled, "Ariel is actually very happy. She has a beautiful voice, a happy childhood, and sisters who love her. The whole ocean is her home. Family, friends, and There are thousands of girls like you who like her and love her, tell me, isn't Ariel very happy?"

"But does she know we love her?"

"Of course." Azusa smiled and hugged Huili's shoulders, pointed at the night sky outside the window, "Did you see that star?"

Huili turned her head sideways, looking at the night sky outside the window, the stars all over the sky, like water droplets shining with silver light, the finely divided stars formed a silver river and flowed towards the sky.

"When a person dies, he will become a star in the sky, and that star is her. She in the sky knows and can see everything you do, so she can feel your mood as well!"

"I can feel it..."

The girl closed her eyes, with a relaxed smile on the corner of her mouth, and said softly:

"very nice."

Yes, that's great.

Seeing the little guy who was gradually falling asleep in his arms, Zi carefully got up and tucked in the quilt.He stretched out his hand to gather the messy hair on the side of Huili's cheek behind his ear, and pressed a light kiss on her cheek.

"Good night."

The stars are shining, and the twinkling lights seem to tell each other's stories; how many girls' dreams have been decorated with the brilliant galaxy?