In a dream.
Because of taking medicine and taking medicated baths every day, Zuo Zhizi's body not only had a faint body fragrance, but also had a faint medicinal fragrance.
She joked that she was like an animal being slaughtered for food, soaking in soup every day to marinate it.
After finally getting out of the bath, it took her a long time to recover from the pain and she was finally able to speak.
Zuo Zhizi: "Huh, uh..."
Zuo Zhizi: "Hey...Wu Nini."
Wu Nini: "...Want some water?"
Zuo Zhizi: "Yes, yes...I'm so thirsty."
Zuo Zhizi: "Um, are we really not allowed to drink anything...can we really only drink plain water?"
Wu Nini: "...Yeah."
Zuo Zhizi: "...Can't you even use magic to make it taste better?"
Wu Nini: "Sorry, illusion can also affect the effect of medicine. So..."
Zuo Zhizi: "We know... I'm sorry, I won't be willful anymore."
Wu Nini: "...No, it's nothing. I'm just complaining, how can I be willful..."
Wu Nini: "...By the way, you said you wanted to sew some stuffed animals for Leah, can I help you too?"
Zuo Zhizi: "Yeah! We're going to sew a lot of big meat buns for her!"
Zuo Zhizi: "Uh... we mean, dumplings!"
Wu Nini: "...Actually, I'm really hungry, so it's okay to eat something occasionally."
Wu Nini: "You can chew it and spit it out, just taste it..."
Zuo Zhizi: "Well... no, no! I might be unable to help but swallow it!"
Zuo Zhizi: "We...we have to eliminate temptation! We can't eat it even once! Otherwise, we will become more and more greedy!"
Zuo Zhizi: "For our daughter... we can do anything! This is also spiritual practice..."
Zuo Zhizi: "..."
Zuo Zhizi: "Cultivation... practice..."
Zuo Zhizi: "...Ha, haha... We are going to die, so why should we practice hard... We just need to make sacrifices... This is the only meaning of our survival..."
Zuo Zhizi: "We... are actually already dead, aren't we... we are just... still breathing for the time being..."
Wu Nini remained silent.
She hugged Zuo Zhizi gently, feeling the trembling of the scarf ninja's body and the hot feeling of tears sliding down her chest.
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…
The sacrifice would not take place until Leah was seven years old.
In these last moments, Zuo Zhizi had a good experience of what it was like to be a mother. Therefore, I felt the extremely beautiful mother-daughter bond.
But as Yida Lia grew up day by day, her fear of death not only did not diminish, but became more intense due to her reluctance to leave the world.
But she kept this secret from her daughter until the calendar that symbolized life was torn down to only a few dozen pages. She controlled her emotions very well in front of Leah and never revealed her true feelings.
Leah has been very attached to her mothers since she was a child.
Just like she would call Wu Nini’s mother Beast Ear’s mother.
I will also call Zuozhizi’s mother the scarf mother.
Scarf mom is special!
Leah, I've always felt that way.
Because, Zuozhizi’s mother, she always smells good...
It is said to be the medicinal aroma obtained from taking a bath.
Why don't you let me soak...
I want to take a dip too!
Lia, who looked exactly like Erina when she was a child, thought like this, rode on Hime-chan like a horse, and ran to find Sachiko's mother to act coquettishly.
Leah: "Mom, mom! I want to take that medicinal bath too!"
Zuo Zhizi smiled, pinched her smiling face, and said so.
Zuo Zhizi: "Hey, isn't this okay?"
Leah: [puffs her mouth]
Leah: "Why!"
Zuo Zhizi: "Because my mother is sick, I have to take this bath! You are not sick, but you will get sick if you take this bath, right?"
Leah: "Oh..."
Zhizi Zuo: "Does Leah want to get sick like us?"
Leah: "No, I don't want to! It's so uncomfortable to be sick!"
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Leah; [He ran to the kitchen excitedly and tugged on the corner of Zuozhizi's apron]
Leah: "Na na, scarf mother!"
Leah: “Look what Erina’s mother brought me!
It’s canned pineapple!
First time seeing it! "
Zuo Zhizi: "Yeah, that one is super delicious. We used to eat it often."
Zuo Zhizi: "Lea is going to play with Yukikaze Maru first. We are making waterless tomato chicken wing root curry for you! Is it your mother Yoshiyuki's specialty? We want to make it perfect, but we have to concentrate!"
Zuo Zhizi: [Speaking of this, I scooped some soup with a spoon and poured it into a small plate. I took a sip and then spit it out immediately. I nodded with satisfaction and looked proud.]
Zuo Zhizi: "So far, no problem! We are really a genius!"
Leah: “Hey~ it looks delicious! I want to eat a big plate!
"
Zuo Zhizi: "You can eat as much as you want? We made a lot of them!"
Zuo Zhizi: [swallowed with greed]
Leah: "Mom, do you want to eat too?"
Zuo Zhizi: "Mom won't eat it."
Zuo Zhizi: [Turns her head gently and touches Lia’s little head]
