Elder brother's garrison

Bai Ying just took the paper from Xiao Bai's hand.

And then... he ate it?

have eaten??

"Bai... Bai Bai Bai Ying! How could you eat paper! That's so unsafe."

Xiao Bai finally realized what was happening. After understanding how things had unfolded, Xiao Bai quickly lifted North Carolina's little bottom and put her aside. Then, he quickly got up from the ground and crawled towards Bai Ying.

"Quick! Spit it out! Eating that filthy stuff will upset your stomach!" Xiao Bai pounced on Bai Ying and reached out to grab Bai Ying's chin.

Xiao Bai pinched Bai Ying's chin.

He tried his best to pry open Bai Ying's mouth.

However, Bai Ying was not someone to be trifled with. For some reason, Bai Ying, who had always been submissive to Xiao Bai, was surprisingly rebellious this time. When Xiao Bai tried to pry open Bai Ying's mouth, Bai Ying closed her mouth tightly. Xiao Bai used all his strength to push Bai Ying's lips open a crack, but Bai Ying's two rows of small, sharp teeth below her lips were even more desperately locked up like a second lock.

Little White was tugging at Bai Ying's mouth, and the two white-haired little girls, who were about the same size, were wrestling and whimpering. Under the watchful eyes of North Carolina, who was sitting nearby, they fell to the ground and rolled around several times, attracting the attention of many people.

Finally, after repeated attempts, Bai Ying's powerful and invincible bite force proved superior. After all of Xiao Bai's efforts had failed, Xiao Bai had no choice but to give up.

The two white-furred creatures that had been rolling around on the ground finally separated.

Xiao Bai struggled against Bai Ying and collapsed weakly onto the beach.

On the other side, Bai Ying lay on the beach, her clothes and hair somewhat disheveled, breathing slightly heavily, but her expression remained a steadfast poker face.

"Seriously! Why did you have to eat that..." Xiaobai got up from the ground, looking helplessly at Bai Ying, who was as stubborn as a mule. She felt the same helplessness as when dealing with a spoiled brat. Xiaobai sighed, "Fine... fine... I can't help it then... Really, you ate it, so be it! But that thing might get stuck in your throat. Anyway, Bai Ying, you and North Carolina wait here, I'll go buy you some juice..."

Xiao Bai ruffled the slightly frizzy hair at the back of her neck from her earlier movements, patted the sand off her body, glanced helplessly at Bai Ying one last time, and then stomped away.

this battle.

In the end, it all ended in Bai Ying's victory.

After Xiaobai hurriedly left, Bai Ying slowly sat up from the beach. She looked at Xiaobai's departing figure with some unease, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Xiaobai was no longer lying in wait.

Bai Ying straightened her clothes, then tidied her hair, brushing the sand grains from the ends one by one. After taking two deep breaths, she sat back down in her original spot.

Around you.

North Carolina, who had been put down from Xiaobai's arms, quietly gazed at Bai Ying.

With a poker face, Bai Ying looked up and stared at North Carolina for a moment. Then, Bai Ying reached out and ruffled North Carolina's hair.

"Thank you."

North Carolina swayed back and forth like a roly-poly toy in Bai Ying's palm.

Bai Ying withdrew her hand and let out a soft breath.

Surprisingly, Xiaobai wasn't angry at seeing herself swallow the piece of paper. Instead, she thought about how easy it would be to digest and went to buy herself some juice...

Bai Ying's expression was somewhat complicated.

Bai Ying shook her head, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper.

The paper strip still showed faint signs of being spread out halfway, but after a series of gurgling and wrestling movements, the once neat strip had been squeezed and crumpled.

—Xiao Bai is still too young.

Bai Ying is an adult, after all. Swallowing notes is something only a child would do, and it doesn't fit her strong, beautiful, and mature persona.

So Bai Ying didn't swallow anything at all.

She immediately put the note she had snatched from Xiaobai into her pocket.

Young people often take what they see with their own eyes as the truth, but they never think about whether what they see with their own eyes is true or false.

Xiao Bai did see himself covering his mouth and swallowing something in an exaggerated manner.

However, they forgot to check whether there was anything in their mouth at that time.

A faint, nostalgic smile appeared on Bai Ying's lips.

She slowly unfolded the note.

The note contained a remarkably clear sketch, vividly depicting the appearance of the world's first admiral.

The artist must have undergone long-term practice, and his painting skills are superb. The figures on the paper are vivid and lifelike, as if they really came to life. The people on the paper look out peacefully, as if their gazes have also passed through the paper and come into real life to look at Bai Ying.

Bai Ying stretched out her finger and gently touched the outline of the figure's face on the paper, then rubbed it and looked at it again and again.

Really...

I haven't watched Qilin's Strange Tales (Part 3) for a long time.

Bai Ying stared blankly at the woman on the paper, then smiled.

The woman on the paper stands gracefully.

Bright eyes and white teeth, with a commanding presence

“…Mother Lily of the Valley,” Bai Ying murmured.

This is a book recommended by a friend.

The Sword Saint's Journey Begins in Sekiro

Sekiro fanfiction, by the veteran author Hedgehog Cat, his skill is guaranteed.

Here is a brief introduction:

From the bloody battles of the late Edo period to the tragic lament of the Ashina Kingdom; from the demons slain in Demon Slayer to the heroes clashing in Fate/stay night.

Wielding a three-foot sword, I will slay the unjust.

My name is Yuzuru, and this is my path to becoming a sword saint.

Chapter 1133 Born in Legend

A rustling sound came from beside Bai Ying.

Bai Ying raised her eyes slightly and saw that North Carolina, who had been sitting quietly to the side like a doll, seemed very curious about the photo in Bai Ying's hand. It crawled up to her side, and its cute little face, like a kitten's head, tried to crawl towards the photo in Bai Ying's hand.

Just now, when North Carolina took the photo from Xiao Bai's hand while she wasn't paying attention, she was watching Bai Ying the whole time. That is to say, North Carolina also saw that Bai Ying did not swallow the paper, but put it into her pocket.

However, perhaps because North Carolina is a very quiet child, when Xiao Bai and Bai Ying rolled around on the sand and interacted enthusiastically, North Carolina did not stand up to expose Bai Ying's little tricks. Instead, he remained quietly sitting in place, watching the two of them.

Although Bai Ying didn't know what North Carolina was really thinking, judging from the outcome, North Carolina had kept her secret and helped her, so she could be considered a temporary teammate.

therefore.

Bai Ying did not object to North Carolina's approach to showing her the photos.

Bai Ying slightly raised her arm, letting North Carolina's little head peek under her arm and look at the photo in her hand.

North Carolina saw the photo in Bai Ying's hand.

She blinked, a hint of doubt appearing in her bright, watery eyes.

Perhaps it was because North Carolina was a very quiet child, or perhaps it was because the two had become teammates, but seeing North Carolina's curious expression, Bai Ying's guard dropped sharply, and inexplicably, she began to lose control of her mouth.

"This is my mother."

Bai Ying murmured softly to North Carolina, gazing at the lily of the valley in the photo. Her words seemed to be spoken to North Carolina, or perhaps to the air itself.

"Her name is Lily of the Valley."

Bai Ying murmured.

It was like a bard playing his flute.

North Carolina listened silently, then slightly raised her head to look at Bai Ying.

"She was the world's first admiral, a very powerful human being. She always had colorful flower petals on her head, and she was always surrounded by praise from others. She was intelligent and brave... I grew up with her story."

"Back then, the world was still very dangerous. The land was covered with thorns, and the sea was filled with black blood. Forced by the deep-sea ships, humanity was forced to move out of the concrete jungle and into the jungle far from the sea, abandoning its civilization and watching the flames of civilization gradually thin and fade away with the passage of time. It was at that time that my mother found an envoy from a foreign land and traveled the world with him, spreading knowledge from that land to all the humans she met, helping them develop technology, build ship girls, and finally saving humanity from extinction."

As Bai Ying narrated, North Carolina lowered her head, staring at the photo, lost in thought.

Bai Ying reached out and, mimicking the gesture Xiao Bai had just used to pat North Carolina's head, patted North Carolina's head.

"The flame that burns through human history is the ship girls. Humanity defeated the Abyssal Fleet through its own history, reclaimed the land, built homes, and multiplied. Mother also bid farewell to the foreign envoys and returned to her homeland."

"She returned to the seaside where she first met the messenger, found her missing family, and rebuilt her home with them."

"My mother is an amazing person. As the person who has spent the most time with envoys from foreign countries, she has acquired a wealth of knowledge. Even though she has already shared the ship girl technology with people all over the world, she is still the only person in the world who has fully understood the knowledge from foreign countries and has the ability to improve and refine it. After she returned to her hometown, whether it was day or night, the streets outside her rebuilt home were filled with people who came to admire her."

"Among those people are many messengers from human cities all over the world. The power of ship girls can bring people a peaceful life. In order to obtain a more peaceful life, they hope that their mother can go to their own city."

"Mom didn't refuse them, but she didn't agree to their request either."

"Mom just stayed on that beach, in her rebuilt home."

"Including messengers from various countries, everyone who eventually came there settled down in Mother's home. With the continuous flow of people day and night, and the constant influx of resources and money from various countries, the small home slowly grew in size."

"The messengers eventually chose to befriend the people of my mother's former tribe, and many handsome men and beautiful women who came from afar also chose people from my mother's tribe as their partners. That homeland grew bigger and bigger, and eventually it slowly changed from a tribe to a village, from a village to a town, and finally from a town to a city."

"The sea was a source of fear and nightmare for people in those days. To prevent more and more people from becoming panicked, my mother used up all her savings to build a long, simple wall on the other side leading to the sea."

"The tall wall blocked the connection between the sea and the land, bringing a faint sense of security to the tribe. The tribe was grateful for their mother's generosity, but when they were looking at the wall, they discovered that their mother had built a door at the foot of the wall at some unknown time."

"It's a very narrow door, but wide enough for two people to walk side by side."

"One year, two years, three years, ten years."

"The city grew larger and larger, and more and more people from all over the world came to visit. Gradually, the clansmen who formed partnerships with outsiders had descendants, who grew up and matured. Mother was no longer young, but she was still beautiful. In order to win Mother's heart, messengers from various countries gradually changed from steady and elderly adults to handsome and dashing young gentlemen. They lingered around Mother, expressing their admiration for her."

“My mother had a special status in the city. After her grandfather passed away peacefully, she lived a solitary life to avoid those messengers and never talked about knowledge from foreign countries again.”

"Over the years, people from all countries who have mastered ship girl technology have been working hard to study it. However, without Mom's help, the progress of the research is like a stuck gear, without any breakthrough. This proves that Mom's wisdom is extraordinary, and at the same time strengthens the messengers' determination to gain Mom's trust."

"The messengers' open and covert struggles brought a disturbance to the city. Most of the messengers formed cliques and schemed against each other, casting a shadow over the peaceful city and affecting countless innocent people."

"Finally, one day, after seeing that the situation in this city could no longer be ignored, my mother gave up her insistence. She found one of the few city messengers who had not caused any trouble, and they were the messengers from the human city where she had first arrived with the foreign messengers. She told them her choice and asked them to come to her residence the next day to pick her up and leave."

"The messenger was overjoyed; he rejoiced at his kindness and his good fortune."

"But walls have ears, and the news of my mother's choice spread to every corner of the city that very night."

"Mother's existence was so special that the messengers dared not offend her, but they were full of questions. Before the next day arrived, the messengers from various countries, carrying their own plans that they had been operating for more than ten years and their own resources that they thought they had the upper hand, visited Mother's residence together with the chosen messenger."

"But when the messengers arrived, Mother was no longer there."

"My mother's place was empty, except for a completed construction device and a letter that said she had left and not to look for her."

"The messengers searched frantically throughout the city for Mother, but no matter how many people they asked, she seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely disappearing from the city without leaving a trace."

The messengers stopped their search, returned dejectedly to their mother's house, and then thought of the construction device in her room.

"In the letters left by my mother, besides her departure, she also wrote about some things about the construction device. That construction device was a construction machine that my mother improved. Although there were no groundbreaking changes, it was at least more stable than the previous version, and the circuit was simpler and easier to understand."

"The construction machine is reserved for the messenger she chose."

"The messengers from various countries have devoted more than a decade of effort and resources to gaining Mother's trust, sacrificing almost their entire lives' worth of opportunities. Now, seeing their efforts go up in smoke and fall because of a simple stroke of luck, the messengers are furious and call upon their subordinates to try and seize the building machine left behind by Mother."

"However, just as they were about to make their move, hundreds of ship girls suddenly appeared from the surrounding residences of their mother, their countless dark cannons pointed at the messengers, threatening them not to act rashly."

"It turns out that over the past ten years or so, my mother has secretly built a powerful fleet of ship girls to protect the peace of the city."

"The ship girls hide in the city, concealing their faces, and as ordinary, inconspicuous beings who will not attract the attention of messengers from various countries, they accumulate power in the city."

"The messengers would never have dreamed that the little match girl, the flower shop girl, the restaurant owners, and the gentle and virtuous innkeeper they usually saw in the city were actually rare and powerful ship girls."

"Finally, the messenger who gained the trust of the mother, supported by a whole squad of ship girls, left the city with the construction machine optimized by the mother. Without the mother's presence, the city was just an ordinary community with very poor tourism. Some messengers left dejectedly, while others made do with staying there. Although the city was no longer prosperous, at least it did not decline further in the short term."

"The cities that did not receive the mother's favor eventually could not maintain their ship girls' numbers as the difficulty of replicating the construction machines increased and one construction machine after another became unusable. Gradually, they chose to submit to the cities chosen by the mother."

"The city lord was indeed a wise man. He used my mother's information to register as the world's first admiral, claimed that she still lived in the city, and gave me my mother's admiral certificate."

"From that day on, I began to act as my mother's second ship girl, and also as an invisible admiral, helping my mother, who only had a name on her account, to manage that naval base."

Time slowly passed.

"Humans will eventually die."

No matter how dazzling a star may be, it will eventually fade away.

"As my mother deliberately left in her letters, she asked me not to publicize her request. Although my mother's naval base slowly grew under my management, it was eventually forgotten due to the monotonous operation and the improvement of modern human society."

"Finally, after about a human lifespan, for various reasons, I quietly disbanded the naval base and returned to my mother's hometown alone."

Time flies.

"When I went back, that once incredibly prosperous city had begun to decline after a century due to reasons such as economic backwardness."

"When I was an admiral, I saved up a lot of money, so I was able to live comfortably. Eventually, I went back to live in my mother's room for a while."