"Gaga, Master! Baozi is secretly telling you, Ishizuki is not your descendant!"
As Stone was silently mourning for Yi Siyue in his heart, Baozi's voice suddenly rang in Stone's mind.
"Um?"
"Hehe, Master, although your surname is Yi, you got married later, and you weren't a son-in-law. None of your children have your surname!"
"That makes sense."
"What makes sense?" Luo Pipi turned to look at Shi Tou: "She plans to torture Princess Yilin's descendants to death, and you still say it makes sense?!"
Shi Tou quickly smiled apologetically: "What I mean is, you're right."
"snort!"
After shifting his position, Stone decided to go outside for some fresh air and have a good chat with Baozi.
Stepping out of the tent, Stone was surprised to find that all the elves who had been surrounding them had vanished. After pondering for a moment, Stone figured they had probably gone to host a welcome banquet for the guests from the Demon Sound Forest.
Sigh, that's the difference between humans and elves!
"Hey, Baozi, do you think it's possible that my daughter married into another family?" Perhaps because he had already accepted in his heart that Yilin was his past life's past life, Shi Tou quite accepted the title "my daughter".
"Hehe, even if Karen married into the family, her surname is Eckerman, so her children should also have the surname Eckerman, right? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, Master!"
Although I admit that what Baozi said makes a lot of sense, I still feel so uncomfortable hearing it.
"Hehe. Besides, the Yi family is a large clan. Perhaps Yi Siyue is a descendant of one of your cousins? Oh right, Baozi just remembered, you have a little brother. He could also be his descendant!"
You have a little brother...
Stone grimaced, indicating that her uterus hurt; well, she didn't have a penis. She was a woman!
"No matter what, I'm not going to marry Ishizuki. That guy... how should I put it? Just seeing him makes me imagine him being... you know... taken advantage of by some big guy. Ugh!"
Baozi stopped talking. I guess it was wondering where it should feel pain since it had neither testicles nor a uterus.
"Stone!"
Shi Tou jolted awake and looked up sharply: "Huh?"
A figure leaped swiftly down from the tree, landing right in front of the stone: "Stone! I'm hungry!"
"You..." Stone blinked. He seemed to be suffering from amnesia: "Who are you?"
The voice sounded familiar, but looking at its appearance, Stone felt he didn't recognize the elf at all. He looked closer; the ears were sticking out, meaning... was it a male?
"Stone, I want to eat! I'm hungry!" The elf, whom Stone had labeled as "male," looked at Stone with a wronged expression, as if to say, "If you don't give me food, I'll cry."
Stone had no choice. Remembering that there were still many uneaten fruits in his ring space, he took them out casually: "Eat them, eat them. Anyway, they were given to me by your people."
To everyone's surprise, the elf didn't take the fruit from Stone's hand at all. Instead, she glared at the fruit with disgust and said, "Stone! I want to eat a steamed bun!"
Want some steamed buns? That's easy. There are plenty more in the ring space...
What?! Eating steamed buns!!!
"Are you an elf? Hiss~~~" Because he inhaled the cold air too deeply, Stone coughed violently: "Y-you...you're Rice Noodle?!"
Nodding: "Yes, yes, Stone, Rice Noodles wants to eat steamed buns!"
Seriously, God, did we jump into this world carrying one of your children in our past lives? We finally had a terribly smelly elf to keep us company, and you turned it into…
Seeing Mi Fen'er's completely changed appearance, Shi Tou felt a wave of dizziness. Luckily, she grabbed a nearby tree to steady herself and weakly murmured, "Mi~ Fen~'er~".
"No more steamed buns?" Mi Fen'er's face immediately fell: "Waaah, I want steamed buns!"
He quickly took out several steamed buns from his ring space and stuffed them directly into Mi Fen'er's arms: "Eat, eat, I have more if you're not full!"
Thanks to steamed buns, Shi Tou really likes steamed buns. They can be eaten as a meal, as a snack, and more importantly, they can be used to vent anger when she's in a bad mood. So her ring space is never short of steamed buns.
Mi Fen'er took the bun and ate it heartily. In no time, she had finished several buns: "Shi Tou, I want more."
Faced with the tearful rice noodles, Shi Tou decisively surrendered: "Eat!"
After eating ten large steamed buns in a row, Mifen'er finally let out a burp: "Shitou, your steamed buns are still the best. The steamed buns here are not good at all, really!"
"Of course! Um, the steamed buns here?"
"Yeah, I was hungry a few days ago, but I couldn't find you anywhere, so I went to find something to eat."
"Where are you going to find food?!"
Perhaps it was because Shi Tou's tone was too sharp that Mi Fen'er shuddered, and it took her a long time to stammer out her sentence.
After hearing the whole story, Shi Tou felt utterly powerless, almost collapsing: "Mi Fen'er, you really are... never mind, it's already like this anyway."
Rice Noodles stared blankly at the stone, indicating that she didn't understand what was going on at all.
After thinking for a while, Shi Tou felt that it wouldn't be very kind of her to take Mi Fen'er away like this (although she had never been kind before): "Mi Fen'er, how about I take you to see Elder Mei Ling?"
Well, the principle of "leniency for those who confess and severity for those who resist" should apply in this other world as well, right?
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Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and I completely forgot about it...
Okay, here's a belated Valentine's Day greeting.
May all lovers in the world be long-lost siblings! ~\(≧▽≦)/~ (Welcome! Your support is my greatest motivation.)
☆, Chapter 226 News from the Capital
Finding Elder Meiling was not difficult, because she had been staying inside the Moon Goddess Festival, praying over the bun that had been eaten a third of the way.
"Ahem." Standing at the door, seeing Elder Meiling's devout appearance, Shi Tou couldn't help but cover his cheek: "Um, Elder Meiling, do you have a moment now?"
Elder Meiling slowly stood up and turned to look at the stone: "Human guest from afar, what brings you to Meiling?"
Shi Tou grabbed the rice flour pudding hiding behind her and pulled it in front of Mei Ling: "Elder Mei Ling, this elf, she..."
"And who is this? Oh, is he an elf friend from the Demon Sound Forest? Hello." Although Elder Meiling had heard that elves had come to the Demon Sound Forest, she only instructed other members of her tribe to receive them and did not personally come forward.
Stone hesitated for a moment. Actually, that wasn't wrong. Rice Noodles was probably an elf from the Demon Sound Forest, but...
"I'm sorry, I ate the big steamed bun. I thought it was edible." Just as Shi Tou was hesitating about how to explain, Mi Fen'er spoke up on her own.
Meiling was stunned for a moment. When she finally understood, she covered her mouth in shock: "Oh my god! How could this be? No, didn't you just arrive today? The treasure was already damaged a few days ago."
Mi Fen looked at Mei Ling with some confusion, unsure how to explain the situation.
“Elder Meiling, she didn’t just arrive today. Her name is Mifen’er, and she’s an elf who came with us.”
“But…” Elder Meiling opened her mouth, then suddenly realized, “I understand, the treasure was damaged. The magical protection failed, so she regained her original appearance, right?”
"yes."
"Sigh, it seems you really are an elf from the Demon Sound Forest. Well then, since your people are here today, why don't you go and ask them?" Meiling sighed and waved for Mifen'er to leave.
Stone raised an eyebrow: "Elder Meiling, you're not planning to punish Mifen'er?" Based on Stone's limited understanding of the elves, she felt Mifen'er wouldn't be punished too severely. However, she didn't think Mifen'er could get away so easily.
“There’s no need for punishment; what’s done is done.” Elder Meiling turned around and prayed again, facing the steamed buns on the offering table.
After waiting a while, seeing that she didn't speak again, Stone quietly led Rice Noodles away from the Moon Goddess Festival. Regardless of the appearance of the steamed bun, in the eyes of the elves, it was a treasure bestowed upon the elven race by their revered goddess of magic, Princess Irene.
It took some effort to find the elves with MiFen'er. Stone was too lazy to explain and simply pushed MiFen'er in front of Kipur: "Your sister!"
Honestly, Stone's words were purely sarcastic. There was no irony whatsoever. However, she never expected that Kipur would widen his eyes and open his mouth wide the moment he saw Mifen'er, just staring at her blankly.
"My little sister!"
After a long while, Kipur suddenly rushed towards Mifen'er and hugged her tightly, bursting into tears.
Stone stared blankly at the two, and only after looking around did she realize that the other elves around her were just as terrified as she was.
"Kippur, she, she is Mifang?!" The other male elf standing next to Kippur finally saw Mifang's face clearly. He pointed at Mifang with a trembling finger, his face full of shock.
Mi Fang?
Stone frowned, recalling the origin of Mi Fen'er's original name. It seemed that back then, she said...
Mifen?!
“Kippur, her name is Mifen, not Mifang.” Stone looked at Kippur nervously. Mifen and Mifang—even a fool would know these two names were related!
"Yes! She is Mifang, my sister Mifen who has been missing for decades!" Kipur hugged Mifen and cried his eyes out. Stone finally believed that what he had said before, that his sister cried for five whole years when his grandmother passed away, was absolutely true!
"Wait, didn't you say you have a younger sister? Mi Fen and Mi Fang are both your biological sisters?"
Kipur finally released Mifen'er, wiped away her tears, and looked at her with pity: "Yes, they are twins, but Mifen disappeared when she was little. I thought I would never see her again in this life."
Bingo! That's a really lame answer.
Stone grinned, expressing deep helplessness: "Fine, since she's your sister, then you're responsible for sending her back to the Demon Sound Forest!"
"Ah? But I'll wait for you here." Even after finding his long-lost sister, Kipur did not forget his duty.
"It's alright, you go see your sister off first, I'll wait for you here." Shi Tou waved his hand generously, but what he was thinking was, "I'll just leave as soon as you're done!"
Ultimately, Kipur accepted the suggestion, since it would only take less than twenty days to travel from the Moon Goddess Forest to the Demon Sound Forest.
Watching Kipur and Mifen leave (before leaving, Mifen extorted a lot of money, and Shitou used the spatial equipment given to him by Huo Xiaoxiao to pack a lot of steamed buns to send her on her way), only these two left. The other elves who came with Kipur did not leave with them because they were worried about them...
Just thinking about that stone makes me angry. Does she look so untrustworthy that even an elf would be wary of her? Seriously!
"Stone, stop shaking around, it's making me dizzy." Inside the tent, Luo Pipi sat on the ground eating the fruit the elves had brought her, impatiently trying to shoo Stone away.
"Luo Pipi, how could you do this? Kipur has been gone for over ten days now, he might be back tomorrow!"
"So what? I've never heard of elves killing people. Don't worry, even if he finds out you raised his sister to be like that, he won't kill you."
Looking at Luo Pipi sitting to the side, watching the show with amusement, Shi Tou really wanted to pounce on her and strangle her!
"Aww! If I'm forced into marriage, I'll betray you!"
"What's the use? We're not twins. Besides, even if Yi Shiyue hasn't seen you for a long time, he can't possibly mistake me for you. Unless he's blind and stupid."
Stone glared at him: "That's not what I meant!"