"Eh?! Yes, yes!"

The sudden call made the blonde Loli startled.

She straightened her back like a reflex, tightened her nerves and muscles, pursed her lips, and looked at Qingdeng nervously, their eyes meeting each other.

Qingdeng opened his mouth - just as he was about to say something, he suddenly stopped.

"...Forget it, let's talk about it later."

Qingdeng's surprise made everyone at the scene, Monk Zhang Er, confused.

Fortunately, at this moment, two crisp sounds of "pop" and "pop" were heard - Ating clapped his hands.

When Qingdeng and others followed the sound and looked over, she said with a smile:

"Okay, okay~ Let's stop talking about the account books here! Let's talk about something more relaxed and enjoyable now!"

Although Qingdeng's strange behavior just now made everyone have questions, no one asked more questions.

Everyone at the scene, including Aomori, consciously cooperated with Atachi and no longer talked about the account books or Elodie.

New topic—coincidentally, Qingdeng had a brand-new question that was ready to come out at this moment.

There was a part of what Atachi said just now that made him very concerned.

After hesitating for a moment, he cleared his throat:

"Mrs. Gu Mu, you just said that you are a mother who has raised many children... Excuse me, where are your children now?"

As he asked, he turned his head and looked around.

A long time has passed since they visited the private residence of Gu Mu and his wife.

But so far, apart from Gu Mu and his wife, Qingdeng has not seen anyone else in this house.

It seems that only Gu Mu and his wife live in this house.

Apart from the two of them, there were no other guests.

Logically speaking, given the age of Gu Mu and his wife, they should have children.

Is it because they have separated from their children?

Or...is there some other reason?

Anyway, this was not something that couldn't be asked, so Qingden simply asked questions at once.

Amachi seemed to be happy to answer the question raised by Aonto.

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, she smiled and said eagerly:

"Houhouhou~~This is a good question!"

"We separated from our children a long time ago."

"Nowadays, they are all living a peaceful life in other places."

Speaking of this, A-Machi paused for a moment as if to show off.

When she spoke again, she had a playful look on her face.

"How about it? Are you interested in hearing what kind of jobs our sons and daughters are engaged in now?"

Before Qingdeng could speak, a girl in red said first:

"I want to hear it!"

Kinoshita Mai leaned forward and looked at Atachi excitedly.

With such an appearance, he almost has "curiosity" and "gossip" written all over his face.

Ayoto was already used to this - he knew that the neurotic Mai Kinoshita must know nothing about the descendants of the Furumaki couple!

Elodie on the side also showed an interesting expression at this time.

Amachi leisurely picked up the tea beside his knees, took a sip, and then said in a long tone like "grandma telling her grandson a bedtime story":

"My husband and I have a total of 6 sons and 8 daughters."

"Luckily, they all grew up healthy and no one died young."

Qingdeng couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this amount.

14 kids!

Judging from their appearance, Gu Mu and his wife should be under 50 years old.

The suitable age for women to have children is under forty.

After the age of forty, it is not easy to get pregnant.

Even if you are pregnant, there are extremely high risks of giving birth.

In other words, a woman's "pregnant period" is not that long.

One person gave birth to 14 children... This is too fertile!

At the rate of one baby every two years, it will take at least 28 years to give birth.

Having given birth to children for 28 consecutive years—Aoto couldn’t help but cast admiring glances at Atachi.

Amachi noticed Aoto's gaze and also understood Aoto's eyes.

She smiled, her eyes full of tenderness.

"I like children very much, so I don't think breeding offspring is a very hard task. Anyway, I enjoy it."

"Every time a new life is born in my body, I just feel sincere joy."

"After all... it can be said that my husband and I have endured a lot of hardships before we can live a peaceful life where we can safely have children."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have gone off topic."

"Where did I just say that? Oh, yes, I remembered it."

"As I said just now, our children are now living a peaceful life in other places."

"The eldest son likes medicine, so he became a doctor."

"The eldest daughter likes clothes, so she became a tailor."

"The second son likes to be lively, so he opened an izakaya."

…

A-Machi explained the jobs that their children are currently engaged in one by one like a treasure trove.

Doctors, tailors, izakaya owners, novelists, teachers... are all very ordinary and common professions.

As soon as Omachi finished speaking, Goro Komaki grinned and added:

"I originally hoped that one of my descendants would be a swordsman."

"I didn't expect that... among the 14 children, not one of them is interested in swordsmanship."

"But this is fine."

Speaking of this, Goro Komaki's facial features softened.

"The children are independent and are all engaged in careers they like... For parents, there is nothing more gratifying than this."

Atachi nodded in agreement!

"Yes, that's it!"

"Being able to see all the children living ordinary and happy lives makes me feel that all the hardships I have endured have paid off."

Goro Komaki answered the question:

"The children have spread their wings and are flying high. They no longer need the company of us two old guys."

"So, we separated from our children, left them, came to Kyoto, sold wagashi, and planned to spend the rest of our lives like this."

"Although very occasionally, I can't help but miss my children."

"But...this is fine."

"We are satisfied if we can maintain the status quo."

"We are no longer willing to ask for more."

The couple finished talking.

The separation of parents and children... This is a rather sad thing.

However, the strange thing is that there is no trace of sadness or helplessness in the words of the two couples - only joy and relief.

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