"Fuyumi Ono - Juuni Kokki Novel - Sea Of The Wind, Shore Of The Maze" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ono Fuyumi)

Although the smiling faces of the nyosen let Taiki know that they were welcoming him, this situation was still a little
too unusual. He held onto Sanshi's hand tightly and leaned towards her. The nyosen saw this and laughed.
"Ah, he just wants to be with Sanshi!"
"Sanshi, you can't have him all to yourself!"
"Taiki, come over here."
Finally Teiei could not watch this any longer.
"Taiki won't know what do with all of you like this. Everyone calm down a little bit, and let Sanshi take care of Taiki."
After saying this, Teiei turned to Youka, who had been standing to one side. "Take Taiki back to the palace. It should
be better to take him to Rosen Palace."
Teiei knew that up until now Youka had been preparing Rosen Palace for Taiki's return. Youka looked gratefully at
Teiei for a moment and then vigorously nodded her head.
Youka walked slowly to Taiki and kneeled down so that she and Taiki were at the same height. Taiki looked straight
at her.
"Your servant wholeheartedly welcomes your return."
Taiki felt the arm, which Sanshi had laid upon his shoulders in order to protect him, loosen. Sanshi gently pressed
him forward, closer to the kneeling Youka.
"May I ask who you are?"
"I'm called Youka."
"Lady Youka..." He had only said this much before the nyosen that surrounded him burst out again in laughter.
Youka's face carried a smile upon it as well.
"Please just call me Youka. You only need to address Genkun as Lady."
"Genkun?"
"She is Lady Gyokuyou."
Taiki looked at Sanshi, and Sanshi nodded. Thus, Taiki accepted this way of speaking.
"Then... Youka, who are you? Why do you call my arrival a return?"
"I am a nyosen who lives here on Mt. Hou, and you, Taiki, are the master of Mt. Hou. In fact, you were born here!"
Taiki's eyes widened and he stared at Youka for a moment.
"I was born here...?"
"Yes." Youka nodded. "You could also say that this is your homeland."
"But..."
Youka shook her head to stop Taiki from continuing.
"We could not find you because a change occurred in the world and you drifted to another place. We really
searched for you for a very long time." An expression of both joy and uneasiness crossed Youka's face. "We were all
so worried, because we didn't know where you were or what kind of life you were living. You've finally come back,
which is something that we are all very happy about. We truly welcome your return."
Taiki only stared blankly at Youka.
So he wasn't the child of his parents.
When this thought occurred to him, it was as if all his uncertainties had been resolved. He now had a very good
explanation for why his grandmother disliked him so much and for why he never felt like he fit into his surroundings.
In truth, he had never really gotten along with his family. That wasn't what he had wanted, so he had tried hard to
improve relations with his family. However, it seemed like they always had a chasm between them that was too wide to
jump over.
Like many children, he thought about all the ways that he was not similar to other people. He wouldn't have thought
that his feelings were right.
"Then...is Sanshi my real mother?" He looked back and forth between Sanshi and Youka and saw them both shake
their heads.
"Sanshi is your servant. It is her personal responsibility to take care of you. And I am a nyosen. My responsibility is
to handle a few chores so that your time at Mt. Hou is even more comfortable."
 "Then where is my real mother?"
Youka looked up at the tree. "You were hatched from a fruit that grew on this tree. This is Tentei's blessing."