"Miss, this is a Kyo-Yuzen, which the head of the Kambara Family once prepared for Miss Yu."
"Kyo-Yuzen ..." Satou Yunona murmured to herself.
Hanging on the wooden frame was a magnificent and exquisite kimono, so much so that it resembled a work of art.
In fact, this kimono is indistinguishable from a work of art.
Unlike imported techniques such as tie-dyeing, stencil dyeing, and twill dyeing, Kyo-Yuzen is a dyeing art unique to Japan.
From its initial sketch to its final completion, it requires 26 steps, each completed by a different master craftsman, before finally being printed with gold leaf after grinding.
Its finished product is incredibly luxurious and dazzling; in a sense, you could even call it a work of art.
For girls who love kimonos, Kyo-Yuzen is like a dream, and it was certainly true for Satou Yunona in the past as well.
No girl would refuse pretty clothes, right? It's like a mouse loves rice, a cat loves fish, and girls are made of sugar, spices, and something beautiful, so it's perfectly normal for them to yearn for beautiful things.
When Satou Yunona was in school and saw other people dating, she would sometimes fantasize about watching fireworks with her lover while wearing a kimono at a fireworks festival.
It would have been even better if she had been wearing Kyo-Yuzen at that time.
On her 15th birthday, Satou Natsuno patted her head and confidently promised to give her a Kyo-Yuzen kimono for her 18th birthday.
The man said with a smile:
"Yuno would look especially good in it, after all, Yuno my daughter."
At that time, Satou Yunona thought Satou Natsuno was bragging. Kyo-Yuzen- Kyo-Yuzen were so expensive, averaging three to thirty million yen, which was a luxury that her family could not afford.
But in the end, Satou Yunona believed it.
There was no way the girl could argue with Satou Natsuno's confident words.
If a father makes a promise, then as a daughter, regardless of whether he breaks it later, all you can do at that moment is smile and say okay, right?
So Satou Yunona smiled and said okay.
Then, Satou Natsuno didn't live to see the girl's 18th birthday.
How beautiful the Kyo-Yuzen kimono is! But now, even the finest Kyo-Yuzen kimono presented before Satou Yunona only makes her feel sad.
It wasn't that she disliked Kyo-Yuzen; she was just still waiting for the one Satou Natsuno had promised her. Whether that Kyo-Yuzen cost three million or thirty million, or even if it wasn't Kyo-Yuzen at all, a regular kimono would be fine, as long as...
If only Satou Natsuno could come back.
The girl silently took off her clothes, and the maid helped her put on her gorgeous kimono.
She glanced up at the beautiful girl in the glasses, a girl so different from her usual self. The true color of her eyes, hidden by the colored contacts, appeared even deeper. If one could see the girl's real eyes, one would be amazed at how sorrowful and cold they were, yet they also seemed... to be burning!
The flames of hatred cannot be extinguished.
As long as Satou Natsuno doesn't personally deliver the promised Kyo-Yuzen to the girl, Satou Yunona's murderous intent will never subside.
There will always be things in this world that, even if it takes a long time to fade away, even if it lasts until the end of time, until the seas dry up and the rocks crumble, you will never be able to forgive as long as you are alive, right?
Those who advise others to let go of hatred often do not understand what true hatred is.
Hatred is like a fire; once the fire is extinguished, you die.
What does it mean to fight to the death? This is it.
To advise Satou Yunona to let go of her hatred is tantamount to telling her to die.
So Theresa didn't speak, Kiana chose to remain silent, and Su Qing'an could only remain speechless as well.
Su Qing'an understood that kind of hatred.
That kind of gritted teeth, that kind of all-out effort, that kind of madness and determination to achieve the goal even at the cost of self-destruction.
Don't tell me that hatred only brings emptiness and nothingness in the end, and don't give me that nonsense about laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot.
Who doesn't understand these basic principles?
But if you truly hate a person or an event that much, then all that will remain in your mind is a surging, insatiable killing intent; the only difference is whether you remain calm or not.
"Very good, very suitable." The girl twirled a strand of her smooth, silky hair between her fingertips. When she raised her hand, her fair wrist, as white as snow, was revealed. But even more striking were the cherry blossoms painted on the cuffs of her kimono.
Those were cherry blossoms with elegant and gradually changing colors, gentle and beautiful.
Color is an infinite existence.
The finest custom-made Kyo-Yuzen involves a master craftsman finding the most suitable colors and patterns for the individual.
The girls who are custom-made are called "Flower Master".
Therefore, top-notch dyers always choose the main color and pattern colors that best match the image of the "Flower Master".
The dyer must constantly test colors on the fabric, and then slowly explore from the scattered "palette" to find the color that is infinitely close to complementing the "Flower Master".
This massive project was extremely complex, yet unavoidable.
This Kyo -Kambara Yuu Kyo-Yuzen was custom-made for Kanbara Yu, does that mean that in that person's eyes, Kambara Yuu was a girl like a cherry blossom?
Such delicate, elegant, and innocent things are truly beautiful.
The girl looked at herself in the mirror and sighed.
But Satou Yunona is not a cherry blossom.
But aren't fireworks better than cherry blossoms?
She likes fireworks.
A life lived like cherry blossoms is one way, a life lived like fireworks is another.
Rather than blooming in spring and slowly fading away, it's better to illuminate the entire night sky in an instant, so that it's less likely to be forgotten.
Satou Yunona took off her kimono and changed back into her original clothes.
Since the kimono wasn't a gift from Satou Natsuno, the girl naturally wouldn't feel any attachment to it.
Perhaps she's still waiting.
Waiting for that impossible future, in which the man will hold Satou Yunona's kimono and smile at the girl, saying, "I didn't Broken Promise."
But that's like you're strolling along the curb, and suddenly an aircraft carrier descends from the sky, and the people inside come out and tell you that your future self has invented a time machine.
If you get on the ship now, I'll tell you the secret to tomorrow's five million lottery ticket.
It was so absurd, ridiculous, illogical, and... sad.
You see, what you're waiting for is something you'll never, ever receive.
And nobody will tell you.
How far is forever?
Satou Yunona used the towel handed to her by the maid to wipe the CPB lipstick off her lips. Just as she didn't suit this kimono, her own lighter lip color seemed to make her more comfortable.
Now that it's confirmed the armor's thickness is fine to wear under a kimono, all that's left is to go to Kambara Village and kill the Living Doll, and this mission will be over.
She was wearing Kambara Shuichi that Kyo-Yuzen specially made for Kambara Yuu Kanbara.
So since I've shared a bit of your father's love for you, I'll help you kill that so-called Living Doll in exchange.
Satou Yunona doesn't want to see another father like Satou Natsuno die.
The power plundered from the Honkai could be used for revenge, but perhaps also to protect things that Satou Yunona likes.
That's not bad either.