"..."
Fu Hua looked speechlessly at Minamoto Maizu. Although he was a good father, how could she possibly agree to the request he had made?
Fu Hua was not at all surprised that Minamoto Mitsuyori was a girl... After all, what boy could possibly be that cute? She had always remained suspicious of Mitsuyori's identity as a boy.
Now that she knew Mitsuyori really was a girl, Fu Hua felt somewhat relieved, but she still could not possibly agree to such a thing.
Marriage?
It was something she had never considered, and something that would absolutely never happen. Even if the other party was a cute girl.
What was more, in Fu Hua's eyes... Minamoto Mitsuyori was just a child. For someone over fifty thousand... In any case, the gap between them was far too great. It was simply impossible.
Besides, Fu Hua had not noticed that little one liking her that much.
Well... She really did like eating fish.
"Mr. Minamoto, I think... you may have misunderstood something. You said Minamoto Mitsuyori likes me. Perhaps there may be a little of that, but it should be gratitude born from being saved. As for it reaching that extent, I'm afraid that is unlikely... After all, we have only known each other for a single day."
"Moreover... the fondness I speak of is the fondness an elder has for a junior, not affection between a man and a woman. After all... even you, Mr. Minamoto, are merely a junior in my eyes."
Though Minamoto Maizu's words had surprised her somewhat, Fu Hua was not angered by them. Her long years of experience had cultivated in her a calm and placid temperament. She would not get angry over such words.
"Miss Fu Hua, if you are unwilling, there is no need to