Although Reiju was only four years old and looked like a little sister in front of the six-year-old Yamato, whether in height or age, she quickly discovered after coming into contact with her that this girl was unbelievably innocent compared to her two-years-older sister. Under Reiju's guidance, Yamato displayed incredible curiosity—and, well, a certain blank naivety—toward everything Reiju introduced to her.
That included the Vinsmoke Family's snail warship, which could cross the Red Line, as well as the warriors on the island and all sorts of strange and unusual things.
Moreover, she soon understood what Ye Mu had meant when he said, "The two of you should get along well. You'll have plenty to talk about."
When the little sister Reiju asked her questions, Yamato, as the older sister, told her everything she knew. She described how she had lived on Onigashima since birth, had her freedom taken away by her father, regained it only five days ago, and then spent the past few days following Lord Ye Mu away from Onigashima.
Of course, from Yamato's account, everything she could tell Reiju was information that could be written in a diary and had been approved by Lord Ye Mu.
Even so, it gave Reiju, a young girl raised under the Vinsmoke Family's cold and harsh rule, a sense of warmth she had never felt before. She also understood that this sister who was two years older than her had suffered the same fate.
Neither of them had ever experienced what it meant to have a father. They had been treated as tools from childhood, and if not for Lord Ye Mu's appearance, they would never have seen any hope of freedom.
Because of this, Reiju naturally developed an overwhelming sense of closeness toward Yamato deep in her heart.
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