"Still not enough? The rest will be ready soon."
Sensing the strange look, Fu Hua raised her head and happened to see Minamoto Hikari staring at her oddly. Glancing at the grilled fish in his hand, more than half of which had already been eaten, she assumed he had not had enough.
"No, no. I still don't know where my benefactor is from, or what her name is?"
Minamoto Hikari looked at Fu Hua curiously as he asked.
"I'm from Shenzhou. As for my name... just call me Fu Hua." Fu Hua did not think much of it and answered casually.
"Shenzhou... the Tang Empire across the sea?"
Minamoto Hikari stared at Fu Hua in shock. They had spoken for so long, and because Fu Hua's ancient Japanese was so flawless, he had assumed she was from somewhere nearby.
He had never expected her to be from the Tang Empire...
As a nobleman at the top of Japanese society, he knew quite a bit about the Tang Dynasty across the sea. It was the world's foremost dynasty, a mighty empire to which all nations paid homage. He had heard that all of Japan was equivalent to merely one prefecture or province before the Great Tang.
The Japanese court sent Kentōshi to study there from time to time, learning Great Tang culture, customs, institutions, craftsmanship, and everything else... Many Japanese people deeply admired the Great Tang and even dreamed of becoming people of the Great Tang.
Minamoto Hikari was somewhat curious why Fu Hua had left the Great Tang, the Celestial Empire, to come to this remote and impoverished Japan.
However, he did not ask. It was someone else's private matter.
"I never expected my benefactor to be from the Tang Empire, and yet speak Japanese so well..."
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