After finally soothing her cry-wearied little brother to sleep, the sister sighed wearily and muttered to herself,
"But I worry I won't take good care of him, brother... I don't know anything, what if something happens to him..."
However, the brother seemed to have foreseen this, as on the back of a bamboo slip, the sister found a few more words—
Do your best.
In the following days, the sister took over from her brother the responsibility of looking after their younger sibling, starting a life of being both sister and mother.
With her terrifying talent and the various knowledge her brother had subtly imparted, she soon surpassed her brother in those days and came to dominate the entire mountain range nearby.
The little brother also proved himself; at the age of six, a crucial age for beginning to learn independence and care for others under the guidance of his brother and her, he finally learned to read.
