After hearing this and observing He Tiantian's expression, Major Sugawara seemed to understand.
Ah, this child is indeed pitiful. His parents died when he was just thirteen or fourteen years old.
A mid-teenager, suddenly losing both parents in such a brutal manner, was bound to be traumatised.
And the words of his dying mother, though overly absolute, could be understood when considering the tragic death of her and her spouse.
"I don't know what happened to me, but from that day on, I could never speak Japanese again. Many people even thought I was mute."
"Later, I learned the Northeast dialect from those beggars, and that's when I could start speaking again..."
He Tiantian, combining some things he had heard from Sugawara Kosuke and artistically embellishing them, found a somewhat plausible reason for his past inability to speak Japanese.
Although somewhat far-fetched, it wasn't entirely unreasonable.
