I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

10 days later——

Osaka——

"Hey! Send some wooden planks over here!"

"I want it here too!"

"Get out of the way! The plank truck is coming! If you don't want to be hit, get out of the way!"

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It's about 11 in the morning now.

As it was approaching noon, a scorching sun was already hanging high in the sky. The sun streamed across the sky and the earth, melting everything in its red-gold radiance.

Since about 6th, the weather around Osaka has become exceptionally good.

There is no more continuous rain, and the sun is not harsh. Even the midday sun does not feel hot when it hits the human body.

This kind of neither cold nor hot perfect weather is of great benefit to the "Osaka reconstruction work" that has been in full swing in the past few days.

The Toyotomi Army's surprise attack on Osaka nearly half a month ago caused extremely serious damage to Osaka.

That night, the fires that ignited everywhere in Osaka made the night as bright as day.

But fortunately in the misfortune, the night when Toyotomi's army raided Toyotomi was a windless night.

Because there was no wind to boost the momentum, the fire did not spread on a large scale.

According to post-disaster statistics - about 40% of the houses were burned down.

This number seems scary at first glance, but compared with the disasters suffered by the big cities of the same level: Edo and Kyoto, this number seems a bit insignificant.

[Note · In 1657, Edo was hit by the "Ming calendar fire", two-thirds of Edo was reduced to ashes, and the "Tianming fire" in 1788 burned down 80% of the buildings in Kyoto]

The citizens who scattered to various places in the outskirts of Osaka in order to escape the Bingfeng of Toyotomi's army and Zhu Rongzhi's prestige, have now returned to Osaka one after another and began to rebuild their homes.

In the past few days, in the streets and alleys of Osaka, the most heard voices are the shouts of the townspeople for the reconstruction of Osaka, and the most seen figures are the townspeople running around to rebuild Osaka, Busy figure.

The whole of Osaka was not particularly affected by the disaster, but the government in Osaka was severely damaged.

All official facilities in Osaka were originally the main targets of the Toyotomi army.

The execution office, the prison, the Dojima rice market...all the facilities related to the government have been devastated, so that the officials who were transferred to organize the reconstruction of Osaka can only stay aggrieved in various crude Work in a dilapidated house.

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...

At this very moment, in a large mansion located in an unremarkable place in Osaka——

Gudong... Gudong... Gudong...

In the kitchen, Fumo, who heard that the miso soup had been boiled, rushed to the pot, lifted the lid, took out a small bowl, scooped out a little soup, and tasted it.

"Hmm..." Feng Mo frowned, "The smell seems to be a bit bland..."

"Master Wind Demon.

Let me help you. "

At this time, Ah-Machi's voice suddenly sounded from the kitchen door.

After so many days of recuperation, A-Ming has recovered a lot both physically and mentally, his cheeks are glowing red again, and his eyes have become brighter.

"Oh, it's Komachi." Fuma smiled at A-Machi who came suddenly, "You came just in time."

"The taste of this miso soup is too weak. I plan to increase the firepower a little. Can you help me add more firewood to the stove?"

After all, Feng Mo smiled wryly and hammered his waist.

"Although the back pain has been relieved a lot, every time I bend down, I still feel very uncomfortable. I really can't bend down to add firewood to the stove."

A-Ming naturally readily agreed to Fumo's request.

Ah Ding skillfully added firewood into the stove, and then took out the bamboo tube used for blowing air, and sent air into the stove.

After Fumo shouted "It's ok", A-Machi put down the bamboo tube in his hand, stood up, and looked at the kitchen that he hadn't visited much because he was concentrating on recuperating these days.

"It's the first time I've seen such a luxurious kitchen... It's indeed a mansion rented by Miss Lin at a price of 5 taels a month..."

After returning to Osaka from Kii, in order to allow everyone to have the most suitable environment for healing, Lin used her money ability again.

Through his own contacts, he borrowed this secluded and luxurious mansion at a monthly rent of 5 taels.

These days, Ogata and others have been staying in this mansion to heal and recuperate.

While everyone was recuperating here, Feng Mo spontaneously came to help.

These days, Feng Mo is mainly responsible for helping with cooking and cooking medicine.

Feng Mo's cooking level is quite high, and the meals he cooked were praised by everyone.

Today's lunch was almost ready, and Fuma, who had nothing else to do except wait for the miso soup to be cooked, started chatting casually with Machi.

"Komachi, I heard that Genichi came to ask Azuku to buy him a bottle of wine last night. Is this true?" Fuma asked.

"Yeah, it's true." A-Ming smiled helplessly, "Last night, Gen-sama quietly found A-Zhu, and asked A-Zhu to go outside and bring him a bottle of wine back."

"But as soon as Master Yuan's front foot approached Azhu, Jian Gong's rear foot came and arrested Master Yuan again."

"Hey, that fellow Yuanyi..." Fumo sighed softly, shook his head with a wry smile, "He's so old, and he's still the same as when he was young. I feel uncomfortable all day without drinking, and I've suffered so much. Injury, but also want to drink..."

"What do you know... I just want to drink a little wine to satisfy my cravings, but if I drink a little wine, it won't have any bad effect on the recovery of the injury."

Genichi's voice suddenly sounded from behind A-Machi and Fuma.

The two raised their brows, and turned their heads to look back at the same time - Genichi, whose upper body was wrapped in thick linen, was holding the door frame of the kitchen door with both hands.

"Drink a little wine?" The corners of Feng Mo's mouth curled up in a playful arc, "You used to tell me like this: 'I'll only drink a little', 'I'll stop after just one drink'."

"But which time it wasn't 'Come back to your senses, it's already a booze'?"

"Nonsense... In my impression, there were times when I really only drank a little bit."

"Yeah, about one or two times in a hundred, miraculously, I really only drank a little bit."

"Master Gen." At this moment, Ah-Ming tilted his head towards Yuan Yiyi, "Why are you here?"

Hearing Machi's inquiry, Genichi looked around him vigilantly, then stepped into the kitchen stealthily and slowly.

"A-cho." Genichi lowered his voice and asked in a cautious tone, "Is there any wine hidden in the kitchen? Sake, rice wine, any wine is fine."

After asking, Yuanyi, with a lot of red blood in his eyes, swallowed his saliva forcefully while scanning everything in the kitchen, his eyes shone with a fiery light like a beast.

"No." As soon as Yuan Yi's voice fell, Feng Mo immediately said straightforwardly, "Before you lived here, Xiao Lin had thoroughly 'inspected' this mansion to ensure that the mansion There wasn't a single bottle of wine inside."

"Tsk..." Yuan Yi smacked his lips vigorously, "Do you have to do it so thoroughly? Do you just not trust your uncle..."

As soon as Yuan Yi finished speaking, a young male voice without sadness or joy, which made his expression startled, suddenly sounded from the door of the kitchen.

"It's because she believed in you too much, knowing that you would definitely not be able to bear the temptation to go find a drink, so my lord cleared all the drinks in the mansion ahead of time."

"Gamiya..." Yuanyi turned his head away, Xiangzheng was standing at the kitchen door, looking at his Gamiya blankly, with an expression as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis.

Mamiya, who was hardly injured, his main job these days is to monitor Yuan Yi, in case Yuan Yi, who is still recovering from his injuries, runs off to drink secretly.

For the job, Mamiya did it perfectly.

Whenever Yuanyi tries to get wine to drink in various ways, Mamiya can immediately "teleport" to Yuanyi's side and drag Yuanyi back into the room.

"Okay, Mr. Yuan, let's go back quickly." Jian Gong waved at Yuan.

"Gamiya..." Genichi tried to say something.

But just as he had time to call out Jiangong's name, Jiangong immediately interrupted:

"Even if you beg me, it's useless. No matter what, I won't let you drink. You just die."

"Come back to the room with me. If you stay here for a long time and the lord finds out that you have sneaked out to drink again, you will be punished again."

"... Mamiya. I'm finding more and more: You are really suitable to be a nanny..." Genichi, with drooping shoulders, dragged his feet, dragged his body out of the kitchen, and smiled wryly at Mamiya, "In the future If Xiaolin has her own offspring, I must recommend you to be Xiaolin's babysitter."

"Then it's my honor." Mamiya smiled gracefully, "I quite like children and education."

"Okay, don't talk poorly. Come back to the room with me."

Genichi with a slumped face, like a duckling following a mother duck, clings to Gamiya's buttocks, and leaves the room that has become much happier because of the two of them coming. kitchen.

After watching Mamiya and Genichi leave, Fuma gave Acho a helpless smile:

"I really hope Yuanyi won't do anything stupid just to drink again."

Gudong... Gudong... Gudong...

The sound of soup boiling sounded again.

Fuma opened the lid of the pot, glanced at the color of the soup, and said quickly to A-Ming:

"Komachi, can you help me get that box of salt over there?"

"it is good."

Machi helped Fuma, and worked together with Fuma to cook lunch.

When making lunch with A-Machi, Fugo seemed to have something on his mind, and kept raising his eyes to look at A-Machi from time to time.

And A-cho, who noticed Fuma's stare, was puzzled and said:

"Master Feng Mo, what's the matter? Do you have something to say to me?"

"Indeed... I want to talk to you." Fumo pursed his lips, hesitated for a while, and sighed, "Komachi, I want to tell you about that Isshiki."

"Miss Isshiki?" Ah-Ming raised his eyebrows as if he knew what Fuma wanted to say to her.

"Komachi, I think you... just pay more attention to that Isshiki flower." When it came to the word "careful", Fuma emphasized his tone.

"Look, brother Ogata's relationship with that Isshika seems to be quite good."

"Isshiki has come to take care of us these days...she is mainly here to take care of brother Ogata."

"I remember I heard you say that when we were fighting against Toyotomi's army in Osaka, brother Ogata once made such an intimate act of fighting with someone while holding Isshika tightly in his arms."

"I see that you don't seem to care about that Isshika, you turn a blind eye to all the intimate behaviors of Ogata's brother and Isshika... and often talk and laugh with Isshika."

"I'm not doubting that brother Ogata will abandon you and fall into the arms of other women."

Feng Mo sighed lightly.

"I just... want to remind you that in the face of this kind of thing, you have to be more or less careful."

As soon as Feng Mo finished speaking, A-Ming chuckled a few times.

"Master Feng Mo, you worry too much."

Ah-Ming laughed.

"I can't understand Ayi's personality best."

The smile on A-Ming's face was a little more weird.

"About Ayi and Miss Isshi... I have only worried about one thing from the beginning to the end: whether Ayi will say too much to others and hurt them..."

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another room-

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Asai, who was lying on the bed, yelled like a pig butcher to Mucun who was sitting next to him and helping his waist with medicine.

"What is this?!" Asai gasped frantically, "Are you rubbing chili oil on my wound?!"

"Don't move." Mucun said to Asai blankly, "This is a new medicine, and it has a slightly irritating effect on the wound. Bear with it."

Also in the decisive battle against Toyotomi, Mucun, who was not seriously injured, has been taking care of the brothers Asai and Shimada these days.

Although Mu Cun looks tall and thick, he is also a thick and thin person. He is also a good hand in taking care of people.

The gentle and meticulous care techniques may make some professional nannies feel inferior.

But——because he had worked as an official in Kyoto before, from time to time he would show his stern and selfless side of "it's useless to beg for mercy".

After saying "forbearance" to Asai lightly, Mucun grabbed a large ball of ointment again and spread it on Asai's wound.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Shimada, who lived in the same room as Asai, looked at the roommate who kept howling like a pig, and was very thankful that there were no wounds on his body that needed to be rubbed with this ointment.

"That...Senior Asai..." Shimada reminded softly with a helpless expression, "Miss Chuguang's room is next door, please keep your voice down, it's not good to disturb others."

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...

Next room--

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Hearing the sound of hog-killing screams coming from the next room, he was lying on the bed, closed his eyes and meditated, and slowly opened his eyes.

——What is going on next door...

She frowned, and cast a puzzled look at the wall adjacent to Asai and Shimada's room.

Wow...

At this moment, Chuguang heard the sound of the door being pulled open.

Looking up - A Zhu walked into the room cautiously holding a bowl of steaming medicinal soup.

"Ah." After seeing Chuguang looking at her, Azhu showed joy, "Are you awake?"

"Sorry." Chuguang showed a polite and apologetic smile to A Zhu, "I'm sorry to bother you to bring me medicine..."

After all, Chuguang propped up the bed with his arms, and slowly propped up his upper body.

"Ah, do you want to get up?" A Zhu quickly walked a few steps, put the potion in his hand on the table beside him, and helped Chuguang up.

"Thank you..." Chuguang smiled apologetically at Azhu again.

If we were to say who was the most seriously injured among all the people, it would naturally be Chuguang.

After returning to Osaka, Chu Guang, who was covered with injuries, unfortunately developed a high fever due to inflammation of the wound.

In this era before the birth of antibiotics, wound inflammation is quite terrible, and the fatality rate is extremely high.

Throughout the ages, how many heroes did not die on the battlefield, but died of small wounds and inflammation.

In order to treat Chuguang, Lin invited all the famous doctors she could.

And wound inflammation is worthy of the hopeless disease of this era.

Chu Guang, who had been bedridden with a persistent high fever, fell into a coma for a time, causing the attending doctor to shake his head and express, "Maybe it won't work."

But fortunately—maybe because Chuguang's physical fitness is good enough, or because of luck, Chuguang miraculously survived the infection.

Since 3 days ago, Chuguang's physical condition has improved a lot.

Yesterday, Chuguang's body temperature returned to normal, and he was able to sit up and eat normally.

After being supported by Azhu to sit up, Hatsuko, who hadn't seen Shibata's figure since just now, asked curiously:

"Did you see where Shibata is?"

"He is helping to clean the hallway of the mansion now." A Zhu responded with a smile, "He told me yesterday: Your body can be restored, thanks to the accommodation, meals and the doctors that Ms. Kinoshita provided."

"So he will do his best to repay Ms. Kinoshita and the others."

"Ha..." Chuguang shook his head with a somewhat gratified expression in his helplessness, "Will you repay... whatever, let him do it."

"This is a newly boiled medicine." Azhu pointed to the medicinal soup next to him, "It's still a little hot, you can drink it after it cools down."

After all, Azhu began to help Chuguang arrange her bedding.

Looking at Azuki, who has been taking care of her meticulously with Shibata these days, a complex expression emerged on Chuguang's cheek.

"...that... thank you very much..."

Chuguang smiled apologetically at Azhu again.

Seeing the smile on Chuguang's face, A Zhu was stunned.

After a while, Azhu slowly came back to his senses.

Smiling, while continuing to help Chuguang tidy the bedding, he casually said softly:

"You don't need to be so polite to me."

"After all...we're sisters, aren't we?"

Just like dropping a stone into a calm lake, the slightest ripples wrinkle the surface of the lake.

Chu Guang opened her beautiful eyes, and her red lips parted slightly.

Surprised, confused, delighted...

In Chuguang's pupils, it seems to be able to see all kinds of emotions of human beings.

"When I saw you for the first time... I already recognized you."

Although Azhu tried her best to use a calm tone, her voice still trembled uncontrollably.

"I'm your sister after all."

"There's no reason why a sister can't recognize a sister."

"Although when I met you, you insisted that you didn't know me."

"But I am also sure that I will never admit the wrong person."

"I firmly believe that you are my sister: Ajiu."

A bit of loneliness gradually appeared in A Zhu's tone.

"My brain is not bright."

"I don't know why you said you didn't know me when I met you."

"But I believe——my sister who has always been smarter than me, if she doesn't have amnesia, must have deliberately pretended not to know me for some important reason."

Having said that, Azhu raised his gaze.

He cast a look mixed with complex emotions at Chuguang.

"...Before, because outsiders were often present, I never mentioned this to you."

"And now... there are only you and me left in the room."

"So, tell me: do you... remember me?"

This time, Azuki's eyes were shining with all kinds of human emotions.

There was a bit of shivering in Azhu's pupils.

He looked like he wanted to hear Chuguang's next answer, but he didn't dare to listen carefully.

call……

At this moment, a breeze came from the window, blowing the hair of Azhu and Chuguang.

Amidst the gently fluttering black hair, a trace of... an odd smile flew onto Chu Guang's cheeks.

"...No wonder...sister, since you entered the room just now, you have been eager to try, as if you have something to say to me."

"It turns out...it's because it's rare that Shibata is not by my side, so I can come to ask questions..."

What was the rest of Chuguang's words saying——Azhu didn't hear clearly at all.

Because when he heard the word "sister", Azuki seemed to be frozen, his expression and movements were all frozen.

"I……"

Chuguang opened his mouth, and was about to say something more——

call!

A gust of wind hit her——Azhu rushed towards Chuguang, opened his arms, and hugged Chuguang tightly...or rather, hugged her sister: Ajiu.

A Zhu leaned her chin on Chuguang's shoulder, making it impossible for Chuguang to see A Zhu's current expression.

But Chuguang could see—Azhu's two thin shoulders were trembling slightly.

In the ear, I heard a low sniffling sound.

With a gentle smile on his face, Chuguang raised his hands, hugged Azuki lightly, and then patted Azuki's back with gentle movements like soothing a cat.

"Sorry... I have been pretending not to know you before, it must have made you feel very uncomfortable..."

"Why..." Azhu murmured from his shoulder, "Why do you pretend you don't know me...?"

"...Since Shibata and I decided to kill Yoshihisa and destroy Iga no Sato, my daily life has been cautious and cautious."

On Chuguang's expression, there was a somewhat helpless expression as if recalling some bad memories.

"My words and deeds not only affect my life and death, but also affect Shibata's safety."

"Sister, if it were you, what would you think after seeing that your long-lost sister seems to have a very close relationship with a group of unknown people with unknown purposes?"

"At that time, I didn't know Ms. Kinoshita, I didn't know Mr. Ogata, I didn't know their identities, and their purpose of opposing Toyotomi. I didn't even know... Is this sister in front of me the same as I used to be?" The familiar sister..."

"In such a situation where you don't know anything... rashly recognizing you is irresponsible to me, and also irresponsible to Shibata who was also captured by Mr. Kinoshita Genichi and the others at that time."

"It's fine for me to die, but I can't implicate me, the only...friend I have had since joining Iga no Sato."

"So I pretended not to know you."

"Continue to observe and collect intelligence temporarily as an outsider."

Having said that, Chuguang tightly tightened his arms around A Zhu's body.

"Feel sorry……"

The gentle smile on Chuguang's face slowly changed back to a deeply apologetic smile.

"So that's how it is..." Chuguang heard the voice of laughing through tears, "Ajiu, you too... Did you recognize me the first time you saw me?"

"...I'm your younger sister." Chu Guang closed his eyes slightly, imitating A Zhu, resting his chin on A Zhu's shoulder, "Isn't it natural to recognize my own sister?"

Having seen countless storms in Iga no Sato, Hatsumitsu, whose body and mind are far superior to those of his peers, did not cry like a child like Azuki.

But the strength from her arms holding A Zhu forward and backward, silently declared that her heart at this time was not as calm as her face showed.

"At that time... I thought you had lost your memory, so you didn't recognize me... I was thinking about finding a way to restore your memory..."

"Sister, although your brain is not smart, you have a rich imagination."

The laughter of the two sisters, along with the sound of the wind, scattered in every corner of the room.

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...

The eyelids felt a dim yellow warmth.

Ogata slowly opened his eyes after being abruptly awakened by the sunlight shining on his body along the open window.

Opening his eyes, the first thing that caught Ogata's eyes was the open window on the left, and the beams of sunlight projected along the window.

And following the window and the sunlight, what came into view was a hazy and beautiful figure who was kneeling on Ogata's right hand.

"Ah, Lord Yidao Zhai, are you awake? Sorry, did I wake you up?"

This beautiful figure turned around and faced Ogata.

Ogata, who had just woken up and was still a little blurry, blinked his eyes vigorously a few times.

Qianying slowly condensed into a specific appearance - like Feng Mo, Isshika has been running spontaneously to take care of everyone these days.

"It's Miss Isshiki..." Ogata sat up slowly from the bed, "No need to apologize, you didn't wake me up, I woke up naturally."

After saying that, Ogata turned his head and looked out the window.

"What time is it?"

"It's almost noon." Isshiki said softly, "Ms. Atachi and Mr. Feng are cooking in the kitchen right now, and we can have lunch in a little while."

"Did you sleep until noon again..." Ogata smiled wryly while squeezing his neck that was a little stiff from too much sleep.

These days, Ogata's main way of recuperating is to sleep.

With the "power of immortality", he does not need to ask any doctor for treatment, as long as he rests every day, his body can recover quickly.

"How is your body today?" Yishihua asked with concern.

"Yeah. It's getting better every day." Ogata grasped his right hand a few times, which had turned back to normal skin color, "After resting for another ten or so days, it should be back to normal."

These days, Ogata, who has been living a life of "sleeping until noon and not getting up", his body, which was extremely weak due to entering the "Yaksha State" and "Selfless State" at the same time, has finally recovered. Able to perform simple activities of daily living.

"That's good..." Yishihua smiled softly, then turned her face hard, "It's really... thank you so much for saving my family."

After finishing speaking, Isshiki bent down and made a deep bow to Ogata so that she could clearly see the back of her fair neck.

Looking carefully at Isshiki's face, you can see that her eyes are still a little red and swollen-this is because she cried and swollen after seeing her family members return safely.

Because the excited Isshika cried quite hard at that time, so her eyes have not fully recovered until now.

"These days, I can really hear you thanking me every day." Ogata smiled helplessly, "There is no need to thank me."

"To be honest, I didn't make any contribution to the rescue of your family."

"You should thank Mr. Hasegawa the most."

After hearing this, Yishihua sighed, and continued with a bitter face: "Mr. Hasegawa left in such a hurry... I didn't even have time to thank him properly, and I don't know if I will have time to thank him specially in the future Woolen cloth……"

At the beginning, after splitting with Ogata and others and leading his subordinates and Isshiki Naoshu and others back to Osaka, Hasegawa did not leave immediately.

He asked his subordinates to return to Edo first, and at the same time to report safety to the Huofu Thief's settlement, he informed the Edo shogunate that an unknown enemy was planning to raid Edo by boat and strengthen the forces in Edo Bay and inside and outside Edo. guard.

And Hasegawa stayed in Osaka alone, waiting for Ogata and the others to return.

After seeing Ogata and others return, and knowing that the battleship was destroyed and Toyotomi Nobuhide had been executed, Hasegawa left contentedly.

Because Hasegawa left in a hurry at that time, Ogata did not have time to thank Hasegawa for his help in the conquest of the Toyotomi Clan. This made Ogata a little regretful.

"By the way." Yishihua's nice voice sounded again, "Grandpa told me: He wants to meet you again in person later, and apologize once again for his despicable behavior of betraying you."

After saying this, a shameful apology appeared between Isshika's brows.

"No need." Ogata smiled casually, "Have I already said it? It's not his fault, but Toyotomi Nobuhide's. Now that the chief culprit has been executed, let's just let this matter go."

After Ogata and others returned to Osaka, Isshiki Naoshu, who had been brooding over his "betrayal", arrested him, his son and daughter-in-law together with the Toyotomi family, and took "Ogata Hui" When did you go to Yona to pick up the knife?" This important information was informed to Toyotomi, and Ogata was informed.

At that time, he directly said that he wanted to apologize by harakiri, and even took out the knife. Fortunately, Ah-ding, who happened to be there at that time, stopped him in time.

Who made Isshiki Naoshu have to betray Ogata? It was the Toyotomi clan who kidnapped his family and used his family as a threat.

In other words, Toyotomi is the one who should be held accountable.

Ogata, who didn't think that Isshiki Naoshu had any need to make a harakiri confession, chose without thinking—let this matter pass.

Ogata didn't want to stay on this slightly heavy topic for too long. After looking around, he changed the topic:

"Did you help me scrub the tatami just now?" Ogata looked at the bucket and rag beside Isshiki.

"Yeah." Isshiki nodded gently with a gentle smile on her face again, "Because I saw that the tatami on the floor of your room was a little dirty, so I fetched some water and came over to scrub it."

"This is the first time I have done this kind of housework."

"Because there are servants in the family, from childhood to adulthood, these housework are basically done by the servants."

"I thought it would be easy to scrub the tatami mats, but it turned out to be surprisingly difficult. I accidentally wet the whole tatami mats."

After saying that, Isshiki lowered her head slightly, showing a shy smile.

This was the first time Ogata had seen her look like this on Isshika's face, which was always stern.

At this moment, wisps of soft sunlight like light dust hit Yishihua's face from outside the window.

Isshiki's already fair skin was covered with a dreamy color under the sunlight.

Seeing Isshiki's beautiful smile, a smile involuntarily appeared on Ogata's face.

However... as soon as a smile flew onto Ogata's cheeks, his smile suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, this smile slowly changed into a strange expression.

The reason for such a drastic change in expression was because...Ogata suddenly recalled a certain...important event related to Isshiki.

"...That, Miss Isshiki." Ogata's eyes flickered slightly.

"Huh?" Isshika noticed the change in Ogata's expression, and slowly put away that shy smile.

"I... have something important to tell you."

"important things?"

"Yes..." After saying this, Ogata's voice suddenly stopped.

I saw a little hesitation floating between his brows.

After a moment of hesitation grew on Ogata's face, Ogata took a deep breath, relying on "brute force", forcibly suppressed the hesitation between his brows.

"That night... your reply to what I said." Ogata looked straight into Isshika's eyes and said seriously.

Ogata spoke very cryptically.

But even though it was so cryptic, Isshika immediately realized what Ogata said just now...

Looking at Ogata, who was looking directly at her with a serious face, Isshiki's eyes slightly widened, and she stared blankly at Ogata.

(Master Yidaosai...I like you.)

Even though so many days have passed... That night, Isshika, who thought she was going to die with Ogata in the siege of Saemon and others, said this sentence to Ogata, to Ogata, Still lingering in my ears...

Lips... until now, I can still recall the feeling of being covered with soft petals.

Since both Ogata and Isshika escaped from the siege of Toyotomi's army, the reason why Ogata did not immediately respond to what Isshika said to him at the beginning was because Toyotomi Nobuhide had not yet been killed at that time, and Ogata Fang didn't have the leeway to take care of other things.

However... After Toyotomi Nobuhide was killed and the corpse disappeared into the vast sea, Ogata still did not respond to Isshika in any way.

It's not because Ogata didn't care about Isshiki's confession, so he ignored it.

Rather, it's the opposite - Ogata cared a lot about Isshiki's confession, so he didn't know what to do, so he just kept procrastinating.

It has been... until now...

Ogata even thought about it—he might as well procrastinate like this, pretending that Isshika's confession didn't exist.

But as soon as this thought came to Ogata's mind, he dismissed it by himself.

There was really no way for him to let this matter remain unclear...

Now, Machi and the others are not in the room.

Here and now, there are only him and Yishihua.

There is no better time to deal with this matter than now...

Having made up his mind not to let this matter drag on like this, Ogata, who responded to Isshikika's original confession now, took a deep breath——

"Miss Isshiki, I like you very much too."

Ogata tried to force a smile to Isshika.

"I like your beautiful face."

"I also like your strong character."

"but……"

Ogata had just changed the subject——

"... Master Yidao Zhai."

Ogata felt a gentle touch on his lips - Isshiki raised his right index finger and pressed his lips.

"...no need to say much." Isshiki lowered her head, so that Ogata could only see her hair twirling, "I...the reason why I said 'I like you' was not because I wanted to get some reply from you .”

"It's not to make you like me too."

"Just because... I wanted to tell you that."

"I opened my heart to you, and you know my heart... that's enough."

"Ever since I met you, the bond between you and Ms. A-Machi...I have always noticed it."

"Therefore, I know very well in my heart, what is... the only answer you can give me..."

"So...don't say any more about the next thing..."

"If I continue, I might cry."

Isshiki put on a joking tone.

"If I cry, it will be difficult to coax."

After all, Isshiki raised her head.

She showed Ogata an expression... that made people feel heartbroken just looking at it, and felt like they were going to cry at any moment.

"Miss Isshiki..." Looking at Isshiki's expression, Ogata's brows gradually became somewhat ashamed and sad.

"Ittosai-sama." Isshiki put away the finger that was pressing Ogata's lips, "Can I... ask you a question?"

Isshiki's voice began to tremble slightly.

She pretended to be strong, but her voice was still the same as all kinds of emotions that she couldn't hide, just trembling simply.

"If... I can get to know you before Ms. Atachi, will you accept me as your wife?"

Ogata: "..."

Ogata, who was silent for a while, restrained all the emotions on his face, looked at Isshika, and nodded firmly.

"Hahaha..." Isshika, who still had that expression that looked like she was about to cry at any time, let out a happy laugh, "That's it... Thank you for choosing me... In this way, I have no regrets .”

After finishing speaking, Isshika threw her body onto Ogata's body, and buried her face in the socket of Ogata's right shoulder.

"Master Yidao Zhai... can you allow me... to be self-willed for the last time?"

"Let me lean on you for a while... please..."

Ogata made no reply.

He just silently continued to straighten his waist...and let Yishihua just lean in his arms.

"Master Yi Dao Zhai..."

Frail but firm lightness floated in my arms.

"I like you……"

Countless messages came from her body curled up in Ogata's arms.

Not just trembling, but other... countless things were passed into Ogata's body.

It took a long time... a long time... Isshika finally left Ogata's arms.

"It's almost time for lunch."

Isshiki's expression has returned to its original appearance.

While smiling softly at Ogata, she stood up slowly.

"Master Yidaozhai, hurry up and wash up, and then get ready to have lunch."

After all, Yishihua no longer lingered in the room, as if eager to leave this place, she quickly pushed the door and left without looking back.

Ogata did not go after Isshika.

After watching Isshiki leave with complicated eyes, he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh...

After leaving Ogata's room, Isshika did not leave the door immediately.

Standing outside the room, she looked down at the index finger of her right hand that was used to press Ogata's lips just now.

In the spacious and deserted corridor, Isshiki, who closed her eyes and drooped her head, slowly raised the index finger of her right hand and pressed it against her own lips.

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Ahhhhhhhhhh! The author is so uncomfortable! (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

If possible, the author would like to have Isshika and Ogata together QAQ

But this is obviously impossible. The bond between Ogata and A-Machi is doomed to prevent Isshika from having the same position as A-Machi in Ogata's heart...

The author is now thinking about whether to write an IF episode in which Ogata turns into a scumbag and marries Atachi and Isshika at the same time...

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