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Chapter 874: French Lolita with a Baby Face and Big Boobs! [5300]

The first year of Yuanzhi (1864), June 10th——

Qinjin Fan, Dajin, somewhere——

The dry and cold wind unique to autumn whistled past, tightening the lapels of pedestrians.

Vehicles of all kinds were running rampant on the streets.

The constant shouting of vendors adds to the liveliness of the town.

With the support of the "cash power" provided by Huluya, Otsu's development cannot be said to be changing with each passing day, but it can be said to be thriving.

Today's Otsu is very different from the past.

Although it cannot be compared with the "three capitals" (Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka), it is definitely one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing towns in Japan today!

Suddenly, an unknown person wearing a black cloak, a low-brimmed hat, and a scarf on his face walked out of an inconspicuous dark alley slowly and quietly.

Judging from his body shape, this person should be a man.

It's autumn now, and it's not uncommon to see him dressed so conservatively on the street.

After leaving the dark alley, this person walked eastward with big strides.

After a while, he suddenly stopped, stood at the intersection of two streets, and raised his eyes.

In front of his sight was the absolute center of today's Otsu: the Tachibana residence.

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At this moment——

Qinjin Fan, Dajin, Judi, a certain courtyard——

The autumn wind blew, blowing down the yellow leaves from the trees.

Souji and Elodie sat side by side on the corridor, enjoying the autumn scenery, tasting the konpeito that Souji brought, and chatting enthusiastically.

Elodie joined the Shinsengumi and became the head of the finance department - in a blink of an eye, it was already a long time ago.

As the saying goes, “There are all kinds of people among a hundred people,” let alone an army of six thousand soldiers?
In fact, many people in the Shinsengumi agreed with the policy of "expelling the barbarians".

Although they are not as opposed to the West as the patriots who advocated national independence, they have absolutely no good feelings towards Westerners.

Everyone has seen what has become of the shogunate and the various feudal domains since Westerners arrived on this land.

As I said before, "expelling the barbarians" is the greatest political correctness in Japan today.

Back then, when Elodie wore the light green haori representing the Shinsengumi, many people complained - a Westerner, and a Western woman at that, was riding on our heads? How could this be possible!
Even to this day, many people in the Shinsengumi still have a negative view of Elodie.

The reason why she has been able to remain active and safe until now is all due to the master-disciple relationship between Qing Deng and her.

In the Shinsengumi, you can hate foreigners, but you cannot fail to respect Aoto.

Under Qing Deng's protection, who would have the guts to cause trouble for Elodie?

What's more, Elodie is not a soft persimmon that can be easily bullied.

Today, Elodie has become an important cadre under Qingdeng.

Compared with the past, it is more convenient for the master and apprentice to meet, get along and teach each other.

Qing Deng was able to regain their past "master-disciple time".

Whenever they both had free time, Qing Deng would always teach her swordsmanship carefully and impart everything he knew to her.

Elodie was naturally gifted in swordsmanship.

Although he can't be compared with a monster like Souji, he is indeed much stronger than an ordinary person.

Under Qing Deng's personal instruction, Elodie's skills improved by leaps and bounds, and ordinary people were no match for her.

Anyone who has come into contact with Elodie knows that she is a sensible and good child.

Although she has Qing Deng's protection, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble and to reduce Qing Deng's burden as much as possible, she has consciously lived a reclusive life since joining the Shinsengumi and rarely appears in public.

Because of this, and due to age and gender restrictions, she didn't make many friends in the Shinsengumi.

The only people she had a good relationship with were Aoto's three wives, Sanako, Mai, and Souji.

Awu has been her best friend for many years, and there is no need to say more about the depth of their friendship.

If Awu is Elodie's best friend, then Sanako is her idol.

In her opinion, Sanako, who is beautiful, graceful, and well-mannered, is a role model for women and someone she should emulate throughout her life.

Sanako's tall figure made her extremely envious.

It is worth mentioning that because Sanako's aura is too strong, it always makes Elodie nervous, so she always behaves very restrained in front of her.

Therefore, apart from Awu, Souji and Elodie are the ones who get along the best.

Because they were of similar age, both were cheerful and had similar hobbies (they all loved sweets), they quickly became close friends and could talk about anything.

Just now, Souji, who had nothing to do and was wandering around the Tachibana residence, happened to meet Elodie, who was also free today.

In this way, the two girls who had not seen each other for a long time got together and chatted happily.

"Hmm? Elodie, have you grown taller?"

As soon as these words came out, Elodie suddenly became energetic, and even her eyes were shining.

"Ms. Souji, do you really think I've grown taller?"

Both Sanako and Souji are older than Elodie, so she likes to call Souji "Ms. Souji" and Sanako "Ms. Sanako".

In order to let Souji see more clearly, she jumped down from the corridor, stood in the courtyard, put her feet together, straightened her back, stretched out her arms, and looked at Souji expectantly.

Souji, who had a confident look on his face just now, was slightly stunned. His facial lines froze and his expression became extremely strange.

After a moment, she laughed awkwardly:

"Uh...how should I put it...it must be because of the angle just now, I saw it wrong. Elodie, it seems that you...have not grown taller..."

When Elodie heard this, she froze as if struck by lightning.

Then, the excitement turned into frustration, and anticipation turned into disappointment, and the petite body leaned forward, supporting herself on the ground with her palms and knees, and the whole person turned into the shape of an "orz".

"I still haven't grown taller... I've been trying so hard to eat shrimp shells..."

Elodie is French.

Although the French are not known for their height, they are still much taller than the Japanese.

However... maybe it's due to genes. Elodie is at the age of growing up, but over the years, she has not grown even an inch.

When Qing Deng first met her, she was only twelve years old.

At that time, she was only 1 meters tall, even shorter than Awu.

In a blink of an eye, four years have passed and she has grown into a beautiful lady.

Although she has grown older, her height has not changed at all and is still 1 meters.
What's even more strange is that not only has her height not changed, but even her facial features have not changed significantly, she still has that baby face.

If others saw this, they would probably think Qingdeng was employing child laborers.

Elodie is very self-conscious about her height.

She really wished she had a tall figure like Sanako.

To this end, she tried all the "body-enhancing methods" that are popular on the market.

Qing Deng, her master, gave her a special tip: eat more shrimp shells.

Qing Deng knew nothing about nutrition, but based on his experience watching TV commercials in his previous life, he knew that supplementing with calcium would help one grow taller.

When it comes to calcium-rich supplements, milk is undoubtedly the one.

But getting milk under the Edo Shogunate was too expensive.

Qing Deng wanted to buy milk for her, but he didn't know where to buy it.

Therefore, we can only settle for the second best and eat shrimp shells instead.

After getting Qingdeng's advice and based on her trust in Qingdeng, Elodie began to eat shrimp shells crazily, and even wanted to replace her staple food with shrimp shells.

Finally, after a lot of hard work, her height - still didn't change at all...

However, although her height is still short, some parts of her body are well developed - or too well developed!

She is indeed the owner of the gift of "plump bear breast".

Looking back to four years ago, she was still a low-key "airport".

Unexpectedly, she has become this "eye-catching" appearance today... The so-called "baby face with big breasts" is nothing more than this.

It is worth mentioning that although some parts of her body are well developed, they do not look deformed.

The body shape and height are in perfect proportion, which does not give people a sudden feeling, making people can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the Creator.

Of course, the astonishing growth of her body has brought Elodie a lot of trouble in life.

She had to ask Sanako and Awu, who also had voluptuous figures, for advice on how to make her body feel more relaxed, especially to relieve her sore shoulders.

I thought I had finally grown taller, but it was all in vain... Elodie didn't want to continue this sad topic, so she changed the topic and asked:

"Sister Souji, has anything interesting happened to you recently?"

"Interesting thing... let me think... ah, I got it. Qing Deng has been worrying about the name of his child recently."

"Just yesterday, he half-jokingly said to Sanako: 'My name is Tachibana Aonori, so my eldest son should be called Tachibana Aonichi! The second son should be called Tachibana Aonii, the third son should be called Tachibana Aonsan, and so on. It's easy to remember and can also highlight the order of seniority.'"

"Although he was obviously joking, he was still severely scolded by Sanako as expected."

"Sanako said angrily: 'This is your son's name, how can you treat it casually?'"

After hearing this, Elodie couldn't help but look at a dilemma.

"Miss Sanako is right. The names of children will follow them for the rest of their lives, so how can we treat them casually?" "But, Master is really not good at naming. It's been so long, and he still hasn't come up with a suitable name."

The chief nodded vigorously:

"Yeah, he's really bad at naming things."

"But he does have a nice girl's name."

"It has been decided now. The eldest daughter will be named 'MAKO' and the second daughter will be named 'MIU'."

“It’s not a very colorful name, but it’s still nice.”

Elodie blinked and murmured:

"'Mako'...'Miyu'...indeed, they sound pretty nice."

The chief nodded again:
"Yes, but Sanako doesn't like these two names. She thinks they are too vulgar."

"Awu actually likes this very much."

Suddenly, Elodie seemed to remember something, her expression paused, and then she said quietly:
"Come to think of it... Miss Sanako and Miss Mai will be giving birth next month."

The chief nodded in agreement and let out a long sigh.
"Yeah, just imagining it makes me break out in a cold sweat."

"A while ago, Qing Deng hired a large number of experienced doctors and midwives, and ordered them to wait by Sanako and Awu's side. They are on call 24 hours a day and are ready to respond to any emergencies at any time, fearing that there will be any accidents."

In the feudal era when medical technology was not yet developed, having a child was an extremely risky thing.

It is not an exaggeration to call it "a walk through the gates of hell."

The second daughter is about to give birth, and there is a vague atmosphere of tension in the Ju residence.

Suddenly, Souji looked up at the sky, gazed into the distance, and looked thoughtful:

"Children... It's hard to imagine what it will be like when I have children..."

Hearing this, Elodie couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Sister Souji, do you want to have a baby?"

She asked, subconsciously glancing at Souji's flat belly.

The General Manager smiled:

"I don't have a strong desire to be pregnant."

"But I don't hate kids."

"If I get pregnant someday, I will be really excited."

"It's just... I don't have the time to think about this right now."

"After Sanako and Mai became pregnant, the daily affairs of the 7th and 9th divisions were handed over to Ms. Nakazawa (Koto Nakazawa, vice-captain of the 7th division) and Mr. Yamazaki (Shin Yamazaki, vice-captain of the 9th division) to take care of."

"It's not a big mistake, but it still has a negative impact."

"I'm one of the faces of the Shinsengumi."

"When people talk about the Shinsengumi, they can't avoid mentioning 'Niou' Tachibana Aoto and 'Tenken' Okita Souji."

"If I retreat to the second line due to my pregnancy, Qing Deng will be in trouble because he will be missing such an important force like me."

"So, wait a little longer."

"When the world is at peace and the Shinsengumi no longer needs the 'Heavenly Sword' Okita Souji, it won't be too late to slowly consider personal affairs."

Elodie listened carefully.

After the general manager finished speaking, she looked at him with admiration and praised him sincerely:
"Ms. Souji, you are so steady!"

Hearing this, Zong Si couldn't help but laugh:

"Although I just made a very reasonable statement, as if I would never sacrifice public interests for personal gain before achieving great things, but...how should I put it...Qing Deng and I don't usually use contraception."

There was no shortage of contraceptive methods during the Edo period.

There are many contraceptive pills on the market, such as "Sakuhimaru" and "Asahimaru". Among them, "Sakuhimaru" is the most famous.

The new moon refers to the first day of each month in the lunar calendar.

"Sakuri Pills" are advertised as being able to successfully prevent pregnancy as long as they are taken on the first day of every month, and are sold by doctors of the "Nakajo School" who specialize in abortions.

[Note: Nakajo-ryu: female doctors who specialize in abortions.]

"The reason why I haven't gotten pregnant until today is purely due to my physical condition."

She said as she touched her flat belly.

"I have a body type that makes it difficult for me to get pregnant."

"It's good this way. I don't have to worry about an unexpected pregnancy, and I can focus on my work."

"After the world is at peace, I will talk to Qing Deng..."

The general's voice stopped abruptly.

I will try harder with Qingdeng - she wanted to say this.

But just as he was about to say this, a strong sense of shame came over him, making his cheeks red, and he couldn't say the second half of the words.

Even someone as open-minded as Souji couldn't speak such shameful words in front of others.

Although Souji only said so much, Elodie, who was very smart and had recently started to learn a lot about the subject, immediately understood his true meaning.

Instantly, her face turned red, with a dreamy expression on her face.

The two girls with red faces looked at each other, and the atmosphere was very weird.

At this moment, a hint of hesitation flashed in Elodie's eyes.

After hesitating for a while, she asked timidly:

"Um... Miss Souji, what does it feel like to be 'married'?"

The sudden and strange question made Souji stunned.

Then, as if she realized something, the corners of her mouth curved into the shape of a cat's mouth, her eyes narrowed, and she leaned closer to Elodie, looking at her with ill intent.

"Haha~~ Come to think of it, Elodie, you are already 16 years old this year, and you are old enough to get married~~"

The intriguing look from the Souji made Elodie feel very uncomfortable.

She looked away with a stiff expression, adopting the tactic of "covering one's ears and stealing the bell" to try to avoid Souji's gaze.

Souji was unyielding. She continued to lean closer to him and asked bluntly:

"Tell me, do you have a man you like?"

"Elodie, don't be shy."

"It is common sense for young girls to be curious about things like 'love' and 'marriage'."

"If you really have a man you like, you can tell me."

"Not only that, I can also help you matchmake."

"Anything I can do to help, I will do my best!"

Souji said this firmly.

After saying this, he patted his chest and put on an awe-inspiring look.

Elodie blinked a few times, a strong look of hesitation emerging on her face.

It seems that the words spoken by the General Manager just now did play a significant role.

She was really thinking seriously about whether to confess to Souji.

Of course, this is only temporary.

In just a moment, she regained her "consciousness" and shook her head vigorously, like a rattle, and her long light golden hair fluttered.

"That's not the case! I'm not in love with anyone!"

"I was just curious and asked casually."

After saying that, she picked up the teacup beside her, held it in front of her as if to hide her expression, and drank from it in small sips, not putting it down for a long time.

Seeing that Elodie was unwilling to speak, Zongsi did not force her.

Although she didn't ask any further questions, she smiled like an aunt and looked at the other person kindly.

She looked like an old mother who unexpectedly discovered that her daughter had grown up.

Just then, the sudden sound of hurried footsteps interrupted the conversation between the two girls and attracted their attention.

"Ah, Elodie, so you are here. I finally found you."

The person who came was none other than Sanako.

She pressed her lower back with one hand and supported her round belly with the other, and walked towards Elodie quickly and calmly.

Seeing this, Elodie subconsciously thought that something urgent had happened to her, so she hurriedly asked:

"Ms. Sanako, what's wrong?"

Sanako pursed her red lips and said in a strange and faint voice:
"Elody, there is a middle-aged man outside the mansion. He claims to be your...father."

"……Eh?"

In an instant... the moment she heard the word "father", Elodie's eyes widened, her pupils shrank into pinholes, and the blood color on her pretty face quickly faded.

Click.

The teacup in her hand slipped to the ground and shattered.

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