Crimson Blade

Time passed day by day, and in the following days, because he was eager to see the world's swordsmanship, Fei Cunren also secretly went to the small town at the foot of the mountain to look for the swordsman, but he found nothing.

The cold has gone and spring is in full bloom. Counting the days, Fei Cunren also lived in Zaomen's house for four months.

"Let me sell charcoal this time, and I can also sell some deer skins by the way."

One morning, when the sun was slightly drunk, Fei Cunren, who had already integrated into Zaomen's family, picked up the basket early and planned to go down the mountain to sell charcoal in the town instead of Tanjuro.

"Ah?"

Aoi Zhi, who was washing clothes with a washboard, made a surprised sound, quickly wiped her hands with the towel on the wooden bucket, stood up and shouted: "But you have replaced Tanjuro many times recently, Kobashi!"

"Yesterday, Anada strongly asked me to hold you back."

Hearing Aoi Zhi's embarrassing words, Himura Ren wearing a black kimono blinked slyly, looked left and right, walked quickly into Aoi Zhi and replied in a low voice: "Auntie Aoi Zhi just said you can't stop me gone?"

"And Uncle Tanjuro's cough is always bad. Wouldn't it be too tiring for him to cut down trees in the morning and sell charcoal in the afternoon?"

"This..." Thinking of her husband's old problems, Kui Zhi also hesitated.

"Listen to me!"

Flicking the scarlet ponytail on his chest behind him, Himuraba smiled slightly, put his foot on his feet and reached out to pat Aoi Zhi's shoulder, then turned around and ran away before Aoi Zhi could react.

As if afraid of being stopped by sunflower branches...

Kui Zhi, who was patted on the shoulder by Fei Cunren, was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed out loud, saying to himself:

"Really, what kind of adult does a child pretend to be when he pats his shoulders and steps on his feet~"

"I won't really stop you, what are you doing so fast..."

In fact, Feicunren ran so fast because he was worried about being stopped by Kuizhi on the one hand, and on the other hand he couldn't wait to get the real knife he had saved for a long time.

And Fei Cunren went to the town this time, in addition to paying the remaining balance of casting the knife, he also had to go to the drugstore to dispense medicine for Tanjuro, and by the way, bring some nutritional supplements for the pregnant Aoizhi.

Well, Uncle Tanjuro is really efficient, Kotanjiro and Nezuko are going to have a younger brother and sister so soon.

Himura Ren was complaining about Tanjuro in his heart, but he didn't intend to stop his hands and feet. He didn't walk the winding mountain path like ordinary people, but moved swiftly across various obstacles in the bushes and went straight down the mountain.

The ponytail behind him is swaying greatly because of the rapid running and jumping. During this process, Himura Ren's breathing is sometimes long and light, and sometimes it becomes heavy and short, and often when the breathing changes, his figure will pause slightly , and then adjust the body to move on.

This is a special method that Himura Ren figured out when hunting in the mountains and forests many times. He found that once he uses a specific rhythm that fits his body to exercise, the repulsive force of the world will be reduced.

But now this kind of rhythm is difficult to control, and the timing is not good, and it cannot be maintained for a long time.

Not long after, Fei Cunren, who took a shortcut by relying on his strange breathing, arrived at the entrance of the town. After smoothing his hair that was a little messy from the wind, he walked into the town.

This place is still as lively as usual, with the cries of various hawkers intertwined, but Fei Cunren, as a charcoal seller, is inconspicuous here.

It's just that in the middle of selling charcoal from door to door, Himura Ren, who was seduced by the smell of wine from the izakaya on the street corner, couldn't move his feet.

"It's so fragrant!"

Not long after, Himura Baba, who was intoxicated in front of the izakaya, was holding a jug of wine in his hand. While shaking his head, he approached and smelled the wine, and warned the boss:

"Hey boss, please don't tell Uncle Tanjuro about this!"

"otherwise..."

The scarlet single ponytail behind him swayed slightly, and Himura Ren waved his small fist in a demonstrative manner, but he didn't know how cute he was when he did this gesture with his petite body, and Himura Ren, who thought he had succeeded in warning, held back at the boss. The smiling eyes are ready to go away.

Stepping briskly, intermittent strange breathing reappeared, relying on the moment when the repulsive force of the world decreased, Himura Ren, who was just about to drink, suddenly sensed someone approaching him from the direction of six o'clock out of thin air.

"It's not good for children to drink alcohol!"

The strange breathing feeling dropped again, but the gentle female voice rang in Fei Cunren's ear.

His body froze for a moment when others approached silently, but the next second, Fei Cunren reacted, and suppressed his heartbeat in an instant, adjusted his facial expression, pretended to be a child, and replied dissatisfiedly:

"If you want to take care of it, I will drink it!"

Taking advantage of the moment of speaking, Fei Cunren took the opportunity to turn his head to see who came quietly behind him.

What came into view was a sweet-looking girl with black hair and purple eyes, wearing a purple butterfly hair ornament on both sides of her hair, and a girl with an extremely gentle smile.

But Feicunren's heart trembled, because he saw the cloth pouch on the girl's back, and judging from the shape of the cloth pouch and Feicunren's many years of experience with swords, it might contain a real sword!

And if it's not a real knife, then why cover it up?

So although the girl smiled nicely and gently, Himura Ren still took half a step back calmly.You must know that a person who can approach you quietly, no matter how good-looking he is, is not an ordinary person.

And there should be a ban on knives in Japan now, is it illegal to carry a knife?

Even if he forged his own knife, he would not be able to start. At this moment, Fei Cunren still had some sour envy in his heart.

However, when Fei Cunren was observing the other party, the other party was also observing him.

Seeing the crimson single-tailed child backing away quietly, Butterfly Chanae, that sweet-looking little girl, couldn't help laughing.

She never thought that the other party took half a step back because of vigilance, because Fei Cunren's action looked very much like a child whose parents found out that he had done something bad.

"Hey, children, it's better not to drink!"

Butterfly Kanae, who completely misunderstood, persuaded Himura Ren in a child's shell with a gentle tone, while stretching out a slender white hand, gently and forcefully pulled the wine bottle out of Himura Ren's hand .

My wine..., Fei Cunren watched his rare wine pot being taken away, and his heart was full of tears.

But when he glanced at the cloth bag behind Butterfly Chanae, and then looked at the girl's bright smile...

Uh, forget it, let's make less trouble.

Fei Cunren tried his best to comfort himself, but he was still a little bit reluctant in his heart, even the scarlet single ponytail behind him was limp.

Seeing the child's funny expression, Butterfly Kanae smiled and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something else, but after seeing the crow flying in the sky from the corner of her eye, she paused and warned:

"Don't drink secretly, remember to go back early, or be careful not to be eaten by evil spirits!"

Goblin?

Watching Butterfly Chanae gradually go away with her own wine, Fei Cunren raised his eyebrows and said:

Aren't ghosts and ghosts all tricking children?

However, this is not necessarily the case.

The light in Fei Cunren's eyes flickered, for some reason, he suddenly thought of the strange ashes he found in the woods last time.

Tsk, this is not something I should care about, why not buy a jug of wine.

With a turn of his eyes, the scarlet ponytail behind him swayed, and Himura Ren proudly twitched the tip of his chin towards the back of Butterfly Kanae.

So what if a pot is robbed, just buy another pot yourself.

Not long after, Fei Cunren appeared at the door of the knife casting house with a jug of newly bought wine.

"Hey, Xiaoren is here!" shouted an old man inside who was forging iron.

The old man's temples are a little gray, but his eyes are full of the cunning of a businessman, not cloudy as an old man should be.He put down the notebook in his hand, quickly picked up a tightly wrapped knife from a shelf, and came to Fei Cunren.

"Master Genji, this is my sword."

Seeing the package that the old man was holding, he was eager to see his own sword, Feicun Ren, and wanted to take it.

"Ahhhh!"

However, the swordsmith named Genji screamed strangely and dodged Himura Ren's outstretched hand, then winked at him, rubbing his thumb and index finger there.

"It's got it, here it is!" Seeing this scene, Fei Cunren didn't know what the little old man wanted, and suddenly threw out the money bag with a bit of a smile to pay the balance.

"Oh, that's right!"

The swordsmith Genji smiled, his eyes narrowed, and he was still chattering as he handed the sword over.

"Let me tell you, this knife cost a lot of pig iron, and even the scabbard is made of hard wood as you said."

"Under the ban on knives, few people dare to make knives. The money you gave is not worth it~"

Under the ban on knives, it is true that you cannot cast a knife with a sharp edge, but the knife I cast has no sharp edge...

Fei Cunren curled his lips and complained in his heart, and then pulled out the knife smoothly.

"bass!"

The crisp sound of the sword sounded, and seeing his own eyes reflected on the blade, Himuraba nodded in satisfaction.

On the other hand, Kanae, who left the small town, was heading to a mission location not far away. This was her first mission after passing the trial of the Ghost Slayer Squad.

"We need to get rid of the man-eating evil spirits as soon as possible..." Looking at the crows hovering above her head, Kanae muttered to herself, "Otherwise, after there is no food that the evil spirits need, the next one who will suffer is probably the one just now. town."

"However, I heard that the town just now has basically never received news of evil spirits attacking people, so I don't know if it's true or not."

"quack!"

Accompanied by the crowing of the crow, the girl gradually went away.

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