girl holding a notebook

The rising sun illuminates every inch of land, and the gorgeous sunlight makes people sigh.

When Kong woke up, his body was already wrapped in bandages, and the bloody clothes were also changed.

"... Sora, it's great that you're awake!" Chizuru, who had been staying by Sora's side all this time, said excitedly when he saw Sora's eyes open. Stopped by unbearable pain.

"This is Ishida loose medicine, which is a local product of Mr. Dokata's family. It is said that it is very curative for both external and internal injuries." Chizuru said in a rambling manner, handing the medicine bowl to his mouth, and holding Sora's back with the other hand.

The bitterness at the entrance melted away in his mouth, and Kong turned his head to push it away, the taste like traditional Chinese medicine made Kong not want to take a second bite.In fact, under Qianhe's persuasion, Kong gulped down the medicine in one breath, and then covered the corner of his mouth to cough violently.

The wound was opened in the abdomen, and the blood slowly stained the white bandage. Qianhe anxiously wanted to go out to find a doctor.Sora stopped Chizuru who was about to turn around and leave, and asked about the situation that day in a low voice.

It was a few days before Zai Kong was able to officially leave the room.

"Excuse me" said, Sora opened the sliding door of the living room, all the cadres of the Shinsengumi cast strange glances at Sora, and Chizuru, who had tea in front of him, just showed an embarrassed smile similar to distress.

I have never seen the members of the Shinsengumi who came to visit in the past few days when I stayed in the room. It is said that it was forbidden by the doctor.

Knowing what happened, Sora calmly turned around and closed the sliding door, and sat in his usual seat.Still a little uneasy in her heart, she knew that this day would come eventually when she saw the clothes on her body being changed and Chizuru hesitated to speak.

Unlike Chizuru, she never confessed her identity as a woman, and even Okita deliberately concealed it for her.Sora's gaze at Okita coincided with that of Okita's. Okita put his hands in his cuffs and pursed his lips calmly.

"... Sora, are you really with Qianzuru?" Fujido couldn't bear his temper and said first, and just halfway through speaking, the already quiet living room became even quieter.Sora knew what Todo meant, and when Todo paused, "yes" Sora answered concisely.

"...you're lying," Fujido muttered in disbelief, pressing his hands on the floor in front of him, leaning forward to look at Sora, who was dressed in a man's attire, "... you killed those people, right?... How could it be Woman, stop joking."

"It can be seen from the wound that Sora's swordsmanship has improved a lot compared to a few days ago," said Saito, who didn't worry too much about the matter, probably as long as he was wearing men's clothes, whether he was a man or not was not very important to Saito.

"Well, I am very grateful to Mr. Kondo for his teaching." Sora's face was a little pale, but he still stood up and saluted Kondo.Kondo clenched his fist with one hand in embarrassment and coughed twice. As his servant, he didn't even find out the identity of the other woman, and even proposed to teach swordsmanship... More importantly, Zai Kong proposed to invite When he taught, although he was not merciless, he insisted that only by giving appropriate blows can people grow.

"Calm down, sir"

Shannan, who was sitting on the side, stopped Kondo from continuing to be annoyed, and such a serious behavior was in line with Mr. Kondo's character.However, if there is no such accident, Iku can kill those ronin's actions enough to make her a member of the Shinsengumi.

Sora lowered his head, silently looking at the texture of the wooden boards on the ground, and kept replaying in his mind the two people who suddenly attacked at that time, wearing the Shinsengumi's haori, but Sora still couldn't believe that they were from the Shinsengumi. "Those two people in team uniforms?" Sora asked hesitantly.

Fujido and Harada's playful behavior also stopped because of Sora's question.

"Is it still a question?...I always thought Sora wouldn't ask such a thing." Okita's dark green eyes turned colder, and he looked at Qianzuru who was nervous and a little scared. "Mr. Hijikata, won't you tell Sora?"

"Well... I'll go out first." Chizuru stood up from the spot. At the beginning, because he saw such a thing by chance, he was almost in danger. Although the Shinsengumi was not as frightening as the rumors, it was still something he couldn't know. .

"No, just sit down," said Hijikata.

As Hijikata said: Those white-haired and red-eyed team members are the experimental subjects used in experiments. According to the order of the shogunate, Yukimura Komichi was born in the experiments conducted by the Shinsengumi.It can trigger several times the physical ability and healing power of human beings, but there are also many problems such as it becomes difficult to move during the day, and you lose yourself when you smell blood.

"Is it for future battles?" Shocked by what he heard, Sora took a slow breath and asked, just because it sounds like a western vampire, is there really such an experiment at this time?There is no mention in history, or this potion has never been officially used in battle.

"Father?" Chizuru looked at Hijikata in surprise when she heard about it. She never thought that her father would conduct such an experiment. According to Hijikata, a fire broke out in the clinic where Mr. Tsunamichi lived, and they did not find Mr. Tsunamichi's body. , which means that it is very likely that Mr. Tsunado was not in the clinic at that time or escaped.

Qianhe breathed a sigh of relief, but now she still has no news of her father.

Walking out of the living room, Sora saw the notebook that he hadn't seen for a long time, floating beside Sora, talking in a rambling manner, "This idiot... who told you to make yourself like this... If something happens to you, how can I What to do?... Hey, did you hear what I was saying? Forget it, for the sake of your injury, I don’t remember villains.”

The notebook kept talking in Kong's ear noisily, until he walked into the room, the notebook floated in front of Kong with dry mouth.

Since the last time I met with Okita in Fudoya, the main line (2) appeared in the notebook. I am a member of the Shinsengumi: assisting in the completion of the Ikedaya incident.

Now the words that have changed into red are still the familiar teeny lowercase letters, "Learn swordsmanship: natural mental flow intermediate level, and the body's resilience is improved."

Kong propped his forehead and closed the notebook with one hand, but the main task (3) did not appear. Thanks to the improved recovery of his body, Kong recovered from the knife wound faster than ordinary people.

As Mr. Kondo's servant boy, Sora spends most of his time with Mr. Kondo every day. After learning that Sora is a woman, Kondo obviously does not allow such things to happen, and the chances of training with ordinary soldiers are also greatly reduced. Reduced, thanks to the daily guidance of Mr. Saito and Kondo.

In mid-July, during the forbidden gate change, the Shinsengumi entered Kujo Kawara, while Shannan, Okita, Fujido, and Sora stayed in the camp due to injuries.

The grass and trees are blown by the wind, swaying.The noisy but incessant chirping of cicadas can be heard among the lush branches and leaves.In summer, the hot and dry weather is a bit annoying.

Mr. Shannan rarely appeared in the garrison, and became more and more anxious. When passing the corridor, Kong would also see Mr. Shannan who was constantly practicing holding a knife with one hand.Without letting Shannan notice her, Kong just glanced at her and disappeared at the end of the corridor like a passerby.

Since the Ikeda House incident, her sleep time has been compressed to a pitiful level, and when she closes her eyes, the scene of that night will unconsciously appear in her mind, with eyes full of blood.Not daring to fall asleep again, Sora ran to the courtyard and practiced swordplay over and over until he was too tired to lift his arms.

She was afraid that one day, she would no longer be herself, an ordinary second-year student at the High School Affiliated to Lihai University, retracting her saber, leaning against the cool railing with her empty back, looking up To the sea of ​​stars as bright as a pearl.

Every time she returns to the real world, she feels that her days here are like a dream, except that she wakes up wearing ancient clothes, with a pale purple notebook lying quietly on the desk.Or to put it another way, this is the real place. After a long time, she began to forget where the real thing is.

No, not forgetting, there was Mom and Dad waiting for her.

"Sora, it's late, are you looking at the stars?" Fujido sat on the wooden board, his hair, which was longer than a woman's, was tied up high, and a white bandage was tied on his forehead.

"No, it's just that I can't sleep." Sora turned his head and looked at Todo, a young man who was about the same age as Qianzuru, but he could kill with a knife. "It's so late, you can't be a night tour, are you, Hirasuke?"

"I didn't,... I know it's hard to overcome that kind of thing, and you're still a girl" Fujido quickly retorted, looking at the sky that seemed to melt into the night, Fujido turned his head to look at the trees covered in black. "Actually, just get used to it. It doesn't matter what you do for your faith." Fujido said lightly, patted the dirt on his body and stood up, "If you knew you were a girl, Mr. Kondo wouldn't teach you swordsmanship at all...he is Someone who doesn't want girls holding knives."

"Oh, Hirasuke is such a good boy," said Okita, who stepped out of the shadows, curling his lips.

"Shoji, what are you talking about?" Fujido yelled dissatisfied, "You are only two years older than me. In the eyes of Mr. Hijikata, the Shoji is also a child."

Mr. Hijikata frowned at Tian. When he first arrived in Kyoto, he would always be reprimanded by Mr. Hijikata, saying that you should go back to Edo... That person is really autocratic. He has no awareness of being a human being and makes decisions on his own.

"Hirasuke... You must be angry from embarrassment, as the youngest member of the team," Okita said.

"This guy is the youngest brat." Fujido pointed at Sora, "You're only 13 years old, Sora?"

Sora, who was burned by the flames of war, raised his eyebrows, did not refute Fujido's words, and said, "Heisuke, are you unable to find someone to quarrel with because Mr. sugar kids"

Okita covered his stomach and laughed, the dark night was brightened by the cheerful laughter.

"Hey, Chief, have you laughed enough?" Fujido shouted angrily.

Asked by Fujido, Okita suppressed his smile, "Do you want some candy, Hirasuke? ... Or rice wine dumplings?" The words were lost in Okita's bright dark green eyes.