[Comprehensive] Comb girl

Ah Ding's task today is to study the so-called "history".

For Ah Ding, such things as "history" are too abstract.Her world was limited to that small courtyard in the countryside, and the terms such as "Queen Himiko", "Prince Shotoku", and "Shoseki" mentioned by Mikazuki made her a little puzzled.

If a maid in the country knows something about ghosts and gods and the general's surname, she is considered knowledgeable.

Sanriyue saw that she was struggling, so she took a booklet and said: "If you are really struggling, you might as well get to know everyone in this pill first... Don't be too nervous, my lord, these histories are just for entertainment and boredom. , there is no need to remember."

Trinity is telling the truth.

This Honmaru doesn't need a lord, and he taught Ah Ding to learn, just to tease her by the way.How could a rural hair comb girl who didn't know a few big characters take on the task of protecting history in a short period of time?

Ah Ding opened the register and saw many names on it.She has already learned a lot of characters, and she can recognize some here and there—for example, "Three Riyue Zongjin", "California Qingguang", "Smiling Face", and "Tiger".

"It's everyone's name." Ah Ding flipped through the roster with a strange look.

She lowered her head, her black hair slid down her neck, revealing a section of fair skin.Sanriyue's eyes dropped down and glanced at the back of her neck, but she was surprised that there seemed to be something there——

The faint red color seems to be a bruise that is about to recede.

Trinity frowned slightly.He leaned forward and lifted the lock of hair with his fingers so he could see better.

That's right...

This is the hickey mark left on the lord's body who does not know.

"What is Sanriyuedian looking at?" Ah Ding didn't dare to move, "It's very itchy."

"Has the lord looked in the mirror?" San Riyue's tone became more subtle, "There is something terrible on the neck."

His voice was flat, without the gentleness of the past.Ah Ding has only seen San Riyue's gentle appearance before, at this time he changed his tone, Ah Ding couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Not yet... What's wrong?"

After all, she held up a mirror nervously.The mirror made of unknown material clearly reflected her appearance, and also made the hickey on her neck unmistakable.

The first time Ah Ding saw this trace, he clearly understood what it was.

"This..." Ah Ding muttered, his face pale, "I don't know what's going on..."

San Riyue didn't speak, but put the mirror upside down on the table.

His heart was very unhappy.

No one would be happy if someone secretly touched something that belonged to him with dirty hands.

He came to teach Ah Ding every day, which was like raising a canary in a cage. It was a kind of pastime, and it was also to make it more enjoyable to enjoy her in the future.

But now someone has started in advance, which is really unpleasant.

He lifted A Ding's collar to cover the hickey marks, and said lightly, "This is Qing Guang's negligence, he can no longer be the lord's valet."

"Wait, wait!" Ah Ding argued in a low voice, "How did the adults in California know about things that I didn't even notice? It's not the fault of California... Ah, maybe, maybe it was just bitten by a bug One bite..."

"Excuse me." San Riyue ignored her argument, got up and walked outside.

Ah Ding stayed where he was anxiously, touching the skin on his neck.

Of course she knew what this mark represented, but she really didn't know who did it.She stayed in the room every night, except for a few strange dreams, nothing happened...

— Strange dream?

Ah Ding's complexion suddenly turned pale.

Could it be that those fragmentary dreams that make people unable to recall the man's face are all real?

While she was thinking about it, California Qingguang's argument came from outside the door: "That's absolutely impossible! How could I let someone with ulterior motives approach the lord's side? Say it's my negligence, I won't admit it ..."

"Since no one can get close to the lord at night, is it a ghost?" San Riyue said with a smile, "In this case, why not ask Smiling Qing Jiang to be a servant?"

California Qingguang aphasia.

After a while, the arguing between the two subsided.When Ah Ding walked out of the room, Sanriyue had already left—it seemed that he was really angry. In the past, he would never leave directly in a rude manner, but would bid farewell to the lord.

California held the knife, looking extremely annoyed, and a little anger flashed in his red eyes.

"Master California..." Ah Ding shouted worriedly.

"From tomorrow onwards, I will not be your valet." California Qingguang curled his lips and said in a low voice, "I don't know who he will find to be your valet?...Even if you are the lord, you can't decide things on your own , and a little pathetic."

California's sympathetic tone made Ah Ding a little embarrassed.

But she's used to being ordered around and manipulated as she pleases, so she thinks it's normal from the bottom of her heart.How can a humble and inferior person have the right to make decisions?Of course, what the samurai-sama said, he did as he said.

The atmosphere was very bad, A Ding lowered his head, pretending to look through the roster in his hand.

Flipping through it casually, I saw a name that seemed to be newly added at the last position.

"Phase one..." Ah Ding narrowed his eyes, struggling to discern the last word, "What is this word?"

"It's one strike per issue." California read it out for her, "It means 'only one strike in a lifetime'."

Ah Ding's gaze scanned the name repeatedly, and he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Ah, it is a knife that is only one in a lifetime.

"What kind of knife is Yiqi Yizhen?" A Ding asked.

"Ah... I'm not very clear either." California Qingguang looked into the distance, "He just came here not long ago."

"Is it the one I forged?" Ah Ding's eyes suddenly lit up.

"..." California realized that he had slipped his tongue, and was immediately annoyed. "In short, he is very busy. He will not participate in ordinary tasks, and Sanriyue Palace will not allow him to come to see you."

No one wants to see the lord one after another.

In the first phase, the sword forged by Ah Ding himself, he must hope to protect history, and he will definitely be loyal to Ah Ding.However, the group of fusangshen who are accustomed to freedom in Honmaru no longer want to return to the constraints of the government of time.

"Are you busy?" Ah Ding was a little disappointed, "I thought I could see the sword I forged myself."

"..."

Seeing her lost appearance, California felt a little uncomfortable.His red pupils moved slightly, and there was a hint of self-mockery in his voice: "Yes, the Lord certainly doesn't want to see someone like me who I see every day. Only the first issue is the most fresh and interesting."

After a pause, he whispered again: "I didn't like the lord in the first place."

Ah Ding was dumbfounded for a while.

The tone of California Qingguang...

how to say?It's still a little familiar.

It seems that you have heard it from Madam before, right?The original sentence seems to be "the adults have fresher and more interesting young women around them, of course they will be bored with the yellow-faced woman I see every day."

For some reason, Ah Ding suddenly wanted to laugh.

"Why don't I want to see the California adults?" Ah Ding said, "It's just because I haven't seen Yizheng before, so I'm a little curious... that's all."

Gazing at her face, California suddenly asked: "Master, really, do you really want to see Yixing?"

An idea suddenly popped up in his heart.

...If it's just a one-time meeting, it shouldn't matter.The lord is a very coaxing person, and Sanriyue Palace will not let her be influenced by a single shock.

"Yeah." Ah Ding nodded, and held Qing Guang's hand, "I always feel like there is some kind of contract between me and that person."

"...Because you are the one who made a solid body for it, of course." California Qingguang turned his head away and whispered, "It's not impossible to see him. I can bring him."

"Really?" Ah Ding showed a happy expression.

"But I have one condition." California Qingguang said.

"Please tell me." A Ding replied, "I will do my best."

"Can the lord bring Yamato Shou'an back to Honmaru?" Kai Qingguang raised his head and asked, "He hasn't come back for a long time. I'm afraid he will stay by Mr. Okita's side and eventually disappear into history."

Ah Ding hesitated.

With such an important task, she has no confidence at all.But California Qingguang has been taking care of himself in this way, and from tomorrow onwards he will not be his valet.It would be really shameful if you don't agree.

"...I'll give it a try." Ah Ding said.

Although, she didn't know how to do it at all.

When Sanriyue comes tomorrow, ask him again.

***

Because it was the last night as a valet, California Qingguang couldn't fall asleep as usual, but was extremely awake.He sat in front of the window with his hair down, thinking about something slowly in his heart.The earrings that were taken off were placed beside the pillow, scattering dim light under the moonlight.

At this moment, he heard something sounded in the master's room - rustling, as if the master had gotten up.

California rubbed his eyes, stood up and asked softly, "Master? What's wrong?"

The door was pushed open, and his lord stepped out from behind it.

Ah Ding was wearing pajamas loosely, holding a comb in his hand.Her eyes were a little dull, as if her soul had been taken away by something.But when she looked at California, those eyes suddenly became flexible and charming like stars lit up.

"Ah...Master." She spoke.

Every time before, she just passed by this sleeping servant silently.Tonight was the first time she met California Qingguang who did not fall asleep at night.

"Master, Master?" California Qingguang was a little strange, "What's the name..."

"Do you want to comb your hair?" A Ding asked him.

California Qingguang felt more and more weird.

He stayed by the lord's side every day, and knew what she usually looked like—the woman in front of her with a coquettish smile, as if she was deliberately seducing a man, was definitely not an ordinary lord.

"Who are you?" California raised his saber vigilantly and pointed at the woman, "Or is there something attached to the Lord?"

"...Huh?" Ah Ding's smile disappeared slightly, "Don't you remember me? You still call me 'Lord' during the day."

"..." California took a step back and gritted his teeth, "What is this ominous atmosphere..."

——Simply, like a ghost.

"Ah Ding is me, and I am also A Ding. However, I would like you to call me at night 'Zu Ji'." She smiled, stretching out her arms towards California Qingguang's cheeks, "I promised you that I would Bring Yamato Morita back to Honmaru."

As soon as this remark came out, California was stunned.

Indeed, this is an agreement that only he and the lord know.

The next moment, the woman who called herself "Zu Ji" kissed him on the cheek, smiled slightly, and said, "Master, will you spend this pleasant evening with me?"

"Wait—wait!" California was a little flustered, but his hands wrapped around her waist uncontrollably.

To make matters worse, he felt his heart beating hard, and the smiling face of the usual lord kept flashing in his mind, and a damn sentence almost jumped out of his throat——

"My lord, I, I treat you..." California half-closed his eyes, feeling a little smoke coming from his throat.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.

"California, if you find it difficult, let me handle it." Candlestick cut said, taking off his gloves, with a calm voice, "San Riyue has agreed, and I will take over as the valet."