[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

During the break, Ryunosuke looked at Nueno who was going through his training schedule, frowned, and couldn't help asking, "Hey! Don't you take a break?"

Nue Ye just glanced at him, walked forward, and continued to do his own thing.

"I don't understand why you follow Serizawa, but according to your strength, you don't need to let yourself do this kind of thing, right?" Ryunosuke raised his eyes to look at the other person's face, with firm but not rigid lines, once upon a time For a while, I felt that it was an eyesore, but now I feel that this face is very reassuring, like an elder, with a feeling that I can rely on.

After rehearsing the attacks in eight directions, Nue Ye turned around and pierced quietly among the fallen leaves, but after a while, many broken leaves fell.

Even though Ryunosuke had seen it many times, he was still speechless at this scene. As his strength improved, he became more and more aware of how powerful such a skill was.

After watching for a long time, when Nueno put away the wooden sword, Ryunosuke suddenly realized that the airflow that the opponent just swung was from the wooden sword, so what if he used a real sword...?

Terrible thoughts rushed through Ryunosuke's heart, and when Nue Ye walked up to him and patted him, Ryunosuke suddenly came back to his senses.

He slowly raised his head to look at Nue Ye, who tied up the sleeves of his upper body with a white thread, exposing his strong arms, so that he could practice his sword.At this time, he was holding a bamboo tube and pouring water into the opening.

Sensing Ryunosuke's strange gaze, Nueno glanced at it and removed the bamboo tube, "Ryunosuke, have you found something you want to do?"

"...Huh?" It was obvious that he couldn't connect with his thoughts at all, so Ryunosuke was surprised.

Tilting his head and wiping his sweat, Nueno continued: "I don't know the reason why you are practicing swords now...but..." Pausing as if searching for words, Nueno continued: "You... ...Someone told me that if you really want to choose one thing to do forever, then it is best to choose something you are interested in..."

Turning around, he fell back and sat next to Ryunosuke, Nueno turned the bamboo tube in his hand, reached out and patted Ryunosuke, "If you find something you are interested in besides practicing swords in the future, please be sure." tell me."

"The paradox is that even if I force you to practice swordsmanship, it doesn't mean you want to become a samurai." With a faint smile, Nueno said, "Although that one really hopes you can continue..."

Staring at the other party's smile, Ryunosuke said, "Who is that?"

"Aha. It's not important." The bitterness in the smile deepened, and Nueno became distant for a moment, "I am different from you."

"What's the difference!"

I don't know why, seeing this guy's expression, Ryunosuke immediately seemed to be irritated, he became annoyed, and yelled directly at Nueno.

He didn't like this feeling of excluding himself from other people, especially not.

"?" Nueno was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"

"...No, no..." Ryunosuke was embarrassed by his loss of control for a moment, and turned his head quickly, not daring to let Nueno look at him.

"Ahh."

Sensing that someone reached out to rub his hair, Ryunosuke immediately reached out and grabbed it. He thought it was someone like Harada or Yongcura, but he didn't expect to see black eyes like ink.

"If it's what I just said that offended you, I'm sorry, but that's the truth." With a helpless smile, Nueno reached out to ruffle Ryunosuke's hair, and then Standing up like a normal person, "Ryunosuke, I really hope that I can do the task assigned to me by Serizawa well." ─ Otherwise, that person who sacrificed his reputation and died to do it might be Get overwhelmed by yourself.

"And, didn't I say that I'm a terrible person?"

Seeing Nueno's expression when he said this, Ryunosuke stood there in a daze, not knowing how to reply or how to describe his thoughts.

This man who appeared mysteriously in front of everyone, the aura around him has always been incompatible with everyone, but he concealed it too well.

On the contrary, it was that expression that made Ryunosuke suddenly aware of the distance between himself and Nueno.

so far...

Clenching his fists, Ryunosuke lowered his head and bit his lip.

Why... everyone is so far away from me...

In the dead of night, Nue put his hands in his sleeves and leaned against the wooden pillars in the corridor, not saying a word.

"Hey." The low and hoarse voice called back Nueno's attention, and when Nueno looked over there, he was not surprised to see Serizawa stretching out his hand towards him, and there was a plate of light rice in his hand liquor.

"Thank you, my lord." He closed his eyes, stretched out his hands to take the wine glass, Nueno held the wine steadily, and knelt down opposite Serizawa.

"I've seen Ryunosuke's progress, and it's satisfactory." Serizawa, who was always domineering in front of outsiders, said lightly, picking up his own wine cup and drinking it in one gulp. "Just like this wine, it has a pleasant feeling."

"And watching the growth of those few people... It's like pairing with an excellent appetizer, making the wine more mellow and more fragrant... This is how I look at these immature boys." Poured another glass of wine, Celery Ze happily drank it.In the end, he even poured it directly into the mouth of the bottle.

Taking a sip of his wine, Nueno smiled towards the moonlit courtyard, "So, are you going to raise Hijikata Toshizo into a spicy side dish?"

"Spicy? Really good!" Patting his thigh, Serizawa applauded loudly, "If Hijikata is spicy, then Kondo is sweet, and Okita Souji...that little boy should be a refreshing side dish with a crisp taste , with that cold sweaty look... Hahaha──!"

"So, have you decided what kind of character you want Okita to be?"

"I didn't decide it." Serizawa looked at Nueno with sharp eyes, "That kid decided it himself."

"Oh..." Nueno showed a meaningful expression without being overwhelmed by the sudden change in Serizawa's gaze, "Do you dare to say that you didn't contribute to the flames? As far as I know, you just approached Shannan Keisuke before, didn't you?"

"Didn't you beat that stinky kid in front of everyone?"

Not to be outdone, the two sides stared at each other, and after a while, they all burst out laughing.

"Hahaha... Really! It's so old!" Looking up and laughing, Serizawa relaxed in front of Nueno, "But to be honest, I think this group of people can meet the old man's expectations, even Exceeding, in order to let them embark on that path faster, the old man will never be soft!"

"Even if notoriety is better than obscurity!"

Slowly drinking the wine in his hand, Nueno didn't say anything, just looked at Serizawa with a faint smile.

As I said at the time, even if you fall, I will help you continue.

"...However, Serizawa-sama, you should pay more attention. You haven't stopped drinking at all these days?" Nueno reminded lightly, showing worry.

Hearing this, Serizawa's whole body paused, and finally drank the wine on his hand in one breath.

"I, I've always been pretty good at it."

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Long time no see everyone. (beaten)

After school starts... Ahem, I'll do my best.

However, seeing that the collection is increasing, but the comments are not increasing, I am so sad...

Can I look forward to it?

After all, all the collections are like that, I want to see the comments, so I will definitely type faster. (Hello)

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