[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

Following the girl's footsteps, Tufang came to the back of the building. It looked like a kitchen hut with a bright yellow light. The man turned his back to them and stood outside the house looking at the sky.

"Neiye." Xiaoshan called out to him.

The man turned his back to Hijikata's figure, "Ah, Xiaoshan, thank you, just help me put the dishes in there first, and ask Qingji to clean up the blood on the side of the dojo when I go back later."

"Okay." Xiaoshan nodded, and left in a hurry without saying anything after putting away the things.

When the sound of Xiaoshan's footsteps disappeared from the hearing of the two, Nueno slowly turned around and said calmly, "Hijikata."

"Ah." With a reply, Hijikata frowned, "Do you know what I'm here for?"

"Because of what I just said, right?" After calmly speaking, Nueno just replied calmly, "I'm sorry."

"Not exactly this." Hijikata's deep voice flowed through the night, "I'm here to ask you today, are you willing to join the Mibu Roshi Team?"

"I am the teacher here." The implication is that I will not leave.

"...Are you a king?" After a pause, Hijikata looked at Nueno and asked.

"No." Shaking his head, Nueno said flatly, "As long as you are good to the people, no matter which faction is correct, I just understand the power of foreigners better than you. One day, you will discover it yourself. .”

"The power of foreigners..." Thinking of this, Hijikata took a few steps forward: "You understand it very well?"

"Ah." Nueno smiled faintly, "Hijikata, the sound of the world changing is definitely not small!"

"Although Kyoto is not a city with a seaport, because His Majesty the Emperor lives here, there will still be some rumors and even novel foreign gadgets appearing? What do you think of those things?"

"..." He bowed his head and thought for a while, and Hijikata replied, "It's very special and interesting."

"Do you think Japan can do it?" The smile deepened.

"you mean……?"

"Just like we admired the art and culture of China's Tang Dynasty before, in the future, we will pursue Western culture because of what we don't have. In this regard, I have to say that the general is far-sighted." Laughed a few times Nueno shrugged, "Okay, let's end the conversation here. Your team members may already be restless, and it's getting late. It's better to go back early."

"You really don't want to join us?" Hijikata finally asked again.

"Hijikata, no, allow me to call you Suisan?" Nueno asked, tilting his head.

"Ah, it's okay."

"Since I can call you Sui San, it means that we are friends. You are welcome in normal time. If I have time, I will visit you too. Then let me compete with your team members. Don't let the water go." Nueno said with a serious expression.

"Hey, are you the one who released the water?" Hijikata couldn't bear the other party's tone and said back.

"That's because you're not ready at all today." Hearing this, Nueno just replied straightforwardly, "Be careful taking off your sword~~"

"You..." After being told this, Hijikata choked, "Really..." He sighed helplessly, "I rarely see a man with such a sharp mouth like you."

"The one who often whispers to you doesn't give in." Reverting to his usual flat expression, Nueno walked past Hijikata, "Okay, I'm going to wash your dishes, see you another day."

"Ah, thank you for the hospitality today, the food is great." Hijikata said hastily.

"Thank you for the compliment." Curving the corners of his mouth, Nueno waved his hand, got into the hut and ignored him.

"...What a strange person..."

Leaving this comment behind, Hijikata walked back to the hall, grabbed a group of people and left.

At night, after finishing the tidying up, closing the door, and about to leave the dojo, Kiyosuke suddenly appeared from behind Nueno, and asked sullenly, "Why did you let them know?"

"Because, they will go on the same path." Nueno concluded without looking back.

"So, you think it's okay to let them know now?"

With his hands tucked into his sleeves, the pitch-black blade reflected a faint light, Nueno sighed: "Kiyotsugu, relax, or you will grow old very quickly."

"Hey, what do you mean by that sentence!!" The person who had revealed a gloomy atmosphere immediately frowned.

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Pulling out the sword that he wears, he has no particular origin or decoration, and bought it purely because it was convenient, but this sword has unexpectedly lasted so long.

Wiping his knife, Nue Ye recalled how he got the knife, and carefully cleaned up any possible blood stains on it, and finally polished it with gauze, and cleaned the scabbard at the same time. After the maintenance work was completed, the knife was put aside and looked out through the small window.

Yoshihara's night was still brilliant, he leaned against the window, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Because he had been homeless for too long, Nue couldn't sleep well lying on the quilt, so he could only sit and sleep with his clothes on.

In an ordinary life, I still act as a little teacher on this land as a teacher. I get up early every day and finish my morning class. I go to the back of the dojo to weed and water the flowers. I feed the animals inside. After the feed was sprinkled on the hens, when he looked up, Nueno was stunned, "That...Todo?"

"Morning!" Hirasuke put his hands on his waist and looked at Nueno curiously: "I told you that you can call me Hirasuke!"

"...That's right..." Nueno nodded, "Then Hirasuke, what can I do for you?" He said, walking out of the chicken coop, Nueno asked, picked up the iron bucket beside him, and flushed it with the clean water next to him After that, he carried it to the other side, and at the same time, Hirasuke was also watching Nueno's every move.

"Miss Xiaoshan said, you can come and see 'milk'." Hirasuke looked at the backyard with great interest, "Can you help me?"

"That's right, let's see how the milk is milked!" Taking Hirasuke to the only cow, Nueno first calmed down the cow, fixed the cow to one side, picked up the small stool next to it, and skillfully Sit next to the cow and put down the pail.

Then, under Hirasuke's amazed gaze, Nueno reached under the cow's teat and skillfully expressed the milk.Soon, the iron bucket was half full, stood up and washed his hands a little, Nueno looked at the speechless Hirasuke and raised his eyebrows, "Do you still dare to drink?"

"Uh..." Looking at the milky white liquid exuding a faint smell of cow, someone uttered an inexplicable □□.

"You can grow taller!" So, someone continued to add a sum.

"Mmmmmmm..." He showed an exaggerated posture of wanting to retreat but froze there, Hirasuke looked at the iron bucket that Nueno raised in front of him as if facing a formidable enemy, and broke out in cold sweat. "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!"

"──Just drink it! Anyone who is afraid of whom!!"

The author has something to say:

Because of the cow's relationship, there will be mouth... Actually, everything is normal... (Hide face)

Please forgive me for repeating.

Added a small introduction today! (*゜?゜*)ノ