[Comprehensive] Takasugi-kun's Melancholy

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law." Gui ran all the way back home. Although he didn't realize it before, he understood what it meant to be the playmate of Master Sanfuan after the explanation of the guard uncles. He wanted to tell her mother-in-law quickly News, if it is the mother-in-law, she will be happy for him, right?

"What's the matter, Kotaro." The mother-in-law squinted her eyes and was mending clothes under the lamp. This is a capable old lady. Although there were a few patches on the clothes, they were all washed clean. This kind of child with a rare talent is not accidental, at least the old lady has a bearing far beyond ordinary people, and it seems that the glory of the Gui family, which once belonged to the upper-class warriors, can be seen in him.

Although the current Gui family has fallen to the point where only the grandparents and grandchildren are left and even have to work as servants in the noble family, but in the past, the Gui family was also considered a good warrior family, with a monthly salary of 200 shi. same level.

"Today I met Gao Shan-kun." Gui ran out of breath, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his words. He hoped that his mother-in-law would be happier.

"Gaoshan?" Granny Gui was obviously not familiar with this surname. She put down her needle and thread and frowned, thinking for a long time but still got nothing. "Whose child is that?" In the end, she still asked Gui.

"It's Mrs. Sanfuan's only son, the young master who was just brought back." Gui explained to her mother-in-law.

"Being Master Sanfuan's playmate?" The mother-in-law narrowed her eyes again, completely letting go of her work.

Unexpectedly, Gui didn't answer this question, but corrected her mother-in-law's words solemnly: "It's Takasugi, not Mifune," he continued, "Gaosugi said that although he was raised by his mother, his surname is still remembered as Takasugi, so let me not call him Sanfune." .”

"Master Takasugi said so?" The mother-in-law seemed to have thought of something, and asked the previous question again, "So do you want to be his playmate, Kotaro?"

"I don't know either." Unexpectedly, Gui did not answer her mother-in-law's question clearly. He originally thought that according to what the guards said, her mother-in-law would be very happy about this matter, but now the result is not like this, so he can take care of himself. Confidently stated his thoughts, "I don't know if I want to be Takasugi's playmate." He frowned, recalling the brief relationship between the two, "But leaving aside the meaning attached to the word 'playmate', I I would like to make friends with Takasugi."

He remembered Takasugi's polite and somewhat tidy attitude, but in a sense, Katsura had the same animal-like intuition as Gintoki, and he instinctively felt that the real Takasugi should not be what he showed.

"If you think you can, then do it." The mother-in-law actually gave such an answer, "But, Gui, you have to remember that you are not the child of a servant's family. Although we are poor, our ancestors were also honorable warriors." She seemed to be thinking about something when she said this.

"If you feel that Master Takasugi's behavior violates your own principle of being a samurai, then just do what you want," she said lightly, "No matter how poor our Gui family is, we still have to maintain the last dignity of being a samurai." What's more, my old bones don't have a few years to live, and I will definitely not be a drag on Kotaro. She silently thought in her heart that Mrs. Mifune's only son might become Gui's asylum after her death. After all, One more choice is one more path.

On this side, Guicai told her mother-in-law about her playmates, and Takasugi-kun also mentioned it to Mrs. Mifune over there.

"Playmate, Katsura Kotaro?" Mrs. Mifune spoke casually holding an ancient book, "Ah, I heard about that child, it is said that he has a rare talent for swordsmanship." She turned the book again, "What do you think?" How about it."

"Although it is a wild road, it will become a climate in time." Takasugi-kun replied respectfully.

"After only a few days of sword practice, you call others Yeluzi," Mrs. Mifune always said when she talked to Takasugi-kun, with unceremonious and bitter sarcasm, and Takasugi-kun got used to it over time, "But you It’s not bad, that child will do something in the future.”

This is really a strange phenomenon. Although Mrs. Mifune stays in the inner room every day, she knows all about what happened in the outer courtyard.

"What kind of expression is that on your face?" Mrs. Mifune guessed exactly what Takasugi-kun was thinking with just a glance, "If I want to know, I can clearly understand what conversations you have with others every day." She paused and then added, "Of course I don't have much free time to do such boring things."

Takasugi-kun did not doubt the credibility of his mother's words. Although he had never seen it before, he had already deduced a fact from Ayu and the servants who walked silently: Mrs. Mifune was not only raising those samurai , should also raise a large number of ninjas.

"You made a good choice." Mrs. Mifune finally put down her book and looked at Takasugi-kun, "The Gui family is not a low-class warrior. Their family was an upper-class warrior a few generations ago, and the one who raised Katsura Kotaro This woman still has the soul of a warrior in her body."

"You mean Granny Gui?" After getting Mrs. Mifune's affirmative answer, Takasugi-kun asked another question, "What is the soul of a samurai?"

"Righteousness, courage, benevolence, propriety, sincerity, reputation, loyalty, and self-denial." Mrs. Mifune reported a series of nouns without hesitation, but when she saw Takasugi-kun's serious face, she smiled, "You won't Do you really believe it, half-baked brat?"

Takasugi-kun's forehead is about to burst into a cross. How can you not believe what you said, bastard? !

Is this kind of inconspicuous woman really the famous Mrs. Mifune?Takasugi-kun expressed doubts again.

"The so-called samurai is not that fancy thing." Mrs. Mifune's momentum changed when she said this. She straightened her sitting posture and looked extremely serious. "I will tell you only once, Jinsuke." For the first time, she He actually called Takasugi-kun's name.

Seeing Mrs. Mifune's posture, Takasugi-kun couldn't help but straighten his waist, and responded to Mrs. Mifune with the same serious attitude: "Yes, mother."

"Adhere to your own creed, and wield your sword for what you protect when you need it. As long as you do these two things, then you are worthy of the name of a warrior."

Mrs. Mifune's words were brief but shocked Takasugi-kun. He sat upright in that quiet room for a long time after Mrs. Mifune left, and did not change his posture until Sangan on the moon.

Have a warrior soul?He glanced at the moon outside the window and slightly curled the corners of his mouth, looking forward to that companion a little bit.

Early the next morning, Takasugi-kun went to Mrs. Mifune's place on time to get the day's class schedule, but he was surprised when he saw that there was a lot less physical training than usual. He didn't even hold back and stared at Mrs. Look at Mrs. Mifune.

"What kind of eyes do you have, brat?" Mrs. Mifune had a displeased expression on her face. Her words were always careless and could even be called rude, without the elegance of a lady at all. In terms of temperament, maybe Ayu is more like a nobleman than her, right?

"I think you should pay attention to your words, mother." Takasugi-kun said to the other party in a calm tone, his words coupled with his deadpan expression were naked provocations, "You are the nobleman of the Mifune family. Girl, the words should be more elegant." The distance between him and Mrs. Mifune has been shortened a lot because of the conversation last night, and they can generally talk like a normal mother and child, but will a normal mother and child have such a conversation? ?

"Do you want to order me before your hair is all grown, brat?" Mrs. Mifune lifted Takasugi-kun up. Her arms were so slender that they could be snapped off with a pinch, but no one would have imagined that such a slender wrist It actually contains such a powerful power, "And I said it's not a noble girl, but a princess! It's the princess of the Mifune family!"

Hey, is this woman a monster?Takasugi-kun thought the moment he left the ground.

"Are you really a princess, mother?" Takasugi-kun's eyes turned into dead fish eyes. Although the noble daughter of the Mifune family cannot be called a princess theoretically, for some reason, his mother always treats her like a princess. This is insistent, and she always refers to herself as "Ji" when talking about her past life.

"Is there anyone in this world who is more like a princess than me?" Her mother replied, with a natural arrogance, "There can be no other princess than me in the kingdom of warriors! "

What an unreasonable arrogance, Takasugi-kun twitched the corners of his mouth when he saw his mother's face that could be called a girl, but in the end he didn't say anything else: "Why is the amount of training reduced today?" He changed decisively. a topic.

"If you want to add it yourself!" His mother didn't answer his question directly, she put Takasugi-kun back on the ground and flicked his wrist, "If you don't want to get along with your children, just come back, You must know that such things as training can never be finished." Gao Sugi-kun saw Mrs. Mifune's half-smile face and ran out decisively holding the wooden knife.

Mrs. Mifune's inner courtyard is cleaned on time every day. The person who came to clean today is Ayu. I don't know if it's because I'm already familiar with it here or because I was stimulated by Mrs. Mifune. Now Takasugi-kun is getting more and more lively. When I got up, I saw the familiar Ayu and actually chatted with her about Mrs. Mifune.

"Ayu," Takasugi-kun asked Ayu while taking a break, "Is my mother maintaining the aura of the patriarch in front of you?" He asked very cryptically, after all, he could never say directly in front of Ayu: How could that woman be so violent? She doesn't have the airs of a lady at all!

When Ayu heard Takasugi-kun's words, she covered her face with her sleeves and smiled softly. She completely guessed what Takasugi-kun meant. In fact, she was surprised when she saw Mrs. Mifune like that for the first time, but even so she Still answered Gao Sugi-kun's question calmly: "Although Mrs. Mifune is very serious in business, it is not the case under normal circumstances." She remembered the way Mrs. Mifune chopped off the entire table with a knife when she got angry, and her smile became even more serious. A bit older, "But no matter what, Mifune-sama is a very powerful samurai."

Hehe, he was a very powerful samurai at that time, Takasugi-kun laughed dryly in his heart, just by the strange power of that woman, he knew she was very powerful, right? "No matter what, we can all appreciate the strength of Mrs. Mifune," Ayu swung the broom to sweep the fallen leaves, "otherwise there wouldn't be so many people following you." She smiled at Takasugi-kun , "The young master will also understand that Mrs. Mifune is actually a very gentle person."

gentle?Takasugi-kun doesn't comment on Ayu's evaluation, but he agrees with being strong. A woman who can say "samurai soul" can't be a weak person, right?

Because Mrs. Mifune reduced Takasugi-kun's training load, which made him run to the training ground very early. When he arrived, Gui was waving a wooden knife under the court, counting numbers on his mouth while waving the knife: "9996, 9997, 9998, 9999, 10000!" After shouting [-], the other party threw the knife and lay on the ground.

Swinging the knife [-] times is the same as my training.Takasugi-kun thought this way and approached Gui, "You can't just lie on the ground after exercising." He stretched out his hand, ready to pull him up, "At this time, you should walk around twice."

Gui was very face-saving, and he stretched out his hand to let Gao Shan-kun pull him up smoothly, "Thank you for your reminder, Gao Shan." He thanked Gao Shan-kun carelessly.

When he heard the name "Takasugi", his eyes flickered, obviously satisfied with Gui's title, "What are you going to do in the future?"

"Take a break, finish your meal and start practicing with the guard uncle."

"Practice with the guards?" Takasugi-kun thought for a while and said, "Then take me too!"

"Okay!" Gui didn't consider the feelings of the uncle guards who were about to become training partners, and readily agreed, "They must be very happy."

Not happy at all!Bastard brat! !Hearing Gui's words, the guard uncle roared in his heart: We don't take responsibility even if you are disabled, but if you hurt the young master, you will commit seppuku, bastard!Didn't your mother-in-law teach you not to make decisions for others casually?

Theoretically speaking, my mother-in-law must have taught Gui to respect other people's opinions, but in fact it is hard to say whether Gui has learned it, so there was such a scene in the martial arts field this afternoon-the young master holding the knife and A tough guard who weeps silently in his heart.