[War Engraved Night Blood] Himiko's War

Chapter 22

Mitsuhide entered the room, and Kaoru Ishida was about to leave when he was stopped.

"You don't need to leave, the next thing is related to you." After Oda Nobunaga finished speaking to Ishida Kaoru, he ordered Mitsuhide, "Mitsuhide, it's almost time to give her some other training."

"Other training?" Mitsuhide thought for a while, "Master Nobunaga, do you mean the field training? It is also true. After Qi came to the mansion, he only left it twice."

"Well, you and her, take another person and go to the forest behind the city to teach her to sleep in the open. As a retainer, even if a person is thrown in the wild, he must be able to survive." Oda Nobunaga glanced lightly Kaoru Ishida, who was stunned, said, "Also, she is no longer Ji Miko 'Seven', but a retainer 'Nai Ji'."

"Nagi...is it..."

"In order to avoid unnecessary injuries in the field, Naiji is allowed to wear a knife. The specific arrangements will be left to you, Mitsuhide."

"Yes." After Mitsuhide accepted the errand respectfully, he walked up to Kaoru Ishida, "Let's go, Naiji."

"Ah? Oh." Kaoru Ishida quickly followed Mitsuhide and left Oda Nobunaga's room.

"Speaking of which, Master Mitsuhide, what are we going to do?" Kaoru Ishida asked curiously not far from the room.

"Teach you about camping in the wild, including how to light a bonfire, set up a tent, find edible food, and how to handle food in the wild." Mitsuhide explained patiently.

"Sounds like camping..." Kaoru Ishida, who had various picnics in his mind, suddenly groaned in his stomach.

"Naiji, have you...haven't you had breakfast yet?"

Kaoru Ishida let out a small "hmm", lowering his head in embarrassment.

"Then, you can go back to your room first. Don't worry about eating. I'll go and arrange a camping plan first, and then I'll wait for you at the training ground." Guangxiu said with concern.

Kaoru Ishida raised his head and found that Mitsuhide's face was full of worry for her.Touching her hungry and deflated stomach, she nodded. "It's really embarrassing to keep Mitsuhide-sama waiting, I will do it as soon as possible!"

Kaoru Ishida ran back to the room and entered the small kitchen, the fire in the stove was already extremely weak.She lifted the lid of the pot and sighed, "Sure enough..." Kaoru Ishida turned around in the kitchen, "I remember there was rice wine... Ah, I found it!"

Kaoru Ishida mixed the rice wine, and after the rice was well cooked, he found some prunes and started making rice balls.After pinching the rice balls, Ishida smoked grass and ate a few. After alleviating the urgent hunger, he carefully packed the remaining rice balls and rushed to the training ground with the rice balls.

On the training ground, Singer and Changxiu seemed to be arguing—or it was a unilateral quarrel with Singer, and Guangxiu was sitting alone, writing something on a piece of paper.

Kaoru Ishida walked to Mitsuhide and sat down, "Master Mitsuhide, I'm here."

"Yeah." Guangxiu put down the half-written plan, "So soon? Is there any problem?"

"Actually..." Ishida Kaoru opened the paper bag with rice balls in his hand, "I haven't finished eating yet..."

"Oh! It smells so good! Did na, uh, Naiji bring it here for us?" Singer ran over and grabbed a rice ball and took a bite, "This is super delicious! It also smells like wine! Hey, Changxiu, let's fight again after eating rice balls!"

"Boring, who wants to fight you." Changxiu walked over slowly, took a rice ball and ate it.

"It's so cunning, if you win, you won't fight anymore! By the way, let's have a game of rice balls!" Sheng Jia took another rice ball and ate it while talking.

"... Compete with me?" Changxiu also quickly took another rice ball.

"Huh?" Kaoru Ishida hurriedly grabbed two rice balls, handed one to Mitsuhide, and ate the other silently.

"Another one! It's dried plums, it would be even better if it's steamed meat!" Sheng Jia said vaguely while eating.

"...If you are so picky, don't eat it. You don't only like meat." Changxiu took the opportunity to take the last rice ball, "Okay, I won."

So, what's the point of this kind of competition!Kaoru Ishida gnawed on the rice ball silently, complaining in his heart.

"Thank you for the hospitality. The rice balls are delicious." Mitsuhide said softly.

"As long as Mitsuhide-sama likes it! Hmm... what is this?" Ishida Kaoru looked at the camping plan that Mitsuhide put aside.

"I know! I'll go too!" Singer sat next to Ishida Kaoru, grinning grinningly, "I'll catch a wild boar for you to taste, it's super delicious!"

"Uh..." What should I say at this time?Kaoru Ishida thought for a while, "Thank you, Lord Singer?"

"I will handle it!"

Changxiu "cut" to Singer who was patting his chest, "Fool."

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Guangxiu changed the topic, "Changxiu, I will entrust you with the domestic affairs these days."

"Understood, oh, yes." Changxiu untied a dagger from his waist that was obviously not the one he was used to, and handed it to Kaoru Ishida, "I chose it for you. If it doesn't fit, I'll change it for you."

Kaoru Ishida took the knife, the size was very similar to the wooden knife she used to practice swordsmanship, and the weight of the iron knife was just right for her after the strength became stronger.Kaoru Ishida tied the knife around his waist, and showed a bright smile to Changxiu. "It's very suitable, I like it very much, thank you Master Changxiu!"

"No need." Changxiu waved his hand, turned and left, "I'm going to take a nap, and it would be a great help for you to take Singer out quickly."

"Hey! Changxiu!"

"Hey, should we go out now, Master Mitsuhide?" Feeling that Singer was about to quarrel with Changxiu again, Kaoru Ishida hurriedly asked Mitsuhide for help.

"Well, this time is just right. It's almost time to eat when we pick some wild vegetables in the forest." Guangxiu folded the plan in his hand, "Singer, let's go?"

The three of them packed up and went to the forest behind the city together.

"There is such a big forest behind the city, but it feels familiar..." Kaoru Ishida said as he observed the vast forest with novelty.

Guangxiu was silent for a moment, "You appeared in this forest."

"Huh? Is that so? I didn't pay attention at the time..." Kaoru Ishida looked around, curious about everything. "Wow, is that stream over there, the one behind the house?"

In Kaoru Ishida's curious questions from time to time, the three of them came to a place that was slightly empty and there was the sound of a stream not far away.

"Let's make this a tentative camp," Guangxiu said.

"Here it is! Are you two going to pick wild vegetables? Then I'll catch wild boars!" Singer said eagerly, "Nai Ji can also learn how to split wild boars!"

"Singer, wait..." Before Guangxiu could stop him, Singer had already left. "...There is really no other way. Regardless of Sheng Jia, let's go pick wild vegetables according to the plan."

"Okay! I was very good at this in the original world!" Kaoru Ishida finished speaking confidently, and then froze in the bushes, "This...what is this, I don't even know it!"

Mitsuhide was surprised for a moment, and said apologetically, "It was my negligence. I didn't teach you about animals and plants."

"No, no, it's not Mitsuhide-sama's problem!" Kaoru Ishida hurriedly said, "Mitsuhide-sama has already given me the book, and I can recognize the characters of Shenya, but I didn't remember to read it."

"It was indeed my negligence, because Naiji has been staying in the mansion, so I forgot to teach things about the outside world." Mitsuhide took the wild vegetables he picked and walked to Kaoru Ishida, "I can only teach temporarily now, is that okay?"

"The leaves and roots of this can be eaten." Mitsuhide pointed to Kaoru Ishida patiently while picking wild vegetables.

"Leaves...roots..." Ishida Kaoru carefully observed the wild vegetables, and picked them like Mitsuhide.

Before I knew it, the sky was getting dark.

After picking another wild vegetable, Guangxiu straightened up, looked at the wild vegetable in his and Ishida Kaoru's arms, "These are enough, let's go back."

"Yeah!" Kaoru Ishida nodded holding a large handful of wild vegetables.

The two went to the stream to clean up the wild vegetables together, built a fire in the temporary camp, and waited for Sheng Jia to come back.

"Master Singe is so slow, nothing will happen..." Kaoru Ishida said worriedly.

"Singe is one of the most powerful military generals in the Oda Army, so we don't have to worry about him." Mitsuhide said soothingly to Kaoru Ishida.

At this time, the grass shook.

"Huh? Is Master Singe back?" As soon as Kaoru Ishida finished speaking, he saw a man with a knife walking out of the grass.

Mitsuhide quickly stood in front of Kaoru Ishida, "Be careful! Hide behind me!"

"Oh? Look what I found? A pair of wild mandarin ducks?" The man stared at Kaoru Ishida with obscene/evil eyes, "It looks like he won't return empty-handed no matter what."

"Hey, what are you doing standing there!"

Following the impatient voice, four more men dressed as thieves emerged from the grass.

The thieves who appeared first smiled evilly, "Ha, there is a white woman here, and I plan to snatch her for fun."

One of the thieves who appeared last glanced at Kaoru Ishida, and became nervous, "What are you playing, that woman is the maid who appeared at the back door of the Demon King's mansion last time, and the person next to her is probably also the Demon King's person!"

The other thieves also became nervous, "I finally came to the devil's city to steal things, and I can't be exposed again! Kill them both before causing a riot!"

As several people approached, Mitsuhide stepped back slowly, lowered his voice and said to Kaoru Ishida, "I'm blocking them, Naiji, you run away."

"Hey, Mitsuhide-sama, we are companions, right. Do you want to try?" Kaoru Ishida held the sword at his waist, "Leave your back to me to protect."

"Naiji..." Mitsuhide looked at Kaoru Ishida who had firmly drawn his knife out of its sheath, with a gentle smile on his face, "Okay."