[War Engraved Night Blood] Himiko's War

Chapter 51

This is the first time after Kyoko's death, he talked about a topic other than business.The word "concern" touched Ishida Kaoru's emotions that had been suppressed in his heart for the past few days.It's just that there is no one who has been listening to her talk about her thoughts all this time.Blinking, blinking back the water vapor that was about to overflow, Kaoru Ishida slowed down.She walked slowly, and finally came to the kitchen.

Walking into the kitchen, the fire in the stove was burning warmly.Kaoru Ishida had never seen the middle-aged woman who was fiddling with the stove.

"Excuse me, who are you? Where is Granny Takahashi?" Ishida Kaoru asked.

"She seems to be taking her grandson or granddaughter back to the countryside." The middle-aged woman turned around, "Oh, you must be the new Mrs. Naiji, no wonder you don't recognize me. I used to be Chef, my daughter gave birth not long ago, I went back to take care of it for a while, and now I’m back again.”

There's not even a trace left?Kaoru Ishida stared blankly at the chattering middle-aged woman, and felt that the kitchen suddenly became very strange. The sudden loneliness made her feel that there was no room for her in Nuoda's Oda collar.There seemed to be something blocked in the chest, making Ishida Kaoru feel suffocated for a while.She backed away slowly, and finally turned around and ran out.

"what?"

Ishida Kaoru didn't run very far, someone made a sound in doubt, and reached out to hold her.

"Isn't this Naiji, are you exercising?" Sheng Jia held Kaoru Ishida in one hand, and a saw, hammer and other tools in the other. "It happens that the training ground is nearby, let's practice swordsmanship!"

"I'm not……"

"Let's go!"

Singer is the strongest in the Oda Army in terms of brute force, Kaoru Ishida struggled to no avail, so he had to follow him to the training ground.

After untiing the outermost few dragging clothes, tightening the cuffs and trouser legs of the inner jacket so that the clothes no longer affect the action, Kaoru Ishida took the wooden knife handed over by Singer.

"Come on! Naiji! Attack with all your strength! I won't hold back from you either!" Singer shouted, waving a wooden knife.

"Really?" Kaoru Ishida let out a long breath while clenching the wooden knife, "Then, Mr. Singer, I'm not welcome."

With a "bang", Ishida Kaoru's wooden knife slashed fiercely on the wooden knife that Singer raised to block.After the knife was swung down, the pent-up emotions in his chest surged violently, like a flood breaking a bank, and vented out along with the force of the knife swing.

"Oh! This strength is good! Come again!"

Singer's eyes lit up after taking the knife, and he became even more excited.After parrying Ishida Kaoru's wooden knife, he quickly counterattacked, and the sound of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping" on the training ground was endless.

Near the entrance of the training ground, Guangxiu and Changxiu stood in the shadows, watching the two on the field.

Inadvertently turning his gaze away, Changxiu found that Mitsuhide was staring at Kaoru Ishida intently.Changxiu's heart tightened, and that slightly ridiculous question that Ranmaru once asked him came to mind. "Hey, Guangxiu." Changxiu asked nervously, "You don't like her, do you?"

"Of course not," Guangxiu denied without thinking, "I won't like Ji Shenzi."

This answer made Changxiu heave a sigh of relief, but Guangxiu's voice sounded again.

"but……"

"but?"

"The current me is not because of the order 'to treat her as a companion and try to satisfy her wishes'," Mitsuhide said softly as his eyes moved with Ishida Kaoru, "but because I really want to treat her as a Companion's mood."

"..." Changxiu's gaze fell back on Ishida Kaoru again, "That idiot is indeed a companion worthy of trust."

The competition with all their strength quickly consumed all their physical strength, and it didn't take long for the confrontation between the two on the field to come to an end.

Throwing away the wooden knife, Kaoru Ishida lay on the ground panting heavily, regardless of whether the training ground was clean.

"How is it! Are you in a better mood!" Sheng Jia was in a much better state, and he was still standing with a wooden knife and smiling brightly.

Hearing this, Kaoru Ishida was taken aback, "Master Singer...?"

"Sweat to your heart's content is the biggest secret to a better mood!" Singer carried the wooden knife on his shoulder and walked to Kaoru Ishida, "How is it, how does it feel!"

Ishida Kaoru felt a lot more relaxed as he was able to forcibly hide the depression in his heart because of being busy all the time.Looking up at the blue sky, she suddenly thought of something.Regarding Kyoko's death, considering their respective positions, no one was actually at fault.And the one who keeps saying that adults are his companions, but keeps pretending to be nonchalant, hides his thoughts and resists caring, and even blames them unknowingly, is the one who is wrong.The gratitude and guilt towards Kyoko covered her eyes, and she couldn't see the adults' concern for her, nor could she see that she had nowhere to live in this world.Kyoko probably doesn't want her to become such a person...

Sitting up, Kaoru Ishida showed his first truly relaxed smile these days, "Thank you, Mr. Singer."

"Huh... Naiji, you..." Sheng Jia also relaxed, threw away the wooden knife, and sat down next to Kaoru Ishida, "Do you know that you have been looking like you are about to cry at any time these days."

"I'm really sorry for making adults worry, but..." Kaoru Ishida pretended to be thinking, "The second half of the sentence is more suitable to describe Master Singer~"

"..." Singer jumped up, "Where is the knife! Naiji! Come and fight!"

"I don't want it!" Ishida Kaoru got up quickly and ran away, not forgetting to take off the clothes he took off.

"Stop! Stop for me!"

Leaving behind Singer's jumping shouts, Ishida Kaoru raised the corners of his mouth slightly.I won't worry everyone anymore...whether it's adults, or...Kyoko...

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And the following is an extra episode that will happen after an unknown period of time. You can guess the specific timeline~

"It turns out that there really is a god in this world...——Kyoko"

A little pink-haired girl, sitting alone at the entrance of the village, looking at the endless road, with the whispers of the village women behind her.

"She's waiting there again."

"Yeah, yeah, I don't know who I'm waiting for."

"I heard that it was a strange dream, oh, do you still believe in such things as dreams?"

The pink-haired girl glared at these people angrily, got up and ran back to her home.

"It's not a dream! That must be something from my previous life! I will definitely wait for her!" The girl hid in the room alone, angrily said.

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, the girl ran to the window and listened carefully.

"A stranger came to the village chief's house, he looks like a big shot!"

"Big man? That shouldn't be her..." The girl muttered, but an inexplicable impulse drove her to the village chief's house.

Sneaking at the window of the village chief's house, the girl quietly looked into the house.It was a girl with long black hair. Her hair was loose, not only her figure, but also her ears were completely covered, so she couldn't see any features.

Xu felt the girl's gaze, and the girl turned her head.The eyes of the two met, that was the countless time that had passed.The girl smiled, as if walking through the endless river of time, she walked in front of the girl.

"Look, there really is a god in this world."