It's Auntie Benmaru!

#18

There are layers of clouds in the sky, some are as white as snow, some are fluffy like cotton stained with ink, and the heavy ones seem to spit out rain at any time.

There was a gust of cool wind, and standing in front of Yae Sakura together with Token Fusangshin whose name was unknown, Tianqing didn't say a word, just listening to the exquisite existence tell the story.

"Once the knife falls in the dark, there will be imprints left by the pollution on the soul body. Some knives can be washed away, and some knives cannot be washed away."

"When the engraving grows all over the body, it will eventually shatter the knife."

"Our Honmaru... also passed the Broken Knife, that is, Akita and Wuhutai from Kuritaguchi's family."

"This incident caused Yiqi Yizhen to grow half of his body's dark engraving in an instant. If he insisted on killing his master, the stronger his heart, the more engravings the more painful it would be. So we worked together to tie Yiqi Yizhen on Here, when he was in pain, he drew his sword and cut down the tree, one after another..."

"As a result, the tree hasn't bloomed for many years."

Tianqing felt that Karasuma's voice was like a musician who sang a song of a hundred people. When listening to him tell those dark stories, those painful memories from the past seemed to reappear in front of her eyes, almost making her gasp not come.

With her hands hanging by her side, the blue-glowing Feng Jiyue Fu Sangshen appeared in her mind. Seeing his gentle and jade-like appearance, she had to admit that she couldn't imagine Yiqi Yizhen had such a past.

The knife marks on the tree are criss-crossed, and each knife seems to be cut into the bone of the tree.

She couldn't even count how many knife marks there were on it.

Is it really possible to do such a thing?

Tian Qing's eyes dimmed.

[Phase [-], Mr. Yizhen... have you ever broken a knife? ]

"The child has survived and recovered from the dark state. There should be no engraving left on his body." Karasuma looked at his hand, and then slowly gathered his five fingers: "But I think that even if the engraving is washed , and the scars will always be there.”

[What happens to the shattered blade? ]

"I will come back again. Everyone keeps the fragments. If a suitable judge carefully recasts the blade, there is still a chance to come back with the soul. It's just that the returned knife will have memory loss. In the past, it could only rely on We'll let you know." Karasuma pursed her lips and chuckled, "Have you seen Akita?"

[See, he looks terrified of me. ]

"That's because Yiqi Yizheng and everyone desperately wanted to protect him and prevent him from being hurt again."

Tianqing felt that she could finally understand, her eyes were half down, she turned and leaned against the tree trunk, and asked softly: [Then what happened to Honmaru in the past? ]

"There are so many things that my father almost can't remember clearly. I really want to say that everything has to be blamed on our original judges who are not human."

"That lord is not only an inhuman, but also a ghost. Because he is jealous of the life of the swords, he tried every means to torture us before going out, which caused us to have many unnecessary broken knives in the battle, and the last time we broke The sword is a static naginata that was lost in battle to protect the short sword."

[......]

"And in that battle, it was Master Chu who was passing by who passed by the god judge. According to Foxosuke's explanation at that time, Master Ah Chu transferred the proof of the god judge of the wraith spirit during the process of saving power by mistake. It’s up to me, so Master Ah Chu has become the new master of Honmaru.”

As Karasuma said, for some reason, she danced lightly in front of Tianqing.

Tianqing recognized this dance—it was a blessing dance that the female heirs of the Shiratori family would learn. When festivals came, female onmyojis would dance with shikigami to pray for the well-being of their loved ones.

Karasuma is probably just imitating the jump, so there are a few steps that are a little bit off, and only the outline is correct.

Looking at the figure of little Karasuma, Tianqing was in a daze.

Until the end of the song, the petite Fu Sangshen came towards her: "What? Do you think the seriousness of the matter is beyond your imagination? Do you have any thoughts of running away?"

Tianqing's eyes froze when she heard the words, she hugged her knees, remembering that she just... escaped from the main hall.

Since she came to this hommaru, she has been running away all the time.

I want to escape the unfamiliar and unexpected eyes of Honmaru Katoba when he looked at her, I want to escape the scarred sword in my hand, I want to escape the sustenance eyes from Yaoken and Yiqi Yishin, I want to escape those respectful and timid eyes... …

She just wanted to escape, so she came to the sickly cherry tree by a strange coincidence.

But now, looking at little Karasuma, she shook her head heartily.

Thoughts... I don't know when it changed.

She didn't want to escape, even...

Tianqing put her hand on the tree trunk that was hurt by her ear because of the scar.

[…I was even thinking, how can I get this tree to bloom again? ]

She replied like this, and the slender man had a short smile on his face, he danced beside her, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Tianqing's eyes were soft and she was not surprised.

[It would be great if I could take you home again before this tree blooms. ]

[[I am very happy to hear you say that. ]]

That mature tone came along with the wind, and no matter how hard she searched, she couldn't find that figure.

……

The clouds on the sky moved further away, wisps of white light slanted down from the sky, remembering that he had been running away from the main hall for a long time, he patted the weeds on his body and went back to the main maru.

She felt that she had to report to the overly honest Yamabugi first, but she didn't expect that before she met Yamabuki, it was a child with blue hair who was too thin.

The child had two braids that were upturned, and under the kimono, his hands and feet were so thin that only bones remained, and the thin arms seemed to be broken if they were snapped.

It wasn't the first time Tianqing saw this child - she had treated him for minor injuries yesterday, because she had been in contact with him before, so she remembered that he was called Xiao Ye Zuo Wenwen.

[Night? ]

She whispered Xiao Ye's name, and he raised his head, holding a watering can in his hand, opening and closing his mouth, as if he didn't know how to express what he needed.

Tianqing didn't know what Xiao Ye was thinking, but when she approached him, she noticed that there was a large wound on his exposed knee, and there was some mud stained beside the wound, which looked like she had fallen in the field.

She blinked her eyes, met Xiao Ye's eyes, and said hesitantly: [Let's go to treat the wound with me first...]

After finishing speaking, seeing that Xiao Ye still didn't speak, Tianqing added a question with a little confidence: [Is it okay? ]

Xiaoye nodded: "..."

Walking with Xiaoye all the way to the hand room was considered silent, he just held Tianqing's hand and walked to the hand room at a hurried pace, and was arranged by Tianqing to sit on the corridor outside the hand room, watching her wash herself carefully The wound, Xiao Ye pursed her lips, and finally opened her mouth sullenly.

"I just saw you... talking to Yae Sakura."

Tianqing's hands on the wound froze, she raised her head, smiled and nodded at Xiaoye.

"Did you see... our partner over there?"

[See you, he also told me about your past. ] Tianqing said: [How long have you been in this maru? ]

"I..." Xiao Ye tilted her head, her small fist was clutching the fabric of the clothes on her knees, and she replied shyly, "It's Honmaru's fourth knife."

[That's really been a long time... Will Xiao Ye feel tired after staying here for such a long time? ]

"...It's all right." Xiaoye pursed his lips and answered obediently. He watched Tianqing's head twitch when he lowered his head. He saw that there was no one else in the corridor next to the room, and said, "Everyone says that occasionally you will dream Karasuma-sama is dancing under the cherry tree."

[It turns out that his name is Little Karasuma. ]

"..."

[Xiao Ye, do you all know about the Dark Fall engraving? ]

"……everybody knows."

[......]

"But all of us... don't know the extent of each other's engraving." Xiaoye saw that the wound on his knee had been gradually healed by Tianqing, and he was only about to be bandaged by her at the end. He explained in a soft voice: " only……"

[only? ]

"It's just Zongsan brother, Yingmaru, Bakata Naginata, Hasebe, Yakuken, and Sankayue... since the previous master left, they no longer take a bath with us." Xiao Yeban lowered her eyes: "Because the engravings are long. on our bodies."

Tianqing listened quietly, thinking of those swords that looked normal but were actually covered in scars, her lowered eyelashes trembled slightly.

Recalling the sick cherry tree, she suddenly opened her mouth, not using her heart sound, but speaking seriously.

"Xiao Ye, don't worry... One day, I will make this place bloom again."

"Let you never feel lonely and sad again."

"Such a Honmaru, I will make one for you to see."

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The author has something to say:

Thank you, thank you readers for your reminder, the version you saw yesterday is the original

I changed the plot on my computer but forgot to replace the chapter in Jinjiang

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo The beginning of 17 is very important, and I hope you can forget the original 17......