It's Auntie Benmaru!

2.3/Children's words

This is after Chaoxi and Chaoyang made up their minds to become an onmyoji who can stand on their own.

During that time, they stuck to Tianqing almost every day to learn Yin-Yang Art. Although their habit of playing pranks and running around hadn't changed, their seriousness in refining spiritual power and Yin-Yang Art had reached an astonishing level.

In Tsurumaru's original words, it seems that he was struck by five thunders and completely replaced his personality.

Otherwise, how could troublemakers like Chaoxi and Chaoyang sit down and study obediently, and even chase after Tianqing to ask questions about Onmyoji?

It's just that even when Onikiri asked, Tianqing didn't say what he and his two daughters talked about.

To be honest, Onikiri doesn’t care much about whether his daughter is studying hard. He thinks that as long as Tianqing doesn’t worry, everything will be fine—after all, he can’t teach Onmyoji. If he is free, he will only take his son to the training. The field will teach him swordsmanship, and the girls are free.

Speaking of which, in order to lighten Tianqing's burden after marriage, plus a (none) little (limited) desire to hide his wife, Onikiri has been working for Tianqing since Tianqing's first pregnancy. Unknowingly, names like "the stinky partner of the great onmyoji" gradually spread in the demon world.

Therefore, Onikiri inevitably came to know some existences that he pronounced as "Nie Yuan" and Tianqing as "friends".

For example, Ibaraki-douji and Shuten-douji, two walking disasters, Tamamomae, who has a very different personality from Onikiri, and some difficult gods who met after accidentally breaking into Takamagahara on a certain commission.

Therefore, Onikiri will occasionally be forced to participate in some weird events, as well as the ghost lamp that Tianqing has become familiar with. Recently, I have become acquainted with Onikiri inexplicably, so if Onikiri disappears, most of them are helping the ghost lamp to investigate. something happened.

So it's a bit surprising, since Chaoshi was born, Ghost Excision went home and slept with Tianqing every night, and his whereabouts were basically unknown during the day, saying that he was "responsible for instructing Chaoshi swordsmanship", to be honest, he didn't have much time .

...Thus, there was such a conversation among the children in the side hall where Tianqing lived.

……

"Shi, have you practiced with your father this morning?"

"Did your father tell you anything?"

In the huge tatami room, the two older sisters squatted facing their younger brother who looked exactly like their father. Asashi, who was only five years old, was much taller than the older sisters, so he had to raise his head when he heard them talking.

When Chaoshi heard the two sisters' questions, he seemed to think about it for a while, and shook his head seriously.

"Hey, why don't you like to talk at that time?"

"Yang, will my younger brother become like my father?"

"It's very possible, ah, what if Shiya becomes like my father."

"That's a real problem..."

The two sisters come and go, whether it is "like my father" or "difficult" seems to mean something, but for Chao Shi, who is at the center of the problem, they are all words that he can't keep up with.

It's normal to not be able to keep up. His two older sisters talk too much, and he has long learned to sit quietly when he doesn't understand--this way they are satisfied.

So Chaoshi just sat in front of the two sisters maintaining a correct posture, nodding or shaking his head occasionally, and the arcs of all movements were careful and strict, which was really not like the lively look that a five-year-old child should have.

Seeing this, the two sisters recited the court time from head to toe.

It was the sound of children chatting again. Tianqing, who had just packed up the yin and yang props, passed by. Seeing such an interesting "tripartite meeting" and seeing Chaoshi being pestered by two chatterboxes, she naturally suppressed a smile and went in. field.

Hearing the sound of mother's footsteps, Chao Shi's eyes lit up when the training was over and his body was already exhausted. The next second, he got up from the cushion and ran to Tianqing, and then "drill like a sister" into mother's arms" before stopping.

Naturally, Tianqing knew that her son liked to act like a baby but was strict with her, so she raised her hand and stroked his head, not surprisingly seeing unconcealable satisfaction on his handsome handsome face.

She took the opportunity to walk near the Chaoshi position, and her five-year-old son had already brought Tianqing her favorite cushion with extra consideration—these thoughtful and considerate parts were also withdrawn with Onikiri.

She smiled helplessly, turned her head and complained to the two troublesome daughters: "You two talk to each other, how will my brother answer?"

"It's not that we say a word, it's time to refuse to speak!"

"Yes, we are all talking, Shi is becoming more and more like his father, with a straight face all day long."

Tianqing was helpless: "Then what do you want to say to Shi this time?"

"Well, we are thinking, summer is coming soon..."

"It's Shi's birthday coming up, but we started asking him last week, and he couldn't tell what he likes."

"It's all about training, fencing and whatnot."

"Shi is too quiet, as difficult to understand as my father!"

The two sisters complained endlessly. Tianqing listened helplessly to these conversations that occur almost every day, but before she could speak, she suddenly heard a voice interject: "...What are you talking about?"

It’s still the same hoarse and deep voice, but Chaoxi and Chaoyang feel that they haven’t heard it for a long time. Even Chaoshi seldom hears their father “asking questions” with that voice. The patient tone is novel and unfamiliar to the children. .

The two girls who were still scolding their father and younger brother immediately closed their mouths and sat upright. Even Chao Shi, who was relaxed because of the sunny weather, sat down subconsciously, blinking and looking at his father outside the door.

After the training, his father took a bath with him, and Chaoshi, who didn't like bathing very much, left the bath early, so he was caught alone by the older sisters passing by in the corridor.

Today, my father changed into a rare pair of clothes that he rarely wears. He wears a dark blue skirt and a gray hakama. His long dark blue hair hangs loose. After washing off the filth accumulated from missions and training, Onikiri looks elegant and dignified, even if he is careless. Looking at the drooping eyelids, the child's heart also became an unapproachable alienation and seriousness.

Onikiri seems to be like this in the hearts of the children, serious and indifferent, and it is almost impossible to understand his preferences, and his emotions are even more elusive.

Therefore, no matter how much they talk, Chaoxi and Chaoyang are at peace in an instant. No matter how many complaints they made just now, they were all false. When they saw their father appearing in person, they bowed their heads obediently and saluted: "My lord father."

"Father—"

Onikiri watched, nodded slightly with a calm expression, stepped into the hall without any hesitation, and naturally sat next to Tianqing.

"Are you staying in Honmaru for the next few days?" Tianqing asked in a familiar tone when he saw Onikiri approaching.

"Yeah." Guiqie closed his eyes, looking really tired, but he still didn't forget to "alleviate the atmosphere": "Don't worry about me, you guys continue."

The tone of his voice is still "indifferent" as always. This is not a "relaxing atmosphere". Did father hear you?

Fortunately, Tianqing, who was acting as the translation machine for this family, was still operating normally, so she explained to Onikiri with a smile on her face.

"Your daughters were discussing preparing a six-year-old birthday gift, but my younger brother didn't want to talk about it before I came. They complained that it was your influence, which made them not talkative and difficult to get along with."

She naturally betrayed her daughter incomparably, and the latter naturally panicked, thinking that her father was going to be angry, or that her mother would hurt her father by saying this, so she immediately went to check Onikiri's expression in a panic. Puzzled.

"me?"

"Yes, seeing that you haven't been home for a long time, your children don't even know how to get along with you."

"..."

"So, for the occasional birthday gift, do you have any good suggestions for the daughters?"

"This……"

Onikiri turned his attention to the son next to Tianqing, and the child who looked exactly like him also blinked at him curiously, Onikiri didn't think too much, and asked him right away: "What do you want?" ?”

This will be noticed by the biological father cue, and Zhao Shi also thinks that he is on the training ground, and answers without hesitation: "...a wooden knife that belongs to me."

"Yeah." After asking the answer, Onikiri turned his eyes back to Tianqing, with a look of "I asked and then what?"

His reaction like this made Tianqing laugh out loud, but the daughter next to him couldn't help but get up and point out Onikiri's slowness: "My lord father, you have to give this kind of gift to my younger brother, but Yang and I still have no idea what to give!"

"Yes! Simply... Father and brother are so similar, please tell us, father, what kind of gift do you think brother would like to receive!"

"Yes, or, Ah Shi, you answer us as quickly as you answer your father!"

The aura of the two daughters directly frightened the dullest man in the family. The, who really has no desires except for wooden knives, Chaoshi was helpless with the two sisters, and even turned to Tianqing for help.

The latter couldn't do it either, he just raised his hand and touched his head to comfort him—it's just that Chao Shi was overloaded, with two sisters and his father asking questions, he was so exhausted that he hid in Tianqing's arms after a long absence , hugging Tianqing's waist and covering his head, he didn't care about anything.

This is the long-lost "escape mode", Tianqing laughed out loud, and the despair on Chaoxi and Chaoyang's faces became more obvious.

"I know you like my mother the most, but my mother belongs to my father, so we can't give it to you!"

"What's more, mother is still our mother! We became mother's children earlier than you!"

(Onikiri: ...?)

The angry tongue of the two sisters should not be underestimated, making Chaoshi hold Tianqing even tighter in displeasure, and looked up at the sisters stubbornly with puffed cheeks—and soon withdrew the disrespect for the sister because of etiquette. He plunged into Tianqing's arms.

As a result, the younger brother can't do anything to the older sisters, the older sisters can't do anything to the younger brother, and Tianqing Online can't stand aside.

She couldn't laugh or cry, so she could only tease Onikiri: "Look, no matter how you look at this issue, you have to be responsible."

"...Huh?" Onikiri raised his brows, looking at the distressed faces of his daughters.

After thinking for a long time, he suddenly cleared his throat: "...I really don't know what is the most suitable gift for you."

The two daughters looked up at the same time, looking at Onikiri with some puzzlement, a little confused about the definition of his opening statement.

Day and night pouted with dissatisfaction: "But Dad, in this way we..."

"But as long as it is given by you, he will accept it."

Before the elder sister had finished speaking, the ghost had already added the second half of the sentence without haste.

"……and also."

Chaoyang: "What else?"

"I'm reminded of a gift I'd be happy to receive."

Onikiri suddenly said a lot patiently, and the wrinkled faces of Zaoxi and Chaoyang changed from puzzled to relaxed, then they crawled to Onikiri curiously, looked at his father seriously, and carefully asked: "What is it?" ?”

"That……"

"Wait, my lord father, you whisper, you whisper in our ears, don't let my brother hear!"

"..."

The two small girls slipped into Onikiri's arms familiarly, seeing him startled first, then carefully put his lips close to his daughter's ear, opening and closing his mouth to say a few syllables.

Tianqing vaguely heard a few, and already guessed the answer.

...Of course, it was too late for Chao Shi, who buried her head in Tianqing's knees. Just when she raised her head, the two sisters ran out of the hall in a clear and cheerful manner.

It seems that his gift will not be known until his birthday.

Chaoshi lay on Tianqing's body, looked up and saw his father with a calm expression, although he really wanted to rely on his mother not to let go, but he also had some thoughts in his heart to make his father happy, so he immediately saluted and ran out——

After all, he spent the longest time with his father among the three siblings in their family.

He knew very well that his father's cold and serious face would become relaxed and peaceful only when facing his mother.

That relaxation is undisguised, maybe even my father doesn't know it.

So no matter how much he likes his mother, he won't bother at that moment... the time that belongs to the two of them.

……

The sons and daughters had all left, and the room returned to silence.

Onikiri and Tianqing looked at each other, it was Tianqing who broke the silence first, and laughed loudly: "Onikiri, you looked like a father just now."

Hearing this, Guiqie frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and took Tianqing into his arms naturally when no one was watching—until he felt that she also found a place to lean against in his arms, he did not Ask her earnestly and hoarsely with that low voice.

"Is there anything I didn't do well?"

Maybe it's because he was just a cold sword before he became a demon, so Onikiri couldn't feel confident in raising children.

He is very clear that he has feelings, whether it is the pain of losing Watanabe Tsuna, or the persistence and deep love for Tianqing, they are all true.

He really looks forward to having his own heir with Tianqing, but when he sees the child growing up and even giving birth to a personality completely different from his and Tianqing's, Onikiri feels that understanding the child's heart and taking care of them are... very difficult.

It's good for his son Chaoshi, he always directly asks him to practice with him—although he is always scolded by Tianqing because he doesn't know how to control the intensity of training, but after Chaoshi, he will still come running around.

Also, when the two father and son took a bath together, he would try to talk to himself about some topics when he was not at home.

So even though Tianqing would lecture him, Onikiri would still secretly satisfy Asanoki's wish - this was something Onikiri never thought about.

It's just that the pair of daughters who look very similar to Tianqing but have different personalities...

"I feel that they have a lot of dissatisfaction with me." Onikiri's voice sounded a bit annoyed: "I won't get along with them."

He expressed his troubles a little honestly, which made Tianqing laugh out loud in his arms: "Puff——"

"..."

"Don't look at me like this——" Tianqing couldn't help laughing, got up from Onikiri's arms, knelt between his legs, suddenly cupped his face and looked directly at his hesitant face. Eyes: "I'm the same as you. In this world, no one is a parent who is fully prepared."

"We are their parents for the first time, and they are our children for the first time... Either way, we just study hard."

"If there is anything disturbing, or if you have done something wrong, I will tell you, and at the same time explain to the children... how much their father actually loves them."

Tianqing lowered her eyes and explained slowly, while Onikiri reached out to support her lower back, and hugged her tightly again.

He rubbed her neck with the tip of his nose affectionately, spraying warm breath.

"Ah."

With a barely audible response, Tianqing knew that Onikiri accepted her statement.

She also rubbed his head, hugged him and smiled and talked about the latest interesting things.

"Do you know, recently your two daughters have fallen asleep in strange places in this pill. Once I found them in the stables, and once they were in strange positions on the training ground..."

"I don't know if Ah Shi has learned to act like a baby from my sisters. That day he suddenly pulled the corner of my clothes from behind and asked me to hug him. It's so cute. It feels like I saw you when I was a child..."

"Also, after lunch that day, Ah Shi suddenly yawned and rubbed his eyes. The child with drooping eyelids really looks like you..."

"Then……"

While she was talking, Onikiri had changed several positions, from holding her to resting on her lap.

At first, he was quietly looking at her smiling face from bottom to top, but after a while, he closed his eyes and his breathing became even and steady.

Those slender eyelashes hang down on the eye sockets like two folding fans, his face is still impeccable, especially from this angle, his sleeping face looks like a god.

Tianqing looked down at his defenseless sleeping face, feeling a little sleepy for some reason, but stubbornly telling one of the particularly important stories.

"Before my sisters said they didn't know you, I told them that I know you best..."

"I said that my father must love them the most, and he also loves my younger brother. Maybe I was too sure when I said it at the time, and Axi is so interesting..."

"She said, 'My mother is too proud when I talk about my father'..."

Tianqing yawned and finally closed her eyes.

"I said at the time, um... because you are my favorite person, so when I talk about you, I must be full of pride..."

Her follow-up words were a bit vague, and she quickly closed her eyes, and fell asleep with Onikiri foolishly.

The room is quiet.

……

2.4

Into the summer, the sun is warm.

Recently, Onikiri completed the commission of Onikiri and Tamamo, and the bird incident in the demon world was settled by a few male demons. The days are a bit more leisurely...but not so peaceful.

Onikiri and Tenharu always thought that life would become dull and dull after getting married and having children, but some time ago, it was a big event in the demon world that Tamamo asked Onikiri to participate in, and then there was a hell incident where Onikiri asked Onikiri to help, and then it was time The government asked Tianqing to help with important tasks...

For example, guiding other dark fallen Honmaru to improve management policies, or assisting the government of Tokino to create a more stable Honmaru barrier, and Tianqing occasionally accompanied the swordsman to battle, all of which will encounter strange events in different eras.

In particular, things happen almost every day during the child's growth process. Chao's sister and brother also need practical experience, and the parents have been protecting and helping them. The process is no easier than slaying demons and demons by yourself.

So even watching the twin sisters practice Yin Yang in the main pill, or watching the younger brother challenge the men with swords one by one, will not make life boring.

"... Pata!"

With a short and clear sound, the short Asahito was once again swept to the ground by Yamabagiri with a knife.

There was a rustling sound when the clothes touched the weeds on the ground, and the personal wooden knife obtained by Chaoshi Shengchen was also knocked away.

He was going to pick it up, but his face was covered with sweat, so he had to wipe it off with his hands first.

"...Let's stop here for today's training, the weather is too hot."

Yamabachi noticed that the little man in front of him was already sweating, so he decided in a low voice.

"I can still..."

"Your mother won't allow it."

Yamababa resolutely refused, her blond hair was dazzling and beautiful under the sun, her blue eyes were calm and stable, carrying a coercion that no one could resist.

Before Asashi had time to reveal a more reasonable reason, Yamabuchi had already walked away in order to make him give up.

He had no choice but to wipe his face and get up from the ground, holding the wooden knife and waving his hands for a few times—at the end of the practice, he had no other interest, so he subconsciously walked to the small dojo in the backyard of the temple to look for his mother.

"Huh—"

"Yo--"

"Hurry up as a law!"

"Bing, Lin, Fight, Zhe..."

The voices belonging to her two sisters came from the dojo. In that building, Chao Shi always felt abundant spiritual power and some instantaneous power. He knew that it was the sisters who were practicing Yin Yang, and he also I once asked my father if he had to start practicing Yin Yang, but he refused.

Father said that he was still young, and he wanted to try to teach him witchcraft first—his spirit channel might not be the same as that of his sister.

Mother seemed to say the same thing.

Regardless, his goal was to...

"Ah?"

While Chao Shi lowered his head to think, a gentle voice came from the front, he looked up in surprise, and immediately saw his mother's gentle and beautiful smiling face, she always looked at him with tolerant and warm eyes, No matter how tired he is, his mother can drive his fatigue away at once.

So his mother is the person he wants to protect the most in this world, and of course his elder sister, and his father...

"My lord." Chao Shi ran towards him holding a knife and kicking his clogs. Tian Qing kept looking at his face, and when he saw his appearance, he couldn't help laughing: "Ah Shi, Your clothes are too dirty, and the hakama doesn't fit your feet."

"...?" Chao Shi tilted his head.

"Actually, it's time to make you a new hunting suit. This afternoon, I might as well... Oh no, I have to bring your sisters to the Kamakura era to accompany you to battle..."

"...Master Mother?"

"I thought of it!" Tianqing smiled and clapped her hands, her face bright: "You might as well ask your father to go shopping with you! Ah Shi hasn't tried it yet, has he?"

After all, Tianqing had already squatted down and gave Chaoshi a pat on the head and smoothed his hair. At that time, Chaoshi didn't understand what it was like to run errands with his father, until his mother gave his little hands to his father with a smile. In the palm of his hand, he watched his mother press the button of the space-time travel device...

A bright light comes on and then disappears.

...Whoosh appeared in the shopping street at the end of the street with a huge "Wanwu" signboard.

"..."

"..."

The same scorching sun was in the sky, but the moment Onikiri and Asanoki accidentally met their eyes, the uncomfortable feeling still chilled the body and mind.

……

For Asahi, it was difficult for him to walk holding his father's hand.

After all, Onikiri's figure is tall and burly, and he only just reached the position of Onikiri's thigh, so if he wants to hold hands, his arm has to be raised all the time.

...but none of that is a problem.

He has been corrected and taught many times by his father's hands, but he has almost no memory of holding hands with his father for a long time.

He didn't have time to pay attention to where the pimples and tingling sensations on his father's hands came from, why there were so many bumps and bumps, and why his father's palms were far less elegant and smooth than his. The back of the hand with well-defined bones is exquisite.

"……What's wrong?"

Onikiri also noticed his son's gaze, remembering that Tianqing always encouraged him to "ask whatever he wants in front of the child", so he "plucked up the courage" to speak.

But after speaking, Onikiri felt a little regretful again—his children are more shy of him, and they don't know if he will show nervousness when he speaks suddenly.

He still wants to complete the task of "make a good-looking suit for his son" arranged by his wife, and he doesn't want Chaoshi to be afraid of him.

"...!"

As for Zhao Shi who was suddenly cueed by the ghost, there was indeed a moment of tension on his little face, but soon the tension disappeared, and he raised his head and boldly asked: "Father, can I see you?" the palm of your hand?"

"...?" The ghost was puzzled, but he spread his palms quite eloquently and let Chaoshi observe.

Onikiri let his son check his palms while paying attention to the passers-by: "Father, I want to touch these traces."

"I don't care." Guiqie didn't resist any contact from the child, but as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that a carriage was about to pass by in front of him-he directly picked up his son with one hand.

Asatoki, who hadn't been picked up by his father for a long time, felt his eyes rise suddenly, and before he asked why, Onikiri's hand that he "promised to let him see" had already reached Asatoki's eyes.

"...?" Zhao Shi blinked for no reason.

"You'll get hit just looking at it."

Onikiri explained expressionlessly, the delicate and suffocating face always gives people a feeling of alienation, but the words he said and the things he considered were surprisingly thoughtful: "Hold you and go, take a look."

Blinking at Chao Shi, his chest felt warm, but he didn't know how to express his feelings - he simply grabbed his father's hand and studied it seriously.

"Father, why are there thorns here?"

"The place where the long callus was holding the knife was cut again, but I didn't feel it."

"Father, you have scars on your knuckles."

"That was two months ago. I held the knife for too long in the battle, and I broke a bone with too much force in an enemy blow. The bone is still healing."

"My lord father has a lot of scars on his hands."

"It's a normal thing, you will get hurt if you continue to practice."

"Father..."

"..."

……

Onikiri looked ahead, and Wanwu was right in front of him, but at this moment, a strange emotion arose in his mind.

Because he usually doesn't say so many things to him during the court, but this way, he asked a lot of questions in a short distance.

Onikiri even felt Tianqing's expression of "I really don't know where he learned it from" - he didn't even know that Asanoki would be interested in his affairs.

It actually made him uncontrollably want to slow down a little more, slow down a little more...I hope to tell him more things, to see if he will still focus on watching him, listening to him, and asking questions again.

It's just that the building is already in sight.

"……arrive."

Onikiri chose to put away his thoughts, his voice was steady, and it was difficult to distinguish between joy and sorrow.

Asatomo returned to the ground obediently, and then raised his hand to pull Onikiri's sleeve.

"Ok?"

"My lord, although my lord often says that you have practiced with me for too long, it doesn't matter to me, as long as we secretly don't let my lord worry."

A handsome face that resembled him spoke with a natural expression, which made Guiqie's heart tighten when he looked at it.

……amazing.

Ming and Mingchao said that he wanted to secretly deceive Tianqing, and what he said was just his ordinary thoughts, but being watched by those straightforward eyes, Onikiri felt that somewhere in his soul was connected with the boy in front of him.

He is always not good at dealing with these strange feelings, but his eyes are half-closed: "...I know."

And Chao Shi looked at his father who lowered his head slightly to him and listened to his words. Before picking out clothes, he added while walking: "Father, your hands are very different from Mother's hands."

"..."

Onikiri walked with him, and after a while, he responded in a deep voice: "Of course."

"Your mother, as long as you stay like that, fighting is my business."

"These hands exist to protect her."

After a while, his hoarse voice added.

"...and you, and your sister."

His voice is like a charming bass instrument, falling on Chao Shi's heart with the most low-key but gentle weight.

At that time, Chao Shi, who was often evaluated by his sisters as "slow and slow", "wooden" and "not understanding emotions", somehow intuitively felt that what his father said was something his father was not keen on saying The most important creed for him.

...So, this is a secret between him and his father, and he will not tell his sisters when he goes back.

"Oh!"

Chaoshi blinked, and soon walked to the fabric counter, where the enthusiastic boss was introducing them to different fashionable and beautiful fabrics suitable for children, but Chaoshi stood on tiptoe and shouted in affirmation two colors.

"Dark blue, and hibiscus white here."

"Huh? There are more fabrics embroidered with handsome patterns here, don't you want to take a look, young master?"

"I just want this." Chao Shi shook his head: "Just like Father."

Gui Qie next to him was taken aback when he heard the words, before he could think of what to say, he was urged by his son to pay the bill out of his pocket.

Realizing that the fabrics had already been packaged and sent to his hands, Onikiri finally swallowed all the thoughts in his heart, and Tianqing asked them to buy other things—it was also for him that Asahi could make up his own mind One less worry.

But what is this particular feeling?

Guiqie felt that he didn't hate it.

……

...

Sunset.

A large area of ​​orange coloring every corner of Wanwu Street, Onikiri, with the sleeping Asanoki on his back, confirmed that the sky was fine and he had bought all the things he bought before returning to Honmaru.

Seeing his son's sleepy face, Onikiri put down his things and carried him back to the original bedroom, and met Tianqing who was packing up inside, the latter immediately made the bed in cooperation, and then asked Onikiri to take the old man back home. Let it go.

As soon as he got off his father's back, Asanotoki's sleepy face, which was defenseless, frowned, opened his tightly glued eyelids, and found Onikiri in a daze.

He turned over, and his soft little hands grabbed Onikiri's sleeve.

"Father, tell me again...the fight between you and Ibaraki Doji..."

"I still want to hear..."

The small mouth opened and closed, and soon the eyelids closed again, but they were still mumbling.

"My lord father has done it, and I want to do it too..."

"I want to become like my father...a powerful person..."

"I……"

He seemed to want to say something, but suddenly there was no more to say, instead, the sound of breathing became more and more stable and even. Tianqing looked at this son who suddenly talked a lot in sleep and was supposed to be a "speech barrier", his eyes were a little surprised .

She looked up, intending to ask Onikiri what story she was telling, but found that Onikiri didn't look at her at the moment, but just stared down at Chaoshi's face.

His eyes were soft, and there was a little nostalgia, some emotion flashed in those eyes, even a trace of sentimentality.

Tianqing was a little surprised, before he could muster up the courage to ask him what he was thinking at the moment, Onikiri raised his head first.

There were so many surging emotions in his deep eyes that she couldn't tell what the biggest part was.

I only heard Onikiri speak first: "Thank you."

"……why?"

"……Thank u."

Onikiri still thanked in a low voice, Onikiri's facial features were blurred with his whole body turned away from the glow outside the room, but just by the voice, Tianqing could still tell that Onikiri was different from usual.

She carefully tucked in the quilt for Chaoshi, then approached Onikiri with her knees, and at the same time heard a slight "click" that was almost inaudible.

The tatami mats are penetrated by a little water droplets, adding a dark color different from other places.

Then more drops of water fell like rain, Tianqing reacted and immediately hugged Onikiri who was crying suddenly.

"...What's the matter?" She repeatedly comforted: "It's okay——"

"I know, it's just..."

"only?"

"Looking at him, I thought of 'the man.'"

Tears were boiling hot, Onikiri remembered that he hadn't cried much since his soul had memories, but at this moment, tears flowed out of his eyes uncontrollably, filled with that familiar warmth.

"But this time, I'm not in pain."

"When the man called me 'son', he probably felt like this."

There was a hint of helplessness in his voice, Tianqing naturally didn't have to ask who was the person in Guikou's mouth.

She took it for granted that Onikiri was talking about his former master, Tsuna Watanabe.

She just let him hold her and listened to his thanks over and over again.

"Thank you."

"thank you so much."

Onikiri paused for a moment, and raised his hand to hug his beloved a little tighter.

"Let me recall everything that person gave me again..."

"There's still meaning to everything."

Speaking of this, Onikiri suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and closed his moist eyes.

"It's really great to be alive at this moment."

"I just thought about it from the bottom of my heart."

After speaking, he rested his whole body between Tianqing's neck with peace of mind.

Tianqing finally let go of the big stone in his heart, stroked his long hair with his hand, and there were tears in his eyes.

... It was a long time before she was willing to blame him with a smile.

"Scared me to death, you idiot."

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Extra Story 2/A Treasure

Finish

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The author has something to say:

I don’t remember when I thought about this scene. I guess it was marked in the early stages of Onikiri and Watanabe Tsuna. I conceived the episode and wrote it while writing the main text. It’s all to make all the sides of the characters The corners are rounded, I am so touched that the episode is almost finished!