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Chapter 7

In February of the following year, the interrogator returned to Honmaru, just missing his anniversary of his inauguration.

The one who greeted her was Xiaohumaru who was a close servant when she left: "Oh! Welcome back! Please take a look at my fur, because the master is not here, it has become a mess..."

The judge touched his hair a little dumbfounded: "I'm back, how are you all?"

Xiaohumaru nodded obediently, then held the hand of the judge on the side of his face, lowered his eyelashes: "Your complexion is much better than before, and Xiaohu's fur is not messed up in vain."

The god judge frowned in surprise, and felt a warm feeling flowing into his body from the back of the hand being held. It might be the spiritual power interaction mentioned by Suzumaru Hengji.

After a while, the swordsmen who felt the spirit of the God-inspector gathered one by one, and surrounded the door of the God-inspector's room.

Pressing and cutting Hasebe drove them all back on the grounds that it was getting late.

Suzumaru Koji, who stayed alone, asked the interrogator with his usual light smile after all the blades had left, "You seem to have fully cultivated your vitality. Will you continue to work as hard as before?"

The judge smiled at him: "There are two ways to restore spiritual power. One is to interact with other spiritual powers, that is, to have physical contact with swords, or a deeper level; The natural energy will recover naturally, but the amount of recovery is small. As you said, too frequent battles will make it too late for the spiritual power to recover, so that you will gradually wear yourself down, so I will control the frequency of battles in the future."

There was a little clarity in the smile of Suzumaru Hengji: "You really chose to do this."

Since the time government introduced the polarization system of short knives during the departure of the god judges, the god judges who had not practiced short knives before felt that they were far behind their colleagues, so they began to practice short knives.

Because it is a concentrated training of six short knives, other knives will be doing expedition and logistics work for a period of time in the future.

On the second day after the judge came back, all the work of Honmaru finally went on as usual again.

The reason for saying this is because during the stay of the god judge, the swordsmen did not go out to battle or expedition, but only maintained their own lives.

In the early morning, Xiaohumaru, who was still serving as a close attendant, brought breakfast into the room of the judge of the gods, but the judge of the gods was not outside.

Xiaohuwan knocked lightly on the paper door in the inner room a few times: "Master, are you awake?" After all, at this point before, the God-inspector had already started having breakfast.

There was no reply from the room, Xiaohuwan knocked a few more times, still the same, so he thought about it, put the breakfast outside and opened the paper door of the inner room.

The inner room is different from the outer room, it is decorated in pure Japanese style, and it is much smaller.On the floor covered with tatami mats are Japanese-style wooden dressers and cabinets, as well as a simple wooden bed with hanging curtains.

The judge was still sleeping as he thought, even after putting down the gauze curtain, he still turned his back to the door with his legs bent in front of him.

Sensing the sound, the judge's figure moved slightly, and he immediately turned his head, seeing that Xiaohuwan's face was relaxed at first, and then a little displeased.

After all, there is no room that is not allowed to trespass, Xiaohumaru apologized wisely: "I'm very sorry, master. But it's time for you to have breakfast."

The inquisitor glanced blankly at the clock beside the bed. Due to the anomaly of time and space, this place has a special electromagnetic field.Although computers and communication devices provided by the government of the time with higher technology in 2205 can be used, smartphones in the early 21st century cannot be used.

"..." The judge sat up, stared at the black quilt hysterically for a few seconds, then looked up at Xiaohuwan by the door: "I see, I will wake up an hour late from tomorrow, please help me convey for everyone."

Xiaohuwan nodded slightly: "Understood, does the master also want to stay in bed?"

The judge shook his head: "I think the frequency of the battles before is too ordinary, so I plan to reduce the number of daily battles in the future, so that everyone can live a little easier."

Xiaohumaru raised his eyebrows: "Are you just trying to make life easier for everyone?"

The examiner looked at him slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up in an inquiring arc: "No, Jiang Xue's words made me shake my own beliefs. First, I need to re-determine the future policy of Honmaru, and I can't rush for quick success; Come on... since he doesn't like to fight, I will try my best to restrain myself."

But Xiaohuwan smiled in relief: "You are really a eccentric adult."

Today's god judges mentioned Jiang Xuezuo's words again, and the possessive desire in the past was no longer in their eyes.

After having breakfast, the judge gave a new plan for Honmaru in the future: the daily classes are the main ones, and the number of expeditions is controlled within ten times; the number of battles is controlled within fifty games, except when there is a team leveling up , if there are activities, try to fight as much as possible, because Honmaru lacks resources and polarized props;

The sudden drop in the number of battles made the swords feel a little uncomfortable for a while.

Because of the leveling of the short sword, the positions of the servants will be changed frequently in order to control the fatigue, so the judge has individually identified several swords who are responsible for taking care of him: Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada, Presser Hasebe, and Xiaohumaru, who were often taken care of before. Her sword, she was used to having them as valets.

After the dagger troop obtained the first set of polarized props from the night battle area, the god judge arranged for Xiao Ye Zuowenzi to embark on a journey of practice.

In the afternoon when the sun was shining, Hasebe Yakiri came to the room of the inquisitor with tea, but saw the other party frowning and looking at the information on the desktop.

In a warm room, the inquisitor only wore a shirt and trousers, two slender forearms were exposed under the cuffs rolled up to the elbows, and the thin knuckles and wrist bones looked as fragile as porcelain feel.

"Master, you seem to be very troubled. If you don't mind, you can discuss it with me, Hasebe." Hasebe put the refreshments on the coffee table.

The judge looked up at him, and then returned to the document: "A few days ago, Brother Genji also came to our Honmaru after passing the inspection. The room where everyone lives in Honmaru is very crowded. It's time to expand it. "And the three servants she designated are unwilling to go back to her room to sleep at night, and it is not good to always let the servants sleep on the sofa when they are on duty at night. She wants to add another room next to her own room which has a separate space.

"It's our honor that the Lord can think about us." Yaki Hasebe put his hand on his chest and said respectfully.

"Since it is going to be expanded, I want to personally participate in the design. I have already obtained the basic drawings from Gexian, and now I am more entangled in how to arrange the residents in the room." The examiner said.

"As long as it's your arrangement, everyone will have no objections..." Hasebe said while glancing at the blueprint, "Master...Master! We don't have enough funds for such a large-scale expansion!"

The appraiser folded his hands and looked at him with his chin: "Don't worry, the funds are from my current world coins."

Hasebe was stunned for a moment, and then tears welled up in his eyes: "Master...you are really..."

A god judge is a person who will immediately execute what he wants to do. Under her supervision, Honmaru immediately looks brand new.

The use of the expanded room is mainly arranged according to the sword faction, the former master or organization, and the relationship between the swords.For example, all members of Kuritaguchi are divided into the largest room. The former Shinsengumi's California Kiyomitsu, Yamato Mori Andada, Horikawa Kunihiro, and Izumi Mori Kanesada are divided into one room, and the three brothers Zuomonji and Kotoru are in the same room. , for the time being, there is only one room for the Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada Ichiba's Osafune School.

The God-inspector is located next to a separate room on the second floor of Honmaru, adding another room for the servants to rest, and expanding the previous bathroom to add an indoor hot spring for her single use.

That night, the judge finished processing a lot less documents than before, and planned to enjoy the authentic Japanese hot spring.

She posted a note "in the shower" on the door of the room, and went into the bathroom next to her.

When Xiaohumaru came to find the judge with dinner, he saw such a note for leaving a message.He thought of the mist rising from the sanctuary's residence that he saw in the corridor when he came, and opened the bathroom door without a long memory.

Through the wooden door into the hot spring, Xiaohuwan said: "Master, dinner is ready."

The god judge who was soaking in the hot spring was still taken aback by Xiaohuwan, who liked to break in the door without authorization. The smile on his face that was originally enjoying the hot spring with a smile was instantly suppressed, and he said with some displeasure, "I'll see you later."

After speaking, he exhaled heavily and planned to continue soaking in the hot springs, but Xiaohumaru stood there behind the door and did not leave. After a while, he said: "You made Xiaoye the first polarized swordsman in Honmaru because of Jiang Xuezuo's writing?" ?”

The judge nodded lightly, thinking that the other party couldn't see, he said "hmm" again.

"Do you still have special feelings for him?"

The god judge put his arms on the cool stone wall behind him, looked at the occasional rippling water, and said, "No, there won't be any more."

"Because he can't reciprocate your feelings?"

The judge squinted his cold brown eyes and glanced at the invisible back: "No. Because you are swords, and I am the master who uses you. Even if you already have a human body, I will treat you as if you have your own body. The independent existence of consciousness. You do not exist for the sake of pleasing and satisfying the desires of the judges, and it is always against ethics for a master to have that kind of affection for his servants.”

Xiaohuwan behind the door was stunned for a moment, as if someone had seen through his mind, his heart turned cold.

Master, have you seen through the thoughts in your heart, have you... developed an emotion for your master that surpasses that between a master and a servant?

Seeing that Xiaohuwan didn't speak anymore, the god judge thought he had already left, so he stood up, and the water absorbed by the bath towel around his body overflowed and dripped on the water surface, breaking the tranquility.

She opened the door, and Xiaohumaru was still standing there quietly, looking down at her blankly.

The god judge finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped him on the chest.