[Hakuoki] The most beautiful thing ever

☆、14-Dream

(Saitoichi: No matter what the future holds, my beliefs will never change.)

He bowed his head and did not speak, closed his eyes, but coughed out heart-piercingly again, his complexion changed, and he quickly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, there was still vaguely unstoppable blood dripping from between his fingers.

"Mr. Okita! You...what the hell is going on?"

Qiyue hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, he took it and wiped the blood, a moment of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he stepped on the blood on the ground.Then when he looked up, his face was still pale, but he returned to a fox-like smile, "It's okay."

"How could it be okay!"

"Hush...hey, if you dare to say it, I'll kill you."

"But...Mr. Okita, coughing up blood is not a trivial matter, I think you'd better quit the Shinsengumi and take a good rest..."

"Impossible." The chief executive interrupted her, his face became a little illusory under the shadow of the backlight, "I can't do without the Shinsengumi."

"But……"

But this situation is clearly...

My mind was empty, Qiyue didn't dare to think about it, but couldn't stop thinking about it.However, when she opened her mouth to persuade again, the other party narrowed her eyes slightly and interrupted her, "July, the Shinsengumi is to me, probably like a king is to you. This kind of desire Can you feel all the feelings? Okita Souji was born only for the Shinsengumi. Because, I am Mr. Kondo's sword."

Qiyue was slightly stunned, but for a moment she didn't know what to say to refute him, "But... everyone will find out sooner or later, right? At that time, what are you going to do?"

"So it's best...before I die fighting for the Shinsengumi."

He smiled faintly and looked towards the sky, but Qiyue felt that this smile looked surprisingly lonely and illusory now.

"Then... make a promise with me, Mr. Okita." Turning around and unable to bear to look at his expression again, Qiyue's tone gradually became firm, "I promise you not to say anything, but please Mr. Okita... whatever How not to force yourself."

"Well, okay, I'll just accept it. But this agreement is really boring, I thought that July would have some unique ideas." The chief executive slightly curled his lips and looked at her with a look of contempt, which attracted her suspicious eyes to lock on On him, "Speaking of it, it's a failure. I coughed up blood twice... I happened to be seen by you and Xiao Qianhe..."

"Actually, Mr. Okita is a very simple person in essence." Qiyue automatically ignored the general manager's cat-like tone and expression, and said in a soft tone, "I don't desire material things and extravagance... I don't pay attention to it." Qian Quan...and Yixin is just to become Mr. Kondo's sword...such a person can live happily like Mr. Okita, right?"

"Isn't Little Qiyue living a simple life?"

The chief executive didn't refute her point of view, but just deliberately rubbed her hair casually, with a teasing tone, his emerald eyes shining brightly in the sun.

Qiyue didn't speak any more, Director Ren ruffled her hair and stood silently for a long time.

In fact, everyone knows that in the days of blood licking, such a beautiful comfort is like a dream, because it is too comfortable to appear unreal, and it is destined to not last long.

However, it is rare for them to overcome difficulties with the same dream in mind, and their eyes are full of firmness - as if they can make decisions.

Is it sad and ridiculous?Such a person who is as insignificant as an ant in the world has such lofty ambitions.

It is impossible to predict what kind of deep sorrow and joy it will be when waking up from the dream, and it is also impossible to predict whether it will be a swamp with nowhere to turn back. The only thing they know now is that from the moment they put on the blue feather weave, they There is no way out.

However, they did not expect that this so-called distant "future" was already exposed to the eyes of the cadres of the Shinsengumi on the night they joked and chatted with each other.

On the night that no one is destined to sleep, under the stimulation of Ito, Shannan drank the turning water, sank into the darkness, and could no longer be with the sun calmly.

Fortunately or not, even as a woman, Saito did not give Qiyue any extra privileges. The commotion that night was extremely secretive. Apart from being a little puzzled by Chizuru's blood-stained clothes in the middle of the night, she and the other team members generally believed that Shannan is dead.

In her sleep that night, she was a little restless, as if the previous fluctuations bothered her. In her dream, there was only an unknown and beautiful soil, and a boy with blond hair and red eyes, but a faint smile.

While she was dreaming, the corners of Kazama Chikage's lips curled up slightly as she sat by the window lazily holding a cigarette, and murmured with a low-key but fascinating line, "It's time to wake up, my Qianyun."

☆、15-Tuberculosis

(Saitoichi: I have already made up my mind to sacrifice my life at any time.)

Half a month later, out of comprehensive consideration, the Shinsengumi moved the camp to Nishi Honganji Temple.

I heard that this was originally a place to support Changzhou, and I don't know why the cadres of the Shinsengumi made such a decision, but at least in July, this is not a bad place to go.

Due to the girl's nature, she unconsciously showed a surprised smile when she saw the cherry blossoms all over the tree, and the men's clothes could hardly conceal her romantic posture, which burst out unintentionally and freely.But Saito felt the joy of the people behind him and wanted to turn around to remind him, but was surprised by the rare bright smile, coughed in a low voice hastily, trying to cover up his gaffe.

——I didn't know that the stunned expression of the captain of the third team of the new selection group had already been understood by the keen team members.

It's a pity that even though I have always loved cherry blossoms, I can see cherry blossoms when I nod my head and stamp my feet, but Qiyue never has time to stop and appreciate them, so she accidentally got injured in a mission and was ordered to rest for a few days , After barely having free time, I suddenly realized that the tree that should have been full of flowers had only left a few sporadic bright colors in the process of patrolling the streets and going out for missions.

So after resting for a few days, Qiyue, who has a strong recovery ability, couldn't bear to lie down for a long time, and thought that it would be good to enjoy the last cherry blossoms of the year, so she put on a feather and went outside to relax.Walking to one place, she saw Qianhe was washing clothes, she was just about to say hello, but she caught a glimpse of Yito running over with gritted teeth and arms folded, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Um...Mr. Ito, did something happen?" Sure enough, Qianzuru asked curiously, and stopped working, but saw Ito complaining angrily while wrapped in his clothes. The twitchy posture looked like a woman for a while, "What else can I do? He said he was going to give the team a physical examination, but the doctor named Matsumoto actually wanted to take off my clothes..."

Physical examination?

Qiyue's heart tightened slightly, and a pair of emerald eyes suddenly appeared in her mind.

But there was no smile in those eyes.

Is it finally time?So... from then on, how long can the Son of Ghost be able to smile like in the past?

"Could it be Dr. Matsumoto Yoshitsumi?"

But Qianhe murmured, put down the clothes in his hands, with a surprised expression on his face, and strode towards Mr. Ito, "I'm going to the medical examination too!"

But Qiyue didn't follow, and knew that Hijikata would not allow Qianzuru, who was a daughter, to participate in the medical examination like this, so she was silent for a while, and then left with a slight sigh.

She just met the downcast eyes of the chief executive after the physical examination by chance, she understood and was helpless, but she couldn't bear to ask, "Even now, Mr. Okita still has the original idea?"

"Hey, yes, that idea will never change."

The same casual tone, lazy voice, and cat-like smile, but Qiyue can feel that something in him has really changed.

It became so painful that there was nothing to do.

She suddenly remembered the "eternal things" that Brother Ah Yi said, and then a bitter feeling slowly crept into her heart.

In fact, until now, she hardly dared to believe in the so-called eternity—she also felt that in this world, time is really the cruelest thing, and it will not speed up because of your high-spirited eyes. It won't be slowed down for a second because of your pain into the bone marrow, and it will never be slow, as if laughing at the world leisurely.

After all, no matter how you say it, everyone can't go back to the beginning.

Probably because of the physical examination that day, during the next few days of free time, the cadres of the Shinsengumi found that Qianzuru and Qiyue were suddenly depressed, and sometimes they didn't even notice when they went the wrong way. Only then did the room wake up suddenly, and the noise was a little wild.

After a few times, even Saito, who has always been the most calm and devoted to work, felt the need to have a good talk with them.

So he did it.

The author has something to say: In fact, I didn’t abuse the chief executive very much... ←_←

☆, 16- relieved

(Saitoichi said: I only believe in eternal things, this is the same...I think for me now...Shinsengumi is eternal things, so...like the deputy chief, I will fight for Shinsengumi Sengumi gave everything, nothing more.)

Standing at the door of Qianhe and Qiyue's room hesitantly, he raised his hand several times before knocking on the door, "Qianhe, Qiyue, do you have time now?"

"Ah, captain, Qianhe has gone out, do you have something to tell us?"

Qiyue got up and opened the door to welcome Saito to sit down, and then put away the book he was reading just now, seeing that Saito was still indifferently silent, silently lowered his head, and explained with some embarrassment, "That... what was said that day ……Please do not mind that……"

"I don't mind. You don't have to take it to heart. On the contrary, I'm here to remind you that your recent state is very wrong." Ice blue eyes faintly revealed a light of sternness and concern. The attributes of normal facial paralysis are completely different. "If you do things with this state, you may accomplish nothing. I don't want this to happen in the third team."

"I don't know about Qianhe, but I know that I'm not in the right shape recently... I tried my best, but there's still nothing I can do." After a slight pause, Qiyue hesitated and said, "Well, can I ask you a question? "

"what?"

"To this day, do you still believe that something is eternal? And what price do you have to pay for this kind of thing?"

Saito's face was calm, and he just looked at her indifferently, his eyes could not distinguish between emotions and anger, but there was a little sharpness in his eyes, "Why do you ask?"

As if something had been seen through, Qiyue hugged her knees helplessly and curled up, as if all the fear these days had exploded under Saito's gaze, her voice was a little crying, "I'm really scared In the end, nothing is eternal, so Brother Ah Yi... If it really comes to that time, what are you going to do?"

Saito was silent for a while, and for the first time did not refute the title, but sat quietly aside, and spoke after a long time, "I only believe in eternal things, and this will never change...I think it is difficult for me now. ...The Shinsengumi is something eternal, so...like the deputy chief, I will give everything for the Shinsengumi, nothing more."

After that, they didn't talk anymore, they just spent the whole afternoon with their own thoughts.

However, Qiyue didn't feel bored, on the contrary, it was her dream to be able to be by Ah Yi's side so quietly.

Saito left at dusk, and Qiyue didn't see Qianhe slowly returning until the gate was closed.

She raised her head to say hello, but found that the other person's spirit had improved a lot, and she couldn't help teasing her, "Hey, who did Qianhe meet when he went out for a day? This looks much better..."

After finishing speaking, he drew circles silently in his heart... The so-called one who is close to ink is black, and after staying with the chief executive who always took pleasure in teasing her for a long time, he was indeed infected with this strange attribute.

Ah, no, no, sooner or later it has to be changed.

Sure enough, unable to resist such teasing, Qianhe's face turned red all of a sudden, and muttered awkwardly, "I didn't meet anyone... I just went out... to relax, but your complexion is much better in July. "

"Ah, is it?"

——"I think for me now...the Shinsengumi is something eternal, so...like the vice-captain, I will give everything for the Shinsengumi, nothing more."

Saito's cold but firm voice suddenly echoed in Qiyue's mind, and then the corners of his lips curled slightly, "Yes, my heart knot has been untied, is Qianzuru too?"

"Probably... yes."

"That's fine."

July smiled.

Shinsengumi?So... so be it.

Even if the final outcome is destruction, I didn't expect to regret the initial decision until the end.

So, Brother Hajime... let me accompany you to fight for the Shinsengumi until the last moment.

☆、17-Shimahara

(Saitoichi: Many years later, I still remember the joy and... everything related to everyone.)

(ps: In fact, seeing this time, you should know what the story is ←_← And then I couldn’t find out where I drank, so I defaulted to Shimabara.)

In the summer of the second year of Qingli, the ordinary days like running water were broken again.

The successive news of the death of Jia Maogong and another move by the Changzhou Fan cast a cloud of gloom and heaviness on the entire Shinsengumi, so apart from going out to guard the notice board, there are only a few opportunities to go out in July.

However, on this day, Hirasuke came to knock on their room excitedly, and the boy with a childlike nature yelled outside the door, "Qianzuru, Qiyue, come out quickly! There is something good!"

"What's wrong? Happy to be like this?"

Although I haven't spoken a few times, Qiyue admires this kind of cheerful and sunny personality very much, so she also admires Hirasuke, "Hey, the appearance of the dignified captain is really worrying."

"It's Zuo Zhi who is treating guests in Shimabara... The deputy chief said he will call you."

"Ah, so it was the deputy chief's intention?"

Knowing clearly that it should have nothing to do with him, he gave Chizuru a playful look, and then Hesuke pulled Qianzuru out of the door.

"Speaking of... Hirasuke-kun."

Like Qianhe, that's what Qiyue called him.

"how?"

"How tall are you?"

"..."

Seeing the distorted expression on the boy's face, Qiyue secretly lowered her head and suppressed a smile, but she felt more and more in her heart that the Shinsengumi was probably her real home outside of the noodle shop.

They are all her family.

That's why she was allowed to be so presumptuous just now, right?

Probably because of Tufang's face, they were ushered into an extremely luxurious house.

Bamboo curtains on all sides sparsely cover the stars outside the window, other than that, there are large groups of flower patterns that can be described as overwhelming, densely packed, dazzling, but not vulgar, just inadvertently Flowing out a kind of breathtaking beauty.

There is also the soft light covered with a hollow lampshade, which adds a bit of warmth and charm to the whole room invisibly.

Shimabara really lived up to his reputation.

"I'm Jun Ju, who's here to help you all. I sincerely hope that everyone will have a good time today."

Suddenly, a touching yet soft female voice came from beside her ears, and she subconsciously raised her eyes to see a woman in a red dress, with exquisite eyebrows and calm demeanor, she was truly glamorous and unparalleled.

"So beautiful..."

Qianhe beside him murmured in a low voice, with admiration and envy in his eyes.

Yes.

Qiyue twitched the corners of her lips, then lowered her head again to look at the food and wine that were gradually being served.

In fact, it's not just Qianhe, even she who is used to men's clothing, deep down in her heart, has a certain desire for women's clothing, right?

I really don't know if in this era, before she returns to the yellow earth, is it possible for her to put on women's clothing again?

Smiling bitterly, she stretched out her hand to pick up vegetables with her chopsticks with great interest, and smiled at the performance of the cadres of the new selection team.

Where there are Harada, Hirasuke, and Shinpachi, there must be endless jokes and unstoppable commotion. This seems to be a foregone conclusion, and the woman who called herself "Kunju" just now is also sitting beside Hijikata. , whispering something.

At this time, Hijikata had already drunk a little bit, and answered from time to time with a flushed face, as if he had a different attitude from the usual romantic boy. It made people marvel at his true nature that only appeared after he was drunk. One can imagine how normal he is How severe it is to pay for the Shinsengumi, so that he was jokingly dubbed the "Deputy Deputy Chief of the Devil".

The chief executive next to him rarely sat quietly, smiling lazily while serving wine, squinting his emerald eyes and interjecting a few words from time to time. Hook up.

Apart from Chizuru, Saito was the only one.

☆, 18-women's clothing

←_← There are always some plots that are joyful ~ the same code is not modified... Please pick w for typos

18

(Saito said: Go ahead.)

What is different from everyone is that even in Shimabara, Saito still has the look of being indifferent and indifferent. He doesn't eat much food, but just drinks occasionally, but he doesn't show it on his face like everyone else. On the surface, there is almost no change on the surface, but July can clearly feel his indulgence and wantonness today.

Probably only when facing someone he absolutely trusts, will he let go of his guard, restrain his edge, and degenerate into the original quiet boy, right?

I still remember that at that time, Brother Ah Yi, who didn’t have a knife, was molested several times as a woman. If he hadn’t made a show of his hands, drew the other party’s knife and knocked the other party to the ground, probably no one would have believed such a How could such a quiet boy have such explosive power and danger.

Thinking of Ah Yi's brother's appearance at that time, she couldn't help but chuckled, and happily picked up the chopsticks to pick up vegetables to eat, but she heard him, who hadn't spoken all the time, take the cup indifferently and said, "Then let her change into women's clothes."

Change women's clothes? !

who? !

The sudden explosion brought Qiyue's thoughts back to the conversation, and vigilantly caught the word "women's clothing", and she felt her eyes twitch slightly - as if something major was going to go wrong.

It turns out, however, that she was right.

"Hey, Junju, please change Qianhe's female attire, ah, and I want it in July!"

There was no need to recognize the clear voice that came into my ear, and it was automatically equated with Hesuke in my mind.

"Pingsuke, Jun—"

Didn't he just laugh at his height before, there is no need for deliberate revenge!

Manly man, I curse you for not growing tall!

Qiyue cursed Hirasuke silently in her heart, but a faint voice beside her suddenly sounded, "Go, Qiyue."

The chopsticks fell to the ground, and Qiyue swore that she shouldn't have come today at all.Although she also thought about women's clothing just now, she absolutely has no intention of wearing it!

But this time... even Brother Ah Yi turned his back on him!

Under the booing of the cadres of the new selection team, Qiyue was extremely helpless, and finally walked out with Junju and Qianhe.

——It’s been a long time since I saw such a complicated and gorgeous women’s clothing.

This is the first feeling after seeing the clothes held by Jun Ju in July.

Before following Qianhe to change into women's clothes, Jun Ju first brought a woman who was dressed similarly, talked in a low voice, and the woman responded with a smile, and then walked towards Qiyue.Knowing that it was this woman who was going to change her clothes, and considering the task of patrolling the streets the next day, July discussed with her to simplify things such as hair and makeup as much as possible. The other party thought for a moment and nodded, Afterwards, she turned around and went out, the outstanding demeanor of step by step did not look like that of a geisha.

After a while, she came in again, the tray in her hand was obviously much lighter than before, and the steps were much simpler than imagined, so even if there was a little delay at the beginning, there was movement of opening the door at Qianhe's side After that, July has also been completed.

"excuse me."

The woman who changed her clothes led her to the front of the house and opened the door, then saluted again, and then left.

However, the strange thing is that Hijikata and Chizuru are not seen in the house, and they are not as noisy as before. Even though the rest of the cadres are there, they are silent. On the contrary, Saito is alone, as if completely ignoring her appearance, and is still talking. What, the faint voice continued in her ears, which made her dumbfounded, "...As a member of the Shinsengumi, you must always maintain your own state and..."

Ah Yi...brother?

What's up with him?

The author has something to say: I remember an official drama about Yijun getting drunk. The translation seems to be drinking don’t be swallowed ←_← very cute and cute.

☆, 19-confession

(Saitoichi said: Do you understand? All those denials and indifferences are because I... like you. But it is because I like you that I have to push you away.)

However, before Qiyue can think clearly about the current situation, seeing her appear, all the cadres present rushed forward as if seeing a savior, their faces were very bad, even the chief executive who was trying to calm down subconsciously slightly twitch.

"Ah ah ah ah ah it's great that you came in July. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Now immediately take your team leader away, go out and turn right three wing rooms, the sooner you come back the better, hurry up! "

Eh, no!Why her?

Wait, what is called her captain!

Ah hello!

Subconsciously avoiding Hirasuke's pushing and shoving, looking around roughly, ignoring Saito who was chattering, Qiyue finally turned her doubtful eyes on the still sober chief director, but got a strange smile that was not a smile expression.

At this time, the other party had already put down the chopsticks, half-holding the knife and squinting at her, "Hey, little Qiyue, Ah Yi is like this when he's drunk... We've been poisoned countless times, and what he's telling us is probably the new ones. The selection rules... what will it say to you, maybe it will be interesting? Well, so, in short, I have to trouble you."

Seeing that the three people beside him were about to be driven crazy by Saito, Qiyue finally couldn't bear it and nodded slowly.

Being half-dragged and half-dragged to the designated wing, she looked helplessly at Saito who had calmed down and half-closed her eyes—sighed slowly, thinking that it was impossible to leave the drunk brother Hayi here alone, So, she twisted the towel conveniently, and just about to wipe his face for him, she suddenly met a pair of confused blue eyes.

This is... are you awake?

She tentatively called him, "Brother Ah Yi?"

"Ah, here I am."

This answer, the other party said it very calmly, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but Qiyue's whole body froze, looking at Saito in disbelief - before he died and refused to admit it, could it be that he was drunk? Transgender?

However, Qiyue never expected that what he said later would stun her in place.

"Now I'm the captain of the Shinsengumi's third division. I'm on the brink of life and death all the time. I can no longer be like before, July."

His eyes were still half-closed, and his soft bangs were hanging down to half-cover them. It looked no different from his doze, only a little gentler.However, his words were so earth-shattering that Qiyue didn't come back to his senses for a long time, "This environment is too dangerous and not suitable for you at all... So from the time we met again, I thought, I must not let you be involved , in any form.”

"do you understand?"

"All those denials and indifferences are because I... like you."

"But it's because I like it that I have to push you away from me."

"July……"

He gradually fell silent and stopped talking, his face was very calm, the wine was absolutely good, and he fell asleep peacefully after rolling up the thin quilt. On the contrary, he made Qi Yue's face full of disbelief, just sitting against the wall, suffering from insomnia for one night.

So - when she returned to the village early the next morning, there were obvious signs of lack of sleep under her eyes.

So——when returning to the settlement early the next morning, the chief director said the first time he saw her, "Well, little Qiyue, what did you do yesterday, a pair? It seems really interesting."

Director...is it fun to tease people?

Qiyue glared at him fiercely, but she was blushing and speechless again. Fortunately, Saito came from behind and finally relieved herself, "Jiyue, get out."

"Ah good."

Completely ignoring the spectator-like smile in the director's eyes, she just followed Saito and fled out of the village in a hurry.

The road was full of hustle and bustle as usual, but Qiyue's heart was very disturbed.She really wanted to just ask Saito what he wanted to express, but she was afraid that such a reckless move would cause unnecessary embarrassment.He was hesitating, but it was Saito who stopped in his tracks and spoke first, "Sorry, I was drunk yesterday, if there is any excessive behavior, please don't mind."

"Ah, no, your wine is very good, and you didn't do anything."

After being stunned for a while, Qiyue concealed everything he said by mistake, and answered immediately as if nothing happened.

——Yeah, it is true that she didn't do anything, it just made her lose sleep all night.

"Is that so?"

That side Saito nodded thoughtfully, seemed to be relieved, his eyes were gentle - of course, the premise was that if no one noticed his reddish ears.

The author has something to say: Well, I’ll post it to the current full post...or it will be over...

☆, 20-temporary change

(Saito said: July, I said that I insist on eternal things, and this will never change.)

The snow has not receded yet, and the new year is here again.

Recently, Ito secretly entertained several cadres of the Shinsengumi one after another, and even blatantly asked the cadres at the banquet whether they were dissatisfied with the Shinsengumi. This almost "split" the Shinsengumi. It has become the focus of attention of all cadres after dinner.

The three years of Qingli, which was destined to be extraordinary, came unexpectedly and quietly under the circumstances that everyone in the Shinsengumi was completely unprepared.

It’s not that I don’t feel it, and Qiyue often feels vaguely uneasy in her heart, but she just tells herself not to think about it, and this year’s cherry blossoms are exceptionally good, she would rather believe the hints in it, which is about the same as good luck. Nothing wrong.

However, all these self-comforts did not last long, and they became fragile under the shock of the news that "Saito will follow Ito and leave the Shinsengumi", and it became extremely ridiculous.

The incomprehension took root and sprouted in the bottom of her heart little by little, and gradually spread, wreaking havoc, stinging every inch of her heart.It can't be said how deeply she has deep feelings for the Shinsengumi now, but it can only be said that because of her understanding of Saito, the other party is definitely not a person who will change his original intention because of the temptation of interests.

That's... why?Ah Yi brother?

She didn't know what attitude she should take towards Saito today, so she locked herself in the house, and never had any interaction with Saito except for patrolling the streets.

——After feeling empty all of a sudden, she needs to think about her, or about Brother Ah Yi's future.

Such turbulent days lasted until mid-March.

In just a short ten days, the tense atmosphere in the Shinsengumi has reached an unprecedented height. Whether it is within the team or between the teams, the Ito faction and other team members have gradually become incompatible. .

This kind of result is definitely not what any cadre wants to see.So, after Ito accidentally saw Shannan who was supposed to die appearing in the form of a Rakshasa, and proposed grouping, for the first time, Kondo and Hijikata agreed to this ridiculous request.

What's even more frightening is that after that, the definite news that "Saito will really leave the Shinsengumi and go after Ito" came like a thunderbolt, causing the entire third division to be in an uproar.

At this time, Qiyue, who was on pins and needles, hesitated again and again, and finally made up her mind. She thought, if she didn't ask carefully, she probably would never give up.

So, seventeen days later, with some complicated feelings, Qiyue knocked on Saito's courtyard door again.

Compared with her impetuous progress, Saito is obviously much more serene.

It seemed that he had expected that she would come to him, but he just stood quietly in the courtyard, lost in thought, and when he heard the sound of the courtyard door opening and closing, he turned around to look at her, his eyes were as calm as ever.The wind blows, and there are colorful cherry blossoms. At that time, his figure is in the rain of flowers, and his eyes match each other. The lighter—"Brother Ah Yi, I just want to ask you a question, are you willing to leave this time?"

Saito didn't speak, but still looked at her quietly, his eyes were calm, and the clear blue was so deep that he couldn't see the bottom for a moment.

Slightly taken aback, Qiyue lowered her head hastily, not daring to meet his eyes, as if she was afraid of being drowned.

She never thought that people can blend with nature to such an extent that it is so beautiful that it makes people feel exhausted.

Fortunately, she quickly remembered the purpose of her trip, so she finally stopped before sinking, her voice was still cold, but obviously much more gentle than before, "Brother Ah Yi, I want to hear from you personally—— At least, I don't believe you are someone who would betray Shinsengumi."

Hearing such resolute trust, Saito's eyes flickered slightly, as if he was a little moved. After a moment of silence, the purple-haired and blue-eyed boy gradually recovered his indifference, and then said in a low voice, "July, I said I insisted Something that is eternal, that will never change."

☆, 21-and line

(Saito Kazu: And what I can tell you now is the end of it—in any case, at least for now, the Shinsengumi is still my eternity.)

"En." Qiyue nodded in response, motioning him to continue.

Saito paused for a moment, then spoke again, "And that's all I can tell you now—no matter what, at least right now, Shinsengumi is still my eternity."

Is that all for now—?

It's okay, it's straightforward enough.

Thinking like this in July, a smile finally slowly appeared on his face.

After that, Qiyue still stopped, but Saito had already walked out of the door.

On March [-]th in the third year of Qingli, Saito, Fujido and the other ten team members who supported Ito left the team to serve as "Guardians of the Royal Tomb".

But Qiyue didn't go to see him off. Instead, she leaned against the cherry blossom tree in full bloom with the sun and looked at the sky silently.She didn't know the specific purpose of Saito's trip, but she believed that this parting was only a temporary farewell, not a permanent farewell.

Now, it's done, brother Ah Yi.

Just in Shinsengumi.

——I'll wait for your return.

After the Imperial Tomb Guards left, the garrison suddenly became much emptier, and then, in order to temporarily make up for the psychological vacancy, Qiyue moved to Saito's original residence.

It was night, in the quiet Shinsengumi where the sound of the wind passing by and fallen leaves could be clearly heard, suddenly the sound of firearms rang out.

The light of the knife brightened the sky after a while, and the faint moonlight matched it, as if it was soaked in frost, exuding a coldness, and the metal sound of the sword hitting was extremely ear-piercing amidst the noise.

Waking up in a daze, Qiyue just wanted to sit up and go out to have a look, but suddenly felt a pain in her heart, covered her chest and squatted down, curled up into a ball, her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand at all.

It was that kind of strange feeling, and this time it was especially powerful. She could almost clearly hear the sound of her heart beating faster and faster through her chest.

At the same time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, getting closer.

Her eyes gradually became blurred, and she tried hard to open her eyes, but the tingling sensation in her heart attacked her mind in an instant, and she almost fainted due to a splitting headache.Forcing himself to raise his head to take a last look, all he saw was a dazzling piece of gold.

Gold...?Such a beautiful color, why can she feel only extreme sadness and joy?

There are also interspersed, interlaced blood shadows.