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When eating at night, Ah Shi took a bite of the rice and looked at me with shining eyes, "Sister Ah Chao!"

I put the vegetables in Ah Shi's bowl, looked up at him, "What's wrong?"

"Axiang said that you like Brother Sojiro, is it true?"

Before he finished speaking, the old lady and Naginata Midori looked over, and the short knife hidden in the clothes at the waist also moved.

I was stunned by Ah Shi's question, and stammered back, "No, no...how do you say that..."

The old lady smiled kindly, "Ah Chao is also a big girl."

Acting like you don't need to tell me everything.

Naginata Midori put down the bowl, looked at Ashi with a flat gaze, "Soujiro, who is it?"

I stared at Ah Shi, hoping that he would stop talking nonsense, but Ah Shi didn't know what was going on in my heart, and replied excitedly, "It's the little brother who plays with us on weekdays. The first time I saw him, I couldn’t walk, and I kept peeking at him outside.”

no i'm not, i didn't...

However, every time I see Okita-kun playing with Ashi and the others, I will stop and watch for a while. This state can indeed be summed up as "I can't walk when I see him"...

Seeing that the old lady's smile became more ambiguous, I coughed, stroked the short knife on my waist, and interrupted the topic, "The rice is getting cold, everyone, eat quickly."

Naginata green looked away, and started eating again.

Touken Fusangshin didn't have much demand for food, but because of the current living with human beings, Naginata green "do as the Romans do" also eats, but the amount is very small.

After the meal, I called Ah Shi over and spoke to him with a serious face.

It's okay to say this in front of me, but it would be too embarrassing to say the same on Okita-kun's side...ah no no, it would be too rude.

I've never been dignified, Ah Shi just smiled when he listened to my lectures, and he ran away as soon as I drank some water to moisten his throat.

But Ah Shi only ran a few steps, and almost missed the "high wall". Standing in front of Ah Shi, Naginata Green said lightly, "Don't talk nonsense", Ah Shi said softly. up.

Ashi is very obedient in front of Naginata Green, but he is not skinny in front of me.

I sighed, thinking of my two sweet and obedient knives from Honmaru.

I also miss...

When will Sanriyue and the others come here?

When can I get together with Tachizuki and the others again?

I propped my face, looked at the bright moon hanging under the night sky, and couldn't help sighing.

Life will still be the same.

Naginata Midori and I told the grandma that we came to Kyoto to look for relatives, but it is very difficult to find traces of relatives (who do not exist) in this huge city.

I found a job at an izakaya, which was the same as what I did at Ashin's house. I was mainly responsible for serving tea and water to the guests. In addition, I also took on some work to calculate money.

The advantage of being a modern person—a modern person who has studied mathematics for several years is reflected here.

I calculated much faster than my colleagues, and I couldn't help but want to wag my tail after being praised and rewarded by the proprietress.

Returning from work, I passed the clearing again.

Under the warm sun in the winter afternoon, the children bathed in the sun, laughing and playing, very happy.

I remembered that they were not yet enlightened—restricted by their parents, maybe they would not be enlightened and literate in this life, and suddenly thought that maybe I could teach them a little, such as simple and basic things like literacy and arithmetic... just treat it as a joke on a daily basis Adjust it in your spare time.

"Miss Ah Chao." A familiar voice suddenly sounded beside her.

I froze for a moment, then looked to the right, and Okita-kun, who was holding a paper bag, was looking at me with a smile.

"Mune, Sojiro, are you here to play with everyone today?"

I seem to be asking a stupid question.

Okita-kun smiled and nodded, "Well, I just wanted to come and see you all when I have time today."

He raised the bag in his hand, "I bought some snacks along the way, Miss Ah Chao, would you like to try it?"

I stared at the bag in his hand, a fragrance seemed to leak out from the slightly opened mouth of the bag, which touched my olfactory nerves.

I was a little embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but the words turned into, "...Thank you."

Then he opened the bag and held up the dim sum underneath, allowing me to choose among the dim sum with slightly different shapes and colors.I hesitated whether to choose the one on the left or the one on the right, and finally chose the one in the middle. I raised my eyes and took a sneak peek at Okita, then stuffed it into my mouth with a blushing face.

Shouldn't it be better to take small bites...?

I bit into half of it, and the sweet and soft taste spread in my mouth. The seemingly ordinary dim sum tasted very good.I chewed, and my cheeks became a little puffy because of it. I finished the half, and then told Okita-kun my feelings in a low voice, "It's delicious."

Okita-kun laughed again.

Ah Xiang had seen us a long time ago, she blinked at me when she met my gaze, and just now she dragged her little friend and trotted over to surround Okita-kun.

"Brother Sojiro!"

"I want to eat some dim sum too~ Woowa, it's delicious."

"Let's play together~"

Hearing the children's childish language, my heart softened a little.

Since everyone loves dim sum so much, I might as well buy some next time.

...It would be great if Tachi Zi was there, alas.

No. 12 days when Tai Dao Zi is away, I miss him.

After work the next day, I bought some snacks with some of my spare money.

When I walked halfway, I couldn't help but ate one, and immediately tied the mouth of the bag again, and made a "shh" gesture to the naginata green beside me.

The thing about me stealing food should be kept a secret.

Naginata Midori looked at me, and raised the bag in his hand - I hadn't noticed it before, "Master, I bought another one for you, so eat as much as you want, it's okay."

I was moved by Naginata Midori's thoughtfulness, "Thank you."

"But you just called me master, didn't you?"

"Understood," Naginata Midori corrected, "Ah Chao."

Seeing the tall and serious Fu Sangshen like this, I couldn't help but tease him, "Brother, let's go."

"...En." Fu Sangshen responded unmoved.

Tai Daozi and I returned to the place where we lived, it was still early, and I ran to the open space to play with Ah Shi and the others.

Yesterday I thought about teaching everyone how to read, and today I told them about my thoughts. The children had no idea about literacy, they just found it novel, and surrounded me and asked me to write their names.

"Xiaoqing."

"Ashanti."

"A city."

……

"How do you write Sister Ah Chao's name?"

I used a wooden stick to draw a mark on the soil, and wrote my own "chao" character, "chao is the morning of the sun."

"What about brother Soujiro?"

Without thinking, I wrote "Sojiro" next to my name, because it was Okita-kun's name, so I slowed down a little, trying to write better - after all, it is far more than normal writing with a stick as a pen and soil as a paper Much harder.

Ah Shi tried to write his own name on the side, but it was crooked and not very pretty.

After writing for a while, Ah Xiang dropped the stick and pointed to my name, "Ah! Sister Ah Chao has selfish intentions and deliberately wrote 'Soujiro' next to 'A Chao'."

I:"……"

The children around also laughed at me along with Axiang as if they had discovered a new world.

I was a little ashamed, and told them repeatedly that I didn't mean anything to Okita-kun, but these children—especially Axiang didn't believe me at all. It's really a headache to look like a big kid.

"It's fine to say these words in front of me, but—don't bother Soujiro with it."

As a result, the next night, Ah Shi mysteriously called me aside and put his ear close to me, "Sister Ah Chao, brother also likes you."

What--?

I suspect that I have heard false words.

The tall Fu Sangshen looked over.

"Today Ah Xiang asked brother Sojiro how you are, and he said that Sister Ah Chao is a good girl~ Ah Xiang said that means he likes you too."

Wait a minute—isn't this a good person card?

"It's not that I like it." I was a little dumbfounded, "Axiang also promised me not to disturb Soujiro, and so did Ashi, and he must do what he promised Brother Bakata."

"Hey, I didn't say anything."

So I called Naginata Green over again, and he told Ah Shi not only to stop talking nonsense in the future, but also to stop when others said that.Ah Shi reluctantly agreed.

Seeing him like this, I became a little bit soft-hearted, and I made some dim sum that didn't look very good-looking but tasted decent overnight, and asked him to take them to share with Ah Xiang and the others the next day.

Ashi blinked, "If you meet Brother Sojiro, can you feed him?"

I nodded, "You can give this snack to anyone you want."

"However, if Soujiro thinks it's not delicious, please don't say that I made it."

Naginata Midori packed the snacks I made and put them in a bag, and handed them to Ashi who was about to go out, "If they don't taste good, just say I made them."

Ah Shi let out a "poof" laugh.

……

When eating and drinking at an izakaya, adults get together and often talk about various things.

Although I didn't intend to listen, but because of working on such an occasion, many words inevitably entered my ears.

"My boy said he met a strange person..."

"... with horns... like a monster..."

I listened attentively. The man said that his child met someone who looked like a monster. The child was determined to be a monster and fell into fear, but the father took it as a joke and used it as a joke.

I thought of my family's Fusangshen with horns, could it be them...?

"I heard that the child of the Maeda family was killed by an unknown ronin..."

"...the alley over there..."

"Tell the children in the house not to run around..."

The movements of my hands paused, then returned to their original shape.

Fortunately, I have been guarded by Naginata Green and Short Sword Kozi all the way... But this feeling of wanting to change but not being able to change is really annoying.

I was relieved to think that this situation in the present world would have disappeared hundreds of years later.

But for some reason, my heart has been in a state of mentioning, and there is an ominous sense of what will happen next.

After work, I passed an alley and stopped when I noticed Naginata Midori cast her gaze into it.

"I noticed...a familiar aura." Naginata Midori said, and glanced at me, as if waiting for my instructions.

I grabbed the hem of Naginata Midori's clothes, stood behind him and followed into the alley.

In the depths of the alley were scattered biscuit crumbs, and the bag that Naginata Midori had prepared for Ashi was also casually thrown on the ground.

The author has something to say: The summer swimming class I signed up for these days has started...

My university is a school where you can't graduate if you fail in swimming, and I...failed...

So during the summer vacation, I have to learn to swim with the children emmmmm... And because the swimming pool is far away from home, I basically come back from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm every day. Rio is tired (but it is still very cool in the pool! I Also met a very handsome little brother ♂)

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