Chapter 109

Qingxi and Rengoku Kyojuro had a tacit agreement not to tell Rengoku Kyojuro about what they had talked about in the crow house today, but since they didn't mention it, someone else did.

The cause of the incident was Mrs. Ruhuo.

After the Breath of Fire demonstration, the three of them sat back inside the house.

Rengoku Kyojuro returned the Owakizashi Nichirin Sword to Kiyoki.

Qingxi took the Nichirin Sword, grasped the handle with her back hand, and gently pulled the sword out of the scabbard. However, the Nichirin Sword, which would turn red when held by Rengoku Kyojuro, turned back to its original shape in her hand.

"It's back." Qingxi smacked her lips. She put the knife back and patted the scabbard very carelessly. With dead eyes, she said, "I'm really sorry for letting you follow me, an ordinary person with no swordsmanship talent."

"Hmm, don't worry too much, Aki." Rengoku Kyojuro consoled him. "Once I've mastered all nine forms of Breath of Fire, I'll come and protect you."

"Ah, then I'll have to trouble Kyojuro from now on."

How could the arrival of their friends be without snacks? With Qingxi's feeding, the two brothers left the crow house only when their stomachs were full when the sun was about to set.

When the two returned home, Rengoku Ruka discovered that her little son's mental state had changed completely.

And just before this, he was still depressed because he couldn't make the Nichirin Sword change color. Even though he tried to persuade him, or his brother Kyojuro encouraged him, on the surface the child seemed to have let it go. However, how could a child really hide his true feelings in front of adults?

Rengoku Ruuko was in a difficult situation. Her father, Rengoku Makijuro, did come to counsel her. However, to Ruuko, who was standing outside the door and eavesdropping on the conversation between the father and son, she felt that her husband's counsel was not as good as her own.

So much so that during this period of time, she saw her youngest son becoming more and more depressed, and she didn't know what to do.

She knew where the problem lay.

Because they were his parents, and the other one was his older brother, their comfort and guidance actually took him to heart. Perhaps there was a bit of favoritism from the head of the family towards the eldest son...

Rengoku Ruka waved to her two sons, and when they came to her side, the three of them went to the living room to have dinner together, where Rengoku Makijuro was already waiting there.

"Senjuro had a lot of fun today." Rengoku Ruka smiled as the family sat around a long table. "Not only is Senjuro in a good mood, Kyojuro seems to be in a good mood too."

Rengoku Makijuro paused as he was putting food into his mouth, his eyes darting back and forth between his two sons. Suddenly, he said, "Hmm, what did that girl say to you?"

Having seen how she counseled Kyojuro last time, using that... well, "complaining about the head of his family," Rengoku Ruka was also very curious about how Aki would counsel Chijuro this time.

Facing the gazes of the two patriarchs in the family, Rengoku Chijuro felt that he could not bear it. He turned his gaze and looked at his brother, but found that the other party was concentrating on eating and did not receive his call for help at all.

Rengoku Chijuro: On purpose!

My dear brother, he definitely did it on purpose.

His brother was useless at this time, and he was still being watched by his father and mother. Thinking of the scene where his father had chosen to hit his brother in the face, Rengoku Chijuro couldn't help but shudder.

If this were a cartoon scene of small animals, then the little owl, the smallest one in the family, would have all its feathers exploded.

It is a blessing, not a disaster; if it is a disaster, you will be beaten.

With a silent sigh in his heart, and feeling sad that the hero would never return, Rengoku Chijuro repeated everything Qingxi had said to him today from beginning to end.

Of course, if Qingxi was here at this time, she should touch his head and say, "Sometimes you can speak with a little bit of your characteristics - say half of the words and let the listener use his imagination for the rest." Of course, if it were her, facing the two heads of the family, she would definitely say those words that sounded nice, and as for those that sounded unpleasant, she would just keep them in her heart.

However, the two brothers of the Purgatory family are not very good at the art of speaking.

After Rengoku Chijuro finished speaking, his gaze wandered between his father's and mother's faces. Seeing that they remained silent for a long time and that there was a complex expression in their eyes that he did not understand, he was at a loss.

Rengoku Ruka sighed at first, but then she chuckled softly.

Rengoku Makijuro glared at his son who looked like a fool and said, "Look how he coaxed the child."

After laughing, Rengoku Ruka coughed lightly twice. It doesn't matter if it's easy to fool. After all, that girl Aki said that to Senjuro to divert his attention and find something else for him to do, so that he will be distracted from the fact that he has no swordsmanship talent and cannot change the color of the Nichirin Sword.

She asked, "Anything else?" She looked at her eldest son and said meaningfully, "Didn't Aki say anything to Kyojuro?"

I can do this!

Rengoku Chijuro raised his hands in his heart, "Brother showed Sister Aki the sword style of Breath of Fire that he has mastered. Sister Aki was very excited and even asked Brother to defeat the powerful one."

"Ahem!" Rengoku Kyojuro coughed violently, looking at his father who was already glaring at him. He turned his head and said to Chijuro, "You don't have to say the phrase 'the inferior overcomes the superior,' Chijuro."

Knowing that he had spoken too happily and thus accidentally hooked his brother into a trap, Rengoku Chijuro's face was filled with guilt. He apologized weakly, "I'm sorry, brother." You're going to get beaten by your father again...

Rengoku Makijuro snorted coldly, "After dinner, come with me to the dojo." He added, "Chijuro, you come too."

Rengoku Chijuro was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with disbelief.

Rengoku Ruka didn't try to stop this "communication" between father and son. After seeing her two sons go from being energetic and cheerful to looking like dehydrated cabbages, she pulled her youngest son aside and asked, "Besides the following, cough, what else did Aki say to Kyojuro?"

The smell of setting a trap for his eldest son was too obvious. This time, Rengoku Kyojuro could no longer pretend that he didn't see his brother and just concentrate on eating.

He put down the bowl and looked at Rengoku Chijuro with his eyes "bright and sharp", hoping that this would let his brother know not to say anything out of his mouth.

Doesn’t Senjuro understand this principle?

No, he understands.

But it was his mother who asked the question, and his father was watching, so how could he not say it?

Rengoku Chijuro lowered his head. He felt that the two mountains in his family were pressing on him and he was not in a good condition. He needed his brother to help him "share" the burden.

"...Onii-sama said that he would protect him once he mastered the Breathing of Fire."

Rengoku Kyojuro rushed towards Rengoku Chijuro in panic and covered his mouth with his hand.

He couldn't understand why his mother was targeting him now after asking about Chijuro just now.

Rengoku Kyojuro's eyes opened wide, and the sudden feeling of heat on his face made him realize that his entire face was red without even looking in the mirror.

He lowered his head and met his brother's eyes. He was helpless again, "You should not have said those words just now, Chijuro."

Some things can be said to outsiders without causing any problem, but if you repeat them in front of your family, or in front of your parents, even the thickest-skinned person will blush.

As for Rengoku Ruka, even if her eldest son covered the mouth of her youngest son, it was too late. She could also take over what Chijuro didn't say.

Unable to help... Rengoku Ruka's gaze secretly turned to the head of the family sitting in the main seat, her husband, and applied the description that Ah Xi had once used to describe the father and son. The owl, well, even the old owl was a little angry.

A little bit of it was directed at her, but more of it was out of disappointment in the family's two sons.

As a wife, Rengoku Ruka could more or less guess what the other party was up to.

It's just being awkward. "I am obviously your father, but you two have problems and don't come to me, but go to that girl instead." "Kyojuro is fine, that guy is always calling you silly, but what's the matter with you, Chijuro? Your mother and I can't persuade you, why do you take that girl's lies seriously?" and so on.

Unfortunately, the older one has grown up and has his own judgment ability. As long as people don't go astray when encountering things, even if he intervenes, it will probably have little effect. As for the younger one... he keeps calling her Sister Axi, and she was "brainwashed" by that girl today. There's no hope for her, so just throw her away.

"Makijuro." After seeing the old owl at home wanting to curse but holding it back, Rengoku Ruka finally spoke to comfort him.

After receiving a grunt from her husband, Rengoku Ruka once again set her sights on her eldest son.

Rengoku Kyojuro, who had already sat down again, stiffened.

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"Hmm, mother?" Rengoku Kyojuro stuffed two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth to calm himself down before speaking out under great pressure.

"If you like her so much, you must hold onto her tightly." Rengoku Ruka said with a smile, but then she changed the subject and said something more pointedly, "Don't be like that person who kept hesitating and only rushed out to snatch me away after hearing that my parents had arranged a blind date for me."

"Snatch, snatch away?"

The two brothers were attracted by their mother's words. They were not stupid, so how could they not hear who the person their mother referred to as "someone" was.

In an instant, the entire room was filled with a strong smell of gossip.

Moreover, it is mixed with the gossip of a family of four.

"Yeah, it really was a robbery," Rengoku Ruka said, winking at her two sons. "They whisked me away from me on a blind date. When I got home, I heard from my mother that it was so quick, the guy didn't even see what was going on."

She told the two brothers that she didn't want them to gossip about the stupid things their father had done in front of her, she just wanted to give her sons a lesson.

There is no need to follow in the footsteps of the father when it comes to chasing girls.

That would make her feel that the son she gave birth to is not at all like her, and would make her feel that she actually gave birth to a lonely child.

Rengoku Kyojuro picked up the bowl of miso soup and drank it slowly. Suddenly, a vague voice sounded from him, "Wow, Aki is still young..."

What mother said can wait until later.

After being reminded by her eldest son, Rengoku Ruka finally thought of this matter. "As for Aki, she is nine years old this year, yes, she is still young."

At such a young age, he has already taken advantage of the two younger children in the family. When he grows up and gets married, Kyojuro will definitely be a wife-con man.

Rengoku Makijuro muttered in his heart.

But seeing that his wife and sons were chatting so happily, he stopped and showed up to ruin the good atmosphere.