Chapter 51 Listen to their stories about the past

51.

Ichigo Ichiran is the first sword to appear.

The judge who summoned him relaxed his tense mood when he saw him, and gave him a slightly reserved smile: "I am the judge Luo Deng... Welcome to my Honmaru."

Is it the new judge? After giving his opening speech, Ichigo Ichijin gently turned off the light: "Don't be nervous, my lord."

The inquisitor codenamed Falling Light cannot be called outstanding. His military record is ordinary, his luck is average, and his appearance and strength are just at the level of an ordinary human. He becomes flustered when he occasionally receives a mission related to current affairs.

The previous judge left too suddenly, and the original Kitsunesuke left in a hurry after the handover was completed, and Jizheng never sent a new Kitsunesuke.

For this Honmaru, Rakuto is the second judge, and he doesn't even have the initial sword assigned by Jizheng. The system determines that Honmaru already has most of the swords according to the sword account left by the first judge. According to Jizheng's regulations and calculations, judges with weaker spiritual power cannot have a second vibration of the same sword without applying.

Without Kitsune's help, he also lacks the sword skills, which makes Luo Deng powerless in many things.

But so what? This is his master. Even if the Inquisitor knows nothing and can do nothing, as a sword, he will cut through all obstacles for the opponent.

Ichigo Ichikyou, who was the first to arrive at Honmaru, grew up at the fastest speed. When the dungeon activity started, he had already become an indispensable blade of Honmaru.

"Thank you, first period." Luo Deng stared at him, "If it weren't for you, I don't know what I would do."

Occasionally, Ichigo would notice the affectionate look in the eyes of the Inquisitor, but he thought that was the Inquisitor's reliance on the new knife. Just like a cub that has just arrived in a new environment, it subconsciously relies on a harmless existence.

In the eyes of the sword that has lived for thousands of years, the adult Inquisitor has no doubts about the cub - even though he has only had a human body for a few days.

At present, what is more worthy of attention for the Ichigo Ichijin is the upcoming Osaka Castle event. Even in a main castle like theirs, a lot of resources and swords can be obtained in the event.

More importantly, he could finally see his brothers.

Very occasionally, when he saw the swordsmen of other sword schools chatting and laughing, he would feel a little jealous from the bottom of his heart: When will the swordsmen of the Awataguchi family come to Honmaru?

Ah, I can't let my brothers see me like this. Really, if a blade stays for too long, will it become weak?

The first thirty levels were not difficult. As the captain of the first unit, Ichigo Ichizhen brought his brothers back easily.

With the addition of the short sword, the Honmaru quickly became lively.

But the inquisitor's expression didn't look good. He blocked him at the door of the forging room with a dark light, and asked him in a complicated and strange tone that he didn't quite understand: "Yiqi, do you like your brother very much?"

"Ah..." Thinking of his brothers, Ichiki smiled sincerely, "Yes."

"Oh, is that so? I see."

As he watched the inquisitor walk away, he wondered if he had said something wrong.

After all, Du Deng was at home and in the role of the "younger brother". Did his words just now arouse the inquisitor's longing for his sister?

That very night, Ichigo Ichijin had a dream.

In the dream, the judge slowly grew up, becoming gentle and reliable. The number of swords in Honmaru gradually increased, and the Awataguchi family gradually expanded. The younger brothers all liked to stick to the judge.

As time passed, the Honmaru, which was once full of vitality and laughter, gradually became quiet. The short swords no longer stuck to the Judge, and even cut off contact between the Judge and him.

"Ichiki-ni is always with her master, why don't you spend some time with us?" Shinano Toushirou threw himself into his arms, his voice muffled, "Everyone likes Ichiki-ni the most."

Ichigo Ichijin, who was watching from the side, keenly noticed Shinano's hands behind his back: they were covered with scars, and the new wounds were still oozing blood.

The "Ichigo Ichijin" in the dream knew nothing. He simply thought that his younger brothers were making trouble and wanted to spend more time with them, so he just coaxed his younger brothers with soft words and returned to his position as a waiter.

The Honmaru became quieter and quieter, and the tasks given to him by the judge became more and more arduous.

Ichigo Ichishin hasn't been back to Awataguchi's room for a long time. At night, he can only lie in the quiet valet room and say goodnight to the doll on the bedside.

This is a doll that Shinano and her friends secretly made. The stitching is crooked and the buttons that serve as eyes are stuck one above the other, making it look funny and amusing.

"I stuffed the candy in there!" Baoding boasted as he hugged him, "If you miss us, you can have a candy... Ah, if there is a wife, it would be better. The candy of a gentle wife would be sweeter... Ouch, it hurts!"

Finally, the candy was taken out of the doll stuffed with cotton and placed on the doll's body, in a newly sewn small cloth bag.

Rantoshiro, who arrived at Honmaru very late, threw himself into his arms and stared at him quietly with his clear blue eyes. Finally, Ran buried his head in his chest and said coquettishly, "I like the first period the most."

"I...I also like it the most..."

"Hey, I also want to be hugged by Ichi-ni."

The younger brothers rushed over to him, and even Baishan was pulled over by Catfish Tail and the others. Ichigo Ichijin looked at Yagen Toushirou beside him and smiled, "Aren't you coming over? Yagen."

Yagen Toushirou looked embarrassed and pushed his glasses to cover it up. In the end, he was pulled by the other blades and squeezed into this "hug group".

My brother... although there is no blood relationship between swords as humans say, his heart softened incredibly when he thought of the smiles of the daggers.

After I finish this busy period, I will ask for leave from the Lord. I thought to myself before going to bed. The cherry blossoms are in bloom. I will go to the tree with my brothers to enjoy the flowers... I can also invite Mikazuki and Uguisumaru who like to drink tea... Ah, let's just hold a flower viewing party...

But starting from the second day, Yiqi Yizhen was sent on a long expedition by Luodeng.

By the time he was slow to realize something was wrong, the connection between him and the Inquisitor was almost gone.

By the time Ichigo Ichijin rushed back to Honmaru, everything was over.

The castle tower was badly destroyed, and Luodeng had Shinano's original sword stuck in his chest, and his life or death was unknown.

Shinano's hands were broken, and his bloody limbs were thrown aside; Rantoshiro was seriously injured with his face scratched and his hair cut off; Shirayama Yoshimitsu, who had lost his fox and his eyes, knelt quietly beside Gokotai with his sword in his hand; Gokotai, holding the body of the little tiger, whispered, "It hurts... Don't scream... Little tiger..."

He didn't know how he got to his brothers. Did he fall? I don't remember...

"Ah... Ichi-kini..." Shinano Toushirou tried hard to open his eyes and rubbed his head against him, "I can't... hold on to Ichi-kini anymore..."

"Everyone... likes Ichi-ni the most..." He smiled very weakly, "So... will everyone protect... Ichi-ni?"

"Ichiki-ni's embrace..." Shinano's voice gradually faded away, "It's very warm..."

The inspector from the current political situation sighed and came over with a stack of reports: "I am the current political situation investigator, Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi. The current political situation took action immediately after receiving the report from Shirayama Yoshimitsu of S874 Honmaru..."

"Next, we will announce the results of the investigation into the Honmaru..."

"The judge, Rakuten, has been committing violence and abuse against several swordsmen, including the short sword Shinano Toushirou, Ran Toushirou, and Hokuten Toushirou... for a long time, and traces of abuse were found on Ran Toushirou... In summary, Rakuten will be stripped of his status as a judge, and imprisoned in the Tokisho dungeon in a vegetative state, providing Tokisho with spiritual power for three hundred years... In addition, no responsibility will be held against the swordsmen who participated in the master-devouring behavior."

"Jizheng will conduct psychological treatment on the unbroken swords and redistribute the Honmaru in a week... You guys, be prepared."

Brothers, it will hurt, right?

Luan, who always acts coquettishly when being pricked by a needle, is suffering for a pretty Luan who has become like this? How did Taii, who loved the little tiger, feel when he saw the little tiger die? What was Baishan thinking when he was blinded because he could connect with current affairs? What about Catfish Tail and Boned? This will be more painful than being burned by fire, right?

Did his brothers resent him? Ah, they were justified in resentment, right? He failed to protect his brothers, but they were protected instead.

He is not a qualified brother.

Is someone screaming? I wondered in a daze, is it raining? Why is it so wet?

He raised his hand and touched his face, then realized what was happening.

Is he crying?

…

Awakening from a dream with a start.

He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly got up, crawling into the next room to make sure his brothers were safe.

Fortunately... fortunately... everything is still here.

"Ichiki-ni...?" The woken-up Toushirou raised his head in a daze, "What's wrong... Did a beautiful person//wife appear?"

"...No." Ichigo Ichizhen gradually relaxed and tapped Baoding's head with a smile, "Go to sleep."

It was just a dream, right? He consoled himself.

But he could not forget the look in his eyes when Ichigo Ichijin raised his head and looked at him at the end of the dream - eyes full of despair and resentment.

He knew that he would not let the Judge go.

"Protect your brother," this was the last message given to him by another "Ichiki Ichijin".

But things in the future really developed slowly like in his dream, and Ichigo Ichibuli slowly got closer to the "Ichigo Ichibuli" in his dream. He began to hate the Inquisitor and isolated his brothers from getting close to the Inquisitor.

Protect your brothers.

But suddenly I heard Luo Deng's confession and was overwhelmed by his affection.

The Judge...likes him? His entire mind is confused. If the Judge likes him...then...why did he attack his brothers? Is...is he born with sadism? But such a person can't even pass the first round of the political screening...

What went wrong?

I think if the Inquisitor likes me, he won't like child-sized swords anymore. And since I'm a blank slate emotionally, I decide to confess some of my dreams to the Inquisitor.

"...That's it." Yiqiyizhentu, who had tampered with the contents of the dream, stepped down, "I misunderstood that the Lord was refining... I'm very sorry!"

"...Is that so." After being quiet for a while, Luo Deng forced a smile, "So...you don't like me?"

"…I'm sorry." Ichiki Ichijin said sincerely, "I don't have that kind of feelings towards the Lord…"

"That's such a pity." Luo Deng interrupted him and chanted a spell, "If you don't like my issue... there's no need for it to exist."

"It doesn't matter. I will train out my own phase, my own phase only, and my phase that I like."

"What a pity! Why can't you like me? Is it because of my brother? How funny! Swords and knives don't have any blood relationship?" Luo Deng, who had used a spell to freeze Yiqiyizhen in place, raised his hand and touched his face. Then he slowly took out a tissue and wiped his hands. "We are in a relationship of sword and master, right? Can't sword summoning be connected to emotions?"

"Well, the first issue." Luo Deng still had that gentle look, and his tone was as ambiguous as whispering to a lover, "Do you want to hear my story?"

*

The original Luo Deng was just an ordinary person.

An ordinary family, an ordinary environment, and grew up in an ordinary way... The only unusual thing is that he has an unusual sister.

A beautiful and confident sister, a gentle and strong sister, a sister that everyone likes, a sister who has all the attention and love of her parents.

He admired his sister, envied her, and was deeply jealous of her.

But in the final analysis, my sister is just an ordinary person with outstanding performance. After completing her studies in an orderly manner, she would start working, and finally marry another ordinary person, give birth to children, grow old, and finally die - until the emergence of the Time Government.

Swordman, spiritual power, protecting history... Another world he had never touched before opened up before him. Since his sister had spiritual power, what about him? Would he also have spiritual power and no longer be an ordinary person? The political personnel who invited his sister tested him, and the results showed that he did have spiritual power, but it was too weak. Now that the political situation is not at war, there is not much demand for inquisitors, not to mention that in a family, they usually only invite people with stronger spiritual power to be inquisitors.

"I'm sorry, sir. If your spiritual power can continue to grow, perhaps one day in the future you will receive an invitation from Shizheng."

The elder sister who became a judge became more outstanding. Every time she came home, she would tell interesting stories about Honmaru at the dinner table, and occasionally she would talk about her wedding knife sweetly and happily: "Fong Suka is a clumsy but cute guy."

Fate is so unfair. Why can my sister get everything so easily? If only he could become a diviner, he would also want to have a strong power to escape from this ordinary and boring life. Thinking this way, he prayed for a miracle to happen, and then——

He picked up a stone.

An ordinary, black, jade-like stone.

He couldn't remember when he made the wish to the stone. It might have been a whisper before going to bed, or it might have been a resentment when he was unwilling to give up... With malicious intentions, he made a wish to the stone: If there really is a god, please make my sister disappear.

So, his sister got into a car accident in front of him.

The gentle, beautiful, and always dazzling sister fell in a pool of blood. Even when she was on the verge of death, there was no resentment towards anyone in her eyes. She just asked him to take over her Honmaru when he approached, take good care of the swordsmen, and not to tell anyone that she had left.

"Ah... I'm worried..." The light in my sister's eyes gradually dimmed, and tears fell. She murmured, "Everyone... Be happy..."

Happiness? This kind of thing has never been associated with an ordinary person like him.

He didn't do anything, did he? He just said something silly to a rock and did nothing after his sister got into a car accident. His sister's death was just an accident, why did he hide it from those swordsmen?

In the end, he took over an empty Honmaru with many resources - with a sword named Mikazuki Munechika as a gift from his sister - even after taking over the Honmaru and signing the contract, he still felt that the sword Mikazuki Munechika did not belong to him. He hated those eyes that saw through everything, just like his sister.

He wanted to have his own sword, one that truly belonged to him.

He made another wish to the stone, which he now called the Sacred Stone.

So he developed a rhythm that was gentle and elegant like a prince.

He really liked this Ichi-Yin, which was good-looking, reliable and gentle, while maintaining the sharpness and strength of a sword. More importantly, this was the first sword he had forged himself. It was the one who reached out to him when he was at a loss, the one who was rational and beautiful no matter what the situation was, and the one who broke into his life like light.

I really like it.

The number of swords in Honmaru gradually increased, and the short sword that Ichiki Ikki called his younger brother also came to Honmaru, which made him somewhat dissatisfied: Why would the sword that belonged to him be closer to these short swords? How could he be closer to these short swords? Shouldn't his valet and his sword only see him, the judge?

He made a wish to the sacred stone, hoping that Ichigo Ichijin would always keep an eye on him.

His Ichiki was really paying more attention to him than before! Even when he was in contact with the short swords, he would become slightly nervous - was he jealous? Ah, as expected, he and Ichiki were running in both directions. Although Ichiki didn't say anything, he could feel that Ichiki's silent love was like the fire in the forge room.

As for the other swords... they are just a group of consumables that can be copied. Anyone with a little spiritual power can contract and control them. What is the difference between them and good-looking servants? But it is undeniable that the feeling of being served by "gods" is really amazing. This position that can control the fate and life and death of other swords at will is really great!

Gradually, he began to feel dissatisfied: How could a sword made of just a bunch of iron blocks be considered a god? Why couldn't he, who was called the "Judge of Gods", become a god? Since he had already left his ordinary identity behind, what was wrong with moving towards a higher position?

He made a wish to the sacred stone again, but this time, the sacred stone gave him a choice: sacrifice the existence he loved most, or offer it with "huge despair and pain".

His favorite...his favorite is Yiqi. Is he going to let Yiqi become a sacrifice to the sacred stone? Luodeng denied this choice and chose to offer sacrifice instead.

What kind of despair and pain is huge? After being given trust, and then destroying that trust with one's own hands, the emotion generated in that moment must be what the God Stone needs. He vaguely realized that the God Stone might not be a divine tool in the righteous way, but rather related to evil... But so what? As long as it can realize its wish, what does it matter whether it is a god or a demon?

Of course he didn't dare to attack Honmaru's sword directly, but there were plenty of swords on the battlefield.

Luo Deng drew a formation in his room, then summoned swords, and broke their original swords in their disbelieving eyes. He suddenly found that he was actually laughing during this process... Ah, was he enjoying despair? Enjoying the expressions of these swords after being betrayed.

If it was the short swords in Honmaru... ah, just thinking about it makes me tremble with excitement. He began to imitate Ichigo Ichibun, and as expected, those short swords became close to him.

What kind of god is this? Aren’t these just a bunch of idiots being played around by him?

The newly-minted younger brother arrived at Honmaru. He casually threw the broken sword fragments under the bed, patted his face, and put on a gentle expression.

The first time he saw the sword named "Bruise Toushirou", he noticed those eyes, emotionless, superior, careless, as if nothing mattered to him, just like the eyes that the dignitaries in reality looked at him with, just like the eyes that Mikazuki Munechika looked at him with, just like... the eyes that his sister looked at strangers with.

Those eyes are so disgusting.

It hasn't been implemented yet? What a pity. He held the corner of his clothes tightly and waited until it was implemented, then he would dig out his eyes.

…

Didn't like him in the first episode? What a pity, then I can only let the magic stone eat him.

He chanted the spell and thought nonchalantly that he would eat the god stone and become a new god. Even if he would forge a new one-shot in the future, the one he liked now would merge with him and stay with him forever.

As for those daggers… since I’ve seen their end in my dream, let them provide nutrients to the divine stone just like in the dream.

Luo Deng smiled, raised the dagger, and said gently, "Don't be afraid, it will be over soon."

[Main quest clues updated]

[Main quest updated]

[Whether to enter the main single-player copy]

You decisively press "Yes".

After identification, it was found that this Lao Deng was the real Lao Deng, and was nothing like that at all!

After eavesdropping on the rooftop for a long time and learning the whole story through the system, you don't even want to drink Coke. What do you mean the favorite is the first period? This old Deng's favorite is obviously himself, right? Bah! And he's using the body of the first period of the gluttonous blade family! Scum!

Don't worry, Yiqi Ni! You resolutely took out several small bombs from your backpack, and Xiaofei blew up Lao Deng's roof to save you!

The purity of the first generation of nuns will be protected by Xiaofei!

Just before the spell-cast dagger was about to pierce Yiqi Yizhen's body, a loud noise suddenly came from the roof, and the next second, a black shadow fell between the falling lamp and Yiqi Yizhen.

“Ahem…no…don’t worry…cough!” You wiped your dirty face, successfully making it even dirtier, and gave a thumbs up to Ichiki Ichijin, “Ichiki, don’t worry!”

"If you want to ask why——"

You confidently pulled out the Genji sword and shouted.

"Because your brother is here!"