Chapter 055 55

“Hoo…Hoo…Kiyomi?”

The next morning, the first person to wake up in this room was Yamatomori Yasusada - the katana who had just woken up yawned in a daze, and reached out to touch the clothes placed next to the quilt, but unexpectedly woke up his friend who was sleeping next to him; Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who was woken up by Yamatomori Yasusada, yawned and sat up from the bed, but unexpectedly, the sound of the clothes rubbing against the quilt also woke up the two Okita Soji who were sleeping next to him.

"Letter? Stop making noise... eh!?"

The first person to wake up completely was Miss Okita who had just been woken up. The sakura-haired Saber almost stabbed Yamatomori Yasutsuji who was sitting next to her the moment she was woken up. If she hadn't woken up quickly enough, their schedule this morning would have been to send Yamatomori Yasutsuji to an entrapment.

——There was no way. After all, few people would directly withstand a Servant's attack. At that time, Miss Okita had even changed her clothes from pajamas to Heroic Spirit Armor. Fortunately, before she really hit Yamato-mori Yasudasa, Miss Okita finally woke up completely, and the silver-white blade stopped just in front of Yamato-mori Yasudasa.

Miss Okita was feeling a little guilty and was about to sheath her knife when no one noticed which knife she was using, but she didn't expect that Mr. Okita, who was not yet fully sober, sold her out completely.

"Hmm? Sakura, you didn't take Kiyomitsu."

The two katanas suddenly became sober - they stared straight at the sword held in Ms. Okita's hand, and the air pressure around them gradually became low.

——That’s a katana.

——And in the anecdotes related to Okita Souji, the only sword mentioned was the Kikuichimonji Norimune.

The sword held in Ms. Okita's hand was not Kashuu Kiyomizu, nor Yamato-kami Yasunari, but Kikuichimonji Norimune mentioned in the anecdotes fabricated by later generations - the sword that many people have proven impossible for Okita Soji to have possessed, which was not suitable for actual combat and was more likely to be used as royal decoration.

"Sakura?"

"Give me death as an atonement!!!"

Despite such a commotion, the four people finally left the room in a normal state - washing and breakfast were more important than confirming why Miss Okita was holding the Kikuichimonji; what's more, before going to bed last night, Kashu Kiyomitsu had said that he would take the two Okita Soji around the Honmaru, as long as they stopped by to find the old man of the Ichimonji school.

"Today, Kakudaikiri and Kasen are in charge of the three meals. Oh, it just so happens that there is no Neihan arrangement today. We can go to visit Honmaru after breakfast." Kashuu Kiyomitsu led them into the hall where the sword men usually had dinner and meetings. The first thing he saw was the Neihan arrangement for today. "What do you want to eat for breakfast?"

Ms. Okita: "If there were dango..."

Okita-kun: "If there were dango..."

Yamato-no-kami Yasunari: "If there were dango..."

"Hey, no matter how much you like it, you can't have dango for breakfast, right? It's a good snack after breakfast..." Kashuu Kiyomitsu looked at the three helplessly and handed them the breakfast menu. "The lord knows that there are a lot of guests in Chaldea these days, so he specially asked Candlestick to make a buffet like those hotels in the real world - the specific types are written on the menu."

After breakfast, Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-no-kami Yasunari began to take the two Okita Soji to tour the Honmaru - of course, they would also stop by to find Ichimonji Norimune to deal with a small problem that occurred before leaving.

"The government of time will give each Honmaru a fixed initial building configuration--" Kashuu Kiyomitsu walked in front and gave Okita-kun and Okita-san a general introduction to the facilities of the Honmaru, "including fields, stables, and laundries. Generally speaking, the swordsman's room will be in the same building as the hall, forging room, hand room, and hand field, but the lord has renovated most of the buildings in the Honmaru, so..."

"Well, strictly speaking, the lord has rebuilt almost the entire Honmaru." Kashu Kiyomitsu pointed to the building in the center of all the buildings and introduced it to the two of them. "This is where the lord lives all day long - the castle tower. It is said that the style of the castle tower built by the lord was based on the castle tower of Himeji Castle that she had seen in the past...?"

Ms. Okita: "Chahedis?"

Okita-kun: "Pyramid?"

Ms. Okita & Mr. Okita: "Himeji Castle?"

Yamato-no-kami Yasutada: "Chahedis Pyramid Himeji Castle?"

Kashuu Kiyomitsu: “What the hell is that?!”

"Well, in short, with the castle tower where the lord lives as the center, other buildings belonging to the Honmaru are distributed outward in sequence." Kashuu Kiyomitsu cleared his throat and turned the topic back to the introduction of the Honmaru. "By the way, Chaldea should know that the Honmaru was built in the gap between the worlds, right?"

"We already know this from the Master." Okita-kun nodded to Kashuu Kiyomitsu. "In fact, when talking about this, the Master specifically emphasized to those guys who have the ability to destroy the mystical or the Noble Phantasm that they must not cause any trouble here... The Master said this - she said that if this place is demolished, everything will be bad."

"Come to think of it, I remember that Nobu is that type of guy, right?" Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita exchanged glances and sighed subconsciously, "I hope Nobu won't fight with her sword... Well, even if they do, it doesn't matter - the Master will come to lecture her, or it's not impossible to directly deport her."

"In that case, I hope that it will be that guy who is deported." Okita-kun looked at Miss Okita with a smile, revealing a hint of murderous intent, "I don't really want to appear in the same place with that guy - but, assuming that the Master has given the order for me to act with that guy, that's another matter."

"The World Gap was chosen by the Time Government as the space for building the Honmaru. One important reason is that it can be expanded infinitely." Kashuu Kiyomitsu turned and pointed to the cherry blossom trees covered with pure white snow on the hillside not far away. "The cherry blossom trees are a standard feature of every Honmaru. They will connect with the spiritual power of the judges and become the core of the spiritual power of the entire Honmaru."

"The specific area of ​​the main castle depends on the spiritual power supply of the judges. For example, here, in addition to the core area, there are also several mountains and beaches." Yamato-no-kami Yasunari followed behind to add, "In the summer, when we don't have any inner missions or missions, we will go to the beach or the mountains to play."

"But according to the government calendar, this is winter, right?"

"It is winter, but even if the Shinto sages do not change the scenery of Honmaru to change with the seasons, there will be no snow in Honmaru in winter." Kashuu Kiyomitsu answered Yamato-no-kami's question and pointed out the clear range of snow accumulation for Okita-kun and Okita-san. "The government's scenery setting will at most affect the area where the main buildings are located. The outside will not be affected."

"Come on, let's go take a look at the people in charge of the internal events today."

"Let me think about it, what was written on the previous schedule of internal events..."

The first area the four arrived at was the stables in the Honmaru - according to the internal arrangements announced today, the two people in charge of the stables should be Yamaubakiri Kunihiro and Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi.

The Watcher always likes to arrange sword men with a connection to work together for internal tasks - Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who was arranged to spar with Yamato-mori Yasunari several times in the past, has a deep understanding of this... After all, he was later even arranged to do all the internal tasks with Ichimonji Norimune.

Kashuu Kiyomitsu once studied with Ichimonji why the Watchers arranged for Okita Souji to act together even though they knew it was impossible for them to possess the Kiku-Ichimonji. That study ended in vain. It was not until this morning when he saw Miss Okita holding the Kiku-Ichimonji that he vaguely understood something.

——The Watcher may not have failed to tell them that the Okita Souji she had met was a lovable girl... but because she assumed that the Okita Souji who held the Kiku Ichimonji was a woman, not a man, she thought that California Kiyomitsu, who was arranged to act with Ichimonji in the past, would not be frightened by this...

Apparently, Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita's thoughtful choice of using their original spiritual base appearances and their meeting the day before disrupted the Watcher's expectations of a meeting between the two parties.

"Nagayoshi, Yamaubakiri - are you two here -" Kashuu Kiyomitsu collected his chaotic thoughts, stood at the door of the stable and shouted loudly inside, "Anding and I are here to bring people to visit -"

"We are busy now...! Hey Kunihiro!! I told you not to--"

"Wait a moment, California." The blond swordsman in a white cloth stood up in the stable and wiped the sweat off his face with the cloth on his shoulders. "Chang Yi and I are still cleaning up the horse manure. We'll take it to the fields after we're done. Why don't you guys come with us later? If we're going to visit, the fields are also where we have to go, right?"

"Then we'll go wait for you outside - we won't disturb you from working." Kashuu Kiyomitsu waved to Yamaubakiri Kunihiro, his eyes casually glanced at a silver-haired katana warrior hiding in the corner, then turned around and led the three of them out of the door, "We'll make a formal introduction after you finish your work here."

"Nagayoshi didn't stand up." Yamato-no-kami Yasusada shrugged helplessly at Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who also saw Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi. He turned around and briefly introduced this colleague who had not yet appeared to Okita-kun and Okita-san, "Maybe he doesn't want people to see him working in the stable? Nagayoshi has always been very concerned about his image."

"Of course you have to care about your image." Kashuu Kiyomitsu pursed his lips and chose to reveal the truth that the two of them stayed in the bathroom for too long. "Do you dare to say that you didn't take care of your hair in front of the mirror today, Anding? Besides, who would go out to meet people right after work..."

"You have to clean yourself up at least."

Not long after they arrived, they saw Yamaubakiri Kunihiro and Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi pushing a cart. The horse manure they had collected from the stable filled the manure bucket on the cart. Apparently, this was the fertilizer that would be sent to the farming team for processing today.

"Hey, Kunihiro." Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi pushed another cart behind Yamaubakiri Kunihiro, frowning slightly as he looked at the manure bucket on the cart. "After the Neiban is over today, I'm going to go to the hot spring first... I'm going to tell my lord that next time I'd rather go to the fields... After all, taking care of the horses is..."

"You said the same thing last time when you were on duty." Yamaubakiri Kunihiro stopped the cart without changing his expression and waved to the four people waiting for them outside. "If you don't mind, you can come over to us. Nagayoshi and I are going to deliver these to the fields. We can talk for a while along the way."

"I saw a racecourse built next to the stable..." Ms. Okita followed the others forward and looked back at the racecourse next to the stable. "Are there many horses in this Honmaru?"

"Well, after all, the government distributes horses to all Honmaru every year as a gift to commemorate the anniversary of the inauguration of the Shinto priest." The person who answered Ms. Okita's question was Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi, who had been following behind. "The lord has been in office for a long time, so naturally he has collected many different horses. The main function of these horses is to cooperate with us in battle. When we are not on the battlefield, we keep them here."

"However, although it is called a horse, in fact, except for eating and excreting, it has no similarities with real horses. If it can die of old age, we don't have to report to the lord every once in a while to apply for the expansion of the stable." Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi thought of the magician who saw the watcher in the middle of the night last night. "Come to think of it, isn't it more like the magician's familiar or puppet?"

"Actually..." Okita-kun and Miss Okita exchanged glances and sighed helplessly, "Servants can also be considered a type of familiars - after all, a familiar is a being controlled by a magician; and a Heroic Spirit is summoned to the world through a ritual and becomes a being that can be controlled, and that is a Servant."

"The difference between Servants and ordinary familiars is that as heroes, we have our own pride and dignity, so we rarely obey the orders of ordinary humans. Therefore, the magician who becomes the Lord of the Underworld will obtain three Command Seals to forcibly restrain the Servants..." Ms. Okita smiled and blinked, "However, the effectiveness of the Command Seals will be affected by the Servant's own level of magic resistance, and Chaldea's Command Seals system is no longer the version of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. "

"Chaldea gained the effect of restoring one Command Seal per day by abandoning the effect of forcing the Servants to command them - but in this way, the Lord's Command Seals became a magic battery prepared for the Servants."

"… Nagayoshi."

"Ahem, sorry." Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi cleared his throat, glared at Yamaubakiri Kunihiro, straightened his expression, and looked at Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita, "I'm sorry, my previous words were offensive to you two - by the way, are you two Servants of Chaldea? And you are walking with California and the others, could it be that..."

"The captain of the Shinsengumi 1st Squadron, Okita Souji, is here to visit. Although we can't stay here for too long, if we just want to chat... there is still time for that."

"Captain of the Shinsengumi First Division, Okita Souji is here to visit!... Hey? Hanori? I wonder where she went..."

"In short, these two are Okita Souji, the former head of Yasuda and I." Kashuu Kiyomitsu briefly summarized the self-introductions of Okita-kun and Okita-san to Yamaubakiri Kunihiro and Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi, and supplemented their purpose for today, "Yasuda and I are taking Okita-kun and Okita-san to visit the Honmaru - and we're going to look for Ichimonji-san by the way."

"As for Mr. Ichimonji... Although none of the Ichimonji faction has been assigned any work today, Mr. Ichimonji rarely acts with fellow swordsmen from the same faction." Yamaubakiri Kunihiro pondered for a moment, and began to think about where this senior might appear. "It would probably be quite troublesome for you to find him, because no one knows where Mr. Ichimonji has gone."

"Ah, here we are at the fields."

While Yamaubakiri Kunihiro was unloading the feces bucket from the cart, Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi rushed to tidy up his appearance - the silver-haired katana patted his cape and shook off the dust on his gloves... But looking at his expression, it was obvious that he couldn't stand this kind of makeshift treatment, and was thinking about how to quickly finish the internal work and make time to take a shower and change clothes.

"Let's go, Nagayoshi." Yamaubakiri Kunihiro unloaded the last bucket of horse manure, turned his head to greet Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi, and glanced at the four people of Okita-gumi, "Do you want me to ask the brothers to help you find Mr. Ichimonji?"

Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi: "Ah, if you need anything, I can also ask the Osafune faction for you."

"No, that's not necessary." Kashuu Kiyomitsu smiled and rejected the two's proposal. He turned around and tilted his head to Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita, "After all, our plan is to find Mr. Ichimonji while visiting the Honmaru. If we can't find him, we can arrest him at the banquet in the evening... or ask the lord to arrange for me and Mr. Ichimonji to perform together."

After Yamaubakiri Kunihiro and Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi went far away, the four of them focused their attention on the fields in front of them - it was obvious that the Zero Main Maru had vast fields that matched its size. In addition to supplying vegetables and fruits to the kitchen, a lot of fields were used to grow other products.

"About half of them are spice crops and dye crops planted by the lord. In fact, the lord has been doing some handicrafts to pass the time since early on, and these crops are cultivated for the lord's handicrafts." Kashuu Kiyomitsu roughly pointed out two areas where different crops were cultivated. "It is said that the lord delayed replying to the government letter because of handicrafts."

"Ah, I know about that incident, too." Yamato-no-kami Yasutsuji added relevant details to Okita-kun and Okita-san. "It is said that the lord delayed the reply in order to mix the dye. After the government learned about this, they specifically asked the lord why he didn't use chemical dyes. The result was..."

"The lord said that he had too much time and had nothing to do with it, so he just wasted it." The girl with the katana stuck out from the gaps between the crops and joined the conversation. "But since the two people from C16 showed up, the lord has gradually chosen to spend the time he would have spent on manual labor on us."

"Yes, so the lord has a certain degree of favoritism - although it is not as obvious as the other Honmaru's Shinto censors' preference for a specific swordsman." Kashu Kiyomitsu turned his head to look at the person who interrupted him and waved to him calmly, "Hey, it's Matsui - it seems that Kuwana is not far away."

"Hmm..." The person who was mentioned just now, Kuwana Jiang, came to the front of everyone with a rustling sound through the fields. "It's California, what's the matter? Or did California bring people to help us? If so, we'd welcome you - it seems that's not the case."

"Kiyomizu and I are taking our former lord to visit the Honmaru." Yamato-no-kami Yasusada waved to Kuwana Jiang and introduced Okita-kun and Okita-san to the two Jiang-style swordsmen. "These two are the Okita-soujis from two different worlds recorded in Chaldea. Okita-kun has been with me through all his spiritual foundation stages!!!"

"Haha, hello." Okita-kun glanced at Yamato-no-kami Yasuda, and greeted Matsui E and Kuwana E with a smile, casually showing the katana at his side, "Although I also have Kiyomitsu's spirit robe, that piece of clothing is not very suitable for wearing at this time, so I can only carry Yasuda - of course, Kiyomitsu and Yasuda are both my favorite swords."

"Okita-kun...!!!"

"Too cunning!" Ms. Okita glared at her counterpart, and once again felt a headache for her behavior in the morning when she unconsciously took out the Kikuichimonji and caused Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato no Mori Yasunari to be shocked on the spot. "Really, it's all Okita Souji, why do I have to rely on spiritual foundation breakthrough to get back even the haori!!!"

"I also want to have normal clothes that can wear Kiyomitsu." Okita-kun turned his head and complained to Okita-san, "After all, the child was broken in Ikeda-ya. I thought that after becoming a Servant, I wouldn't have to worry about this problem and could accompany him well - but I never expected that it would be a set of clothes like that!!!"

"That spirit robe is indeed..." Ms. Okita looked at Okita-kun and then at Kashuu Kiyomitsu with a subtle expression, remembering the ominous silence of the Shinsengumi after they discovered Okita-kun's spirit robe one day, "But we can only recall the past when we don't have to fight - you see, after all, no one will wait for you on the battlefield, right?"

"That's true." Matsui Jiang smiled and agreed with Ms. Okita's words, putting her hands in her coat pockets. "After all, on the battlefield, you either make the enemy bleed or you bleed yourself. Although that's the case, I'm not good at fighting without bloodshed... Every time I fight, I always mess up the opponent and myself, but I won't let my own members bleed."

"Do you need me to introduce the types of crops in the fields? Although I was once placed in a farmer's house, I don't just know about growing vegetables and fruits when it comes to farming." Kuwana Jiang pulled his collar and walked to Matsui Jiang's side. "If you really can't do anything about the fields, you can let me be the hataoban today, Matsui."

"No, at least I'm prepared for the fact that the lord will arrange for me to come to the fields for a long time - I still have to do the work myself. But thank you, Kuwana." Matsui Jiang smiled helplessly, spread his hands to the Okita Group, turned around and walked back to the fields, "But it seems that today's work cannot be completed by two people..."

"Ah, is it time for the crops to mature?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu clapped his hands, looked at Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita, and invited them to participate in the daily large-scale activities of Honmaru. "The fields of Honmaru are nourished by spiritual energy, so basically no matter what crops they grow, they will fully mature within a fixed period - do you want to experience the process of harvesting crops, Mr. Okita and Ms. Okita? It's just a good opportunity for me to help them."

"Then I'll go call a few free swordsmen to help!" Yamato-mori Yasunari took the initiative to take over the job of calling people, looking at the two former masters with shining eyes, "Oh, and I'll also ask Mr. Rikuoku to come over and take pictures - I want to see Okita-kun and Ms. Okita working in the fields!!! This is something worth remembering!!!"

Kashuai Kiyomitsu: "Ah! Valium!! I want one too!!!"

Ms. Okita: "There are no events like this in the Throne of Heroes or Chaldea... It might be nice to experience it once in a while."

Okita-kun: "The last time I participated in this kind of labor was when I was in the Yamatai Kingdom, right?"

By the time Yamato-mori Yasusada brought the other swordsmen back here, Kuwana E had already finished explaining the two Okita generals the precautions related to the fields and were preparing to go off in other directions related to farming - Miss Okita had already switched to the second-stage long trousers and leather boots that were more convenient for movement; and Okita-kun had temporarily taken off his haori, and at first glance it looked like Yamato-mori Yasusada standing there with his hair longer and smoother.

"Oh?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu raised his eyebrows in surprise as he waved his sword at the man who was supervising everyone to use the harvesting tools. "Hasebe, did you actually escape last night?"

——Hasebe, press and cut Hasebe, kill Hasebe...

Both Ms. Okita and Mr. Okita were triggered by past memories of this familiar keyword. Thinking of Yagen Toushirou's attitude last night, the two of them could not directly start discussing what Oda Nobunaga had done. They could only exchange glances with each other and complain about their two overly free companions through the expression of each other's eyes.

——Come to think of it, there is nothing wrong with naming the sword "Hasebe". It is just a bit random...

Okita-kun's gaze flickered.

——But then, giving it to a guy who wasn’t even a retainer was too casual, wasn’t it!?

Ms. Okita looked at me with disapproval in her eyes.

——Then why did she name the guitar that way!!!

Okita-kun's mind was blank and his eyes were full of confusion.

——Uh, well...actually...

Ms. Okita hesitated to speak, thinking of Oda Nobunaga who had fun with his guitar that summer, and finally fell into silence.

"What do you mean escaped? Did that man come to the party last night?" Yakiri Hasebe handed the four backpacks to Kashuu Kiyomitsu and glanced at the three people following him. "Ah, you and Yamato-no-kami brought the original owner to help? That Chaldea, it turns out there are two Okita Souji..."

"California..." After Hasebe's eyes met the two Okita Sojis flirting with each other behind him, he trembled and grabbed California Kiyomizu's hand, and his usually steady katana made a sharp sound, "Could it be that that man - Oda Nobunaga also has two! ! ! No, could it be the same as these two..."

"Even Oda Nobunaga has a female individual!??"

"Ah, just like Okita Souji - Oda Nobunaga is also a man and a woman. But according to Okita-kun and Okita-san...the two are probably busy with the civil war, so they don't have time to bother you." Kashuu Kiyomitsu calmly pulled his hand out of Sakiri Hasebe's hand, turned around and called the three people behind him, "Okay, let's go and help."

The Okita-gumi walked side by side into the fields, leaving behind Akiri Hasebe, who had suffered a great mental shock, in the warehouse, and joined the large group that was harvesting crops, chatting and laughing. After struggling for a long time, Akiri Hasebe went to find Yagen Toushirou to ask what happened at the banquet last night... but that's a story for later.

These swordsmen helping in the fields were obviously frequent participants in such activities. The tanto men, who were more often assigned to the hataban than Kuwanae and Matsui, quickly and neatly sorted the crops in the fields and harvested and placed them in different categories. The shakusha and katana men, who had not even asked Hasebe to get tools, were in charge of delivering the crops to the correct locations with carts. The only person who was not doing his job was probably Rikuoku-mori Yoshiyuki, who was asked by Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-mori Yasunari to take a photo of the two Okita soujis.

Although they were helping, the combined working speed of the four people was not that fast, so the work was soon snatched away by the short swordsmen who had finished their work nearby. All in all, the work in the fields was finally completed very smoothly. The fields that had just harvested crops were not suitable for seamless planting even with spiritual nourishment, so Kuwanae and Matsuie's hatōban shift for the day also came to an end.

"Ha, I really want to return to the land..."

While everyone's attention was not here, Matsui Jiang buried himself in the ground.

"Okay, don't bury your neck there, Matsui..." Kuwana Jiang turned around and found Matsui Jiang buried his head in the ground, so he stopped and tried to pull this fellow swordsman out of the ground like pulling out a carrot, "Don't really bury yourself!!!"

After this little commotion ended, the four of them said goodbye to the Hata team and headed towards the hand-to-hand combat venue they had visited the night before.

"Although I introduced this place last night, you definitely can't miss the Tegojo on your way to the Honmaru." Kashuu Kiyomitsu walked in front, introducing the two swordsmen who were assigned to the Tegojo today to Okita-kun and Okita-san. "One of these two must be someone you two know - Kunihiro Horikawa, Mr. Hijikata's messenger; the other one is Tadahiro Hizen..."

"Ah, it's the cop of Mr. Sakamoto and Mr. Tiaoka, right?" Ms. Okita imagined the image of the two cops with great interest, and looked forward to the next meeting. "Mr. Sakamoto and Mr. Tiaoka are both companions of Chaldea, so we have never fought each other - and we basically never met each other in life."

"Mr. Sakamoto is always a fast runner, and I haven't seen Tanoka at all - if possible, I would like to have a swordfight with them!"

But in the end, the four of them turned around and ran before they stepped into the arena - the four of them unanimously decided to escape from today's arena.

But now, the four of them don't know what is waiting for them ahead.

"Well, in that case, we can just ask Hizen if we can spar with him when we get to the sparring ground." Kashuu Kiyomitsu briefly recalled Hizen Tadahiro's fighting style and reminded Ms. Okita, "But his style may be closer to Okada Izou than Sakamoto Ryoma... Rikuoku Mamoru is the one who is more like Sakamoto Ryoma."

"As for Horikawa..." Yamato-no-kami Yasunari introduced this very reliable companion to the two, "He is also a member of the lord's daily rotating valet group. Except for Horikawa, the other katana of our Shinsengumi were directly excluded from the lord's selection range... But he and Izumi-no-kami have a good understanding. When the two of them went into battle together in the past, their momentum was simply invincible."

"But it is true that most enemies are powerless under the cooperation of the two of them."

"Okay, we're almost at the hand-to-hand combat arena..." Kashuu Kiyomitsu stopped and signaled the three people behind him to be quiet, then listened carefully to the sounds coming from the hand-to-hand combat arena. "I feel like there's something... a little bit wrong in the hand-to-hand combat arena?"

Inside the hand-to-hand combat area, someone's powerful and loud voice came out through the wall with majestic words -

"Listen! Killing others requires courage! The so-called sword! It is useless except for killing and stabbing!! Forget everything!! Move forward with all your heart!! Kill with all your heart!!!"

"Huh? Okita? Don't imitate that guy's swordsmanship. That is not a sword. It is something else."

"Eh——!!!" The two Okita Sojis got furious when they heard the sound. One of them grabbed a katana and ran away in the opposite direction of the field, screaming as he ran, "That's hell!!! Why is Mr. Hijikata there!!!"

At the same time, a light yellow sword knocked on the door of the castle tower where the watcher was.

"It seems that I have disturbed your pleasure...haha." Taidao walked into the room with a folding fan in his hand, and sat down opposite the Watcher and Lansermelo. "I came to ask the lord if we can change the scenery - I was expecting a genius young swordsman to come to my house last night, but he didn't show up until the end of the banquet..."

"I had to find a way to create a situation that would make the kid come to me."

"Eh——It's obviously a fake anecdote, why do you care so much?" The watcher flipped open the scenic photo album on the ground and flipped forward from the position where Koyuki Hantsuna was currently in use. "If I want to talk to that genius swordsman, let me think... How about the sunny sky after the rainy season, Master Ichimonji?"

"Haha, the lord is older than all of us old men, right?" Ichimonji Norimune laughed heartily, "But the scenery of the rainy season is indeed very suitable - the beautiful hydrangeas are very suitable for the child... But I hope to change the scenery a little later, I wonder if the lord can allow me this small request?"

"Master Ichimonji, casually mentioning a woman's real age is an unforgivable crime." The Watcher looked at Ichimonji Norimune with a fake smile, as if he would tie him up and take him to Okita Souji if he stepped on the minefield again. "And... even if you guessed 'that', don't say it casually - otherwise the Time Government will be in trouble."

"A genius swordsman? That kid doesn't think so." Lansemello put down the teacup in his hand and recalled most of the people in Chaldea and Heroes who could be called geniuses. "Rather, among the people I know, there are almost no ones who can frankly admit that they are geniuses. This is even more obvious among those who are later than me."

"In addition..." Lansemello looked at the Watcher and smiled, "Is the 'that' you are talking about included in our contract?"

"Of course - after all, the content of our contract is 'everything'." The Watcher closed his eyes and sighed helplessly at Ichimonji Norimune, "Then, when do you want to change the scenery, Master Ichimonji? By the way, we must change to a more suitable scenery for holding a banquet before dinner - the rainy season is not suitable for holding a banquet."

"I heard that the boys are taking Okita Souji to visit the Honmaru..." Ichimonji Norimune looked through the window at the Honmaru buildings surrounding the castle tower and pondered for a moment, "Oh, right, they should have changed it before they return to their residence and courtyard - I will let Nikko inform the lord of the specific time... The lord should not have arranged an inner show for them today, right?"

"Well, and there won't be any expeditions scheduled during this period..." The Watcher paused and looked away, "Ah, I should have let Shan Niaomao take you on the expedition earlier - I shouldn't have left you idle. Okay, okay, then let's just say that the Jingqu thing is settled - Hey!!!"

"Hahaha... Then I'll leave first, my lord."

Ichimonji Norimune had already run out when the watcher looked away, leaving only his unfinished words floating in the wind.

“This one is just like an old mischievous child… I feel like I’ve seen someone similar in the Throne of Heroes—well, that has nothing to do with me.”

"Like Merlin?"

"No - Mr. Merlin is a scumbag. A complete and utter scumbag. I think it's an insult to Mr. Ichimonji to compare him to Mr. Ichimonji."

"Who else in the Throne of Heroes is this type? BB? No, that AI is the pinnacle of bad taste."

"Hmm... Taigong Wang? I feel like they both have that kind of relaxed and joyful atmosphere mixed with a bit of helpless sadness... In this sense, these two people are really very similar, right?"

"Eh - no, that's how it is, ah, so that's how it is... so that's how you feel. If you look at it that way... well, as expected, this is the difference between you as the fairy of Paradise and me as the third magician, right? By the way, when you saw that scene, how did you think of the God Kuenbiko?"

"Maybe it's because... we just saw a one-eyed and one-legged princess who possessed the divine power of the Kuenbiko not long ago."