Chapter 058 58

Amidst the chaos, the four arrived at the laundry.

"Okay, we're here. This is the laundry in Honmaru—" Kashuu Kiyomitsu stopped and introduced the area in front of him to Okita-kun and Okita-san, "Everyone in Honmaru washes their clothes here. You can choose to use the washing machine in the room or wash them by hand—but the specific washing method is decided by the swordsman who is assigned to do the laundry that day."

"For example, if Kasen is assigned to the laundry, she will choose to wash by hand—" Yamatomori Yasudasa added with a smile, "because Kasen thinks that doing so is a very elegant thing to do."

"Isn't it true that Kasen really enjoys the process of washing clothes?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu tilted his head and shared his opinion about his colleague with Yamatomori Yasunari, "The sound of the fabric being immersed in water and then being brought out of the water - these are both relaxing and elegant sounds for Kasen."

"Come to think of it, you guys mentioned before that the inner scenes of the song immortals - the song immortals Kanesada and Candakiri Mitsutada are all arranged in the kitchen during this period, right?" Ms. Okita tilted her head to look at Kashuu Kiyomitsu and winked at him, "Then who is the swordsman arranged in the laundry today?"

"One of them you should have met before - Kotobuki Toushirou, the valet yesterday." Yamato-mori Yasusada answered Ms. Okita's question on behalf of Kashuu Kiyomitsu, while walking towards the room where the washing machine was located. "But the swordsman he was arranged with today was not his brother, it was Catfish Toushirou."

"It's Monoyoshi Tadamune who used to be with him in the Tokugawa family." Kashuu Kiyomitsu crossed his arms and slowly followed behind Yamato-no-kami Yasusada. "Well, although they both had a history of being in the Tokugawa family, the lord didn't arrange them together because of that."

"Strictly speaking, um, Kotobuki has been tied to Monokichi since that incident - probably because the lord wants to avoid some unfortunate developments." Kashuu Kiyomitsu stopped and watched Yamato-no-kami Yasunari open the door. "After all, Monokichi got his name because he always won every battle when Tokugawa Ieyasu took him out to fight - and now, it has been expanded to the point where he can bring luck to his master."

When they first saw the interior of the laundry, they did not find the two-vibration guard on duty today. Instead, what caught their eyes were the tablecloths that almost covered the entire floor. The two-vibration guard was obviously overwhelmed by the excessive workload, so that the four could only see what was happening with the tablecloths piled on the floor.

Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-no-kami Yasunari looked at each other and reluctantly joined in the process of cleaning up the tablecloths. Although their lord was overwhelmingly wealthy compared to other judges, if they just threw the tablecloths in a pile after using them once, they would eventually be punished by Hakata Toushirou and Oshikiri Hasebe, who controlled the financial power.

——Besides, the banquet will continue tonight. If the tablecloth is not cleaned up soon, Kasen Kanesada will definitely be the first to rush to the laundry. After all, it was Kasen Kanesada who originally planned to use such tablecloths. When he was decorating the venue yesterday, he had an argument with Oshikiri Hasebe and Hakata Toushirou about this...

"Ah, it's Mr. Yamato Mamoru."

After Okita-kun and Okita-san started to clean up the tablecloths with Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamatomori Yasusada, Yamatomori Yasusada finally saw the golden-haired messenger when he picked up a bunch of tablecloths. Kotobuki Toushirou, who was squatting behind the golden-haired messenger, obviously heard the boy's smiling voice greeting Yamatomori Yasusada, so he turned his head and looked in their direction.

"Hey, Kotobuki--" At this time, Kashuu Kiyomitsu's voice rang out from the other end of the laundry, "It's impossible for the tablecloths from yesterday's party to fill up the entire floor, right? In addition to the tablecloths from yesterday's party, is there anything else piled on the floor here?"

"In fact, half of the swordsmen in Honmaru were just changing their bedsheets and quilt covers yesterday..." Hobbit Toushirou stuffed the tablecloth in his hand into the washing machine and answered Kashuu Kiyomitsu's question expressionlessly, "Kushiao, the side where you are should be full of quilt covers and bedsheets - they are just simply classified according to the swordsmen's sword schools."

Kashuu Kiyomitsu: "If this is the case, the washing machine won't be able to finish washing even if it runs at full capacity!? Is this really okay, Motokichi!?"

"Haha..." Mutokichi Masamoto smiled and pressed his hat, and replied helplessly, "So we plan to wash the tablecloth first, and then give priority to the tablecloth in the laundry dryer - the bed sheets and quilts will be put behind. If the washing machine can be emptied, we will use the washing machine. If not, we can only wash it by hand."

"In that case, I'll have to ask Yakuken or the lord if we can change the scenery." Kotobuki Toushirou rolled up his sleeves that had fallen down a little, picked up the last few tablecloths and stuffed them into the washing machine one by one. "It's not suitable to hang these outside on a snowy day - it would be better if we could change the scenery to summer or spring."

"But after the tablecloth is stuffed into the washing machine, our current work is over." Monoyoshi Masamu laughed, watching Kotobuki Toushirou start the last washing machine with the tablecloth stuffed into it, "So, do Mr. Yamato Mamoru and Mr. Kashuu want to see us for something?"

"They are probably showing their former master around the main castle. The lord told Chaldea yesterday that they don't need to care about the government's ban on real names. He was telling them and us that we can choose to meet the swords or former masters we once held, or avoid them." Kotobuki Toushirou calmly put down his rolled-up sleeves. "And you see - those two people over there should be Okita Souji."

Kashuu Kiyomitsu & Yamatomori Yasunari: "Eh? Kotobuki, why do you look like you already knew about the existence of Okita-kun/Okita-san?"

Kotobuki Toushirou: "...I met with both Lord Nobunaga yesterday. Also, a large part of the conversation between the Lord and the vice-director of Chaldea was said in front of me."

"Ah, I see it!" Monoyoshi Tadamune waved happily at Okita-kun and Okita-san, while introducing himself loudly, "My name is Monoyoshi Tadamune! Although I have no reputation, I will win every battle with you, so Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu loves me very much! Therefore, there is a rumor among the Shinto judges that I will bring good luck - if other Shinto judges in Honmaru cannot forge a sword, they will replace me as a close attendant to forge the sword in the swordsmith room!"

"It sounds like a bluebird that brings happiness." Okita-kun walked back to California Kiyomitsu calmly, looked at the charioteer with soft blond hair in front of him, and recalled a Valentine's Day gift that both the lords of New Chaldea and Phoenix Chaldea received from a certain writer, "Can it bring luck..."

Ms. Okita obviously also thought of the gift - although the gift giver claimed that it was just "an old thing" and gave the gift to the Lord in an extremely perfunctory manner and did nothing else; but this did not prevent other people in Chaldea from studying the gift.

It doesn't matter that the shell is a derivative of the Blue Bird. When the omnipotent genius discovered that this gift really brings good luck, many servants who understand the situation will find it hard to believe - after all, the part of the gift giver that is world-famous, in addition to his creative talent, is the misfortune that has plagued him throughout his life.

"It was unfortunate enough when he was alive. Besides, the Servant's values ​​will not be affected by external factors... At most, his performance will be adjusted according to the quality of his master. And the Luck Value cannot be affected by the Master, right?" The Almighty at that time enthusiastically came up with his own conclusion, "So he probably found that this mouse was useless to him, so he gave it to Ritsuka-chan."

"I think Fujimaru himself is lucky enough." The Paradise Fairy, who was sitting on the sofa in the workshop at that time, was flipping through the report on the underworld trip in El-Melloi's classroom, and casually refuted the viewpoint of the Almighty Man. "After all, the legend of the Blue Bird is to bring happiness to people... But there is also a saying--"

"Bluebird does not bring happiness, it just chases happiness." Ms. Okita looked at Monokichi Masamu and subconsciously repeated this sentence after Mr. Okita, saying another possibility, "Perhaps the saying that Monokichi Masamu can bring luck is only because the person who holds it at the time is favored by luck, not Monokichi Masamu himself."

"No, the one who is favored by luck has always been Monokichi." Kotobuki Toushirou suddenly joined the conversation with a calm tone, "According to records, in the 20th year of Keicho, Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Toyotomi Hideyori. In this battle, many swords hidden in the Toyotomi family were burned. Miraculously, I was found in the moat without any injury and sent to the Tokugawa family."

It is true that Kobeba Toushirou's memory is blank, but this does not prevent him from helping the Watcher as a valet to organize various kinds of intelligence - including a lot of data brought back from the Chaldea where the Watcher used to belong after the end of the first mutation; all the instruments brought back were the responsibility of the Watcher herself, but most of the data was given to Kobeba Toushirou and Yaken Toushirou who were accompanying her at the time to organize and classify.

In the process of sorting out these materials, Kotobuki Toushirou also read a very limited amount of the past of himself and his companions - Monoyoshi Tadamune was given to Tokugawa Ieyasu by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1894, and has been a family heirloom in the Tokugawa family ever since; and he was sent to the Tokugawa family as a trophy after Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Toyotomi Hideyori in 1894.

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu passed away the following year, and Monoyoshi Tadamune was divided as part of his inheritance to his ninth son, Tokugawa Yoshinao. In this Chaldean document, there is an additional note next to this content: "In a sense, the aspiring "Monoyoshi Tadamune" was indeed blessed by the god of luck."

"…In the third year of the Meireki era, that is, forty-one years later, a fire broke out in Edo, burning down two-thirds of the Edo Castle area. Among them, the more than 1,500 hidden swords of the Tokugawa family were damaged to varying degrees." Kotobuki Toushirou closed his eyes and calmly recounted everything that had happened in the past. "Among them, the vast majority of swordsmen belonging to Kuritaguchi who the government had not yet successfully concluded were buried in the fire. Of course, this also included me and Bao Ding."

"However, Monokichi had left Edo Castle long before he was sealed up as the Owari Domain by Tokugawa Yoshinao in the second year of the Genwa era, so he was fortunate enough to avoid the fire that occurred 41 years later."