Chapter 108
The knot in Rengoku Chijuro's heart was untied.
No, it cannot be said that it was completely solved. It should be said that Qingxi found something for him that he could do as long as he was willing to work hard and put in the effort, and if he could achieve results, he would be able to solve the problem in his heart.
With this incident, Rengoku Chijuro's attention was diverted from the fact that he had no talent in swordsmanship.
"Sister Aki, what you just said... becoming a writer, can I really do it?" Rengoku Chijuro, who had not yet clarified his future goals, asked without confidence based on the suggestion that Qingxi had just given.
"If you don't have confidence, then try everything you're interested in, Senjuro," Qingxi said irresponsibly. "You're only eight years old, and you still have ten years to go before adulthood. You have time to try. Once you've tried everything you're interested in, it won't be too late to go back and focus on a particular interest."
Rengoku Chijuro took Qingxi's words seriously to heart and his mind became active.
Looking at the boy who was already lost in his own thoughts, Qingxi's eyes began to wander.
In short, she had already provided him with "psychological counseling" and then found him another task that would take up his time. She just hoped that Mr. Rengoku and Mrs. Ruka would not come after her to settle the score after they knew about it.
"Umm, Ashi, can I come in?"
Someone knocked gently on the shoji door from outside, and a hoarse boy's voice was heard. If the other party had not had a very personal quirk in his speech, the girl sitting in the room would have wondered who the owner of the voice was.
Rengoku Chijuro noticed the astonishment on Qingxi's face and gently reminded her, "Sister Axi, my brother's voice has entered the voice change period since this year."
Qingxi suddenly realized something, and then she said towards the shoji door, "You can come in."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the shoji door was opened from the outside. When the person outside came in and was about to close the door again, Qingxi stopped her.
I was talking behind the shoji door just now because I was considerate of the boy's feelings. Now that we have talked it out, there is nothing wrong.
Three people sat in the house, with the shoji door open and the land outside the eaves scorched by the scorching sun in sight.
Qingxi hadn't felt it before, but now she felt the discomfort of the clothes on her back, which were soaked with sweat, sticking to her skin.
She summoned the gourmet backpack, and at the curious prompting of the two brothers who couldn't see the backpack, she took out three palm-leaf fans and gave one to each of them. She took the remaining one in her hand and started fanning herself.
"It's so hot and stuffy. There's not even any wind today," she muttered.
"Hmm, would you like some mung bean soup?" Rengoku Kyojuro took the basket beside him. "I just heard you were coming over, Aki, but when I came out to look for you and Chijuro after training, I only saw the snack box you left in the corridor."
Qingxi secretly glanced in the direction of Rengoku Chijuro, and when she saw that he was looking at her pitifully, she understood in her heart that the child didn't want his family to know what was bothering him recently.
only--
"I want to eat." Seeing the clay pot that Rengoku Kyojuro had taken out of the basket, she took out three bowls from her food backpack.
Three people each had a bowl to eat. Ice was added to the mung bean soup. Eating a bowl in such hot and humid weather would definitely make people shout out in delight.
"Kyojuro, did you come here early? And heard the conversation between Chijuro and me in the room?"
Cough, cough, cough, cough.
The two brothers, who thought the matter was over, were caught off guard by Qingxi's sudden question.
Looking at the two brothers who were in such a mess together, Qingxi was the only one sitting there cross-legged, drinking soup leisurely.
"Sister Axi!!!" Rengoku Chijuro yelled angrily with red cheeks.
Qingxi continued to watch the fun. She nodded, "Although Chijuro's voice was loud, his aura was so weak. I didn't feel intimidated at all."
"Sister Axi, why do you sometimes want to see the fun between me and my elder brother like a mother does?" Rengoku Chijuro was full of energy at first, but it declined and finally ran out of energy. He was weakened by the opponent's words and could not get angry anymore. He said helplessly.
"Maybe it's because," she sighed, "Kyojuro and Chijuro have frizzy hair, round faces, and round eyes, like two owls wrapped in flames—"
"Cute, I want to pet it." She placed a hand on the calico cat that had slipped out of Rengoku Chijuro's hand like a liquid and then walked back to her folded legs. As the two brothers looked over, she stroked the cat's head several times. "So cute."
They both: “…”
Rengoku Chijuro glanced at his brother, and then thought about Jiro and Taro raised by Sister Aki. Well, they were all furry, so... Sister Aki, did you treat my brother and me as pets?
"Aki, you seem to have no resistance to furry animals." Rengoku Kyojuro said.
"Not really." Qingxi shook her head. "In the summer, I don't like them sticking to me. It's too hot. At this time, my favorite is the white snake dysprosium pill raised by Iguro. It's cool and it's super refreshing to wrap it around your neck."
"It's a pity that a snake as spiritual as Kabutomaru is rare. I can't find another one. Otherwise, it would be a magic weapon to relieve the heat in summer." Qingxi said with a puffed face.
"Ihei is such a stingy guy," she said gloomily. "I wanted to borrow Kabukimaru for a summer, with food, shelter, and even the prospect of finding a mate, but he refused... Later, he never even came to the Butterfly House. I was thinking if I couldn't borrow Kabukimaru, I'd bring him a baby just like him when he had one."
Unfortunately, she always felt that the other party would definitely not agree with her idea.
Rengoku Chijuro really wanted to ask who Iguro was, but he felt it would be rude to ask so directly, so he held it back.
However, for some reason, he felt a sense of crisis for his elder brother.
He hesitated for a moment, but still pushed his brother out. "Actually, my brother is pretty good. It's a little hot in the summer, but it's pretty good in the winter."
People who use the Breath of Fire have a higher body temperature than normal people. In the summer, to be honest, whether it is his brother or his father, they will feel the heat if they get too close to them. But as he said, in the winter, his warm brother is like a hot water bottle, and the coldness in his body can be dispelled by being close to him.
"Huh?" The girl, whose long black hair was tied up with a pair of chopsticks because the weather was too hot, made a confused sound.
Rengoku Chijuro: "..."
Rengoku Kyojuro: “…”
"Um, Aki, I have now learned the first four forms of Breathing of Fire from father. Do you want to see it?" As an older brother, a brother who is smart and can think faster when encountering certain things, Rengoku Kyojuro spoke in a very loud voice to attract the girl's attention, and then invited her.
"Ah? Yeah." Qingxi was startled. There was nothing she could do. Rengoku Kyojuro's voice was really too loud. She subconsciously nodded in response to his invitation.
There is no need for Rengoku Kyojuro to go home and get a knife, because Qingxi already has the knife.
Her first Nichirin sword was a wakizashi that was remade by a swordsmith using someone else's broken Nichirin sword. It was not used to kill demons like other demon hunters in the Demon Slayer Corps, but as a weapon for self-protection.
When it first appeared, she gave it to Rengoku Kyojuro to deal with the female ghost in the New Year of that year. But later, she gave it privately to Grandma Su and Grandpa Qin, asking them to keep it for self-protection.
The one she has stored in her gourmet backpack is still a wakizashi, but at Tsurumaru Kuninaga's suggestion, it is a wakizashi with the same length as the only wakizashi in his Honmaru, Smiley Aoie.
Anyway, she doesn't care whether Tsurumaru Kuninaga is planning to cause trouble in the future, but now it's a good opportunity to lend it to Rengoku Kyojuro.
Kiyoki and Rengoku Chijuro leaned in close, their heads touching, to look at the Nichirin, Owakizashi, and sword Rengoku Kyojuro was holding.
Qingxi exclaimed, "Hey! It changed color. When I held it, it was just an ordinary-looking wakizashi."
Although Rengoku Chijuro felt a little lost in his heart when he saw his brother change the color of the Nichirin Sword again, it didn't matter. Just like Sister Aki said, he could work hard in other areas. In this way, when Muzan Kibutsuji is eliminated by everyone and disappears from this world, and the Demon Slayer Corps is disbanded, he can find his own talents and help his brother return to ordinary life.
Thinking of this, Rengoku Chijuro said proudly: "Brother, you are very powerful."
Qingxi nodded in agreement with what her brother said. "The red Nichirin Sword is very beautiful. Xingmei's Nichirin Sword is very similar to him, gray and unremarkable, giving people a very simple feeling."
After muttering some comments about the two sword techniques that could not change the color of the Nichirin Sword, Chai obediently walked out of the room and sat in the corridor.
The two of them were like little babies sitting in a cultural hall watching the performance of kindergarten children on the stage. The little owl next to them knew what the next show was going to be, so he excitedly told the girl who was holding a calico cat next to him about the content of the show. He looked very excited and excited.
"Aki-sister, what my brother is performing now is the Breathing of Fire. Form I. Shiranui."
"Yeah, I saw it. When Kyojuro swung his sword, a huge circle of fire appeared."
"Sister Axi, next is the second form of Breathing of Fire, Rising Flame Sky."
"Oh, is that sword energy? It's turning into flames and shooting out in all directions. Wow, Kyojuro is so fast."
"Aki-sister, Aki-sister, look, the Breathing of Fire. Form Three. Breathing of All Things."
"The air seemed to be burning."
"Aki-sister, Breath of Fire. Form Four. Uzumaki of Great Flame!"
"Even the fire tornado came out?"
There were two people under the eaves, one was praising his brother mindlessly, and the other was praising him without limit. For a moment, it felt like watching a crosstalk.
Noticing the boy standing in the sun sheathing his Nichirin sword and walking towards him, Qingxi clapped his hands and said, "Kyojuro is amazing."
"Father also said that my brother is very talented in swordsmanship." Rengoku Chijuro continued to brag.
"Yes, that's right," Qingxi agreed. She was done, but she still had one more thing to stir up. "The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead, and the waves ahead die on the beach. Kyojuro, let's try harder, and then we can overthrow the strong and snatch the position of Flame Pillar from Mr. Rengoku."
"Aki." Rengoku Kyojuro said helplessly, "If my father knew what you said now, he would definitely beat me up again."
Rengoku Kyojuro had learned his lesson after being hit in the face twice by his father for telling him what Kiyokuni had said to him.
However, now that the girl's words could particularly provoke his father's anger, he didn't dare to tell his father again this time.
I’m afraid that he will get unhappy and beat me again.
...After all, as a grown man, it's not right for him to really attack a little girl. Don't you care about your reputation at all?
Moreover, if I really take action, I believe that after Mr. Beimingyu finds out, there will be a "beat the small one and the big one comes" scene. When the lord finds out about it, it will be another joke.
"Well," she said with a smile, covering his sweaty face with a towel. "Just don't let Mr. Purgatory know."
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