I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan(

Because of the rush of time, Mamiya only had time to cook a pot of ordinary rice porridge.

While eating dinner, Lin briefly introduced to Mamiya and Genichi what happened to them in Kyoto, their alliance with Ogata and Amachi, and plans to completely solve Shiranui. This plan is a hidden danger.

Because it was too late, and they were all on the road during the day today, suffering from the hardships of boats and cars, so after dinner, Lin said that everyone should rest early and discuss business matters later.

After dinner, Mamiya invited everyone to watch the gadgets he had made during the past few months.

According to Mamiya, when he was renovating the base area of ​​their gourd house, he had a playful mentality and made a lot of cabinets and boxes out of discarded wood.

Anyway, I have nothing to do, except for Lin, who has already gone to rest, and Genichi, who has long known what Mamiya has done, and Lin ordered to prepare Ogata and Amachi to live on the island where the futon needed at this time. Tian, ​​and everyone except Amachi who was going to take a bath, followed in the past to watch the cabinets and boxes that Mamiya made.

The cabinets and boxes made by Mamiya are stacked in a corner of the temple.

The stacks of cabinets and boxes come in various styles and sizes.

Mamiya pointed to the pile of cabinets and boxes he had made, and told Ogata, Makimura, and Asai if they liked which one, they could take it.

Both Makura and Asai do not lack cabinets and boxes.

On the contrary, Ogata took a fancy to one of the cabinets.

The cabinet that Ogata looked at was very short, with only one level of cabinets, but it was very long and wide enough for two adult men to lie on it side by side.

"Mamiya-kun." Ogata stretched out his finger and pointed to the cabinet he was looking at. "Can you help me carry this cabinet to my room?"

"It's okay, but you can. But... do you want to change to another cabinet? This cabinet doesn't hold a lot of things, so it's not very useful."

"It's okay. I don't plan to use this cabinet to store things anyway."

"Huh?" Mamiya was puzzled. "If you don't use a cabinet to store things, what do you use it for?"

"Well... after you help me move this cabinet to my room, I will tell you."

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Together, Ogata and Mamiya moved the low, but long and wide cabinet into Ogata's room.

The room where Ogata lives is the same room that he lived in when he first visited the gourd house a few months ago.

After entering this room, Ogata felt a "long-lost" feeling.

While having dinner just now, Lin arranged a room for Ogata and Amachi.

There is no shortage of vacancies in the gourd house, so Lin arranged a room for Ogata and Amachi, and the two rooms were not far apart.

At Ogata's request, Ogata and Mamiya worked together to place the low cabinet in the center of the room.

"Okay." Mamiya said while wiping the sweat from his forehead, "Can you tell me what you plan to do with this cabinet?"

"I plan to—do this."

While talking, Ogata picked up the futon beside his feet.

This bedding should have been delivered by Shimada just now.

Just now after eating dinner, Lin asked Shimada to prepare the futons for Ogata and Amachi, so Shimada did not go to see the pile of cabinets and boxes made by Mamiya just now.

Ogata spread the mattress on this cabinet and lay directly on it.

Mamiya raised an eyebrow:

"Ogata-kun, are you going to sleep on it?"

"Yes."

"Sleeping on the cabinet, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"Mamiya, let me be honest with you." Ogata looked at Mamiya earnestly. "I'm actually—not used to sleeping on tatami mats."

"Huh? Not used to sleeping on tatami mats?" Mamiya looked at Ogata with a gaze as if looking at an alien.

Ogata could understand the look Mamiya was casting at him.

After all, in Japan in the 18th century, if you tell people that you are not used to sleeping on tatami mats, it does make people think that you are a super weird person.

"Unexpectedly, Ogata-kun, you have a strange habit." After Mamiya shrugged, he turned and walked outside the room, "Ogata-kun, I'll go first. You can rest well."

"Yeah. Good night, Mamiya."

After Mamiya left and closed the door smoothly, Ogata, who was lying on the cabinet, stretched vigorously.

Although it has been more than a year since the Edo period, Ogata is still not used to sleeping on tatami mats.

Every day when I opened my eyes and found that he was lying on the floor, Ogata felt a strange feeling of indescribability.

The reason Ogata liked this cabinet was because it was short enough to be used as a bed.

Lying on this cabinet gave Ogata a feeling of nostalgia.

During the daytime today, I have always been through the bumps.

Lying on the futon, Ogata felt sleepy and began to gradually occupy his mind.

When Ogata and Mamiya worked together to move the cabinet to his room, Amachi ran to take a bath.

I must have returned to her room now, ready to fall asleep.

Unconsciously, under the influence of sleepiness, Ogata slowly closed his eyes...

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After falling asleep vaguely, Ogata suddenly heard footsteps outside the room.

The long years of ronin life after leaving Hirose Clan has long allowed Ogata to develop the ability to "sleep not too dead, and wake up as soon as he hears any disturbances".

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside the room, Xu Jian opened his eyes abruptly, and then quickly picked up Da Shitian who had been holding him in his arms.

As soon as Ogata sat up, he heard a sound familiar to Amachi from outside the room:

"A Yi, it's me."

"A Ding...?"

After hearing Ah Ding's voice, Okinawa slowly put down Da Shi Tian, ​​who had just picked up, and at the same time slowly relaxed the muscles and nerves that had been tensed.

Wow.

Outside the room, Ah Ding slowly opened the door.

With loose hair, wearing the yukata she bought in Kyoto, with a pair of cute white feet and double clogs on her feet, Amachi stood so cutely outside the door of Ogata's room.

Before Ogata had time to ask Amachi what to do outside the door of his room at night, Amachi slowly stepped into Ogata's room and closed the door again.

"Amachi, what's the matter?" The color of astonishment on Ogata's face has not disappeared.

Amachi didn't answer Ogata's question immediately, but first walked slowly to the cabinet under Ogata, and then asked Ogata with a look of confusion:

"A Yi, why are you sleeping on this cabinet?"

"Well... Simply put, I think sleeping on the cabinet is more comfortable than sleeping on the tatami."

"Unexpectedly, Ah Yi, you have a strange hobby."

After saying this feeling almost exactly the same as what Mamiya had just said, Amachi kicked off the clogs on his feet and sat on Ogata's bed.

"Amachi, what's the matter? I can't sleep. Are you planning to come and chat with me?" Ogata gathered Dashaten and Da Zizai and sat cross-legged.

"Well...Is it..." Ah Ding whispered.

Amachi raised her legs, stepped on Ogata's bed with her two feet, and then stretched out her hands to embrace her legs.

"I...speak out, don't laugh at me." Ah Ding's face was a bit bitter, "I was ready to go to bed just now."

"But... as long as you close your eyes, you feel... there seems to be a chaser outside the house in Shiranui..."

"I have been thinking about why I am like this."

"On the way from Kyoto to Owari, I clearly slept well every night. Why is it that as long as I close my eyes now, I feel that a chaser from Shiranui is about to kill..."

"After thinking hard, it finally made me figure out the reason."

Speaking of this, Amachi turned his head and showed a faint smile at Ogata.

"Because you are missing from my side."

"On the way I was on the road before, because you were there, I won't be scared."

Hearing these words of Amachi, Ogata was taken aback for a moment.

After a long silence, Ogata whispered:

"Don't be afraid. Ah Ting. I'm here."

Hearing Ogata's words, the smile on Amachi's face became more obvious, and both eyes were bent into crescent moons.

"A Yi, chat with me."

"Then... after I get sleepy in the chat and I fall asleep, can you help me carry it back to my room?"

"...Hmm." Ogata nodded almost without any hesitation. "Okay, no problem. Then... let's talk about some common topics first."

"A general topic? For example?"

"A Ding, after Shiranui is destroyed, do you have any special things you want to do?"

"It's really a very ordinary topic... Ah Yi, do you have any special things you want to do?"

"Now I am asking you. After you tell me what you want to do next, I will tell you what I want to do next."

"What do I want to do later..."

After murmuring like this, Ah Ting became silent and contemplative.

After a while, Ah Ding whispered:

"...The bride."

"Huh? What?" Ah Ting hummed like a mosquito, and Ogata asked, who hadn't heard what A Ting was saying.

A Ding was silent for a while, then blushed, and said in a voice that was slightly louder than before:

"When there are no more chasing soldiers from Shiranui, I want to be a beautiful bride..."

"...What a simple dream."

"What's wrong with simplicity?" Amachi raised his hand angrily and patted Ogata's shoulder.

After retracting the hand that slapped Ogata's shoulder, Amachi was silent again for a while, and then continued:

"Although it is a bit simpler, it is an unattainable dream for me..."

"When I was very young, I knew that as a female ninja, just planning to live an ordinary life is an extravagant desire..."

Ah Ting's words instantly made the surrounding atmosphere a bit heavy.

Ah Ding was silent again for some reason.

And Ogata also remained silent because he didn't know what to say now to alleviate the slightly heavy atmosphere.

The two people who were silent together made the surrounding atmosphere more and more heavy...

Just when Ogata still didn't think of what to say at this time, Amachi suddenly broke the silence with a loud voice:

"My simple dream, I don't know when it will come, and...Is there any chance to come true?"

In Ah Ding's tone, it was half joking and half distress.

Looking at Amachi with a faint melancholy on his face, Ogata tightened his lips slightly, and then—

"Huh? Ah Yi, what's the matter?"

Ogata stood up suddenly, causing Amachi to question.

"A Ding, come with me."

Ogata, who stood up, stretched out his big slap, gently took Amachi's slender, small hand, and then involuntarily held Amachi's hand, letting Amachi stand up with him.

"What are you doing? If you want to go outside, let me wear clogs first!"

Although he didn't know what Ogata was going to do, Amachi obediently let Ogata take her by the hand and pulled her to the window.

In Ogata's room, there is only one small window.

Ogata opened the window, and a cool evening breeze immediately blew on the two of them.

Ogata raised his head, and after identifying the north, south, east, and west based on the position of the moon, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the east:

"There is the East."

"Walking east from here, you can reach Mikawa, One, Shunwa, and finally Edo."

"That area is also known as the land of Kanto."

"As the ruling center of the shogunate, Kanto must be far more prosperous than my hometown and Kyoto."

Ogata rolled his finger.

"It's north."

"All the way north, you will be able to reach Ezo Land."

"Ezo land, as a northern country, once winter comes, you can look around, and it will be covered with white snow."

"I am ashamed to say that I have never seen a snow mountain. I really want to meet."

Ogata turned the direction of his finger again.

"There is the West."

"From here to the west, you can reach Omi, your hometown in Ading."

"Then going west, you will reach my hometown-Izumo."

"It has been almost a year since I left Izumo."

"Although there are few people I know in Izumo anymore, I would be happy to go back to Izumo if I have a chance."

Ogata slowly put his fingers away.

"Japan seems to be very big, but compared to the whole world, Japan is just a small country."

"There are still many countries in this world."

"In these countries, there must be many scenery that you can't see in Japan."

Ogata put his hands around his chest, looked at the mountain that blocked the horizon in the distance, and said calmly:

"This is what I want to do later."

"Huh? What...?" Ah Ding was puzzled.

"This is what I want to do later."

Ogata repeated what he had just said again every word.

"Without any restraint, freely look at different scenery all over the world. This is what I want to do later."

"After the Shiranui is annihilated and the undead poison in my body is cured, I will be like before, with a knife on my shoulder, and be a ronin who takes the world as his home, and then wander aimlessly, watching aimlessly Scenery everywhere."

"It's different from my simple dream. Ah Yi, your dream is so grand." Ah Ding said in a half-joking tone.

"Although so. But if there is no one to support me, I am afraid that one day in the future, I will not be able to stick to this dream of mine."

Speaking of this, a faint smile began to appear on Ogata's face.

"So-Ah Ding, come and help me realize my dream."

"Eh……?"

"I will help you realize your dream, and then you will also help me realize my dream."

After Ogata finished speaking, he slowly turned his head and looked directly at Amachi's eyes.

His eyes are so clear that people can't help but think of the sky and the sea, clearly reflecting the figure of Ah Ding.

"The two of us have been working together since Butterfly Island. With the tacit understanding of the two of us, we two will be able to beautifully realize each other's dreams."

While Ogata was looking straight at Ogata's eyes, Amachi was also looking straight at Ogata's eyes.

The eyes that looked at Ogata earnestly seemed to be looking for something in Ogata's eyes.

Her big eyes showed a touch of surprise, and there was a bit of joy in the surprise.

Her rosy lips were pressed tightly, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

"Do you know what you just said? Are you planning to change my name to'Ogatacho' in the future?"

Ah Ding's tone ~www.wuxiahere.com~ is a bit helpless.

Ogata did not respond to Amachi's words.

Only smiled.

Then-

Without warning, Ogata slowly raised his hands, wrapped Ading around her back, and held Ading into his arms.

The movements were gentle as if they were picking up beautiful flowers floating on the calm water.

To Ogata's sudden embrace, Amachi didn't make any resistance.

After being embraced by Ogata, Amachi slowly raised her hands after hesitating for a while, and gently hugged Ogata. That action is like a mother bird spreading her wings to shelter her chicks.

While embracing Ogata, Amachi stood on tiptoe and leaned his cheek against Ogata's.

And Ogata also cooperated with Amachi, bending his waist slightly.

The two's cheeks almost came together, and Ogata could clearly feel the hot smell of her cheeks.

Ogata looked at her face intentionally or unintentionally, only to see a faint smile on her face, but she bit her lower lip again, as if she wanted to cry again.

Although it is strange to say that, Ogata only feels—Amachi at this time is very...girl.

Ah Ding usually displays a heroic spirit and strength that far surpasses other women of the same age in front of the Xu side.

This is the second time Ogata deeply feels that the person in front of him is a weak girl with a slender heart.

The first time was that long night in Kyoto, when Amachi shivered with fear.

And the second time, it's now.

The two just let time pass quietly.

This is a chaotic era.

It's not peaceful everywhere.

Under the world still in a state of chaos, there is only this place at this moment, like a small boat floating on the quiet night sea.