I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Today I wanted to write a 1W3 word chapter, and I just ended up writing the title that has been written for many days.

However... Today, on the Qixi Festival, my first love, my mother invited me to go shopping outside, and I dare not follow...

When I got home, it was already dark... I wrote it all my life, only 5700 words... Therefore-today's title changed from (End) to (5)... (End) I can only wait for tomorrow...

It feels like God is against me! Can't you let me get rid of this dying title? (Leopard has a headache and crying.jpg)

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The top mood has not been so good since this morning.

The sudden death of Ize and others caused some stains in the first battle of this battle, which should have ended in "very perfect".

This makes the most depressed the more I think about it.

However-while feeling depressed, the most is also very excited now.

Because his uncle gave him the task of tracking down the "mysterious swordsman".

This may be a task that can be accomplished.

If the "mysterious swordsman" is really a member of an organization that is determined to oppose their Japan, then destroying this organization would be a great achievement.

The credit is big enough to make the top drool.

Therefore, after leading the generals sent to him by Shengtianmu out of the camp, he showed a spirited look at the top, vowing to find out the true face of the "mysterious swordsman".

At this moment, Zong Shangzheng led his generals and soldiers to rest in a mountain forest.

At the top, while pouring clear water into his mouth, he carefully checked the map in his hand to confirm where they are now and how far they are from the destination of their trip—Siwasi Village.

As a village not far from the Red Moon Fortress, Siwaxi Village naturally owns a map of its surroundings by the Japanese army.

In order to calm down the Red Moon Fortress in one go, the Shogunate has long dispatched special personnel to map all the areas around the Red Moon Fortress.

After confirming that it was not far from the Siwaxi Village and that the subordinates were almost resting, the top called out loudly, informing all the subordinates that they were ready to proceed.

"It's not far from that Siwaxi Village!" The top spoke loudly to the surrounding subordinates, "All cheer up!"

"People may not welcome us."

Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on the top face.

"So we are all ready to'respond well' to people's'warm welcome'!"

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"Fast action! Fast action!"

"Don't bring these heavy and worthless things!"

"You don't need to bring too much food! Just remember to bring a bow and plenty of arrows! As long as you have a bow and arrows, you don't have to worry about food!"

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Siwaxi Village at this moment can be said to be in full swing.

But-they are not holding a festival, but are busy running for their lives.

Their village chief has just informed the whole village that the army of Heren is now located not far from their village. In order not to be affected by the military disaster, the villagers are required to immediately bring important things and hide in the nearby mountains.

In addition to the news that the army of Heren was nearby, the village head also informed the villagers of the destruction of Takta Village not far from them.

The reason for telling the whole village of this tragedy is to make everyone in the village obediently abandon the village and escape into the mountains according to his orders.

And the effect of this strategy of the village chief is quite remarkable-after learning that Takta Village was wiped out by the Japanese army, the only known survivor is Lilata, the little girl who was originally concerned about "temporarily abandoning the village." The people who were quite suspicious all closed their mouths.

Although Siwaxi Village is close to Taketa Village, the relationship between the two villages is not familiar, and only a few villagers have close ties with Taketa Village.

But even if the relationship is not close, knowing that your neighbor has encountered such a tragedy will inevitably lead to death.

And-after learning that Takta Village was extinguished, they really felt that the flame was about to burn their eyebrows.

Who knows if He Ren will also take action on Siwasi Village afterwards?

So-after the village chief conveyed to the whole village the two news that "Taketa Village was destroyed" and "The Japanese Army is nearby", the quietness of Siwaxi Village, which is located in the deep mountains, is like a paradise. Was broken.

Without the command and supervision of the village chief, the villagers in the village spontaneously put in twelve points of spirit and effort to collect the important things in their homes.

While the villagers in Siwaxi Village were working hard to avoid the military disaster, Ogata and the others were at a certain village entrance to the village, accepting Lilata and her grandmother's farewell.

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"Thank you so much... I don't know how to thank you so much... (Ainu

Lilata's grandmother, Ulape, has lived such a long time, and she still has a little bit of knowledge.

She knew that she would bow to others, so in order to show her sincere thanks, Wulape bent her somewhat rickety back and bowed somewhat awkwardly to Ogata and the others.

"You are polite." Ogata paid back. "We just did something we could."

In fact, Ogata is not very good at dealing with this kind of "others thank him" occasion.

In order to save trouble, Ogata will directly respond to the other person with his very versatile words every time he faces other people's thanks.

This sentence is-"You are polite, we just did something we could."

Ulapai is a native of Siwasi village. Her husband, Lilata’s grandfather, passed away a few years ago. She has been living a quiet life alone in Siwasi Village for several years. , There is nothing valuable in the house.

The only things that can be given away are the jerky that you can make yourself and have confidence in the taste.

Just now, in order to thank Ogata and others for rescuing her precious granddaughter and bringing it to her safely, Urape gave Ogata and the others the freshest dried meat in stock at home. .

After all, this is what people want, and these jerky is not something that is so valuable that it is difficult to accept, so Ogata and the others gladly accepted the jerky.

Originally, Urape wanted to invite Ogata and the others to stay for dinner, but Ogata and the others declined it on the grounds that they "will leave."

Ogata and others had no intention of staying in Siwasi Village for a long time. They had to hurry to return to the Red Moon Fortress and inform the villagers of Qina Village that the "Red Moon Fortress is in danger".

And-Ogata and the others are not too embarrassed to stay in Siwasi Village anymore.

The Heren army is nearby, forcing the villagers of Siwaxi Village to temporarily abandon the village and live a savage life in the deep mountains for a period of time.

Ogata and Amachi, two people with friendly faces, stay in Siwasi Village, and they will inevitably receive strange glances from the villagers.

Instead of receiving strange gazes, causing both parties to feel uncomfortable, it would be better to leave straight away.

Now, Ogata and the others are holding turnips and grapes, standing at the entrance of the village, preparing to leave.

The only people who came to see off were Lilata and Ulape.

Lilata is now being led by Ulape with one hand, while the other hand continues to hold the small windmill.

After Ogata and Urape bowed to each other, he squatted down so that his eyes were level with Lilata's.

"Goodbye." Ogata smiled. "You have to take care. (Ainu

Ogata turned his tongue, trying to spit out a somewhat non-standard Ainu language that the Ainu could barely understand.

After staying in Ezo land for so long, in this environment where everyone around is speaking Ainu, the level of Ainu in Ogata has also improved by leaps and bounds, and some simple Ainu can already be spoken. NS.

After Ogata's voice fell, Lilata, who was staring at Ogata with her dark eyes that had recovered a bit of brightness, pursed her lips, and squeezed the windmill in her hand.

Then suddenly he let go of the hand that had been holding Ulapei, put his hand into his shirt, and then took out a triangular object with the palm of a child.

"This is for you... (Ainu Lilata whispered in a soft voice characteristic of a young girl.

After listening to Aizan's translation next to him, Ogata took the thing that Lilata had handed her with a puzzled look.

This thing is a triangular object strung together by many glass beads, which looks like an ornament.

After Ogata took over the thing, Aizan on the side quickly explained to Ogata:

"It's called'Hookili'. A kind of jewelry, usually worn by boys on their foreheads, will cut them off when they kill their prey for the first time."

As soon as Aizan's explanation came to pass, Ulape also spoke to Ogata and the others to explain the origin of this thick and ecstatic.

After listening to Aizan’s translation, Ogata learned that this Hokili was originally from Lilata’s father.

After Lilata's father killed the prey for the first time, he cut off the thick hokili that had been worn on his forehead, and then kept it forever.

After Lilata was born and grew up, Lilata felt that this thick hokily was very beautiful, so her father gave the thing to Lilarta, and Lilarta always regarded it as a treasure and carried it with him. Carry.

After learning that this Hokili is a very meaningful accessory for Lilata, Ogata's face showed some hesitation.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm so happy..."

Before Ogata's words were finished, Lilata interrupted Ogata's words aloud as if she had guessed what Ogata would say.

"Dad, he told me-when he receives help from others, he will repay him, and he can't be ungrateful..."

"Although this is not a very valuable thing, but this is the only thing in my body that can be used as a gift... I hope you can accept... (Ainu

Speaking of this, Lilata paused.

After the pause, the corner of her mouth, which had been pulled down since the night before, was slowly pulled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the pull-up is very small, it can be clearly seen-she is laughing.

"Thank you for saving me before, and you have to take care in the future... (Ainu

Lilata's words were the only thing that Ogata could directly understand among the big talk she had just said.

This is the first time Ogata has seen Lilata smile.

Looking at the small smile on Lilata's face, Ogata was startled.

"...Hmm." Ogata nodded, "Then I will accept this thick and wonderfully. Thank you for your gift, I like it very much, thank you."

Ogata bowed his head, looking at this delicate accessory in his hand, a smile with a little complicated emotion slowly appeared on Ogata's face.

"...Thank you." Ogata rubbed the Hukiri in his hand with his fingers, and then said thank you to Lilata in front of him.

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The team of five people and two horses has changed back to four people and two horses.

Watched by Ulape and Lilata, Ogata and others embarked on the journey again.

In a short while, whether it was Wulape, Lilata, or Siwasi, all of them slowly disappeared behind Ogata and the others.

Ogata and Amachi aligned the head of the hip-horse at the road that was stepped on before them, and let the horses straight forward along the road ahead without any haste.

"what…"

At this time, Amachi, who was walking beside Ogata, let out a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Ogata asked, "Are you tired?"

"I'm not tired, I just felt relieved to send Lilata's child to her relatives smoothly. After working for so long, I finally didn't waste my time..."

"It's a pity that I didn't get any great rewards... Forget it, just treat it as doing good deeds."

"Didn't we get paid," Ogata answered.

"Are those meat dried?" Ah Ding asked rhetorically.

"And this one too." Ogata smiled, raising the thick lotus in her hand that she had just received from Lilata.

"Do you like this jewelry very much?" Ah Ding asked.

"It's not so much like it, it's better to think that this accessory is of great significance to me." Ogata carefully put this hokily back into his arms, "My sword...except for killing and attacking me. Apart from my own enemies, I can still do other things..."

"Some don't understand..." Didn't go to school or study well, so Ah Ding's brain was not so bright...

"You will understand later." Ogata shrugged.

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Not long after Ogata and the others left, Urape took Lilata back to her home, and began to organize the things that he was going to bring into the mountains.

Because Ulapai has been living alone in the past few years, there are not many important things that need to be taken away at home. In a short while, she will pack all the luggage.

Lilata, who just showed a faint smile at Ogata when Ulapai was packing her luggage, now the "human" breath exuding from her body has become stronger than before.

However, it will take a long time to return to the original little girl who was so splendid that day.

Lilata sat in the corner of the house while Ulapai was sorting his luggage, flicking with the blade of the windmill in her hand with her fingers blankly.

Ulapai has been silently paying attention to Lilata's state.

Looking at Lilata's current appearance, Ulapei couldn't help but feel sad.

The tragic death of his daughter and son-in-law—the sadness in Wulape’s heart is no less than that of Lilata.

But she still held back her grief and tried to make herself look strong in front of Lilata.

Because she knows: Li Lata now has only one of her elders to rely on.

If she is not strong and crying there, she will only give Lilata a bad "example".

So Ulapai could only suppress all the sadness in his heart.

Ullappe knew it—the most important thing now is to let Lilata recover from the trauma as soon as possible.

The strong Ulape, while packing his luggage, is thinking about what methods can make Lilata happy.

Soon-she had an idea.

With an idea in his heart, Urape quickly packed the luggage he was going to take away, tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, showed a gentle smile, and walked quickly towards Lilata.

"Lilata, you play here by yourself for a while, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon."

Lilata nodded softly.

After Lilata nodded, Wulape quickly walked out of his house, and then found the village chief who was patrolling all over the village, urging everyone to pack their luggage quickly.

After finding the village chief, Ulapai said directly to the village chief:

"The village chief, I want to take Lilata to pick some mushrooms in the forest. Is there still time for us to pick mushrooms?"

"Pick mushrooms?" the village chief asked with a frown.

"The kid Lilata loves the mushroom soup I cook the most. I used to clamor for me to cook mushroom soup and go picking mushrooms with me. So I want to make something she loves and let her Hurry up and get happy. If you take her out to pick mushrooms, it will just let her relax."

The village head naturally knew what status Lilata was in now.

The village head sympathized with such a young girl.

After a moment of contemplation, the village head nodded.

"...Okay. Anyway, there is still a long time before everyone has packed up, but you have to go and get back quickly."

Seeing the village chief agreed, Wulape nodded with a little joy and excitement.

After returning home quickly, Wulape made three steps and two steps towards Lilata, who was still sitting on the spot playing with the windmill.

"Lilata, let's go to the forest to pick some fresh mushrooms and cook mushroom soup tonight, how about?"

"Mushroom soup?" The faint light in Lilata's eyes flickered.

After hesitating for a while, Lilata nodded gently.

Wulape stretched out his hand toward Lilata with a smile.

Lilata raised her little hand, grabbed Wulape's big wrinkled hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.

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"Why is the road here blocked again..." Ah Ding looked at the blocked road ahead with displeasure.

Trees fell down their way, and these trees must have been crushed by an avalanche.

"This is a common occurrence in the mountains." Aizan said helplessly to Ah Ding beside him.

"There is no way." Ogata sighed lightly, "Since the road here is blocked, I can only temporarily return to the original path, and then find another way."

"It's really troublesome..." Ah Ding also sighed.

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Siwasi Village-

"The village chief, half of the families have packed their luggage." A young villager reported to the village chief in front of him.

The village chief nodded softly and let out a sigh of relief.

The speed of the villagers packing up their luggage was much faster than she had imagined.

At this rate, it is expected to leave the village before dark.

Feeling that the boulder in his heart had fallen slightly, the village chief raised the pipe in his hand and took a hard sip.

"Well, thanks for your hard work." The village head patted the shoulder of the young man in front of him.

"The village chief, do you want to take a break?" the young man said hesitantly, "You have not taken a break since just now. I think you'd better take a break first..."

The village chief shook his head and spit out a big eye circle: "No, I'm not very tired..."

"The village chief! The village chief! The village chief!"

A sudden anxious shout, directly interrupted the village chief's conversation.

The person who made this anxious shout was a young villager with cold sweat on his face and horror in his eyes.

While running towards the village chief, the villager shouted at the village chief:

"The village chief! There are soldiers with peacemakers! The soldiers with peacemakers are approaching here from the west of the village!"

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The cigarette gun in the hands of the village chief fell on the snow near his feet, and there was a dull "slap" sound.

The head of the village, who ignored the smoking gun, ran towards the west of the village before his brain.

After arriving on the west side of the village, the village chief saw it—a little bit of snowflakes was wafting out from the west side of the horizon.

And these snowflakes are thrown out of the ground by being stepped on by a large number of horseshoes...

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PS: The jewelry "Houhe Qili" that appears in this chapter is not blindly broken by the author, but a real jewelry that exists in Ainu society. The author first learned of this thing in the comic "Golden Power". If readers are interested in Ainu people, you can read this manga. This manga tells the story of a group of people robbing gold in modern Hokkaido (Ezo). It is very exciting. There is quite a lot of it. Popular science of Inu culture.

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