However, she just wanted to listen to all the shameful lines of Xiaoyi. So she pretended to be innocent and ignorant, and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Oh yes, I don't think I'm married. She was still able to keep her composure, and replied in a tone that was completely objective and innocent, "Then it doesn't seem appropriate to live together like this, does it?

You can just stop by and show him what settlement gift package you just won. Just as she thought this, she heard Xiao Yi cough heavily.

"It takes a lot of courage to say it when you're sober......" he muttered to himself.

Looking at his hesitant appearance, for some reason, Liu Quan felt that he wanted to laugh again, and there was a warm emotion like water waves, rippling, as if he wanted to destroy her.

She waited for a few minutes, but didn't hear what was going on, so she stood up, walked around the corner of the table, and sat down next to Xiao Yi.

Primary 1: ?!

He turned and sat down facing her again, staring at her with wide eyes, as if he didn't quite understand why she had suddenly come over, with a shy and confused expression on his face.

Liu Quan smiled, suddenly reached out, took his right hand, which was clenched into a fist on his knee because of nervousness, wrapped his two hands around the right hand, shook it gently, comfortably, and then felt his hand seem to shake slightly.

"One Gentleman ......"

Primary 1: ?!

As if frightened, his eyes immediately twitched, and his face was full of expressions that read "Ahh

Really, so delicious, huh?

Liu Quan couldn't help but purse his lips and smile slightly, and put his voice softer.

"Remember?...... When I was in Kyoto, we once met by the river dressed up as lovers for a mission. At that time, I said so. ”

"'When you make a decision, do you think it's the best time, or the time you have to do it?' If so...... No matter how reckless it may seem in hindsight, it must be done without regret. She said.

Primary 1: !!

Then, as if with great determination, he raised his eyes again to meet hers in the eye. The look in her dark blue eyes shook slightly.

"I'm probably a much more headstrong person than I thought. The first thing he said was this.

Liu Quan: ?

Looking at the question mark on her face, he didn't relax. Taking another deep breath, he said as if in a puff:

"I remember how many times you've risked your lives to rush to my aid...... I remembered that you still have to do such a dangerous thing at this time, pretending to be a wandering girl in Youguo and being chased by someone......"

"When I think of this, I want to ......"

"I want you to be able to rely on me. ”

"There are always things in this world that are difficult to achieve on your own...... I hope we can both work together to get there. ”

"As long as it's two people together...... There must be no problem. ”

"I can't tell you that I'm with me, and I'll be able to live a good life with any goal that can be easily achieved. ”

"However, even if there are moments of failure, there are moments when things don't go as planned......

"I hope to stand by your side at all times, no matter what happens, and we will witness together and work together to ......"

As if swearing an oath, he held Liu Quan's right hand with his backhand, and his expression became serious and earnest.

"You have always supported me when I was feeling lost. A lot of times, when I feel like I'm showing an ugly posture...... You will always come rushing towards me and be my pillar. ”

He seemed to shrink his shoulders slightly for a moment because he was a little embarrassed, but he still spoke bravely.

"Every time I look back on the past, I feel deeply how much I was supported by you. ”

And it also contains my occasional weakness and confusion. Now I can walk on the path I have chosen like this, all because of your relationship......"

"I want to be the sharpest knife in the Shinsengumi. ”

"And yet you told me that even if I make the sharpest knife, I should have my own will and decide the direction in which I wield and fight......"

"Even though it was so painful when I was separated from Aizu, you didn't stop me from going in the direction I wanted to go. ”

He sighed slightly.

"I used to think about ...... If there was ever a moment when I was truly powerful, it was at that moment. ”

"You and I agreed that after fighting to the end as a samurai, I would follow in your footsteps—"

"Although it has been many years late......"

"But, I still want to ask-"

He paused one last time, omitting the honorific title after her name.

"Now, have I caught up with you, Yukiha?"

After he finished speaking, she seemed to be silent for a long time.

After a long time, he began to feel a little anxious, and involuntarily curled up the five fingers that held her hand, held her tighter, and leaned forward slightly with his upper body, looking at her face eagerly.

Finally, she sighed softly, and the corners of her lips slowly curled up—

A smile that can clearly be called "touched".

"Yijun, have a good memory...... What about the agreement with Xiaomei, right?"

Goro Fujita: !?

He didn't know what he thought of for a moment, his face stiffened along with his body, and he showed a shocked expression.

She burst out laughing in front of him, laughing proudly.

"Ichi-kun did kill the enemy desperately, and he did desperately survive, and he came back to me—" she said.

Xiao Yi seemed to be so shocked that the expression on his face was briefly blank.

After a long time, he finally barely recovered from the shocking news and let out a long breath.

“...... That person, sure enough, is you. He whispered.

"A woman who participated in Aizu's women's team and went under the pseudonym 'Kazuo Shinoda'......"

She looked at him with a smile on her face, and there seemed to be a hint of cunning in her expression.

"Yes. She said she happily admitted the fact.

"Whether it's Kiyohara Yukiba, Shinoda Kazuo, or Kujo Noriko...... It's all me. ”

She paused and threw out a shocking line.

“...... Do you like me like this?"

Goro Fujita: !!

He suddenly fell into a stammer, his face turned red, the corners of his forehead sweated, and his lips moved several times before he finally squeezed out the syllables that were in his throat.

"When、Of course I like it...... Hi, like. He whispered.

Then, he saw that the facial features of the woman in front of him slowly unfolded, and a bright smile appeared at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, and she grinned and showed a huge smile without reservation-

The next moment, she actually flew forward without warning, and threw him backwards on the tatami mat with a chirp!

Fujita Goro: "What...... What......?!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by her sudden bowing of her head and pecking at him.

She kissed him loudly on the lips like a dragonfly, and then just lay down on top of him so loudly, just slightly supporting her upper body with her hands, and asked with a smile, "So...... Isn't the '339 degree cup' you asked me to drink just now when I got married?"

Well, neon does seem to have such a custom, three wine glasses are used in the wedding ceremony, each cup is drunk three times, a total of nine times, called "three-three-nine degree cup", is considered to be a glass of wine?

Liu Quan just tried it, who knew that in the next second, she saw that the little one who was pressed by herself even the roots of her ears were red, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from the tip of her nose.

...... Then nodded under her burning gaze.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, and then grinned.

"Don't you think about it anymore?" her mood was so high that it seemed like she was about to fly into the sky, and the bad factors in her body were about to stir along with this happy mood.

...... Ah, I have been under the command of the chief secretary for so long, and I have finally been assimilated by him a little.

At such moments, the faces and figures of the former companions flew through my mind, just like the moments when we gathered in the courtyard of the tunsho on the hottest summer day in Kyoto, talking and laughing while doing things, everyone was smiling, everyone was frowning, and occasionally a bird was startled from the trees in the courtyard, and flew over the eaves and into the clear blue sky, which was almost dazzling.

At that time, I occasionally made a joke about the little one who was always so serious. For example, Shinpachi Heisuke rummaged through his empty pockets and made a fuss about letting Koichi, who was better at saving money, invite him to Shimabara for a drink; Okita jokingly talked about losing to Koichi in the era of the ronin group, saying that it really hurt his self-esteem as a swordsman, so now he plans to challenge "Kachikun's murderous swordsmanship" every day until Koichi is defeated; Harada talked to Koichi about the new goods of good quality and higher price that came to the knife house that he passed by on the way to patrol, and a whimakika cost forty gold; and-

She pretended to have a curious and innocent expression, and asked Xiao Yi, "Did you buy fifty of these white scarves?

Then Okita said very naturally, "Ah, it will change back to its original form."

Then Chizuru exclaimed, "What, what?! Only youkai have their original form——?!!"

In the end, Xiaoyi was unbearable, and his face sank and clarified with an unusually serious face - "I, not a monster." There were no fifty identical scarves. I don't have the money to invite you to Shimabara for a drink. If I could, I would like to save up to buy a knife. If you try it out, you can do it at any time, and I'll do my best."

Ah, why does the heart, like wings full of wind, want to fly, fly to this man, crash into his chest, and perch there quietly?

However, although this person was slapped to the ground by her, and his position ♂ is now worrying (no), when he heard her joke, he still dealt with it with the same attitude as many years ago - with an unusually serious attitude.

She said let him think about it, and he really showed a serious expression of thought and was silent for two seconds.

Liu Quan: "......"

Then, Xiao Yi spoke very seriously.

"Indeed, there are important questions to ponder. ”

Liu Quan: ?

Primary One: "Actually...... I feel uneasy occasionally, always wondering - is it true that you like me as much as I like you? Could this just be my wishful thinking—"

Liu Quan: "......"

The atmosphere that had been a little heated up by this ambiguous gesture dropped instantly, and she felt a little ridiculous—and a little subtle touch.

"I like it. ”

She blurted out.

Then I saw that Xiao Yi's shoulders seemed to jump instantly.

She smiled and said it again.

"Of course I do. She lowered her voice, and just smiled condescendingly and looked down at Xiao Yi's somewhat dazed face.

"Why else would you come back to you-"

Before she finished speaking, she noticed that Xiaoyi's cheeks, which had almost returned to their original color due to serious thinking, had turned red again.

A mixture of bewilderment and discomfort appeared on Koichi's face.

“...... The sound is too quiet. ”

Liu Quan: "Huh?"

Xiao Yi coughed, accentuated his tone and said, "Just now, your voice was too quiet, I didn't hear it." ”

Liu Quan: "How is that possible? I-"

Primary One: "Say it again, please." Please. ”

Liu Quan stared at him a little surprised, and a little amused.

Why didn't you find out that Xiao Yi still had a tsundere side? If you want to hear her confession, just say it-

"I said, of course I like you. She laughed, and said it again.

When he heard this, Xiao Yi's body seemed to stiffen slightly.

Maybe it's because I'm a little shy, but I'm also a little shocked.

"Again...... Say it again. He said.

Liu Quan: "...... Huh?!"

Koichi turned his gaze away uncomfortably, but when he turned his face sideways, a very cute flush appeared on that side of his cheek. Even the little tips of the ears that peek out of the gaps in the hair are red.

"I ...... Because you just spoke so fast, you didn't hear it. He said quickly.

"Next, next time, let's talk a little slower. Please. ”

Liu Quan burst out laughing.

"Actually, you heard it, right? Really, Yijun actually became evil-minded, I really didn't expect it~"

She dragged out her voice, and the small wavy lines in her tone came out again, with a little smile and ambiguity, teasing his nerves.

"Obviously my face is so red~" She stretched out her hands to hold his face, this action made her lose the hand that supported her body, so her whole body was almost pressed on him, and the feeling of the curve fitting made his scalp numb and hot all over his body in an instant.

Calm, sedative. It's daytime. Can't-

Fujita Goro coughed again. Yet he felt that his voice was noticeably hoarse.

"No, no. Really didn't hear it. He forcibly argued, "Blushing is...... It's because of the drinking just now. It has nothing to do with what you're saying or doing now!"

As a result, the next moment, he felt his ears hot.

It was she who fell up, her breath and the hot and moist breath between her lips blowing directly into his ears. She actually stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked his earlobe quickly!

Goro Fujita: !!

"Okay~ Look, you must be able to hear it clearly-" She leaned into his ear and blew into his ear with a wicked eye!

Fujita Goro shuddered violently, feeling that his body no longer looked like his own in an instant.

Again, if it goes on like this, it will really ——!

"Yikun, I like you. ”

Her voice seemed to pass straight through the ear hole and burrow into his brain.

Because of the close relationship, her soft lips often touched his ears intentionally or unintentionally when she spoke, making him feel the paralysis that began in that place gradually spreading, and his whole body seemed to be almost out of his control.

She leaned into his ear and chuckled softly.

"Much more than you can imagine. ”

She suddenly leaned slightly, and temporarily spared his ears.

The next moment she reached out and grabbed his right hand, which was so nervous that she didn't know how to place it, unashamedly spread his five fingers, and then ironed his hand to the heart of her chest. Beneath his palm, he felt her heart pound and pound.

But there was not only a heart near that location, but also something soft——!

He felt like his palms were about to burn.

But she still refused to let him go.

She was very close to him, her face flushed slightly, and her eyes were surprisingly bright.

She said, "Look, it's beating as fast as Yijun's heart." ”

"So—" She snuffed out her voice slyly.

"I like Yijun as much as I like me. ”

Goro Fujita: !!

He opened his mouth, but he felt like he couldn't make a sound for a while. The body temperature and soft touch under his palm, as well as the faint vibration of his heartbeat through his chest, all turned into a menacing emotion that made him speechless.

He tried a few more times before he finally reluctantly whispered, "...... Say it again. ”

He looked directly at her face, and suddenly reached out his left hand, which was not held by her, and stroked her cheek, his fingertips lingering on the surface of her smooth and tender skin.

He said, "In your voice, say it to me again, Yukiba." ”

Her eyes flashed and she smiled.

"I like you, Yikun. ”

"I like you, it's my choice to stay true to my heart. ”

He looked at her deeply, as if surprised to hear her latter add.

A man who is loyal to his heart is a strong man - she once said so.

He suddenly curled the corners of his lips and smiled slightly.

Then his left hand suddenly lifted up, slid over her head, and—

Touched her hair.

Like what she did to him that time after she said it to him.

The choices I make by being true to my heart make me the strong person I want to be.

Then you patted me on the head and told me that it was a sign of "friendly support and unwavering trust" that you were on my side and believed that I could be who I wanted to be.

His fingertips ran through her long hair, his palm resting on the back of her head, and then slammed into it—

Pressed her face down and pressed against herself. Unmistakably kissed her on the lips.

- those two wonderful lips that said such good things.

That's great.

He was also able to catch up with her back as she kept moving forward.

After completing the mission necessary to be samurai, they were able to walk side by side and stay together. Whether this era still belongs to the sword or not, we can witness it together.

That's really ...... That's great.

★ [Return Chapter: Saito Ichi ENDING, END/Please continue to look forward to the next return chapter: Three Days Moon Sect Near ENDING]. ★