Izumi Mamoru couldn't understand the meaning of the Witch's words, but he also knew that at such a moment, it was better not to understand the meaning, and to say his request directly, because he felt that no matter how clever he was, he couldn't seem to be smarter than hers.

"I—I'm here today, and I'm serious!" he simply continued in a rough voice, ignoring the unclear remarks she had just said, "I'm in trouble now."

Then, he saw her grinning.

"What do you want to do seriously?" she asked, smiling.

Izumi Shoukanji: "......"

He was silent for a moment, and at last remembered that he had come to plead with the other party, so he lowered his posture, so he managed to endure it and did not blurt out the rage—but her joking about the bedtime made him feel sullen for some reason, and he felt even more depressed at the thought that she had not hesitated to use such a fatal thing as bedtime to divert the conversation in order to prevaricate his request.

"Out of battle!!" he endured for a while, but he couldn't help but shout out the word loudly, and roared so loudly that a little green muscle bloomed.

"Okay. "I didn't expect the female inquisitor to agree in one bite.

Izumi Shoukanji: "...... W-What?!"

Her promise came so quickly, and he felt a sense of unreality, as if the victory had come too easily, and it didn't seem to be true—

Sure enough, the next moment she added with a smile.

"Company Battles need you!"

Izumi Shoukanji: "...... I knew—"

He couldn't help but mutter, and then continued to hit the through ball unrelentingly.

"You can go, you can go, why can't I-"

His question was interrupted by the voice of the Witch Inquisitor.

“...... Because I'm sure there won't be a moment when I make the wrong choice because I'm confused. Her voice sounded calm and calm, sounding in the room late at night, but it made Izumi Mamoru Kaneji slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but shake his head, revealing a self-deprecating and helpless smile.

"So you're worried that I'm 'making the wrong choice because I'm confused,' aren't you......" he said in a low voice to himself, and then slowly raised his head, and there seemed to be a trace of sadness in the gaze that fell on her face, as if some emotion had been ignited by memories and was slowly smoldering.

"Speaking of which...... Ever made a missed choice, is—"

His words were interrupted by her again.

"That's right, it's me. ”

The Female Judge said quietly.

"It seems to you that it is so. However, from my standpoint, there is nothing wrong with that. ”

She said flatly.

"What I do, as you do, is to 'preserve the well-being of as many people as possible.'" At that moment, I was convinced that it was more meaningful for Mr. Hijikata to live than to die...... Now, as I am convinced, what I must do is preserve history. ”

There seemed to be a terrifying, powerful force in her calm tone.

"The next place to play is not limited to Ikedaya. Maybe there is Aizu, maybe there is Hakodate, and there are many places where the Shinsengumi once failed...... At that point, will you be able to accept these failures before your eyes as calmly as I did, and watch everything go too bad to manage?" she asked quietly.

Izumi Morikaneji: !!

"Don't ...... Don't underestimate me!" He held his breath for a few seconds before finding his voice, yelling at his throat.

"You, you can, I, of course I can!" he shouted in a gruff voice, as if he was annoyed by being questioned.

As a result, the next moment, his anger was poured with a basin of ice water on her head, and it was extinguished without a trace.

"Oh?" the Goddess Trinity cupped her chin and smiled at him like a shark (?).

"I can fall in secret, can I...... Can you too?"

...... Why has this matter become a meme that can be ridiculed at will? Can this still work? Flip the table!

Izumi Mamoru Kaneji was irritable.

"Don't, stop kidding!" he yelled.

"Do you just think I'm ...... There's no way I'm going to tell anyone about it, so you're ......."

"Huh~ yes. Unexpectedly, the female inquisitor simply and quickly admitted it.

She still sat cross-legged in front of him, tilting her head and holding her chin in her hands, smiling kindly at him.

"It's because I like Kane-san that I can't let you do dangerous things, that's it. ”

Mamoru Izumi: !?

His eyes widened in disbelief for a moment, and then he realized that her "like" meant something simple, something like "I think you're a good person," and he somehow became even more annoyed.

However, he also knew that he was no match for her, whether it was her eloquence skills or her ability to fight nonsense. If he wants to go to the end of the curtain with her, he will have to come up with something else.

And he did.

“...... In that case, I don't seem to have a choice. He grimaced, looking already stubbornly desperate for her.

The Divine Inquisitor seemed to notice this, and smiled smugly.

"That's right, so, Kane-san, you give up-"

She didn't finish her sentence.

Because the deputy head of the new selection group, Hijikata Suizo's love knife, has already said lines that she can't believe.

"I asked to go out and practice. He said with great seriousness, his eyes looking directly at her, not at all weak, apprehensive, or withdrawn.

"The government just yesterday issued a permit to allow knives to go out and practice specialization. He said unusually calmly and clearly.

"In the other Honmaru, the short knives have already been specialized. Although our Honmaru did not send all of the short knives and wakicha out to practice due to the frequent replacement of the Divine Judges...... Still, I hope that you will allow me to make this request. ”

The look of wonder on the Divine Inquisitor's face froze there.

After a long time, she slowly lowered her eyelids. Long eyelashes cast a dark arc of shadows under her eyes.

“...... How did you know that, Kane-san?" she asked in a low voice.

This weakening of his aura undoubtedly gave Kazumi Morikane some confidence, and he straightened his sitting posture again and replied loudly: "I only found out when I heard the swords of other families talking about this matter in the training ground today!"

The Divine Judge was silent for a long time before she nodded slowly and responded, "Oh." ”

Izumi Mamoru asked, "...... So what?"

The female inquisitor seemed to think for a few more seconds, and suddenly bent her eyebrows and smiled slightly.

"So?" she repeated Izumi's words, and then, quite simply, stood up with one hand, walked to the side of the cabinet, opened the door, and pulled out a spare quilt.

"So, I'm going to sleep now. If you don't leave without hearing an affirmative answer, I can give you that set of bedding. ”

Izumi Morikane was dumbfounded.

"Hey, that's not what you said......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the female judge spread out the quilt on the ground a few steps away from him, while complaining, "Why don't the big people in the government of the time approve my request to buy a new bed! I sleep on tatami mats every day, and I feel that my waist is about to break!", while getting into the quilt like this, and then turned around and turned her back at him, just like this, "I don't want to talk to you anymore, I want to sleep" attitude, breathing steadily-

Looks like I'm really sleeping.

Izumi Shoukan took a breath and blocked his chest, and he couldn't go up or down.

Adhering to this aura of anger (?), he followed behind the female inquisitor from the next day in complete disregard of public opinion, reminding her three times a day that "I am going out to specialize in cultivation".

He was then rejected three times a day by the Female Inquisitor for various reasons.

"Oh, I've promised Hakata to send him first. ”

"I've already asked Boduo, and there's no such thing!"

"Well, I've promised Shinano that I'll send him first. ”

"I also asked Shinano, and he said that the general would not give him a hug, and he would not want to go anywhere. ”

"Five Tigers Retreat ......"

"He doesn't want to go as much as I do, he can be behind me!"

"Then I'm going to send the wakicha first!

"That guy from Guoguang said he was going to give me this opportunity!"

"There's still a bone skewer, cattail ......"

"Anyway, I just want to go! If you want to go out before me, let's try it with me! If you win against me, you can go out before me!"

...... Conversations like these have been going on in Honmaru all the time.

However, Izumi's protests and struggles (?) have never been successful.

It wasn't until a few days later that Kitsunosuke visited again, bringing a new mission.

Departure time: 1867, November 18 of the old calendar, departure location: Kyoto, Xiajing, Yaukoji Pass.

The author has something to say: October 17:

I want to try today to see if I can double more~~ Everyone, please eat this chapter first~~

It's cold, and I'm lame.

The more I grew up, the more important I felt about my health.

I've been having a lot of brainstorms lately, but I can't connect them well, so I'm a little distressed.

Maybe the content will be a little duller, but it's good if I spread out almost all the brain holes, so please be patient and wait for a few more chapters.

I'm going to speed up the plot as well

PS. Thank you to the little angel for going to Zuo, and to the ferret and coming to feed me ~~(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~