After returning to Honmaru, Hasebe, who came to report on the various conditions of Honmaru during the time when the inquisitor was out of battle, was a little bit snorting.

The Lady Judge sat behind the huge desk with a tired face, her right hand resting on the arm of the chair and supporting her forehead, as if she didn't care much about what he was reporting, or just because she trusted him to make decisions that would be beneficial to this Honmaru on his own, so she didn't need to ask about everything—

However, when Hasebe reported that "a small fire broke out in your office in the afternoon, but there were no casualties, but unfortunately it affected the documents on your desk, and one of the documents was burned, I'm very sorry!", the female inquisitor suddenly opened her half-squinted eyes and straightened her upper body suddenly, as if she was very interested in it.

Hasebe, who was very cautious in taking care of her affairs during the period when the God Inquisitor was not in Honmaru, felt even more annoyed.

He even stumbled in the narration because of this.

"Uh...... In the afternoon, there was no one in your office because you were out of the field. It was Mr. California, who was in charge of cleaning the verandah floor today, who was the first to notice that there seemed to be a fire coming out of your office. ”

Speaking of this, Hasebe had to cough, and reluctantly suppressed the guilt that "I didn't complete the task assigned by my master, and I didn't take good care of this Honmaru when my master was out of battle", and continued to narrate what happened.

California-kun rushed in just in time, but found something strange. ”

"Only the document in the middle of your desk caught fire, and the fire extinguished itself when it burned out, and it didn't affect the other items and documents on the desk or in the room. ”

"I inspected the entire room afterwards and found no suspicious fire or anything that could have caused the fire......"

Hasebe coughed again and lowered his head slightly.

As a result, the cause of the fire could not be found. The contents of that document are also unknown...... When something like this happened while you were out of the camp and left Honmaru, it was because I didn't supervise it well. I'm so sorry!"

Although she said "the lord's life is supreme", but it didn't seem to have been so weak in front of her new master once, Aru controlled the pressure cut Hasebe, and when he apologized, his expression was very sincere, he was really regretting that this Honmaru had made such a mistake, and-

After apologizing, he took out a small cloth bag from his coat pocket and presented it to the Female Inquisitor with both hands.

"Although it is impossible to investigate the contents of the destroyed documents, I have collected as many scattered ashes as I can for you...... Yes, there is. ”

After the inquisitor paused slightly, then reached out to take the small cloth bag, Hasebe took a step back and bowed his head deeply again.

“…… I'm sorry that something went wrong!"

The Female Judge seemed to be slightly stunned. Then, she shook her head and smiled softly.

“…… It's okay, Hasebe-kun. She said.

"I think I can probably guess which document was burned......"

She sighed slightly.

"It's okay. I already know the cause and effect of this incident. It's not your responsibility. In the future, please take good care of this Honmaru at all times. ”

Hasebe had a very surprised expression.

"Yes, master!" replied in a loud voice after a moment's pause. Sounds like you've completely regained your confidence.

Moreover, it sounded as if the sense of estrangement between him and Honmaru's new inquisitor had been eliminated as a result.

The Witch Judge gave an expression that was slightly akin to a wry smile as Hasebe finished his report and retreated from the room.

When he walked to the door, he looked back suspiciously, and showed a look of struggling to think and remember. After a moment, as if he had finally remembered something, his eyes lit up, and he said to the inquisitor, "Master, I arrived at the scene before the document was completely burned, and although I could not prevent it from being completely burned to ashes, I tried to see the words on it before then, and it may be helpful for you to remember its contents......

The Female Judge nodded good-naturedly and responded, "Okay, Hasebe-kun." What words do you see?"

Hasebe thought for a moment.

"Yes – the word 'Yanye'. He said.

In the orange-red twilight thrown in from the outside, he seemed to see the female inquisitor slightly hook the corners of her lips and smile.

“…… I know. She said.

When Hasebe walked out of the door and turned back to close the door for her, the inquisitor looked down at the cloth bag she was holding in her hand, and sighed slightly.

"The basis for finally reaching a reconciliation with Hasebe-kun is probably the goodwill accumulated from the continuous efforts of the past and now...... she said to herself.

"However, today's incident, let's ...... Is that a plus, and maybe it made him make a final decision to identify with me as his 'Aru'?"

A genuine smile tugged at the corner of her lips, and her fingers gently pinched the cloth bag containing a tiny handful of ashes.

"So, in a sense, it's also your love. ”

She paused, then said the name.

"Taiheng. ”

By the time she said that, she was able to be calm. He was even able to talk about him a little bit like a complete bystander, with an objective and calm attitude.

She looked down at the little cloth bag.

The bag should contain ashes from a thin sheet of paper. On that piece of paper, it was written that Fujiwara Yasuhiro sent someone to give her the same song as etiquette on the morning of the Taisha wedding.

[One word is worth 10,000 gold/Although the leaves are withered in autumn / All things fade and change / Only I admire the words of the monarch / The autumn does not change forever]

Perhaps, the moment she found out that the person who appeared there in Atsuga Shizan had reverted to the real historical figure "Fujiwara Yasuhiro", some mysterious power burned out the paper that was not left to her by the historical figure "Fujiwara Yasuhisi".

Just like the moment she stepped into the portal to Honmaru, the piece of paper in her hand with the song of the Later Dynasty also burned and turned to ashes.

What should not be left in this world cannot leave any traces.

So, where is the Fujiwara Taiheng she met now, and now she has returned to his original world, and has re-met the real "Izumi Gozen"—the girl who loves him wholeheartedly, although the method is a little clumsy and not very pleasant?

She slowly untied the drawstring that sealed the cloth bag, and looked at the handful of ashes that had been carefully gathered together, but it was no longer at all visible.

The inquisitor bypassed the table and the chair behind her, took the cloth bag, walked to the window, and after a moment's thought, pushed the window open.

The climate here in Honmaru is just right, because she just willfully set the scene in spring this morning. In the recent moments when the mood is a little low, it is still a spring when everything recovers and spring blossoms, it will lift people's spirits, right?

At this moment, the window facing the back garden opened, and a gust of wind happened to blow, and on a cherry tree in the back garden, pale pink petals fell one after another, and floated up with the wind, blowing in front of the window where the female judge stood.

The female judge stretched out her hand, and spread her palm upward, and a few cherry blossoms floated in the wind and gently landed on her palm.

She stared at the cherry blossom petals in her palm, slowly curling the corners of her lips.

Then, she slowly flipped the unsealed cloth bag over to a downward-facing state, and shook it slightly.

The ashes, which had been carefully packed in a cloth bag, leaked out little by little, and were rolled up with the petals in the wind, and blew farther away until they flew over the walls of the Honmaru courtyard and flew away towards the clear spring sky.

……

Early the next morning, Kitsunosuke came to visit the female inquisitor.

It just so happened that the female inquisitor also had something to ask about it.

"I said-those big people in the government of the time, are they planning to steal my mission clearance reward?"

Still sitting with his head held behind the large desk left by the former Inquisitor, the new Inquisitor of this tricky Honmaru flexed the fingers of his other hand and tapped the table with his knuckles.

In fact, she had already seen the big white cloth burden that Kitsunosuke was carrying on his back. Judging by the size of the bag, there may be some kind of gold and silver treasure (fog!) inside.

…… However, judging by the example of the "amazingly big and stunningly white" rice balls from Tsurumaru Kuninaga, which is a famous product of Honmaru among the sword men, not every object with a "stunningly large and stunningly white" appearance is a good thing.

Well, sure enough, it still depends on the inside.

With this seemingly full of aura, but in fact a little relaxed and ridiculous, Liu Quan held his chin and smiled at the little fox standing there, whose oversized desk almost covered his figure.

The look on Kitsunosuke's face was serious.

"I'm here today, of course, to be instructed by the princes of the outdated government!" said the little fox with a sharp voice.

Liu Quan: "Oh?"

Seeing the female inquisitor with an interesting expression, the little fox seemed to have a more serious expression.

"Lord God Inquisitor, I have been ordered to have a good talk with you today. Behind the special mission you were given this time, the princes of the government of the time also made some amazing discoveries...... Would you like to hear it?"

Ah, even though you say a question like "Would you like to hear it?", the meaning behind it is not to be denied.

Thinking so, Liu Quan crossed his hands on the table to support his chin, showing a very interested expression.

"Of course. Please speak. She replied.

Kitsunosuke seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

It lowered its head as if to organize its words, then looked up again and asked in a tone as serious as that of a history teacher:

"Have you ever heard of the historical event of 'The Battle of the Last Three Years'?"

The author has something to say: August 23:

Unexpectedly wrote most of the chapters of Hasebe's home field...... I swear this part is indeed a muddy piece of mud that my fingers have moved on the keyboard without permission

Then, part of the truth is about to be revealed

Although Taeheng has withdrawn, part of the truth is related to him as a person, so I chose to write it now.

The rest of the truth will slowly unfold as the plot progresses.

After all, this article is a puzzle [fog!!]

Speaking of which, when I looked up the information, I suddenly felt that my intuition was really amazing

Why do you say that, and listen to the next decomposition [kicked away.]