"Ping...... Ping what?!" The man stammered subconsciously.

Before, they were too light, but now, as long as a few of her helpers ran behind her, she didn't have three heads and six arms, and everyone rushed up—

He thought so, and with a grim face, he put his knife back up, and listened to the sound of footsteps behind him—

However, the first to sound was the voice of a teenager.

"Did you learn it from Okita-kun from the Shinsengumi? ”

That kind of voice sounded very low and mellow, and when I heard it at first glance, it actually gave people the illusion that the person who came was actually a young man with a calm personality - but when the person flashed out and stood beside the young girl without hesitation, the man who belonged to the Miyoshi family realized that it was actually a young man who was not enough. At this moment, what he held in his hand was nothing more than a short knife, but his eyes were full of vigilance, staring coldly at the enemy in front of him.

Then, as if surprised more than the others, the young girl blurted out, "Medicine—"

Medicine, medicine what?

She stumbled before she could finish the word — the name — .

"Yakunosuke, why are you here!"

As soon as the name "Yakunosuke" came out, even the young man's face couldn't help but have a black line. He sighed wordlessly, and said, "It's because I'm worried about you, so—"

Before he could finish speaking, the man on the other side erupted.

"Hey, don't just talk about it! When, when no one else exists! What kind of organization is the Shinsengumi! If you foolishly side with Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who is not destined to last long, sooner or later you will be defeated-"

Perhaps because the help arrived on the battlefield immediately, he was very bold in saying these words, and he didn't look like he was caught off guard by Liu Quan's surprise attack just now.

However, Liu Quan has almost cultivated to the full level in terms of taking out the skill of [superior momentum].

She immediately pressed her eyebrows down, her gaze ten times sharper, but the corners of her lips curled slightly, revealing a contemptuous smile.

"Shinsengumi...... she said, "Well, it's a 'country murder syndicate.'" ”

The content of her understatement sounded thrilling, as if it had a bit of irony, and in an instant, the faces of the Miyoshi family who were running over changed in an instant.

"You—who do you say are the 'country murder syndicate'!" immediately shouted a breathless man on the other side.

As a result, the next moment, their words were cut off by the young girl.

"What's wrong?" the smile on her lips suddenly turned cold.

"Don't be careful. ...... In my opinion, you don't deserve that title. ”

This sentence can be said to be a complete insult to the people of the Miyoshi family. They immediately set up their knives.

"Hmph, what nonsense to talk to a woman who is dying. Just kill them all. One of the small leader-looking men snorted coldly and ordered.

As a result, the young girl's eyebrows were browled, as if she were more pleasant than they were.

"I'm afraid you don't have that ability!" she snapped, raising her knife as well.

The young man beside her also clenched the short knife in his hand without saying a word.

Then, before attacking, she suddenly asked without looking back, "Uh, medicine...... No help?"

The young man named "Yakunosuke" suddenly had a speechless expression on his face. His youthful momentum diminished a lot in an instant, and he paused for a moment before responding, "...... Yes?"

The young girl smiled and asked, "The ...... Uh, five, goro...... Is he okay?"

The boy named "Yakunosuke" paused suspiciously before answering.

"He's good. He replied succinctly, "I have a task for him." Wait a minute, maybe he'll be there. ”

The young girl was slightly stunned, and quickly said, "Well...... So now, let's take the money and do things~"

The black lines on the face of the boy named "Yakunosuke" looked like they were about to hang on the ground.

"Big-" He almost bit his tongue and paused before reluctantly continuing, "Great...... Sister, do you say something like this before you go out...... What other people are used to saying, no, not very good. ”

"Oh~?" the young girl raised her eyebrows as if she was interested, and replied with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just don't want to see my cute brother with such a tight face~"

Yakunosuke: "......"

The young man's calm expression finally disintegrated, revealing a little ridiculous expression, lowered his voice and tried his best to release the aura of displeasure, and shouted, "Big ...... Sister!!"

His "big sister" smiled and slowly narrowed her eyes. The smile disappeared from her face.

"So-" she said coldly, "so far, I won't let them do whatever they want!"

Yakunosuke looked a little surprised, and after a moment, he exhaled.

“...... If you talk about this, you can only agree~" A smile finally appeared on his stiff face.

Mrs. Nobuko Konoe, who was almost forced to retreat to the wall next to Sakamichi, stared at the indescribable events in front of her with wide eyes full of horror.

The people who besieged them were undoubtedly the Miyoshi family's subordinates. They looked extremely vicious, as if they had made up their minds to rebel to the end and besiege the general.

There are too many of them...... In this case, no matter how extraordinary the general's skills and strict guards are, it will be very difficult to deal with them. Lady Nobuko is actually understandable that there are not many guards around the general to protect her—after all, it is against the spirit of the samurai to attack an unarmed female dependent. However, it seems that after those traitors have been unable to attack for a long time, they have abandoned even the last bit of human morality.

In an almost desperate moment, it was someone she could not have imagined beforehand.

Mrs. Nobuko looked at the swift figure of the maid Axue in the battle formation, and felt a burst of disbelief.

How did the boy named "Yakunosuke" who appeared in time sound like her younger brother - because he called "Big Sister" - and who was the character she mentioned named "Goro"?

Lady Nobuko's heart swelled with thousands of questions, and after these questions gradually piled up, the weight pressed on her chest, but it did not make her collapse, but made her gradually determine one thing-

The people who are still desperately trying to defend them when they are almost at the end of their rope, no matter how suspicious their origins, deserve to be trusted once again.

Mrs. Nobuko watched as Yakunosuke leaped up and rushed towards his opponent who was much taller than him, mercilessly digging the short knife in his hand into the opponent's chest, and watched as Ayuki held the knife in both hands against the blade of the strong man opposite, and her face turned pale with force......

She watched Ah Xue make every move, every time she fought with a man in front of her who was dozens of times stronger and more vicious than herself, and watched Ah Xue sometimes even have to roll on the spot in embarrassment to avoid the opponent's blade...... Before she knew it, she muttered a name.

"Izumi Gozen ......"

Hisatsu, the maid beside her, heard the name and asked in surprise, "What did you say, Lord Midai?"

Mrs. Nobuko was still in a trance. Her full attention seemed to be on the two sisters and brothers of Ah Xue and Yakunosuke, who were fighting heroically in front, and in the face of Hisamatsu's question, she subconsciously replied casually:

“...... Izumi Gozen, maybe that's—"

In the story told by Ayuki, in the Hiraizumi Taisha Shrine, she showed a brave and fearless look to the huge monster parasitic on Mrs. Hojo Masako, and she never retreated, and resolutely took off the bride's gorgeous twelve singles, and the noble girl who fought against the monster should be like this.

It is precisely for this reason that the hard-hearted Michinoku Commander-in-Lord, the lord of Mutsu Dewa, who had always been suspicious of the intentions of this noble girl from the other side, finally succumbed to such courage.

Mrs. Nobuko looked at Ayuki's fighting posture, as if her eyes were thinking about more things, and she didn't see Axue's heroic fighting posture in her eyes at all.

It wasn't until the Miyoshi clan's subordinates were repelled by Ayuki and Yakunosuke siblings, and there was a rush of horses' hooves on the long saka road, that Nobuko really came to her senses.

Then she was surprised to see a younger-looking young man, leaping from a horse, rushing over, crying out as she ran, "Ah...... Sister, I brought the horse for my sister——!."

In Nobuko's opinion, the young man named "Yakunosuke" reacted faster than Ayuki. Almost immediately, he rushed to meet the younger, later boy, and shouted, "Five...... Gorou, are you alright?"

Oh. Mrs. Nobuko thought, it turns out that this is the "Goro". Since he also called Ah Xue "sister", then he is also Ah Xue's younger brother?

...... Really. How come there are so many brothers, it's like- out of nowhere?

Mrs. Nobuko thought anxiously.

It is not the best strategy for such young children to be dragged into such a mortal situation. The general himself is not protected, these children ...... If you can survive on your own, it's better not to die in a daze?

However, before Mrs. Nobuko's kindness could be spoken, she saw Ah Xue's eyebrows flying, and her face was full of confidence in this battle array besieged by strong enemies. She reached out and stroked Gorou's soft hair and said, "You're doing a great job, Goro." Next, you and the medicine ...... Yakunosuke should be careful with himself. My sister is going to escort Midai-sama back to Nijo Castle. ”

The boy named "Goro" was touched on the head, and his little face, which looked like he was so excited that he was cute, was shining.

"Wow~ Sister, my sister touched my head!Wait, wait for everything to pass, but can you praise me more?" He looked up at Ah Xue expectantly.

Then, Mrs. Nobuko saw Ah Xue bend her eyebrows, and for the first time today, she smiled sincerely.

"Ah, of course. She said, "Who can refuse the request of the lovely brother?"