The Female Inquisitor, who was sent on a special mission, completed the mission and returned smoothly.

After receiving Kitsunosuke's report, the government of time was very sympathetic to his subordinates and let the female inquisitor who returned to Honmaru in the middle of the night rest for half a day, and arranged for the government of time to report the process and results of the mission in person in the afternoon.

The Female Inquisitor also looks like she was the same as when she returned to Honmaru after going out of battle.

Kitsunosuke, who was stationed at her Honmaru, saw her yawn as she passed through the silent corridor in the middle of the night, and quickly went back to her room after washing up, and then closed the door, and Kitsunosuke stood on the porch, through a thin shoji door, and could even hear the heavy breathing of the inquisitor after she had fallen asleep due to excessive exhaustion.

And she slept until lunch. Kitsunosuke had faithfully stood outside her door to guard the door for her, as it had received from the government of the time, and it had been a stop for half a day, and the level of laziness was surprisingly remarkable.

In short, since returning in the middle of the night, the female judge has done a very simple thing, which is to change clothes, wash, and sleep lazily, and then get up a little bit when Kitsunosuke is about to worry about whether he will miss the afternoon meeting if he sleeps like this again, and then lazily go to wash, eat, and change clothes, and finally at the time of [if you don't set off again, you will definitely be late], so I reluctantly called the servant of the day and ordered two sentences that were not painful, "I will go to the government to report the situation of this trip, and Honmaru will take care of you" and something like that, She also called the Mikazuki Sect, who had accompanied her into battle, as her attendant when she went out, and took a baggage that she had brought with her when she returned to Honmaru last night, and said to Kitsunosuke that it was a trophy for the battle.

Of course, when she said that she was about to leave, as usual, some mourning gods who volunteered to see her off would follow her and stroll to the teleportation array together. This is the repertoire of each Honmaru, and Kitsunosuke thinks it's nothing. In order not to be accidentally stepped on by one of the tall Fu Mourning Gods in the midst of a group of tall Fu Mourning Gods, it stood far away at the door of the hall, looking at the Fu Mourning Gods who were wearing inner clothes-generally the main lineup consists of the Awataguchi family's little shorts, and their gentle brother Ichijo, plus the swords of the Shinsengumi, who have a deep relationship with her, and in recent days, as she has improved the favorability of other swords, she has gradually also gone with other swords such as Pressing Hasebe- From all over the Honmaru, it gradually converges into the courtyard where the teleportation array is set up.

In the distance, with the afternoon breeze, Kitsunosuke could still faintly hear the cheerful voice of the female inquisitor, and instructed California Kiyomitsu and Yamato Mori to continue to pay attention to the guard of the Houshan Shrine, please press the Hasebe to the candlestick to cut Mitsutada to spread the word that she wanted to eat udon noodles and grilled mackerel with sauce for dinner, and the one hundred and fiftieth time (no) quickly rejected the request of Izumi Morikane to go out for polarization practice, and by the way, he stroked the hair of the little boy in Hirano, and told him to go out for a hard time, and he might as well have a good rest today-

I don't know when the summer scenery of Honmaru has been put away by the female inquisitor. The scenery set now is still spring. The huge Manyo cherry tree in the garden is in full bloom. The afternoon breeze blows through the garden and blows down a single cherry tree.

Kitsunosuke heard the laughter of the last female inquisitor in the breeze, and it seemed that he was heading towards the two Fu Mourning Gods who had been with her yesterday.

"I'll leave the rest to you. Her voice was small, not real, but unusually soft.

I don't know what Yizhen said to her, so she immediately turned to another person.

"Hey, Kane-san, even if you don't go out to practice, don't pout~"

Immediately, a rude protest from Izumi Mamoru came.

"How dare you underestimate me...... I'm a powerful and handsome sword! I can't spare you!......"

The Lady Judge laughed.

A familiar golden flash came from the direction of the teleportation array, and Kitsunosuke crouched at the door of the hall, unable to help but blink.

At this moment, it could not have imagined that from this moment on, the wheels of fate began to roll forward heavily, and what kind of great storm the goddess would set off in that building, the female inquisitor who had only brought a mourning god to the government to report the situation of the battle.

After the teleportation process to the Government of Time was completed, the Female Inquisitor paused before stepping out of the teleportation array set up in the Government of Time building.

The teleportation array here has been remodeled, and the teleportation machines are no longer lined up, but divided into small rooms. After the teleportation arrived, the Inquisitor also had plenty of privacy to tidy up his appearance before opening the door and entering the building to appear in front of people.

This is the government's improved approach to sympathy for subordinates, and it has been unanimously praised by everyone.

This afternoon, when a golden light suddenly lit up in one of the small rooms, the inquisitor arrived at the somewhat antique building.

In the small room, she styled her hair a little in front of a mirror on the wall.

Her hair had regrown, ending in a neat ponytail at the back of her head. But there was always some annoying shredded hair in her sideburns, and she looked in the mirror and sorted it out.

Sanri Yue Zongjin, who was standing behind her and carrying the small bag for her, suddenly said, "Now, what are you thinking?"

The female inquisitor paused slightly at the hand that was arranging her hair in the mirror. Then, she raised an index finger and shook it in mid-air, as if to stop the Three Moons from continuing to ask, but after that, she smiled and answered him.

“...... I was wondering why you were preventing me from entering the woods of the Hakodate. ”

Three Days Moon Zong's gaze flickered slightly.

"Hahaha, is it really good to say this here. He did not answer her question, but instead said as if he had intended to test a swimming fish, but instead he had found a whale.

The Female Inquisitor laughed.

"If you don't prepare for it, you can't talk about it. She said, finally pinning the broken hair from her sideburns and turning her head.

"I put a 'mute spell' around me...... Forget it, let's skip this step and say something else. ”

The Three Sun Moon Sect raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, and returned to his previous calm and calm expression.

"So, are you really going to do it? He asked quietly.

The Female Inquisitor burst out laughing.

She showed a hint of mischievousness, as if there was a subtext written on her face, "You seem to have said something very bad, but I won't tell you", but she really didn't say anything, just nodded, and replied, "Yes, it's going to be done." ”

The Three Days Moon Sect sighed slightly.

"The truth. ...... Is it that important? He said that a crack finally appeared in his tone, which had always been gentle and calm, as if it was something to rely on at ease.

The Female Inquisitor nodded.

"Hey, that's how important it is. She replied, "If it weren't so important, why would you stop me from entering that wood?"

The Three Days Moon Sect lowered his gaze slightly.

"There, Hijikata-kun has completed his mission, and you don't need to confirm it with your own eyes. There was a hint of coldness in his voice for no apparent reason.

"Now, it's time to see how much enlightenment you can show. ”

Hearing this, the female inquisitor paused thoughtfully for a moment and bowed slightly.

“...... That is true, but I still want to know the whole truth. She concluded.

"Tell me, how is Mr. Hijikata doing? Is he in pain? Is he sad, sad, at the end, at the end, is he sad, disappointed, or angry because of that realization? or—" she asked in a series of questions.

However, one of the five swords in the world suddenly raised a hand and interrupted her questioning.

"Very heroic. He said this in that beautiful, magnetic voice.

The female inquisitor was stunned. “...... Huh?!"

Mikazuki Sect raised her eyes again, and those beautiful and famous pupils fell silently on her face.

"Hijikata-kun has been very heroic throughout. There is neither sadness nor disappointment, nor discouragement or pain...... He must have thought of something, but he didn't say anything, just fought unusually heroically to the end. He said quietly.

At this point, he paused for a moment, as if thinking about what he should say or do next, and finally, as if he had finally made up his mind, he showed a faint, refreshing smile, and said, "Hijikata-kun, it is indeed worthy of being a handsome man for a while......

"So calmly accept his fate and the end, draw his sword for faith and morality and fight, until the end without fear or retreat. ”

He smiled and sighed.

"Most of the swords in Honmaru still have bad or complicated emotions towards their former masters. For example, Nobunaga's swords, or like the Awataguchi family, were simply burned in the fire......"

"Even as the saber of the general, we cannot say that we have such pure feelings for the general. In comparison, Izumi Mamoru's pure reverence for Hijikata-kun is impressive......"

"At that moment, it will make people feel that Izumi's persistence is justified...... Even if you're obsessed, it's not without reason. ”

He sighed deeply, and suddenly stretched out his hand towards the Female Inquisitor.

The hand was still wearing leather gloves and a cage hand, the wrist was flipped up, the palm was facing up, and the five fingers were slowly opened, revealing a piece of paper stained with a lot of blood.

"I guess this should be left to you. He said simply.

The female judge looked surprised, reached out and took the folded piece of paper, and as soon as she opened it, her face changed suddenly.

The Three Days Moon Sect added another sentence in a timely manner.

"The expression on his face at that time, in my old grandfather's opinion, must have meant something like 'I don't know who should give this to at this time, but it would be nice if I could convey my last ambition,' but I wasn't a member of the shogunate, and I didn't know if this kind of thing like a poem should be given to the people of Goryokaku or the people of Hinojuku......"

He paused, but didn't let out the mantra-like laugh.

"So, I think it's good for you too. He said.

The long eyelashes of the Female Judge trembled violently a few times, and the original brilliance of faith and courage on her face dimmed a little, but it was not because of the loss of courage or self-confidence, but because of the simple sadness of losing an important person in her mind forever and never being able to find the other person again.

She nodded slowly, squirmed her lips and silently thanked her, then slowly unfolded the blood-stained piece of paper.

When it was unfolded, as if to hide her sudden weak emotions, she smiled reluctantly, and said to herself: "If it is written, 'Sigh the spring moon, the plain is narrow and sleepless, only the moon is cold', then it is really a god's work——"

Then, her self-deprecating voice slowly choked up.

Because on that piece of paper, it was indeed the handwriting she was familiar with, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, and the verses she had read aloud last night were written.

[The lonely minister was martyred on Ezo Island, and his loyal soul will always defend Dongfang Jun].

She slowly closed her eyes, squirmed her lips, and silently spat out a few syllables.

“...... Mr. Hijikata. ”