The Three Sun Moon Sect stared at the calm face of the female inquisitor, sighed silently, and said:

"Now that you've decided to maintain the world...... Then you must be aware of the sacrifices you are about to make. ”

In the bright midday sun, the small mountain stream made the sound of water beside her, and on the other side, on the lawn where the sun shone warmly and the fresh grass scented, came the voice of the Three Moons that she actually admired, and the tone was calm and soft, with a hint of softness that was rare in the world, if they were not discussing such a cruel subject—this was actually a wonderful scene, Liu Quan thought.

"If you believe that this belief is correct...... Then do it. ”

At this point, he paused slightly.

"Maybe in the future you will be shaken...... Or something that makes you miserable," the beautiful, magnetic voice said slowly. For some reason, a trace of calming power gradually emerged in that calm tone.

“…… But it's not as you thought at the time – you're not alone at any given time. ”

Liu Quan: ?!

Although her eyes were still closed, her eyes moved under her eyelids—and a subtle emotion welled up in her heart because of these words.

"It's ...... What do you mean?!" She was silent for a moment before she asked slowly, her tone sounding hoarse as if it were suffocating.

Although it seemed to say something terrible, but the three days and moon sect who were sitting next to her still sounded steady, like the most stable, powerful, and unshakable existence, and naturally existed in the world, one day and two days, a year and two years, a century, two centuries...... Eternally and forever.

He chuckled softly.

"Ah, that means—"

He dragged out his last note slightly.

Suddenly, he seemed to change his position, and Willow Quan heard the fabric of his clothes rubbing against the lawn, making a rustling sound.

"Let's go back. He said.

"At the foot of the mountain...... In that Honmaru, everyone is looking forward to you. ”

When these words were spoken, the most beautiful one among the five swords in the world, the always unfathomable and profound tone and detached attitude were gone. He stared down at the half-closed Female Divine Examiner, his tone unusually gentle.

"They're looking forward to being able to return to that Honmaru Inquisitor, no one else, not your ex......"

"It's you, Yukiba-kun. ”

The eyes of the female inquisitor suddenly opened!

As soon as she opened her eyes, her gaze almost immediately collided with his gaze looking down at her. The moment they met, there was some indescribable emotion in her eyes, and then, slowly, it settled, like a leaf drifting on the water, finally slowly soaked by the flowing water below, and then drifted to the bottom.

She stared at him in silence, and after I don't know how long, the corners of her lips slowly curled.

“…… Is it. She replied in a dumb voice.

"Huh~ yes. The Three Days Moon Sect replied with a smile.

Maybe it was because he went out in a hurry after learning the news, and he didn't change into the beautiful and stylish blue hunting suit. Now he is still wearing the same inner clothes that he wears every day in Honmaru, a short dress, with the necessary thermal underwear for the elderly, and a yellow headscarf with his knife pattern painted on his head, so he doesn't seem to be as imposing as when he came out of the battle, but his face is just looking down at her with his back to the light, and he can't see his expression clearly, but he can clearly see his soft eyebrows and eyes, and the corners of his lips that are slightly curved.

He now held the ground with one hand, and leaned slightly to look at her, his body knife resting across the lawn beside his legs, and over his shoulder and overhead, there was an endless blue sky and clear day.

In this way, Utsunomiya Castle, covered with smoke, artillery fire, and ruins, seems to be like a dream.

Liu Quan blinked slowly.

Then she felt the other hand of the Three Days Moon Sect come around and fall on the top of her head, paused slightly, and gently touched her hair. There was an indescribable sense of comfort and love in that action, so that for a moment she forgot what she was going to say next, and her eyes widened.

"But—"

"Shhhh As soon as she said a word, he interrupted her softly.

"Even if you don't believe what the old man says, believe it a little...... How's that the result of your own efforts?"

Willow Springs: !!

She felt speechless.

No, it's not because Mikazuki Zong recently said something natural that choked her, or because he made a request that was too much to agree.

It's because he said something very good...... If it's too good, it's too good...... The moment you hear it, you almost cry?

She felt that her feelings at the moment must have been seen through by him. Because the smile on the corner of the Three Moon's lips gradually deepened, he even bent the arm that supported his body slightly, as if he was about to lower his body and slowly approach her face, his clothes rubbing against each other and rattling.

From behind him, a warm and bright ray of sunlight poured down from the clear sky and fell on both of them. Green trees, grass, wild flowers, clear streams, dazzling warm sun-

It doesn't seem to be at all the same as hundreds of years ago, when the lights dimmed, autumn insects chirped, and the night hung low.

At that time, the courtyard seemed to reverberate with the faint music of the festival from far away, and a man sat beside her, leaning against the trunk of a tree, asleep, his long black head hanging diagonally towards her with his head tilted slightly, and the ends of his hair falling on her shoulders as if they were nothing.

At that time, that's something to look forward to. Next year's summer festival, the next year's summer festival...... I look forward to the summer festival every year, and there can be various causes and conditions, so that even if they don't go to the festival together at the beginning, they will always meet somewhere in the venue.

However, such a good time, when you think about it, is hundreds of years away from her.

The person who was worth looking forward to had long since turned into a dry bone in the grave—or rather, the person who was asleep on her shoulder and snorting heavily, never really existed in the first place.

All the worlds she has experienced, in all seriousness, are illusory. Those people who have met and taken it seriously do not exist in reality. No matter how much I look forward to being able to meet him again, it is a crazy and unattainable dream.

Hijikata is just a microcosm of her nostalgia, those experiences, and that indelible life. Replace him with Keigo Kibe, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Reiji Munekata, and Saitoichi, in fact, it's the same.

No one can live forever in an empty world. If you want to do this, you must find out the rationality of the existence of this illusion, and find the way and the way to the world that this illusion has been constructed according to certain laws.

In other words, it is necessary to understand why Genkuro Yoshitsune can exist in this age, what exactly did the government of time do to him, and what does it want from him? What is there that only he can give—neither Fujiwara Taiheng, nor Hijikata Toshizo, nor even other great men in history, can give it to the government of the time?

She stared at the indescribably handsome face of Fu Fushen, one of the five swords in the world in front of her, and suddenly smiled at him.

"I've decided. She said.

Three days and moon Zong's movements paused slightly.

“…… What?"

Liu Quan stared at him, looking deeply into his eyes in the shape of a crescent moon, and did not dodge or dodge, just stared at him so frankly.

“…… The truth. She said word by word.

"I'm going to find out the truth. ”

"What is the government of the time hiding from it, why is Genkuro Yoshitsune appearing in this life, as a god judge, living well instead of dying?" she thought as she said slowly.

"I can continue to be an ignorant person...... As long as I complete the task given to me by the government of the time, I will be able to lead this Honmaru that I did not establish by myself every day with satisfaction, and wait for ...... death."

Her smile slowly became awe-inspiring.

“…… But that's not my way of survival. ”

The pupils of the Three Days Moon Sect narrowed suddenly!

"Admittedly, even if I find out the truth, none of the people I miss will be able to come back......"

She looked at him calmly, as if to affirm the names that came to his mind at the moment—even those that he did not know, but which were deeply imprinted in her heart—and said clearly: "I cannot change their fate." But I can say with a clear conscience the doubts and possibilities that extend from their fate...... I've done my best to investigate. Also got the answer...... Although that answer cannot comfort them'. ”

"I want to know—"

Her voice trembled slightly, and a suspicious layer of fragility floated there.

"I wonder why they are so special to me, but so insignificant in the eyes of others...... It's so insignificant that it's not even worth getting a special opportunity—"

“…… Obviously, they have also worked hard to shine in their own lives. ”

The Three Days Moon Sect was silent for a long time.

Finally, he slowly sat up straight, still looking down at her face. His voice was still so calm and gentle.

"And then, Xue Ye-kun, you have deeply fought and fought for the people you miss, can you open your mind with peace of mind and go to see the people you have never really looked at seriously before?"

Liu Quan: !?

Seeing her look stunned and shocked, one of the five swords in the world slowly lowered his eyebrows, revealing a kind (?) smile - although the smile was kind and gentle, it did not reach the bottom of the eye, as if a moderate distance between the two of them had been reopened. Now they're back on the track of working together – and they're temporarily discarding the subtle opportunity to get closer to each other.

"So, what do you want to know from me?" he asked.

Liu Quan opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something else for a moment, but finally decided that she should go straight to the point, first asking her the question that she had been very troubled about, but pretending not to care about the mystery.

"What happened to the former Inquisitor?"

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