Chapter 6: Ichisuke Samurai

Yagyu Kazuki is not a person who can get used to deception. He is not accustomed to deceitful words coming out of his mouth, but this deception is the request of his allegiance to his allegiance master, Yagamiki, then he will try to carry it out. He didn't know if he would say something wrong in front of the shrewd Fuji Kazeyuki. So most of the time, he remained silent.

Silence is his character, a part of him.

A long, long time ago, in the days buried deep in his mind, Yagyu Kazuki was not silent. He, like many young people, wandered around the village with nothing to do. He would talk to his friends about which girl in the village was the prettiest and which girl had the most punctual figure.

He would put on a straw hat and bask in the sun on the hillside of the village.

He would secretly follow the person he liked, peeking at her back boredly.

He would pretend to be humorous to attract her attention as she passed by.

He would meaninglessly bite the grass roots he picked from the side of the road, feeling the bitter taste of grass in his mouth.

He would escape the rigorous knife training arranged by his father and go fishing with his friends in the village.

He would ・・・・・・ eventually he would become a man who would only hone his sword skills in silence.

It was the war that made him such a man, it destroyed his village, killed his familiar friends, his admired masters, his beloved lovers, his closest blood relatives. His weakness is the root cause of all this, and he cannot kill everything he hates with the sword in his hand, nor can he protect everything he loves.

Today, Yagyu Kazuki often dreams of the blood-soaked village buried deep in his memory.

He would also dream of himself fighting among an endless array of enemies, and he would swing his katana diligently and slash at one enemy after another. But ・・・・・・ enemy rushed in as if they could not be killed, and at last in a dazzling light of the sword, his stern father lay on the ground in order to block the knife for him. The master he longed for was killed and dismembered after exhaustion, and the body was nailed to a tree.

And then ・・・・・・・・ cycle again, the fall of loved ones again, and the powerlessness of the situation again.

For a long time, Yagyu Kazuki was trapped in such an endless dream. Yagamiki had wondered why Yagyu Kazuki's sword skills had improved so quickly, and if he knew that Yagyu Kazuki had been dreaming like this, then his doubts would have disappeared immediately.

Yagyu Kazuki lives in his own guilt, and he still remembers the eyes of his loved ones. The pair of laughing ones would squint into two crescents, fascinating the eyes of the boys in the village.

The eyes finally opened wide in the middle of a pile of pig-naked men, and those eyes lost all their sparkle.

When Yagamiki arrived at the village to finish everything, the girl he loved was not dead, she was lying limply on the ground, her carcass covered in scars and dirt stuck to her body.

The girl's red and swollen lips murmured and couldn't make any sound, and Yagyu Kazuki roared and crawled towards the girl, holding her in his arms.

He pressed his ear close to the girl's murmuring lips.

He finally heard what the girl was saying, and the girl was saying・・・・・・Kill me!"

Why is the world the way it is? The world shouldn't be like this!

With such doubts, such resentment, Yagyu Kazuki dragged his body and fell down in front of the boy who saved the village.

He recognized the boy as his monarch, and he hoped that the boy would change the miserable world. The boy did.

As long as protecting Fuji Fuyuki-e is part of his plan, then he will do his best to complete it.

Outside, Yagyu Kazuki stood with his katana in his arms, expressionless. Inside the house, there was the sound of rushing water.

"Hey, aren't you tired of standing outside the house all the time, go find a place to rest for yourself. ”

“・・・・・・・・”

"I'm such a girl, I'll feel awkward if you keep standing outside and hearing the sound of me taking a shower!"

“・・・・・・・”

"You pervert!!!! go away!"

"I'm your bodyguard, and it's my duty to keep you safe. ”

Yagyu Kazuki spoke, which made Fuji Kazeyukie really relieved. Being able to speak means being able to communicate, and she regretted letting him sit as her bodyguard

"Can You Leave?"

“・・・・・・・・・”

"Ah!! Silence again!!"

"I can stay away from you, and watch over you from a distance where you can't hear the sound of water. ”

"Oh, good!"

Joy makes Fuji Fuyuki-e nod his head. By the time she finished arranging her hair and opened the door, a touch of red had already appeared in the sky.

A samurai in a blue samurai robe stood under the red glow, the breeze blowing the corners of his samurai robe. He stood ten meters away from Fuji Kazeyukie and looked at her in silence.

The heartbeat accelerated a little at that moment, and the face painted by the wind and snow was reflected red by the red glow.

"I'm going shopping, and even if I don't want you to come with me, you'll come with me, right?" said Kazuki Kazuki as he walked past him, and walked out on his own without waiting for him to answer anything.

Because there is no role played by Fuji Fuyuki-e in the shooting clip of the crew at night, and the shooting location is a town with good scenery, Fuji Fuyuki-e can walk around the street for a long time.

Fuji Kazeyuki walked around for two hours, realizing that she didn't like that she was close to her, and Yagyu Kazuki kept three meters away from her.

Fuji Kazeyuki looked back at him, turned around and walked into the shop next to him. Yagyu Kazuki looked up, and the sign of the store read boutique menswear. He raised his feet and followed the store, where Feng Xue-e had already begun to pick up clothes.

"You're Miss Fuji Fuyuki-e, aren't you? The clerk at the store had a look of surprise.

"You know me?"

"Yes, I really like the character of Aiko E, who you experimented with. So... Can you sign it for me? The clerk's face flushed.

"Give you an autograph, a discount on your clothes?"

"Of course! I can get six percent off!" the clerk scrambled to find a pen in his drawer. "Please sign on this dress"

"Fuji Kazeyuki-e~ That's it. After signing the clothes, Feng Xuehua said

"Absolutely! Thank you very much. ”

"Hey, you put on your clothes. Kazeyuki turned his head to Yagyu Kazuki, who had been standing behind him, and said, "Your samurai costume is really eye-catching. And you can't take that weird blindfold off of yours. ”

Yagyu Kazuki silently took the clothes handed over and walked into the fitting room, and the voice of the clerk came from behind him.

"I asked him a lot, is he Miss Fuji Fuyuki's boyfriend? ”

"He's just my bodyguard. Feng Xue replied. This news obviously reduced the clerk's desire to gossip a lot.

Seeing Yagyu Kazuki coming out of the fitting room, Feng Xuehui was slightly stunned, and the eyes of the clerk behind her were already shining with love. Under the backdrop of a close-fitting windbreaker, with an eye patch and slightly thin cheeks, Yagyu Kazuki has a special handsomeness.

"Hmph, let's go. With that, Feng Xue walked out of the door first.

"I've been shopping for so long, I'm a little hungry, so let's go to the barbecue restaurant next. ”

While eating barbecue, Kazeyuki sees a middle-aged man constantly looking at her. That look made her very uncomfortable, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore and left the barbecue restaurant without even finishing the barbecue on the table.

"Why did you encounter such a pervert, really..." The middle-aged man's face appeared in Feng Xuehua's mind, and a faint familiar feeling came to her heart.

She slowed down the pace that she had quickened with resentment.

"That person, I look like I've seen it there. And ・・・・・・ remembers... He's... recognized me..."

The burning huge palace ... The fallen father, the memory of fear drowned Fuji Kazeyuki in an instant.

She stopped, her body trembling violently with fear.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Kazuki Yanagi, walking behind her.

"I'm recognized, I'm going to be caught by him・・・・・・・・・ killed by him, it's like killing my father・・・・・・・・ I have to run away!" she said, but instead of answering Yagyu Kazuki, she muttered to herself in fear.

As soon as the trembling Kazeyuki took her steps, her left hand was grabbed by Yagyu Kazuki.

"Let go of me!... I want to run away!"

"Who recognized you, is it the man with a scar on his face just now? ”

Feng Xuee, who turned her head, saw Yagyu Kazuki's blindfold, she couldn't see Yagyu Kazuki's eyes, but she nodded unconsciously.

"Now, you go back, back to the third wife. I'll help you with that man. Yagyu Kazuki's tone seemed very ordinary, as ordinary as buying a dress.

This made the overwhelmed Fengxue unconsciously do what he said.

"How's the matter going out?" asked Kazeyuki, who was tormented by fear, as soon as she saw Yagyu Kazuki return.

"I killed him and changed my appearance with a transfiguration. No one will ever know."

"You killed him..."

"You knew from the beginning how I was going to solve this problem. Yagyu Kazuki said expressionlessly, "Now you don't have to worry about your secret being exposed." ”

"Do you really know who I really am? Kazeyuki lifted her face. "And who are you? ”

"I'm just a samurai. Holding his knife, Yagyu said flatly.