The night of hangover passed in a hurry, and Arashi, who was awakened by the sea breeze, pushed away in disgust, and Musashi put the leg on his body. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info got up and put on his dry clothes that were crushed under the stones, and Arashi walked over to Kojiro, who was already sitting on the stones waiting for the sunrise.

Sensing his friend's movement, Kojiro patted his side with his hand and smiled gently at Arashi.

"Look at the sunrise again, you won't get tired of watching it for so many years. Lan, who was angry, pulled out the autumn knife from his waist and played with it in his hand. The murder weapon, which was re-held by the owner, seemed to let out a crisp moan.

Nodding silently, Kojiro put his hand on his eyes and looked at the end of the sea. On the horizon where water and sky meet, a faint red glow is brewing in the pale cyan water.

Between the high tides, the pale red gradually transitions to deep red and golden red. The first to change are the churning clouds and the never-ending surface of the sea, which is not only a single color, but also the blue sky.

Then, like a spear, the first rays of light emerged from the other side of the sea. By the time it crossed the vast sea and came to Arashi's face, it had already expanded like a rushing stream.

The fiery red sun, like a new king who has taken over the royal power, stepped on the rippling water and the bright light of the sea and rose, and stepped towards the blue, vast and boundless sky.

Countless fire-like red lights were like running subjects, tilting the majesty of the king on the shining sea, on the sand, and on the whole land. Arashi, bathed in red light, felt a faint warmth begin to flow from her body. Musashi, who didn't know when he woke up, walked behind the two silently.

"It's a good day. ”

"Yes. Arashi put the autumn knife back into its sheath, but Kojiro beside him was playful, writing on the beach with a long Bizen long light.

Arashi glanced at it, recognized the words written, and then chuckled.

"Let's go hiking. ”

"Good. ”

Walking side by side in a deserted village, the silence around them seemed as if the three of them were visiting a cemetery again, rather than the homeland where people once lived.

Most of the buildings in my memory have retained their original appearance, and the scenes related to them more or less emerge when you walk through them. The owner of this house is an interesting Obasan, and her persimmons are delicious. Her neighbor is an old man who lives alone, and gossip about the two of them has always been one of the few jokes in the village.

It's a pity that the old man, who is very good at growing crops, left this world because of a small cold. In the former house, a husband and wife and their four children lived. Their eldest daughter is very good-looking, and she always liked Kojiro until he left. Unfortunately, in the end, she married another family in the village.

"Is this where you live?" Musashi looked at the ruined village curiously, "It's no different from Miyamoto Village." ”

"No, our home is still ahead. Pointing to the front of the road, Arashi and Kojiro looked at each other and smiled.

Walking on a path that stretches deep into the mountains, the three of them came to a wooden house. Interestingly, at the entrance there is a wooden sign with the words Bell Roll Dojo written on it.

Kojiro, who found it, was the first to laugh. For its appearance, Arashi, who was also unexpected, had to stop. The wooden plaque was made by the master himself, in order to feed the two children who could eat in that war-torn era. The frustrated swordsman picked up his sword again.

But I don't know if the master ever thought that one day the two children he raised with his own hands would start to fight each other. Thinking of the master's possible reaction, Arashi smiled and shook his head.

It's better to be dead. Arashi, who sighed like this in his heart, pointed to the wooden house and said to Musashi, "This is my home with Kojiro. ”

"Haha, it doesn't look like a place where you can raise two monsters. ”

"Who knows. Arashi, who shrugged, continued to walk forward. There is no need to go inside the house to find out, everything in the past is hidden deep in the heart, and the memory never fades with the passage of time, but people don't want to remember it.

When the two of them moved forward for a while, Kojiro caught up with them after saying goodbye to home. Continue walking towards the deep mountains, and finally stop in front of a steep peak.

"Spare me. Musashi looked at the mountain standing upright at 90 degrees, "As soon as you wake up, let me climb such a mountain?"

Arashi and Kojiro, who did not answer, answered with the words of Musashi with their hands and feet already outstretched, and they had already begun to climb towards the mountain.

"Don't try to leave me behind, go up yourself. Tightening his belt, Musashi spit out the dog's tail grass from the corner of his mouth, and his calloused hands began to grasp the bulge on the mountain, chasing after the figures of Arashi and Kojiro.

The mountain doesn't have a name, but Arashi remembers it. Because of the excessively steep mountain, there will always be some naughty children in the village who will climb it as proof of their courage. With the exception of a few who succeeded, most of the challengers died at the foot of the mountain.

People are reluctant to name such an ominous existence, nor do they want to mention it. So it might have had a name, but after a long time, it was gradually forgotten for a long time when no one mentioned it.

"Is this mountain high?" Musashi, who had climbed halfway, almost fell with his right hand, and several falling stones disappeared under the mountain path they had climbed without making a sound.

"I don't know. Angry, Lan felt the heat of the blood flowing fully in her body, "Master will not allow us to approach this mountain, he will teach us a lesson." ”

"So, am I here to make up for your childhood regrets?" Musashi, who frowned, raised his head in disbelief.

Arashi, who paused, looked at Musashi below him and smiled, "Does my ass look good?"

"Fuck, you waited for me. ”

"Hahahaha, hurry up, I can't see Kojiro anymore. Arashi turned her head and continued to stretch out her hands upward.

Above him, Kojiro's figure is indeed at the forefront. Growing up, he was always like this to stay ahead of everyone and then become the goal that all his peers wanted to surpass.

Slow down, Kojiro, just stand in front of me all the time, become my eternal goal, and show the way for me ahead.

Arashi climbed up desperately, and in his gaze, Kojiro's figure occasionally appeared for a while, and was obscured by the early morning fog. Often at this time, Lan turned around and looked at the heavens and the earth, except for the white fog, he could no longer see anyone.

Only yourself, only yourself, one person is climbing this mountain.

Why the world has become so lonely.

In the end, the three of them still met on the top of the mountain, a platform about the size of an ordinary martial arts training ground. Arashi had heard the little ghost climb up mention it, so he didn't feel strange when he saw it, after all, not every mountain top was pointy.

Sitting side by side on the top of the mountain, the three of them looked around in the mist in their accustomed posture. The unknown world does not easily reveal the scenery after the fog.

"After defeating you this time, I'm the mountain, right?" Arashi said with his hands behind his head, smiling.

"The wind will flash your tongue. Musashi tugged at the corners of his mouth disdainfully.

"Ah...... Ah......h

The vast sea of clouds is being partially blown away by the howling mountain wind, and the vaguely revealed world is unfolding its own appearance to them.

One, two, three, in the golden light through the clouds, higher and more majestic mountains appeared one by one than the peaks they were on. Their towering wonderhorses seemed to be sneering, the three of them who had just climbed to the top of the mountain.

"Hahaha, the top of the mountain......"

Lan who was sitting cross-legged laughed inexplicably, he felt that the world was so big, and he could go wherever he wanted. (To be continued.) )