The place where the Bafang stands is very dilapidated.

Dilapidated, old, can such a place really be inhabited? When Seven Realities pushed open the rotten door of this wooden house, there was only this thought in his heart.

"I've been for a long time... No, not here......"

"Haven't lived here in a long time?"

"Hmm."

Nanami knew that this "long" was definitely human, and Happo said that this house was one of the several residences left to her by her master, and that person also liked to travel around the world when he was young, so he was able to settle down all over Japan.

Considering that the child Happo was not loved by the villagers there, before he died, the swordsmith told Happo the location of the place where he could still live in his memory, and Happo also accepted her master's advice in a daze, and the day after burying the dead old man, the girl packed her luggage, she did not say goodbye to anyone, and in the early morning when the sun had not yet risen, Happo buried her head and left a village in the Kamakura area where she had lived for more than ten years, and then went to this neighborhood to start her independent casting career.

"So, because you think it's too much trouble to come back here, you just bought a blacksmith shop, and you eat and live by the stove?"

After listening to Bafang explain what happened after he became independent, Qishi could only helplessly hold his forehead.

"Hey, hey~"

The girl in front of her smiled embarrassedly.

"I don't know where to start cleaning up a place like this." Taking off Asakiri and Kaga Kiyomitsu and placing them by the door, loosening the high ponytail, Nanami combed her hair and tied them up again before preparing to start tidying up such a "broken house", no matter how unseemly this condition is, she will stay here for the rest of the year, so at least clean it to the extent that she can live there.

It's not too far from the village where Kenshin and the others live. ’

Looking up at the window, she still remembered the location of Kenshin's village, and if she lived here, she would definitely have more than enough money to "protect" her junior brother.

As for what the Shinsengumi think...... They can think whatever they want, even if they find someone to arrest her, even if they give an iron order to let Qishi go back, but this time she doesn't want to hear anything.

"I don't regret it."

Bafang tilted her head, as if she heard Nanami say something to herself but didn't hear it clearly.

Even if you want to ask "what", you have to wait for a long time, and when the words are close to your throat and about to spit out, the other party has already turned around and sorted out the stove.

When marching out with the master and disciple, Qishi took care of all the chores, and when she went down the mountain to reach the Shinsengumi, she had fewer opportunities to do chores, and more often than not, Qishi felt that her hands were used to carry knives to kill people, and every day when she went back to the room, Yuuka She had already sorted out all the affairs to make her feel at ease.

The thought touched the deceased, and there was another pain in his heart, Qishi closed his eyes slightly, and pressed his right hand to his chest to suppress the anger.

There was a ping-pong in her ears, and the sound of Bafang unloading the sword he was carrying on the ground, a total of twenty-two weapons of various lengths and shorts, these things without any decorative inscriptions were placed on the ground by her and lined up, and after unloading, the girl stretched out her limbs, she was obviously also very tired.

"You made all this?"

"Ah...... Well...... Yes, yes, it's the master. ”

Pointing to the first ten, Bafang said, "These ten...... That is, it is the master's. ”

"Master, warn me...... That, division...... The master said......"

If I can't make a sword sharper than these ten, I can't test it with a human body.

"So far...... I don't have any...... Didn't make it ......"

It was a hidden story that existed many years ago.

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00

This is the second year that Nanami has traveled with him as a disciple of Hikokiyo, and not long ago Kenshin of Shikimura has joined him, and the three of them maintain their basic livelihood and travel around the island nation, while two talented apprentices are also working hard to learn the kendo of Hikokiyo.

In the summer of that year, they came to Kamakura.

The day was very hot, the sun was like rain, pouring on the bodies of the three of them, Bi Guqing was still wearing his robe of unknown significance, in Qishi's opinion, she really couldn't understand the meaning of this dress, especially now, she could almost smell the smell of burning from the air, looking at the master who was walking in the front, Qishi only felt that he was even hotter.

Compared to the girl who has already had some exercise, Kenshin, who has just started to learn, obviously can't stand such an abnormal high temperature, and his steps have begun to float, and Qishi, who is aware of this, takes the luggage he is carrying, but even so, Kenshin's condition is still not much better.

"Master, Kenshin may be suffering from heat stroke."

Bigu Qing stopped, looked back at Kenshin, whose face was already a little wrong, and said, "Bear with me for a while, there will be a place to settle nearby." ”

The boy was also very stubborn, he nodded and didn't complain or be coquettish, and followed closely Bigu Qingjuro and Qishi without pulling it down at all. Seeing this, Qishi couldn't say anything, so he could only ask Biguqing about something.

"Master, why are we here?"

"There is an old man, I came to ask him to forge a sword for Kenshin."

"Forging knives?"

"That's right."

This year's summer is weirdly hot, especially in the vicinity, this heat is more clear, depressed and low, the temperature is deposited inside the body, which makes people very uncomfortable, it's not that Qishi hasn't experienced high temperatures, but this discomfort is the first time, if it weren't for the exercise, I'm afraid it's a little worse than Kenshin.

"Forging knives, does it have to be now?"

"The time I agreed with that old friend is now."

Through the dialogue, the diversion of attention made Qishi feel a little better.

"What kind of person is your old friend?"

"Heh, if you talk about the impression of the year, he is not a good thing." Bi Guqing smiled rarely, "But what has become of him now, where can I know." ”

“……”

The world is changing, and Kamakura, which was prosperous hundreds of years ago, is now lonely.

Qishi couldn't be the master, she had to follow the master, and walked forward a little more and gradually saw that when there were people, there were more things in the hot air.

She took a deep breath and smelled something unnamed, but not unfamiliar.

The girl couldn't make a judgment, but she felt more and more weird, more uncomfortable, and more irritable.

"Sister Asakura."

Kenshin pulled up his spirit and grabbed Nanami's sleeve.

"How?"

"There are a lot of corpses here."

When the locals saw the outsiders, Biguqing and his party were like frightened rabbits and scattered in a hurry.

The situation was very wrong, Qishi began to wonder if they had entered the land of what is wrong, looking at Biguqing, this man was still indifferent.

"Keep walking, soon."

Urging Qishi and Kenshin, who had stopped, to move forward, and sure enough, as Bigu Qing said, it didn't take long for them to see a dilapidated temple.

"That person's name is Aoki, and if it's anything else, it's very appropriate to find that person if you forge a sword."

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ps: There are revisions to the first three chapters, and if you don't understand it, you can look at the front first