Xiuguang himself didn't know how long he had been asleep. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the process of falling asleep, he dreamed of many things.

I dreamed of the scenery I had seen a long time ago, walking on an overcrowded sidewalk, and finally returning to my empty home.

All kinds of things in his brain are reflected in front of him like a marquee, so that Xiuguang can't feel that he still exists in reality, and wants to reach out and grab it, but he can't catch anything.

Until I was pulled back to reality by a voice.

"Are you awake?"

“……”

Xiuguang opened his dry and heavy eyelids, and what caught his eyes was the wooden roof of an ordinary person's home.

He raised his movable right hand and placed it on his forehead.

Although the wound on his left shoulder had been treated, Xiuguang still felt a sharp pain.

“…… Is it an old man? ”

Xiuguang listened to the vicissitudes of the voice of the other person in the room, and quickly guessed his identity.

"Ah, it's the old man."

"Really...... What time is it? ”

After confirming that the person sitting next to him was the old man, Xiuguang asked the time a little weakly.

"Hidemitsu-sama, you've been asleep for two whole days. It's night time. ”

Is it the third night since that day......

Xiuguang put down the hand on his forehead and supported it in the futon, intending to support his body.

"Your injuries haven't healed yet, are you in such a hurry to get up and want to do something?"

The old man who was sitting cross-legged on the side was a little helpless, but he still helped Xiuguang up.

Xiuguang still has something like a bandage wrapped around his shoulder at this time, and it is very inconvenient to move.

All the miscellaneous items that were originally placed in the room have been removed because Xiuguang is treating the wound here.

On the table next to it were all kinds of things that Irisawa used to treat Xiuguang's wounds. The knife that had been taken out and washed was sitting on the table, but the rest of the bloody laundry had been disposed of.

Xiuguang straightened up and moved his left arm slightly, feeling a lot more energetic.

"Old man, how are you doing now?"

The first thing Xiuguang did after getting up was to ask the old man about the current situation.

"After that, I asked Hideyori-sama and them to go back first. To be on the safe side, I also asked the boy from Hyogoro to go back with him. ”

The old man casually picked up the wine saucer that had been set aside a long time ago and took a small sip.

"Lord Xiu, although they are all worried about you, they were driven back to rest by the old man. After Irisawa helped you treat the wound, he also went back to the longhouse next to him to rest. Tsuru no Suke went to Osaka Castle to play your shadow warrior under the arrangement of that kid Shocho. So don't worry for the time being, let's recuperate for a while at the old man's side. ”

Xiuguang looked at the old man and nodded silently.

"But I didn't expect you to dare to do such a thing. It really surprised the old man. ”

The old man, whose mouth and gray beard were stained with wine, suddenly said this.

Hidemitsu knew that he was talking about stabbing himself with a knife, but for some reason he was silent.

"There are some things, at a certain time, that can only be solved with blood. Amazing, remarkable. ”

The old man was not sarcastic, but really appreciating Xiuguang's approach.

But Xiuguang did not show any happy feelings, but said to the old man very heavily:

"Old man. It works, but it's not something to be happy about. For me and my brother. ”

Listening to Xiuguang's words, the old man slowly put down the wine saucer in his hand, turned his eyes, and fell silent.

"That's all I can do. The rest is up to the elder brother to think about it himself. I don't want to do this kind of thing that hurts everybody anymore. ”

This is indeed a less admirable thing. Because this will not only hurt Xiuguang's own body, but also the hearts of his brother Xiulai and everyone present.

For knives and blood, Xiuguang has almost never seen it. But after this time, he really felt the real feeling of living in this world, and at the same time, he really felt the trembling pain, and finally saw the panicked expressions of everyone.

These are things that I have never felt before.

"Hmph, then let it be."

While Xiuguang was contemplating and thinking, the old man suddenly smiled.

"Actually, during the day today, the re-born boy came over."

“…… Re-engineered? ”

"yes. The old man guessed that it was because you didn't wake up after sleeping for a long time, and Lord Xiulai couldn't rest assured, so let Chongcheng Kid take a look. ”

Wiping his lips and beard, the old man brought up this morning's incident.

"Although the boy didn't say it explicitly, eighty percent of it was Lord Xiulai who asked him to come."

"Really...... It's time to re-emerge. ”

"Hideyori-sama is a nice man."

The old man who suddenly sighed made Xiuguang raise his eyes and look at him.

"Although the methods in many places are still a little immature...... For example, let Chongcheng come over at such a time. But he's really a nice guy. ”

"It's too early for Hideyori to claim to be a member of the world. But he has the potential to be a very amazing person. ”

"Maybe he'll be a great lord in the future. The old man has lived in the world for so many years, and he can hardly see a pure person like him. He's going to be a very nice guy. ”

After the old man sighed a lot, he looked at Xiuguang as if admonishing:

"You Toyotomi family, if you want to be strong and stable, it is necessary for your brothers to communicate with each other. No one is perfect, and you, like Hideyori-sama, have fatal flaws in your own personality and are not mature in many ways. So what you need is to complement your own flaws, so that people can grow. ”

"You have a good brother. Maybe it's because of a brother like Hideyori that you can use your talents in secret. ”

Looking at the old man who told him like a grandfather, Xiuguang nodded solemnly.

……

……

The lights are flickering, and it's late at night.

The study in Osaka Castle is still lit up.

The owner of the study, Hideyori, was in the middle of it as before, but he didn't have a single scroll at hand.

Unlike Xiuguang, who has been asleep for two days, Xiulai has not closed his eyes in the past two days.

He has been sitting in his study since he came back and has never gone out.

Although he had been sitting quietly, the constant tapping of his fingers on the table seemed to show his inner unrest.

Looking at Xiu Lai, whose eyes were full of bloodshots, Chongcheng, who was close to him, was very worried.

He was ordered to visit Xiuguang this morning, but the answer he received was that he still hadn't woken up yet.

Then, naturally, Xiulai sat quietly in the same position, never moving half a step.

He seemed to be waiting for a report from his brother waking up, or perhaps thinking about something.

"Re-esei, bring those."

Suddenly, Hideyori spoke.

But even Chongcheng, who usually knew him best, didn't expect that the first words of his own adult would be like this.

“…… Have you made up your mind? ”

With a complicated look of joy and worry, Chongcheng asked.

"Hmm."

To this, Xiulai just nodded quietly, and then his fingers knocked down heavily, making a crisp sound.