As the elder of the Hirose Domain, why is Kuranaga so good to him?

After the god worship competition, Kuranaga once came to Ogata in person, smiled and patted Ogata on the shoulder, and praised Ogata's performance in the martial arts arena just now.

Subsequently, not only did they send Dr. Genyasu, who was one of the best in their Hirose domain, to treat Ogata.

And he also paid out of his own pocket and paid for all the costs of Ogata treatment.

Not only that, Kuranaga also gave Ogata paid leave - he no longer had to go to the feudal office to work as a treasury officer during the recuperation period, and during this period of recuperation, Ogata could take Ogata's salary, and he would not deduct Ogata's salary because Ogata worked less for a while.

Kuranaga took such good care of him that Ogata was puzzled.

Ogata dared to swear with his life that he had absolutely no intersection with Kuranaga before.

Ogata couldn't figure out why Kuranaga, who had never crossed paths with him, would show favor to him in every way?

While Genya was treating Ogata on the first day, Oya asked him this question.

However, the only answer Ogata got was Genyasu's vague words.

Subsequently, Ogata continued to ask Gen'an about it, either explicitly or implicitly.

But no matter what Ogata asked, Gen'an kept his mouth shut and refused to spit out a word.

Now the treatment of Ogata is over.

For a long time to come, Ogata felt that he should not be able to see Gen'an at all.

Ogata hesitated again and again, and definitely took advantage of this last opportunity to ask this question that had plagued him for more than a month.

Originally, Ogata was ready to be perfunctory by Gen'an again.

But it didn't work out - after hearing Ogata's question, Genan pursed his lips and fell silent.

And Ogata also quietly followed Gen'an in silence, waiting for Gen'an's answer.

After a long while, Xuan An opened his lips and said faintly:

“…… I don't really know why Kuranaga-sama would be kind to you. ”

"But I know—"

Xuan'an changed his words.

"There must be a reason why Kuranaga-sama is so kind to you. And it's not ordinary. ”

"I've known each other for a long time, so I also know a little bit about him."

"Kuranaga-sama is a very strong-willed person."

"No matter how big the difficulties are, Cangyong will bite the bullet and face the difficulties."

"At the same time, he's also a ...... Very cruel people. ”

"He would never waste his time on useless people, people he wasn't interested in."

When Xuan An said this, he stopped at the point and did not continue to speak.

Although Gen'an only said this, the amount of information contained in the words he just said was enough for Ogata to understand and digest slowly.

“…… Anyway, I've told you everything I know. ”

Kerala.

Gen'an opened the door of the Ogata family.

"It's going to be indefinite, Ogata-kun."

Touch.

Ogata's door was closed.

Inside the small, dilapidated room, only the silent air was left to accompany Ogata again.

"Forget it." Ogata sighed lightly, "If all these overtures Kuranaga gave me need to be repaid...... Then wait for him to come to the door and ask for a 'debt'......"

……

……

"It's almost time......"

Ogata looked out the window at the sky and muttered.

By this time, Ogata was already fully dressed.

Tonight, he was going to have a banquet with his master and brothers, and in order to match the long-awaited banquet of Ogata, Ogata specially changed into the latest and cleanest clothes in his closet.

I washed my hair and body well.

Looking at the sky outside, Ogata kept hesitating whether to go out now, or to say it would be later.

At this moment, a strange shout suddenly sounded outside the door:

"Is Ogata at home?"

- Huh?

Ogata frowned slightly and followed the sound to look at his door.

- Did someone from the Ishikawa Kenkan come to me for revenge......

Ogata quickly grabbed the knife that was placed beside him and tiptoed towards the door......

However, the person outside the door shouted, as if he had clairvoyant eyes that could see what Ogata was doing inside the house:

"Ogata Esei-kun! Rest assured! We're not from Ishikawa Kenkan! ”

- Not the Ishikawa Kenkan?

Although the people outside the door said so, Ogata still did not let his guard down.

Although the people outside the house said this, Oke would not be foolish enough to let his guard down because of the words of the people outside the house.

Ogata, who was standing two steps behind the door, pulled out his knife and plunged the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame.

Ogatata's door is the most common type of sliding door, so you can push it open by pushing it to the right.

After inserting the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame, Ogata pushes it horizontally to the right and pulls the door open.

The door opened, and two young samurai with extremely unfamiliar faces who had never seen before appeared in Ogata's field of vision.

The two young samurai's hands hung naturally at their sides, and they stood in an ordinary manner, without drawing their swords or putting on any posture of battle.

No hostility - that's the state of these two young samurai right now.

But Ogata still hasn't let his guard down.

Ogata silently took 2 steps back, widening the distance between himself and the two young samurai, raising the sword in his hand and separating himself from the two samurai with a sharp blade.

"You're Ogata, aren't you?"

The leader of the two young samurai spoke.

Although the sentence structure he uses is that of an interrogative sentence, the tone is that of an affirmative sentence.

"That's right...... I am. Who are you? Why did you suddenly find me? ”

"We are the retainers of Kuranaga Saemon, the elder of the family. I took the liberty to come here this time to invite me to come to my lord's mansion. ”

Kuranaga ...... ...... Saemon? ”

A look of surprise appeared uncontrollably on Ogata's face.

……

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Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword Hall.

At this time, the Sakakibara Sword Museum was quite lively.

On the wooden floor of the dojo, there were tables large enough for the half-guards and all the disciples of the Sakakihara Kenkan to sit.

Because it was almost time for the agreed feast to start, half of the people had already arrived at the dojo.

These people who came to the dojo in advance have their own duties.

Some are responsible for placing drinks and food on the table.

Some are responsible for wiping down a few unwiped areas on the floor.

There are also people who simply get together and chat, passing the boring time through small talk.

Makino was one of those people who had nothing to do and sat around chatting with the rest of their brothers.

Makino and the brothers who were usually close to each other chatted about all the topics they could think of.

"Anyway—" Makino said in a long voice, "I recently heard interesting news from a friend. Are you interested in knowing? ”

"Message? Makino senior, what's the news? The person who spoke was the youngest and youngest junior brother of their Sakakihara Sword Pavilion - Sawamura Goro, who is only 15 years old this year.