As Ah Fu's adoptive mother, Misaki certainly knew what color Ah Fu liked, so he personally went to the Wu Fu store to buy such a cherry-colored Wu costume.

As soon as Asaki's praise fell, the thread on the side immediately smiled and said:

"Well, it's really good-looking. Ah Fu, you have become a lot more beautiful all of a sudden. ”

Hearing Aki and Ogata's praise, a little shy red hung on Afuku's cheeks.

Ah Fu is already cute.

Since becoming a security guard at the drifthouse, one of the most disputes Ogata has dealt with in the drifthouse these days is the harassment of Fuku.

Since Misaki mostly stays in the kitchen and tinkers with drinks and food, there aren't many opportunities for those customers to harass Aki.

Ah Fu, who is already cute, looks even more cute and charming after wearing this cherry-colored Wu costume.

And Ah Fu seems to like the cherry blossom-colored Wu dress on her body too.

With his own little hands, he caressed the Wu suit on his body and felt the texture of the fabric of the new clothes.

"Are you really going to give me this dress? This dress looks expensive......"

"Of course." Misaki nodded, "This is a piece of the mind between me and Osikata-sama, so you can't afford not to accept it." ”

“…… Thank you for ......."

Ah Fu still looks flattered to this day.

Feel both flattered and excited.

This made Ah Fu's expression quite strange at this time.

There was a smirk that contained various emotions.

Looking at Fuku's smirk, Ogata felt an indescribable sense of joy emerge from his heart for some reason.

A faint smile also unconsciously climbed up Ogata's cheeks.

……

……

At the same time—

Hirose Domain, home to the distant mountains—

"Huh? Ahshi, are you going out? ”

Toyama is now powdering his saber, preparing to wipe off the old oil and replace it with a new one.

Yuan Shan, who was concentrating on the daily care of the knife, caught a glimpse of Ah Shi who was about to go out and dress up.

"Hmm." Asan nodded, "I'm going to go to Hachiman Jingu Shrine to pray for Dana and pray that you won't get hurt in next month's god worship competition." ”

"Huh."

Yuanshan sneered.

"It's a big deal. How could I get hurt. And are you mistaken? You actually went to the shrine on the big night? ”

With that, Yuanshan turned his head and continued to oil the knife in his hand.

"Well, you can go if you want. But go and get back quickly. ”

"Yes." Ah Shen nodded vigorously, "Then I'll go." ”

……

……

Itagaki just went to drink with his brothers.

Somewhat drunk, Itagaki staggered on his way home.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed—not far ahead—that was the home of his senior brother, Toyama Renichiro.

Looking at the home in the distant mountains, Itagaki couldn't help but have a little gratitude in his eyes.

Itagaki has a lot of respect for the distant mountains.

It should be said that all the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion basically respect Yuanshan.

Yuanshan is a very righteous person.

As long as any disciple in the hall was wronged outside, Yuanshan would not hesitate to stand up for that disciple.

For example, a while ago - after Itagaki was injured by Ogata, Toyama didn't say a word, and found Ogata that night to vent a bad breath for Itagaki.

In any words, I can't describe how moved Itagaki was at that time.

It was also from that time that Itagaki strengthened his determination to support and respect the distant mountains.

Just as Itagaki was about to withdraw his grateful gaze towards the Toyama family, he suddenly noticed a pale yellow shadow flashing out of the Toyama house.

"Huh?"

Itagaki furrowed his brow.

"Sister-in-law?"

As a junior disciple of Yuanshan, Itagaki has also been to Yuanshan's home many times, so of course he knows Ashi.

After seeing Ah Shi hurriedly walking out of the distant mountain's house, the color of doubt rose from Itagaki's heart.

He always felt that Ah Shi's expression just now was a little weird......

To put it mildly, Itagaki always felt that Ah Shi just now was like a thief who had stolen something and was about to fly away......

After hesitating for a while, Itagaki gritted his teeth, who was really relieved.

In a low voice that only he could hear, he whispered, "Yuanshan senior, I'm offended." After that, he held the two sabers on his left waist and quickly followed, following closely behind Ah Shi......

……

……

Ogata, who finished his "security" work tonight, was leisurely walking home on his way.

Ogata looked up at the moon overhead.

Based on the moon's position at this time, Ogata speculated that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

In the Edo period, this point was already considered late at night.

Ogata's current routine has gradually become a common way of life in this era - go to bed early and wake up before dawn.

Feeling a little sleepy, Ogata hastened his way home with the mentality of "sleeping as soon as he gets home".

However, just as Ogata's small dilapidated house was already in his field of vision, Ogata suddenly noticed an unfamiliar silhouette standing in front of his door.

It's a young woman she's never seen before.

Wear a clean and appropriate pale yellow kimono.

Place your hands folded in front of you.

Slightly bowed his head, as if waiting for someone.

The young woman seemed to hear Ogata's footsteps and followed them in the direction where Ogata was.

I see Ogata...... To be precise, the young woman's face flashed with joy after seeing Ogata's hairstyle, which was not shaved to the head of Tsukiyo, and then she walked briskly towards Ogata with small broken steps.

"That ......," the young woman's voice was very nice, "may I ask you—are you Osika-sama?" ”

"Hmm...... I'm Ogata Asei. ”

With that, Ogata involuntarily raised his hand and touched his hair.

Secretly said in my heart:

- This woman...... You didn't know me by my hairstyle......

Of course, Ogata noticed that this woman had just seen his hairstyle, so she had the courage to run over and ask if he was Ogata's.

It's rare for a samurai like Ogata to not shave his head, so it's normal for this woman to recognize Ogata by her hairstyle.

After confirming Ogata's identity, a slight look of excitement appeared on the woman's face:

"Great! Finally waiting for you back! ”

Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Have you been standing in front of my house waiting for me to come back?" ”

"Yes!"

Ogata: "......"

After a moment of silence, Ogata took two steps back, then bowed to the woman and apologized:

"I'm sorry, I'm just a poor sour warrior, and I don't have the spare money to find a woman for fun, but if you like, I can recommend some brothers who have a lot of money to meet you."