Chizuru sat under the verandah, quietly looking at the lotus flowers in the pool, her eyes full of envy. She yearns for this flower.

She thinks the flower is not only beautiful, but also strong. Even in the mud, it does not defile her purity, and even under heavy oppression, she never bows her proud head.

Therefore, Chizuru has been flaunting lotus flowers since she was a child. She has always believed that even if she is a daughter in this life, she must work hard, as pure and brave as a lotus.

At the age of eight, Chizuru disguised herself in school and studied with other boys, and at the age of ten she began to practice horseback riding and kendo.

Over the years, she has not only cultivated extraordinary skills, but also used her personality charm to gather a group of like-minded young samurai.

Chizuru is not an ambitious person, and she never thought that she would become a person who covers the sky with one hand, just like the successive female emperors and female lords in history. I didn't even think about interfering in the affairs of the Oda family.

The reason why Chizuru worked so hard was to prove to his father that he was not weak to his brothers. It is also to prove to the men of this era, this country, that women are not weak.

In order to be recognized by everyone, she has paid countless sweats and experienced countless trials. But the result ······.

There are three months left, and it is Chizuru's sixteenth birthday.

Chizuru's father, "Oda Keiji", has decided to send her Motochen to Kitada's house in Mikai Castle on the day of Chizuru's sixteenth birthday. (Give a woman's date of birth to the other party, and the other party can accept it and get married.) The object of Chizuru's marriage is none other than the contemporary governor of the Kitada family, the Sanhe Daimyo (the daimyo is a prince) "Kitada Hidemune".

Why?

Why exactly?

Chizuru sat in the yard all day, and she couldn't figure out why her father was doing this. Oda Keiji obviously knew that even Kitada Kenmune's youngest son was one round older than Chizuru, but he would bear to send his own daughter to such a person as a side room (concubine).

Sadness, despair, resentment.

All kinds of negative emotions rise from the bottom of my heart at the same time. This feeling is like a demon spreading from the bottom of my heart, tightly choking my throat and making people breathless.

"It's so painful, it's so tired! I want to die like this. ”

Chizuru clasped her shoulders with both hands, wanted to scream hard but couldn't make a sound, wanted to cry but didn't know how to cry. The sorrow in my heart moaned and called weakly, but I couldn't talk about it.

At this moment, I heard a burst of melodious music.

The wind is whimpering, and the sorrow and grief of the world are not exhausted.

The endless silent starry sky, gently hold it in your arms.

Dreams are as real as illusions, and eventually become a passing cloud.

I don't know who knows? Do you know that the sunset will be gone?

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The wine in the cup is drunk and rests, and the moon is long and long.

The king has not returned, and he is lonely and waiting.

Recalling the time when the daughter made a promise, the peach blossoms fell on the shoulders like snow.

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Do you know that the sun will set tomorrow? That heroic posture is still lingering in the wind.

The peach blossoms came from the old songs, and the heroic posture was still lingering in the wind!

This sound, this tune, is so bleak and beautiful. When people listen to it, they only feel that their mood is also driven.

Listening to this tune, Chizuru's inner grievances are like a river bursting its embankment. His nose was sour, and he couldn't help but lie on the ground and silently shed tears. Even though the tears kept falling, she gritted her teeth and didn't let out a single cry. This is the only bit of dignity she has left as the daughter of a martial artist.

Under the moon, Chizuru lay on the ground in white clothes, and a long time passed.

The tune continues, and Chizuru has had enough of it. She pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped her face, and combed her hair. After making sure that he could see people, he turned around and looked in the direction where the music was coming from.

At this time, Dylan also lowered his hands and slowly walked out of the dark corner. He smiled at Chizuru, and saw Chizuru's tears burst out of the embankment again.

It's been ······· for a long time.

Chizuru wiped her tears again, and said to Dylan with some embarrassment, "Let you see Chizuru."

It's so ugly, it's really rude. ”

"Where. Dylan lowered his voice and said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are all people's real emotions. Miss Chizuru felt it, and what was ugly about it. ”

Chizuru smiled silently, gently brushed his hair with the fingertips of his right hand, and said gloomily: "The piece that Master Mifune played just now is inexplicably in line with my state of mind. The tune is sad, and it makes Chizuru cry when he hears it... ”

Dylan hurriedly apologized: "It's abrupt."

"No, you're so polite, Chizuru wants to thank you. Chizuru paused for a moment before continuing, "I just heard the music of Master Mifune, which made Chizuru vent a lot of the accumulation in his heart. I just don't know, is Master Mifune interested in hearing the story of Chizuru?"

Dylan took two steps forward again, walking not too far from Chizuru, and then looked her eyes straight into her eyes. He said in a sincere tone: "Miss Chizuru, please speak, and I'm listening." ”

Chizuru smiled gratefully, then turned around again and looked at the lotus flower in the pool and told a secret story.

"The Kitada family has been talented for generations, and in this generation, there are two handsome heroes, Kitada Tsubaki and Kitada Kangsheng. Both of them are talented, and their indiscriminate use of martial arts makes it difficult for the Governor of Kitada to make a choice. It's just that Kitada Yasuo has not had children for a few years at that time, so the old ministers in the family have always thought that Tsubaki-sama is a candidate for the throne, so they all stood in the queue of Tsubaki-sama. And my father was one of them. ”

"One day fifteen years ago, Kitada Tsubaki, the third son of the Kitada family, came to Shima with her wife and the young son who had just completed the moon. I had heard my mother say that my father and Tsubaki-sama Kitada had made an agreement at that time. When the children of the Kitada family and I grew up, we were married. ”

But within a few years, Tsubaki-sama's only son died inexplicably. And since then, Tsubaki-sama's house has not been seen again. And Lord Kitada Yasuo gave birth to a son in the second year. From then on, the strength and weakness reversed. However, after losing his heir, Tsubaki-sama did not collapse, and he continued to fight for the position of head of the family with the support of a few allies such as my father. ”

"Until five years ago, Tsubaki-sama also died inexplicably, and the death was exactly the same as Tsubaki-sama's only son. Since then, there have been rumors that Kitada Yasuo used the technique of disgust to win and killed his nephew and younger brother. ”