Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 35: Ash's Late-Night Visit
As Fuku's adoptive mother, Asaki of course knew what color Fuku liked, so she went to the kimono shop and bought a cherry blossom-colored kimono herself.
As soon as Asaki finished praising her, Obunaga smiled and said:
"Yeah, it's really beautiful. Ah Fu, you've become much more beautiful all of a sudden."
Hearing the praise from Asaki and Ogata, a few blushes of shyness appeared on Fuku's cheeks.
Ah Fu is cute.
Since becoming the security guard of Ryuya, one of the most common disputes that Ogata has to deal with in Ryuya these days is the harassment of Afu.
Since Asaki basically stayed in the kitchen preparing drinks and food, the customers didn't have many opportunities to harass her.
Ah Fu, who is already cute, looks even cuter and more charming after wearing this cherry blossom colored kimono.
And Ah Fu also seemed to like the cherry blossom-colored Wufu she was wearing.
With her small hands, she gently stroked the Wu suit on her body, feeling the texture of the new fabric.
"Are you really going to give me this dress? It looks very expensive..."
"Of course." Asaki nodded, "This is a gift from Lord Ogata and I, you can't refuse it."
"……thank you all……"
Ah Fu still looks flattered.
I felt both flattered and excited.
This made Ah Fu's expression quite strange at this moment.
Wearing a silly smile that contained all kinds of emotions.
Looking at Ahfu's silly smile, Ogata felt an indescribable joy in his heart for some reason.
A faint smile unconsciously climbed up Ogata's cheek.
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at the same time--
Hirose Domain, Toyama's home——
"Hmm? Ah Shi, are you going out?"
Yuanshan is now applying blade powder to his sword, preparing to wipe off the old blade oil and replace it with new blade oil.
Yuanshan, who was concentrating on taking care of the knife in his daily life, caught a glimpse of Ah Shi who was getting ready to go out.
"Yes." Ash nodded, "I plan to go to Hachiman Shrine to pray for you, Dana, and pray that you will not get hurt in the festival competition next month."
"Ah."
Yuanshan sneered.
"It's unnecessary. How could I get hurt? And are you kidding me? You went to the shrine so late at night?"
After saying that, Yuanshan turned his head and continued to oil the knife in his hand.
" Well, go if you want to. But be back soon."
"Yes." Ah Shi nodded vigorously, "Then I'll leave."
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Itagaki had just finished drinking with his fellow apprentices.
A little drunk, Itagaki staggered on his way home.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed that not far ahead was the home of his senior brother, Toyama Renjiro.
Looking at his home in the distant mountains, Itagaki couldn't help but feel a bit grateful.
Itagaki has great respect for Toyama.
It should be said that almost all the disciples of Ishikawa Sword School respect Yuanshan.
Yuanshan is a very righteous person.
As long as any disciple in the academy was wronged outside, Yuanshan would stand up for this disciple without hesitation.
For example, a while ago - after Itagaki was beaten by Ogata, Toyama went to Ogata that night without saying a word to avenge Itagaki.
No words can describe how touched Itagaki felt at that time.
It was also from that time that Itagaki strengthened his determination to support and respect Toyama.
Just when Itagaki was about to retract his grateful gaze towards the Toyama family, he suddenly noticed a pale yellow figure flashing out from the Toyama house.
"Um?"
Itagaki frowned.
"sister in law?"
Itagaki was Toyama's junior fellow student and had visited Toyama's home many times, so of course he recognized Ash.
After seeing Ash hurriedly walking out of Yuanshan's house, doubts arose in Itagaki's heart.
He always felt that Ah Shi's expression just now was a little strange...
To put it bluntly, Itagaki always felt that Ashin was like a thief who had stolen something and was about to run away...
After hesitating for a while, Itagaki, who was really worried, gritted his teeth.
In a low voice that only he could hear, he said, "Senior Yuanshan, I'm sorry." Then, holding the two swords on his left waist, he quickly followed, following closely behind Ash...
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Having finished his "security" work for the night, Ogata was leisurely walking home.
Ogata looked up at the moon above his head.
Based on the current position of the moon, Ogata estimated that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
In the Edo period, this time was considered late at night.
Ogata's current routine has gradually become a common routine of this era - going to bed early and waking up before dawn.
Feeling a little sleepy, Ogata quickened his pace home with the mindset of "taking a nap as soon as he got home".
However, just when Ogata's small shabby house came into his field of vision, he suddenly noticed a strange figure standing in front of his door.
It was a young woman whom I had never seen before.
Wearing a clean and decent light yellow kimono.
Fold your hands in front of you.
He lowered his head slightly, as if waiting for someone.
The young woman seemed to have heard Ogata's footsteps and looked in the direction of Ogata.
After seeing Ogata... or to be more precise, after seeing that Ogata's hair was not shaved into a topknot, a look of joy appeared on the young woman's face, and then she took small steps and walked quickly towards Ogata.
"Um..." The young woman's voice was very pleasant. "Excuse me, are you Lord Ogata Nosuke?"
"Um... I'm Ogata Issei."
After saying that, Ogata involuntarily raised his hand and touched his hair.
I thought to myself:
——This woman...could she have recognized me by my hairstyle just now...
Of course, Ogata noticed that this woman had just seen his hairstyle, so she mustered up the courage to run over and ask if he was Ogata's.
It was rare to find a samurai like Ogata who did not shave his hair, so it was normal for the woman to recognize Ogata by his hairstyle.
After confirming Ogata's identity, the woman's face showed some joy:
"Great! I finally got you back!"
Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Have you been standing in front of my door 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 warrior. I don't have the spare money to find women for pleasure. But if you're willing, I can recommend some brothers who have more money to meet you."
