I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"I haven't heard much about it."

"I heard that Kazuto was named Goro Mashima. At that time, more than 100 white-skinned men attacked Kina Village. Then that Kazuto held two swords in his hands, and he cut down more than 60 people by himself. White man."

"More than 60?!"

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After a while—

"Hey, do you know Goro Mashima?"

"I know, it's Heren who saved that horse and is going to live in our village in Heyezhe, what's wrong?"

"That Mashima Goro seems to be a super skilled swordsman. About 200 white-skinned men attacked China Village that night, and then Mashima Goro cut down more than 80 people by himself, and then killed The rest of the white-skinned people are all scared off."

"Huh? More than 80? In Kazuto's words, this is considered a great swordsman, right?"

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And a while later—

"Hey, it is said that Mashima Goro, who saved Kina Village, is a well-known swordsman among Kazuren."

"Famous among Heren? Is it true? Why does such a person appear here?"

"You don't understand this! They are practicing! It is said that this kind of practice method of traveling around is very popular among Kazuto! That Mashima Goro came here just to practice and improve his swordsmanship. .”

"So that's how it is... He is already so strong, but he is still practicing down-to-earth... It seems that he is a person worthy of admiration."

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And another time passed--

"Hey, do you know? There were hundreds of white-skinned men who attacked Kina Village back then. Facing these hundreds of white-skinned men, Kazuto Mashima Goro held two swords in his hand and charged straight at the white-skinned men. The leather man's team, all the way up and down with a knife, killed hundreds of people, and finally killed the white man directly."

"Hundred people?!"

Chapter 500 Is Ogata going to be compiled into an epic of Ainu heroes? 【7200 words】

"Then throwing Scherichia chinensis into it at this time can greatly enhance the umami taste of the meat and remove the fishy smell of the meat."

"Scherichia chinensis is a very useful seasoning, it can be regarded as omnipotent. Basically every meat dish of our Ainu people will be seasoned with Scherichia chinensis."

Aizan, who was sitting in front of Ogata and A-Machi, carefully took care of the pot in front of him, while explaining to Ogata and A-Machi how this "venison pot" was cooked.

It's lunch time.

The team composed of the villagers of Qina Village and Ogata has now stopped, set up a pot, and started lunch.

Ogata, Atachi, and Aizan sat around a pot.

What was contained in the pot was the venison that Ogata and the others ate most often during this time.

The Ainu people who are still in the tribal civilization that basically rely on gods for medical treatment, their average life expectancy is naturally not too long.

Aizan is only 35 years old this year, but in Ainu society, he is already a middle-aged person.

There are only a very small number of people like Village Chief Chepuk who have gray hair but are still in good spirits.

Although Aizan is already a middle-aged man, at such an advanced age, he still has a studious heart.

After they started doing business with Heshang in China Village, he, who was interested in Japanese, took the initiative to learn Japanese from Heshangs.

Although somewhat non-standard, it is very fluent.

He can be regarded as one of the official Japanese translators of the head of Chepke Village.

When Ogata communicated with the village chief Chepke before, he basically relied on Aizan as the interpreter between the two.

After Ogata and Ating decided to go to the Red Moon Fortress with the villagers of Kina Village, Aizan was sent by Chepke to serve as Ogata's personal interpreter and life steward.

During this period of time, Aizan will always personally cook the Ainu specialties for Ogata and Atachi.

I have to say that Aizan, who looks like a rough guy, has a very high level of cooking.

And Aizan is a very talkative person. When cooking, Aizan will often give Ogata and the others popular science about their Ainu food culture.

At present, the pot where the venison is cooking in front of the three people has begun to emit aroma continuously.

After Aizan threw Scherichia chinensis into the country, the fragrance emitted became more fresh.

"After putting the Scherichia chinensis, put the matsutake and white mouth mushrooms in."

Aizan grabbed a handful of matsutake and white mouth mushrooms from the small cloth bag beside him and threw them into the pot.

"After that, you just need to wait for the meat and mushrooms to cook thoroughly."

After finishing speaking, Aizan picked up the lid next to it and covered the big pot.

"How long will it take?" Machi asked.

"Well, it still takes a long time."

"That's it," Ah-cho muttered, "It seems that this pot of food will take a long time to cook, but it does smell quite delicious."

This waiting time for the food to be cooked is very boring.

Although I have had frequent contact with Aizan during this period, I am not very familiar with him yet.

Moreover, Ogata and the others and Aizan were too different in terms of culture and age, even if they wanted to chat, they didn't know what to talk about.

After the Ogata three were silent for a moment in this slightly awkward atmosphere, Aizan took the initiative to break the silence.

"Anyway, it will take some time before the meat is cooked. Why don't I tell you about the heroic epic that has been passed down from generation to generation among us Ainu?"

"Heroic epic?" A-Ming raised his eyebrows suddenly, his pupils sparkled with intense interest, "What is this?"

"Well, you can understand it as a story praising heroes."

"Probably similar to the story of,, among you and Renzhong."

"We Ainu are not literate like you and people."

"So we recite and remember our history by word of mouth."

"Some of these heroic epics that have been passed down from generation to generation among us Ainu are fictional, but some are real things that have existed in history."

Speaking of this, Aizan's eyes showed a hint of reminiscence.

"In the past, when I was a child, my favorite thing to do was to surround the knees of the old people in the village with other children in the village and listen to the old people tell these heroic epics."

"Listening to these heroic epics was one of the happiest pastimes in childhood for us Ainu people."

After Aizan's words fell, the interest in A-Ming's eyes became more intense.

"Okay, okay! Then tell us about your heroic epic!"

Machi likes listening to stories the most.

Her biggest hobby is listening to books, listening to rakugo and everything related to storytelling.

Ogata had never heard of the heroic epics of the Ainu people before, so his interest was slightly aroused now.

Aizan cleared his throat.

"Then let me tell you about one of the most popular epics."

"Ah, let me remind you first that many of our heroic epics don't talk about who and what did what you tell people about your historical stories."

"It's about what I did and what I did. Use me as the perspective to tell the story."

Because there are no such terms as "No.1 pronoun" and "third person pronoun" in this era, it makes Aizan's words a little difficult to understand.

Ogata made a summary of what Aizan said just now, meaning that most of their heroic epics are told in the No.1 pronoun, not in the third person.

After clearing his throat again, Aizan said slowly:

"In this big family, my adoptive sister has a big heart and treats me perfectly. It has always been like this and has never changed. The beams in the house, the full of beautiful objects, the yellow thorny wooden lunch boxes and boxes, and the treasures that complement each other Below, the first floor is splendid. Oh, what a beautiful house I live in!"

The story Aizan told was not very long.

Ogata was interested at first.

But after listening to half of it, I feel a little sleepy

On the contrary, Ah-Machi was in high spirits from beginning to end.

The heroic epic that Aizan said, the outline of the story is probably like this

A long time ago, a boy was adopted by a family.Both his adoptive parents and adoptive sister are very kind to him, his family background is also very good, and his life is happy.

After the boy became a teenager, the adoptive parents told the teenager about his biological parents.

It turned out that the boy's father was a human being with an appearance and courage far surpassing that of a god.

The boy's mother is a god, the goddess of the wolf.

The boy's father was envied by others because of his extraordinary courage and beauty. He fought day and night, and finally accidentally drank poisoned wine at the banquet.

After the father died, the mother who was a god took her younger sister to the God Realm where their god lived, leaving only the boy.

After learning the truth, the hero decided to avenge his biological father and embarked on the road of revenge.

After one battle after another, the revenge finally succeeded.

The ending of the story is that the boy became husband and wife with a beautiful girl named Ouya Lulu, and they returned to their hometown together and lived a happy life.

Such a story might be considered interesting for someone like A-Machi who hasn't heard many interesting stories.

But for Ogata, such a story really makes him unmotivated

In his previous life, Ogata had read some books that recorded Greek mythology and Nordic epics.

Ogata has seen this kind of story of "the protagonist is the product of a hybrid between man and god, and then starts to take risks for some reason, and finally succeeds in embracing a treasure or a beautiful woman, and leads a happy life" in his previous life.

Ogata found that the routines of these heroic epics are very similar.

The protagonist will always be the product of a hybrid between man and god.Then the protagonist often sacrifices his parents to heaven at the beginning.

Then the protagonist will embark on adventures due to various reasons, and finally successfully marry a beautiful woman, retreat somewhere with her, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Ogata is already tired of such routine stories.

But for the sake of being polite, Ogata still held on, trying to pretend to be interested, and heard the last.

On the contrary, A-Machi, who has never been exposed to this type of story before, has genuine interest in his eyes.

After finishing the heroic epic, Aizan paused, and then said slowly:

"It's one of the epics with a long history."

"Maybe no one remembers when it was passed down from before."

"Some people think it's a real thing."

"And some people think it's fiction."

"Many of our heroic epics are like this, because they have been passed down for so long that our descendants can't remember whether these stories are real or fictional."

"I personally prefer to agree that it is real."

At this time, Aizan suddenly grinned.

"Speaking of which, Mashima, you have the hope of becoming the protagonist of a new epic that will be passed down from generation to generation in our nation."

"Me?" Ogata pointed at himself, raising his eyebrows.

"The fact that you saved our village, Mashima, is enough to be compiled into an epic, and then passed down from generation to generation among our nation."

"I don't know what other people think. Anyway, when I get old, I will definitely tell the story of Mashima to the young children in the village."

"Tell the young people in the village that a Kazuto named Goro Mashima stepped forward and saved us who were almost wiped out."

"Hey" A-Machi, who was sitting on Ogata's left, snickered, and drilled Ogata's left abdomen with his right elbow, "Does this mean that my husband hopes to be passed down from generation to generation like the protagonists of those heroic epics?" ?”

"In theory, that's the case. But it's quite difficult to keep an epic alive and become an immortal chapter that will never be forgotten."

"When Mashima's deeds are widely spread, there is hope that Mashima's epic will be passed down forever."

Ogata listened quietly.

From just now, his expression became very strange.