I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

The reason why he wanted to tell the whole village about this tragedy was to make everyone in the village obedient and follow his orders to temporarily abandon the village and flee into the deep mountains.

And the effect of the village chief's strategy is quite remarkable. After learning that Takta village was wiped out by Kazuto's army, and the only known survivor is Lilata, a little girl, those who were originally quite interested in "temporarily abandoning the village" Those who complained all shut their mouths.

Although their Siwaxi village is close to Takta village, the relationship between the two villages is not very close. Only a few villagers have quite close ties with Takta village.

But even if the relationship is not close, after learning that one's neighbor has encountered such a tragedy, it is inevitable to feel sad.

And after they learned that Takta Village was wiped out, they really had the feeling that the flames were about to reach their eyebrows.

Who knows if Kazuto will attack their Siwaxi Village in the future?

So after the village chief conveyed to the whole village the two news that "Taketa Village was wiped out" and "the Japanese army is nearby", the tranquility of Siwaxi Village, which is located in the deep mountains like a paradise, was overwhelmed. broken.

Without the command and supervision of the village head, the villagers of the whole village spontaneously put in their energy and efforts to collect the important things in their homes.

While the villagers in Siwaxi Village were working hard to avoid the military disaster, Ogata and the others were receiving Lilata and her grandma's farewell at a certain village entrance.

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"Thank you very much...I really don't know how to thank you...Ainu language"

Lilata's grandma, Urape, has lived such an old age and still has a little knowledge.

She knew that she would "bow" with everyone, so in order to show her sincere gratitude, Urape bent her somewhat hunched back and bowed awkwardly to Ogata and the others.

"You're being polite." Ogata returned a salute, "We just did what we could."

Ogata is actually not very good at dealing with this kind of situation where "others thank him".

Every time he is faced with thanks from others, Ogata will directly use his very versatile words to respond to the other party in order to save trouble.

This sentence is "You are welcome, we just did what we could."

Urape is an authentic Siwaxi villager. Her husband, Lilata’s grandfather, died of illness a few years ago. In recent years, she has been living a peaceful life in Siwasi village alone. , there is nothing valuable at home.

The only things that can be handed out to give to others are some jerky made by myself and confident in the taste.

Just now, in order to thank Ogata and the others for rescuing her precious granddaughter and bringing her here safely, Urape gave Ogata and the others the freshest dried meat in stock in their home. .

After all, this was someone's wish, and these jerky were not so valuable that it was difficult to accept them, so Ogata and the others happily accepted them.

Originally, Urape wanted to invite Ogata and the others to stay for dinner, but they declined on the grounds that they were "leaving".

Ogata and the others had no intention of staying in Siwaxi Village for a long time, and they had to hurry back to the Red Moon Fortress and inform the villagers of Qina Village that the "Red Moon Fortress is in danger".

And Ogata and the others are too embarrassed to stay in Siwaxi Village now.

The Heren army was nearby, forcing the villagers of Siwaxi Village to temporarily abandon the village and live a savage life in the deep mountains for a period of time.

Ogata and Atachi, two people with friendly faces, stayed in Siwaxi Village, and it was inevitable that they would receive strange looks from the villagers.

Instead of receiving strange looks and making both parties feel uncomfortable, it's better to just leave gracefully.

Now, Ogata and the others were standing at the entrance of the village, holding radishes and grapes, ready to leave.

The only people who came to see him off were Lilata and Urape.

Lilata is now being held by Urape with one hand while she continues to hold the small windmill with the other.

After Ogata and Urape bowed to each other, he squatted down so that his eyes were level with Lilata's.

"Goodbye." Ogata smiled, "Take care of yourself. Ainu language"

Ogata turned his tongue, trying to spit out a sentence in Ainu language that was not standard, but could still be understood by Ainu people.

After staying in Ezo for so long, in this environment where everyone around is speaking Ainu, the level of Ogata's Ainu is also improving by leaps and bounds, and he can already speak some simple Ainu up.

After Ogata's words fell, Lilata, who was looking at Ogata with her dark eyes that had regained some light, pursed her lips, and squeezed the windmill in her hand.

Then he suddenly let go of Urape's hand, which he had been holding, and put his hand into his underwear, and then took out a triangular object the size of a child's palm.

"This is for you...in Ainu language" Lilata whispered in the soft voice typical of young girls.

After listening to Aizan's translation beside him, Ogata took the thing that Lilata handed her with a puzzled expression.

This thing is a triangular object strung together with glass beads, which looks like an ornament.

And after Ogata took over the thing, Aizan on the side quickly explained to Ogata:

"It's called a hoochli. A jewel, usually worn by boys on their foreheads, to be cut off when they kill their prey for the first time on their own."

As soon as Aizan's explanation came to an end, Urape also explained to Ogata and the others the origin of the thick Hochli.

After listening to Aizan's translation, Ogata learned that the Hokkiri belonged to Lilata's father.

Lirata's father cut off the thick hochli that had been worn on his forehead after he killed his first prey, and kept it on.

After Lilata was born and grew up, Lilata felt that the thick hocheli was very beautiful, so her father gave this thing to Lilata, and Lilata always regarded this thing as a treasure, and carried it with her carrying.

After learning that the Thick Hekiri was a very meaningful accessory for Lirata, Ogata showed some hesitation on his face.

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's so thick that I..."

Before Ogata finished speaking, Lilata interrupted Ogata's words as if she had guessed what Ogata would say.

"Dad, he told me that when I receive help from others, I will definitely repay the other party, and I can't be ungrateful..."

"Although this is not a very valuable thing, it is the only thing on me that can be used as a thank you gift... I hope you can accept it... Ainu language"

Having said that, Lilata paused.

After the pause, the corner of her mouth, which had been drawn down since the night before, slowly pulled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the pull-up is very small, it can be clearly seen that she is smiling.

"Thank you for saving me before, you have to take care of yourself in the future... Ainu"

Lirata's words were the only one that Ogata could understand directly in the long speech she just said.

This is the first time Ogata saw Lilata smile.

Seeing the faint smile on Lirata's face, Ogata was startled.

"...Well." Ogata nodded, "Then I will accept this thick Hochli. Thank you for your gift, I like it very much, thank you."

Ogata lowered his head, looking at the exquisite jewelry in his hand, a smile with some complicated emotions slowly emerged on Ogata's face.

"...Thank you." Ogata stroked the thick Heqili in his hand with his fingers, and thanked Lilata in front of him.

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The team of five men and two horses has changed back to four men and two horses.

Watched by Urape and Lilata, Ogata and others embarked on the journey again.

After a while, Ulape, Lilata, and Siwaxi Village all slowly disappeared behind Ogata and the others.

Ogata and A-Machi pointed the head of the horse under their crotches at a trampled road in front of them, and let the horse move straight along the road ahead at a steady speed.

"what……"

At this time, Machi, who was riding beside Ogata, suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Ogata asked, "Are you tired?"

"It's not that I'm tired, I'm just relieved that Lilata's child was successfully delivered to her relatives. After working so hard for so long, it's finally not in vain..."

"It's a pity that I didn't get any great rewards... Forget it, let's treat it as doing good deeds."

"Didn't we get paid?" Ogata on the side answered.

"Is that jerky?" Ah-Ming asked back.

"And this." Ogata smiled, and raised the thick Hokki that he just got from Lilata in his hand.

"Do you like this accessory very much?" A-cho asked.

"It's not so much that I like it, it's better to say that I think this accessory is of great significance to me." Ogata carefully put the thick Heqili back into his arms, "My sword... besides killing There are other things I can do besides my own enemies..."

"Some of them don't understand..." He didn't go to school or study well, so Ah-cho's brain is not so bright...

"You'll understand later." Ogata shrugged.

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Not long after Ogata and the others left, Urape took Lilata back to the house where she lived, and began to sort out the things that would be brought into the mountains later.

Because Ulape has been living alone in the past few years, there are not many important things in the house that need to be taken away. In a short time, she will finish packing all the luggage.

When Ulape was packing her luggage, Lilata, who had just smiled slightly at Ogata, now exuded a more "human" aura than before.

But it will take a long time to return to the original innocent little girl.

While Ulape was packing her luggage, Lilata sat in the corner of the house, fingering the blades of the windmill with a blank expression.

Urape has been silently paying attention to Lilata's state.

Looking at Lilata's current appearance, Urape couldn't help feeling sad.

Ulape's grief at the tragic death of her daughter and son-in-law is no less than Lilata's.

But she still suppressed her sadness and tried her best to show a strong appearance in front of Lilata.

Because she knows: Lilata is now the only elder she can rely on.

If she doesn't stand up and cry there, she will only set a bad "example" for Lirata.

So Ulape could only suppress all the sorrow in his heart.

Urape knows that the most important thing now is to let Lilata recover from the trauma as soon as possible.

Urape, who is strong and strong, is packing his luggage while thinking about what method can make Lilata happy.

Soon she had an idea.

Urape, who had an idea in mind, quickly packed the luggage that he was going to take away, tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, showed a warm smile, and walked quickly towards Lilata.

"Lilata, you can play here by yourself for a while, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon."

Lilata nodded slightly.

After Lilata nodded, Urape walked out of his house quickly, and then found the village chief who was patrolling the village, urging everyone to pack their bags quickly.

After finding the village chief, Urape said directly to the village chief:

"Village Chief, I want to take Lilata to pick some mushrooms in the forest. Is there still time for us to pick mushrooms?"

"Picking mushrooms?" The village head asked back with a frown.

"The kid Lirata loves my mushroom soup the most. She used to clamor for me to cook mushroom soup and pick mushrooms with me. So I want to make something she loves and let her Hurry up and be happy, if you take her out to pick mushrooms, it will just let her relax."

The village chief naturally knew what Lilata was like now.

Such a young girl encountered such a thing, and the village head was very sympathetic.

After a moment of contemplation, the village chief nodded.

"...Okay. Anyway, there is still a long time before everyone packs their bags, but you have to go back quickly."

Seeing that the village head agreed, Ulape nodded with a little joy and excitement.

After returning home quickly, Urape walked towards Lilata who was still sitting there playing with the windmill in three steps.

"Lilata, how about we go to the forest to pick some fresh mushrooms and cook mushroom soup tonight?"

"Mushroom soup?" There was a faint light in Lilata's eyes.

After hesitating for a while, Lilata nodded slightly.

A beaming Urape held out his hand to Lilata.

Lilata raised her little hand, grabbed Urape's big wrinkled hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.

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"Why is the road here blocked again..." A-Ming looked at the blocked road ahead with displeasure.

Trees fell in their path, and these trees must have been crushed by the avalanche.

"This is a common thing in the mountains." Aizan explained to A-ding beside him in a helpless tone.