Original God, starting from the sister against the brother

Qianzhi watched her father walk into the room where the ancestors were worshipped.

After a while, my father walked out of the room.

But in his arms, there was a long wooden box that bore traces of time.

"Squeak-Ah-"

The parts at the seams of the long wooden box had long since aged, causing a teeth-grinding sound every time it was opened and closed.

However, the sword in the wooden box still shines brightly, without any signs of aging.

Chizhi's father carefully took out the family sword from the wooden box, made a few sword moves on his hand, and then handed it to Chizhi.

"Daughter, this long sword is called Ariru Mirayakiri."

......

Tonight, at the dining table at Chizhi's house.

Although I support my daughter's idea...

However, as parents, when leaving, there will always be some instructions and sadness.

Perhaps because he didn't want this emotion to spread at the dinner table and leave a negative impression on his child, Chizhi's father changed the topic away from the emotion.

Chiori's father said after taking a look at the [Arikura Mirayakiri] that his daughter was wearing.

"Qianzhi, let me tell you the story of our family's famous sword."

"Okay, Dad."

Chizhi's father took a sip of tea, and a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

"This is a...very old story..."

"It was so long ago that it was written into books by our ancestors, sung as an epic, and forgotten by the world."

...

【Yuraku Gora-kiri】

Rumor has it that the one who supervised the production of this famous sword was a legendary fox demon named Youlezhai.

In the Inazuma classics "The Legend of the Six Foxes in Yurakusai" and "The New Legend of the Six Foxes", the legendary deeds of this great demon are recorded in detail.

According to historical records.

After obtaining this sword, Lord Yourakusai liked it very much and used it as his own sword, often wearing it around his waist.

However, most people of refinement like to drink fine wine, and Lord Youlezhai is no exception.

One night, You Le Zhai got very drunk and drew the precious sword from his waist. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he recited poems, followed the rhymes of the poems, and swung the sword several times, wanting to cut the gilded imperial curtain of Lin Zhongzhiju.

(Imperial curtain: the curtain used in the Imperial Garden)

This is a very heroic act, and is also in line with what a refined person would do.

The name of the knife [Arumaku Mirayakiri] comes from this.

...

Having told her father's story to this point, Chizhi couldn't help but raise questions.

"Dad, according to what you said, this sword should belong to the great demon Lord Youlezai, so why did it become our family heirloom?"

Qianzhi's father smiled and said, "Don't worry, just listen to me and finish the story."

"Indeed. Logically speaking, the sword [Arirugoku Mirayakiri] should belong to Lord Arirugokusai. Even if he died in the fight against the disaster, its ownership should belong to the shrine or the fox clan among the monsters."

"But looking at history, what is most abundant is coincidences and variables."

"The reason why this [Ariru Mirayakiri] was passed down to our ancestors is closely related to an elder from the Arataki family among the demons..."

"Oh?"

An interested look appeared on Chizhi's face, and Chizhi's father continued to tell the previous story.

It is said that the elegant man You Le Zhai cut off the gilded imperial curtain of Lin Zhongzhiju while drunk.

But the golden lacquered imperial curtain in Lin Zhongzhiju is an important item of the demon raccoon clan.

Therefore, Youlezhai of the fox clan formed a feud with the demon raccoon clan.

In addition, the relationship between the two tribes was not good to begin with, and the situation was showing signs of developing in a worse direction.

Helplessly, Youlezhai, who did not want to stir up trouble because of the mistake he had made, wanted to find a famous person to act as a bridge between himself and the demon raccoon clan, so that the demon raccoon clan would accept his apology and compensation.

At that time, there were four very prestigious samurai in Inazuma society, namely "Chase Kitain, Kirikiri Takamine, Otemon Arataki, and Taneno Iwazo."

Among the four, Otemon Arotaki of the demon clan had a friendship with Yurakusai, so Otemon Arotaki did not refuse and accepted Yurakusai's commission.

The subsequent development of the matter was also extremely smooth.

The raccoon tribe was quite grateful for Otemon Arata's kindness. They accepted the precious tea utensils and other treasures that Ararakusai offered as an apology, and announced an end to the confrontation between the raccoon tribe and the fox tribe.

The already serious situation was thus calmed down and did not develop in a worse direction.

And Lord Aurakusai also gave his famous sword [Auraku Gorayakiri] to Otemon Aratake as a gift of gratitude.

But the story of this famous sword is not over yet.

According to the authoritative "Meibutsucho" of the time, the famous sword [Arikura Mirayakiri] was accidentally lost by Otemon Arataki in the summer of a certain year before the disaster.

It is a pity that in the subsequent struggles against disasters, Otemon Arata never used this sword to kill the enemy, leaving behind an epic story.

However, in the history passed down by the demon clan in the form of ballads and the narrative passed down by the Chizhi family, there are records of this story that are different from those in history books.

It was a summer festival that year.

The fireworks from the Naganohara family painted gorgeous patterns on the deep night.

On the ground, the famous Otemon Arataki was passionately holding a wrestling match with the people.

The match was so intense and fierce that the haori on Otemon Aratake was torn.

A beautiful golden flower fell from the haori.

Afterwards, Otemon Arotaki, who won the championship, took his haori to find a girl who worked as a tailor.

After the mending was completed, the girl did not charge Otemon Arataki any payment out of respect for the famous samurai.

Unexpectedly, Otemon Arotaki seemed to have thought of something, his expression immediately changed, and he spoke to the tailor girl.

"You little girl, what are you talking about without any reward!"

"How about this, I'll give you the [Ariru Mirayakiri] in my hand, and give me the pair of tailoring scissors in your hand."

"In this way, we are exchanging, and it doesn't count as compensation to you."

As Otemon Arata put down his precious sword and pretended to take the tailor's knife on the table, the girl immediately woke up from her shock, hurriedly refused, and said in panic.

"No...No, Lord Arata! There is a difference between commoners and samurai. I cannot accept your famous sword."

"What?"

Otemon Arataki's mouth twitched as he spoke impatiently.

"There is a difference between commoners and warriors. Tsk, tsk, tsk, what kind of excuse is that? You are just a little girl, but you talk like a boring tengu."

As he spoke, Otemon Arataki picked up the small scissors that the girl used to cut cloth and spoke to the girl.

"Look, you can cut cloth with these small scissors. A pair of scissors as long as [Arumi-miya-kiri] should be even more useful for cutting cloth."

"this..."

The tailor girl stood there in a daze. For a moment, she didn't know how to refute this famous warrior from the ghost clan.

"Hmph! The original owner of this knife, You Le Zhai, was so fussy, saying that it was a famous item that needed to be displayed in a niche for appreciation, and he kept asking me about the knife every now and then."

"I tried to return it to him several times, but he refused to accept it. It's really troublesome for a grown man to be so shy."

"Instead of being bothered by him, I'd rather cut cloth and make clothes for you."

After saying that, Otemon Aratake left, and he did not actually take the girl's cloth cutting knife, but just put it on the sign outside the store.

In the narrative of Chiori's family tradition, the record of [Arikura Mirayakiri] ends here.

There is a subsequent story recorded that this ancestor tried to use [Arikura Mirayakiri] to make a piece of clothing for Torachiyo, but it is not known whether this story is true or not.

However, in a long-lost ballad of the Huanglong lineage, the lingering sound of this time can still be heard.

...

The person who recorded the ballad was a descendant of Otemon Arata, who had the same surname as the demon clan.

He accidentally saw an old tailor holding the [Arikura Gorayakiri] in Hanamizaka, and couldn't help but sigh.

"My uncle often sighed with emotion when he was wiping this knife."

"I blame Lord Youlezhai for giving such a beautiful thing to a rude person like me."

"This treasure should enjoy all the prosperity and beauty in the world..."

"How can I bear to defile it with anger and killing?"

.....

The descendants of the ghost clan looked at this [Arikura Mirayakiri].

In the hands of the tailor, it remained as gorgeous as ever, without any stain of blood.

I guess her uncle, Otemon Aratake, fulfilled his vision by gifting it to her.

(The next chapter will return to the main story)