Those days in Honmaru

Today I reminded my elder brother of my name several times. Of course, it’s not because of our bad relationship, it’s just that my elder brother tends to forget things.

But it doesn't matter, I will always be ready to support my brother!You must not let your brother's reputation be affected.

But why does he always forget...

——Kemamaru Diary, I didn't cry!

Hehe, every time I see my brother, I can't help but want to bully him a little bit, that face is so cute.

——Higakiri’s Diary, I didn’t do it on purpose~

Natsume was sitting on the sofa in the living room, holding a cup of fragrant hot tea in his hand, smiling Qingjiang and Tokiri sat across from him, also holding a teacup, as for Kenmaru, he was busy in the kitchen alone for some reason.

The same sword Fusangshen, with a smiling face, Qingjiang can immediately see that Higakiri and Kenmaru are not simple, he rarely put away the frivolity on the surface, and asked seriously: "I don't care about Genji's sword." I'm not very familiar with it, so I wonder if I could ask Hikiri to talk about it for a while?"

"Well... even if you ask so..." Mustache seemed a little confused, he thought for a while, and said: "I only remember that when I cut off the criminal's head during the trial beheading, even the beard was cut off, so I got the name 'Higakiri'. I stayed in the Genji clan for a long time, and over time I was given many aliases."

The one who answered Smiley Qingjiang's question was Kagemaru who was still in the kitchen. He didn't come out, but raised his voice and said, "My brother once had such a history. At that time, the master Watanabe Tsuna took his brother to cut off a bridge. Oni's arm, my brother also got the name 'Onikiri'."

"Slaying ghosts..." Smiling Qingjiang pondered for a moment, then asked again: "What kind of ghost is that? I'm somewhat curious."

He noticed the gazes of Hidekiri and Natsume, smiled, pointed to his covered right eye and said: "I once killed a ghost of a woman, because of that, this ghost has been sealed in my in the eyes."

Smiling Qingjiang also explained to Natsume: "Of course, it doesn't have any impact on my daily life, and I have gradually mastered the way to communicate with her. She seems to be willing to help me in battle."

"Ah! The shadow from that time!" Natsume immediately recalled the previous events.

And the voice of Kagemaru continued to sound: "At that time, it was Qiao Ji who was beheaded, and that was a kind of ghost transformed from jealousy."

"Speaking of which, there is indeed such a thing." Mustache seemed to be listening to someone else's story. He put the teacup aside, leaned back, and added with a smile: "I have been a thousand years old. Most of the things don’t matter to me anymore. It’s better to live more leisurely.”

"Brother is just too laid back, and I've forgotten most of the things." Xiwan walked out with the dishes, while complaining to his brother, and finally he added in a low voice, "Especially Yes, I can't always remember my name..."

"Don't care, don't care~" Higashiri stepped forward and patted Kagemaru's shoulder, "That...what's it called?"

Natsume saw a lingering shadow appearing behind Kemaru, this originally calm young man grasped Higashikiri's arm and shook it: "My name is Kemaru, brother, follow me, ひざまる!"

"Okay~" Higakiri replied with a perfunctory attitude, and Kemaru lowered his shoulders helplessly.

"It's been a lot of hard work for the knee ball..." Natsume sighed, and then was attracted by the dishes served by the knee ball. The dishes on the table were full of color and fragrance. Natsume couldn't help but taste a little first, and said in surprise :"Delicious!"

"Indeed, this kind of craftsmanship can be compared to candlestick cutting." Smiling Qingjiang also agreed.

Hearing the praise from the two, Keimaru was a little embarrassed but said very seriously: "Where, I still have a lot to learn, and I hope to play a role in more places together with my brother in the future."

Higakiri nodded, and then said to Kagemaru: "My cooking skills are not bad, you have seen it this afternoon, it tastes good, right?"

Hearing Hikari's words, Keimaru was silent for a while, Natsume and Smiling Aoe recalled the burnt smell when they first entered the door, and looked at Keimaru with pity.

Seeing that Keimaru was about to agree to this point under the pressure of Higakiri, Natsume quickly helped to change the subject and said to Keimaru: "Speaking of which, Candlestick Kiri's words are because the former master loved to cook by himself, and he is very good at cooking. Good at it, are you too?"

Keimaru breathed a sigh of relief, and followed Natsume's words: "No, neither my brother nor I have such an experience."

Natsume was a little puzzled by this: "However, this is not something a novice can do..."

"Huh? Didn't we talk?"

Hidekiri said the next words as if nothing had happened: "Our former masters basically have different identities, but the last master is the same as the current master. Thanks to that one, we have more time. to adapt to the current body."

"Brother!" Kemaru suddenly opened his mouth very nervously and wanted to interrupt Higakiri, Higakiri glanced at him and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this is not something that should be said."

The atmosphere seemed to become very tense all of a sudden. Before Natsume could understand what happened, Qing Jiang smiled and said to Higakiri: "You said that on purpose."

Then he turned to remind Natsume: "Master, the two of them were sent by the Government of Time."

Natsume suddenly realized what the smiling face Qingjiang wanted to tell him: Higiri and Kemaru, these two fusangshen who are called brothers, their previous master was also a god judge.And judging from their attitudes, they obviously have memories of that time.

"You..." Natsume suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, he didn't know what kind of attitude he should use to face these two fusangshen.

Compared with the uneasy look of Kemaru, Higakiri looked very natural. He first nodded to the smiling face Qing Jiang, and then said to Natsume: "I don't think this is something that needs to be concealed, even though that person at that time I did say it was best not to tell you."

Mustache crossed his fingers and rested his elbows on the table, and continued: "But now you are our master, that's for sure, so if the master has any questions, I can answer them."

"Brother, you are really..." Kneemaru raised his forehead, but he was probably used to Higakiri's unreasonable temperament, so he said to Natsume: "Since brother has made such a decision, I will not object. "

This may be the closest Natsume came to a certain truth. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally said, "Forget it."

After Natsume said it, he felt much more relaxed, "I'm very happy when you say that. But that person doesn't want you to tell me, so there should be his reasons. I just need to know that there is such a person, that's enough."

Natsume joked, "If I want to know in the future, I'll ask you again, and don't refuse me then."

"Of course." Hisakiri lowered his eyes, "I'm also looking forward to that day."

After Imaken, who was serving as a close servant, came to the world the next day, Qing Jiang explained a few words to Tengu with a smile on his face, and then returned to Honmaru through the hidden door with Komaru and Higiri.

As a matter of course, these two strange Fusangshen attracted everyone's attention, especially the little daggers who were very curious about them. The smiling Qingjiang quickly moved away from Kagemaru and Mustakiri, and the next second the two were approached The small short knives that came over were surrounded by groups.

After all, Honmaru has new members coming one after another, which is something worth celebrating.

Smiling Qingjiang heaved a sigh of relief. Although he likes children, their enthusiasm is often unbearable.Then as soon as he turned his head, he saw Tsurumaru sitting nearby with his chin resting on the edge, looking at the two newcomers Fusangshen with complicated expressions.

"It's so rare that you didn't realize that I was looking at him?" Smiling Qing Jiang rubbed his chin, stared at Tsurumaru for a while, then turned his gaze back to Brother Taidao, "Is it because of them?"

In fact, Tsurumaru came here very early, or in other words, if someone pays attention to Tsurumaru's whereabouts, they will find that in the past few days, whenever the servants change shifts, he always appears here. Looking forward to it with eager eyes.

Tsurumaru looked at the two of them intently for a while, then got up and left suddenly, he was going to find someone to confirm this matter now.

Given that this person's greatest hobby is to drink tea and have some snacks like an old man, and then enjoy the daily life of being taken care of by others, it is very easy to find him.

Tsurumaru quickly found his target on the side of the courtyard. Mikazuki Munechi looked very leisurely as he imagined, and he opened his mouth and said, "Yo, Mikazuki, I'm free..."

Tsurumaru didn't finish his sentence, because he immediately realized that Mikami Tsukimune was not alone there.

"Master Mikazuki, have you memorized all the important points about serving as a close servant?" Hasebe stood beside Mikazuki Zong with quite a headache, and behind him was the candlestick Kiri Mitsutada.

Candlestick cut is holding a notebook and writing quickly, still muttering in his mouth: "You can't write too complicated, as long as it is as simple as possible..."

At the same time, the client who was cared by the two "guardian fathers" of Honmaru, Mikami Tsukimune, was very good-tempered, and said, "Hasebe has already repeated it to me many times, even the old man can remember it."

However, Hasebe still had a look of distrust, and he asked: "Then, can Master Sanriyue tell me the story?"

"Haha, yes~" Mikazuki Zongjin showed his foul smile, and confidently replied to Hasebe: "In simple terms, it is to follow the lord at any time, take good care of the lord, and meet all the needs of the lord, Right."

After listening to it, Hasebe always felt awkward. He stroked his chin and recited what Mikazuki Zongjin had just said a few times silently, "It sounds like there is no problem...why do I always feel weird?"

On the other side, Candlestick cut finally stopped the pen in his hand, and he solemnly handed the notebook to Mikazuki Zongjin, and said: "Because I was worried that Master Sankaiyue didn't know much about the present world, I made some notes according to the situation of going to the present world before, I hope it will be helpful if you read it again. Besides, the master said before that he wants to cook by himself, so please don’t force yourself to go to the kitchen, Mikayue-sama!”

"Thank you, Candlestick Kiri, and Hasebe too." Mikazuki Zongjin cooperatively accepted the note, as if he didn't know the hidden meaning in the two people's words, but this did not prevent him from taking a little revenge, "As a gift in return , last time the Five Tigers taught me how to make sushi, after that I will make it for the two of you alone."

"No, there's no need..." Hasebe and Candlestick cut back a step at the same time.

Mikami Tsukimune smiled, and temporarily let go of Hasebe and Candekiri, who were livid-faced, and looked at Tsurumaru who stood beside him for a while, "It seems that many people are worried about me serving as a valet. Already."

Tsurumaru spread his hands and said, "Who made your usual behavior so disturbing? If it were me, Mitsutada and the others wouldn't be so nervous. Right, Mitsutada~"

The corner of Candlestick Cut's mouth twitched, with a hesitant expression on his face, he resisted the desire to complain at the moment he met Tsurumaru's eyes.

The arrival of Tsurumaru happened to help Hasebe and Candlestick out of the siege, and the two of them also gave up the work of continuing to toss Mikazuki Munekin and tormenting themselves at the same time, and ran to study how to remind Natsume that there would be a "" The Restless Two" used to give him trouble.

By the way, "Restless One" is Tsurumaru Kuninaga.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were no other people around, Tsurumaru revealed his purpose of coming to Mikazuki Muneki, and he asked, "So, it's your turn to be a servant tomorrow, right?"

Mikami Tsukimune was preparing to add some tea for himself, and replied unhurriedly: "That's right, is there anything Tsurumaru wants to remind me?"

"Even if you say it, it's useless, you're a pretty self-willed person." Tsurumaru shrugged and said, "Anyway, after confirming this point, it's easy to say what follows."

Mikazuki Zongjin laughed, which was regarded as agreeing with Tsurumaru's words, and he then said: "Is the matter that makes you so nervous really related to the lord?"

"...Yes." Tsurumaru's answer hesitated a bit, but he recovered quickly, and said to Mikazuki Munekin with a rare serious expression: "I will tell you everything I know."

The author has something to say:

I have something to go out during the holidays. I guess I don’t have time to write. I expect to update the next chapter on the 19th.