God Judge's Blade

The battle lines between Jiuyi Country and Daigo Country have been withdrawn, and the residents at the border of the two places have occasional conflicts, but the situation is much better than it was more than ten years ago.

Mina hugged Foxnosuke to say goodbye to the caravan.

She also bought a lot of gadgets by the way.

Because they didn't know what Mio and the others were lacking, Minagi thought about it and bought some of everything.

One person and one fox walked on the mountain path with large and small bags.

A long time has passed, and the place that is still familiar has changed a lot.The little fox lamented the change of time, and also enthusiastically discussed the familiar places with Mr. God Inspector.

"Ah! That stone ladder!" Honosuke found the path hidden in the grass with sharp eyes.

In the past, Meixu and the others lived in a temple halfway up the mountain. Meixu had a special job. If the stone stairs were not cleaned, it was easy to fall over at night.The children spontaneously cleaned the stone stairs during the day to avoid the weeds growing on both sides or the fallen branches from tripping up Meixu who had returned.

And before Mina left Sengoku, Mio and his party were no longer living on the mountainside.

Then, there is no need to clean the stone ladder.

Mio and the others' new residence turned in from the middle of the stone staircase, and Mina took Foxanosuke up the stone staircase.The stone ladder was covered with dust and dry branches, and when one stepped on it, there was a crisp clicking sound.

The dead branches and leaves shattered into thin pieces on the stone ladder, the shoes brought up tiny whirlwinds, and the dust swirled down with the dead leaves.

One person and one fox continued to walk deep into the mountains according to the middle road of memory.

Because of the big changes, the roads I used to take before became blocked.When Mina pushed aside the branches blocking the way and walked on the new road, there was even a green leaf hanging on her hair.

Fox helped her take it off.

After walking for a while, we crossed a river, and what we saw before us was a clean and tidy field.Someone is wearing a turban and is working diligently to loosen the soil.

The fields are divided very neatly, with rice fields on the left and vegetables on the right.The person whose back was turned to Mina hadn't seen her yet, she and Foxnosuke looked at it for a long time, and the two of them thought carefully about who was working there.

"Is it Azhu?" Foxnosuke said in a low voice, "I remember that Azhu broke an arm."

More than ten years have passed, and Xiao Douding has grown up.

Foxnosuke was in contact with Mio and his party at that time, but they never spoke.He also has no intention of opening his mouth now, so when talking to Mina, his voice is also small.

Like a thin chirping sound.

"Master God Judge, wait a moment, I'll go and have a look first!" Foxnosuke said, and immediately jumped to the ground.The little fox nimbly flipped somersaults in mid-air, and ran quickly across the field ridges.

Mina watched the little fox jump up high, and stepped on the shoulders of the working youth without hesitation with his little muddy paws.

"What?!" The young man was frightened, and immediately turned his head to look at the thing on his shoulder.He twisted so fast that his face was just covered by Fox's tail.

"Well!"

Fox's help: "Hey."

The young man grabbed Foxosuke's neck with one hand and was held in mid-air.The little fox blinked, and called softly again.

"Huh."

"Fox, fox?" The young man said in astonishment, the pattern on the little fox's body was so unique that it directly awakened the memory in his mind, "You are Fox's help?!"

"Foxosuke... that is to say—"

He turned his head and saw Tian Bian, the still beautiful and gentle girl gradually overlapping with the figure in his memory.It travels through time and space, breaking through the shackles of memory, like a flash in the pan, and like a mirage.

The young Azhu rubbed his eyes vigorously.

"Mina... sister?"

The girl carefully looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar young man, his appearance gradually overlapped with the mature child in her memory.She smiled and called out the young man's name.

"Azhu."

This cry woke up A Zhu who seemed to be in a dream. He dropped the hoe in his hand, and while running up from the field, he shouted loudly towards the house not far away.

"Everyone! Mio-san! Mina-san is back!!! She's back to see us!!"

……

More than ten years have passed, and even the beautiful and gentle Mei Xu at the beginning has added a bit of mature charm.

Mei Xu's time is constantly passing by, and time has carved marks on her face, and there are a few fine lines in the corners of her curved eyes.

It wasn't obvious, but it was also noticed by Mina.

Mio's family has a new member who is unfamiliar, a child who has never seen Mio hides behind Mio's back fearfully, secretly reveals a face, and stares at Mio curiously.

Mina still talked less than before, and Mio and the others wisely didn't ask too many questions about crossing the line.

For example, why is Mina still as young as a girl?Where has she been for the past ten years?

No one dared to ask the exit.

"I brought presents." Mina took the package, there were many good things inside, even jewelry for girls, bracelets and so on.

She also took out the food that Foxnosuke had prepared before, and the judge generously took out the pastries from the food box.Seeing something delicious to eat, a group of children ran over patter, their eyes showing eagerness.

"Minagi...too expensive."

"It's okay, eat it." Mina replied, "It's all made by myself, it's worthless."

While the other children were eating, Mina took Foxnosuke and chatted with Mio.They said they were chatting, but it was Mio who kept talking and Mina who kept listening.

In the past ten years, luck has come to these ill-fated children.Mina's leftovers are enough for the children to live on, but Mio doesn't intend to muddle along, but works with the children to make money.

Two years after Mina left, the war stopped.Mio organizes the children and takes the surplus food to the town to sell for money.After more than ten years of self-sufficiency, and even a little surplus, the money left by Mina was not used much.

Mio wanted to return the money to Mina, but Mina didn't want it.

"I'm not short of money." She said seriously, and patted Mio's head.

Mio couldn't laugh or cry.

The girl who took care of the children for more than ten years has now become a young woman. She is married and her husband works in the town. She is a very honest person. Just like them, she lost her family in the war.Meio and him have been in love for a long time, and the couple are kind-hearted and raise their children together.

In addition to Mio, several other children were married.A Zhu currently has no favorite, so she stays to help.Some of the other children moved away, some went to live in the town, and occasionally came back to see them.

After that, Mio also talked about Dororo and Hyakkimaru.

"It really shocked me back then," Mio laughed nostalgicly, "Dororo... is actually a girl."

Not only that, but Dororo is still not a young child. Because of his childhood wandering around and malnutrition, Dororo's appearance is much smaller than it actually looks.

She and Hyakkimaru are not much different in age, and the two have been accompanying each other to kill the Demon God.

Finally, speaking of Yuanyi.

The child Yuanyi stayed with Meixu for only a few years.

In the third year after Mina left, people who called themselves the Demon Slayer Squad came up.After a few days of consideration, Yuanyi followed suit and left.

That kid is very well-behaved, and he is paid to work in the Ghost Killing Squad. He will ask the crow to send the money every month.Every few months, I will come back for a day or two.

Yuanyi was as silent as before, every time he woke up, he would always stare at the door, as if he was waiting for someone.

Now that I think about it, I'm probably waiting for Mina.

"Yuan just came back ten days ago," Mio's voice was full of wonderful regret, she sighed regretfully, "Does Mina want to wait for him to come back?"

That is of course not possible, Mina is a little disappointed, but she has no intention of waiting here.

She shook her head and told Meio that she had other things to do.

When Mina and Foxanosuke went to sleep at night, they got an empty room.Yuanyi still has a separate vacant room to sleep in at Mio's place, and now it is vacated and neatly tidied up for Mina to use temporarily.

Mio is a diligent person, and the bedding is washed and dried every few days.When Mina went to sleep at night, she smelled the smell of sunlight.She couldn't fall asleep for a while, and sat up in the middle of the night.

In the corner of the room stood an incense burner of burning wisteria flowers.

Foxnosuke keenly heard the sound of the judge turning over and getting up, and he opened his eyes.

"Master God Judge, can't you sleep?"

"No."

Foxnosuke got up immediately, and lit the oil lamp for the judge.The dim light illuminated the whole room, and the little fox watched his adults open the paper door.

A pitch-black crow, panting, flew in with difficulty.

"This is?"

Mina didn't answer, she reached out and touched the crow's head.

"Go get some water."

Foxnosuke responded, and when he came back after fetching water, the crow had already nestled on Mina's lap, resting.The crow seemed to be getting older, but his demeanor was the same as before.When Foxanosuke delivered the water, seeing the crow's staring eyes, his hairs stood on end.

The crow!He remembered!

If you want to say what animal Foxnosuke hates the most, it must be the crow.The last time he came to the Warring States Period, the leader of the Ghost Killing Squad at that time lent a crow for God Judge to use.That crow has a bad temper, loves to be favored, and always provokes Fox.

That annoying look is exactly the same as it is now, and it hasn't changed a bit in more than ten years!

Foxnosuke bared his teeth.

The scheming crow quickly curled up in Mina's arms as if frightened.Mina patted its head again.

"Don't make trouble."

One fox and one crow finally stopped their childish hostility.

"How did you find it?" Minagi lowered her head and asked.She was sure that the sound she blew was not heard by the crow.

The crow cocked its tail nervously.

"A friend told me!"

"Thanks a lot."

Crow took the opportunity to nestle in Mina's arms and continued acting like a spoiled child.

Foxnosuke was furious, and hurried over to occupy the position on the other side.Mina stretched out her other free hand and scratched Foxonosuke's chin.

The little fox snored comfortably.

One fox and one crow indulged in Mina's touch, and almost opened their belly for Mina to touch.The ruthless God-inspector-sama pushed Foxnosuke out of her leg socket, and pinched the crow's wings.

"Come on, tell me," the girl lowered her head, her seaweed-like long hair fell on the crow's head, "Where is Yuanyi?"