The trees hide in the mountains and the water, and no one sees the rapids.Once it surges out, it is difficult to stop it.
——"Ancient and Modern Waka Collection"
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There are two more days to go.According to human customs, the house should be cleaned on the day of the big dark day, and people should go to the shrine to pray for blessings.
It is rare to have a human body, and Token Fusangshin also decided to imitate human actions, cleaning up, eating soba noodles, and drinking Tusu wine on New Year's Eve.
After the knives made a suggestion to the judge, she readily agreed.So in the past two days, everyone is preparing for the New Year. After Tsurumaru Kuninaga wreaks havoc in the kitchen and is kicked out by Guangzai, he almost bumps into the short knife running in the aisle when he turns out of the corridor with Daifuku in his mouth.
"Oh!" He retreated swiftly, and with the other hand held Bodo, who was about to fall when he slammed into a sudden brake. He waited for the dagger to stand firm before telling him in a brisk tone, "Be careful. Hasebe organized people to drag It's slippery here."
"Yes, Mr. Tsurumaru!" Maeda Fujishiro, who was following behind holding a letter, his eyes lit up, "Finally found Mr. Tsurumaru, just as Mr. Okuri said, Mr. Tsurumaru really went to the kitchen!"
"Looking for me? What's the matter?" His puzzled eyes fell on the energetic faces of the short knives of Awataguchi's family.
"Ah well... it will be the New Year soon. We want to give gifts to the master," the Five Tigers next to him whispered expectantly and gratefully, "We have received a lot from the master this year, but we haven't sent any yet. Something for the master. It would be great if you can give the master a gift that the master likes... So, we wonder if Mr. Tsurumaru knows what the master likes."
"A gift..." Tsurumaru Kuninaga's mind was a little stuck when asked this question suddenly, he touched his chin and subconsciously replied, "Oversized candies or pastries?"
"Hey, it's so strange why it's super big! And it's too ordinary!" Hakata Fujishiro retorted, and he said with confidence, "Let's listen to me, I picked a few stocks for the master, and they are expected to rise sharply after the Chinese New Year , Master will definitely like it!"
"That's too strange, and you were responsible for the investment of Honmaru!"
"Let's go ask other people."
...what the lord likes?
Memory is a wonderful existence, like a thick cobweb covering a dusty house, if you think of a little, you will be pulled to think of more.Fu Sangshen, who was thinking about the love of the lord because of the five tigers' questions, couldn't help recalling the girl who took office at the beginning of half a year ago. Facing the crisis-ridden Honmaru, she patiently picked up the trust and warmth that she had forgotten, and delivered it to her. what they look like.
The lord likes to travel, but it's not that she likes to travel far away. Most of the time, Ah Shi likes to be alone, and she tends to stay at home.
But she likes the beautiful and beautiful scenery, and also likes the people or things she meets on the road.The inquisitor has a lot of work, so she can't go out often.Especially in the recent tense war, after the Honmaru returned to normal, the Tokino Government entrusted her with more important tasks. After she looked at the mountain of official documents on the desk and confessed her envy, Tsurumaru Kuninaga made an agreement with her. Every time I come back from an expedition, I will tell her about the scenery I saw on the road and the novel things I encountered.
For a while, she was busy until midnight for several days in a row because of the investigation mission of Osaka Castle - it is said that the government of time promised that this mission will give new scenes to the god interrogators who submit satisfactory answers.
Although according to Tsurumaru Kuninaga's experience, every time the Shizhi government sent people to send a banner of "Dungeon Control" to the scene, I advised her not to fight like this.But she said that other god judges who have completed the task said that the government of time is very conscientious this time, and will send people to build [Daguangjian]. She is tired of the previous office and must change it!Extremely persistent in investigative tasks.
When Tsurumaru Kuninaga returned to Honmaru to report to the lord after completing the expedition mission, she had already fallen asleep lying on the table.
He approached lightly, with the girl's side lying in the crook of his arms, light brown hair a little messy sticking to her fair cheeks, with her eyes closed, her sleeping face shrouded in thin light was delicate and bright.Tsurumaru Kuni never consciously lost his mind, after a while, he took off the feather and lightly draped it on the girl's shoulders, and was about to leave, but his sleeves were suddenly pulled by someone, he turned around in a daze nod.
Her slender eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she slowly raised her eyelids.
"You're back." She was still lying on the table, but stretched out her fingers and grabbed the sleeve of his kimono. The voice when she just woke up was soft and slightly hoarse, like a feather gently brushing against the blue. The color of the calm lake.
His heart moved slightly, his eyes trembled, and he gave a low "hmm", then turned around and smiled nonchalantly, "I just came back from the expedition, and the Ministry of Long Valley Resources has already been counted and put into the warehouse, so don't work too hard, my lord. Go back to your room and rest. We can talk about the report tomorrow."
"Well," she still didn't get up, "That's not in a hurry. Tsurumaru, can you chat with me..."
"You've been staying up late these days." Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked at the girl's messy long hair and stretched out his hands to rub her head. After messing up the master's hair even more, he retracted it calmly Turning his eyes away quietly with his hand, "Tomorrow I will tell you about the interesting things that happened during the expedition, okay?"
"I had a dream. I dreamed about the past." She said suddenly.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga frowned unobtrusively and did not evade any more excuses: "It's that nightmare again?"
—she was on the verge of death.Because of Shikigami's "betrayal" behavior, because of mistrusting monsters, as a price, he suffered the pain of karmic fire in the eyes of exhausted spiritual power.
Even today, she has relearned how to trust others, but the nightmare always comes unexpectedly like a gangrene.Not many Fusangshin in Honmaru noticed this.Although Tsurumaru Kuninaga knew it, there was nothing he could do about it.It's not something they can change - the past cannot be changed.The only thing he can do is to say something that can make her happy after she wakes up occasionally from nightmares, so that she can at least temporarily forget the past.
"Hmm... no," facing Tsurumaru Kuninaga's worry, she slowly raised her head and left the table. The girl shook her drowsy head and repeated, "It's not a nightmare."
"I dreamed of you. A dream with Tsurumaru is not a nightmare." She smiled at him, her eyes were shining, as if stars had fallen into the depths of her clear pupils, she stared at him and said curiously "Hey, Tsurumaru, can I ask you a question?"
He was just thinking wildly because of the girl's answer, when he suddenly heard her question, he subconsciously answered: "What?"
"Why are you being nice to me?" She asked bluntly. Under her bright and bright gaze, he moved his throat slightly but did not make a sound.
The girl waited for a while, her eyes darkened, she thought for a while and asked again: "Is it because of my identity? Is it because... I am a god judge?"
"My lord stared at me so frankly, I didn't know how to answer, besides, I didn't do anything special," Tsurumaru Kuninaga said a little at a loss, he stretched out his hand to pluck his hair, his eyes dodged, Wanting to divert her attention, she waited quietly for his reply during the period, because her eyes were too bright and too straightforward, and at a loss, Fu Sangshen stammered softly, "It's not entirely because of this."
"Eh?"
His voice was too small, and it disappeared from her lips in an instant. She couldn't hear it clearly, so she tilted her head and made a questioning syllable.
"I mean," he forcefully raised his voice, and immediately avoided her focused gaze, "Even if you're not a lord or a god judge, I'll do my best to make you happy, so—"
"so……?"
"...So stop thinking about those unhappy things and having nightmares. I'm sorry about the past."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga finally set his erratic eyes on her face, his golden eyes were filled with delicate and warm light, reflecting her clear and blurred reflection.In the dead of night, the fragrance of white plums mixed with cold snowflakes wafted from the slightly open paper door.
She tilted her head, resting her chin in her hand.
"Tsuramaru."
"Ok?"
"Your ears seem to be red..."
"...That's not the point!"
Amidst Tsurumaru Kuninaga's embarrassing and flustered cover-up, the girl burst out laughing. He looked helplessly at the laughing interrogator, and opened his mouth: "My lord..."
"Hey, do you know my name?" She suddenly raised her head and interrupted his voice.
He froze, but she just smiled brightly, and changed the topic: "I have an appointment, tomorrow I will tell me about the interesting things that happened on the expedition."
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...At that time, did he answer wrongly?
Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and somehow recalled the situation at that time, felt like he had chosen the wrong branch for playing GAL.I don't know if it was because he was too excited about the New Year, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, Tsurumaru Kuninaga put on his clothes and left the room.
Originally, he just wanted to pass the time by walking around the garden, such as digging a hole in front of the stairs and covering it with soil. When he was tired of digging, he could just go back to sleep, and he would definitely see something very interesting tomorrow morning!But when he was going to pick up a hoe from the farm tool storage room, he passed the kitchen and found that the room was lit. He looked suspiciously, looked in the direction of the farmland, gave up his previous plan in just a second, and went to the kitchen.
People who were busy in the brightly lit kitchen were people that Tsurumaru Kuninaga hadn't expected.
The girl was wearing a Nadeshiko-colored kimono and a white one-piece apron. She tied her long light brown hair behind her head into a cute bun, revealing her slender, fair nape.In front of her was the dough and the pastries that seemed to be ready, but she looked dissatisfied at all, flipping through the dessert book in her hand, as if she was comparing something.
Hearing footsteps coming from behind, the girl with her back to him turned her head, Tsurumaru Kuninaga saw the girl's flour-smeared cheeks and let out a "poof" laugh.
"Yes, what's so funny. Crane Maru," the judge looked at him with dissatisfaction. Seeing that Fu Sangshen was not afraid at all, Shi Yao curled his lips bored and said to him, "I'm learning how to make wagashi. Lah. How long has Tsurumaru been here?"
"Just arrived. Wagashi...?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga turned his eyes to look at the various desserts on the plate, but it did look like "Wagashi". He asked suspiciously, "If the Lord wants to eat desserts?" Let Guangzai and the others fail to do it? Why are you running into the kitchen in the middle of the night to scare people?"
——No, Fu Sangshen who suddenly appeared behind her is here to scare you!
"The candlesticks are made differently from the ones I make." She argued in a low voice, lowered her head and said unhappily, "Didn't Xiaozhen say that she wanted to eat some snacks when the candlesticks were cut out a few days ago? The Chinese New Year is coming soon, I want to make some pastries for everyone on New Year's Eve."
"Well, that's how it is!" Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded knowingly, and he suddenly thought, "That is to say, I was the first one to try it?"
While speaking, he moved closer to the girl, picked up a snack from the plate in front of her, and stuffed it into her mouth. She opened her mouth and swallowed the words of restraint that came to her lips, watching his expression intently.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga was silent as soon as he took a bite of his fruit.
Sure enough, it was different from what Guangzai did.
Guangzai's cooking is not so unpalatable.
"This really scared me. Master, you are..." He silently put the remaining wagashi back on the cutting board, and swallowed the sweet and bitter dessert in his mouth with great difficulty Going down, it took a while before I found a description, "Poisoned?"
Obviously, the appearance looks the same as ordinary wagashi, why is the taste so hard to describe!
However, Shi Yao, who knew how indescribable his craftsmanship was, smiled happily and said: "That's not it, it's just that the ratio of sugar and pigment is not right."
"Ah, Tsurumaru. I tried too many pastries tonight, and I can't taste them for a while, and I'm very full now. So, since you want to be a taster, please..."
"Ah, I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first!" Before Shi Yao finished speaking, Fu Sangshen, who was alarmed in his head, pulled the corner of his mouth and was about to leave.She let out an "ah" in surprise, rushed forward and grabbed the clothes on his back: "Eh? Wait! Don't go, Tsurumaru."
"..."
"Help?"
"No."
"Crane—maru—"
"Even if it is an order from the God Judge, please forgive me for refusing!"
"Well……"
"..."
"..."
After a long silence, she slowly let go, and a girl's sullen voice came from behind: "Okay, I got it."
Tsurumaru suddenly felt guilty.city
He thought for a while before carefully turning around, looking at the lord who had his head down and couldn't see his expression clearly, he argued softly with increasing unease: "Well, I'm not either..."
"sorry."
she said suddenly.
"Uh, not..."
As soon as Tsurumaru Kuninaga opened his mouth, he saw the girl pounced on him. He took half a step back and was held by her collar and couldn't move. The girl raised her head in front of him, her eyebrows were curved, and she was full of spirits: "I'm sorry, I just lied to you." This time...today. Please, just try another dish!"
As she spoke, she picked up wagashi with her other hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
Tsurumaru Kuni always felt as if he was facing an enemy, and he felt that what she was holding was not a sweet and tangy Japanese dessert, but a terrible "biochemical weapon"!
"Wow——Master, calm down!" He leaned back in a panic, and was held tightly by her. Fu Sangshen, who was retreating in a panic, didn't notice the rolling pin that fell on the ground. The next moment, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who stepped on the obstacle, froze, and fell down helplessly while grabbing things on the table with his hands to try to stand firm.
"Uwah!" The girl who was still pulling on his clothes was dragged down.
After a bang, the girl who was subconsciously protected by Fu Sangshen did not fall too badly, but her mind was still a little dizzy. She heard Tsurumaru grunting in pain, and put her hands on the cold ground Lifted his head from the crescent of his neck.
When their eyes met, both of them froze on the spot.
Time seemed to stand still.
Being too close, the sound of their breathing was entangled in their ears, and their breath gradually became short due to tension.The soft strands of hair hanging from her ears almost fell on his face.The heart beats like a drum.
Tsurumaru never consciously suppressed his breath, the girl in his vision had blushing cheeks, she gently fluttered her slender eyelashes, thought for a while, slowly got off him and knelt down on the ground next to her , Tsurumaru Kuninaga sat up immediately, she raised her head and smiled at him like a flower: "Please! Please try it for me."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "..."
You are still thinking about this.
He sighed with a headache, ignored the strangeness in his heart, and said to her nonchalantly: "My lord..."
"I'll give a thank you gift!" she said immediately.
"Thank you gift?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga was a little curious, "What is it?...Wait, you don't want to give me those cakes on the table as thank you gifts!?"
He suddenly thought of a possibility, and rejected it before she could open her mouth.
"No. It's something else." She curled her lips, "Close your eyes first."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked at the cakes on the table in front of him with disbelief, before he could speak, she covered his eyes with her hand, and said coquettishly, "Close it."
He thought "Even if he is forced into dark food, he will accept his fate", his eyelashes trembled in her palm, she froze, Tsurumaru Kuninaga closed her eyes as she said, and said casually: "So what? , What does the lord want—”
The sound stopped abruptly.
What landed on his cheek was the girl's warm breath and a kiss like a dragonfly on water.
Just like the wind blowing through the cherry blossom trees, they are like falling snow.
He stood there in a daze, Shi Yao had already left.She took her hand away, turned her face slightly and looked at other places shyly, stretched out her hand uncomfortably to play with her ear hair, her cheeks were flushed, she noticed that his eyes were glued to her body, she glanced at him secretly, and quickly Turning his head back, he stammered and said, "If you accept the gift, you can't be foolish."
...Who is the rascal?
"It's a gift that surprised Tsurudu," Tsurumaru Kuninaga regained consciousness and raised his hand to lightly touch the kissed cheek, "There is no way to refuse it now."
"..."
"It's not that you can't help, but... If you want another gift, the Lord shouldn't mind?"
"Eh?"
She turned around.
The next moment, with a blur in front of her eyes, she was gently embraced by Fu Sangshen.
"I wanted to do this before," Tsurumaru Kuniyoshi's voice sounded above his head, feeling the stiff body of the person in his arms, he chuckled lightly, "The master's name is 'Shi Yao', right?"
She told him herself—her name, but this was the first time Tsurumaru Kuninaga uttered it after she knew it.
She recovered from her surprise and gave a soft "hmm" in his arms.
"Then... can I call you by your name in private?" Gu Youyou and his Tsurumaru Kuninaga hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
She froze for a while, then nodded again: "Yes."
"Names are meant to be addressed. Besides," the girl raised her head from his arms and smiled narrowly, "I've already told you my name."
——Obviously I told you, but you didn’t call it yourself before.
The girl who blinked slyly seemed to be saying.
He smiled and opened his lips.
"... Ah Shi."
……
…………
"...What, what's the matter?"
After eating a lot of "failures", Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who had no expectations, took a bite of the ball wrapped in soybean powder and fell silent, because he didn't say "too much sugar" or "too much sugar" as straightforwardly as before. "Too dry", Shi Yao looked at him anxiously.
half an hour.
"Well," he smiled, "not bad."
"Congratulations, you finally made edible wagashi before I couldn't eat it at all." Tsurumaru Kuninaga said with relief.
Shi Yao puffed up his cheeks: Is this praising her or belittling her?
"It's late, go back and rest early." After tidying up the kitchen with Shi Yao, he rubbed the top of the girl's head to urge her.She nodded, put the last plate back in the cupboard, and left the kitchen with him.
When approaching the fork at the corner.
Shi Yao, who was walking towards her room, didn't hear any footsteps other than hers for a moment, she paused slightly, and tilted her head.
In the different corridors, Fu Sangshen with white hair and golden eyes stood in the cold silvery light. He saw her looking at her and smiled at her, but didn't speak.
"Tsuramaru."
"Ok?"
"Happy New Year."
In the middle of the night, fine snow suddenly fell in the sky of Honmaru.One after another, floating in the moonlight, like a thin layer of glutinous rice flour sprinkled on Xuemei Niang's ice skin.
——"Ancient and Modern Waka Collection"
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There are two more days to go.According to human customs, the house should be cleaned on the day of the big dark day, and people should go to the shrine to pray for blessings.
It is rare to have a human body, and Token Fusangshin also decided to imitate human actions, cleaning up, eating soba noodles, and drinking Tusu wine on New Year's Eve.
After the knives made a suggestion to the judge, she readily agreed.So in the past two days, everyone is preparing for the New Year. After Tsurumaru Kuninaga wreaks havoc in the kitchen and is kicked out by Guangzai, he almost bumps into the short knife running in the aisle when he turns out of the corridor with Daifuku in his mouth.
"Oh!" He retreated swiftly, and with the other hand held Bodo, who was about to fall when he slammed into a sudden brake. He waited for the dagger to stand firm before telling him in a brisk tone, "Be careful. Hasebe organized people to drag It's slippery here."
"Yes, Mr. Tsurumaru!" Maeda Fujishiro, who was following behind holding a letter, his eyes lit up, "Finally found Mr. Tsurumaru, just as Mr. Okuri said, Mr. Tsurumaru really went to the kitchen!"
"Looking for me? What's the matter?" His puzzled eyes fell on the energetic faces of the short knives of Awataguchi's family.
"Ah well... it will be the New Year soon. We want to give gifts to the master," the Five Tigers next to him whispered expectantly and gratefully, "We have received a lot from the master this year, but we haven't sent any yet. Something for the master. It would be great if you can give the master a gift that the master likes... So, we wonder if Mr. Tsurumaru knows what the master likes."
"A gift..." Tsurumaru Kuninaga's mind was a little stuck when asked this question suddenly, he touched his chin and subconsciously replied, "Oversized candies or pastries?"
"Hey, it's so strange why it's super big! And it's too ordinary!" Hakata Fujishiro retorted, and he said with confidence, "Let's listen to me, I picked a few stocks for the master, and they are expected to rise sharply after the Chinese New Year , Master will definitely like it!"
"That's too strange, and you were responsible for the investment of Honmaru!"
"Let's go ask other people."
...what the lord likes?
Memory is a wonderful existence, like a thick cobweb covering a dusty house, if you think of a little, you will be pulled to think of more.Fu Sangshen, who was thinking about the love of the lord because of the five tigers' questions, couldn't help recalling the girl who took office at the beginning of half a year ago. Facing the crisis-ridden Honmaru, she patiently picked up the trust and warmth that she had forgotten, and delivered it to her. what they look like.
The lord likes to travel, but it's not that she likes to travel far away. Most of the time, Ah Shi likes to be alone, and she tends to stay at home.
But she likes the beautiful and beautiful scenery, and also likes the people or things she meets on the road.The inquisitor has a lot of work, so she can't go out often.Especially in the recent tense war, after the Honmaru returned to normal, the Tokino Government entrusted her with more important tasks. After she looked at the mountain of official documents on the desk and confessed her envy, Tsurumaru Kuninaga made an agreement with her. Every time I come back from an expedition, I will tell her about the scenery I saw on the road and the novel things I encountered.
For a while, she was busy until midnight for several days in a row because of the investigation mission of Osaka Castle - it is said that the government of time promised that this mission will give new scenes to the god interrogators who submit satisfactory answers.
Although according to Tsurumaru Kuninaga's experience, every time the Shizhi government sent people to send a banner of "Dungeon Control" to the scene, I advised her not to fight like this.But she said that other god judges who have completed the task said that the government of time is very conscientious this time, and will send people to build [Daguangjian]. She is tired of the previous office and must change it!Extremely persistent in investigative tasks.
When Tsurumaru Kuninaga returned to Honmaru to report to the lord after completing the expedition mission, she had already fallen asleep lying on the table.
He approached lightly, with the girl's side lying in the crook of his arms, light brown hair a little messy sticking to her fair cheeks, with her eyes closed, her sleeping face shrouded in thin light was delicate and bright.Tsurumaru Kuni never consciously lost his mind, after a while, he took off the feather and lightly draped it on the girl's shoulders, and was about to leave, but his sleeves were suddenly pulled by someone, he turned around in a daze nod.
Her slender eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she slowly raised her eyelids.
"You're back." She was still lying on the table, but stretched out her fingers and grabbed the sleeve of his kimono. The voice when she just woke up was soft and slightly hoarse, like a feather gently brushing against the blue. The color of the calm lake.
His heart moved slightly, his eyes trembled, and he gave a low "hmm", then turned around and smiled nonchalantly, "I just came back from the expedition, and the Ministry of Long Valley Resources has already been counted and put into the warehouse, so don't work too hard, my lord. Go back to your room and rest. We can talk about the report tomorrow."
"Well," she still didn't get up, "That's not in a hurry. Tsurumaru, can you chat with me..."
"You've been staying up late these days." Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked at the girl's messy long hair and stretched out his hands to rub her head. After messing up the master's hair even more, he retracted it calmly Turning his eyes away quietly with his hand, "Tomorrow I will tell you about the interesting things that happened during the expedition, okay?"
"I had a dream. I dreamed about the past." She said suddenly.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga frowned unobtrusively and did not evade any more excuses: "It's that nightmare again?"
—she was on the verge of death.Because of Shikigami's "betrayal" behavior, because of mistrusting monsters, as a price, he suffered the pain of karmic fire in the eyes of exhausted spiritual power.
Even today, she has relearned how to trust others, but the nightmare always comes unexpectedly like a gangrene.Not many Fusangshin in Honmaru noticed this.Although Tsurumaru Kuninaga knew it, there was nothing he could do about it.It's not something they can change - the past cannot be changed.The only thing he can do is to say something that can make her happy after she wakes up occasionally from nightmares, so that she can at least temporarily forget the past.
"Hmm... no," facing Tsurumaru Kuninaga's worry, she slowly raised her head and left the table. The girl shook her drowsy head and repeated, "It's not a nightmare."
"I dreamed of you. A dream with Tsurumaru is not a nightmare." She smiled at him, her eyes were shining, as if stars had fallen into the depths of her clear pupils, she stared at him and said curiously "Hey, Tsurumaru, can I ask you a question?"
He was just thinking wildly because of the girl's answer, when he suddenly heard her question, he subconsciously answered: "What?"
"Why are you being nice to me?" She asked bluntly. Under her bright and bright gaze, he moved his throat slightly but did not make a sound.
The girl waited for a while, her eyes darkened, she thought for a while and asked again: "Is it because of my identity? Is it because... I am a god judge?"
"My lord stared at me so frankly, I didn't know how to answer, besides, I didn't do anything special," Tsurumaru Kuninaga said a little at a loss, he stretched out his hand to pluck his hair, his eyes dodged, Wanting to divert her attention, she waited quietly for his reply during the period, because her eyes were too bright and too straightforward, and at a loss, Fu Sangshen stammered softly, "It's not entirely because of this."
"Eh?"
His voice was too small, and it disappeared from her lips in an instant. She couldn't hear it clearly, so she tilted her head and made a questioning syllable.
"I mean," he forcefully raised his voice, and immediately avoided her focused gaze, "Even if you're not a lord or a god judge, I'll do my best to make you happy, so—"
"so……?"
"...So stop thinking about those unhappy things and having nightmares. I'm sorry about the past."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga finally set his erratic eyes on her face, his golden eyes were filled with delicate and warm light, reflecting her clear and blurred reflection.In the dead of night, the fragrance of white plums mixed with cold snowflakes wafted from the slightly open paper door.
She tilted her head, resting her chin in her hand.
"Tsuramaru."
"Ok?"
"Your ears seem to be red..."
"...That's not the point!"
Amidst Tsurumaru Kuninaga's embarrassing and flustered cover-up, the girl burst out laughing. He looked helplessly at the laughing interrogator, and opened his mouth: "My lord..."
"Hey, do you know my name?" She suddenly raised her head and interrupted his voice.
He froze, but she just smiled brightly, and changed the topic: "I have an appointment, tomorrow I will tell me about the interesting things that happened on the expedition."
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...At that time, did he answer wrongly?
Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and somehow recalled the situation at that time, felt like he had chosen the wrong branch for playing GAL.I don't know if it was because he was too excited about the New Year, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, Tsurumaru Kuninaga put on his clothes and left the room.
Originally, he just wanted to pass the time by walking around the garden, such as digging a hole in front of the stairs and covering it with soil. When he was tired of digging, he could just go back to sleep, and he would definitely see something very interesting tomorrow morning!But when he was going to pick up a hoe from the farm tool storage room, he passed the kitchen and found that the room was lit. He looked suspiciously, looked in the direction of the farmland, gave up his previous plan in just a second, and went to the kitchen.
People who were busy in the brightly lit kitchen were people that Tsurumaru Kuninaga hadn't expected.
The girl was wearing a Nadeshiko-colored kimono and a white one-piece apron. She tied her long light brown hair behind her head into a cute bun, revealing her slender, fair nape.In front of her was the dough and the pastries that seemed to be ready, but she looked dissatisfied at all, flipping through the dessert book in her hand, as if she was comparing something.
Hearing footsteps coming from behind, the girl with her back to him turned her head, Tsurumaru Kuninaga saw the girl's flour-smeared cheeks and let out a "poof" laugh.
"Yes, what's so funny. Crane Maru," the judge looked at him with dissatisfaction. Seeing that Fu Sangshen was not afraid at all, Shi Yao curled his lips bored and said to him, "I'm learning how to make wagashi. Lah. How long has Tsurumaru been here?"
"Just arrived. Wagashi...?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga turned his eyes to look at the various desserts on the plate, but it did look like "Wagashi". He asked suspiciously, "If the Lord wants to eat desserts?" Let Guangzai and the others fail to do it? Why are you running into the kitchen in the middle of the night to scare people?"
——No, Fu Sangshen who suddenly appeared behind her is here to scare you!
"The candlesticks are made differently from the ones I make." She argued in a low voice, lowered her head and said unhappily, "Didn't Xiaozhen say that she wanted to eat some snacks when the candlesticks were cut out a few days ago? The Chinese New Year is coming soon, I want to make some pastries for everyone on New Year's Eve."
"Well, that's how it is!" Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded knowingly, and he suddenly thought, "That is to say, I was the first one to try it?"
While speaking, he moved closer to the girl, picked up a snack from the plate in front of her, and stuffed it into her mouth. She opened her mouth and swallowed the words of restraint that came to her lips, watching his expression intently.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga was silent as soon as he took a bite of his fruit.
Sure enough, it was different from what Guangzai did.
Guangzai's cooking is not so unpalatable.
"This really scared me. Master, you are..." He silently put the remaining wagashi back on the cutting board, and swallowed the sweet and bitter dessert in his mouth with great difficulty Going down, it took a while before I found a description, "Poisoned?"
Obviously, the appearance looks the same as ordinary wagashi, why is the taste so hard to describe!
However, Shi Yao, who knew how indescribable his craftsmanship was, smiled happily and said: "That's not it, it's just that the ratio of sugar and pigment is not right."
"Ah, Tsurumaru. I tried too many pastries tonight, and I can't taste them for a while, and I'm very full now. So, since you want to be a taster, please..."
"Ah, I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first!" Before Shi Yao finished speaking, Fu Sangshen, who was alarmed in his head, pulled the corner of his mouth and was about to leave.She let out an "ah" in surprise, rushed forward and grabbed the clothes on his back: "Eh? Wait! Don't go, Tsurumaru."
"..."
"Help?"
"No."
"Crane—maru—"
"Even if it is an order from the God Judge, please forgive me for refusing!"
"Well……"
"..."
"..."
After a long silence, she slowly let go, and a girl's sullen voice came from behind: "Okay, I got it."
Tsurumaru suddenly felt guilty.city
He thought for a while before carefully turning around, looking at the lord who had his head down and couldn't see his expression clearly, he argued softly with increasing unease: "Well, I'm not either..."
"sorry."
she said suddenly.
"Uh, not..."
As soon as Tsurumaru Kuninaga opened his mouth, he saw the girl pounced on him. He took half a step back and was held by her collar and couldn't move. The girl raised her head in front of him, her eyebrows were curved, and she was full of spirits: "I'm sorry, I just lied to you." This time...today. Please, just try another dish!"
As she spoke, she picked up wagashi with her other hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
Tsurumaru Kuni always felt as if he was facing an enemy, and he felt that what she was holding was not a sweet and tangy Japanese dessert, but a terrible "biochemical weapon"!
"Wow——Master, calm down!" He leaned back in a panic, and was held tightly by her. Fu Sangshen, who was retreating in a panic, didn't notice the rolling pin that fell on the ground. The next moment, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who stepped on the obstacle, froze, and fell down helplessly while grabbing things on the table with his hands to try to stand firm.
"Uwah!" The girl who was still pulling on his clothes was dragged down.
After a bang, the girl who was subconsciously protected by Fu Sangshen did not fall too badly, but her mind was still a little dizzy. She heard Tsurumaru grunting in pain, and put her hands on the cold ground Lifted his head from the crescent of his neck.
When their eyes met, both of them froze on the spot.
Time seemed to stand still.
Being too close, the sound of their breathing was entangled in their ears, and their breath gradually became short due to tension.The soft strands of hair hanging from her ears almost fell on his face.The heart beats like a drum.
Tsurumaru never consciously suppressed his breath, the girl in his vision had blushing cheeks, she gently fluttered her slender eyelashes, thought for a while, slowly got off him and knelt down on the ground next to her , Tsurumaru Kuninaga sat up immediately, she raised her head and smiled at him like a flower: "Please! Please try it for me."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "..."
You are still thinking about this.
He sighed with a headache, ignored the strangeness in his heart, and said to her nonchalantly: "My lord..."
"I'll give a thank you gift!" she said immediately.
"Thank you gift?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga was a little curious, "What is it?...Wait, you don't want to give me those cakes on the table as thank you gifts!?"
He suddenly thought of a possibility, and rejected it before she could open her mouth.
"No. It's something else." She curled her lips, "Close your eyes first."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga looked at the cakes on the table in front of him with disbelief, before he could speak, she covered his eyes with her hand, and said coquettishly, "Close it."
He thought "Even if he is forced into dark food, he will accept his fate", his eyelashes trembled in her palm, she froze, Tsurumaru Kuninaga closed her eyes as she said, and said casually: "So what? , What does the lord want—”
The sound stopped abruptly.
What landed on his cheek was the girl's warm breath and a kiss like a dragonfly on water.
Just like the wind blowing through the cherry blossom trees, they are like falling snow.
He stood there in a daze, Shi Yao had already left.She took her hand away, turned her face slightly and looked at other places shyly, stretched out her hand uncomfortably to play with her ear hair, her cheeks were flushed, she noticed that his eyes were glued to her body, she glanced at him secretly, and quickly Turning his head back, he stammered and said, "If you accept the gift, you can't be foolish."
...Who is the rascal?
"It's a gift that surprised Tsurudu," Tsurumaru Kuninaga regained consciousness and raised his hand to lightly touch the kissed cheek, "There is no way to refuse it now."
"..."
"It's not that you can't help, but... If you want another gift, the Lord shouldn't mind?"
"Eh?"
She turned around.
The next moment, with a blur in front of her eyes, she was gently embraced by Fu Sangshen.
"I wanted to do this before," Tsurumaru Kuniyoshi's voice sounded above his head, feeling the stiff body of the person in his arms, he chuckled lightly, "The master's name is 'Shi Yao', right?"
She told him herself—her name, but this was the first time Tsurumaru Kuninaga uttered it after she knew it.
She recovered from her surprise and gave a soft "hmm" in his arms.
"Then... can I call you by your name in private?" Gu Youyou and his Tsurumaru Kuninaga hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
She froze for a while, then nodded again: "Yes."
"Names are meant to be addressed. Besides," the girl raised her head from his arms and smiled narrowly, "I've already told you my name."
——Obviously I told you, but you didn’t call it yourself before.
The girl who blinked slyly seemed to be saying.
He smiled and opened his lips.
"... Ah Shi."
……
…………
"...What, what's the matter?"
After eating a lot of "failures", Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who had no expectations, took a bite of the ball wrapped in soybean powder and fell silent, because he didn't say "too much sugar" or "too much sugar" as straightforwardly as before. "Too dry", Shi Yao looked at him anxiously.
half an hour.
"Well," he smiled, "not bad."
"Congratulations, you finally made edible wagashi before I couldn't eat it at all." Tsurumaru Kuninaga said with relief.
Shi Yao puffed up his cheeks: Is this praising her or belittling her?
"It's late, go back and rest early." After tidying up the kitchen with Shi Yao, he rubbed the top of the girl's head to urge her.She nodded, put the last plate back in the cupboard, and left the kitchen with him.
When approaching the fork at the corner.
Shi Yao, who was walking towards her room, didn't hear any footsteps other than hers for a moment, she paused slightly, and tilted her head.
In the different corridors, Fu Sangshen with white hair and golden eyes stood in the cold silvery light. He saw her looking at her and smiled at her, but didn't speak.
"Tsuramaru."
"Ok?"
"Happy New Year."
In the middle of the night, fine snow suddenly fell in the sky of Honmaru.One after another, floating in the moonlight, like a thin layer of glutinous rice flour sprinkled on Xuemei Niang's ice skin.
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