"Yo,

Admiral.

I'm Kendo Shiro.

My brothers and I, please take care of us. "

"Kendo Shiro?

The legendary 'knife that will never hurt its master'? "

"Yes,

Admiral. "

The masked God's Inquisitor seemed to let out a mocking sneer.

"So..,

Kendo will never point his blade at me? "

"... never."

"Remember what you said, Kendo Shiro." After saying this sentence, he quickly rejected it,

"Well... it doesn't matter."

"Listen carefully,

I summoned you because the current government has a minimum requirement for the number of Fu Mourning God. You just have to stay in the Benmaru obediently.

Unless it's urgent, don't summon me,

I won't return to the Benmaru. What?

You said out of the formation?

I can solve it myself. Why would I bring you bunch of trash who still need to improve your speed? "

After saying that, Zhang Zian

The God's Inquisitor looked at the other four-flower katana that had just been forged. With just a glance, Kendo almost immediately recognized the katana..

"This katana is... Ichibi Yizhen?"

"Yes." Kendo felt his heart pounding. He did not care about the God's Inquisitor's cold attitude,

He straightened his neck and advised,

"Ichibi Brother... Ichibi Yizhen is a rare four-flower katana,

It's different from a short knife like mine,

Its ability is very outstanding,

If you can summon it..,

It will definitely be of great help to you when you go out of the formation. "

"It consumes too much spiritual power."

It seemed that the Martial Faculty's Inquisitor coldly rejected Kendo's suggestion, "Just supporting this Benmaru and you short knives Fu Mourning God has already consumed a large portion of my spiritual power,

Since you like this knife..,

I'll give it to you. "

As he said that..,

The Inquisitor casually threw the main body of Ichibi Yizhen to Kendo and turned to walk out of the forging room.

..

There were a total of thirteen vibrating swords in this Honmaru. Most of them were short swords, but there were also some weak swords. There were more children in Teng Shiro's family. Basically, these swords were casually forged by the God's Inquisitor with all 50 materials in order to meet the political requirements.

This was because the Divine Inquisitor basically never returned to its original form, nor did it change the scenery. This Honmaru had maintained the late autumn weather for who knew how long.

Because of this, there were endless leaves and pine cones to be picked up every day.

Kendo did not find Late Autumn annoying. On the contrary, this was the only thing he could do for the inquisitor every day.

Every morning, he was the first to wake up and wake up his brothers.

Hou Zong was the first one to wake up. Chaos would spend a long time tidying up her hair. Akita, who liked to laze in bed, was the busiest one to take care of the little tiger.

After everyone tidied themselves up, they would go out together. On the way, they met Cattail and Boneshirt who were waiting for them. Everyone ran to Ichijin Ichijin's room and said good morning to the tachi that was placed properly on the table.

Then, the Daggers would play together in the big room, while Kendo and Rising Chuan would prepare everyone's breakfast.

Day after day, year after year.

Kendo did not know how long he stayed in that place. As the Fu Mourning God of Swords and Blades, he began to feel physically disgusted when he saw the beautiful scene of falling leaves.

Until one day, he woke up from his sleep with a start.

He found that the Reiki fluctuations of the entire Honmaru were very unstable. A strange sound came from the direction of Tianshou Pavilion.

The Fu Mourning God was stunned for a second before he realized … the Admiral was back!

Unable to tell whether he was excited or scared, Kendo stood up quietly. Just as he was about to sneak into Tianshou Pavilion under the cover of the night, he suddenly heard the Divine Inquisitor's cold voice.

[You're still awake?

Forget it, come over … no, your Reiki is still not enough. Damn it — cough cough cough cough …]

Is that the Admiral's voice?

Is the Admiral in danger?

Worry surfaced. Kendo suddenly became nervous. He was about to say something to the Divine Inquisitor when his vision suddenly turned black.

[This Honmaru, Fu Mourning God — Damn it, why does it exist!]

This was the last sentence Kendo Shiro heard when his Reiki was forcibly withdrawn and he returned from the Fu Mourning God to his original form of a Dagger.

*

"… Then, I was thrown out of the Honmaru and landed in the Warring States Period. As for why I was … abandoned, I don't know.

Sanchū and Firefly were also thrown into hell by the owner of the Honmaru. From what I can see, he probably … disliked us for using up too much Reiki. "

"As for the sealed memories, it was because of the restriction set by the 'Law of Space' and Reiki."

When Shi Zheng made these products, he took special care. If the contract with the Divine Inquisitor was broken and the Fu Mourning God was left in the past, he would lose all memories of Shi Zheng and the Divine Inquisitor.

When this memory was unlocked in the nameless spring, he was immersed in pain and regret. He did not dare to confess to Kanai at all.

As expected, after hearing Kendo's explanation about Shi Zheng and the Honmaru in the future, the girl who had been silent for a long time spoke first.

"Kendo … Do you want to go back to that person, the Divine Inquisitor?"

Kanai reluctantly showed a comforting smile and added, "If you want, no matter what, I will find him for you."

"Admiral!"

Kendo, who was angry and sad, could not help but speak with a heavier tone, "Whether it's me, Sanchū, or Firefly, we have no intention of leaving you.

You are our master. You are the master who summoned us and painstakingly let us recover our memories! "

"But you said," Hearing Kendo's promise, Kanai's tense heart relaxed. The grievance she had been holding back turned into tears in her eyes, "You just said, you are not my sword."

"… You were the one who said you don't want me." Kanai's eyes were red as she vented her grievances to the Fu Mourning God.

"I didn't lose my temper. I also told you that I will help you find your real master."

"Admiral —" The black-haired, purple-eyed Fu Mourning God gritted his teeth and looked at the girl with an almost pleading attitude, "Please don't say such things again."

"My real master … Isn't it you?"

The Honmaru in the past that made him feel tired, the old Honmaru that was always in autumn, the place that was called Honmaru but was actually a prison, and the Divine Inquisitor who summoned him but said that she did not need him at all.

"Admiral, do you still remember the promise you made to me?"

The girl who stopped him from losing control at the critical moment, the girl who held his hand when he was at his most helpless and confused moment, the girl who promised him with a gentle smile, "No matter where you come from, no matter who your previous master is, since my Reiki awakened you and formed a contract with you, I will always be responsible for you."

"Admiral, since you said that you will be responsible for me, then you will always be responsible for me."

— — Kendo Shiro, I will never, ever leave you.

*

On the way back, Sanchū and Firefly had the opportunity to explain to Kanai their strange reaction after recovering their memories.

"… We are not worried about our previous master, nor do we want to leave you for personal reasons."

Sanchū Sōjin sighed and could not help but rub the girl's head, "… We are worried about you."

"Although our previous master has broken the contract, it is impossible for her to report the fact that she abandoned the Fu Mourning God to Shinsei, so in Shinsei's records, we still belong to that Fu Mourning God.

However, due to a freak combination of factors, we were awakened by you, little girl. It's equivalent to changing the contract without permission, and it's also related to the witch of this era. If this matter is known by Shi Zheng, not only will we be 'cleaned up', I'm afraid that even you, little girl, will be implicated. "

"What's more, we are not supposed to exist in this time and space, but we have appeared here. Will we attract the Shuo Army?

Will we attract the Inspector of Crime?

Will we bring danger to you and the Sunset Shrine? We can't guarantee this, so how can we stay by your side with peace of mind? "

"After we recovered our memories, we wanted to discuss with you about breaking the contract and leaving you far away. We wanted to use the Bone Eating Well to return to the Sengoku Empire to find the space-time coordinates, or use the other Fu Mourning God teams to go to the Sengoku Empire to return to their own time and space and report to Shinsei about this Honmaru …" Sanchū smiled calmly, "After all, with our current abilities, if we stay by your side, it will be bad if we really attract the attention of the Inspector of Crime. This old man really can't guarantee your safety."

Hearing this, the little girl frowned and thought for a while. Suddenly, she looked up and said, "So, the Zhen Sanchū in the Tokyo National Museum is the real thing, and you, who call yourself Sanchū Sōjin Fu Mourning God, are a fake …"

Sanchū Sōjin was speechless …

"… Little girl?" This old man said, "Why does your focus seem a little strange …???"

"What's wrong?"

Kanai asked innocently and confusedly. When she saw Sanchū's rare helpless expression, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, okay … I know what you mean. The problem is …" Kanai rubbed her eyes and asked her three Fu Mourning God seriously, "Aren't you looking down on me too much?"

"…"

"Do you know how many demons were angered by the Kumura family and Yukimura family when they sealed the land of Ossen?"

"Do you know how many demons in the Sengoku Empire coveted the Jade of Four Souls that my aunt Kagome Hyuga once guarded?"

"They taught me so seriously that my parents could only leave Japan to travel around the world and rarely go home. Do you know why?"

Kanna Hyuga tilted her head and looked at the dark night outside the car window. "I, with the square seal in my hand, am destined to be the successor of the Kumura family. I'm also the only witch of the Sunset Shrine in this world. How can those demons let me go?"

"Anyway, being hunted by demons is still being hunted. Being hunted by the 'Shuo Marching Army' and the 'Inspector of Crimes' is also being hunted. As the saying goes, having too many debts is not a burden."

"But … Master," Firefly couldn't help but tug at Kanai's sleeve and murmured with her head down, "The Shuo Marching Army and the Inspector of Crimes … are different from the demons.

Those things … can't be solved with Yin-Yang magic. "

"It's dangerous."

"I don't want, I don't want anything to happen to master —"

Firefly was thrown out of Honmaru after Sanchū.

After summoning him, the Divine Inquisitor felt that the Odachi consumed too much Reiki. Under the pleading of Aizen, the Divine Inquisitor threw Firefly's body to Aizen.

"That's great, Ying, we meet again."

He still remembered that Aizen was wiping her tears and hugging her body, crying and laughing at the same time. "It's okay if you don't summon me. I'll protect you."

["I'll always protect you. I won't let anyone hurt you."]

When Firefly was about to be thrown away by the Divine Inquisitor, Aizen hugged the heavy Odachi tightly and curled up in the corner, stubbornly resisting.

The child's hot tears fell on the cold Odachi. He heard Aizen sobbing and begging the Divine Inquisitor:

"If it's because master's Reiki is not enough, please remove my Odachi!"

"Please don't throw Firefly away. Firefly is really more useful than me —"

…

"… I don't want anyone to be sad or hurt because of me, master."

The silver-haired child tried his best to hold back his sadness and said to Kanai seriously.

The Miko-sama's answer was to gently stroke Firefly's head.

"… It's okay, I'm not afraid.

If Yin-Yang Jutsu is useless, I'll learn Swordsmanship. If Swordsmanship is still useless, I'll ask Saori's Grandmaster of Combat to train me.

If you can't do it, I'll protect you. "

Hearing this, Firefly who finally shed tears shook her head desperately. "No, you don't have to do this. You don't have to protect me."

"Firefly is right, Admiral.

Actually, if you let us go, they won't bother you — "

"Kendo, do you still remember Shintaro?"

Kanna suddenly interrupted Reiko's self-deceiving attempt to dissuade her and sighed rather blankly.

"At that time, I also alienated him in the name of protecting him. I thought I was doing it to protect him, so what I did was' right '."

"But now, I feel that I was very, very stupid at that time."

Thinking of her good friend Midori Shintaro who finally got back together with her, the girl's eyes were filled with nostalgia and guilt.

"Doing this kind of unilateral 'for his own good' to make him feel painful and uncomfortable is not really for his own good. It's just to satisfy my selfish desire to not feel guilty anymore."

"On the other hand, what's the difference between you and me who are trying to persuade me to let go?"

The girl covered Firefly's mouth with her palm and smiled confidently.

"Don't underestimate me."

In the dark of the night, the girl's smile was as bright as the stars, burning Fu Mourning God's eyes.

Three Sun and Moon suddenly burst into laughter. While laughing, they covered their faces with their hands.

"This is really …"

"This old man really …" There was no other way.

…

…

"Even so," the girl whispered to Fu Mourning God with a guilty conscience after finally returning to the Sunset Shrine, "Don't, don't tell anyone about this.

Especially Ibaraki, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold back and beat me up. _ (: з 」 ∠) _ "

Sanchū & Kendo: … The brave girl/general just now was indeed an illusion.

=

"Okay, we won't tell anyone." Firefly didn't understand why, but she still promised with vigor.

Thinking about it, although she didn't think it was a big deal, but if such a troublesome thing was known by Ibaraki and the others … The little girl shrunk her neck guiltily. She had a hunch that if she was exposed, she would really die a horrible death.

She pretended to be calm as she returned to the shrine. As soon as she opened the door, she was hugged by a soft and familiar voice cheerfully sounded in the hallway.

"Kanai -sama ~ Kanai -sama ~ Virgin is back from her trip!"

"You're back!"

Seeing that the child she had a deep affection for had finally returned home, Kanai immediately forgot the warning and guilty conscience just now. She focused all her attention on Virgin. "Did you have fun outside?

Did anything happen?

Did you expose your identity as a monster?

Did you eat well? "

"Everything was good!

Very, very, very good!

I even found the treasure with my friends according to the treasure map. "

Virgin hugged her master and chattered excitedly, "Edogawa-kun is very powerful. It was all thanks to him that we found the secret of the moon, stars, and sun."

"… That, that's very powerful, very good." Although she didn't know what her child had done outside, she still praised her first.

"Also, Red Leaf has been waiting for you for a long time!" Little Virgin replied innocently. "Red Leaf said she has a surprise for you."

As soon as Virgin finished speaking, Gui Nu Red Leaf walked out from the darkness of the hallway.

"Little Virgin, I'm here to tell you the surprise."

The beautiful banshee slowly walked out of the darkness in front of Kanai. Surprisingly, she wasn't wearing the red and blue kimono that she was used to wearing. Even her hair accessories were different from before.

"How is it?"

Red Leaf smiled as she showed Kanai the complicated and beautiful white modified kimono she was wearing. The lapel deliberately slid down to reveal the white skin on her chest and beautiful collarbone. It was indescribably beautiful and noble.

The eye-like bead on her chest gave Red Leaf's beauty a touch of treachery.

"Very beautiful."

Kanna carefully observed the red leaf and sighed in praise. "It's the type of beauty that can't be picked out at all."

"Really?

You really think I'm good-looking? "

Red Leaf didn't even look at Sanchū. She was pleasantly surprised in front of Kanai and proudly twirled in a circle.

"Hey hey, standing in front of you is the female star with potential who will go to TV Tokyo this Saturday to participate in the talent show, Gui Nu Red Leaf ~" She happily announced to Kanai.

"I've decided that this new set of clothes will be called 'Humanoid Dance'!"

Everyone was speechless.