I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I originally wanted to write a 1W3 word chapter today, so I will directly end the title that I have been writing for many days.

However... Today, on Qixi Festival, my first love, my mother, invited me to go shopping outside, and I dare not refuse...

When I got home, it was already dark... I worked hard to write, and only wrote 5700 words... Therefore - today's title was changed from (final) to (5)... (final) can only wait for tomorrow the...

It feels like God is against me! Can't I hurry up and get rid of this damn long title? (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

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Mogami's mood has not been very good since this morning.

The sudden death of Yi Ze and others brought some stains to his initial battle of this campaign, which should have ended with a "very perfect" result.

This made Mogami more and more depressed.

But—while feeling depressed, Mogami is also very excited now.

Because his uncle entrusted him with the task of tracking down the "mysterious swordsman".

This is a task that may be able to make great achievements.

If the "mysterious swordsman" is really a member of some organization determined to fight against Japan, then destroying this organization would be a great achievement.

The credit is big enough to make Mogami drool.

So after leading the soldiers assigned to him by Sheng Tianmu out of the camp, Mogami showed a high-spirited look, vowing to find out the true face of the "mysterious swordsman".

At this moment, Mogami is leading his generals to rest in a forest.

While pouring clear water into his mouth, the top one looked carefully at the map in his hand to confirm their current location and how far they were from the destination of their trip - Siwaxi Village.

As a village not far from the Red Moon Fortress, Siwaxi Village naturally has a map of its surroundings for the Japanese army.

In order to flatten the Red Moon Fortress in one go, the shogunate had long ago dispatched a special person to draw a map of all the areas around the Red Moon Fortress.

After confirming that it is not far from the Siwaxi village, and that the rest of the subordinates are almost the same,

Mogami called out loudly, informing all his subordinates to prepare to continue their departure.

"It's not far from the Siwaxi village!" Mogami warned the surrounding subordinates loudly, "Cheer up!"

"People may not welcome us."

Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on Mogami's face.

"So we are all ready to 'respond well' to other people's 'warm welcome'!"

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"Move fast! Move fast!"

"Don't bring these heavy and worthless things!"

"You don't need to bring too much food! Just remember to bring a bow and enough arrows! As long as you have a bow and arrows, you don't have to worry about food!"

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At this moment, Siwaxi Village is in full swing.

But—they are not holding any festival, but are busy fleeing for their lives.

Their village chief has just informed the whole village that the Heren army is not far from their village. In order not to be affected by the military disaster, the villagers are required to immediately take important things and hide in the nearby mountains.

In addition to the news that Kazuto's army was nearby, the village chief also informed the villagers of the entire village that Takta Village, not far from them, had been destroyed.

The reason why he wanted to tell the whole village about this tragedy was to make everyone in the village obedient and follow his orders to temporarily abandon the village and flee into the deep mountains.

And the effect of the village chief's strategy is quite remarkable - after learning that Takta village was wiped out by Kazuto's army, and the only known survivor is Lilata, the little girl, those who were originally interested in "temporarily abandoning the village" "The people who were quite critical all closed their mouths.

Although their Siwaxi village is close to Takta village, the relationship between the two villages is not very close. Only a few villagers have quite close ties with Takta village.

But even if the relationship is not close, after learning that one's neighbor has encountered such a tragedy, it is inevitable to feel sad.

And—after learning that Takta Village was wiped out, they really had the feeling that the flames were about to reach their eyebrows.

Who knows if Kazuto will attack their Siwaxi Village in the future?

So——after the village chief conveyed the news that "Taketa Village was wiped out" and "the Japanese army is nearby" to the whole village, the tranquility of Siwaxi Village, which is located in the deep mountains like a paradise It was broken.

Without the command and supervision of the village head, the villagers of the whole village spontaneously put in their energy and efforts to collect the important things in their homes.

While the villagers in Siwaxi Village were working hard to avoid the military disaster, Ogata and the others were receiving Lilata and her grandma's farewell at a certain village entrance.

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"Thank you very much... I really don't know how to thank you... (Ainu language)"

Lilata's grandma, Ulape, has lived such an old age, so she still has a little knowledge.

She knew that she would "bow" with everyone, so in order to show her sincere gratitude, Urape bent her somewhat hunched back and bowed awkwardly to Ogata and the others.

"You're being polite." Ogata returned a salute, "We just did what we could."

Ogata is actually not very good at dealing with this kind of situation where "others thank him".

Every time he is faced with thanks from others, Ogata will directly use his very versatile words to respond to the other party in order to save trouble.

This sentence is - "You are welcome, we just did what we can."

Urape is an authentic Siwaxi villager. Her husband, Lilata’s grandfather, died of illness a few years ago. In recent years, she has been living a peaceful life in Siwasi village alone. , there is nothing valuable at home.

The only things that can be handed out to give to others are some jerky made by myself and confident in the taste.

Just now, in order to thank Ogata and the others for rescuing her precious granddaughter and bringing her here safely, Urape gave Ogata and the others the freshest dried meat in stock in their home. .

After all, this was someone's wish, and these jerky were not so valuable that it was difficult to accept them, so Ogata and the others happily accepted them.

Originally, Urape wanted to invite Ogata and the others to stay for dinner, but they declined on the grounds that they were "leaving".

Ogata and the others had no intention of staying in Siwaxi Village for a long time, and they had to hurry back to the Red Moon Fortress and inform the villagers of Qina Village that the "Red Moon Fortress is in danger".

And - Ogata and the others are too embarrassed to stay in Siwaxi Village now.

The Heren army was nearby, forcing the villagers of Siwaxi Village to temporarily abandon the village and live a savage life in the deep mountains for a period of time.

Ogata and Atachi, two people with friendly faces, stayed in Siwaxi Village, and it was inevitable that they would receive strange looks from the villagers.

Instead of receiving strange looks and making both parties feel uncomfortable, it's better to just leave gracefully.

Now, Ogata and the others were standing at the entrance of the village, holding radishes and grapes, ready to leave.

The only people who came to see him off were Lilata and Urape.

Lilata is now being held by Urape with one hand while she continues to hold the small windmill with the other.

After Ogata and Urape bowed to each other, he squatted down so that his eyes were level with Lilata's.

"Goodbye." Ogata smiled, "You have to take care. (Ainu language)"

Ogata turned his tongue, trying to spit out a sentence in Ainu language that was not standard, but could still be understood by Ainu people.

After staying in Ezo for so long, in this environment where everyone around is speaking Ainu, the level of Ogata's Ainu is also improving by leaps and bounds, and he can already speak some simple Ainu up.

After Ogata's voice fell, Lilata, who was looking at Ogata with her dark eyes that had regained some light, pursed her lips and squeezed the windmill in her hand.

Then he suddenly let go of Urape's hand, which he had been holding, and put his hand into his underwear, and then took out a triangular object the size of a child's palm.

"This is for you... (Ainu language)" Lilata whispered in a soft voice unique to young girls.

After listening to Aizan's translation beside him, Ogata accepted the thing Lilata handed her with a puzzled expression.

This thing is a triangular object strung together with glass beads, which looks like an ornament.

And after Ogata took over the thing, Aizan on the side quickly explained to Ogata:

"It's called a 'thick hochli.' An ornament usually worn by boys on their foreheads, and cut off when they kill their prey for the first time on their own."

As soon as Aizan's explanation came to an end, Urape also explained to Ogata and the others the origin of the thick Hochli.

After listening to Aizan's translation, Ogata learned that this Hokkiri turned out to be the property of Lilata's father.

Lirata's father cut off the thick hochli that had been worn on his forehead after he killed his first prey, and kept it on.

After Lilata was born and grew up, Lilata felt that the thick hocheli was very beautiful, so her father gave this thing to Lilata, and Lilata always regarded this thing as a treasure, and carried it with her carrying.

After learning that the Thick Hekiri was a very meaningful accessory for Lirata, Ogata showed some hesitation on his face.

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's so thick that I..."

Before Ogata finished speaking, Lilata interrupted Ogata's words as if she had guessed what Ogata would say.

"Dad, he told me - when you receive help from others, you will definitely repay the other party, and you can't be ungrateful..."

"Although this is not a very valuable thing, it is the only thing on me that can be used as a gift... I hope you can accept it... (Ainu language)"

Having said that, Lilata paused.

After the pause, the corner of her mouth, which had been drawn down since the night before, slowly pulled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the pull-up was small, it was clearly visible—she was laughing.

"Thank you for saving me before, and you should take care of yourself in the future... (Ainu language)"

Lirata's words were the only one that Ogata could understand directly in the long speech she just said.

This is the first time Ogata saw Lilata smile.

Seeing the faint smile on Lirata's face, Ogata was startled.

"...Well." Ogata nodded, "Then I will accept this thick Hochli. Thank you for your gift, I like it very much, thank you."

Ogata lowered his head, looking at the exquisite jewelry in his hand, a smile with some complicated emotions slowly emerged on Ogata's face.

"...Thank you." Ogata stroked the thick Heqili in his hand with his fingers, and thanked Lilata in front of him.

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The team of five men and two horses has changed back to four men and two horses.

Watched by Urape and Lilata, Ogata and others embarked on the journey again.

After a while, Ulape, Lilata, and Siwaxi Village all slowly disappeared behind Ogata and the others.

Ogata and A-Machi aimed the horse's head at a trampled road in front of them, and let the horse move straight along the road ahead at a steady speed.

"what……"

At this time, Machi, who was riding beside Ogata, suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Ogata asked, "Are you tired?"

"It's not that I'm tired, I'm just relieved that Lilata's child was successfully delivered to her relatives. After working so hard for so long, it's finally not in vain..."

"It's a pity that I didn't get any great rewards... Forget it, let's treat it as doing good deeds."

"Didn't we get paid?" Ogata on the side answered.

"Is that jerky?" Ah-Ming asked back.

"And this." Ogata smiled, and raised the thick Hokki that he just got from Lilata in his hand.

"Do you like this accessory very much?" A-cho asked.

"It's not so much that I like it, it's better to say that I think this accessory is of great significance to me." Ogata carefully put the thick Heqili back into his arms, "My sword... besides killing There are other things I can do besides my own enemies..."

"Some of them don't understand..." He didn't go to school or study well, so Ah-cho's brain is not so bright...

"You'll understand later." Ogata shrugged.

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Not long after Ogata and the others left, Urape took Lilata back to the house where she lived, and began to sort out the things that would be brought into the mountains later.

Because Ulape has been living alone in the past few years, there are not many important things in the house that need to be taken away. In a short time, she will finish packing all the luggage.

When Ulape was packing her luggage, Lilata, who had just smiled slightly at Ogata, now exuded a more "human" aura than before.

But it will take a long time to return to the original innocent little girl.

While Ulape was packing her luggage, Lilata sat in the corner of the house, fingering the blades of the windmill with a blank expression.

Urape has been silently paying attention to Lilata's state.

Looking at Lilata's current appearance, Urape couldn't help feeling sad.

The tragic death of her own daughter and son-in-law-Ulape felt no less sorrow than Lilata.

But she still suppressed her sadness and tried her best to show a strong appearance in front of Lilata.

Because she knows: Lilata is now the only elder she can rely on.

If she doesn't stand up and cry there, she will only set a bad "example" for Lirata.

So Ulape could only suppress all the sorrow in his heart.

Urape knows herself—the most important thing now is to let Lilata recover from the trauma as soon as possible.

Urape, who is strong and strong, is packing his luggage while thinking about what kind of method can make Lilata happy.

Soon—she had an idea.

Urape, who had an idea in mind, quickly packed the luggage that he was going to take away, tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, showed a warm smile, and walked quickly towards Lilata.

"Lilata, you can play here by yourself for a while, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon."

Lilata nodded slightly.

After Lilata nodded, Urape walked out of his house quickly, and then found the village chief who was patrolling the village, urging everyone to pack their bags quickly.

After finding the village chief, Urape said directly to the village chief:

"Village Chief, I want to take Lilata to pick some mushrooms in the forest. Is there still time for us to pick mushrooms?"

"Picking mushrooms?" The village head asked back with a frown.

"The kid Lirata loves my mushroom soup the most. She used to clamor for me to cook mushroom soup and pick mushrooms with me. So I want to make something she loves and let her Hurry up and be happy, if you take her out to pick mushrooms, it will just let her relax."

The village chief naturally knew what Lilata was like now.

Such a young girl encountered such a thing, and the village head was very sympathetic.

After a moment of contemplation, the village chief nodded.

"...Okay. Anyway, there is still a long time before everyone packs their bags, but you have to go back quickly."

Seeing that the village head agreed, Ulape nodded with a little joy and excitement.

After returning home quickly, Urape walked towards Lilata who was still sitting there playing with the windmill in three steps.

"Lilata, how about we go to the forest to pick some fresh mushrooms and cook mushroom soup tonight?"

"Mushroom soup?" There was a faint light in Lilata's eyes.

After hesitating for a while, Lilata nodded slightly.

A beaming Urape held out his hand to Lilata.

Lilata raised her little hand, grabbed Urape's big wrinkled hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.

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"Why is the road here blocked again..." A-Ming looked at the blocked road ahead with displeasure.

Trees fell down in their path, and these trees must have been crushed by the avalanche.

"This is a common thing in the mountains." Aizan explained to A-ding beside him in a helpless tone.

"I can't help it." Ogata sighed softly, "Since the road here is blocked, I can only return to the original road temporarily, and then find another road."

"It's so troublesome..." A-Ming also sighed.

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Siwasi Village——

"Village chief, half of the families have packed their luggage." A young villager reported to the village chief in front of him.

The village chief nodded slightly and let out a sigh of relief.

The speed at which the villagers packed their luggage was much faster than she had imagined.

At this speed, it is expected to leave the village before dark.

Feeling that the boulder in his heart had fallen slightly, the village chief raised the bong in his hand and took a deep puff.

"Well, thank you for your hard work." The village head patted the shoulder of the young man in front of him.

"Village Chief, do you want to take a rest?" The young man said slowly and hesitantly, "You haven't had a rest since just now, I think it's better for you to take a rest first..."

The village chief shook his head and spit out a big eye circle: "No, I'm not very tired..."

"The village chief! The village chief! The village chief!"

A sudden anxious shout interrupted the village chief's words.

The person who yelled anxiously was a young villager with cold sweat on his face and frightened eyes.

The villager ran towards the village chief and shouted loudly to the village chief:

"The village chief! There are, there are Kazuto soldiers! There are Kazuto soldiers approaching from the west of the village!"

Pasha.

The bong in the village head's hand fell on the snow at his feet, and there was a dull "slap" sound.

The village chief, who didn't care about the smoking gun, ran towards the west of the village one step ahead of his head.

After coming to the west side of the village, the village chief saw—a little snowflakes were churning out from the horizon on the west side.

And these snowflakes - were stepped on by a large number of horseshoes and rolled out of the ground...

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PS: The ornament "Houhe Qili" that appears in this chapter is not the author's nonsense, it is a real ornament in the Ainu society. The author first learned about this thing in the comic "Golden Kamui". If any readers are interested in the Ainu people, you can read this manga. This manga tells the story of a group of people robbing gold in modern Hokkaido (Ezodi). It is very exciting and contains quite a lot about Ainu Popular science of Inu culture.

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