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"Okay~"

Okita Souji put the paper away.

"Then starting today, Sui San will be my servant!"

"Ah... yes."

"Then..." Ian bent down, "Okita, come up."

"Eh? Saizo, what are you doing..."

Okita Souji was a little overwhelmed.

"The road to Uncle Kondo's house is quite long," Ian explained. "As a servant, I can't just watch you walk so hard, can I?"

“I would feel remiss.”

"..."

What Ian didn't know was that just with this one sentence, Okita Souji behind him was already blushing.

"Fool!"

"You make me sound so weak!"

While saying this, Okita Souji rushed directly to Ian's back and hugged his neck.

"Come on!"

"Don't keep Uncle Kondo waiting!"

"understood!"

843. Okita Souji's Apprenticeship Day/Wolf-like Swordsmanship (4k)

[After understanding each other's concerns, you and Okita Souji naturally had a lot more to talk about.]

This is a completely different atmosphere from before.

[But whether it's you or Okita Souji, you naturally prefer this situation.]

"Saisan——"

Leaning on Ian's back, Okita Souji, who was being carried by him, took the initiative to speak.

"what happened?"

"That's right. What do you think this 'Natural Rituals' is?"

"This one……"

Faced with the question from his good friend Souji Okita, Ian also began to think seriously.

"According to my brother, Uncle Kondo must be a very powerful swordsman. Maybe he has some very powerful swordsmanship."

"If it's swordsmanship..."

Okita Souji muttered softly.

"Then why didn't he pass it on to Katsuta and Yuta?"

"In terms of closeness, they are obviously the better choice, right?"

"Eh?"

Ian reacted.

"Now that you mention it, it seems so."

"If it's just about inheritance, then that 'Natural Rishin Flow' shouldn't be passed down to us."

"but……"

"Maybe he just thinks you're better, Okita, so that's why he's planning to do this?!"

"Does this possibility really exist?" Souji Okita couldn't help but mutter.

"It doesn't matter whether it exists or not—"

Ian looked at the road in front of him leading to Kondo Shusuke's residence.

"For us, now that we've come this far, we can't just go back halfway, right?"

"It seems so..."

"Well, Okita, it's good that you know, so don't say that anymore!"

You and Okita Souji didn't say anything more in the following events, but headed towards Kondo Shusuke's house.

[But what neither you nor Okita Souji expected was——]

[This time, it wasn't the brothers Yuta and Katsuta who greeted you at the door.]

【Kondo Shusuke has come to greet you personally! 】

On the stone steps illuminated by sunlight, the swordsmanship master who was admired by the people of Qingye City was standing there.

The only difference from before is——

He no longer looked as decadent as before, but had trimmed his beard, put on new clothes, and had a knife on his waist.

The sunlight shining on the black scabbard actually shone with a brilliance like obsidian.

"..."

"Saizo, put me down!" Seeing this posture, Okita Souji hurriedly said.

"Hey, okay!"

After being put down by Ian, Souji Okita quickly patted his clothes and straightened out the wrinkles on them.

She felt that this alone was not enough, so she quickly helped her good friend Ian to organize it as well.

"He actually came to pick us up in person...isn't this too high a standard?"

As Okita Souji said this, he tidied up the clothes of the unkempt Ian.

"Don't talk nonsense later - it will be troublesome if you are disliked."

"Well, I see."

Under Okita Souji's instructions, Ian naturally became much more cautious in his actions.

However, unlike the other two who were cautious and nervous, Kondo Shusuke seemed very calm.

He looked at the two little guys in front of him with a very gentle tone, as if they were his disciples who had already taken him under their wing.

"You guys...are quite punctual."

“It’s earlier than I thought.”

"Yes." Okita Souji nodded respectfully.

"After all, Uncle Kondo's 'Natural Rishin Flow' is truly formidable. If I have the opportunity to comprehend it now, I'd better visit him early. Otherwise, it would be a shame to let someone else get there first."

"..."

Ian wanted to say something, but when he thought of what Souji Okita had just told him, he held it back.

Don't make things worse.

Okita can talk, so let her talk more.

"It's not that serious." Kondo Shusuke remained calm in the face of Okita Souji's respect. "Swordsmanship isn't something you can just pass down casually. I'd only consider teaching it to the right person if I met one."

"And you are that kind of people."

"..."

"Uncle Kondo, Toshizo and I are really flattered by what you said." Although he is very young, Souji Okita speaks very tactfully.

This is the upbringing of their family, which is difficult for Ian's family, who are busy with their lives, to develop.

"So--"

Okita Souji handed over the two "rewards" for becoming a disciple with both hands, and then said sincerely.

"Here are some small gifts from Toshizo and I. We hope Uncle Kondo can accept them."

"..."

Looking at the money he had given away, Ian felt his heart suddenly tremble.

It’s not that he thinks the money is not worth it, but it’s basically impossible for him to afford this level of expenses in the past. Now that it suddenly comes, he feels a little reluctant.

however--

It was as if he saw through Ian's thoughts, and as if he had intended to do this anyway.

Kondo Shusuke quickly pushed back the money offered by Okita Souji, and then he said very seriously:

"I don't want to teach you for the money."

"I just--"

As the man spoke, he slightly pushed out the sword at his waist, and a flash of white light appeared on Ian and Okita Souji's faces.

"I hope someone can inherit the 'Tenzen Rishin-ryu'. That would be a blessing in my life."

"Money and stuff—do you think I'll really be short of it?"

As he said this, Kondo Shusuke looked at the huge mansion behind him.

“These things are completely meaningless to me.”

"..."

"..."

Ian and Okita Souji looked at each other and realized that Kondo Shusuke was not joking.

He didn't need these so-called apprenticeship fees, and he might even be a little annoyed by them.

"I understand."

Okita Souji took the purse back.

"I misunderstood Uncle Kondo's thoughts. I'm sorry."

"Hahahahahaha, there's no need for that." Kondo Shusuke laughed. "If it were before, I would have accepted the money no matter what I said, but now there's really no need for that."

"besides--"

Kondo Shusuke's eyes fell on Ian, whose face turned red because he had kept his promise with Okita Souji.

"Hijikata, do you have something to say?"

"If that's the case, it's best to speak up now—after all, you might not be in the right frame of mind to learn what you want to know in the future."

"..."

Ian glanced at Okita Souji, and after the latter nodded, he spoke:

"Actually, I want to know, where did Yuta and Katsuta go?"

"Aren't they... the ones who are helping you guard this place?"

"You're talking about them." Kondo Shusuke closed the sword at his waist and gave the answer quite calmly.

"I've sent him on other errands."

"When I teach 'Natural Rishin Flow', I don't want anyone irrelevant to be present."

"Understand?"

"..."

"..."

Although Kondo Shusuke said it lightly, you and Okita Souji both sensed the seriousness in his words.

[And in fact, his actions did so.]

If even Yuta and Katsuta could be sent back, his attitude towards this teaching would naturally be self-evident.

[For some reason, you remembered the promise you made with your brother Hijikata Kiroku that night.]