"Look."

"Xiaoyong shows this attitude every time this is mentioned."

"I... really can't think of what to do."

"..."

"..."

It was not difficult for Ian and Souji Okita to understand why Shima Qiyong had such a reaction.

After all, her face is not as thick as imagined.

When he first came to this mansion, Shima Qiyong had already stated his request directly.

"As long as I can eat, nothing else matters."

"If you can't have three meals a day, two meals a day is acceptable."

Yes.

It’s such a simple request.

Of course, Kondo Shusuke would not let his friend's daughter live a life of hunger.

In this mansion, Shima Qiyong can eat whatever he wants. After a long time, he even changed his previous shabby behavior of stuffing food into his clothes.

But here’s the problem—

Because this is a life that was unimaginable before.

Shima Qiyong felt embarrassed instead.

All the rough work that was previously done by Ian and Souji Okita, such as cleaning the dojo and cooking, is now contracted out to her alone.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to accept the understanding of "Tenzen Rishin Flow" - even if it was proposed by Kondo Shusuke.

After all, Shima Qiyong knew that he had already gotten too much.

If you continue like this without any satisfaction, it would be a bit greedy.

After understanding the whole story, Souji Okita couldn't come up with a suitable solution.

She understood Shima Qiyong's feelings, but it was difficult for him to let go, so she could only hope

"Sai San, what should we do..."

"..."

Ian pursed his chin and thought seriously.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.

"That's right! There is a way!"

"Hey, what is it!" Okita Souji asked quickly.

"Become sworn brothers!"

Ian took Okita Souji's hand and said it sincerely.

"Can't we just become sworn brothers?"

854. Okita Souji's sworn brothers and sisters / Shima Qiyong faces the past (4k)

These overly fantastic words naturally stunned Souji Okita.

After a while, she followed Ian's words and answered.

"Sai San, you are definitely not kidding, right?"

"But... I don't understand why you're doing this. Does sworn brotherhood really work?"

“I don’t know if it will be useful yet.”

Ian didn't dare to give a complete guarantee.

"But Okita, if we really do become sworn brothers, then we can use this opportunity to tell Shima Qi what Master expects of us, right?"

"No matter how you think about it, it's much better than doing nothing right now, right?"

"..."

Ian's words touched Souji Okita.

She nodded thoughtfully and then gave her closing remarks.

"so--"

"What you actually mean is that you're using the name of 'sworn brotherhood' to get rid of Shima Qi's guilt, right?"

"That's right!" Ian nodded hurriedly, "Okita, you really understand me!"

"This……"

Souji Okita was not sure how successful this plan would be, so she looked at Kondo Shusuke standing beside her.

"Master, what do you think?"

"..."

Kondo Shusuke was silent.

His hand was gently pressing on the knife at his waist, and it was obvious that he was seriously thinking about the possibilities of Ian's words.

In the end, he, who had the final say, nodded.

"I understand."

"In that case, I support Hijikata's idea."

"If you want to do something, go ahead and do it—you don't need to ask for my opinion."

"..."

"..."

Although Kondo Shusuke didn't say much, it was enough for Ian and Okita Souji to understand his trust in them.

"understood."

Okita Souji no longer hesitated.

"Master, Sui San and I will do it!"

"Yeah!" Ian also nodded.

"Master, don't worry!"

[Having said that——]

[It's not as easy as you think to further narrow the distance between you, Okita Souji, and Shima Qiyong.]

How to start speaking is actually the biggest problem.

"How can I put this..."

Okita Souji said in confusion as he sat on the wooden floor of the dojo.

"I always feel like no matter how I open my mouth, it won't be good."

"Like—"

Okita Souji grabbed Ian's clothes, looked at him, and said in the most sincere tone:

"Hey! Suisan, let's become sworn brothers!"

"It's weird no matter how you think about it!"

"..."

"Sai San, what's with that look in your eyes?! Why do you look like you don't care at all?"

"Maybe it's because it's not at all strange for me to do something like this, Okita..."

Ian scratched his head.

"If you said that to me, I would agree without hesitation."

"Eh?!"

Souji Okita inadvertently felt again what Shima Qiyong had said to him that day.

"Saisan's attitude towards you is different from that towards others."

The girl's cheeks gradually heated up.

But this is definitely not the time to worry about this issue!

"That can't really be the case!"

Okita Souji yelled.

"I feel like something's wrong—becoming sworn brothers is supposed to be a very serious matter, right?!"

"..."

"Indeed." Ian nodded in response, "Pulling the clothes over like this is definitely not a good option."

"..."

"..."

The atmosphere fell into silence.

It was obvious that both Souji Okita and Ian were thinking seriously about how to achieve this.

Suddenly, it was as if a light bulb popped up in the girl's head and she remembered something.

"Eh!"

"Sui San, do you think it's okay to follow the same rules as my family's festival?"

"What about your family's festival?"

Ian frowned slightly and tried hard to recall what Okita Souji was talking about.

"You mean the one who won the lottery?"

The Okita family still has a very high status in Aoba Castle.

Therefore, during every festival, they would hold their own festivals, and drawing lots was one of the ways to decide to whom the good things prepared should be given.

of course.

Every time, Souji Okita would secretly bury a medium-sized lottery ticket in it, with the main goal of getting something for Ian.

"Correct!"

Okita Souji nodded.

"That's the way it is, what do you think?!"

"Uh...it doesn't seem good."

"Eh……"

Souji Okita turned into a person with small eyes.

She thought she had come up with a good idea, but now it seems that is not the case.

However, Ian's next words brought her back to her senses.

"But, give it a try!"

"Okita, your luck is always very good, isn't it?"

"Eh……"

"Yeah!" Okita Souji nodded with a slightly blushing face, "Let's give it a try!"

"My luck—"

“It will definitely work!”

【So——】

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