"Hmph... maybe I, Suehiro Moriyo, can still fight for the world with Lord Nobunaga, Lord Shingen, and Lord Hideyoshi!"
Having said that, Suehiro proudly held his Kazukiri across his chest, half-closing his eyes, imagining the scene where he would be armed with strength, charge into battle, kill the enemy, and achieve great fame.
"Alas... I was born at the wrong time. I was born at the wrong time."
After another heavy sigh, Suehiro turned to Yamada with a straight face.
"Okay, let's stop talking about it."
"You came here to see me, maybe not just to watch me practice shooting, right?"
Yamada's expression straightened at this time: "Mr. Suehiro, everyone has been assembled! There are 203 people in total, no one is missing!"
"Have the personnel been assembled..." Suehiro grinned, "Very good..."
Suehiro put away the gun in his hand.
"Let everyone have a good rest tonight!"
"Let's set out at first light tomorrow!"
"Yes!" After Yamada said "yes" loudly, he sighed, "Ha... I'm a little nervous... Our anti-barbarian group will finally launch an attack on the barbarians for the first time since its establishment..."
"Hahahaha!" Suehiro laughed a few times, "Don't be nervous, Yamada."
"This operation will only succeed easily and will never fail."
"For this operation, we gathered a total of 203 patriots and brought 12 muskets."
"As for the bodyguards of Anthony and Elodie, the two barbarians, there are only 36 people in total."
"The strength of both sides is 203 to 36, the advantage lies with us!"
"Not to mention that we are still prepared but unprepared!"
After that, Suehiro carried his Nigen Gun, which he named "Wind Kiri", and walked swaggering down the hillside.
"Mr. Suehiro, where are you going?" Yamada asked.
"I've almost mastered my spear skills. I'm going back to worship my Nioh statue."
"Mr. Suehiro, you are really devout to your Nioh statue." Yamada smiled helplessly, "I will worship that statue once in the morning and once in the evening every day."
"My Nioh statue is very spiritual! After I started worshiping my Nioh statue, I saved myself from danger many times under the protection of my Nioh statue! It is very spiritual! Yamada, do you want to join me?
Get up and pay your respects?"
"Haha, I don't need it."
…
…
Fujisawa-juku, in a hotel room——
"...I finally understand the specific reason."
"That is to say... Leroy, it was Elodie who begged you to take her to the Edo Shrine. You were temporarily soft-hearted and couldn't resist her, so you and Kinoshita Mai secretly took Elodie out of the hotel.
.Is it right?"
"...Yes. Mr. Angoulême, I am responsible for all the accidents today."
"If I could have firm faith and refuse to work together with Miss Kinoshita to sneak her out for fun, today's series of accidents would not have happened."
"I am willing to accept any punishment..."
At this moment, Elodie and her maid, Leroy, were standing in front of an old man.
This old man is about 70 years old.
Above his chin and lips, there is a carefully trimmed beard.
The hair, which is not very long, is combed diagonally back. Both the hair and the beard are so white that no other color can be seen.
He was a bit fat, and his extremely loose clothes couldn't hide his big belly that felt like it could hold two basketballs.
His facial features are deep, especially his two eye sockets, which are so deep that it feels like they could trap two eggs.
His nose is very high and straight, with a slightly fat tip. He wears a pair of thin-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. Behind the lenses is a pair of blue eyes that are constantly glaring at Leroy with angry eyes.
Antoine de Angouleme - the old man's name.
"Grandpa!" Elodie, who had been folding her hands in front of her and lowering her head, suddenly raised her head, "Please don't punish Miss Leroy! Today's accidents have nothing to do with Leroy.
It’s Miss Wu’s business! It’s none of Miss Wu’s business either!”
"I was just playful and wanted to visit Eshima Shrine, whose name I have admired for a long time, so I begged Miss Mai and Miss Leroy to take me to visit Eshima Shrine!"
"Miss Leroy was forced to take me out of the hotel secretly because of my coercion!"
"I am mainly responsible for what happened today!"
"Grandpa, if you want to punish Miss Leroy, then punish me first!"
"Miss..." Leroy, who was standing behind Elodie, raised his head and cast a look that was mixed with gratitude and guilt at Elodie.
"Elodie..." Anthony looked at his granddaughter helplessly, "Quiet, no matter how you defend Leroy, she failed to fulfill her duties as a waitress. This is an ironclad fact.
.”
"Before leaving Osaka, I should have given you many orders, right?"
Anthony turned his angry eyes back to Leroy.
"This country doesn't welcome foreigners like us yet."
"You must not leave the hotel without my permission!"
"Leroy, as Elodie's maid, no matter how Elodie begs you, you should not take Elodie outside without authorization!"
"By doing this, you are personally putting Elodie and yourself into danger!"
"You have committed a serious crime of dereliction of duty - I have not wronged or wrongly accused you, have I?"
"Grandpa..." Listening to Anthony's severe rebuke, Elodie bit her lip.
When Elodie was about to say something more to Anthony, Leroy lowered his head again:
"...Yes. I plead guilty."
"It was me who slacked off at work, which caused the lady to have an accident today."
"Miss." Leroy raised his head and showed a grateful smile to Elodie in front of him, "Thank you for protecting me."
"But Mr. Angouleme was not wrong. I do have an unshirkable responsibility for today's series of accidents."
"I will accept any punishment."
"Humph." Looking at Leroy who sincerely confessed his crime, Anthony's expression became slightly better, "As long as you are willing to plead guilty."
"I will punish you slowly later."
Having said this, Anthony seemed to have remembered something and asked Leroy:
"How is that Tachibana Aoden doing now?"
"He is currently being treated by Mr. Kiryu in the next room." Leroy replied.
"Kiryu..." For some reason, Anthony's mouth twitched after hearing the name "Kiryu".
After a while, Anthony sighed softly: "Today can be considered a blessing among misfortunes... Fortunately, two warriors appeared in time when Elodie was attacked and repelled the attackers."
"otherwise……"
When Anthony said this, he closed his mouth tightly as if he couldn't bear to continue talking.
"...You all come with me." Anthony straightened his waist, "Let's go see the warrior who has been so kind to us."
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