Chapter 73 On the eve of the storm, the war will begin! (Part 2)
"Miss Angoulême?" Qingdeng turned to look at the owner of the childish female voice, and stopped waving the sword in his hand.
Because the snow on the ground was quite thick, in order to avoid soiling her long skirt, Elodie held up the hem of the skirt with both hands and skipped towards Qingden.
Elodie's golden hair, braided into three strands and falling from her right shoulder to her chest, also jumped as Elodie jumped up and down.
Since leaving Fujisawa-juku yesterday, Elodie has not worn the blue and white kimono, but instead wears a long white dress.
Qingden didn't know much about clothing, and he couldn't recognize the formal scientific name of the dress Elodie was wearing. Anyway, this long dress was quite beautiful and matched well with Elodie, who had blond hair and blue eyes.
Her maid, Leroy, no longer wore the light yellow kimono, but changed into a dark yellow maid costume. She put her hands in front of her body and followed Ai Luo step by step.
The back of the pedicle.
Seeing Elodie coming over, Qingden put the shining knife back into its sheath and smiled at Elodie:
"Good evening, Mademoiselle Angoulême."
"Mr. Orange, good evening!" Elodie greeted Qingden with a bright smile, her sapphire-like eyes flashing.
If Qingdeng could use one word to describe this little girl who is only 12 years old this year... it would be a bit of a "tomboy".
To put it simply, Elodie's character is a bit too lively.
Elodie's character and Kinoshita Mai's character are almost completely opposite.
Kinoshita Mai is afraid of strangers and easily shy. When meeting unfamiliar people, she cannot speak clearly or completely.
Elodie is the complete opposite.
She has a very cheerful personality and is not afraid of strangers at all. She is obviously a French girl from a wealthy family and has many privileges in this country, but she has no airs.
It's hard to imagine how Kinoshita Mai and Elodie, two people with completely opposite personalities, became close friends...
Mingming and Qingdeng had just met, but Elodie was able to get along with Qingdeng without any flinch and as if they had known each other for several years.
Ever since Qingdeng took a ride with their family yesterday, Elodie would greet Qingdeng with great enthusiasm every time she saw Qingdeng.
At first, Qingden thought Elodie was so enthusiastic towards him because he had saved her.
But after two days of careful observation, Qingden discovered that Elodie's cheerful and familiar character was not just for him, she was like this to everyone.
No matter who in this convoy, whether it was Boss Kiryu or the guards headed by Komuro, Elodie was always so down-to-earth and generous, without any condescension or look down on others.
Therefore, Komuro and others like this cheerful little girl.
This is probably what the so-called soil and water support a person.
In this Edo period, which was still in a feudal state and had a lot of oppression on women, and women were encouraged to be quiet and listen to men, women like Elodie were really rare.
Qingden quite likes Elodie's "tomboy" character.
After all, he is not very good at getting along with the opposite sex.
Compared with that kind of woman whose expressions and moods are unpredictable, a girl like Elodie with a straightforward "tomboy" personality can make Qingden feel more comfortable getting along with her.
In addition to her straightforward personality, Qingdeng also found that this girl seemed to have a pretty big heart.
It was obvious that she had just encountered such a horrific thing as being "attacked by a ronin" at Fujisawa Juku's place the day before yesterday. As a result, from yesterday, this girl acted as if nothing had happened, smiling happily and playing...
By the way, Anthony seems to be very fond of his granddaughter.
The day before yesterday, she sneaked out of the hotel in Fujisawa and almost got into trouble, but Anthony didn't seem to give Elodie any substantial punishment.
No corporal punishment, no grounding.
During the past two days, whenever the motorcade stopped to rest, Elodie was free to run and play happily within 30 meters of the motorcade.
As for whether Anthony gave Elodie verbal criticism, Qingden didn't know.
But Qingdeng guessed that even if Elodie was given verbal criticism, the words used to reprimand Elodie would not be too intense.
After all, if the words were quite fierce and scolded Elodie to pieces, then it would be impossible for Elodie to be so happy and lively in the past two days.
After greeting Qingden warmly, Elodie glanced at Qingden's right leg.
"Mr. Tachibana, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, so you're practicing swordplay here. Is that okay?" Elodie asked in a concerned tone.
"It's okay." Qingdeng stood on tiptoe with his right leg, "My right leg just suffered some skin trauma."
"Don't exercise too vigorously, just don't let the wound open."
The medicine Kiryu applied to his wound was really effective.
Although I now step on the ground with my right foot, I still feel a little pain due to the stretching of the muscles around the wound, but the pain has been reduced a lot compared to the day before yesterday.
"Huh? By the way... Miss Angoulême, why don't you see Miss Kinoshita?" Qingden raised his head and looked around, and couldn't help but ask Elodie this way.
After casually dismissing the topic of his leg injury, Qingto realized that there was no Kinoshita Mai within his field of vision.
This made Qingdeng feel surprised...
Because in these two days, Kinoshita Mai and Elodie are really like a pair of "Siamese twins", inseparable... Wherever there is Kinoshita Mai, there must be Elodie, and you can see Elodie
Wherever you go, you can definitely see Kinoshita Mai...
At this time, Kinoshita Mai was not seen next to Elodie... This made Qingto couldn't help but ask Elodie about Kinoshita Mai's whereabouts...
"Miss Wu? Miss Wu is currently looking for a suitable place to build a snowman at the other end of the camp!" Elodie said with excitement.
"...Snowman?" Qing Deng tilted his head.
"The snow that fell today is very suitable for building a snowman!" Elodie bent down, grabbed a handful of snow on the ground, and then sprinkled it hard on top of her head, creating a "Goddess scattered flowers", "
It’s wet and sticky, perfect for building a snowman!”
"Miss Wu and I have made an agreement to compete in building a snowman tonight!"
"We are now splitting up to find a suitable venue for building a snowman."
"Miss Wu, she went to the other end of the camp to look for her, while I looked in this direction!"
After that, Elodie added:
"Tonight, I'm going to make a huge grandpa!"
Elodie opened her arms and swung them hard, drawing a huge circle in front of her - she probably wanted to draw out Anthony's big belly.
Elodie's sapphire eyes were shining with beautiful light.
This is the light that only a child with a very simple mind can possess.
Seeing the light in Elodie's eyes, Qingden subconsciously smiled faintly.
"Miss Angouleme, if you are looking for a place suitable for building a snowman..." Qingden raised his head and looked around, "There seems to be no suitable place for building a snowman nearby. The snow nearby
Either too little or too dirty... huh?"
Qingdeng, who was looking around, suddenly stopped.
Looking straight into the distance...to the east of the camp.
"Huh? Mr. Tachibana, what's wrong?" Elodie followed Qingdeng's line of sight and looked toward the east of the camp with Qingdeng.
"...It's nothing." Qingdeng's eyelids sank slightly and he narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's just that I just...seemed to see a figure moving in the east of the camp..."
"Human figure?" Elodie was stunned for a moment, then stood up on her tiptoes and tried her best to look towards the east of the camp. Then she blinked her eyes a few times in confusion, "...there is nothing."
Suddenly, Qingden felt a chill on the back of his neck.
He raised his hand and touched the back of his neck - his fingertips touched a small piece of melted snow.
"Is it snowing...?" Qingdeng raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Pieces of fine snow fell and danced from the thick clouds.
Dotted with dark clouds.
The catkins flying like catkins bring bursts of coolness.
…
…
At this moment——
North of the camp——
call……!
A cold wind suddenly blew up.
Snowflakes falling from the clouds were rolled up.
Rolled up...the hem of Suehiro's haori.
Suehiro stood upright on a high slope somewhere, looking at the camp of Aoden and others in the distance with a very serious expression, which was lit up like daylight by the dots of torches...
With his right hand, he placed his favorite gun: Fengqie heavily on the ground.
In his left hand, he held a matchlock that had already been lit...
The cold wind...is blowing with increasing force...
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