sleepless night

Ezo.Dance mountain.This can be regarded as the land of snow with only one winter in four seasons.It is the hometown of frozen powder snow.This is only an intermediate stop for Qihua and Jiuer to travel together, but it is a huge turning point for Qishi and Fenxue.Qishi slaughtered everyone in the Dongkong clan except Fenxue here.Powder snow here is a lonely wretch.

But when they came here again, the time was different, and the mood was no longer the same as it was ten years ago.

Not to mention the tacit understanding between the knife and its master.The two came to Yueshan one after another.But this accident is not considered a reunion. Instead, they just met the same person and learned a repeated story.

Leaving aside Qishi for the time being, Fenxue returned to her hometown after ten years, and her eyes were no longer blood-red, but still the familiar snow-white and coldness in her memory, which somewhat made her nostalgic and uneasy.This place was originally full of her childhood memories, but it also had nightmares that she could never forget.If it wasn't for the kind of deep-rooted fear, it wouldn't cause her to lose Qishi. Everything was like a vicious circle, and she couldn't find a balance for a while.

"I didn't expect you to have such a past. It's embarrassing to think about it." Along the way, Kraun also intermittently learned about the past of these two legendary women in order to resolve the downturn in powder snow.Sure enough, he deserves the word "legendary", especially Fenxue. Kraun put himself in the shoes of Fenxue, but realized that he really couldn't be like Fenxue, who could travel calmly with his genocide enemy, and even greeted him with a smile.Regarding Fenxue's theory that "Qishi is no longer the same after death, Qishi is a new Qishi, and everything that used to be passed with Qishi's death" is not something ordinary people can understand.But during the days of traveling with Qishi and Fenxue, Kraun understands that Qishi is not really heinous, nor is Dongkong Fenxue really kind and blind enough to throw away the hatred of genocide.

They each have their own standards to measure all the relationships.This is not something outsiders can interrupt.But it is also an indisputable fact that Fenxue avoided Qishi due to the fear in her memories.There is nothing wrong with Qi Shi leaving here.

Everything happens for a reason.All reasons cannot be an excuse for mistakes.

Along the way, Fenxue also stated many times that she was indeed wrong.I know I was wrong, I want to redeem, I want to apologize.

But Qishi has never been found.This time, after hearing the news that Qihua appeared in Ezo, Fenxue also did a lot of psychological construction before finally letting go of all the hesitation and fear in her heart, and took the step of finding Qishi.

Ezo can be regarded as the countryside of Japan, and the only ethnic group here is Dongkong.As the little princess here, although Fenxue has been gifted since she was a child, she doesn't know the world, and even the basic knowledge of the world is not clear enough.

It wasn't until I went to the Santu Shrine in Izumo that Fenxue really knew something.The shogunate, ronin, samurai, class, differences between men and women.very many.

When she returned to her hometown again, although she talked and laughed with Kraun along the way, she actually saw a lot of things in the dark.The women who are working hard in the fields, and the children who are running and playing in the fields.The worldly sophistication mixed in the conversation that was not revealed in time, all this was something she had not been exposed to before.

It turns out that the people at the bottom of the mountain live like this.Fen Xue thought so, but subconsciously frowned.Men compete to be warriors, want to get ahead, want fame, status, money, women.Women want to marry a good family, preferably a samurai, give birth to a bunch of children, do housework, and live like this.

This is life.But a few words.It's outrageously simple.Not going anywhere, seeing nothing.Only those things that I can see will come naturally even if I don't reach out.Just like this for a lifetime.

From Fenxue's point of view, it was simply terrifying.Although she cultivated herself in the shrine, she didn't think that people should live like this.She is only in her early twenties this year, but she has already traveled half of Japan, met many people, had many life-and-death battles, and even followed a foreigner by her side.

Living like this is considered wonderful, isn't it?Even if you have been chasing someone.Even if you are running around and tired, you can't be sure that you are absolutely safe.Not sure what day I will survive.

But it's better than someone who can't even cross that inch of land.

Although Fenxue is curious about the life of ordinary people, she does not yearn for it.As for ordinary people, there are many people who envy and yearn for a wanderer like her.

"Are you the last one of the Dongkong clan?" On this day, a young and beautiful girl at the foot of the mountain stopped Fenxue who was walking around to inquire about the news, and she used some unpleasant titles when she opened her mouth.

Even though Fenxue no longer has any grudges about the extermination of the clan, it is somewhat unprepared to be brought up so suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Crane's expression turned cold immediately.Although he looks like a little boy, and his voice is also a male duck voice in the period of voice change, but he is a real middle-aged uncle in his forties, and he also loves this strong but simple girl beside him.Seeing that his companion didn't reply, he directly blocked Fen Xue.

The young girl at the bottom of the mountain was frightened by Kraun's somewhat vicious question, she hesitated for a while, and then said weakly: "I'm sorry, I just follow the wishes of the village chief. Please go over and talk. I don't know your names... sorry."

Seeing the grievance of the little girl who was about to cry, Klauen didn't want to be embarrassed anymore, but just waved his hands angrily: "That's all. Who is your village chief? If there is no important information, I will not accept this way of inviting people." Not flattering."

"That's right, it's in the village ahead, please go there for a while. I don't want to be scolded..." Now the young village girl really cried "Wow".I don't know if I thought of the scene of being scolded or what, it looks very miserable.

Powder Snow didn't think so much.She has always been the type who doesn't like to use her brain very much, and she doesn't know much about conspiracy theories.I just thought that since I wanted to go there by myself, then go for it.She is not afraid even of traps.She knew her fighting strength, even if she was surrounded, she could escape.Unless the shogunate really made up its mind to send a large army over.But at this time, the civil war is chaotic, and her single combat power will not be regarded as a threat by those famous princes.

"Then go have a look."

Even though the decision was made like this, Fenxue still subconsciously wanted to go back and ask her companions for their opinions.But what catches the eye is the little boy-like Klauen, not the depressed and beautiful woman.This sense of gap makes people feel sad, but they can only swallow the pain that they have caused by their own death.

Even after meeting the village chief who was terrified by the beautiful young village girl, this sadness did not weaken in the slightest.

"You are the one in the rumors, right?" The village head is not the type of white-bearded grandfather that Fen Xue had guessed, but a young man who even looks a little weak.But the calculating light in those deep eyes from time to time is somewhat unpleasant.

Although Fenxue doesn't like to use her brain, her intuition is comparable to that of a beast, and she has a very human sense of smell for factors that are not good for her. In just a moment, she can be sure that although this is the first time she has met the village chief, she is indeed in the village. With some bad ideas.

"I'm sorry, I originally wanted to inquire about some news, but I know I came by mistake." Fen Xue spoke in a rare and serious manner, with a kind of forbearance on her pretty little face.She understands that this person who is calculating her will never let her leave so easily.But it was precisely because of this that she was able to tear her face apart without being afraid of an unavoidable killing in the future.

"Hehe, children shouldn't always be thinking about fighting and killing." Even if the village head heard the killing intent in Fen Xue's words, he was only taken aback for a moment, and then smiled all over his face, "Let's sit down Let’s have a good talk. I don’t have any definite news about Nichika, but it’s certain that Nichimi went to the Saraba Workshop and took the Falling Heaven Record. Don’t you want to know about that woman.”

Indeed, the village head is a smart man.For Dongkong Fenxue, she hopes to find Qishi more than Qihua.It was only after Qishi left that she realized that Qishi was a worry she had never dared to explain.Afraid of her but also like her.That kind of complicated emotion is the most uncontrollable thing for pure powder snow.She didn't understand and couldn't control it. She had no choice but to indulge herself not to think about these issues all the time.

So Qishi's departure is an inevitable result.The more she understood this, the more helpless Fenxue felt.She wanted to overcome her fear, but didn't know exactly how to do it.But an apology is necessary, and it is her wish to be forgiven.

Knowing that it was probably a scam, Fenxue still compromised.She bowed her head to her instinct once.Regret for a long time.She doesn't want to regret anymore.

"Then, tell me. Qishi's news." Looking at the deep and beautiful eyes of the village head, Fenxue finally couldn't help exuding murderous aura.She is controlled by others now, but what she hates the most in her nature is being controlled by others.

However, the village chief didn't seem to feel the killing intent at all, he was still smiling, and even narrowed his eyes happily: "Now, we can finally have a good talk."

What the village chief told was a story, a rumor about a woman who went out of the village.He hoped that Fenxue could go to find the whereabouts of that woman for their village.Of course, if you can't find it, at least go and bring back something that the woman took.

Although the words were vague, Fenxue understood what the other party meant.She was traveling to find Qihua's whereabouts, and it's not impossible to find the whereabouts of that woman along the way.But such a simple thing shouldn't let her have such a "dangerous" intuition.

"You still have a lot to hide from me. Aren't you going to explain?" Fenxue looked carefully at the wise and black-bellied village head, and thought of Qishi inexplicably.Qishi is also such a black-bellied woman.Sure enough, I still miss her.

"Heh. Few people in the Dong Kong clan are as smart as you. The intuition of a beast, right? It's really powerful." In the eyes of the village head, there was a light that Powder Snow couldn't understand, but it was fleeting, "You saw that You’ll understand when you’re there. All I can do now is to tell you that person’s portrait and name. Her name is Hayase Chinatsu. She’s an astrologer.”