Naruto Ukiyo-e Dream

Chapter 18 ○The Shadow of Flowers

Since I was forcefully driven away by Madara, I had no choice but to embark on a long journey to the capital of the land of water.A few days later, I appeared in front of the Daming Mansion in an instant. This time, the little guard let me in with insight.

As soon as I walked in, the daimyo gave me a warm welcome.The original solemn and solemn atmosphere in the mansion became bright and lively because of the princess' birthday.The original orchids and white lotus were replaced by fiery red irises and peonies, and colorful brocades adorned the eaves of Liangyu.

"Your Excellency Yakura, thank you very much for coming to my daughter's birthday party. If not, my daughter will probably overturn the house." Ishikawa Nansawa made a headache, which shows that this Princess Akiko is not less concerned about this matter. troubled his father.

"Yakura-kun, good day." Princess Akiko wore a light blue wide-sleeved kimono, with silver-plated cuffs, and a collar with delicate patterns, which were complex but not chaotic, and dense and dense.The whole body is embroidered with Baitan, which symbolizes nobility, and the light white is reflected on the sky blue, which is very beautiful.

Akiko came over and looked at me with a smile: "Yakura-kun, every year today I am free to leave the mansion, can you accompany me this year?" "Of course, the princess does not have to be so polite, I am afraid." She smiled lightly.

"Okay, let's go." Akiko put her arms around me, and happily left Daming Mansion with me. "Your Excellency Yakura, please take care of my little girl." Ishikawa Nansawa shouted to the backs of the two of them.

The courtiers behind Ishikawa Nansawa saw me leave, and slowly approached the daimyo: "Your Excellency daimyo has excellent eyesight, and you have found a good husband for Princess Akiko." "Mizukage-sama is a young talent, What a talent."

"Yakura is indeed a powerful character. After all, as a shadow, he is still qualified. However, he still lacks restraints in controlling Wuyin Village. He can only tie his hands and feet by marriage. And Akiko is very obsessed with him. , just perfect for them.”

"It's a beautiful thing that kills two birds with one stone, Your Majesty's great method. Not only welcomed the return of the handsome boy, but also took Wuyin Village into his pocket, and paid off Princess Yakiko's concern." The courtiers praised again and again.

Since I am used to shopping with Terumi Mei, it is more than enough to deal with this princess. "Hey, Yakura-kun, what do you think they eat?" "It should be called octopus balls, here, try it." I handed her a copy directly.

"Well, Yakura-kun is so good at taking care of people~" Akiko immediately became star-eyed. "Cough, today is the princess' birthday, as long as you are happy." I concealed my embarrassment.

"Hey, Yakura-kun, what do you think they are doing?" Akiko pointed to the street. "It should be playing a game." I looked at it with my head, well, I don't know this thing either.Akiko pulled me into the crowd and came to the pool. I finally knew what it was.

The traditional game of the summer festival, fishing for goldfish.To come over a net, Akiko and I cast it together, and our hand touched her hand inadvertently, Akiko's face blushed slightly, and she smiled happily again.Picking up a bag of goldfish, I sealed it into a scroll and gave it to Akiko.

"What's that?" Akiko tugged on my sleeve and asked, pointing to a lamp on a small stall. "Sky lanterns, placed on the river, can rise into the sky." "Light? Shouldn't it be lit in the house? Why put it on the water?" Akiko didn't understand the purpose of the lamp other than lighting.

I smiled and grabbed Akiko's hand, and said with a smile: "For making a wish, do you want it?" I didn't look back, but Akiko's cheeks were already flushed, and she turned her head away shyly.After a while, she said softly: "My wish is that Yakura-kun can always be with me."

The white sky lantern was painted with light blue cloud patterns, and the flames were lit on the rattan bracket. We let go together, and the sky lantern slowly rose from the river, flying higher and higher, and gradually turned into a white spot of light, sinking into the sky. In the air, and finally disappear completely.She made that wish, even though the moment she made up her mind it was doomed not to come true.

The light orange sky has turned crimson purple near the horizon, the setting sun is half hanging on the water, and the rose red reflection is reflected in the river, sprinkled with a light gold.Her brown hair was blown by the gentle breeze, and her lavender eyes seemed like the boundless sky.

"This is the happiest day in my life, Yakura-kun. I have never been so happy. There is no dogma, no rules, no constraints, and I can be with the people I like. I finally saw this colorful world, It is so colorful and colorful. If the world is a flower, then I am the one who lives in the shadows." Akiko paused.

"I'm not interested in politics, power, or wealth. All I care about is whether the inside and outside of this mansion are the same sky, whether it's the same world. Why are the high walls separating two different worlds? Obviously all Everyone sees the same sun, but the mansion can only see half of the sun covered by weeping willows forever. My life seems to be a crippled sun."

There was a sense of loneliness in Akiko's words.Because she is the princess of the country of water, and because she is the daughter of Ishikawa Nanzawa, from the moment she was born, she was doomed not to be able to control her own destiny. She has shouldered too much since she was a child. Maybe, she didn't want this.

In the evening, when we returned to the mansion, the banquet had already been set, and Akiko and I were seated one after another.Ishikawa Nansawa stood up and cleared his throat: "Today is my daughter, Akiko's 16th birthday, thank you very much for coming. In 16 years, Akiko has changed from a child who can't even walk to A slim girl, as her father, I am very proud, and I also want to send my most sincere blessings to my daughter."

"Your Excellency, just talking about it can't express the importance of Princess Akiko's coming-of-age ceremony, how about we give Princess Akiko a glass?" A courtier stood up, raised the wine glass to the princess, and drank it down. "Let's have a drink together." Akiko also raised her glass.

The princess spoke, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to pick up the wine glass.The wine is slightly sweet, but after drinking it, there is still a hot taste pouring into the throat. I don't like this feeling.God testifies, I was a high school student with good moral character in my previous life, I never touched tobacco or alcohol, and my ability to control alcohol is also poor to a certain level.

During the last Five Kages Conference, Shisui was able to drink a large bottle of wine without expression, which made me envious. She really looks like a man after time travel.In fact, Yi once practiced drinking in violation of school discipline and rules! (Zhi Shui: How can there be? I let you have an illusion, mistakenly think that I have finished drinking, okay!)

Because I was the guest of the princess, I was given alcohol by many people for various reasons. After a few drinks, I felt dizzy. My God, I am ashamed to go to the Daming Mansion!

I have to say that wine is a very artistic thing, which can make people temporarily forget their troubles and recall the best memories.

It seems to have returned to the original world again.It was farming time, and we had to cook our own food.Yi went to the cabinet, found a piece of ham, picked up a kitchen knife and quickly cut it into pieces, put butter in the pot, threw the cut ham in, the oil sizzled.The brewed barley tea was iced in the porcelain pot in the corner. After frying the ham, Yi cut another piece of steamed bun and heated it on the stove.It was the best food I have ever eaten in my life.

That night, the two of us sat side by side in the field with the dinner we made, looking up at the stars.The sky in the countryside is very clean. On the night of May, there is no trace of the Big Dipper in the sky, and a few bright stars are dotted on the dark curtain.

The moonlight is shining, the faint shadows of the trees are whirling, and the clouds are drifting by.We just watched quietly, watching the stars all over the sky like fluorescent lights embedded in the sky, I raised my hands, trying to catch the moonlight, but it seemed to slip through my fingers like fine sand.

It's like sighing many years later, I can't grasp what I want, the people I value, they pass through my fingers like moonlight, seeming to warn me never to dream of getting it.Yes, they turned into the shadows of flowers, dissipating and dissipating as the flowers bloom and fall again and again.

Hold the wine to listen to the water tone several times, wake up late drunk and worry about not waking up.When do you go back at night?The evening mirror hurts the fleeting years, and the past is empty and quiet in the later period.

I was drunk, but woke up for a moment.I once tried to imagine that it was like a Ukiyo-e dream, broken, like a glitzy world, the dream depicted was broken.But I'm drunk, I'm already unconscious, and if I can, it's fine.

"I didn't expect Yakura-sama to be a good drinker." Ishikawa Nansawa rubbed his chin, "Father, let me help Yakura-kun go back to the house to rest. It happened to be a day of fun, and I'm a little tired." Aki son out.

"Let the guards help him back to the house." Ishikawa Nanzawa waved his hand, he still knows his daughter's little thoughts, since she is an adult, let her decide for herself.

Bieyuan, "You can just send it here, and I will help Yakura-kun back." Akiko dismissed the guards.I was already sleepy and had entered a state of suspended animation. Akiko helped me up and stepped into the hospital.

The boy who seemed a little taller than her was unexpectedly light and very thin. It was hard to imagine how such a body could kill an opponent of absolute strength like the third generation of Raikage.

Holding Yagura, Akiko walked slowly into the house. She deliberately walked slowly, as if she was snuggling with this boy.The young man is a very handsome type, but if you look closely, the exquisite facial features reveal a natural heroism, mixed with immaturity, which is exceptionally good-looking.

"...Yakura-kun, I love you." Akiko said softly, and after she finished speaking, even she didn't realize it, two blushes flew up on her face.Subconsciously clenched his hand, Akiko felt very warm, her warm heart almost melted away.

The night sky, which was so calm without any waves, suddenly had a strange ripple, and the air twisted in a swirl shape, forming a strange hollow.Akiko backed away vigilantly, looking exquisitely at the whirlpool, as if she was going to be sucked in for a moment.

A tall man with an orange swirl mask walked in. "Who!" Akiko Qingzha said, "Me?" The masked man froze for a moment and said, "I am the third Mizukage of Kirigakure." After speaking, he took off his mask.

A very handsome man, this is the first impression of him, he is about 30 years old, but he may not be his real age, his indifferent expression, the sense of oppression is even suffocating.

Maybe he is not young, but his appearance is still handsome, with long and narrow silkworm eyes, thin lips, fair skin, long black hair and a pair of crimson eyes.Like a lone wolf on the prairie, it gives people a deep sense of dangerous beauty.

"What are you doing here?" Akiko asked, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Of course we brought our fourth Mizukage home." Madara walked towards the princess, Akiko stepped back in fear and hugged Yagura tightly. "Tsk, it's really tricky, even holding on to him, but do you think you can keep him? Hmph, stupid."

Madara came over in an instant, grabbed Yagura, and held him in his arms.Suddenly, a trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes, "I'm drunk again, I know I can't drink enough, but I still force myself, really."

Fingers lightly touched my smooth cheeks, which were almost transparent against the bright moonlight. "You, who are you? What are you going to do to Yakura-kun!" Akiko clenched her fists and asked gnashing her teeth.

"You woman," Yuexia said, Madara's slender fingers pointed at Akiko, "I just want to say it again, stay away from Yakura, and never set my mind on him, otherwise, I will let you You and your family go to hell."

After a vortex, the other courtyard became empty. Akiko sat kneeling on the corridor, looking at the empty sky, two lines of crystal-like tears rolled down, crackling like broken threads.Among the clump of flowers, she is destined to become a shadow, even if it is such a bright color, it is also destined to become that touch of gray.

In the early morning of the next day, Akiko entered the academy and sent word that she was studying history, but in fact, she wanted to know who the man who took Yagura away yesterday was.She is a gentle princess, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about the inexplicable departure of the person she values ​​most in her heart.

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