I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

There was a small bug in the last chapter. In the last chapter, Afjay mentioned "Emperor of France", but here I made a mistake and made some historical mistakes.

There is no emperor in France at this time, and now there is only a king in France. In the current timeline of this book, the king of France is the famous Louis XVI. That's right, the hapless king who died on the guillotine he invented.

It has been corrected now, please let me know.

By the way - the famous Napoleon is still just a little-known and very ordinary artilleryman in the army. It will not be until 1804, 13 years later, that he will be crowned emperor and Megatron Europe.

In France at this point in time, Louis XVI is still in power.

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"Ah, the way those men looked at that friendly woman just now, the more they thought about it, the more angry they became." The red headband flattened his mouth displeased again.

After all, the red headband unconsciously glanced at his breasts, which were no different from men after putting on thick clothes.

Among the Ainu people, at some point, this saying suddenly became popular: women who are more plump there will have more milk after giving birth, and the children they raise will be stronger.

When and where the saying became popular—no one knows.

Whether this claim is true or not—no one knows.

However, this kind of rumor that I don't know when and where it became popular, and I don't know if it's true or not, still spreads inexplicably.

Although some people scoff at this statement, many people believe in this statement.

The fathers and mothers of many families encourage their children to find a diligent wife in the future, preferably a woman who is plump enough to be a wife, so that the next generation can have a healthy body.

Unknowingly, it also had a lot of influence on the aesthetics of many Ainu men.

The girl with the red headband doesn't know what other villages are like, anyway, she knows that the aesthetics of the boys in their Qina village have been poisoned.

"Speaking of which—when Ahili first started learning how to use a bow, didn't that place be hit by the bowstring once?" The purple headband looked at the girl with the orange headband, "Ahili's That size will be bounced by the bowstring, let alone that kind woman."

"Don't suddenly bring up my past embarrassment..." The girl in the orange headband blushed slightly, and raised her hands to cover her chest.

"If the friendly woman just now wanted to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, she would have to tie her chest with a piece of cloth like Ahili did." The purple headband said solemnly.

"I think with the size of that Japanese woman... Even if it is tied with cloth, the range that can be reduced is very limited." The blue headband interjected, "She is wearing such thick clothes, and there are so bulging, it's amazing. Know what size she would be if she took her clothes off."

"I don't know what that Aiyaka suddenly brought two Kazutos to our village." The orange-headed girl with her hands still covering her chest whispered.

Red headband: "Since it was brought back by that Aiyaka, then those two people should not be bad people."

"I'm more curious now about the relationship between the couple." The girl with the blue headband tilted her head, "Are they husband and wife?"

"I think it should be husband and wife." Purple Headband nodded, "That woman and man are sitting very close."

The purple headband patted his chest.

"That Kazuto woman's breasts are directly attached to the Kazuto man's back. Only husband and wife can make such an intimate gesture."

"Hmph." The red headband curled his lips, "The men in our village must be envious of that man with such a bulging chest on his back."

"Really, I think of those men who didn't even roll their eyes just now. I'm really angry."

"Speaking of which - that man is so weird." Purple Headband muttered, "Since there are two knives stuck in his waist, then he should be that or something? That... what is it?"

"warrior.

"The blue headband replied for the purple headband.

"Yes, yes, yes." Purple Headband nodded vigorously, "It's a samurai. On Kazuto's side, anyone with a knife in their waist is called a 'samurai'."

"Since that man was a warrior just now, why does he still have hair?"

The purple headband touched the hair on the top of his head.

"Wouldn't those warriors in Kazuto shave off the top of their heads?"

"I see those Heshang who often come to our village, and those warriors who are in charge of guarding, they all have no hair on their heads."

"You're right." Orange Headband nodded, "It's strange that the man had hair on his head just now."

Red headband: "Isn't it true that not all samurai need to shave the hair on top of their heads? Or is that man not a real samurai?"

"Hmm... I think that person might not be a real warrior." The blue headband said seriously, "Because you see—that person doesn't look very powerful."

"It doesn't look very strong. I feel that if you let him draw the bow and shoot arrows, he won't have the strength to draw the bow after shooting many arrows."

"That makes sense." The red headband nodded, "That person doesn't seem to be as powerful as those gold diggers who came to trouble our village a year ago."

"Those gold diggers from a year ago, some of them looked quite strong."

"But they're just a little bit stronger."

Speaking of this, a bit of pride appeared on the face of the red headband.

"When the gang of gold diggers attacked, I personally shot down a strong man among the gold diggers."

"What's the use of being strong? It's not vulnerable to bows and arrows."

"You have told your heroic deeds a year ago many times." The purple headband said in a helpless tone, "My ears are almost bleeding from hearing it."

These four girls, who wear headbands in four colors: red, purple, blue, and orange, are close friends with each other.

The oldest one, the one with the red headband, is 15 years old this year.

The other three were the same age, all 14 years old.

In addition to being close friends, the four of them have one thing in common—their father and elder brother all disappeared from the previous "disappearance incident" and have not returned yet.

Since the "disappearance incident" that caused most of the young and strong men in Qina Village to disappear, these four girls picked up bows and learned how to use bows and arrows like other women in the village.

There is also cruel competition among Ainu settlements.

The young and middle-aged are the precious labor and combat power of each settlement.

Avoid being bullied by other villages in the future—this is one of the important reasons why so many women in Qina Village have picked up bows and arrows and learned how to use bows and arrows from scratch.

However, there is another very important reason why the four girls with different colored headbands learn bows and arrows - to facilitate their further search for their missing father and brother in the mountains.

Even if the father and elder brother are dead, their bodies should be moved back to the village.

Bears, wolves and other wild animals are everywhere, and there is no need to repeat how dangerous the mountain forest is where gold diggers pop out from time to time.

Therefore, if you want to go deep into the mountains to find your missing father and brother, you must have a certain ability to protect yourself.

Although due to their age and gender, these four girls do not have much strength.

The girl with the red headband who was the best at using bows and arrows shot 15 arrows in a row, which was the limit for two people—this was on the premise of using the not-so-powerful bow she was currently carrying.

But all four of them are quite talented in archery. Although they don't have enough strength to shoot too many arrows, their accuracy is not bad.

The "Gold Digger Attack" incident a year ago that the girl with the red headband just mentioned was the incident that Aiyaka told Ogata and Atachi last night.

A year ago, a group of gold diggers heard from somewhere that Qina Village has now become a "widow village" with few young and strong men.

With evil thoughts in mind, they took their weapons and went to Qina Village.

In the end, he was hit head-on by the only remaining young adults and female warriors in Qina Village.

The girl with the red headband was also involved in the fight a year ago.

At that time, she was lying on the house and shot an arrow in the thigh of a gold digger who was as strong as a bear.

With this deed, the girl with the red headband became a well-known little soldier in the village of Qina.

"You shouldn't be judged by your appearance." The girl with the orange headband suddenly interjected, "Although that person doesn't look very strong, he doesn't have to be strong to be powerful."

"I heard that some knive masters among Kazuren can easily split boulders even if they are not strong after they have practiced their knives to a certain level and penetrated something."

The girl with the orange headband is named Ashley. She is the youngest of the four, not long after her 14th birthday.

Not only the youngest, but also the best looking one.

Plump and blush cheeks, brimming with vitality.

The pupils that shone with childishness and youthfulness had an extraordinary brilliance.

In addition to being the best-looking one, it was also the one who developed a figure more like a mature woman.

When drawing the bow and archery for the first time, because she was inexperienced, and the instructor who was in charge of teaching her bow and arrow at that time was also negligent, so when she let go of the bowstring, the bowstring bounced directly to her chest.

It left a bloodstain on her chest that looked so red that it was about to bleed at any moment, and it took her several days to recover from the pain.

Since then, it has become a daily routine for girls with orange headbands to wrap their breasts with a cloth belt that can bind them tightly after getting up every day.

"These are all nonsense." The red-headed girl waved her hands disdainfully, "Splitting a rock with a knife? The rock is so hard, how could it be possible to split a rock with a knife?"

"I think that 'breaking a stone with one knife' is completely nonsense."

"It's just to brag about their knives and their sword skills."

"I also know that if you use a knife to chop a stone, the knife may be smashed, and only a few white marks will be left on the stone."

"Ahili." The girl with the blue headband said in a playful tone, "Do you think that man just now is the kind of person who can split stones with a knife?"

"I didn't say that." The orange headband hurriedly said, "I just gave you an example that you can't judge people by their appearance."

The girl with the red headband shrugged: "Even if there is such a person who can split rocks with a knife, it is impossible for him to be that kind of young man."

"That Kazuto just now seemed to be in his early 20s."

"It shouldn't be much older than us."

"For a person of this age, it's pretty good to be able to practice the knife until the hand doesn't shake when swinging the knife."

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The relationship between Kuma Village and Kina Village has always been very good, and many people in Kina Village are even very close to Aiyaka.

Because of this deep relationship, when Aiyaka brought Ogata and Ating into Kina Village, he didn't need to report to the village chief of Kina Village or anyone else, and he could bring people into the village openly.

This is the trust that China Village has in Kuma Village and in Aiyaka.

Aiyaka drove a dog sled into the depths of the village and parked the sled at a corner under the guidance of several villagers from the village.

A strong man who was acquainted with Aiyaka lent their family's "Setakuma" to Aiyaka so that Aiyaka could tie his four sled dogs.

"Setakuma" is a unique word among the Ainu people, referring to a long pole specially used to tie dogs.

"Setakuma" looks a bit like a clothesline—a long pole is placed horizontally on two long poles that are vertical on the ground.

Then tie the dog leash to the crossbar that lay across the two long poles stuck in the ground.

After placing the sled and the 4 sled dogs, Aiyaka loudly announced their intention to the villagers still surrounding them not far away.

After learning that Aiyaka brought the two Kazuren friends behind him to find someone, many people who are familiar with Aiyaka immediately responded positively, saying that they would know everything if they asked casually. .

"Let's go. Mashima, A-Machi." Aiyaka said to Ogata and A-Machi behind him, "Let's start with those people who have a good relationship with me."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

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At this very moment—

Qina Village, the home of the village chief——

The village head of Qina Village is named "Che Puke", an old man who is 72 years old this year.

Chepke is now sitting on the floor of his house, looking up and down at the red-haired stranger sitting cross-legged in front of him.

This stranger with red hair is none other than Skulucci.

Skulucci does not speak Ainu, only Japanese, so he and Chepke need a translator to communicate smoothly.

Fortunately, China Village is also a village that often cooperates with Heshang, so there is no shortage of people who can listen and speak Japanese in the village.

The person in charge of the translation, and... the combatants who are on guard against all kinds of emergencies sit around Chepke.

But Skulucci complied with Chepke's request and only brought two of his subordinates into the village, while the rest of his subordinates waited outside the village.

The two subordinates he brought were named Avjay and Lev.

Afjay is the freckled young man who caught 6 fat rabbits for everyone a few days ago.

He had been the best hunter in his native land, and the best with muskets of all Scruzzi's men.

And Lev is one of Skulucci's old subordinates. Although he is not good-looking and neither fat nor thin, he is a ruthless man who has practiced the "Chashik knife technique" passed down from generation to generation by their Cossacks. people.

Among Skulucci and his group, only Skulucci can be Lev's opponent when it comes to sword skills.

The reason why Scruucci brought these two combatants under his command was also to facilitate the handling of any unpleasant things that might happen.

Skulucci and Chepke had introduced themselves to each other just now.

After introducing himself, Chepke asked Scruucci bluntly:

"Stranger. You said you have something very important to talk to us about. Tell us now, the so-called important thing in your mouth. (Ainu language)"

The young man in charge of the translation translated what Chepke said just now into Japanese word for word.

After listening to the interpretation of the young man in charge of translation, Scruzzi shrugged while smiling.

"It's actually nothing."

"It's just that a group of strangers from the far west like me are bored and plan to do what they used to do, robbing money and women everywhere."

"So I just want to remind you - when you sleep, remember to sleep with your weapon in your arms."

As soon as the translator finished translating Skulucci's words, Chepke and the others all showed shock.

"There are foreigners planning to plunder everywhere?" (Ainu language)" Chepke frowned, "How do you know? (Ainu language)"

"Because those guys approached me a few days ago. They planned to recruit me into the gang." Sculucci tugged at a hair with many forks on his forehead, "I'm not interested in this kind of thing. So I refused them."

Although Scruucci was of Scottish origin, his hair was not curly like that of Europeans.

His red hair was straight, more like the hair of a yellow race.

"...Since you are from the same race as those foreigners who plan to plunder everywhere, why did you reject them? Why did you come here to tell us this?"

"Didn't I just say that? I'm not interested in things like looting."

"As for you asking me why I came here to tell you this..."

Aiyaka sneered.

"I didn't come here specifically to tell you this."

"I don't know which village those guys plan to plunder."

"They may attack your village, or they may attack other villages. Of course, they may also attack many villages including yours."

"I just happened to pass by your village with my subordinates."

"I feel that there is such a fate, so I kindly came here to remind you."

"Okay, that's all I want to say."

After saying that, Scruucci stood up.

Avjay and Lev who were sitting behind him also got up together.

"Bless yourselves."

"Whether to be ready to fight at any time, or to take the whole village to escape temporarily - you decide for yourself."

"However, my advice to you is to flee as soon as possible."

"Escape to the deep mountains and wild forests for a while."

"If they choose your village as their target, you will not be able to defeat the Cossacks."

Skulucci's words directly changed the expressions of everyone including Chepke.

"Hey! (Ainu language)" a strong man directly asked Skulucci loudly, "Do you think we are incapable of repelling the foreigners who covet our village? (Ainu language)"

As soon as the strong man finished speaking, Scruucci nodded.

"Well, that's right. If those guys set your village as an attack target, you can't beat them back with your bows and arrows."

"...Don't underestimate us. Strangers." Another thin middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "The village was attacked—it's not like we haven't encountered such things before."

"Just one year ago, there happened to be a group of undead Japanese people who attacked our village. But they were easily repelled by us."

"Don't underestimate our combat effectiveness."

"This is our hometown. How can we run away without firing an arrow? This will be ridiculed by other villages. (Ainu language)"

Since the "disappearance incident", the villagers of Qina Village have been very sensitive to all matters involving the dignity of the village.

Because they were too afraid that people from other villages would come and bully them.

"... Stranger." At this moment, Chepke, the village chief, finally spoke, "Don't take us as idiots who don't understand anything."

"We don't know nothing about you fair-skinned people from the far west."

"I know you use a weapon called a 'gun'."

"You just think that our bows and arrows are no match for muskets. (Ainu language)"

"Oh?" Scruucci raised his eyebrows, "You even know muskets?"

"I know that muskets are very powerful, but that's all." Chepke continued, "Your muskets can only fire one round at a time, and it takes a long time to reload the bullets after each round."

"And it's not accurate, it can't hit things that are too far away."

"In comparison, our bows and arrows are still superior."

"In terms of firing rate and accuracy alone, our bows and arrows are stronger than your muskets."

"So you don't need to worry about us."

"If it is true as you said, someone attacked our village."

"We will beat them back beautifully. (Ainu)"

Scruucci has been listening to Chepke's remarks in silence.

After Chepke finished speaking, the corners of Scruucci's mouth turned up slightly.

As if hearing something very interesting, he showed a meaningful smile.

"... Chief, let me guess—you must have never been attacked by a white-skinned man before?"

Chepke: "... so what? (Ainu)"

"What you just said is so fucking outdated."

"The muskets of the past are indeed inferior to bows and arrows."

"But now times have changed, muskets have evolved rapidly, but bows and arrows have remained the same."

Scruucci patted the Kentucky long rifle on his back.

"Now bows and arrows are no match for muskets at all."

"If you insist on defending the village and using bows and arrows against muskets, then I won't say much."

"After all, I'm just a passer-by who came here to report a letter."

"What to do next is up to you to decide."

"Let's go first. Good luck."

After finishing speaking, Skulucci waved his hand, leading Avjay and Lev to turn around and walk towards the door not far away.

But before walking a few steps, Scruucci suddenly stopped, and then turned to Chepke who was not far away and asked:

"Chief, it's getting dark now."

"For the sake of my good intention to help you report the letter, allow me and my subordinates to camp next to your village."

"We'll be leaving tomorrow morning."

"...As long as you and your subordinates don't mess with each other and don't enter our village casually, I'll do whatever you want." (Ainu language)" Chepke said.

"Thank you~~"

Skulucci waved his hand again, and then led Avjay and Lev away completely.

And Chepke winked at the two middle-aged men beside him, signaling them to take Skulucci out of the village.

After receiving the wink from Chepke, the two middle-aged men both nodded, and quickly followed Scruucci out of the room.

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After Sculucci and others left, the rest of the people sitting around Chepke said outrageously:

"That foreigner dared to look down on us. Do you really think we are idiots who don't know anything?"

"It's not like we haven't seen things like muskets before."

"If there are white-skinned people who want to attack our village, we will fight back all the white-skinned people just like we fought off the gold diggers a year ago!"

The vast majority of people were filled with righteous indignation and made generous statements.

Only an old man who was about 60 years old sitting next to Chepke calmly asked Chepke:

"Chepke, what are we going to do now? Should we believe what the stranger said just now?"

"...If what the stranger said is true, then we really need to prepare early." Chepke sighed softly.

"I think that stranger is very suspicious." A younger middle-aged man said, "If there are really a group of white-skinned people who want to rob everywhere."

"Then the stranger just now is their compatriot."

"Then why do foreigners betray their compatriots and tell us the news that their compatriots plan to loot everywhere?"

"...Leave these things aside for the time being." Chepke said in a deep voice, "Let's just believe what the stranger said just now."

"I'd rather work in vain."

"You can't be attacked by aliens because you are not prepared."

"You go and tell the whole village now."

"Tell them: There may be a group of white-skinned aliens coming to attack our village in the future, so everyone should be prepared and be careful when leaving the village in the future."