I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

At the end of the previous chapter "The author is afraid that my friends will be overwhelmed, so please take two days off today and tomorrow", the author released a very long-lost Easter egg chapter.

The content of the easter egg chapter is a still photo of the stage play of the comic "One Piece".

I think the figure of Nami (the woman on the far right) in the picture (only the upper part) is very in line with the image of A-Machi, and the kimono is bulging (awesome!), if you are interested, you can Rewind to the previous chapter. (Note: Easter egg chapters can only be viewed online)

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"Follow up!"

While Tang Shen was dragging his sled cart himself, he shouted at his sled dogs who were following him closely.

"Woof!", "Woof!", "Woof"...

Tang Shen's sled dogs responded to Tang Shen one by one with a "bark" sound.

Just now, after parting with Ogata and the others, Tang Shen returned non-stop to the cave where he and Ogata lived just now, retrieved his sled cart and sled dogs, and then drove the dogs to pull the sled without any nostalgia left here.

However, Tang Shen bumped into a dense forest before going far.

Because the moonlight is blocked by the dense branches and leaves, the forest is so dark that you can't see your fingers.

It is too dangerous to drive a dog sled in this dark woods, so Tang Shen had to change the "dog sled" into a "human sled", and dragged the sled car through the woods by himself.

Fortunately, the sleigh cart is made of wood and is not very heavy. Even an old man like Tang Shen can drag it.

"Drink...drink...drink..."

After dragging the sled for an unknown amount of time, rough air began to spew from Tang Shen's mouth.

"Ha... I'm getting older... Ha... The body is really not very useful... Ha... Ha... It's just a few moments... Ha... I can't breathe... Ha..."

Feeling that his chest was about to explode, Tang Shen threw away the reins of the sleigh cart tied to his body, and supported a big tree next to him, his chest heaved at an extremely fast frequency like a bellows.

And his sled dogs squatted around Tang Shen obediently, sticking out their tongues, waiting for Tang Shen's next order.

Tang Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked around - according to Tang Shen's experience, he was about to leave the woods now.

While looking at his current environment, Tang Shen's gaze uncontrollably and slowly turned to the direction he left just now...

Looking at the direction he left just now, complex emotions slowly emerged from the depths of Tang Shen's pupils.

Afterwards, Tang Shen slowly lowered his head, looked at his hands wearing thick fur gloves, and then——

"...You really are old..."

After talking to himself in a low tone, Tang Shen heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the sleigh behind him...

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After working together to dispose of the corpses of the villagers in Takta Village, Ogata and the others returned to the cave where they lived just now.

The poor and helpless girl that Ogata and the others rescued—Lilata, was also taken back to the cave by Ogata and the others.

When they returned to the cave, Tang Shen's sleigh cart and his sled dogs had disappeared—presumably Tang Shen had fled to an unknown place with his sled cart and sled dogs.

Ashley is 14 years old this year, and Lilata is 12 years old. They are of the same gender and age. Naturally, he was closer to Ashley.

Ahili also sympathized with Lirata quite a bit.

She can be said to empathize with this feeling of suddenly losing a loved one...

That "disappearance incident" caused most of their families in Qina Village to lose their father, husband, and brother...

Ashley's father was one of the missing persons in that "disappearance incident"...

Because of sympathy, because she empathizes with the feeling of losing a loved one, Ahili has been trying to care for and comfort Lilata.

Having encountered so many things tonight, Lilata was already exhausted physically and mentally.

Not long after being brought back to the cave by Ogata and the others, she leaned against Ashley and fell into a deep sleep...

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Ogata, Atachi, and Aizan sat around the fire in the middle of the cave, and silently stuffed the fire with branches they had just picked up outside.

The tongue of fire licked the branches, making "crackling" and "crackling" sounds - because Ogata and the others were silent, the sound of the branch breaking became the only sound in the cave at present.

Lilata, who had fallen asleep just now, was taken off by Ashley and placed beside the fire, making her sleep with her back to the fire.

In the Ainu society, there are 2 "secrets of warming fire".

Tip #1: It's warmest with your back to the fire.

The Ainu people who have lived in fishing and hunting for thousands of years have concluded that the warmest way to enjoy the fire is to face the fire with their backs. This is not only the warmest, but also relieves fatigue.

Tip number two: When sleeping by the fire, take off your warm coat.

There is nothing to say about the principle of this secret, and the principle is the same as "don't wear cotton-padded clothes and sleep under quilts in winter".

After Lilata fell asleep, A-Ming covered her with a thin blanket.

Lilata's petite body was huddled in a blanket that A-Ding had just put on her, and the blanket rose and fell with a soothing frequency as Lilata breathed.

Ashley, who was in charge of taking care of her, sat beside Lilata and patted the back of Lilata who was already asleep.

"Mr. Mashima, this girl... what should I do?" (Ainu language)" Ashari continued to pat Lilata on the back while looking up at Ogata.

After Aizan translated what Ahili said to Ogata and Ading, Ogata, who was breaking an overlong piece of firewood into two pieces and throwing it into the fire, did not wake up Lilata, like Aizan. Healy lowered his volume like that, and said softly:

"After waking up tomorrow morning, take a detour and go to that Siwaxi village. Send her to her grandmother."

Just now, when Lilata was still awake, Ahili asked her if she had any other relatives.

According to Lilata, she also has a grandmother who lives in Siwasi village. And this Siwaxi village is not very far from here, even if it is on foot, it only takes about one day to walk, because I often go to this village to visit my grandmother, so Lilata also remembers how to get to Siwa West Village.

After Ogata finished speaking, A-Ming and Aizan nodded in agreement.

"Oh..." Aizan sighed, "This girl is so pitiful...My parents and grandfather all died overnight..."

"I don't know if this girl can cheer up in the future..."

"When I was a young man who just started to learn hunting skills, there was a person in our village who suffered a major blow and couldn't cheer up..."

"The man's mother died young and was brought up by his father, and he has a very deep relationship with his father."

"However, one day, a tragedy happened—when the man's father went hunting in the mountains, he missed and was attacked by a pack of wolves."

"By the time the rest of the village found the man's father...his body had already been bitten by the pack of wolves so badly..."

"After that man learned that his father died unexpectedly, he couldn't survive the blow, and his whole person became crazy..."

"From time to time, I will smirk at the air in front of me, or talk to the air in front of me, and chat with my father who is no longer there..."

Ogata and A-Machi have been quietly listening to Aizan's narration.

After Aizan finished speaking, A-Ming couldn't help asking:

"What happened to that guy in the end?"

"Suicide." Aizan sighed lightly. "A few months after his father died, he cut his own throat with a machete one night..."

"...It's scary." Ah-Ming sighed.

In this era, there is no professional term "post-traumatic stress disorder", so Aizan doesn't know - the state of the person he just mentioned is a very typical "post-traumatic stress disorder", also known as "PTSD".

After experiencing, witnessing, or encountering actual death involving self or others, or receiving the threat of death, or serious injury, people are prone to develop "post-traumatic stress disorder", a variety of mental disorders.

The clinical manifestations of patients with "post-traumatic stress disorder" vary. Some patients can still manage to lead a normal life, but some patients will have unimaginable consequences if they don’t take care of them and give them timely treatment...

Lilata lost several of her close relatives in just one night-it is indeed extremely easy to suffer from this "post-traumatic stress disorder" after experiencing such a tragedy at such a young age...

Ogata, who had been concentrating on stuffing branches into the fire, stopped his hand that was stuffing branches into the fire. He turned his head and looked at Lilata who was sleeping soundly curled up in the blanket not far away.

After a moment of silence, Ogata lowered his head and rummaged for something in the pile of branches used as firewood at his feet.

Soon, Xu conveniently found a relatively straight branch of medium length and thickness from the pile of branches.

"What's wrong?" Atachi cast a puzzled look at Ogata.

"...You guys continue to add firewood to the fire." Ogata did not answer A-Machi's question, but said in a tone that was neither salty nor bland, "I'm going to find something outside, and I'll be back soon."

"Looking for something?" The puzzled look on A-Ming's face became more intense, "Looking for something?"

"Find 4 leaves of the right size." Ogata said.

After saying these words, Obi left the cave straight away, leaving A-cho and the others to look at each other with puzzled faces.

It didn't take long for Xu Bian to come back—holding 4 leaves of similar size, which were a little dry and hard due to loss of water.

After returning to the cave, Ogata took these 4 leaves and the relatively straight branch that he just found out from the pile of branches, and walked towards the deepest part of the cave. go.

"I'm going to make something, so don't come over and look at it. If I'm watched by you, I won't be able to make something."

After finishing speaking, Xubai turned his back to A-Ming and the others, sat in the deepest part of the cave, and began to fiddle with something in his hands.

Ogata is the kind of person who "can't be watched and do things".

To give a simple example: In the previous life, if there were parents or teachers watching behind him while writing homework, Ogata would feel uncomfortable and unable to write a single word.

Although Ogata had already issued a reminder, A-Machi still walked towards Ogata in a bouncing manner.

"What are you going to do?"

As soon as A-cho approached, Oo conveniently quickly hid the four leaves and branches that he had just found in his arms, and then said to A-cho angrily:

"Didn't I tell you not to come and see...you'll know what I'm doing tomorrow morning."

Ah Ding pouted: "What is so mysterious... If you don't want me to see it, then forget it. It shouldn't take time to make this thing, right? The night is already very deep, so don't delay making this thing I'm going to sleep."

"Don't worry, it won't take much time." Ogata responded softly.

Seeing what Ogata said, A-Machi didn't say anything more, returned to the place where he was sitting just now, and continued to add branches to the fire.

The light from the flame hit the back of Ogata, who was facing A-Machi and the others, and projected Ogata's figure onto the rock wall in front of Ogata.

The figure swayed slightly along with the flames.

Shadow and his master lowered their heads and looked at the things in their arms, not knowing what they were playing with...

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The next day, early morning...

Outside the cave entrance, radishes and grapes snorted and pawed the ground with their hooves.

After placing the luggage and other things on the horse's back, A-Machi squatted down and made his eyes level with Lilata, and said to Lilata in a gentle tone:

"Come on, raise your hands up, and I will carry you on the horse."

After a brief discussion just now, Ogata and the others decided to let Lilata ride with Acho and Ashley on the same horse.

Although at first glance - the grape will be very hard, and it will have to carry 3 people at the same time.

But in fact, grapes are still very easy to do.

After all, what she was carrying was not three big and three thick men, but three women.

Needless to say, Ahili and Lilata, who are 14 and 12 years old respectively, may not be as heavy as Ogata together.

And A-machi, who is 155cm tall, has a little more flesh except for the chest and buttocks, and is very slender in other places, is not too heavy.

Therefore, calculate the weight of each of them-carrying grapes for 3 women may not be as stressful as carrying radishes for 2 big men.

Because of her young age, Lilata was still very petite, so she couldn't get on the horse by herself.

As soon as Ah Ding finished speaking, Aizan at the side immediately translated what Ah Ding said to Lilata.

Ever since leaving Takta Village, which had turned into a dead village last night, Lilata had been wearing the same expression—expressionless.

Not only is there no expression, but there is no light in the depths of the pupils.

Lilata's eyes reminded Machi of the eyes of the dead...

Looking into Lilata's eyes, A-Machi only saw his own reflection - although he could see his own reflection in Lilata's pupils, A-Machi still had the feeling that the child was not looking at her ...

After listening to Aizan's translation, Lilata stretched out her arms high - her face was still expressionless and indifferent. It's like an empty shell with no soul.

A-Machi couldn't help but let out a long sigh, clamped Lilata's armpit with both hands, and carried Lilata onto the back of Putao's horse.

Ogata, who was just putting his luggage on Carrot's horse, suddenly walked over slowly, and then——

"Take this and play with it."

He took out a small windmill from his bosom, and handed it to Lilata.

This windmill is made from leaves and branches.

The branches make the pole of the windmill, and four leaves of similar size make up the blades of the windmill.

A-Machi and the others looked at the small windmill in Ogata's hand with surprised eyes.

As for Lirata, after seeing the windmill in Ogata's hands, a look other than indifference finally appeared on her face.

Even without Aizan's translation, Lilata could guess what Ogata was saying to her just by Ogata's movements.

She took the windmill from Ogata with some hesitation.

Ogata puffed up his cheeks and made a "blow" motion.

Seeing Ogata's action, Lilata followed suit and gently blew on the windmill in her hand.

The windmill blades made of leaves slowly turned as Lilata was blowing.

Looking at the turning blades, Lilata, who saw the windmill for the first time, finally gradually shone something in her eyes that had been missing since last night—light.

Lirata puffed up her cheeks slightly, and blew the windmill with more force than before.

Crash la la la...

The windmill turned "crash la la la".

Looking at the windmill in her hand, the child's unique innocent smile slowly emerged on Lilata's face like a flower slowly blooming.

Lilata, who seemed to have discovered some new world, blew the windmill in her hand one after another.

Looking at Lilata whose eyes were shining again, Ogata smiled slightly, then walked towards Radish next to him without saying a word, and continued to carry the unfinished luggage on Radish's horse.

At this time, Ah-Ming followed closely.

"Did you just work on that windmill last night?" Machi asked.

"When I was a child, I used to come and play with windmills." Ogata smiled. "It's okay—I still remember how to do windmills."

In his previous life, when Ogata was still in elementary school, he was taught how to make a windmill in art class.

For some reason, Ogata, who has a special liking for windmills that can rotate with the wind, often makes various windmills for himself after learning how to make windmills.

"Holding the knife for so long, I almost forgot what to do with the windmill..."

Having said that, Ogata lowered his head and looked at the open palms with callused hands that were often holding knives with complicated eyes.

"Fortunately—the child finally laughed again." Ogata lowered his hands and looked at Lilata who had regained some "human" breath.

"I didn't expect you to be so mysterious last night, it was because of that child~ I see so~"

"Don't snicker and look at me like that..." Ogata said in a helpless tone, "Hurry up and pack your bags and get ready to go. Let's send this child to her grandmother."

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PS: I decided to adopt a book friend’s suggestion, no longer distinguish between "upper, middle and lower end", and directly design it as "1234 end", so that I can write more freely, and at the same time, I don’t need to consume brain cells to think about the title .

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