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After hearing the word "bodyguard" from Arima, Qingdeng immediately shifted his eyes subconsciously and looked at Saito carefully.

This is a very young boy, about 16 or 7 years old.

He is tall, a little taller than Qingdeng at 1.75 meters, about 1.8 meters.

His skin is very fair, his facial features are sharp and angular, his hair is not shaved into the ugly Yuedai head, but has long hair like Qingdeng's, and his overall appearance can be regarded as a bit handsome.

Dressed in black. The upper body is a dark blue kimono, the lower body is a black hakama and tabi socks, and the red scarf wrapped around his neck is the only bright color on his body.

After entering the living room, Qingdeng found that Saito had been keeping a straight face, with a serious expression.

After Qingdeng entered the hall, he only glanced at Qingdeng, then quickly lowered his head and gaze, buried the part below his nose in his scarf, watching his nose and heart.

When introducing himself, he just raised his head, said briefly "No leaks, Saitoichi" in a cold tone, then closed his mouth, stopped talking, lowered his head again, and turned the lower half of his face again. Buried in his scarf...

Hmm... It seems that he is a cold and cold boy who doesn't like to talk—Qingdeng silently made such an evaluation for Saito in his heart.

"Master Arima." After carefully looking at Saito Kazutsu, Qingdeng turned his gaze back to Arima, "What's the matter with this bodyguard?"

Arima, who never liked to talk nonsense, saw Qingdeng asking such a question, and began to explain to Qingdeng in concise language.

After briefly mentioning that he decided to join forces with Inotani and Ushiyama to hire bodyguards for Qingdeng in order to protect Qingdeng from the "radical anti-barbarians", Arima began to introduce Saito.

"Saito and I... are old acquaintances."

"He is 2 years younger than you. He was born in the fifteenth year of Tianbao (1844). He is exactly 16 years old this year."

"Saito is the most reliable and trustworthy bodyguard I can find."

"Although he is young, his strength is very strong. He is a rare left-handed swordsman, and he has been passed down without exception."

It is not allowed to spread...?

Qingdeng cast a surprised look at Saito, who was still watching his eyes and nose.

In the Edo period, there was no specific model for evaluating the level of each disciple, and the methods and grades used by each school were different.

But no matter what genre it is, the highest level of strength rating is the same - it is "all pass without permission".

Only after thoroughly mastering all the tricks of this genre and obtaining the approval of the master, can one be awarded the rating of "Let's all pass on without permission".

Being able to get the "Wai Xu All Biography" means that this person has completely become a teacher, and he can be regarded as a swordsman who can stand on his own.

As for No Outflow... This school can be regarded as one of the most famous schools in the world of swordsmanship.

Known for its extremely high practicality.

There is no fancy show, the pursuit of killing the enemy at the fastest speed - this is No Outflow.

This mouthless boy, who was two years younger than himself, was actually the winner of the universal pass without exempting from exile... This really surprised Qingdeng a little.

"In addition to being strong, Saito's character is also quite reliable."

The corner of Arima's mouth curled into a slight smile at this moment.

"As long as you hire him, then until the end of the employment period, you don't need to worry about whether he will betray you or just take money and do nothing. You can rest assured to hand over your back to him."

"..." Qingdeng raised his gaze to look at Saito, and then at Arima.

"Arima-sama, can you please come out with me?"

"Huh?" Arima nodded.

Qingdeng and Arima left the living room one after the other, and when they came to a place where Saito could not hear, Qingdeng immediately asked Arima in a quick voice:

"Master Arima, why did you find me a bodyguard without even calling me?"

"Because I think: If I tell you in advance that I, Inoya, and Ushiyama plan to hire a bodyguard for you in a joint venture, you may keep saying no, and you won't readily agree." Arima said lightly.

Ah, that's not the case... I will politely humbly and then readily agree. Qingdeng said in his heart.

At the moment when a group of unreasonable "terrorists" are targeting his life, Qingdeng would be most happy to have another bodyguard who is reliable and does not need his own money to protect him personally.

Qingdeng has always insisted that the so-called "interpersonal relationship" is a relationship of "continuously owe and return favors to each other".

Therefore, Qingdeng has never shy away from finding someone to help him, and can openly accept others' kindness and favor.

Such a character and style are one of the important reasons why Qingdeng had a smooth life both on and off campus before the time-traveling.

Where the grades are not satisfactory, where he encounters troubles, he can ask others for advice without shame, and seek help from others openly.

After receiving help from others, he silently kept this favor in his heart, and waited for the opportunity to return the favor in the future.

"Tachibana-kun, there is no need to feel embarrassed or embarrassed." Not knowing that Qingtou is no longer the previous Arima of Qingtou, he said earnestly, "Although I and Inoya have said similar things many times, but I Say it again now."

"We are your elders, and it is only right to help a junior like you."

"Anyway, the price of hiring Saito for you is not very expensive."

"Accept the bodyguard we found for you with peace of mind."

"Isn't it very expensive?" Qingdeng raised his hand and scratched the hair on his sideburns, "Master Arima, let me ask, how much is Saitoichi's employment fee?"

"3 taels of gold per month." Arima didn't hide anything, and directly told Qingdeng the price of Saito.

"Master Arima, do you call the commission of three taels per month 'not expensive'?"

"I just said that Saito was hired by me, Inoya, and Ushiyama through a joint venture. If we share it, each of us only needs to pay 1 tael a month. This price is more than enough for us. .”

After talking about the topic of "money", Arima paused as if remembering something.

"Ah, yes, I almost forgot. Come on, Mr. Ju, this is for you."

Arima took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to Qingdeng.

Qingdeng stretched out his hands to pick it up with a puzzled expression on his face.

Click...

The small cloth bag fell onto Qingdeng's palms, and there was a slight sound of metal clashing.

"Hmm...?" Qing Deng twitched his eyebrows vigorously, and quickly untied the cloth bag.

There is nothing else in the cloth bag.

Just a big handful of money.

Gold, silver, and copper are mixed together, making Qing Deng dazzled.

"Master Arima, is this?"

"There are 23 taels of gold, 58 items of silver, 4 kan and 412 copper coins here." Arima said, "Saito is responsible for personal protection of you, so until the end of the service period, he will eat and live with you , colleagues."

"Saito's commission does not include the daily expenses he produced while protecting you."

"That is to say, in addition to paying him a commission of 3 taels per month, he also needs to arrange his food, drink, housing and transportation."

"I found a bodyguard for you, but I didn't prepare the money to support such a bodyguard for you. That's too unreasonable."

"This money was raised by me, Inoya, and Ushiyama for you to 'raise' Saito."

"Take it with peace of mind."

"With such a sum of money, it should be enough to 'raise' Saito for a while."

As soon as Arima finished speaking, Qingdeng's expression changed slightly.

He lowered his eyes and turned his eyes back to the large handful of money in his hand.

——Is it the money used to "raise" Saito... Ha, this reason is really lame...

Qingdeng smiled helplessly in his heart.

Arima said that the money was used for him to "raise" Saito - Qingdeng would only believe such a statement if his head was clamped!

Such a large amount of money, let alone one adult man, as long as it is saved, it will not be a problem to raise two adult men for half a year.

Arima and the others, as elders with a close relationship with Qingdeng, it is naturally impossible for them not to know the current financial situation of the Tachibana family, which is currently burdened with huge gambling debts.

Why did Arima, Inotani, and Ushiyama raise such a large sum of money for him at this time...the reason is not difficult to guess.

Qingdeng didn't point out Arima's lame reason.

After staring at the bag of money in his hand for a while, Qingdeng grabbed the bag of money with all his might——

"...Arima-sama. Thank you."

Aoto raised a grateful gaze to Arima.

"This bag of money, and that Saitou... I'll take it!"

Seeing that Qingdeng happily accepted the kindness of their elders, a trace of gratified smile rose from the corner of Youma's mouth.

...

...

Because it was almost time for dinner, Qingdeng originally wanted to keep Youma at their house for dinner, but Youma said that he still had some business to do and had to go home quickly, so he declined Qingdeng's dinner appointment.

Seeing that Arima was about to leave, Saito, who had been staying in the living room just now, also came to the door and sent Arima away with Qingdeng.

"Saito, Tachibana-kun, please."

The unsmiling Saito did not respond to Arima's words.

Just nodded slightly.

Wow...

Qingdeng watched Arima open the door, and after seeing Arima's figure disappear from his field of vision, he turned his head and looked at Saito who was standing beside him and walking side by side with him.

Looking at this new family member who will eat and live with him and Kubei from today, Qingdeng scratched the hair on the back of his head, then cleared his throat, turned his body, and faced Saito , sternly said:

"About me, and my name, you should have heard from Arima-sama, right?"

"Although you must already know who I am. But let me introduce myself formally."

"My name is Ju Qingdeng. From today onwards, I will take care of you."

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng bowed slightly to Saito.

"... Please advise me more." Saito turned his body to Qingdeng, half closed his eyes, and returned Qingdeng's salute.

After formally introducing himself to his aloof bodyguard, Qingdeng straightened up and looked towards the kitchen where the faint smell of food wafted from it.

"It's still a while before dinner is ready..."

"Saito, before I wait for dinner to be ready, can I ask you to do something with me?"

"……Please say."

"I recently practiced a new technique of rope catching." Qingdeng walked slowly to a locker in the living room, and took out a hemp rope from it, "Recently I'm worried that I can't find a suitable practice object , can you please be my partner?"

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng tightened the hemp rope in his hands vigorously with both hands, making a crisp sound of "snap".

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