I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

　　 As the elder of the Hirose clan, why did Kuranaga treat him so well?

　　 After the ritual contest was over, Kurunaga once personally came to Ogata's body, smiled and patted Ogata's shoulder, and praised Ogata's performance in the contest just now.

　　 Then, not only did Dr. Genan, who had the best medical skills in their Hirose clan, be sent to Ogata for treatment.

　　 Moreover, he paid out of his own pocket and assumed all the expenses for Ogata's treatment.

Not only that, Kuranaga also gave Ogata a paid leave. During the recuperation period, he does not need to go to the feudal hall to do his work as the treasury officer, and during this period of recuperation, Ogata’s salary can be taken, and it will not be due to Ogata. After working less for a period of time, Ogata's salary was deducted.

　　 Kuragara takes care of him in this way, which makes Ogata puzzled.

　　 Ogata dared to swear with his own life-he had absolutely no intersection with Kuranaga before.

　　 Ogata can’t figure it out-why is Kuranaga, who has nothing to do with him, behaves nicely to him in every possible way?

　　 While Xuan An was giving Ogata treatment on the first day, Ogaki asked Xuan An this question about him.

　　 However, the answer that Ogata got was only the vagueness of Xuan An.

　　 After that, Ogata kept asking Genan, either explicitly or implicitly.

　　 But no matter what Ogata asked, Genan closed his mouth tightly and refused to utter a word.

　　 Now the treatment for Ogata is over.

　　 For a long time in the future, Ogata feels that he should not see Xuanan anymore.

　　 Ogata hesitated again and again, absolutely taking advantage of this last opportunity, Chao Xuan'an once again asked this question that had troubled him for more than a month.

　　 Originally, Ogata was ready to be perfunctory by Xuan'an again.

　　 But I didn't think about it-after hearing Ogata's question, Xuan An pursed his lips and fell silent.

　　 And Ogata also quietly followed Xuan'an in silence, waiting for Xuan'an's answer.

　　 After a while, Xuan An opened his lips and said quietly:

　　 "...I actually don't know why Kurunaga-sama will show you good in every way."

"but I know--"

　　 Xuan'an turned around.

　　 "Sama Kuranaga is kind to you, there must be a reason. And it's not a general reason."

　　 "I and Kuranaga-sama are old acquaintances, so I also have some understanding of his personality."

　　 "Master Kuranaga is a very determined person."

　　 "Faced with the greatest difficulty, Kurunaga will bite the bullet and rise to the challenge."

　　 "At the same time, he is also a...very cruel person."

　　 "He will never waste time on useless people, people he is not interested in."

　　Xuan'an said that, so I stopped talking, and didn't go on.

　　 Although Xuan An only said that, the amount of information contained in the words he just said was enough for Ogata to slowly understand and digest.

　　 "...Anyway, I told you everything I knew."

　　 Kerala.

　　 Genan opened the door of Ogata's house.

　　 "There will be no deadline, Ogata-kun."

bump.

　　 Ogata's house was closed.

　　 Inside the dilapidated and small house, it became only the quiet air to accompany Ogata again.

　　 "Forget it." Ogata sighed lightly, "If all of the goodwill given to me by Kuranaga are to be repaid...then wait until he comes to ask for a'debt'..."

　　……

　　……

　　 "It's almost time..."

　　 Ogata muttered, looking at the sky outside the window.

　　 At this time, Ogata is already neatly dressed.

　　 Tonight is going to have a banquet with the master and brothers. In order to match the long-awaited banquet, Ogata put on the latest and cleanest clothes in his wardrobe.

　　I also washed my hair, body, etc. specially.

　　 Looking at the sky outside, Ogata constantly hesitated whether to go out now or to say that he would go later.

　　 At this moment, a strange shout suddenly sounded outside the door:

　　 "Is Ogata Isse-kun at home?"

--Ok?

　　 Ogata frowned slightly, and looked at the door of his house.

　　——Is it the people from Ishikawa Kenkan who came to take revenge on me...

　　Ogata quickly grabbed the knife placed beside him, and then walked towards the door...

　　 However, the person outside the door is like a pair of perspective eyes that can see what Ogata is doing inside the room, shouting:

　　 "Ogata Isse-kun! Don't worry! We are not from Ishikawa Kenkan!"

　　——Not Ishikawa Kenkan?

　　 Although the people outside said so, Ogata still did not relax his vigilance.

　　Although the people outside the house said so, Ogata would not let down his vigilance stupidly because of the one-sided words of the people outside the house.

　　 Standing behind the door 2 steps away, Ogata pulled out his knife and inserted the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame.

　　 Because Ogata’s door is the most common type of sliding door, it can be opened by pushing it to the right.

　　 After inserting the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame, Ogata pushed laterally to the right and opened the door.

　　 The door opened, and two young samurai with extremely unfamiliar faces appeared in Ogata's field of vision.

　　 The two young warriors naturally dangle their hands on their sides, standing normally, without drawing their swords, let alone putting on any fighting posture.

　　 There is no hostility-this is the current state of these two young samurai.

　　 But Ogata still did not relax his vigilance.

　　 Ogata stepped back silently, opened the distance between him and the two young samurai, raised the sword in his hand, and separated himself from the two samurai with a sharp blade.

　　 "You are Ogata Isse-kun, right?"

　　 The head of the two young warriors spoke up~www.ltnovel.com~ Although the sentence pattern he used was an interrogative sentence pattern, his tone was affirmative.

　　 "Yes... I am. Who are you? Suddenly came to me, why?"

　　 "We are the retainers of the elder, Kuranagazaemon. I took the liberty to come here to invite my lord's mansion to visit."

　　 "Kurayaga...Saemon...?"

　　 A look of surprise appeared on Ogata's face uncontrollably.

　　……

　　……

　　 Hirose Clan, Sakihara Sword Museum.

　　 At this time, the Sakura Sword Museum is quite lively.

On the wooden floor of 　　 Dojo, there are no more or less tables with enough tables for the half-bei and all the disciples of the Sakura Sword Museum.

　　 Because it was almost the start time of the agreed banquet, half of the people had arrived at the dojo.

　　 These people who came to the dojo in advance each perform their duties.

　　Some are responsible for putting drinks and food on the table.

　　Some are responsible for wiping some places on the floor that have not been cleaned.

　　 There are also people who just simply gather together to chat, and pass the boring time through small chats.

　　Makino is one of the group of people who have nothing to do, sitting around and chatting with other brothers and sisters.

　　 Makino and a few close fellows chatted about all the topics they wanted.

　　 "Speaking--" Makino said in a long tone, "I recently heard a very interesting news from my friend. Are you interested in knowing?"

　　 "News? Senior Makino, what's the news?" The person who spoke was the youngest junior in their Sakura Sword Museum and also the latest in seniority-Sawamura Goro, who is only 15 years old this year.