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At the end of the letter, I wrote down the name of Kinoshita Wu’s grandmother: Lin.

"grandmother……"

Kinoshita Mai read the contents on the letter paper over and over again many times.

As she moved, she gently bit her lower lip.

As my eyes blinked, a thin layer of mist gradually appeared.

At this time, she suddenly discovered that there seemed to be content on the back of the letter.

She immediately turned the paper around and took a closer look——

[I almost forgot to say it, I heard that you have a man you like. When I come to Edo to see you later, I must bring the man who was so lucky that my granddaughter fell in love with me. I want to have a good relationship with him.

Exchange]

"Exchange" - these words are written very deeply and heavily.

It can be seen that the owner of this letter used considerable strength when writing this line...

However, Kinoshita Mai didn't notice this small detail - she was shy and blushing now.

"Grandma, she... wants to see Qingdeng...?"

The crimson clouds flew up to Kinoshita Wu's cheeks.

While muttering to herself, she coyly covered her face from the base of her nose with the letter paper.

——If grandma met Qingdeng, what would she say to Qingdeng...?

——Will grandma like Qingdeng?

——If... I say that I want to marry Qingdeng, will grandma agree?

While Kinoshita was dreaming, Kiryu suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at the shop door not far away. After a while, he asked in a joking tone:

"Young Master, did the Master write anything in the letter that made you happy?"

Kinoshita Mai, who was shocked by Kiryu's rhetorical question, came back to her senses, put down the letter in her hand, and stuck out her cute little tongue at Kiryu.

"I won't tell you~~ Mr. Kiryu, since grandma sent me a letter and new clothes, you should take them out as soon as possible..."

Before she could finish speaking, Kinoshita Mai flattened her lips in dissatisfaction.

Kiryu laughed mysteriously a few times.

"Young Master, actually... I have other surprises for you."

"Surprise?" Kinoshita Mai cheered up and couldn't care less about her dissatisfaction. She quickly asked, "It's grandma. Did she send me something else?"

Kiryu shook his head: "No. The only things my lord sent you are this letter and this dress."

"To be honest, this 'surprise' was something I prepared at short notice. I didn't expect that he would come back so quickly, and I didn't expect that I would meet him on the way home."

"'He'?" The curiosity and expectation on Mai Kinoshita's face deepened at home at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally became so intense that it couldn't be added any more, "Mr. Kiryu, who is this 'him' you are talking about?"

At this time, Kiryu was very malicious and gave it a try. He did not answer immediately and deliberately remained silent.

It wasn't until Kinoshita Mai's appetite was whetted to its limit that he slowly raised his head, faced the door behind Kinoshita Mai, and shouted loudly:

"You can come in!"

Before Kiryu's voice could even finish, a loud and heroic voice sounded outside the shop door:

"Finally, they called me in! My legs and feet were going numb standing outside!"

"Huh?" Kinoshita Mai was stunned for a moment, and then reflexively glanced behind her.

At the same moment when Kinoshita Mai turned her head back - bang - the wide shop door was pulled all the way to the end, but not much light penetrated into the store.

Because it has a huge body that is much taller than the 1.8-meter-high door frame, standing behind the door.

The light outside was completely blocked by this giant's extremely strong body.

"Young Master, long time no see."

The giant lowered his head and ducked through the door frame, focusing his eyes full of tenderness and nostalgia on Kinoshita Mai.

I saw that this giant was just like Kiryu, his face was covered with traces of time, and he looked to be in his 90s.

Her waist-length white hair without a trace of color was roughly tied up with a rope and dragged casually behind her head.

He is nearly 1.9 meters tall. With such a height, when he stands in front of Mai Kinoshita, who is only 1.5 meters tall, he instantly creates a wonderful contrast between "giant and elf".

Kinoshita Mai seemed like she couldn't believe her eyes.

She stared blankly at the giant for a moment.

In the next breath, emotion catches up with reality——

"Mr. Makimura!"

Kinoshita Mai opened her arms and threw herself into Makimura Yahachi's arms.

"Young Master, you have grown a lot taller."

Makimura gently supported Kinoshita Mai's back with one hand, and rubbed Kinoshita Mai's head lovingly with the other hand.

"Mr. Makimura!" Kinoshita Mai lifted her little head from Makimura's arms and looked excitedly at her old face, which was basically unchanged from more than a year ago, "Why are you here in Edo?"

"This is a long story." Makimura let go of Mai Kinoshita, "Here, sit down. Let's drink tea and talk slowly."

After saying that, Makimura took the lead and sat down next to Kiryu, and then shouted to Kiryu unceremoniously:

"Hey! Kiryu! Go bring me some tea! Just because you insisted that you wanted to give the young master a little surprise, I stood outside for so long. It made me thirsty! I have sacrificed so much.

, Bring me a cup of tea, isn’t that too much?”

Kiryu smiled and adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"It's not too much. Okay, you sit here and I'll go to the kitchen to make you tea."

Kiryu was about to get up, but Mai Kinoshita got there first.

"I can do this little thing like making tea! Mr. Kiryu, Mr. Makimura, just sit here! I'll be right back!"

Kinoshita Mai didn't leave any time for Kiryu and Makimura to react. After finishing her words, she rushed to the kitchen with cheerful steps.

Makimura originally wanted to persuade Kinoshita Mai, "Kiryu has agreed to help me make tea, so let Kiryu go to work in the kitchen." But before he could say the words, Kinoshita Mai's back had already left his sight.

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"Young Master has not only become more beautiful, but also more energetic." Makimura smiled.

Kiryu smiled bitterly with mixed emotions:

"It's all thanks to that man. The power of love cannot be underestimated..."

"That man? Oh, is he the Tachibana Aoden you mentioned to me before?"

Kiryu nodded silently.

Seeing Kiryu nod, Makimura immediately grinned widely.

"Kiryu... no, Kuro, that Tachibana Aoden... how often does he come to Senshiya?"

Kiryu raised his eyebrows: "What? You want to see him?"

"Of course I want to see him!" Makimura replied without any hesitation, "He is the person that the young master likes. It would be strange not to be curious about him, right? I just plan to rest in Edo for a while, so I will take advantage of this rare opportunity.

Let’s take this opportunity to have a good meeting with this lucky guy who is lucky enough to be liked by the young master.”

"Are you planning to live in Edo for a while?"

"Yes." Makimura stretched his arms straight above his head and stretched vigorously, "This trip to the Northeast is really tiring for me... I plan to take a leisurely rest in Edo for half a day.

Month, wait half a month before getting back to work."

"Are you tired?" Kiryu laughed as if he heard some funny joke, "Makimura, please don't make me laugh. Is there anything in this world that can make the Dragon of Kyoto

'Complaining about being tired?"

"Hmph." Makimura chuckled through his nose, and then responded half-jokingly, "Long will have his twilight days too."

Kiryu squinted his eyes and looked at Makimura with meaningful eyes.

"But the red dragon you are carrying has not faded. It is still looking up at the sky and roaring towards the boundless sky."

"Huh..." Makimura raised the corner of his mouth playfully, "Well, whether you are tired from this trip to the Northeast... I don't care about that for now. Let's talk about business first - Kuro, I successfully collected a lot of things in the Northeast.

The latest information on the French slaying party."

"Oh...?" Kiryu's expression suddenly became serious.

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