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Chapter 366 The Flag That Never Fades

".It is truly a stroke of good fortune that I was able to obtain this [Command Seal].

"Without the blessing you bring, Master, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to defeat that Berserker.

"Also, that old man-looking Servant is really strong. Master, you must be wary of his presence."

Seeing Fang Yi frown, she added another sentence without much confidence.

“If he hadn’t deliberately leaked his Qi, I probably wouldn’t have been able to detect his presence.

“If he were to carry out an assassination, no one would be able to resist him.

"Master, I'm afraid you are among these people.

"And there's that Caster who can deceive my mind."

After some of them rambled on and on about their battle experience.

The swordsman lady came to her senses and seemed to realize something.

The space under Fang Yi's umbrella that can shelter him from wind and rain is really limited.

The two of them huddled together under an umbrella and having this conversation in the rain seemed a bit inappropriate and stupid.

She turned her head slightly and looked at the man she was holding.

Just as he was about to interrupt the conversation and welcome the man into the mansion.

It was only when her eyes fell upon that profile that was so close to her and exuded a strange charm all the time.

The swordsman's face flushed red.

After calming down her excitement, she 'absorbed' some kind of calming energy from the man.

Only then did she realize a fact.

[I, am I holding you now? Master!!!]

Ah! This distance!

At this distance, the swordsman lady embraced the man with her arms.

In addition to being able to smell the man's reassuring scent, she could already faintly hear the man's heartbeat.
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As the swordsman lady's narration was interrupted, Fang Yi, who noticed that his servant was abnormal, also turned his head.

He looked closely at the Servant who was holding him, as if to confirm whether there was anything wrong with the other party.

The two people's eyes met and looked into each other's eyes.

The swordsman lady, realizing her own actions, instantly became panicked.

She wanted to quickly turn her head to avoid the other person's gaze, but she was afraid that doing so would cause her Master to misunderstand her.

After hesitating for a moment, the swordsman lady could only cry out in her heart, "Okita, I think you are finished."

He gritted his teeth and looked at Fang Yi in silence.

Fang Yi, who had actually "arrested" the swordsman lady, did not say anything.

He just raised a faint "evil" smile at the corner of his mouth.

He stared at the swordsman lady with great interest, admiring the whole process of her face changing from light red to blood red.

A precise 'temperature control' was carried out.

Stepping on the dividing line of the other party's complete "red and warm", he very "thoughtfully" added a word of relief.

“The rain has gotten heavier and it’s getting a bit colder.

"Let's go in and talk."

Looking at the heavy rain outside the umbrella, it was pouring down and making crackling sounds under the man's umbrella.

The swordsman lady could only whisper back.

"Ah."

Then she reluctantly withdrew her hands, ready to pull her body out of the man's arms.

However, she did not expect that the next moment she would hear the man's instructions with a slight smile in his voice.

“The rain is a bit heavy.

"If you stay away from me any further, this dress I gave you will get wet."

The swordsman lady only felt her left hand sink, and a somewhat heavy 'tentacle' appeared.

“Hold on tight.

"Then, help me get my 'trophy'."

She noticed the man's right hand wrapped around her waist.

The swordsman lady was stunned at first, but then reacted quickly.

She whispered back.

"Oh."

Then, while quickly hugging her master tightly, she moved her body a little closer to the man.

She buried herself in the man's arms as if she wanted to crush herself, curled up in this small space.

After doing this, she silently muttered in her heart.

[Okita, this is an order. You cannot cause trouble for the Master.]

Then he began to "absorb" energy from Fang Yi with peace of mind.

Watching the man leading her through the increasingly heavy and suffocating rain.

It was not until the man was about to close his umbrella under the eaves that she reluctantly left his body.

He calmly looked at the [Magic Gift Set] [Crystal Mayfly] in his hand.

['Spoils of war'? Is it something captured from an enemy magician?]

[But why does this 'equipment' have a faint feminine scent?]

The swordsman lady sniffed, and suddenly a sense of inexplicable crisis arose in her heart.

But in the next second, the man's words quickly diverted her attention from this [magic dress].

“I will be wary of that old man and will also find ways to deal with him.

"It's just that right now I think there are more important things to do."

The man's voice was very flat.

Yet, he was as invulnerable as when Miss Swordsman first met him.

"My swordsman, would you like to tell me some of your past stories and ideals, and talk about the 'acquaintance' you fought against?

"It seems the battle with Berserker left some lingering troubles for you."

The swordsman lady fell silent.

Seeing the swordsman lady become silent and seem to be hesitating, Fang Yi skillfully threw out the 'bait'.

“Of course, knowing someone else’s story unilaterally is a very tricky thing.

"In exchange, you can also learn some stories from my past.

“I am about this.

"Tell me everything you know."

Fang Yi skillfully told a touching 'lie'.

The swordsman lady looked at the endless raindrops outside the house, which had already formed a line.

After a moment's silence, she sat down under the eaves with the man shoulder to shoulder.

He told the story of himself and the flag with some heaviness.
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"The Berserker I killed with my own hands was named Hijikata Toshizo.

"The vice-captain of the Shinsengumi, the swordsman organization of the late Bakumatsu period."

It seemed that this was to avoid any misunderstanding of the term 'Deputy Captain' by his Master.

The swordsman scratched her head and racked her brains to describe the other party's position in the organization.

"A 'Deputy Director' is the deputy to the 'Director', who is the head of the entire organization.

"But strictly speaking, Hijikata-san is already the soul of the Shinsengumi.

"He's a strategist who's so busy that it's hard for us 'captains' to meet him, and he's also the glue that holds the entire organization together."

The swordsman's tone had become somewhat low when she spoke up to this point.

Fang Yi skillfully reached out and patted his servant.

He acted as a supporting actor at the right time, diluting the somewhat heavy atmosphere.

"Since he can convince the crowd, his swordsmanship should be pretty good too.

"But I'm probably still not as good as the talented swordsman in front of me."

The swordsman lady heard her master's praise, which was to the point and not out of touch with reality.

He subconsciously straightened his chest, narrowed his eyes slightly, and the heaviness on his face was temporarily relieved.

But she was still modest.

"Even though I'm stronger, the gap isn't that big. I'm just a little bit stronger than him."

The swordsman lady pinched her fingers and waved them happily in front of the man.

Then she glanced at the light green haori on the man, and continued to narrate her own story in a quite objective manner.

"Besides being the superior of most of the Shinsengumi swordsmen.

"They are also our companions who stand under the [Flag of Sincerity] and fight alongside us."
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When mentioning the flag called "Flag of Sincerity", the swordsman's face was filled with nostalgia.

He was obviously very impressed by the flag.

So much so that she even wrote the word "誠" in the air with her finger.

"But 'shoulder to shoulder' is a bit of an exaggeration, I heard from the swordsmen who fought alongside him.

“In battle, he was always the one at the front.

"They truly are the 'first and last Shinsengumi'."

At this point, the swordsman lady next to Fang Yi became visibly depressed.

“My health is not good and I vomit blood from time to time.

"Having [weakness] will hold everyone back.

"It's different from being a half-baked person who doesn't have the qualifications to stand under the Banner of Sincerity with them."

As she spoke, the swordswoman stole a glance at the man's profile.

I added this sentence in my heart.

I want to fight with him and walk with him to the end of the story.

I long for this to happen, desperately.

But after recalling what happened on the road, the swordsman lady felt a little discouraged again.

[I only managed to kill Vice-Captain Hijikata by exhausting all my strength and luck.]

[Can I really fulfill my wish of [fighting with the Master to the end]? ]

He had clearly retrieved a stroke of the [Command Seal].

But he also created many enemies for his Master.

In addition to attracting the powerful old man, he also incurred the hostility of an unknown Caster.

"Really, from the very beginning, just like I held my companions back in life, I've been holding the Master back in this [Holy Grail War].

The swordsman lady turned her gaze away from the man's profile and looked worriedly at the increasingly heavy rain outside.

He added a sentence somewhat inexplicably.

"The rain is getting heavier, Master."
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Fang Yi didn't say anything, but just moved his hands behind the swordsman lady and hugged her.

He took the [Command Seal] that looked like a tattoo sticker from the other person's hand.

Then he added a sentence in a nonchalant manner.

"The rain didn't get heavier, it's your heart that's fluctuating.

"Also, the word you used to describe yourself, 'half-baked,' is a word I cannot agree with.

"If such a talented swordsman is considered a 'half-baked', then the rest of the swordsmen in the world can only be described as 'idiots'."

As he spoke, Fang Yi waved the Command Seal in front of the swordsman lady.

"My swordsman is not only very healthy, but he also adds a valuable weight to my final victory."

The swordsman lady opened her mouth, about to express her concerns bit by bit.

Fang Yi's next words made her stunned.

"Also, you mentioned that you don't have the qualifications to stand under the [Flag of Sincerity].

"Besides being something I cannot agree with, it is also a complete lie to the Holy Grail and the Throne of Heroes."

Fang Yi took out the [rare item] [Flag of Sincerity] that had been with him for a long time.

He said a 'lie' very seriously.

"You should know the rules of [Heroic Spirit Summoning].

"When the Master summons a Heroic Spirit, besides the [Summoning Circle], he needs to prepare one more thing.

"I want you to tell me what it is called."

The swordsman lady saw the flag in Fang Yi's hand slowly unfolding, with names written all around the word "Cheng".

He responded to Fang Yi's question with a trembling voice.

"In addition to the [Summoning Array], summoning Heroic Spirits also requires a [Catalyst] related to the Heroic Spirit's legend, or a [Sacred Relic].

"Master, you"

A standard smile appeared on Fang Yi's face.

Just like he always did, he told the most honest lie.

The truth that the [Heroic Spirit Summoning] of all the reincarnations in this mission is locked on the [Compatibility Summoning] is concealed.

"That's right, it's because I have this flag called the [Flag of Sincerity].

“That’s why I can summon you.

"A swordsman from the Shinsengumi."
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The man's resounding words drowned out the growing storm, swiftly and overwhelmingly crushing the swordsman's anxiety.

Her vision also became blurred due to the tears in her eyes.

The wind and rain outside the house became more and more fierce, creating more and more intense noise and bringing a chilling chill.

But the man's face and the flag in his hand were still clearly visible to her.

It was also reflected firmly and accurately in her heart.

Just like when she first met a man and asked him, "Are you my Master?", that picture was engraved in her heart forever.

It became a memory she would never forget.

The man's last words also reached her ears.

“So, one thing is beyond doubt.

"You are a swordsman worthy of standing under the Banner of Sincerity.

"At the same time, I also promise to fight this battle with you until the end."

Fang Yi stretched out his hand, just like the hand the other person had stretched out when they first saw him.

Asked a very affirmative question.

“So, I ask you.

"Are you my Servant?"

The swordsman wiped away her tears and held the man's hand with great determination.

"Of course, I will always be your Servant.

"I am also a swordsman who fights for you, obeys your orders, and stands under your [Never Fading Banner]!

"I promise!"

I heard the notification sound that [Breaking Limits·Absolute Sword II] had been triggered.

The smile on Fang Yi's face grew even wider, and he gave this order very seriously.

"Then my swordsman, you need to carry out such an order now."

The swordsman lady stood up straight and subconsciously grasped the knife.

"Want to fight? Okay, Ms. Okita is full of energy now!"

Fang Yi smiled slightly and said the second half of the sentence.

"go to sleep."

The swordsman lady's eyes widened in confusion.

Fang Yi looked at the prompt in the task requirements: [Put the servant to sleep and trigger the servant's common dream].

He added a sentence very calmly.

"Today, I will keep watch."
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A few minutes later.

He stared at the swordsman who had reluctantly fallen asleep under the influence of his [Blood Demon Art: Whisper of Forced Sleep and Hypnosis].

After observing a distorted and uneasy expression on that face, the mission was delayed.

He promptly recalled the 'intelligent crow' as a warning.

He prepared to quickly perform a "dream entry" and come into the swordsman lady's dream to push her and help her quickly complete this "break the limit".

He had a feeling that this [Breaking the Limit] would significantly improve his swordsmanship.

Just like when he met Yuichiro Tsugakuin.

(End of this chapter)