In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

"I guess so," Anno sighed.

Since waking up in Shirakawa Province, he has been wandering. Several villages he encountered refused to take him in. Now he can truly say that he has nothing to show for it but no light to look ahead.

"Why is Mr. Samura wandering?" Okita Souji asked as he walked ahead without turning around.

Anno didn't know how to answer, so he just followed behind Okita Souji and muttered a couple of things: "To be honest, I don't really know... why I'm a wanderer, I just started wandering as soon as I opened my eyes."

Okita paused.

She thought that Zuocun meant that he had been wandering since birth.

“…” Okita Souji turned his head and, by the light of the newly risen moon, carefully looked at Anno.

He was about 1.6 meters tall, not very tall, with messy, frizzy hair, a thin body, and tattered clothes.

Anno has been wandering in the Shirakawa Domain for almost a month, so it's no wonder he's in this state.

“It’s already dark, and it’s not convenient for you to beg for food. Why don’t I tell my sister that you can stay in my guest room for the night? We can also give you some porridge and rice.”

Perhaps feeling a pang of pity for leaving this frail beggar unattended, Okita Souji spoke up.

It's not surprising that a young girl would say something like that.

Anno was at a loss for words.

All I could do was bow deeply.

This is all he can do now.

“...Come with me first.” Okita Souji looked at Anno, who was trembling and holding back her tears, sighed, and turned away.

After walking for two minutes, they reached roughly the center of Zuodao Village. Okita Souji and Anno stopped in front of a courtyard that looked significantly larger than the other houses.

Okita House.

"Brother, sister, I'm here." Okita Souji knocked on the door and called out into the courtyard.

A short while later, a woman opened the gate of the mansion and peeked out.

"Ah, Soujiro, you're back." The woman was somewhat surprised and opened the door, looking at Okita Souji.

"...Hikaru-nee, please stop calling that name." Okita Souji's expression was somewhat unnatural.

"Ah, okay..." The woman called Hikari was also a little embarrassed. Then she saw Anno following behind Okita Souji like a quail.

"Who is this...?" Guangjie looked at Anuo with some suspicion.

“This is my senior brother. He came down the mountain with me, but we encountered bandits on another path. When I found him, he was already like this,” Okita Souji said naturally.

Okita Hikaru, Okita Souji's older sister, bowed slightly upon hearing this: "So it's you, Samurai-sama."

"Ah, no..." Anno was startled and tried to move aside, but Okita Souji blocked her view.

"Hikari-nee, let us in first. It's chilly, and I'm a little hungry." Okita Souji was surprisingly cold towards Okita Hikari, completely different from his gentleness towards Anno.

"Okay, come on in." Okita Hikaru glanced at the sword at Okita Souji's waist, swallowed hard, and stepped aside.

Anno followed Okita Souji into the Okita residence.

He felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.

But I also know that I don't need to speak and can't speak right now.

Hikaru Okita leaned closer to Souji: "Souji, do you think we should arrange a room for Mr. Samurai first...?"

The commander paused for a moment, then said, "Hikaru-nee, please arrange the rooms first."

“Alright.” Okita Hikaru smiled and nodded, then turned to ask Samura Anno, “What is your name, Mr. Samurai?”

"Hmm... just call me Zuocun," Anuo said with a smile, feigning composure.

“Then, Mr. Samura, please go to your guest room and rest for a while. A servant will serve you a meal shortly.” Okita Hikaru called over a servant.

The servant bowed slightly to Zuo Cun and took the initiative to lead the way.

"I apologize for the intrusion and thank you for your hospitality."

"Sou... Souji, let's go to the living room first." Okita Hikaru moved closer to Souji.

“...Hmm.” Okita Souji’s mood was visibly bad.

She had already left this house, so why did Okita Hikaru ask her to come back?

............

Zuocun Anuo sat in the room.

A servant brought bedding and a bathrobe, saying, "Sir, would you like to take a bath?"

"Hmm, ah." Anno thought for a moment, looked at himself, and nodded.

"Then, please follow me."

Zuocun sighed after washing himself with hot water and a towel.

Today's enjoyment made him somewhat apprehensive, and the sudden stroke of luck caught him off guard.

"Ms. Okita is such a kind person," he sighed, exhausted.

He groped his way back to his room from the bathroom.

"Okita's house is really big. It's no wonder it's a samurai family."

Sitting on the tatami mat, he opened the door and looked out at the courtyard.

As the moon rose and the night sky fell silent, Zuo Cun couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness.

"Honestly, what am I thinking about... Thinking so far ahead is not the way someone like me should be. I only need to care about what to eat tomorrow, right?" He couldn't help but chuckle.

Loneliness is not an emotion that a beggar should have.

"My lord." A servant brought over a basket.

She knelt on the ground, opened the basket, took out the food, placed it in front of Zuo Cun, then picked up the basket, bowed, and left.

The meal was simple: two rice balls and two small side dishes.

But it was an abundance that Zuocun had never seen before.

Zuo Cun picked up the rice ball, smelled it, and swallowed hard.

Then open your mouth and bite down.

The boy didn't cry again; he just thought firmly.

A meal's kindness will surely be repaid in the future.

If I hadn't met Ms. Okita, I probably wouldn't have been able to experience any of this.

When I become a powerful person in the future, I will definitely repay Ms. Okita properly!

Unlike his previous aimless existence, fifteen-year-old Anno Tamura has, for the first time, developed the desire to change his current situation.

Meanwhile, the person he wanted to repay was continuing their own war in the living room.

“It’s been a long time…Master, my elder brother.” Okita Souji looked calmly at the man sitting opposite him.

His sworn brother was also his brother-in-law.

Rintaro Okita.

"Long time no see, Sojiro," Rintaro said with a forced smile, looking somewhat frail.

"...Don't call me by that name anymore, Master." Souji revealed a coldness and disgust that was clearly beyond his years.

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Chapter 275 Souji, Severing Ties with Tea

"Sōji," Rintaro sighed.

"What does my sister want me to come back for?" Okita Souji asked coldly as Okita Hikaru walked in.

"Let me explain. Here's what happened," Rintaro Okita said, straightening his appearance. "Your sister is pregnant."

Okita Souji glanced at Okita Hikaru.

Hikaru Okita nodded, his smile tinged with shyness and embarrassment.

The commander remained silent.

She left this place last year.

But to be fair, Okita Hikaru treated her quite well, occasionally writing letters to greet her and sending her New Year's greetings during the holidays.

but......

Rintaro Okita.

This man spared no effort in using his strength to push himself out of the Okita family.

He was raised as a boy with the intention of inheriting the Okita family business.

However......

In short, last year, when Okita Souji was ten years old, she resolutely left the Okita family and lived entirely in the Tennen Rishin-ryu school of martial arts, which was of course also because her talent completely won over Kondo Shusuke, the school's master.

A while ago, she received another letter from her sister, in which she expressed her longing for her sister in an extremely sentimental way.

Then Souji couldn't take it anymore, so he came back specifically to see what kind of trouble Okita Hikaru was up to.

And so this is how it happened...

"Hikari-nee, I'm no longer... a member of the Okita family, didn't I tell you?" Okita Souji lowered his head and said in a low voice.

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

"Sōji..." Rintaro tried to speak to ease the tension.

"Shut up!" Souji suddenly raised his head, looking at Rintaro with utter disgust. "If it weren't for Hikaru-nee, do you think I would even look at you?"

"Don't think I don't know why you had my sister call me back, but—" Okita drew the sword behind him in an instant.

The sword has no name, but it is drawn extremely quickly.

Zheng—