My mother's love song

Rhodes put on his hunting clothes, tidied his appearance, got off the cart, played the role of a cart attendant, and set out on the journey home illuminated by the morning light with the ox cart.

During this long journey, the car drove slower and more steadily than before.

The safe women who had been tormented by the boy all night were sleeping quietly in the carriage.

Perhaps because they were too tired, Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon no longer had the time to put on their complicated kimonos.

They unfolded the twelve sheets and wrapped them around their bodies as blankets, and fell asleep naked.

Under the messy black hair was a peaceful sleeping face, and on the snow-white neck exposed outside the gorgeous fabric were still several kiss marks and tooth marks left last night.

It was the afterglow of last night's passion, and also the proof that the two were deeply loved by the boy.

Sei Shonagon's head was nestled on Murasaki Shikibu's shoulder with a smile on her face. She was muttering the clichéd dream talk "I can't eat anymore, my throat is stuck". Was she dreaming about rice cakes?

Murasaki Shikibu frowned, her delicate face still flushed, she bit her lips with her white teeth, and murmured, "Noko, don't suck it out"... Was she having a nightmare?

In any case, the relationship between the two became much closer after this night.

Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon's relationship has upgraded from [best friends who like the same man (Noko unilaterally believes)] to [sisters who have served the same man (Kaori cannot deny it)]. This is really cause for celebration.

Rod was walking beside the car, recalling every detail of last night, his steps a little groggy.

After my recently tense nerves finally relaxed, even the morning air felt so fresh.

Let's gather everyone tonight and announce the news that I want to marry Xiangzi, the young man happily made up his mind.

When Rod returned home, he ordered the maids to put on kimonos for the literary girls and send them to their rooms to rest, while he went to the dojo in the vast mansion.

The moment the door of the dojo was opened, a strong wind swept in from the room.

The sharp and bright blade, along with the strong wind, pierced straight into the boy's throat from the side!

But the attack did not pierce Rhodes' neck and stopped two centimeters away from his neck.

Rhodes held the blade of the naginata firmly between two fingers, then turned his head toward the back of the dojo gate.

"Not bad, a nice sneak attack, you almost killed me."

Rhodes said to the girl ghost who was hiding there.

"Gaha!"

The girl with silver hair and golden eyes put down her naginata, drooped her shoulders and sighed: "What's so good about it, Master! I failed again!"

"No, you've grown again."

Rhode folded his arms and came to the side of the dojo, picked up a wooden sword and said to her, "If it was you a year ago, I would have stopped the naginata blade at a distance of ten centimeters.

If it were you a month ago, you would probably only be able to move forward to a position close to four centimeters of the neck.

And now, you are only two centimeters away from successfully killing me. If this is not growth, then what is growth?"

"really?"

After respectfully bowing to the young man, Gui Yifayan said happily.

"Ah."

Rhode turned to Gui Yi Fa Yan and said with certainty: "This is not a compliment. If we use the weird standards, you should be almost on the same level as Shuten Douji and Ugly Gozen now."

The master and the disciple came to the center of the dojo and sat cross-legged facing each other, with their weapons placed flat on their knees.

Gui Yi Fa Yan asked, "Almost... does that mean it has not been achieved yet, Master?"

"Didn't I say that we should look at things with an optimistic attitude?" said Rhodes.

"You are right." The great Tengu girl lowered her head, "Disciple understands."

"very good."

"But, rather than being compared to Shuten-douji or Ushi-gozen... I would rather just win one round against my master.

But, I haven’t done it once in more than a year.”

Gui Yifayan said with a gloomy expression: "Whether you are eating or meditating.

Whether you were taking a hot spring bath, sleeping, or hugging a woman... every time I made a sudden attack, you cleverly resolved it.

As expected... I, the disciple, still cannot defeat you after all."

"..."

Rhodes' eyebrows twitched.

Dead memories come alive.

He recalled the night when he had invited Minamoto no Raikou and Shuten-doji to spend the night at Rashomon not long ago.

Although Raikou and Shuten were both unhappy with each other, they still agreed to their request to sleep with them for Rhode's sake. As a result, when the three of them were having the most fun, this guy showed up.

Shouting "Master! I'm here to die!", Guiyi Fayan's head suddenly appeared between Shuten's legs.

That time, Rhodes was so scared that he almost fainted. In the end, it was only thanks to the unremitting efforts of Raikou and Shuten that little Rhodes was able to regroup and regain his strength.

Thinking back on it now, he still gets furious.

No, no, no, as a master I shouldn't be angry.

When Gui Yi Fa Yan had just become Rhodes's disciple, he once told her that "surpassing the master is the disciple's mission."

Since then, Gui Yi Fa Yan has always treated this sentence as the truth.

Well, this kid just wants to surpass me and works tirelessly for this goal alone.

I should feel happy, otherwise it would be difficult for me to call myself a role model.

Rhodes thought for a moment and said to the girl with a sad face.

"Gui Yifa Yan, you could be more proud."

"Don't comfort me, Master."

Rhode raised his eyebrows and said, "Although I have known for a long time that you are a genius, since the day I brought you in, I have determined that you will one day become a superman who is above all weirdos..."

"Huh? Really? Why haven't I heard Master Craftsman mention it once?" the girl asked, pressing her crossed ankles.

"Don't interrupt... Damn it."

"Oh, yes...I'm sorry."

Rhodes continued, “However, your growth in this year has far exceeded my imagination.

In this regard, you have already surpassed me once."

"That seems to be true... hehe."

Gui Yifayan's mood improved instantly, changing as quickly as the summer weather.

Even if the body and strength have grown, will the state of mind still be that of a child?

As he thought about this, Rhodes inadvertently glanced at the girl sitting in front of him.

The gorgeous silver hair and the enchanting blonde hair were very eye-catching no matter how many times he looked at them, but other than that, Gui Yifayan was completely different from the little ghost that Rhodes picked up a year ago.

His handsome facial features and calm demeanor are very majestic, and his former childishness has been swept away.

Rhodes grew ten centimeters taller in the past year, which was already a remarkable thing, but Gui Yi Fa Yan grew more than twenty centimeters taller in the past year.

Now she is close to Minamoto no Raikou who is 175cm tall, and has reached a height of 171cm.

At the same time, it's not just her height that's growing, her figure is also becoming more feminine.

The beautiful breasts that walk the line between ordinary and huge breasts, the long legs, slender waist and plump buttocks outline the infinitely beautiful youthful curves.

“Wow… Master is looking at my body with such obscene eyes~”

Gui Yifa covered his mouth with his eyes and laughed secretly like a crow.

"No." Rhode said coldly, "It's just that she has a good woman's body. That alone can't make me shake."

"Well... not really."

Gui Yi Fa Yan admitted with some frustration.

As a nature spirit, she possesses the innate power to sense negative emotions such as evil thoughts. However, the gaze the girl felt from her master today was the clearest and most devoid of evil thoughts so far.

"What on earth happened? Master, Master." Gui Yi Fa Yan.

Rhodes said pretentiously: "I have completely eliminated my desire for the secular world."

He was right, all of it was poured into Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon's baby's room.

"Oh...oh...as expected of Master, a true man who surpasses human intelligence, a swordsman unrivaled in the world."

Rhode tapped her forehead with his hand knife: "Stop flattering me."

Then he inserted the flat wooden sword into his belt and stood up from the wooden floor of the dojo.

"Come on, I will be your opponent today and practice with you."

"Oh!"

Guiyi Hōgen also stood up, holding the naginata.

"I must get one from Master today... um!"

Before she knew it, the girl had a wooden sword at her neck.

To ordinary people, it looked like a sword suddenly appeared in the boy's hand, but Gui Yi's divine eyes could see his quick movements as he drew the sword from his waist.

Despite this, the body still cannot respond.

In front of the strongest swordsman in the world, even the extremely talented Daitengu could not come up with any decent countermeasures.

"Gui Yifayan, this is the way to launch a sneak attack. You better remember this in your heart."

"Yes……"

The two began to practice sparring in the dojo.

It was said to be a sparring match, but in fact it was Gui Yifayan being beaten unilaterally by Rhodes, and was beaten back step by step.

Gui Yifa was already overwhelmed by using his naginata to parry the wooden sword's dazzling attacks, but Rhodes spoke slowly.

"Speaking of which, Gui Yi Fa Yan, you are a tengu, right?"

"Ah! Don't talk to me suddenly at a time like this, it's distracting me!"

Snapped!Snapped!

The girl's shoulder and right wrist were hit by a wooden sword at the same time, and her eyes ached in pain.

"I've told you so many times, when faced with my questions, you just need to answer 'yes' or 'no'."

"...No, you never mentioned such a rule."

Snapped!

Another blow.

"Yes...Yes! Master! The Oni-Horgan is a Tengu, eh? But isn't this the setting you added for me?"

"If you're a Tengu, you should be good at gathering intelligence, right?"

"why?"

“Stereotype.”

"poor……"

"I have something I want to investigate. Gui Yi Fa Yan, can you help me run the investigation?"

"Yes, please leave it to Fa Yan! I will definitely fulfill the mission."

"...Very good. As a reward for having you work for me, I will let you experience the true essence of Gion-ryu as you wish."

Rhodes nodded with satisfaction, jumped back from in front of her, and put a distance of several meters between himself and Gui Yifayan.

"Come on, let's practice with real swords."

"Oh oh oh……"

Gui Yifayan swallowed excitedly.

Normally she would pester her master, wanting to see other mysteries that she had never seen, but was always rejected.

The girl, who finally got what she wanted today, widened her eyes, and her hands holding the naginata began to tremble with excitement.