My mother's love song

Like Bai Juyi, Genji was once exiled with a guqin on his back, and he also tried hard to pursue a married woman but failed.

Ashamed of his affair with the queen, he treated the son born from his concubine's affair with another man as his own.

In fact, he lived between pain and satisfaction throughout his life, and was even more depressed in his later years.

Even a superhuman figure like Genji, whose appearance, background, status and talent far surpass those of ordinary people, ultimately appears pale and powerless in the face of an unchangeable fate.

This is the origin of the deep sadness that permeates the text written by Miman Xiangzi.

But with Rod's literary accomplishment, he just read it as a pornographic book.

It's a pity that Xiangzi dared to bring such a book into the palace for her colleagues to read...

Rhode stared at the back of the introverted black straight-haired beauty who was full of magical charm but had no self-awareness, and thought: Do you have a social prowess certificate? Is there nothing left in this world worth your nostalgia?

If it were me...I would never tell anyone I know that I'm writing a harem novel!!!

Putting aside Fujiwara Kaori's passion for literature and her obsession with readers' feedback, why did she call me a character in her novel?

It is said that after Murasaki Shikibu gave "The Tale of Genji" to people around her to read during the writing process, the book immediately became a best-seller that was widely circulated in the palace and known to everyone.

Judging from Watanabe Tsuna's reaction just now, he didn't seem to know Genji's name, which means that Kaori may not have started writing yet?

boom.

While Rod was daydreaming, he bumped into the woman in front of him.

"Don't stop suddenly when you're walking."

"terribly sorry."

Fujiwara Kaori bowed deeply with a melancholy expression.

"Although it happened suddenly, the fact that I caused you trouble does not change. I actually gave you a name without your permission... This is really disrespectful! Please, please forget the unpleasantness just now!"

"I don't care. But who is Genji?" Rhodes asked.

"That, that..."

Hearing the boy's question with a smirk on his face, Fujiwara Kaori immediately let out a cry with tears in her eyes.

"He's a character I made up! He's a product of my imagination...!"

Rhodes said: "Hey hey...it turns out that this person is not a real person."

"Well, I've been thinking about the Lord of Light a lot lately, and I was just about to write down everything I thought of, so this happened...

It was clearly the name of a character I imagined, but I put too much emotion into it... and ended up making a fool of myself."

Xiangzi continued to bow and apologize.

"I just said it carelessly, as if I was in a state of excitement! I'm really sorry for causing you trouble!"

"I see... Then you must like the Lord of Light very much."

After Rhodes asked this, she nodded without hesitation, with a very serious expression.

"To me, the Lord of Light... Genji is like an illusory existence like light.

Maybe he is the perfect man that I can think of, a combination of all the good qualities I have in a man.”

Rhodes said: "So, why would such a perfect good man use it on someone like me?"

Xiangzi said: "Because the Lord of Light is a perfect man, he has been pursuing the perfect woman who matches him all his life.

Well, the Lord of Light is...very romantic."

"Oh... you mean you look like me who likes to go to arcades?"

Rhodes seemed to have heard of such a saying.

Genji may be perfect in the eyes of women, but he himself also pursues all beautiful things almost obsessively [women].

Although he has wives, concubines, and lovers whom he deeply loves, he is still constantly pursuing "the next one", pursuing the "perfect woman" that does not actually exist.

This is the reason for Genji's suffering throughout his life.

What a hungry man, Rhodes thought. I thought you wrote so many female characters just to increase the word count.

The boy did not give up easily.

"That's all? Just because I'm a flirt that's why you connected me to the Lord of Light?"

"...Woo!"

As if her heart was touched, Xiangzi was about to cry again.

"There's no use crying!" Rhodes' expression said so.

After a while, Xiangzi spoke in a very low voice as if she had accepted her fate.

"And there's... that... face."

"Face?"

"..."

The literary girl with long black hair covered her burning cheeks and said with embarrassment that she was about to collapse.

"Your appearance and temperament are exactly the same as the Lord of Light in my imagination."

Hearing this, Rhodes laughed.

"Hahahahaha, where did you come from, Dream Girl!"

“…Ugh!!!”

Xiangzi's handsome face turned red, and she stared down at a loss for what to do. It took her a long time before she spoke.

"I'm sorry, you must feel disgusted..."

Even she herself felt disgusting.

"That won't happen."

Rhodes shook his head.

"Don't you think this is cool? As a science and engineering guy, I think this is so cool. It fits my imagination of a talented woman in Heian, romantic and interesting."

"Talented, talented woman... I'm not even considered one..."

Xiangzi covered her face but secretly showed a very happy expression.

At this moment, Rhodes said: "Ms. Murasaki Shikibu, I do not accept your apology."

"Huh? W-Why? Are you still angry?!"

Rhodes said: "This has nothing to do with being angry or not. Your apology is too insincere."

"Sincerity?"

Xiangzi said with a confused look on her face: "What exactly can be considered a sincere apology? Please tell me! As long as it is anything I can do, I will definitely satisfy you!"

"really?"

Rhodes stared at Murasaki Shikibu's huge and mature presence: "Are you really willing to do anything?

You can ask me to accept your apology, but you have to do something for me."

Xiangzi was startled at first when she noticed the boy's obscene gaze, then she lowered her head and bit her plump lips.

If it's just once, it should be fine...

Although I'm not mentally prepared yet, a beautiful boy is better than a disgusting old man...

Xiangzi was ready, and nodded softly, "Well, please, please go ahead."

Rhodes said: "First..."

"You just said [one] thing, right?"

Rod: “Don’t interrupt.”

Xiangzi: "I'm sorry."

"First, I will accept the name [Genji]."

"Why!?"

Xiangzi stood there in a daze, completely unable to understand the meaning of the boy's words.

Rhodes said impatiently: "It means that from now on I am the Lord of Light. Let me use this name for a while."

"Well, but..."

This was the name Xiangzi was going to use in the book. She really wanted to say it, but Rhodes glared at her and she swallowed the words back.

"This is for your own good, right? Do you want to be caught by the imperial court if your crime is exposed?"

"..."

"I'll return it to you later, don't worry." Rhodes said.

"Oh……"

"Second, I will stay in this mansion for a while starting today. Of course, you must provide me with food and lodging."

"why?"

Because Rhodes' money was almost gone. If he continued to spend lavishly like this, he would have to sleep under a bridge in two days.

He would never give such a lame excuse, but instead raised his chin and showed an attitude of "Do you think you have room for bargaining?"

"Yes……"

Xiangzi finally accepted it meekly.

Just like that, one month after arriving in Heian-kyō, Rod finally determined his base [save point].

"Third... never mind, I'll add more when I think of it."

Xiangzi said nothing, but bowed to the boy with mixed feelings.

"Please give me your guidance in the future, Lord of Light."

Everything that happened tonight was like a dream, and Xiangzi still doesn't feel it is real.

She will now live under the same roof with a boy who looks 10 years younger than her.

I haven’t even lived with my husband yet… woo.

She hesitated and said, "The servants are all on vacation and have returned home. Then, let me take you to the guest room..."

"No need."

"Are you planning to sleep in my room?!"

Xiangzi screamed in panic, could it be that she needs me to sleep with her?

Rhode looked at her with amusement and said, "No, your guest room hasn't been cleaned yet, has it? The servants are not here.

I'll stay somewhere else tonight and come back tomorrow."

Other places refer to the recreational areas.

"Oh……"

Xiangzi finally let go of her worries, but at the same time, for some reason, a subtle sense of regret arose in her heart.

"I'm leaving. Go to bed early tonight and get up early tomorrow to prepare breakfast for me.

Remember to have a hearty breakfast instead of a simple one.”

Even though Rhodes gave orders like the man of the house, Xiangzi nodded obediently in agreement.

"Please leave it to me."

Rod was in a good mood because of the treatment he received as the head of the family, a treatment he had never received before in the Sajo family.

As he hummed a little tune and walked towards the door, Xiangzi stood under the eaves and watched him go.

"correct."

Rhodes suddenly turned around and looked at Murasaki Shikibu.

"Speaking of which... do you want me to call you [Miss Xiangzi] or [Zi]?"

"!"