My mother's love song

Brother Guang, I was blind to the fact that I treated you as a child who needed protection. This was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life!"

“Hey…Hey…Hey!?”

Fujiwara Kaori listened in amazement to Kintoki's fantastic story.

That's Shuten, right?

The King of Chaos Ghosts who lives on Mount Oe, Shuten-doji! His existence itself is a natural disaster, and wherever he goes, no grass grows! The strongest monster!

The Lord of Light defeated that Shuten-doji! ?

"How is it possible that such a thing is..."

My Lord of Light is a child who has trouble even killing a mere cause...

Xiangzi wanted to say this, but after seeing the fanatical light in Jinshi's eyes, she couldn't help but doubt her own opinion.

Could it be that the Lord of Light is actually a very powerful person?

Not only can he use strange secret techniques, but he can even fight head-on with a great avatar like Shuten Douji...

Xiangzi looked at the young man who was drinking tea silently beside her. Jinshi also looked over and asked.

"It was Guang who defeated Shuten, right? Although I was unconscious at the time, I could still feel it! Guang beat Shuten to the sky in a very cool way! It was so cool!"

"So you didn't see it!!!"

Xiangzi couldn't help but complain, if you didn't see it, don't be so sure...

So what is the truth?

Rhodes drank his tea slowly like an old man, and then he said in the expectant eyes of the two: "Jin Shi, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand?

At that time, Shuten-doji just had a sudden impulse and spared my life, and then I dragged you back to Kyoto, and I was almost exhausted to death.

This is what happened. I didn’t fight Shuten-doji, and it was even more impossible for me to beat that guy away.”

Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is... I was saying it, it's ridiculous that Lord of Light could win in a battle with that kind of giant!

But it was really dangerous... I actually met Shuten-doji! And she spared my life. I don't know whether Baidao is lucky or unlucky. "

Although Xiangzi already believed it, Jinshi obviously could not accept Rhodes's words. He insisted that Rhodes must have fought with the other party.

Could it be because of the dragon's intuition or something like that?

Humph...what a troublesome guy.

If I had known you would cause me so much trouble, I should have just left you on the mountain to feed the bears!

Although Raikou may be very sad, this is also your own fault! In your next life, I hope you can be reborn as a man who knows how to read people's expressions!

Ever since Rhodes met Jin Shi by chance, the two of them have become quite close.

It's probably similar to the relationship between a boss and his younger brothers among delinquent teenagers.

Although Rhodes told Jin Shi about his situation, he also warned him not to interfere with his life.

Rhodes is now enjoying the quiet and peaceful life of a handsome man. He doesn't want any monsters, ghosts, mutations or other elements to appear in his life anymore.

So even though Rhode did punch the female ghost in the abdomen and sent her flying out of Kyoto, he still tried his best to deny what he had done.

Of course, being related to Minamoto no Raikou is an exception, and Raikou's mother is special.

Come to think of it, Kintoki still doesn’t know that I went to the Minamoto family last week... Well, it’s not something worth mentioning.

When Raikou becomes my woman, Kintoki will be my son... um!

It's so troublesome just thinking about it. Having a hot-blooded son like Xiao Mo alone is enough to make me suffer.

Kintoki on the side was still telling Kaori that Rhodes must have defeated Shuten, and he believed in his intuition and so on.

The boy came up behind Jin Shi, patted him on the shoulder, and gave him a look that said "If you say anything weird again I'm going to kick you out."

"oh oh……"

Feeling an inexplicable pressure, Jin Shi sat up straight and obediently.

"So Jinshi, what is the matter that brought you to see me today?"

Rhodes acted like the head of the family, and asked the guest while being fanned by the beautiful woman with long black hair beside him.

"Oh, right! I almost forgot about the main thing!"

Jin Shi slapped his thigh, and the loud sound scared Xiangzi next to him.

"Brother Guang, have you heard that the Genji Festival is about to be held in Kyoto?"

Rhode nodded. "It's the [Contest to Determine the Strongest Samurai in Japan] held by your general, Minamoto Manzhong, right? I saw the notice on my way home."

Jin Shi was excited: "Oh! As expected of Guang brother!"

So you are not moved at all...

"So you'll be attending, Kintoki?"

Rhodes saw on the notice that the Four Heavenly Kings of Raikou seemed to have been ordered to participate in the war.

If all of the Four Heavenly Kings of Raiko, who are known as the strongest samurai in Heian-kyo, join the battle, I'm sure they will scare everyone.

However, it will also attract some truly strong people. This should be Yuan Manzhong’s real idea.

Jintoki smiled cheerfully and said, "Of course, Guang-nii! As long as you participate in the Genji Festival, you can fight powerful guys without worrying about the consequences! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

The passionate aura emanating from the blond youth's muscles made the summer room even hotter. Rhodes was somewhat speechless.

"Oh, then just do your best, Kintoki. I'll bet on you to win."

If you bet 10,000, you win. If you bet 100,000, Watanabe Tsuna will win, Rod thought secretly.

"what the hell!"

Jin Shi was dissatisfied with Rod's cold attitude towards the Genji Festival: "Brother Guang, how can you treat it as something other than your own business?"

"Does this have anything to do with me?"

Jin Shi said as a matter of course: "You will definitely participate."

"I won't participate. It's so hot, what a joke."

Rhode frowned and said, "The whole venue will be filled with muscular men of your size. In 37-degree weather, hundreds of muscular men will be squeezed into a small space. You might as well kill me! I won't even go to show my support!"

Ah...but if the Youkuo holds a swimsuit beauty pageant, I will definitely go to support it."

"Swimsuit beauty pageant!?"

Jintoki's face turned red. Rod stood up from the tatami, wrapped his arms in the sleeves of his kimono, and conveyed to him the meaning of "you should get out".

"Wait a minute! Brother Guang! Are you really not going to participate?"

"I said I wouldn't participate."

Rhodes grabbed Sakata Kintoki by the back of the collar and pulled the 90kg giant up from the ground as Xiangzi stared in amazement.

"Go back to me."

The boy kicked Jin Shi on the butt: "Let's go, let's go. Call me when there's a swimsuit beauty pageant."

"Wait, wait... I still have something to say, listen to me finish!"

"explain."

"As for me, I want to learn from Guang Nii at the Genji Festival..."

"No, I'm not interested."

Hearing what Rhodes said, Jin Shi was a little discouraged, but he quickly recovered.

"Okay, okay! I already know that Guang-ge is not interested in fighting with me. But there is one thing that you will definitely be interested in."

Rhodes sighed: "I'll just listen to it for now."

"Hey. Haven't you been looking for a rich girl named Dingzi recently?"

Rhodes' eyes lit up: "Did you find it?"

"No, I'm not looking for it at all."

Rhodes showed his knife to Jin Shi.

"Wait, wait! I didn't find it, but..."

Jinshi said: "Although I haven't found it, but during the Genji Festival, all the noble daughters in Kyoto will come to watch the game, right?

If Guang-ge is also present, wouldn't it be easy to find it? Look towards the VIP seats from the center of the venue."

"..."

Rhode frowned and blinked, then looked deeply at the blond young man: "Jin Shi, it turns out you are not a fool... ahem, you are really a genius!"

"The idiot has already said it!"

Just like that, Rhodes decided to join the war for a very frivolous reason.

The registration was entrusted to the Four Heavenly Kings, and Rhodes himself prepared a fake identity to participate in the war.

"no problem?"

Xiangzi pulled Rhodes' sleeve with a worried look on her face: "Forget it, although Lord Qingming's barrier is very safe. But..."

Rhodes smiled and said, "No problem, no problem. Just find the person and then pretend to lose the game."

Hearing this, Xiangzi thought to herself: As long as I don't pretend, I won't feel like I will lose, Lord of Light...

……

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That night, as usual, Rod and Fujiwara Kaori enjoyed dinner together in the large Japanese-style room.

Xiangzi was a woman who had received the highest level of education as a lady since she was young, so she didn't like to talk while eating. Even if the two of them talked during the meal, it was usually Rhodes who started it.

In the quiet night, the only sound was the sound of chopsticks hitting dishes, and at this time Rhodes broke the silence.

"Miss Xiangzi, is there something on your mind?"

"……Why."

Xiangzi came back to her senses from her deep thoughts and raised her head.

"Why do you feel that way?" she asked.

Rhodes said, "You seemed absent-minded from the beginning, even I could see it.

Hmm...are you really thinking about the article?"

"..."

While Xiangzi remained silent, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

As Rod said, she was indeed thinking about writing.

However, what Xiangzi was thinking about was not the writing itself, but the collection of materials that she had not been able to complete because of her encounter with Rod that day.

Xiangzi stared at Rhodes' face in a daze.

Although the boy in front of her had a cute and harmless appearance, she was the only one in the whole Heian-kyo who knew how good a playboy the Lord of Light was at conquering women.

It was incredible when I thought about it, I actually lived under the same roof with a boy like Lord Light, and it had become a matter of course recently.

The relationship between the two became natural and intimate, just like real family members.

Sometimes Xiangzi would write at her desk in the living room until late at night. Finally, she could not bear it anymore and fell asleep on the table. When she was awakened by the singing of birds the next morning, she found that she was wearing a twelve-layer kimono.

When asked the maids, they all said that they did not do it, but they saw Lord Light going to the kitchen to eat secretly in the middle of the night last night. However, when Xiangzi went to express her gratitude to him in person, the boy denied it nonchalantly.

Even if he didn't admit it, Xiangzi knew that it must be the Lord of Light who put the coat on her, there was no doubt about it.

This was the first time that Xiangzi felt cared for by a young man. Her heart was beating so fast and her heart was pounding that she didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of the Lord of Light for several days.

"See, just like now, I'm absent-minded again."

The boy gave her an unhappy look, and Xiangzi said while touching her hot cheek.

"Well, just like Lord Light said, I was thinking about writing."

"Oh, if you have any troubles, just ask me."