My mother's love song

"So, you are the concubine of Genji-sama! No wonder you are so beautiful, dignified, and graceful..."

The inspectors nodded as if they had suddenly understood, muttering to themselves, "It's because we didn't recognize the great man."

There are also women among my women who are not at all beautiful, decent, or graceful, Rod thought to himself.

He continued to explain: "My wife came to Kyoto from the countryside for the first time. She was awed by the prosperity of Heian-kyo and was curious about everything... That's why people may have misunderstood. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

"No way! You are too kind! The people have never seen a beauty like Lady Concubine, so they are jealous!"

"Ah hey hey... what a bunch of fools! Lord Genji, please don't take it to heart!"

"Can I go now?" Rhodes asked.

"Of course, of course! Please remember to say a few good words for us in front of Lord Raikou from now on."

Rhodes did not comment, but just nodded slowly, then prepared to leave under the men's admiring gazes.

"Excuse me, but why does your concubine have red hair?"

It turns out that not everyone in this world knows how to flatter.

The prosecutor still insisted, "What people are afraid of is not her words or actions, but her hair color."

Rhodes said: "My wife's hair color is natural, and red hair is a sign of ghost blood... Is this just a baseless rumor?"

In fact, he himself knew very well that it was not a rumor, but a fact.

"You are right, Master Genji, but we also have our own difficulties.

I don't mean to offend you, but can you let her go with us to clear her name? We promise that we will not do anything to hurt her."

Rhodes thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I want to go with you too."

I'm really worried about leaving Miss He alone with the prosecutor. This woman seems to be the type who will confess everything, including her date of birth and death, height, weight, and measurements, if she hears someone banging the table.

"It would be great if you are willing to cooperate. Come, this way."

The prosecutors made way for him.

Rhodes took a step forward with Miss He, but was grabbed by the wrist by the latter.

"You still have the Genji Festival competition next..." Miss Tsuru said with embarrassment, hesitating to speak.

"Oh, right. My match starts in less than 25 minutes."

Rhode tilted his head and thought for a moment before showing a cheerful smile: "Let's skip that. Miss He's side is more important."

"I... am more important? Ugh!!!"

Miss Crane's face flushed red and she fainted in the boy's arms, with steam still coming out of her head.

"Miss Tsuru?" "What's wrong?" "Madam, are you okay?" "It's over! We have offended Genji's concubine and will be dismissed!"

The sound drifted farther and farther away.

Miss He had a faint happy smile on her beautiful face with her eyes closed.

That is the happy expression of a woman who knows that she has been recognized as a concubine and has no regrets in death.

As a result, by the time He was cleared of suspicion and they left the Procuratorate, it was already noon.

As a matter of course, Rhodes was eliminated in the quarterfinals due to his absence, and his legend of winning without fighting came to an end.

However, the legend of not having a single blow until the very end became even more talked about because of the dramatic result of Rhodes' absence from the competition.

"Maybe he's even stronger than the Four Heavenly Kings!"

"No! He must be stronger than the Four Heavenly Kings! Look at the desperate expression on Sakata Kintoki's face!"

That night, an angry Jin Shi found Xiangzi's house and loudly questioned why Rod did not show up and why he did not fulfill the manly agreement between them.

Because it was too troublesome, Rod called Jin Shi to the courtyard in the atrium and agreed to have a sumo match with him between men.

The result, of course, was that Kintoki was beaten to a pulp by Rod using modern Aikido, and finally left in disappointment.

"I feel a little bit pitiful..."

Rhodes and Musashi stood at the door of Xiangzi's house, looking at Jinshi's lonely back as he walked away.

"Iori-kun, you have to win the next round. I've spent three months' allowance betting that you'll beat Kintoki in the semifinals. Don't let me down."

Musashi defeated Ubube Tomotake of Raiko's Four Heavenly Kings in the quarterfinals. Next, her opponent standing in the way of the finals was Sakata Kintoki.

"Wait... Master! You didn't deliberately not participate in today's competition because you don't want to fight me again?" Musashi asked.

Kintoki was not the only one who was looking forward to competing with Rod at the Genji Festival. There was also Musashi who had lost to Rod before.

"If you win once, you will never fight again. Isn't this the essence of Ertian Yiliu's military tactics?"

Staring at Musashi with a strange expression, Rod smiled and said, "This way I will always be invincible... Just kidding, as long as you can win the Genji Festival, let me be your opponent."

"Really? It's a deal!"

Hearing this, Musashi showed a determined and excited expression.

Seeing her expression, Rhodes knew that it was a sure win and he could boldly bet on Musashi to win in the final.

Now, no matter who his opponent is, Miyamoto Musashi has no chance of losing.

"I'm going back to the house first."

Rhodes smiled and waved goodbye to the young swordsman, folded his arms into his kimono's furisode, and walked into the house.

"Master!" "My Lord!"

Seeing him approaching, Hongye and Miss He rushed over to greet him.

After what happened today, Miss He dyed her bright hair black.

Now, she looks just like the ghost girl Hongye, both with long straight black hair that glows bright red in the sun. From a distance, they look like sisters.

Rhodes said to the two of them, "I was sweating all over after the sumo wrestling just now. I want to take a bath."

"In that case, please let me help you bathe and change clothes." Hongye quickly followed the young man and said.

"No, master. Please leave it to me. I am good at washing backs." Miss He followed on the other side and said without giving in.

Hongye said, "Young lady, please don't force yourself tonight. You're talking about washing my back... Do you really have any experience in serving a man?"

Miss He said, "Excuse me, my dear senior lady from the ancient times, but I am very worried that your sharp claws will not hurt the noble skin of the master."

"As for the hooked curved claws, you should be about the same, right?"

As expected of the two of them who were both transformed from birds, they had already regarded each other as enemies without Rhode knowing...

It seems that such scenes of jealousy will often occur in Xiangzi's family in the future.

Rhode glanced at the two girls who were glaring at each other and mediated: "Anyway, the bathroom at home is big enough... Let's make an exception tonight and take a bath together."

"Three, three people together!?"

Miss He and Hongye's cheeks quickly turned red with embarrassment.

"This, this is too immoral..."

"If the Madam knew, she would definitely reprimand us severely..."

When he heard Xiangzi's name, Rod's body also produced an instinct to retreat, but in the end, desire prevailed.

He said, "Don't you want to?"

After a while, the two Yamato Nadeshiko with long black hair lowered their heads shyly.

"No, if this is your will, Master..."

"I am willing to accompany you."

Rhodes put his arms around their slender waists and walked towards the bathroom at home, hugging them left and right.

Then I had a nice soak.

The demon girl Hongye and Miss Crane cleaned the boy's body after sealing his hands.

As for how they did it, it's up to you to imagine...

Chapter 673 Today, Musashi's Victory

The Genji Festival was finally won by Miyamoto Iori.

Although Musashi won the championship, Rhodes' reputation rose unexpectedly after he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

"Hey? Speaking of Miyamoto Iori... isn't she a retainer of Genji?" "That means she is related to the Four Heavenly Kings and Minamoto no Raikou, right?" "So the Lord of Light is actually the most powerful one?"

This view was expressed among the audience.

In the end, Rhodes not only did not lose everything, but he won over everyone.

Back to the Genji Festival, Musashi's opponent in the semi-finals was Sakata Kintoki, a typical hot-blooded man who loses motivation when facing a woman. In the duel with Musashi, it can be said that he was defeated completely without being able to exert his full strength.

On the other hand, even if Kintoki exerted 100% of his strength, he might not be able to defeat Miyamoto Musashi.

A cunning swordsman like Musashi, who would suddenly draw his sword and chop people in the middle of his self-introduction, has attributes that are very restrained against the straightforward Kintoki.

　The two opponents in the final were Miyamoto Iori and Raikou, the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings, Watanabe Tsuna.

The strongest in the world vs the strongest in human beings.

It was a legendary duel that will go down in history.

In the end, Musashi won by a hair's breadth.

The key to victory is not the level of sword skills, not the actual combat experience, nor the desire for victory.

Watanabe Tsuna's swordsmanship is a sword that is specialized in slaying demons only against monsters.

Musashi's swordsmanship is the Infinite Sword, which is effective against humans, monsters, and demons.

The results are obvious.

Miyamoto Musashi finally ascended to the throne of the strongest person in Japan as he wished. The Genji Festival, which had been bustling for more than a month, finally came to an end, and Heian-kyo returned to normal.

Rod, who made a splash at the Genji Festival, gradually faded from people's sight after the festival ended.

Although it was a bit lonely, this was exactly what he wanted. Rod declined the idea of ​​becoming a public figure without any privacy.

After winning the championship, Musashi's life changed dramatically.

Although she originally had a part-time job in Kyoto, she only did physical work such as looking after the casino and fighting bandits in the mountains.

Now, she has become a well-known celebrity in the whole Kyoto. Although she still works as a bodyguard, the targets have changed drastically.

Rhodes often saw that guy walking side by side with a well-dressed Chinese princess on the street, surrounded by servants. The guy covered his mouth with the back of his hand and said "Oh, my lady, you are so right about the falling stockings". He had seamlessly integrated into the upper class.

Do you still do your morning exercise? I don't think you can do that.

Looking from afar at Musashi who was becoming increasingly "dull" due to her extravagant upper-class life, Rhode realized that he would surely win his next duel with her very easily.

As the final winner of the Genji Festival, Miyamoto Musashi was also summoned by Minamoto Mitsunaka, the head of the Minamoto family.

"Stop kidding me! What's going on, that arrogant old man!"

That evening, Musashi returned home angrily.

She sat down in the living room with her arms folded.

At this time, Rhodes and Miss He walked out of the inner room side by side.

The front of Ms. Tsuru's kimono was a little messy, and it looked like she had put it on in a hurry.

Her neat black hair was stuck to her mouth by beads of sweat, and her expression was faintly blushing.

"What's wrong, Iori-kun?"

Rod sat down next to Musashi and asked curiously.

It was the first time he saw the carefree Musashichika so angry.

Upon asking, I learned that Musashi, who had gone to the Genji family with great ambition to receive an award, was unexpectedly treated coldly there.

"This is simply unreasonable!"

Musashi said angrily: "That old man... He was staring at me the whole time as if he was observing a commodity. That would have been fine, but at the end he even looked very disappointed! What on earth does that mean!"

"Minamoto Manchu?"

"Yes...thank you."