Axue remained silent.

The wait for a response is long.

Torachiyo himself didn't realize that his fingers had already clenched into a pale color.

It has been two years since he started practicing Buddhism. Torachiyo does not want to disappoint the expectations of his mother and elder sister. He is still the monster who does not understand human emotions.

"Senior brother."

I don’t know how long it took, but Axue finally spoke.

The silver-haired child stood straight with a serious expression.

"I think that this "The Tale of Genji" is not like the Buddhist scriptures we study in our daily lives, but more like the daily life happening around us."

Axue told the story slowly.

"My senior brother and I are just like Ruoshi and Genji in the book. My senior brother has nurtured me like a father, and I also admire and respect him."

"If Yukari is willing to sacrifice her life for Genji and satisfy his personal desires, then for a blind man like me, if I can become his arm in the future, it would definitely make me very happy."

Axue's sincere answer made Torachiyo feel deeply disgusted with herself for having previously doubted their relationship.

"But Senior Brother is not the Genji in the book. He is a very kind and good person. The Senior Brother Torachiyo I know would never allow me to make any self-sacrificing move, even if it was for your own benefit."

Axue then smiled warmly.

"My brother and I will always be the closest of family. Although we are both very young now, and the promise we made may not be worth mentioning, I believe that even if we are separated in the future, the vow we made today will never be broken."

"I'm sorry, Xue... Senior Brother shouldn't have tested you like this..."

Torachiyo didn't know what was wrong with him.

It was obvious that Axue was only a four-year-old child, yet he still had such intentions towards him and threw a question at him as if to test the enemy.

"Then, Senior Brother, let's hug one and end today's teaching!"

Axue was also very smart, and immediately opened her arms and waited for her senior brother Hu Chiyo to hug her.

Torachiyo didn't hesitate and walked forward and hugged Axue tightly.

The fragrance on Axue's body is obviously no different from the incense in the temple.

But every time Torachiyo hugged Axue, he would always greedily begin to sniff the scent.

I must have been under some kind of curse.

Otherwise, why would I look listless and depressed if I didn’t hug Axue every day?

"Senior Brother smells like a sunflower."

Before Hu Chiyo was satisfied, Axue took the lead in pushing her senior brother away and sighed with a smile.

"Ahahahaha... The smell of Xue is Xue herself..."

There was a faint sigh mixed in with Torachiyo's laughter.

I don’t know if it’s because I can’t express my feelings, or because I haven’t fully savored Axue’s hug.

In short, Torachiyo always wears a mask to hide his true self.

This is true for the general public. Everyone has to use a mask to hide their true self.

But Torachiyo is a bit more troublesome——

He has to pretend that he has a real face by pretending that he is wearing a mask.

When something is first created, it is not genuine.

It only becomes the [genuine] when its [fake] appears.

But if the [fake] discovers that the [authentic] never existed, then it is no longer even a [fake].

After watching Axue leave, Hu Chiyo raised the hand that had been hugged by Axue before.

Followed by.

He looked at the hand, and a puff of ambiguous hot mist came out from his lips as cool and thin as cherry blossoms.

Accompanied by a faint murmur from the mouth.

Torachiyo began to lick the jade hand that still had some residual warmth with her mouth and tongue, trying to confirm what Axue's fragrance tasted like.

"Axue..."

"Brother, your body has become very strange..."

"I want to be closer to you..."

"But if we're discovered, you'll definitely hate me, right, Axue? You'll hate me, a sanctimonious monster who talks about Buddhism so eloquently..."

What Axue said is actually right.

The bond between Senior Brother Torachiyo and Junior Brother Axue is indeed unbreakable.

But what the black-haired boy feared most was the unbreakable bond between them.

Because the bond between the two was built on a hypocritical lie.

Torachiyo stared at Axue's back as she left, and then quietly inserted the ●● with the ●● into the ●● that was already ●●●●.

A sudden and violent feeling like a ●● ●● ●● instantly shot up along the spine and split Torachiyo's brain into a blank.

●years old.

For the other children in the temple, it might not be something worth celebrating.

But this is not the case for Torachiyo.

Because the age of this black-haired boy's first ●● was fixed at ● years old.

The so-called senior brother...

In fact, it didn't exist.

Bishamonten is above...

Torachiyo closed her eyes and immersed herself in the fleeting pleasure.

Please forgive me for being like this.

Chapter 12: Axue's Disappearance

【5 years old, another year has passed. 】

[No major incidents occurred at Linquan Temple.]

[You rise and fall at sunrise and set each day as usual. Your knowledge of Buddhist scriptures has reached a level where you can discuss the doctrines with your senior brother, Hu Chiyo. And with your extensive reading and profound knowledge, you will even give guidance and teachings to a female donor you have never met in your free time.]

[But every time you talk to a female pilgrim, you can always feel a cold gaze behind you.]

"As someone born blind, you've already mastered your other senses to the highest level. You can always tell that this sight is coming from Senior Brother Tora Chiyo."

[Over the past year, the relationship between you and Brother Torachiyo has become even closer.]

[…Or perhaps it was too close, even to the point of being extremely intimate.]

[Torachiyo's attention to you may have sometimes reached a pathological level.]

[As a blind person, the most difficult things to do in a day are undoubtedly eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.]

[In the past, when you ate, Brother Torachiyo would personally bring the food to you, and you would just pick up your chopsticks and eat.]

[Now, when you eat, Brother Torachiyo personally feeds you the food, even under the pretext of not wasting food.]

[Sometimes, even when it comes to scalding hot porridge, the senior brother actually thinks that cooling it with his breath would still burn you. In the end, he even seriously asks if you want him to let the porridge sit in his mouth for a while before he kisses you.]

[…This is already an absurd thing, but perhaps Senior Brother's train of thought is truly beyond the reach of ordinary people.]

[In the past, if you needed to use the restroom, Senior Brother Torachiyo would personally lead you to the restroom and wait quietly outside for you.]

[And in recent days, Senior Brother Torachiyo has always felt that it's too dangerous for you to go to the restroom alone. After all, if you can't see, you don't have the foundation to aim properly. If you accidentally fall into the pit, wouldn't that be extremely dangerous?]

[Senior Brother Torachiyo came up with a perfect solution.]

[Then he would personally support your brother while he peed. This way, you could aim at your target while also avoiding drowning in the toilet. It was truly a two-pronged approach.]

Although you are grateful to and admire your senior brother, you still feel a deep sense of fear in your heart regarding his radical actions.

【Distance creates beauty.】

【And there is no distance between you and Torachiyo anymore. 】

[The more your senior brother treats you as a giant baby crying for food, the more you want to prove your independence.]

[So, during one of your alms-collecting trips down the mountain, while your senior brother, Torachiyo, was chatting with an acquaintance on the road, you quietly slipped away, intending to complete your alms-collecting mission alone.]

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The eighth year of Tianwen.

An unprecedented famine broke out in Echigo Province.

Even the richest Kasugayama Castle could not escape unscathed from the famine.

Many people blamed this unprecedented famine on the treacherous lord of Kasugayama Castle, Nagao Tamekage.

Because this treacherous hero had committed treason and murdered two lords, he had completely deprived the Uesugi family, the real owner of Echigo Province, of all their power, and even made the Uesugi family adopt his eldest son as their adopted son, so that they could legitimately occupy Echigo Province.

Such behavior that destroys rituals and music is naturally outrageous to both humans and gods.

Since Nagao Tameki came to rule Echigo Province, all kinds of natural and man-made disasters have occurred one after another. Famine and earthquakes are like the wrath of Buddha, which are going to make this most treacherous hero of the Warring States Period taste the bitter taste of karma!

Even the poorest families in Echigo Province would straighten their backs with pride and dig up the Guanyin soil with greater ease when they thought that the great famine was a just judgment from the gods.

"Is that so... Mother has already..."

On the way down the mountain to beg for alms, Torachiyo's face darkened for a moment when he heard the ninja from the Nagao family report the news.

The retribution brought to the regicide Nagao Tamekage is not limited to this.

The Great Famine was just a natural disaster and a loss of national fortune.

The law of cause and effect is birth, old age, sickness and death.

Torachiyo's elder brother, Nagao Harutora, has been weak and sickly since childhood. Just as Nagao Tamekage forced the Uesugi family to be cut off, God also cut off his line.

Torachiyo's mother also couldn't escape the torture of illness and passed away a few days ago.

The last words left by his mother were for Torachiyo to devote himself to Buddhism and atone for the sins of the Nagao family in the temple.

Upon hearing this sad news, Torachiyo did not show any sadness.

The ninja just looked at his amber eyes, but found that the light in his eyes became dimmer and dimmer, as if it had turned into a pair of dark golden tiger eyes like a beast.

"Young Master, please accept my condolences!"

Although he said this, the ninja didn't care about Torachiyo's feelings and continued to speak quickly.

"The head of the family has also contracted a serious illness. Many nobles in Echigo have already heard of this news. Lord Harutora has not yet fully taken over the Nagao family. If the head of the family were to meet with any misfortune, Echigo would be in chaos. I implore the young master to return to secular life!"

Nagao Tamekage was a treacherous hero who achieved success and fame by overthrowing his superiors.

The reason why rules are rules is that they naturally represent order.

Once someone breaks the order, more people will naturally break the order.

Since ancient times, the custom of seizing the inheritance rights of the head of a family has never been a good one in Japan.

Nagao Weijing did too many bad things in his life. When he is old, he will definitely do something to atone for the sins of the first half of his life and pray for the opportunity to reincarnate in the underworld after his death.

Therefore, he had already handed over the position of family head to Torachiyo's brother, that is, the eldest son Nagao Harutora, to inherit the position of family head.

But in the eyes of others working for the Nagao family, this reckless behavior was obviously unconvincing.

Because Torachiyo is far superior to his naturally sickly brother Nagao Harutora in terms of martial arts, talent, temperament and appearance!

Nagao Tamekage never considered what kind of rebellion would break out in Echigo Province after his death.

Countless powerful people who were originally loyal to the Uesugi family could never recognize the Nagao family. They just had to stay dormant and endured it because they were under the tyranny of Nagao Tamekage.

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