"I'm afraid this kind of thinking isn't just mine, right?"

Axue pulled out the sutra pill from her waist and stroked the blade of the evil-destroying Buddhist sword.

"But I was not allowed to escape into comfort. Plead guilty, serve my sentence, pay my life, and I could be free—but not yet."

"Like all the dead in this world—like those I killed, whose futures were suddenly taken away—should I die here struggling and suffering with regret?"

The black-robed prime minister wiped the blade in his hand, and the cold light of the five swords in the world became more and more terrifying.

"There's no doubt that if I abandon the mission I'm carrying out...it won't just be my life that will be lost."

"Brother, perhaps your spirit in heaven will not be able to forgive my next actions, but since there is no righteous partner at all——"

There was a dark flame burning in the eyes of the black-clad prime minister.

"So, from now on, I will be the one supporting justice!"

The reason why Axue returned to Kasugayama Castle was very simple.

That is to completely avenge Nagao Kagetora.

The Xia Yue Yang Bei group had been wiped out by him at this moment.

The next step is to eliminate the guys who joined forces with Xia Yueyang Beizhong at the annual meeting to get rid of his own Nagao retainers!

After offering incense, the prime minister in black walked out of the meditation room with a knife in hand.

Tonight, the night view of Kasugayama Castle will surely be a sleepless night.

The celebration banquet was held as scheduled.

The army under Axue's command has been completely disbanded. There is no more war in Echigo Province at this moment, so naturally there is no need for this army to exist anymore.

As the greatest contributor, the black-robed Prime Minister Axue will be rewarded by the owner of Kasugayama Castle, the head of the family, Nagao Harukage, at the celebration banquet.

"Heroes emerge from youth! Heroes truly do emerge from youth!"

Despite being seriously ill, Nagao Harukage took the lead in pouring a glass of wine for Axue.

"Please give me a toast, Axue! You truly deserve to be called the savior of Echigo!"

As soon as Nagao Harukage began to flatter, the retainers around him echoed him one after another.

"Yes! The Prime Minister in Black is both civil and military! Not only has he resolved the famine since taking office, but he's now leading the army to defeat the rebels! He's truly a great hero for our Echigo Province!"

"I heard that the Black-robed Prime Minister's swordsmanship is superb! Rumor has it that he has reached the realm of the void! Such a young man is actually an unfathomable swordsman! God bless our Nagao family!"

"It's such a pity that he was born blind! God is truly blind!!"

Facing the praise from Nagao's retainers, Axue accepted the wine and said with a smile, "You are so kind! It's really so kind!"

Just as the silver-haired youth was about to drink the wine, a beautiful woman beside him snatched the cup away and angrily asked, "Little monk! How come you've developed a drinking habit after only a few months on the battlefield?"

Xiantaoyuan was a little angry.

After all, Axue had never drunk alcohol before, but after leading the troops in battle on the battlefield, he actually learned to drink when he came back!

There is nothing wrong with my sister Jinghu drinking because of her personality.

However, it was really hard for Xiantaoyuan to accept that Axue, such a gentle and elegant young man, had picked up the drinking habit of those stinky men.

Even if he is a good boy whom you have watched grow up, he may suddenly learn bad habits and start swearing one day.

"Master Xiantaoyuan is right. I think we should forget about this wine."

Being interrupted by Xiantaoyuan, Axue also went down the hill and declined politely.

"Hey! Look at you! How can you be controlled by a woman?"

Nagao Harukage then took Axue and Xiantaoyuan and joked with them.

"Speaking of which, my sister hasn't found a suitable lover yet. How about I take charge today and help you two get married?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiantaoyuan panicked on the spot.

The elder sister who had always regarded Axue as her own brother suddenly blushed. She waved her hands wildly and stammered, "Brother! How can this be?! There's such an age difference between Axue and me! And I'm not Ahu!"

"Hasn't Ah Xue always been very fond of Jing Hu? Xian Taoyuan, not only do you look very similar to Jing Hu, but you've also been with Ah Xue for many years. Isn't marriage the best choice for you two?"

Just as Nagao Harukage said.

Sentoin looks exactly like Nagao Kagetora, but Nagao Kagetora has to dress up as a man, while Sentoin can wear makeup without any hesitation.

So Sentoin himself looks like a grown-up version of Nagao Kagetora.

Xiantaoyuan was speechless for a moment.

After all, in order to take care of Nagao Kagetora and Ayuki, she had previously declined many marriage proposals from prominent nobles. After all, with her beauty and status, the number of men who wanted to win the favor of Sentaoin could stretch from Kasugayama Castle to Tochio Castle.

but......

Even if we compare Xiantaoyuan's beauty with Axue, a beautiful young man with both talent and beauty, it will only make this sister look like an old cow eating young grass.

And Xiantaoyuan knows it.

Axue and Nagao Kagetora have always been in love with each other.

It’s just that Axue never knew that Jinghu was a woman, and Jinghu never realized it either.

And whenever they were about to do something unspeakable, I would always be there to stop them in time.

To be fair, after taking care of Axue for many years, Xian Taoyuan herself really doesn't look down on any other man.

I thought that since Ah Hu liked Ah Xue, I just had to take care of this silly couple.

But now Ah Hu is dead...

So logically speaking, I am now the only one who can be the wife of Axue, the savior of Echigo Province...?

Xiantaoyuan secretly glanced at Axue. Looking at this handsome young man in his prime, the charming woman suddenly began to look forward to it.

After all, in today's world, no one knows Axue better than her.

Axue has never had contact with other women, and he is now a monk. Compared with others, Axue is very likely to agree to this marriage!

Xiantaoyuan couldn't help but swallow nervously.

She was looking forward to Axue's answer.

"--OK."

Unexpectedly, Axue nodded so readily and agreed to Nagao Harukage's proposal.

"A-Axue, are you serious?!"

The first person to ask the question was not Nagao Kagetora, but Sentoin who was standing next to him.

The woman's face was full of disbelief. She didn't expect Axue to agree to this marriage so easily.

Yes, that’s right!

Axue doesn’t know that Ahu is a woman!

Even if Ah Hu were still alive in this world, Ah Xue would probably agree to this marriage!

"After all, Master Xiantao has taken care of me for many years. If you don't have a suitable lover, then choosing me is understandable, right?"

Axue just tilted her head slightly and explained calmly to Xiantaoyuan.

"How, how can it be justifiable?! I, I have always loved Xue!!!"

Xian Taoyuan's heart was beating wildly at this moment. She no longer cared about shame and quickly revealed the feelings that she had been hiding in her heart!

Yes.

Living under the same roof with a beautiful young man like Axue, even Xian Taoyuan, who is extremely determined, would occasionally imagine the appearance of this silver-haired boy when he was bored in the middle of the night, and would begin to rub his legs uncontrollably.

However, because of Nagao Kagetora's face, Sentaoin did not reveal this almost crazy feeling.

But now that we have heard Axue's approval, there is no need for Xiantaoyuan to hide it anymore!

"Well, I have always been very fond of Master Xiantaoyuan."

Axue smiled and nodded.

"...I, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Xiantaoyuan felt as if the world was spinning before her eyes.

She never thought that things would turn out so well.

Axue has made great military achievements, and his elder brother actually came up with this trick to compensate the black-robed prime minister for his contribution.

She originally thought that Axue was just a monk who practiced asceticism and he never cared about matters between men and women!

It turns out that Axue really doesn't care!

He just doesn't know much about the relationship between men and women!

As long as others invite him, Axue, who is as compassionate as a bodhisattva, will accept the invitation!

It’s such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, but I didn’t understand it until today!

At this moment, Xian Taoyuan even had an extremely dark thought in his mind -

For the first time, she felt that Ah Hu's death was such a wonderful thing.

If Nagao Kagetora were still alive, he would never let this happen!

From then on, Sentaoin herself became the wife of the savior of Echigo Province!

From then on, Axue, who was married to the Nagao family, would never leave Echigo Province again and could live in Kasugayama Castle for the rest of her life!

"Master Xiantaoyuan, do you understand what love is?"

Axue simply took Xiantaoyuan's right hand and asked the shy girl from the Nagao family this question.

"【like】......?"

Xiantaoyuan didn't know why Axue asked such a question at this moment.

Is she testing her feelings for him?

“Man lives for love, and love is the world.”

Axue murmured with a look of intoxication on her face.

"There was a time when I found myself loving the world so much. I loved every human being in the world so deeply, even if they were people I had never seen, heard of, or seen before. I loved them deeply from the bottom of my heart."

Then the silver-haired young man raised his head and sighed deeply.

“Love is the whole soul. It needs nothing more than two people who love each other.”

“Love is the whole world. Apart from two people who love each other, nothing else is needed.”

"But if someone asks me what love is, I don't even want to mention it now, I don't even want to think about it! I hate the existence of love so much now! Master Xiantaoyuan, if you have deep love for me at this moment, please tell me -"

Axue drew out the evil-destroying Buddhist sword from her waist. The cold light from the sword was so bright that everyone at the celebration banquet narrowed their eyes.

“Let this poor monk, weary of love and fallen into despair, recall how wonderful love truly is…”

Xiantaoyuan couldn't understand why Axue would say such a thing.

But it wasn't until the evil-breaking Buddha sword was stained with blood that the foolish girl of the Nagao family finally understood the significance of Axue's words.

At the moment when the sharp blade was unsheathed, Nagao Harukage's head, still smiling, turned...

He was actually killed by Axue, the savior of Echigo Province, in an instant with his sword.

“Brother, brother…?”

Because Axue's slash was so fast, Xian Taoyuan only realized now that her beautiful face was stained with her brother's still hot blood.

The blood clinging to her face was beating like a heartbeat, beating repeatedly and causing Xiantaoyuan's temples to ache so much that her head felt like it was about to burst!

"Brother, Brother?!"

Xian Taoyuan could no longer care about anything else, and squatted down in panic, trying to hug Nagao Harukage's rolling head with both hands.

But the head of the Nagao family leader was too round, and he was rolling to one side like a football, and it was impossible for a weak woman like Sentaoin to hold him.

So the daughter of the Nagao family crawled on the ground like a dog, trying her best to grab her brother's head.

But even though she tried her best to hold Nagao Harukage's head, Xiantaoyuan finally understood one thing -

She could no longer put her head back on Nagao Harukage's neck.

"W-Why?! Why would you do such a thing?! Why would you do such a cruel thing?!"

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