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Isshiki actually wanted to reprimand Ogata loudly.
Although Ogata's intentions were good, the final result still made Isshiki feel unacceptable.
Just now, it was the first time since she grew up that she was treated so frivolously by a man whom she had not known for a long time.
To tell the truth, she was full of resentment now.
What's weird is that now she can't bring up the slightest motivation to reprimand Ogata...
"Thank you for your understanding..." Ogata showed a relieved expression.
"...In order not to cause your misunderstanding, let me explain..." Isshiki suddenly said slowly, "I pretended to be a man so that it would be easier for me to act when I was traveling with my grandfather, not for any special reason ..."
Ogata nodded lightly: "So it's like this..."
Although in the Edo period, women were able to show their faces on the streets generously and work as waiters in restaurants, the overall atmosphere in society was still that men were superior to women.
This can be regarded as the normal state of this feudal society.
In feudal society, due to various reasons such as productivity, men were basically superior to women.In a society where men are superior to women, it is much easier to do many things after pretending to be a man.
clap la la...
Finally, after an unknown amount of time passed, Ogata heard the splashing sound of water behind him, and his feet finally stepped out of the bath.
After Isshiki left the bath, the rosy glow that was already hanging on his cheeks expanded rapidly.
When she just soaked in the bath, because her whole body was wrapped in hot water, she could still give Isshiki a feeling that "something is covering her body".
But now after leaving the bath, there is nothing but air around.
This kind of strange feeling that there is a man he just met not long ago, but he is naked and exposed in the air, makes Isshiki's face turn red uncontrollably.
Isshiki made a simple assessment of her current physical condition. The distance from the bathhouse to the room where she lives with her grandfather is not very long. Although her head is still dizzy, it should not be a big problem to walk back .
"...I'll go first..." Isshiki turned his head, and slowly said to Ogata, who still had his back to her, "I remember what happened tonight, just pretend it never happened. I won't mention tonight to outsiders Don't tell anyone else about it."
Ogata nodded vigorously: "Yes, I will."
After leaving these words, Isshiki moved his slightly heavy feet again and walked towards the entrance and exit of the bath.
But before and after the entrance and exit, Isshiki stopped.
She turned her head and looked at Ogata.
The pupils of the eyes were still full of complicated emotions.
After staring deeply at Ogata for a while, she finally retracted her gaze and opened the door to the entrance of the bath...
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Isshiki quickly put on his light yellow kimono, supported the wall, and walked slowly on the way back to the room.
Probably because it was late at night, not only were there not half of the guests in the corridor, but also not half of the hotel waiters.
so hard...
Isshiki originally thought that with his current physical condition, walking back to the room should not be a problem.
But after putting it into practice, Isshiki discovered that her evaluation of her current physical condition seemed to be a bit overestimated.
It was okay at first, and I could keep my spirits up, but the more I walked forward, the more dizzy I felt, and I felt nauseous.
When walking more than half of the way to the room, Isshiki finally leaned on the wall and squatted slowly on the ground because he couldn't bear the dizziness in his head and the strong nausea gushing from his stomach.
Take a little... rest for a while... woo... this is disgusting...
Isshiki, who was squatting on the ground, panted and took deep breaths, rubbing her temples on both sides vigorously, trying to keep herself awake, but unfortunately, her methods had little effect.
However, at this moment, a male voice with obvious helplessness sounded behind her:
"Letting you go back to your room alone is really too much of a stretch... Shall I carry you back?"
Isshiki's eyes widened, and he looked behind her in surprise. Standing behind her was Ogata who was now fully dressed.
"You...why are you here...?"
"I always p;" I always feel that in your current state, it is a bit too reluctant to go back to the room alone. "Ogata squatted down, making his eyes level with Isshiki, "So in order not to have any accidents, I decided to quietly follow behind you. "
"Your face is so ugly now, is your body uncomfortable?"
Isshiki wanted to say, "I'm in good health now, as long as I take a break to get better, you don't have to worry about me", but as soon as she opened her mouth, a strong sense of nausea made her frown.
Now she felt that if she said a few more words, she would vomit up tonight's dinner.
As the daughter of a samurai, no matter what, she didn't want to do such indecent things in front of outsiders or in the corridors of hotels.
Seeing that Isshiki couldn't even speak now, Ogata remained silent.
After a moment of silence, he raised Isshiki without saying a word, and pushed Isshiki to his back.
"I'll carry you back." Although Ogata's voice was soft, his tone was full of determination, "Where do you and your grandfather live? If it's difficult to speak, just use your fingers to show me the way."
Seeing that Ogata was so tough that he didn't even say hello to her, he helped her behind him. Isshiki's first reaction was to protest loudly, saying that he didn't need his help.
But... After meeting Kami Ogata's eyes, for some reason, I had already planned to reject Ogata's kind words, but I couldn't say anything.
After lying on the back of Ogata who was squatting on the ground for a while, Isshiki slowly stretched out his right index finger and pointed to the right-turn intersection ahead.
"Is it over there... Hurry up, I will walk slower, if you still feel uncomfortable, pinch the back of my neck, and I will walk slower."
After all, Ogata picked up Isshiki, and walked slowly towards the place Isshiki just pointed at at a speed as slow as a turtle crawling.
Isshiki lying on Ogata's back had a place to rest, and at the same time, Ogata's speed was just right, which gradually eased the dizziness and nausea in Isshiki's head.
The dizziness and nausea dissipated, and a strange sense of relief came out.
Isshiki's head sank slowly, resting on Ogata's left shoulder.
"...Thank you..." She resisted the dizziness and nausea, and said with all her might.
"You're welcome." Ogata responded softly, "I just did what I should do."
After the two sang a harmony, they returned to silence.
But the strange thing is that this silence did not exude embarrassment, but revealed a little tranquility.
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"Front...the second room on the right is where I live...you can just send me here...if grandpa sees you carrying me back...it's hard to explain... "
Ogata looked towards the second room on the right in front of him, about 7 steps away, not far away.
Hearing Isshiki say this, Ogata did not insist that he must send her to the door of the room. After Isshiki's voice fell, he obediently put down Isshiki behind him.
"Do you feel more comfortable in your body? Can you walk the remaining few steps?"
Isshiki nodded lightly: "Well... at least... I can finally talk... There is no problem at all after walking the last few steps..."
Although the time spent lying on Ogata's back just now was not long, it was at least a little rest.
"That's good..." Ogata nodded lightly, "If that's the case, then don't stay here. It's almost time for me to go back. If it is delayed a little longer, my family may worry about me."
"...Isshiki Flower."
"Ok?"
"Isshiki is my real name." Isshiki looked directly into Ogata's eyes and said word by word.
"Isshiki..." Ogata smiled, "It's really a good name, it sounds good and has meaning."
There was nothing flattering about Ogata's words.
The name "Hua" may be unremarkable to a woman.
But when paired with the surname "Yise", it instantly makes the name a little more poetic.
"At dawn tomorrow, my grandfather and I will leave this place and continue to return to Osaka." Isshiki continued, "After tonight, we may not have any chance to meet again...so...you take care..."
Isshiki now has no idea what he is talking about.
The lips and tongue moved on their own, as if they had a will of their own.
I reported his real name without authorization, and then said to Ogata to take care of him without authorization.
When I came back to my senses, the sentence "Take care of yourself" had already been said.
After hearing her words, Ogata was taken aback for a moment, and then slowly showed a smile:
"You too. Take care."
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"Xiaohua, you're finally back... eh? What's wrong with you? Why is your face so ugly?"
As soon as Naosuke's gaze turned to Isshiki who had finally returned, he was immediately taken aback because Isshiki's face was frighteningly pale now, as if he was sick.
"I'm fine." Isshiki said, "It's just a little dizzy."
"Dizzy?" Zhi Zhou said angrily, "Really, you are not young anymore, why are you still acting like a child... um? What's the matter? Why are you smiling? Did something good happen to you? "
grinning?
Isshi was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly raised his hand to touch his lips, the corners of his mouth were really slightly raised.
She didn't even realize she was laughing.
She recalled, recalling when she smiled subconsciously.
Memories flash back.
In the end, it was fixed at the moment when Ogata smiled and said to her, "You too. Take care".
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"Why did you take a shower so late tonight?" A-cho asked Ogata who had just returned.
"Because I haven't bathed for a long time." Oo said without changing his expression, "So I couldn't help but soak in the bathtub for a while."
Ogata promised Isshiki that he would treat what happened tonight as if it never happened.
For the first time, he was grateful for his ability to lie without changing his face...
"Okay, let's get under the covers." In order to prevent A-Ming from questioning him because he doubted what he just said, Ogata took the initiative to change the subject, "We have to hurry tomorrow morning."
After all, without waiting for A-Machi's reaction, Ogata took out a set of futons and spread them on the tatami.
A-machi has always trusted Ogata unconditionally.
So after hearing what Ogata said, although I always felt that "soaking in the bathtub for a long time because I haven't bathed for too long" was not something Ogata would do, I didn't ask too many questions, and started paving with Ogata wholeheartedly. bedding.
When the two worked together to lay the futon, Ogata's gaze accidentally caught sight of A-Machi's chest, which was now only covered by a thin layer of clothing.
Then, a certain memory that was not even half an hour past emerged in Ogata's mind...
Ogata, whose expression became weird, quickly moved his eyes away, so as not to let any strange memory fragments appear again...
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Right now
Edo, inside a certain izakaya
"Huha!" Mucun put down a large bottle of sake that was empty, "How about it? Do you still want to compare with me?"
"I, I can't do it anymore..." Shimada, whose face was as red as blood, put down more than half of the wine bottle left, belching heavily, "I can't drink any more."
"Hmph." Mucun showed a smug expression, "If you want to compete with me in drinking capacity, you are still far behind."
"Shimada, don't drink anymore." Asai reminded at this time, "I don't want to carry you back like I did a few days ago."
Makimura, Shimada, and Asai are now sitting in the three corners of the wine table in the shape of a character.
In recent days, in order to pass the boring time, Mucun and the others often drink wine and chat in the middle of the night in the izakaya like they do now.
"Speaking of which," Asai continued, "We should be going back soon."
Asai did not participate in the "drinking competition" between Mucun and Shimada, and only drank silently all the time, so unlike Mucun and Shimada, his entire face turned red, and his cheeks were only slightly red.