117 In the intermission Onigashima④ (1/2)

”Ya! Yah! Too!”

The city of Hiiragi Onigashima's only city center, a shout of a young child echoes in the courtyard of the residence where Kensei and his family live.

Toy Goz Ibuki is a four-year-old wielding a handmade wooden sword. Needless to say, the wooden sword is not the real thing that the flagman Aobayashi wields, but rather the shape of a sword.

The wooden sword that Shizuka Goz gave to his nephew on his fourth birthday is a gem made with the spirit of the swordsman, and has been meticulously crafted from the pattern decoration to the sheath pattern.

It is a unique treasure for Ibuki, and she sleeps together in a futon at night. Her mother, Cecil Cima, told her to keep her on her bedside when she was asleep because she was dangerous, but Ibuki didn't try to nod.

Flagman Cecil, but I'm not here because I'm going to change my sweaty Ibuki. There are Goz and Ibuki, and a woman playing against Ibuki. And another one-

”Fufu, I'm really excited, Ibuki.”

That's why the name of a woman smiling at Goz is called Emma Mikaken.

Aotama: Both eyes are like, and the hair reaching the waist is like gold thread. The appearance and beauty of the limbs are more reminiscent of spirits and goddesses than humans.

Emma is the true wife of the sword sacred sword ceremony club and the mother of the next generation of swordsmen, Laguna Mikaken. His parents' home is the Adastella Empire's leading nobleman, Paradis. In addition, Goz's younger sister, Cecil, is of the Shikibu, and in the inferior order is under Emma, the first wife.

For Goz he was a headless man in a double-triple sense.

Skillful ”ha. I'm sorry for the trouble.”

Sky ”Child is a child of the wind. It is good to be naughty. Laguna and I also ran around outside forever when I was about Ibuki, and bothered me and Shizuya.”

”Haha, indeed. How many times I ran outside the mansion looking for two people, there is no end to counting.”

Emma and Goz make a memorable expression in their memories.

If a third party looked at this place, it would have been impossible to foresee the unexpected.

From Emma's point of view, Cecil is a rival for the love of Shikibu, and Ibuki, a child of Cecil, is a young man who, if long, may threaten Laguna's position. In Goz, he is an ambitious man who sends his sister to the master and seizes power.

In fact, the people around Emma are on guard for Goz and Cecil. Neither Goz nor Cecil are interested in the power struggle inside the swordsman, but the people around them turn their suspicions just because they are ”qualified.”

A good example is Gilmore Bergh last night. The Berchs are aggressively approaching Laguna to maintain the power they have built in the current generation. If Goz could be kicked off, it would be possible to take Shiba's position first, and secondly to sprout future power struggles. That was behind the act of last night.

But is.

Despite his enthusiasm, Emma himself was fond of Goz and Cecil. Ibuki seems to be as cute as it is today.

Originally Emma Paradis was such a woman. Probably because they were raised as butterflies and flowers since childhood, sometimes they were so badly malicious that others saw them as ”naive”. It can be said that it is deep enough that little malice is not taken care of.

When Emma Shizuya first married the swordsman, the first wife of Shikibu had a sword, which forced her to be the second princess of the noble princess. Born children have also been removed from legitimate children.

Hostility An ordinary aristocratic daughter would have embraced Shizuya and, in some cases, tried to drag her from her first wife.

However, instead of dragging down Shima, Emma exchanged words aggressively, and had a relationship that could be called a friend in no time.

Hostility Because of Emma, I can't resist Cecil, Ibuki, a child of Cecil, or of course Goz.

Goz knows that, so he can talk to Emma without any pretense.

At that time, the voice of a cheerful female flag echoed in their ears.

”Yes, that's it for today, Ibuki.”

”Well, I can fight more, Ayaka-nee-chan!”

”If a monster comes after you get tired, who will protect you?”

”Uh ...”

”It's your job to be a flagman and to be in good shape so you can fight at any time.”

”Yes, I understand!”

”Okay. Come on, go to your mother and wipe your sweat. If you keep this, you'll catch a cold.”

That's it. The point where the female flagman-Ayaka Azrite pointed was Cecil, who had returned to change his clothes.

After seeing Ibuki rushing to her mother, Ayaka comes to Emma and Goz.

Goz lightly bowed toward Ayaka.

”Sorry, Azurite.

”What. Ibuki is a cute little brother for me. That's no trouble, nothing, Sima.”

Ayaka smiles with a smile.

Ibuki is a half brother to Laguna. To Ayaka, the fiancee of Laguna, Ibuki is like a brother.

Concubine If this is another family, even a child will be treated as a clan of the Lord, so it is not permissible to treat him like Ayaka. Uncle Goz was in a position where he would have to kneel to Ibuki.

However, the swordsman is not treated as a clan except his wife. The surname of the sword is allowed, but the patriarch has no inheritance right. The same is true on the mother's side, for example, while Emma, the right wife, has changed her family's surname from Paradis to her surname, but Ibuki's mother, Cecil, remains the Cima surname. In that sense, the distinction between the wife and the concubine was strict.

However, the mother's intention is given priority in child-rearing. In addition, the side concubines and their parents' homes are paid enough care every month, and the benefits of taking the blood of the sword into their homes are immeasurable, including tangible and intangible. In the first place, the house where the side concubine sends such a daughter knowing that, no one was dissatisfied with the treatment of the swordsman.

Master This is just a digression, but the current head of the swordsman has a large number of side concubines and a large number of children born to the side concubines, so the amount paid to them is quite large. Gilmore, who is in charge of finance, occasionally makes a statement to the lord about this. Gilmore is Gilmore and is not the only Noh.

In spite of that, Ibuki is growing at ease, and his personality has not been seen so far. Adults around me squinted and watched Ibuki's growth as she wanted it to grow straight.

Ayaka looked at Goz and opened her mouth.

”By the way, Sima.

”Muh?”

Sky ”How are you?”

Ayaka's voice is natural, as if asking for yesterday's menu, and the gaze towards Goz does not show any sway or tension.

Ayaka participated in yesterday's congress as the flagman of Qinglin. Of course, I hear Goz's report.

At first glance, Emma also looked at Goz.