Episode 70: Paper-Thin Heat Haze
“Ehehehe…, well…, eheheheh…♡”
Hmm… clumsy.
I might seriously get killed by Katrina soon.
No, being killed by such a good woman might not be so bad…? But I’m planning to live for another thousand years, so what should I do…?
“D-Dru-san? Ehehe…, chu…♡”
And she’s the vice-commander…
Is my plan to attack because it seems possible? Am I the Kanto Army or something? My lower half apparently can’t even follow military discipline properly. Misfire!
But Kaede is also at fault.
She’s so cute, yet she got drunk at the Guild, saying she just returned from an expedition.
Of course… I’d take her home, right?
And if I take her home… of course, I’d hold her, right?!
It’s not my fault! I was framed!
No, I did the framing! Gahahaha!
…Well, whatever.
I’ll apologize on my knees if I get caught. Katrina is kind in her own way, and she should forgive me if I apologize.
“Kaede? This is a secret from Katrina, okay?”
“Yes, desu. If Katrina-san finds out, Dru-san will probably be killed, ne!”
So, the Blue Comet seduced and held Kaede-san, the samurai woman from the East, who is also the vice-commander.
By the way, can I tell you something really scary?
Um… this… this girl.
She was a virgin…?
…Could she really be a ‘Samurai’?
Did I just lay my hands on a knight-class ‘Samurai’ from the Eastern ‘Azuma Country’?
Is she from a really good family…?
“Come to think of it, Kaede, you’re from Azuma Country, right? Where did you come from?”
“Ah, from ‘Yamashiro Country’ desu.”
…Wait a minute.
Um… wait?
Did she say Yamashiro Country?
The de facto capital of Azuma Country?
“…Who is your lord?”
“Directly under Mikado-sama. My previous job was guarding the Imperial Palace desu.”
Ah… wait, please.
Wait.
“…Um… your, your lineage?”
“I am the eldest daughter of the Sakai family, who enshrines Irutsuka-no-Mikoto.”
“…Do you perhaps hold any official rank?”
“Hah, this Sakai Kaede has been granted the rank of Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade by His Imperial Majesty.”
A court noble… a samurai in a foreign land… could it be?!
“Are you a ‘Foreign Inspector’?!!??!?!?!”
“Yes. I am a Foreign Inspector, sent by the decree of His Imperial Majesty to travel the foreign lands.”
Aaah…! I’m done for…!
I tried to escape from the bed, but Kaede grabbed my arm with an overwhelming smile.
Uooo, so strong!!!
“I’m so happy…♡ In a foreign land, a foreign country, I have found a husband…♡”
“Wait! Wait! Seriously, wait!!!”
“If Mikado-sama has a blood connection with a powerful person in a foreign land, it will surely be helpful…♡ I can show my loyalty…♡”
“Forgive me! Forgive me! Seriously, forgive me!!!”
“Fufufu… I’m not angry, desu yo? Dru-san, I like you♡”
“Then let me go…! Seriously… seriously, stop it…! A sudden landmine is a violation of some kind of treaty!”
“Ah, aaaa… no, no… I can’t, desu yo? You have made a bond with a maiden… from now on, we will always be together…♡”
…So, I stepped on another nearby landmine.
What’s done is done, let’s move on.
Kaede, grabbing my wrist, overlaps her skin on mine.
A distant homeland, a journey where she doesn’t know if she can return.
She must be feeling uneasy and lonely.
She’s rubbing her skin against mine, trying to feel warmth.
I’ve seen and examined many women.
I know what they want, for the most part.
“Haa, ah…. Husband, Husband, please don’t leave me, please, don’t leave…. Stay by my side…”
For now, I let her do as she pleased for a while.
Then, as if she came back to her senses, Kaede blushed red to her ears.
“A, ano… um…! I, I!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I understand.”
“I, I’m sorry! In a foreign land, even if we make a bond, it doesn’t mean marriage, right?! I, I got a little ahead of myself…!”
Ooo… what a good girl…!
Marriage with someone of high status is really troublesome and I hate it… but, ah, but Kaede is a good girl…
If it comes to it, I think I’ll take my freedom. I think I’ll regret it a lot, but. I know I’m that kind of person from my previous life’s experience.
But… even so.
After all, I get attached to women who like me.
I can’t help it, I’ll still run away if it becomes impossible…
“Ah… Kaede? I don’t know what or how much you want, but I’ll listen to your requests as much as possible, okay?”
…I want to cherish her as much as possible.
“Eh, then a marriage vow…”
“It’s fine, but as you know, I have other women.”
“Ah, ie, in my house too, my father had many concubines… Speaking of which, I am also the daughter of a concubine…”
Ah, I see.
Is it a samurai-style thing?
“Besides, even if we get married, what will you do? I don’t intend to go to Azuma Country, you know?”
“Neither do I?”
…Huh?
“Sorry… what do you mean?”
“Didn’t I tell you? My mission is to find ‘Apololia’. Even after that is done, I am ordered to create a base for other ‘Foreign Inspectors’…”
Ah…
‘Apololia’? I don’t know what that is, but it’s a treasure hunt.
It’s like when some mercury-guzzling emperor sent his subordinates all over the world to find an elixir of immortality…
And that, too, is not something that can be found really easily, so it’s assumed that the task will be passed on to the next generation.
Or rather, the real goal is to “create a base for spies rooted in the local area”?
Well, the Azuma Country people, the Easterners, are all flat-faced people. They want to put our blood in them and create half-spy.
Somehow… it feels like it’s dangerous for national defense… but oh well!
Anyway, it’s the Middle Ages now, and it takes years to get from Azuma Country to this Missgancia, whether by foot or by ship. I don’t have to think about foreign spies from this era, probably.
“I understand. In short, you want to create a house that can help the Azuma Country people who come to this country, right?”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“If that’s the case, I think I can help. …For now, when Katrina finds out, apologize with me, okay…?”