Trafford's Trading Club

After the New Year and with the return of spring, Nagato Saburo safely returned to Zaodao Village, but Nagato Tsuruko didn’t tell Nagato Saburo that she could now climb to the mountain Shrine by her ability alone.

That wish ultimately could not be fulfilled—because she still could not climb up.]

Putting down the brush, the Maid ground new ink for her master.

After Luo Qiu saw that the ink had dried, he turned to a new blank page.

Outside the Shrine, however, lightning flashed, flames surged, and the fox spirit-turned Nagato Tsuruko faced off with the young Mrs.

Witch who also harbored Miki.

The boss glanced around, then began to write again.

[On this day, to celebrate Nagato Saburo’s return, the Nagato family prepared to go cherry blossom viewing…]

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At that time, after reasonably subduing the fox spirit of Zaodao Village, an Onmyoji from the same company took away the fox spirit’s soul.

This Onmyoji was named Narukami, from an ancient Onmyoji school.

Yet, with the ever-changing world, even the mightiest figures seem to have a day of turning to dust.

The descendants of Narukami did not inherit the powerful spiritual power of their ancestors, and the Onmyoji of the Narukami Style gradually declined.

The last descendant was named Narukami Haru.

It was said that Zaodao Village’s Shrine had ties to the Narukami Style.

After subduing the fox spirit, the Shrine of Zaodao was built with the help of an Onmyoji of the Narukami Style.

Later, the Narukami Style offended enemies, leading to their annihilation, leaving only the lone descendant Narukami Haru, who was saved and taken in by Zaodao’s Mrs.

Witch.

The last descendant of the Narukami Household still did not inherit the powerful spiritual power of their ancestors.

However, a seal of the fox spirit was on Narukami Haru’s body—unable to inherit the spiritual power of their ancestors, the descendants of Narukami Household took a risky path, sealing the potent fox spirit’s spirit within a descendant, hoping to harness the fox’s power to revive the Narukami Household’s glory.

Nevertheless, the world is always so disappointing.

Nagato Munachika, extraordinarily devoted to power, learned of all this…

If the sealed soul of the fox spirit within Narukami Haru, and the fox’s heart housed within the Nagato family, were all gathered to create a powerful individual, wouldn’t that be possible?

The key is, such a descendant would be of the Nagato Clan!

“I hate the Nagato House!” Nagato Tsuruko, turned fox and red-eyed, glared at the young Mrs.

Witch, unleashing a storm-like barrage, “Especially Nagato Saburo!

That incompetent, cowardly, selfish man who even sold out his own wife!”

The young witch shook her head.

Without accepting Miki, her pure spiritual power had a strong restraining effect on the monsters, but ultimately she couldn’t match the power of the fox-transformed Nagato Tsuruko.

However, after accepting Miki, her pure spiritual power naturally became polluted and mutated, leading to her own transformation into a fox.

Although her power now matched the other’s, neither could overcome the other…

She knew this situation would arise, but she still chose to let it happen.

“At six years old, I didn’t have the ability to protect you.” The young witch looked up and stepped forward.

——[On this day, to celebrate the return of Nagato Saburo, the Nagato House prepared to go cherry blossom viewing.

Nagato Saburo began to recount some of his dangerous experiences on the battlefield, causing Nagato Tsuruko to nervously clutch her mother Narukami Haru’s sleeve when he spoke of the terrifying parts.

Yet despite the fear, Nagato Tsuruko’s gaze gradually turned to admiration.

Zaodao Village is a very remote village, and there were originally few men willing to go to war.

Those with ambitions were likely only the men of the Nagato House who inherited the blood of the samurai.

From an early age, Nagato Tsuruko envied the village children whose parents were always by their side.

She sometimes wondered if Nagato Saburo hadn’t been deployed, perhaps he would have already started teaching her the Nagato House’s swordsmanship?

When she saw Brother Shinji learning swordsmanship with Nagato Munachika, she also had the urge to learn.

However, despite Uncle Nagato Munachika being relatively open-minded, he was still reluctant to teach the family’s ancestral swordsmanship to a girl.]

——[Children’s imaginations and thoughts are always a bit simpler.]

——[“Father, I want to learn swordsmanship, can you teach me?”]