A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 57 On The Road

After bidding farewell to Takenaka Hanbei, several people continued to move in the direction of Inabayama Castle. This time Asai Nagamasa did not hold the horse again, but sat on the horse. He wanted to use this time to purify the monster soul in his hand. Core, repair the spirit-sealing box as soon as possible.The person in charge of leading the way was Tokichiro. He was sensible and did not disturb him. He just took the reins very proactively and acted as a temporary groom.

After Asai Nagamasa persuaded him once but failed, he didn't bother to say any more. This is probably also Tokichiro's behavior style. Although he looks ugly, he is very good at being a man and is better at pleasing others.

Along the way, except for Tokichiro occasionally telling Axiu a few short stories, it seemed very peaceful, and they basically met no pedestrians.

Occasionally, there would be guys who looked like farmers and businessmen. When they saw them, they would bow and salute from a distance, and take the initiative to get out of the way. They would rather stand in the mud than dare to communicate with them at all. Even Tokichiro I took the initiative to say hello, but the other party didn't dare to respond.

Tokichiro was a little confused at first, but after looking back at the fully armed Axiu and Asai Nagamasa, and thinking about his past experience as a traveling merchant, he immediately understood that this was completely a samurai deterrent.

Nippon has a hierarchical system, with the emperor, nobles and ministers, samurai, and then the lowest level merchants and farmers.

Although many big businessmen were wealthy enough that even samurai would be polite to them, some small businessmen really did not have a high status in front of samurai.

Especially since this is not a city, there are no samurai or ashigaru to maintain law and order. If they were killed by some samurai on pretext just because they said a few more words or looked at one more, and then took away the gold and silver from them, it would not be wrong. impossible things.

One thing more is worse than one thing less, that's why they behave like this.

While feeling a little sad, Tokichiro also became excited, because before this, he was the small businessman who had to take the initiative to avoid him.

But now, just for holding the horse for Master Asai, he is feared by others. If he becomes a real samurai, or even the lord of a city and a country, how majestic will he be?

When he thought of this, Tokichiro's heart surged uncontrollably. He didn't want to be an ashigaru's son, nor did he want to be a traveling businessman. He wanted to truly stand out!

At this time, Asai Nagamasa's voice came to my ears: "Fujikiro, stop."

Tokichiro quickly turned around and asked very respectfully: "Master Asai, what are your orders?"

Seeing Tokichiro's change of attitude, Asai Nagamasa was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he probably knew why the other party looked like this.

For the lower classes of Nippeng, it is always their wish to stand out, and Tokichiro is no exception.

But he didn't have too many thoughts for the time being, he just put away the almost purified soul core, and listened carefully.

Most of the guardian spirits have enhanced strength, agility, physical strength, vision and hearing. The bird guardian spirits will enhance the vision and hearing even more, especially when they are concentrating.

This is no longer a magic, it is more like an instinct.

After a few breaths, he confirmed that, as he perceived, there was a battle taking place in the distance. He heard the collision of weapons, the shouts of humans, and the screams before death.

Asai Nagamasa dismounted and handed the bamboo tube over: "Tokichiro, watch my horse and Xiaohong, Xiu, prepare to fight." Although Tokichiro is possessed by a guardian spirit, he has not received any formal training at all, and Neither he nor his guardian ape are good at fighting, so let him stay behind.

Axiu nodded vigorously, and pressed some mechanism in his hand. Then the weapon that was originally put away for the convenience of rushing, turned into a long-handled machete with a click, which looked very intimidating.

Although she didn't hear any sounds, she still maintained a considerable degree of trust in Asai Nagamasa because they fought side by side yesterday to defeat monsters together.

Although Tokichiro next to him was surprised that Asai Nagamasa could hear the sound of fighting from such a distance, he obviously didn't hear anything, but the movement of his hands was not slow, and he did not forget to tell him: "Asai My lord, is it a monster again? Please be careful!"

"Not necessarily, I didn't hear the roar of monsters. But humans may be more cruel than monsters at certain times."

From ancient times to the present, the number of humans killed by monsters is probably less than one percent of those killed by humans themselves, right?
If it were just a monster with great power but not much wisdom, it might be able to wreak havoc on a place for a while, but it would eventually be wiped out by humans.

What is really scary is the kind of monster that has great power and wisdom, such as the ghost girl Hongye that Asai Nagamasa met before.

"Um, human? Could it be a robber? But this place is very close to Inabayama Castle and Inoguchi Town. What kind of robber would dare to commit murder here?"

Fujiyoshiro still had some doubts, but Nagamasa Asai made a spell and cast the spell for himself and Axiu respectively: "Word Spirit-Light Action."

Axiu suddenly felt that her footsteps were much lighter. She looked at Asai Nagamasa with some confusion, but despite her doubtful eyes, her expression still did not change much, as if her whole face was covered with Like locked.

Asai Nagamasa smiled and nodded at her, turned around and ran in the direction of the sound.

The Winged Bird has an increase in both wind and fire spells. For the most basic spell of Ling-Light Travel, it is the borrowed wind power.

A faint cyan energy surrounded him. He could often take several meters with each step, and Axiu naturally followed closely behind him.

Looking at the two people going away, Fujikichiro felt envious again uncontrollably, even a trace of jealousy.

But he felt helpless for a while, because he was not as talented as Hanbei, nor was he as brave and good at fighting as Axiu. Apart from being good at finding spiritual stones, the only thing he was good at, being from a low background, was flattering. .

But neither of these two things seems to really attract Mr. Asai.

Maybe with yesterday's fighting side by side, he could join the Asai family and become a lower-level samurai, but that was not his real dream. He wanted more.

He had previously tried to join Mino's Viper, Saito Dosan, and wanted to become the leader of the Ashigaru-gumi with his spiritual stones, but he was politely rejected by the other party, who only wanted to make a simple transaction with him. That’s all.

So, what else can you give?

Tokichiro was thinking hard about this question. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and had a wonderful answer. Since Mr. Asai is so interested in Axiu, maybe this is the only way for him to do this!
(End of this chapter)