"Miss Angoulême?" Qingden turned to look at the owner of the childish female voice, and stopped waving the sword in his hand.
Because the snow on the ground was quite thick, Elodie held up the hem of her skirt with both hands to avoid getting her long skirt dirty, and skipped toward Qingden.
Elodie's golden hair, braided into three strands and falling from her right shoulder to her chest, also jumped as Elodie jumped up and down.
Since leaving Fujisawa-juku yesterday, Elodie has not worn the blue and white kimono, but instead wears a long white dress.
Qingden didn't know much about clothing, and he couldn't recognize the official scientific name of the dress Elodie was wearing. Anyway, this long dress was quite beautiful and matched well with Elodie, who had blond hair and blue eyes.
Her maid, Leroy, no longer wore the light yellow kimono, but changed into a dark yellow maid costume. She put her hands in front of her body and followed Ai Luo step by step. The back of the pedicle.
Seeing Elodie coming over, Qingden put the shining knife back into its sheath and smiled at Elodie:
"Good evening, Mademoiselle Angoulême."
"Mr. Orange, good evening!" Elodie greeted Qingden with a bright smile, her sapphire-like eyes flashing.
If Qingdeng were to use one word to describe this little girl who is only 12 years old this year... it would be a bit of a "tomboy".
To put it simply, Elodie's character is a little too lively.
Elodie's character and Kinoshita Mai's character are almost completely opposite.
Kinoshita Mai is afraid of strangers and easily shy. When meeting unfamiliar people, she cannot even speak a clear and complete sentence.
Elodie is the complete opposite.
She has a very cheerful personality and is not afraid of strangers at all. She is obviously a French girl from a rich family and has many privileges in this country, but she has no airs.
It's hard to imagine how Kinoshita Mai and Elodie, two people with completely opposite personalities, became close friends...
Mingming and Qingden had just met, but Elodie was able to get along with Qingden as if they had known each other for several years without any flinch or restraint.
Ever since Qingdeng took a ride with their family yesterday, Elodie would greet Qingdeng warmly every time she saw him.
At first, Qingden thought Elodie was so enthusiastic towards him because he had saved her.
But after two days of careful observation, Qingden discovered that Elodie's cheerful and familiar character was not just for him, she treated everyone like this.
No matter who in this convoy, whether it was Boss Kiryu or the guards headed by Komuro, Elodie was always so down-to-earth, without any condescension or look down on others.
Therefore, Komuro and others like this cheerful little girl.
This is probably what the so-called soil and water support a person.
In this Edo period, which was still in a feudal state and had a lot of oppression on women, and women were encouraged to be quiet and listen to men, women like Elodie were really rare.
Qingden quite likes Elodie's "tomboy" character.
After all, he is not very good at getting along with the opposite sex.
Compared to that kind of woman whose expressions and moods are unpredictable, a girl like Elodie with a straightforward "tomboy" personality can make Qingden feel more comfortable getting along with her.
In addition to her straightforward personality, Qingdeng also found that this girl seemed to have a pretty big heart.
It was obvious that she had just experienced such a horrible thing as being "attacked by a ronin" at Fujisawa Juku's place the day before yesterday. As a result, from yesterday, this girl acted as if nothing had happened, laughing and playing happily...
By the way - Anthony seems to be quite doting on his granddaughter.
The day before yesterday, he sneaked out of the hotel in Fujisawa and almost got into trouble, but Anthony didn't seem to give Elodie any substantial punishment.
No corporal punishment, no grounding.
During the past two days, whenever the motorcade stopped to rest, Elodie was free to run and play happily within 30 meters of the motorcade.
As for whether Anthony gave Elodie verbal criticism, Qingden didn't know.
But Qingden guessed that even if Elodie was given verbal criticism, the words used to reprimand Elodie would not be too intense.
After all, if the words were quite fierce and scolded Elodie to pieces, then it would be unlikely that Elodie would be so happy and lively in the past two days.
After greeting Qingden warmly, Elodie glanced at Qingden's right leg.
"Mr. Tachibana, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, so you're practicing swordplay here. Is that okay?" Elodie asked in a concerned tone.
"It's okay." Qingdeng stood on tiptoe with his right leg, "My right leg just suffered some skin trauma."
"Don't exercise too vigorously, just don't let the wound open."
The medicine Kiryu applied to his wound was really effective.
Even though I now step on the ground with my right foot, I still feel a little pain due to the stretching of the muscles around the wound, but the pain has been reduced a lot compared to the day before and yesterday.
"Huh? By the way...Miss Angoulême, why don't you see Miss Kinoshita?" Qingden raised his head and looked around, and couldn't help but ask Elodie this way.
After casually dismissing the topic of his leg injury, Qingto realized that there was no Kinoshita Mai within his field of vision.
This made Qingdeng feel surprised...
Because during these two days, the two little girls Kinoshita Mai and Elodie were really like a pair of "Siamese twins", inseparable... Wherever there is Kinoshita Mai, there must be Elodie, and if you can see Elodie Wherever you go, you can definitely see Kinoshita Mai...
At this time, Kinoshita Mai was not seen next to Elodie... This made Qingto couldn't help but ask Elodie about Kinoshita Mai's whereabouts...
"Miss Wu? Miss Wu is currently looking for a suitable place to build a snowman at the other end of the camp!" Elodie said excitedly.
"...Snowman?" Qing Deng tilted his head.
"The snow that fell today is very suitable for building a snowman!" Elodie bent down, grabbed a handful of snow on the ground, and then sprinkled it hard on top of her head, creating a "Goddess scattered flowers", " It’s wet and gooey, perfect for building a snowman!”
"Miss Wu and I have made an agreement to compete in building a snowman together tonight!"
"We are now splitting up to find a suitable site for building a snowman."
"Miss Wu, she went to the other end of the camp to look for her, while I looked in this direction!"
After that, Elodie added:
"Tonight, I'm going to make a huge grandpa!"
Elodie opened her arms and swung them hard, drawing a huge circle in front of her - she probably wanted to draw out Anthony's big belly.
Elodie's sapphire eyes were shining with beautiful light.
This is the light that only a child with a very simple mind can possess.
Seeing the light in Elodie's eyes, Qingden subconsciously smiled faintly.
"Miss Angoulême, if you are looking for a place suitable for building a snowman..." Qingden raised his head and looked around, "There seems to be no suitable place for building a snowman nearby. The snow nearby Either too little or too dirty... huh?"
Qingdeng, who was looking around, suddenly stopped.
Looking straight into the distance...to the east of the camp.
"Huh? Mr. Tachibana, what's wrong?" Elodie followed Qingden's gaze and looked toward the east of the camp with Qingden.
"...It's nothing." Qingdeng's eyelids sank slightly and he narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's just that I just...seemed to see a figure moving in the east of the camp..."
"Human figure?" Elodie was stunned for a moment, then stood up on her tiptoes and tried to look toward the east of the camp. Then she blinked a few times in confusion, "...there is nothing."
Suddenly, Qingden felt a chill on the back of his neck.
He raised his hand and touched the back of his neck - his fingertips touched a small piece of melted snow.
"Is it snowing...?" Qingdeng raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Pieces of fine snow fell and danced from the thick clouds.
Dotted with dark clouds.
The catkins flying like catkins bring bursts of coolness.
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At this moment——
North of the camp——
call……!
A cold wind suddenly blew.
Snowflakes falling from the clouds were rolled up.
The hem of Suehiro's haori was rolled up.
Suehiro stood upright on a high slope somewhere, looking at the camp of Aoto and others in the distance with a very serious expression, which was lit up like daylight by the dots of torches...
With his right hand, he placed his favorite gun: Kazakiri heavily on the ground.
In his left hand, he held a matchlock that had already been lit...
The cold wind...is blowing with increasing force...
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