Jian gave Chitsukiko a nod and a smile, 'I will aim not to disappoint you, cousin Chitsukiko.' [@Tjf , did you miss @asddas193 last post? https://forum.chyoa.com/threads/winds-of-ambition-game-thread.2921/page-23#post-61378]
As she approaches her room, she sees Midori waiting for her. "I wanted to say goodbye, before you left."
Inazuma close his eyes with respect. "Rest in peace Jun." She said and check his body for any dokuments or papers, but she doubts to find anything. Shinobi is trained to keept information in head, not writen on treature material. After that, she wonder what to do with body. "We are on the top of castle, so they not find it so soon, but smell from that could bring birds to here." She said and look for way down, outside the walls of castle, where she could drag corpse and funeral it right.
"They forfeited the right to be treated with honour when they betrayed us. As for causing a war, that's why you are not to get caught." He looks at her. "Some things in this life are worth any means to accomplish, daughter. Someday, you'll understand this."
"Of course, until then." He smiles and bows, but as he dips his head, she feels his hand on her ass, groping through the bodysuit, the act hidden from the others behind his body.
A trained acrobat, Inazuma has no issues whatsoever in getting herself down, but dragging a body with her in full daylight is next to impossible to do without being seen, she analyses.
"A-auntie?" She stammered, only noticing the older woman when she spoke up, her mind elsewhere. "Yes, it wouldn't feel right to just leave. Please, come in." Sharing a quick embrace with Midori before sliding open the door. Chitsukiko had changed her sheets, cleaning up a little after her and her father's passionate lovemaking, but she was hardly an expert at disguising her impropriety. A faint smell of semen still hung in the air, for instance.
Feeling his hand grope her ass, Kyouka makes sure to sway her hips as she moved away. Teasing the lord further, before looking for a spot to clean her musket. Kyouka was cleaning her rifle, until she looks at Jian as he introduced himself. "Oh? A mainlander?" She cooed, slinging her musket on her back. "My name is Kyouka, and as you may have heard. One of my nicknames is The Black Widow." She replied in a proud tone. "But enough about me. What brought you here, Jian?" She asked with a grink as she realized he was battle ready, even without his sword.
Inazuma sigh, knowing that she must put her honor away to full her mission. She leave body behind her and climb down to lowers levers of castle, getting ready to follow het lord. Right now, he is surounded by too many people to let her get to him, so she have to waiting. Something tells her, that wasn't her last fight with shinobi.
"I....Understand Father. What is The Clans Name and where can I find them?" Yunah was conflicted about this Assignment. She didnt want to disobey her Father, but at The Same Time he goes against their Clans own Code.
If Midori smells something, she hides it, but she looks concerned as she enters the room. "Is everything alright? You seem...nervous?"
Midori chuckled. “Thanks, mom, that helped... a little bit.” She looked herself in the mirror and was quite happy with what she saw. “Well, I guess I better be going. I'm not sure how long I will be in the capital, but I try to write, hopefully with good news. ” She promised. “Tell Yuki and Saeki not to worry about me.” After making sure she had everything Midori gave a hug and a final goodbye to her mother and headed to the castle, still feeling a little nervous. (I'm not sure what, exactly, Midori is bringing on the trip, but I assume it won't matter.)
'Kyouka, the Black Widow,' Jian repeated, giving her a smile, 'I shall remember it. Well, I came to Ryuza to look for my father. And I have found him, the lord you had your musket duel with, though we only met for the first time today. It looks like we will be going to the Hattori capital together.'
"They are the Yakatori, and I hear they have a residence in the city's financial district. If you can, take the patriarch's head, as my own father's head was taken because of him."
In the castle, a place she's been several times while accompanying her mother during her work, she sees the lord's layabout brother, Shintaro. "Here for the Kushan, eh?"
"It's been a lot recently. Father came by last night, frightening me when he told was going to leave. I thought he meant permanently. He can be clumsy even when being direct." Although nothing about how his hands had touched her had been 'clusmy.' "Nearly cried as begged him to stay before he could tell me." Her laughter is choked with tears. "He comforted me, treated me like his daughter, auntie. Even if it's only a bit, he has changed." She leaned her head against her bosom.
She bows her Head "If it's in My Power I will do as You Ask Father. If that is all I will look for Mother and say Goodbye before I leave"
Midori clutches her tightly. "I'm happy for you, and I hope that you can have much joy as his daughter." She pats Chitsukiko's back comfortingly. "I hope he has changed for the better."
"Ho? A lord's bastard, eh? Interesting. I wish you well on reconciling with your long lost father." Kyouka said with a devious smile, "Though it saddens me a little, I will hold off on asking you for a duel... for now." She said in a rather ominous tone. "Ahh. Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. I just can't help myself whenever I see a strong opponent. Mmmmh." Kyouka waved her hand as she giggled, trying to pass up the fact that she just revealed her inner manslaughterer.
"Of course. I think she's in the gardens, if I'm not mistaken." She finds her mother under the shade of a cherry blossom tree, softly humming a tine.
