She laughs. "Only the beautiful ones. I apologise, did I make you uncomfortable? Please accept my apologies." The young noblewoman bows.
"I, no, nothing comes to mind. Just keep your wits about you, and your weapons on hand at all times. It can be a nest of vipers." Midori releases...
"My love, you can ask me anything." Her mother smiles.
Midori blushes at the soft kiss. "I-uh, it's good to hear. I'm glad that Jian will have a weapon."
"No, I wouldn't say I need anything. My father and I were assigned to find a new person to take place in the Kushan, since the person originally...
"I know you'll make me proud, and uphold our clan's honour." She returns her daughter's smile. "You're strong, and have a good heart. You'll thrive."
She sees her lord about to leave the castle. There are many supply wagons she could use to follow in, or perhaps she could disguise herself as a...
"Yatsebe Terada. I'm happy to see that you remembered me." She bows. "I'd hoped that you would be the woman I sought."
"Three bodyguards, and about a dozen servants. She travels in another carriage." The shogun seems to sense his thoughts. "Believe me, I want to be...
"Cousin, so he was telling the truth?" Midori chuckled. "I thought he might. Mind bringing him his sword?" She hugs the girl again. "It was...
"Well, I hope you enjoy your time in the capital." He bows his head, and walks away to clean his firearm. Midori hears a voice from behind her....
"Oh, it's just something I heard when you were born. Stuck with me." Her mother turns around and grasps her hands gently. "Today is the day you...
"I have no idea how you could possibly have come to that conclusion." Alex giggles, before saying "Stop, a student could see us."
"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.
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....
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....
"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...
If Midori smells something, she hides it, but she looks concerned as she enters the room. "Is everything alright? You seem...nervous?"
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...
"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...
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