My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 386: Chapter 145: Chokata’s Cuteness and the Man Who Bears the Name of Dragon

”Every time Chokata Mitsuo comes back to Edo to visit Toshisuke, it always attracts a large group of our Shiwei Hall apprentices to sneak a peek at Toshisuke’s sister.”

”Ho ho ho...” Suddenly, Zhouzhu laughed with a ”ho ho ho” and interjected, ”The first time I saw Aguang, I even thought about matchmaking Yong and Aguang, to connect the Kondo family and the Chokata family by marriage.”

”It’s a pity that Aguang was already married at that time. Thinking carefully, it’s really a shame.”

”Are they all big beauties...” Aoto savored these words and said with a smile, ”Indeed, after all, Mr. Chokata is so cute... ah, no, so handsome. Having two beautiful sisters isn’t surprising.”

Aoto originally wanted to use ”cute” to describe Chokata’s appearance.

But thinking it might be a bit offensive to describe a male as ”cute,” he changed it to ”handsome” on the spot.

However, even though Aoto had corrected himself, Kondo still heard Aoto’s slip of the tongue with ”cute.”

”Mr. Tachibana, in front of Toshisuke, you mustn’t say ’you look so cute.’” Kondo smiled helplessly, ”Toshisuke doesn’t like people calling him cute because he feels that as a man, being called ’cute’ is quite a humiliating thing.”

”Understandable...” Aoto gave a bitter smile, ”But... to be honest, Mr. Chokata really has a very cute face. Besides ’cute,’ I don’t think there’s a better adjective to describe Mr. Chokata’s looks.”

Although it might be a bit rude to say, Aoto always thought Chokata was born the wrong gender.

Clearly a male, yet with a face cuter than ninety-nine percent of females.

At the first meeting with Chokata, if not for seeing Chokata in men’s clothing, Aoto would have mistaken Chokata for some family’s cute girl.

Whenever going out with Chokata, his extremely cute face often attracts some strange people.

In Ancient Japan, behaviors likening to the dragon and sun are called ”Shudo,” which was quite popular three hundred years ago during the Warring States Era and still is in the current Edo Era.

So when walking the streets with Chokata, it’s common to encounter sleazy ”Shudo enthusiasts” approaching or harassing Chokata.

Aoto also once got harassed by a ”Shudo enthusiast.”

In terms of looks, Aoto belongs to the type with delicate and slender features—exactly the kind most beloved by ”Shudo enthusiasts.”

About two months ago, while Aoto was having tea at a tea house, a well-dressed samurai suddenly approached his table, speaking affectionate words...

Stuff like ”I am the second son of the Hatamoto Yuuki family” and so on... basically, implying that ”I’ve taken a liking to you.”

Aoto, who is entirely straight, after figuring out the guy’s intentions, unceremoniously raised his left hand, placed it on the hilt of the Tachi at his waist, and scared off the weirdo.

Even Aoto got harassed by such a weirdo, let alone Chokata.

Just the incidents of ”weirdos harassing Chokata” that Aoto witnessed numbered seven or eight.

”Just remember not to praise Chokata as ’cute’ in his face,” Kondo shrugged, ”You can praise him as handsome, delicate, et cetera.”

Long immersion in a hot bath causes the blood to rush to the head, leading to the dazed feeling from soaking too long in the bath.

Zhouzhu seemed to be in a dazed state from soaking too long.

His cheeks turned flushed red, and his eyes half-closed.

After Kondo’s reminder to Aoto, the dazed Zhouzhu emitted his signature ”ho ho ho” laughter and, shaking his head, slurred as if drunk:

”Well, Toshisuke only says he doesn’t like being called cute.”

”If you were to say he’s cute in his presence, he’d actually be quite happy... oof!”

Zhouzhu’s words were cut off by a pain from his backside—sitting next to him, Kondo discreetly kicked him under the water.

”Father, you seem to be a bit dazed from soaking too long. Do you need me to help you out for a bit?”

”Master, did you say something just now?” Aoto had been a bit distracted, and Zhouzhu’s words were slurred, so Aoto didn’t catch what Zhouzhu was saying.

”Uh... I said my head is a bit dizzy from the soak.” Getting kicked by Kondo cleared Zhouzhu’s mind, ”I’ll head out first; you guys continue soaking.”

With that, Zhouzhu quickly stood up from the bath with a splash and, under Aoto’s puzzled gaze, hurriedly left the bath area in a few brisk steps.

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