My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 596: Chapter 189: Accepting a Disciple! Aoto’s First Female Disciple and Miss Arrive [7200]_4

”Mr. Tachibana...”

Aoto turned his cheek, looking earnestly and seriously at Elodie, who suddenly called his name.

Expectation and excitement... and that unique innocent romantic emotion of a young girl appeared on her face. Elodie’s face was full of excitement, her two small hands twisting back and forth on her legs.

Upon hearing Aoto ask those questions to Anthony and Zhouzhu, Elodie already realized what Aoto’s response to her would be.

Although she already realized it... before personally hearing Aoto’s exact answer, Elodie really couldn’t completely set her mind at ease.

”I definitely can’t come to your house to teach you every day.”

”At most, I can come once every seven days. What do you personally think?”

Elodie’s already big eyes widened even more at this moment.

She blinked forcefully a few times... her gaze slightly trembling due to the rush of emotions.

Suppressing her emotions and holding her expression tight, looking at Aoto, but she didn’t last long before she succumbed to the emotions flooding her heart, her expression turning into a radiant smile filled with joy and excitement.

”Of course, it’s fine!”

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Man’en 1 (1860), June 1st.

On this day, Tachibana Aoto had his first student.

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To describe how Aoto felt about staying hospitalized in Ren Medical Hall... it would be as boring as it can be.

Under the semi-compulsory request of Doctor Beifang Ren, Aoto was confined to bed rest daily, unable to get out of bed frequently, as doing so would be detrimental to his muscle recovery.

During waking hours when not asleep, Aoto could only pass the time by counting the patterns on the hospital room ceiling, and reading some novels Chokata and the others had brought over.

Since the Tokugawa family established the Edo Shogunate in 1603, Japan has enjoyed nearly three hundred years of relative peace.

The peaceful environment, where warriors no longer needed to go to battle, allowed the rise of the civilian class.

With the rise of the civilian class, numerous popular arts led by Kabuki, Jōruri puppet theater, and Rakugo, along with citizen literature represented by novels, flourished.

To this day, the variety of novels available on the market is dazzling.

There are humorous novels like ”Sharaku-bon” specifically depicting the life in pleasure quarters.

There are ”Tokuhon,” non-fiction novels mainly describing historical stories and myths.

There are historical romance novels like ”Jitsurokumono.”

Of course, in this Edo Era where the erotic industry is quite developed, there certainly is no shortage of ”Yellow Paper,” erotic novels often accompanied by provocative illustrations.

Thanks to these entertaining novels brought by Chokata and the others, Aoto wouldn’t be too bored while staying at Ren Medical Hall.

Everything else sent by others was normal, except for Harada, who sent Aoto some remarkable stuff...

When Aoto first moved into Ren Medical Hall, there was a little incident—

While visiting Aoto with Nagakura, Saito, and Fujimura, Harada, while no one else noticed, secretly slipped Aoto a stack of 10 ”Yellow Papers” with a suggestive smile...

At the same time, he whispered to Aoto:

”Mr. Tachibana, consider these a gift. I personally evaluated them, and they’re all good stuff. Although I can’t read much of the Chinese characters, the illustrations inside are quite nice. Aren’t these books more interesting than those boring Sharaku-bon and Tokuhon?”

At the time, looking at the thick stack of ”Yellow Papers,” Aoto was unsure what expression to make...

Aoto’s rationality told him: He should quickly return these books to Harada; if someone discovered him reading such books, his reputation would be at risk.

But some indescribable strange emotion made it difficult for Aoto to let go of these ”Yellow Papers.”

After an intense internal struggle, Aoto eventually decided: These kinds of books are indeed too dangerous after all...

Then he quietly stashed away these ”Yellow Papers,” making sure no one, not even Kyūbē, discovered them.

I’m not interested in the content inside; I just want to see what’s so good about these pieces Harada praised so highly... Aoto reminded himself while tucking the ”Yellow Papers” away.

In a setting of peace and comfort, time gradually moved to June 5th.

That morning, after a full check on Aoto’s body, Beifang Ren said to him:

”Hmm... Mr. Tachibana, the healing condition and speed of your wound is better than I anticipated.”

”You can now occasionally get out of bed for a walk, but the walking range is limited to my Ren Medical Hall.”

Finally, no need to be bedridden all the time... Although he could only walk within Ren Medical Hall, moving around was certainly better than continuing to lie in bed turning moldy.

Having finally received the doctor’s ”walking permission,” Aoto, after having breakfast this morning, impatiently left his room, wandering aimlessly alone within Ren Medical Hall.

Ren Medical Hall has three floors. The 1st floor is the ”outpatient area” where Beifang Ren and his doctors conduct consultations with patients, while the 2nd and 3rd floors are the ”inpatient wards” where patients are hospitalized.

Aoto’s room is located on the top floor of Ren Medical Hall, which is the 3rd floor.

As a medical facility, Ren Medical Hall naturally did not have much worth sightseeing. Aoto took less than half an hour to walk around the entire Ren Medical Hall.

With nowhere else to go, Aoto returned to the 3rd floor where his room was located.

Unwilling to return to his room to lie down so soon, Aoto decided to linger in the hallway outside his room to pass the time.

He walked all the way to the corridor’s end, then leaned against the windowsill of a south-facing window, observing the scenery outside.

Even though it was still morning, the sun outside was already unbearably blazing.

The brilliant sunlight poured over the land, melting everything in its golden-red glow.

Clouds resembling cotton were tinged with a light red hue.

The sky was that clear lake blue unique to summer.

The never-ending ”Chirp-chirp” of cicadas announced the arrival of summer to the world.

— It’s already fully summer now... which means this year’s fireworks festival is coming soon.

— I wonder when this year’s fireworks festival will take place and how long it will last...

While admiring the scenery beyond the window, Aoto allowed his mind to go empty, letting his thoughts wander far and wide.

Suddenly, Aoto felt a bright aura slowly approaching from beside him.

”Ah, Miss Sazanoko.”

A head of jet-black, beautiful hair styled into the fashionable Shimada Bun, a naturally serene face without makeup, wearing a blue and white women’s kimono, slender feet in white socks, wearing blue-strap flat sandals, hands gracefully folded in front of her, walking towards Aoto.

It was indeed Miss Chiba Sonako.

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A high school-aged boy accepting an elementary school-aged girl as a disciple...

”Niō’s Prison Meal” ... ah, no, ”Niō’s Work” in grand serial!

Although today the author was not great, unable to meet the goal of a massive 10K update, today’s word count is still plenty, so I still request a wave of monthly ticket rewards! (Cryface.jpg)

Requesting monthly tickets! Asking for recommendation votes!

”The Second Character Popularity Vote” is still going on in the Penguin group, and this voting event will last a long time, continuing until October 2nd at midnight.

As of last night, Miss Sazanoko was still in the lead... but Kinoshita Mukiwa’s votes are not too far behind Miss Sazanoko, and the final outcome remains uncertain~~