Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
(xxxi) Successors
When Ma Liang was sixteen, she was summoned by her mother, Taomei.
"Remember what you're going to say."
My mother is a woman who runs the clan of horses. The family of horses exists as a guard for the royal family, but on the contrary, men sometimes die standing up. So when something happens, it's the woman who leaves as the brain.
Naturally, the wife of the head of the clan performs that role. His father, Gao Shun (Gaoshun), is a role that his mother has taken on because he does not become a leader due to special circumstances, but there are no other suitable people.
Tao Mei talks about one of the famous clans, the "Tsubaki Clan". If the protection of the front is the responsibility of the clan of horses, the protection of the back is the responsibility of the clan of horses.
"We call it the family of samurai, but its formation is not an easy-to-understand blood relationship like ours."
The Tsubaki clan is good at intelligence. However, because of that role, the name "who" does not appear.
Even if you say you are a member of a family, please consider that you are inherited.
Do you call it hereditary?
"It is true that there are ten members of the Tsubaki clan, for example." Each of the ten chooses a successor. You mostly choose from blood relatives, but if you don't have someone just right, you may pick them up from the outside world. That will be the next clan. It should be noted that no one other than the successor is recognized as a family member, and in most cases, no technology will be taught to anyone other than those who have decided to succeed. On the contrary, you don't know that blood is a family. "
Mother, can I ask you a question?
What is it?
"In other words, is it true that the Tsubaki clan belongs to a family with a different name?"
Momomomi laughs slowly. My face says it's the right answer.
“That's right, it's the most important thing. It is only known to me and to a few people, because I am a house that is paired with the family of horses."
Ma Liang's stomach ached. A clan specializing in intelligence, this is certainly a good time to explore the stomachs of your subordinates.
“Can I ask you one more question?”
What is it?
"Isn't my wife a member of my family?"
My sister Asami (Marmay) has been talking to me for a few days now.
“I don't know, but you can't say no.”
My son, who was weak, couldn't say anything back to his mother, who said it out loud.
A few days later, the woman who came at my sister's introduction was a confused person.
“Hi, my name is Mahjong. Feel free to call me Mr. Sparrow!"
I saw a man come full of energy. Ma Liang is an opposite person.
"Mr. Sparrow, the distance is very close, but you should get used to it." Yes, Sparrow, my brother Ma Liang. Sometimes I faint, but if anything happens, call your junior and have him take me to my bedroom. ”
Roger that!
The sparrow approached Ma Liang, thanking Asami. Ma Liang rushed to hide on the wall of the room, but was taken from behind.
"Ufufu, running away is a novice." I don't hate that kind of person, Sparrow-san. "
Wow, ahh
I quickly fainted.
The first impression of the sparrow was that it was too close to be possible.
"Hello, Sparrow-san is here." I made it with cotton, so please put it on
"Yes, I've made buns. Ah, were you studying? I'll eat it while it's warm."
"We have prepared a gift to make it easier for you to talk about it." Can I talk to you if I pinch this? "
Somehow the sparrow often came to Ma Liang. If you think you've made a noise, put down your buns while you're studying ceremony, or if you think you're getting close, measure the distance.
My daughter, a sparrow, was noisy but capable.
The size and taste of Ma Liang's buns changed over and over again.
The cotton padding was given to me to match the size of my body according to the season.
I was honest, convenient, and helpful.
Fufufufu, you can use a sparrow, right?
Do you want to say it yourself?
How long has it been since I was able to speak to you? I couldn't see my face, so I talked quite casually.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with marrying me." Honestly, my brother will take over the house. If you had a child, you'd be adopted, but you don't have a favor. Do you think it's going to be up to you to raise me? "
"You're a adopted child, so don't raise a sparrow!" Isn't that awesome! "
Can you eat it there?
Ma Liang gets shocked. In general, we are talking about the birth of a child, but I wonder if I can make it before that. I imagined it and it became a little red.
"If Asami-san can raise you, he will do it properly." Safer and more secure than I raise. Sparrow-san becomes a working woman. "
I don't think it's strong.
I remember what my mother said. If the sparrow is a family of sparrows, the child shall be raised as a successor. In that case, it is better to give it to my sister for education.
Ma Liang is a weak person. Not strong enough to defy someone. So, whoever gets a political marriage has no choice but to accept it.
"Ma Liang, can I help you a little?"
As expected.
There was Ma Liang who was getting used to this strange woman a little bit.
"May I turn off the lights? It's okay, I won't sneeze."
How about a line to say on the first night of the honeymoon? Sounds like a novice about the lights, but after that, no matter how you look at it, you're in the opposite position.
That said, it was impossible to practice elsewhere because Ma Liang, who was close to human distrust, would not fail in the first night. Moreover, it is accompanied by the dishonorable form of a man who completely leaves it to the opponent.
Isn't it ticklish?
"...... it's decided to tickle you, right?"
As the name suggests, Ma Liang is always losing to a wife who spills a sparrow-like laugh.
"You have good skin with a slippery tongue." I envy you as much as I envy you.
Strangely, the voice of the sparrow was sticky.
However, Ma Liang had no choice but to wake up.
Even when the child was born, the sparrow was a sparrow.
"You really look like a monkey." In other words, I would say that it is similar to Ma Liang, but is it distinguished? "I'm tired of giving birth." Next, Ma Liang-san, please. "
"No, I can't."
As expected, you can even talk without sandwiching your horse. A sparrow gives you a baby with a crunchy face.
"Please don't let your own child know you"
"Rude."
That said, it's hard to hold a creature without bones. I became anxious and tried to return it to the sparrow, but I was refused.
"I don't need it anymore." I don't want to be able to hug you anymore and remember your strange face. "
"Is that what your mother said?"
“Yeah, that's what it was all about from the beginning.”
The sparrow said she would do her job and left.
By that time, Ma Liang was already convinced that the sparrows were part of the clan.
It is said that many members of the Tsubaki clan do not even know who is in the same clan. They were ordered according to the royalty they served. Obtaining a higher sequence is an honor as a family of sons, and that also applies to successors.
The sparrow will one day choose a successor. Ma Liang decided to think whether it was love as a sparrow parent that kept the child away.
The sparrow was always noisy. Quiet is when you are eating or sleeping. No, even when I'm asleep, are I really asleep?
Such a sparrow was wrapped around her body, lying on the bed.
The sparrows fought a bandit man on their way back to the West Capital. At that time, I heard that it was an injury.
Normally, it would be preferable not to move it at rest, but the work of the sparrow does not allow it. After the surgery, it must have been carried away by the carriage with its shabby body.
It was during the meeting that I returned to the main residence, and I was told after Ma Liang had finished. That was earlier.
A pharmacist's daughter sits beside the bed. The cat is a cat (Mao Mao).
Ah
What should I say? I hardly ever face each other properly. Mostly, I just talked to him.
"...... Sparrow-san is seriously injured, so please don't force him to do it."
Such a person also has scratches on his face and a shabby face.
He must have tried his best to keep the sparrow alive.
……
Ma Liang just lowered his head.
I can see that the sparrow has become this shape for work. I don't know what the job is. I just can't do anything.
I somehow touched the left hand, which was safe. My fingertips are cold.
"...... nh"
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The sparrow's eyelids slowly opened. I have been asleep for a long time and it looks swollen.
"Oh, isn't it Milord?" You look like you're going to die. "
"Is that what you call a line?"
"Fufufu. I'm a bit of a failure." After all, it's not good that the stuffing is sweet. "
Hear the voice of a sparrow and feel at ease. At the same time, I'm concerned that my voice is still thin.
Can I ask you something?
What?
"I can't move as much as I've been moving. What should we do?"
I said 'me', not 'Mr. Sparrow'.
"Have I already used it?" Should I dissociate myself? "
All of a sudden, Ma Liang is stunned.
"I don't care what you say."
”Maybe I can't use my right hand”
I can't use my right hand. It will interfere with various lives in the future.
But...
Sparrows are dominant, aren't they?
Ma Liang knows. You can use chopsticks with either hand for dexterity. Flags, flowers, and pigeons pop out of nowhere, not even with your right or left hand.
"If one hand were to become my ten-fold dexterity, it would only become five-fold dexterity."
"Oh, ufufufu, you've taken one of those sparrows."
"Don't laugh, it'll echo in your stomach."
Ma Liang is in a panic.
"Huhi, if you'll excuse me"
"Above all, the number of mouths does not change." Did you get beaten up and miss all the foreign languages you remembered? "
No, I think I remember.
The sparrow said with a strange joy.
Then you don't have to worry about it.
"I see. So, can I ask you a favor of a very helpful sparrow?"
What?
I'm hungry.
The sparrow's belly makes a loud noise.
"Hey, you."
When did you get such a shattered tone?
It is troublesome to close the distance from one another to receive a new wife.
I was glad that I was alone in such a troublesome situation.
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Ma Liang left after watching the sparrows finish their meals. I seemed to be trying to help, but the sparrow used chopsticks for dexterity even on the left hand, so it looked like it was out of hand. Even though the sparrows were worried, I should have used the worse chopsticks, but I gave priority to filling my empty stomach with rice.
Eat and go to sleep. It's the basics of healing, but if a visitor comes, we can't help it.
The sparrow slowly opens its eyes. Whether my arm was broken a thousand times or I was beaten to the stomach, I still wanted to think about it.
There were about forty men in the dark. Lu (Roo), the samurai, was a man who would become Lieutenant.
"What's the matter? Did you come to visit an unusual and impudent disciple?"
"Are you out of your mind?" There's still an accent left. "
"Oh, well, excuse me."
Sparrows can't get up. My ribs seem to be broken and hardened. It was difficult to eat at meals, but I endured it.
"Your right hand won't be useful anymore." Your left hand is fine. "
"I don't need half the power."
"Am I worthless anymore?"
The sparrow warps its face. Is it half as simple as the five-fold dexterity of Ma Liang?
Master's successor, do you want to make a new decision?
“How long do you think it will take to find and grow it now?”
That's right. It takes five years even for fumigants like me.
"I didn't originally raise you to be able to use it in a meat battle." Your lord has bought you an interpreter. "
"I appreciate that." But I can't do the front seat magic, so that's a problem. Shall I learn a little story? "
That's why we may have to collect jokes like cats.
Will I be disposed of?
"I'm in trouble because I can't."
"I'm sorry."
"Then find a better successor."
You're a good man, huh?
Suddenly, the sparrow remembers Xiaohong (Xiaohong). She's too well-qualified, but it'll be hard for her to pull out.
Well, in the meantime...
The sparrow laughs as she goes.
Lu Samurai was the one who pulled the sparrows into the family of the sparrows. He was the deputy of the courtesy department. Originally, the Tsubaki clan would not be so successful. You are in a standing position that is inconspicuous and easy to move. However, the death of Lu Samurai's brother made him a successor to the governor.
The sparrow also followed the samurai to the center. So I became acquainted with Asami and married Ma Liang. There is no freedom in the marriage. It contains the samurai's thoughts, the horse's family's thoughts, and the mutual agreement.
If sparrows were worthy of themselves, it was not bad either. Ma Liang is not a bad person, but rather a good husband.
Naturally, it would not be a good idea to serve a country other than the one in which you were born. However, the sparrow had more talent and aptitude as a family than her mother. If my value increases, if it is recognized, it will be evaluated in the form of a sequence.
My mother was a member of my family.
A family of wolves who were sent to look at the western land as the Lord's eyes, and from their beauty became the wife of Jade Wolverine (Giokuowo).
"But that's all she is."
Master Lu said that he was a samurai in one of the mansions in Xidu City that he once sneaked into.
"It's just an adorable ornament." The eye was not given a major role, and the sequence was low. "
That's why I rushed for Kung Fu. I went to Saeki for what I called work. But there's nothing I can do about it. The shipwreck occurred conveniently when the identity of the ship was about to be revealed after failure. I tried to hide in another country until it almost cooled down.
At that time, the sparrow was born.
The mother of sparrows is close to being a con man by nature. I really love men as wives. But I threw it away because I was finished with my work.
Both the sparrow and the father of the sparrow.
The information about the suppliers of my father's work must have become a souvenir for my return.
At that time, it was Lu Samurai's master who helped her escape.
When she returned to Xidu, she decided not to remember her sparrow and father. She was reunited with her husband and three children, and she had another child.
However, after that, it was probably my mother's lack of ability that led to the destruction of her family. You can't move from the inside like a snake. My mother was too half a family.
My mother knew it herself. So the heirs tried to choose the best.
While she was away from her mother, the three children were poisoned by the jade. So I decided to make another child.
Tiger Wolf (Hulan), the three sons of Jade.
The tiger wolf, who grew up with the name, thinks it's time to change Xidu as he sees fit.
The easiest way to do this is to reject the ruined eldest brother and assist the second brother who is easy to handle.
What will happen to the eldest brother if he is made to sit on the throne in the future? It's hard to predict. But my younger brother will be able to stabilize us.
Or maybe it was to calm down someone who was different from the Jade Clan in the West.
Such an idea comes to mind.
But the elder brother knew the secret of the tiger wolf.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, you're also interesting." You can't say you want to become a clan from yourself. "
A race that, by all accounts, is not fit for intelligence.
It may be a determination to become a family member of a sparrow, but it's funny enough for a sparrow to call herself a sparrow. If you change your position as much as you want, you can make it and throw it away. Even though it was a family of wolves.
The mother's sequence remains low, even though she is said to be a member of the family.
How low will the sparrows be?
"There's no way I'm going to be lower than that woman."
That's right.
The sparrow laughs.
My mother judged the sparrow to be worthless. What would you think if that worthless person were always on top of you?
It doesn't matter to the sparrow anymore. But my father died knowing nothing.
That's why you should be allowed to do this.
Sparrows must always be worth more than their mothers, so that they do not forget their fathers.
The sparrow swears allegiance to the kingdom of Tsubaki for such petty vengeance.
Master, is your work going to change?
"It won't change."
"That's good."
"It's a very confusing job, but do you know what it means?"
The master makes his face cloudy.
"Yes, my first life is to make you happy on the Moon."
"I don't know what that means."
I don't even know the sparrow. Still looking for someone, if you can't get rid of it, it's easy to understand.
However, I think it was the right thing to do to protect the cat even if I lost my right hand.
"Ah. Cat. Cat. It would be nice if you listened to Mr. Sparrow's advice."
The master looked at the sparrow with a strange face, but pretended not to know.