"yes!"

"...Well, not bad. The movements are much better than before. Drink some water and take a rest."

"Um!"

Elodie put down the bamboo sword in her hand, moved her little feet, and quickly ran to the long table next to her. She took a glass of water placed on the long table and started drinking it.

After drinking all the water in the cup, Elodie took a white towel placed next to the water cup and gently tried to remove the sweat on her face.

Looking at Elodie wiping her sweat, Qingden, who was standing aside, thought to himself:

——This kid's talent... is really good.

Three days after he was successfully discharged from Renyitang, Qingden followed the promise he had made to Elodie and officially began to teach Elodie the natural flow of mind as a "tutor".

Although before accepting Elodie as his disciple, Qingden often helped guide and guide the juniors in the Trial Guard Hall, and accumulated a lot of teaching experience.

On weekdays, when I watch how Shusuke and Kondo teach, I also secretly learn a lot of teaching methods and techniques from Shusuke and the others.

But whether he can teach Elodie well... Qingden still felt a little unsure.

This is the first time Qingdeng has obtained the status of "master".

This status made Qingdeng feel complacent and at the same time, he also felt great pressure.

When he thought that he was someone's master now, shouldering the important responsibility of cultivating his disciples to become talents, and shouldering the future of his disciples... Qingdeng felt as if his heart and body were plummeting to the ground.

In order to resolve this pressure, and to live up to Elodie's trust and expectations, Qingdeng could only work hard and devote all his energy to cultivating Elodie.

In the past two months, because he needed to recuperate and had a lot of time, Qingteng would come to Elodie's house basically every two days to provide him with basic skills from scratch for Elodie, who had never been exposed to Japanese swordsmanship before.

Beginning teaching.

Long before he accepted Elodie as his disciple... that is, when he copied the talent of "plump breasts" from Elodie, Qingden discovered that Elodie was quite talented in swordsmanship.

After contacting and teaching Elodie during these days, Qingden discovered that Elodie’s swordsmanship talent was much higher than he originally expected!

No matter how difficult the swordsmanship moves are, Qingden often only needs to explain or demonstrate them one to three times, and Elodie can understand them and roughly imitate them.

Although purely in terms of talent level, Elodie is completely incomparable to super geniuses like Okita and Eijiro Chiba, but compared with ordinary people, Elodie can be considered a small genius.

Although Elodie knows nothing about Japanese swordsmanship, she has studied the swordsmanship in depth before, so she has a certain foundation in footwork and posture.

Excellent talent, the foundation she laid when learning swordsmanship in the past, and the fact that she has been practicing very hard on weekdays... All of the above have made Elodie's progress extremely fast.

In just 2 months, I have gone from a person who had no knowledge of Japanese swordsmanship to a young swordsman who is now quite impressive when wielding a bamboo sword.

Elodie's talent and hard work have brought a different kind of motivation to Qingdeng - this good seedling must be taught well!

——It’s almost time...

Qingden glanced at the wall clock not far away.

Qingden, who felt that Elodie had almost rested, cleared his throat gently.

"Ai..."

"master!"

Qingden was about to ask Elodie to start practicing again, but Elodie spoke up before him and interrupted him.

Although according to the relationship, Qingdeng is indeed Elodie's master, Qingdeng does not attach much importance to such things as "title". He once clearly told Elodie that "there is no need to call him 'master' so respectfully.

You can just call him 'Mr. Orange' as usual."

However, Elodie insisted on treating Qingdeng as a master and calling him "master".

"What's wrong? Why do you look so serious all of a sudden? Is there something important you want to tell me?"

Qingden looked puzzled at Elodie, who suddenly stared straight at him, as if she wanted to say something important.

"No, it's nothing serious..." Elodie pursed her lips and asked softly in a cautious tone, "I just want to ask... whether the time for this year's fireworks display in Edo has been determined.

Are you down?"

"Huh? Oh, the fireworks display. Yes, it has been confirmed. This year's fireworks display will be held on the nights of August 23rd to August 25th."

Fireworks Display - This is one of the most important summer events in Edo, and it is also the most popular event among men, women, and children in Edo.

The official name of the fireworks display in Edo is "Ryoku Kaisawa Fireworks Display".

As the name suggests, the conference was held near Ryogoku Bridge across the Sumida River.

This event, which attracts the attention of Edo citizens every summer, originated in the early 18th century.

Cholera broke out in Edo in the early 18th century, and many people died. So in July 1733, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogunate of the Edo shogunate, held the "Kawashi Hungry Festival" in the Sumida River, the largest river in the city, to commemorate the victims.

"Ghost" Dharma Assembly means to liberate all sentient beings.

In July of the following year, fireworks were set off for the first time during the Water God Ceremony held to commemorate and ward off evil spirits. From then on, it became a routine event and soon developed into a cool-heating activity that was strongly supported by the people in Edo.

Unlike the Plum Blossom Festival, which has a clear time and duration, the Ryogoku Keikawa Fireworks Festival has an uncertain time and duration.

Every year, roughly within the three months from May 28th to the end of August, a few good days are chosen to hold the conference.

Sometimes the fireworks are set off for just one night, and sometimes they are set off for several nights.

This year's fireworks display has been decided a few days ago - it will be held from August 23rd to August 25th, and the fireworks will be set off for three consecutive nights.

It is said that the reason why this year's fireworks display lasted for three days was the idea of ​​the Edo shogunate.

In recent years, Edo has been experiencing a lot of bad things, and almost nothing good has happened.

In order to remove the bad luck and relieve the depressed mood of the Edo people as much as possible, the Edo shogunate specially authorized the duration of this year's fireworks display to be extended as much as possible.

"August 23rd to August 25th..." Elodie lowered her head and stared at her toes thoughtfully.

Qingden looked deeply at Elodie who asked abruptly about the time of the fireworks display.

"... Elodie, do you want to watch the fireworks display?"

"Um!"

Elodie nodded vigorously without thinking, with an innocent and bright smile on her face.

"I want to see it!"

“When I was still living in Osaka and before I moved to Edo, I already admired the Ryogoku Kaigawa Fireworks Festival, which is the origin of the fireworks festival!”

As the earliest fireworks display in Edo, the Ryogoku Kiikawa Fireworks Festival brought the culture of "setting off fireworks" and "setting off fireworks displays" to the entire country.

To this day, in important cities such as Kyoto and Osaka, fireworks displays are held in the summer.

“I want to go to Ryogoku Bridge with Grandpa and Miss Leroy to watch Edo’s fireworks display this year!”

"Well... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." As soon as Elodie finished speaking, Qingto smiled bitterly and said, "Although the wave of 'radical anti-foreigners' in Edo is no longer as crazy as before, the streets of Edo

It is still not safe enough to allow Westerners to walk around as they please.”

After Qingteng killed Jinye and broke the pillar of the anti-barbarian group, the anti-barbarian group without the leadership of Jinye was completely in ruins.

Originally, the overall quality of the anti-barbarian group was not very high. Most of the members were a bunch of rough, middle- and lower-level warriors with little knowledge.

Without Kamino's iron-fisted rule and strong leadership, the remnants of the anti-barbarian group were reduced to a scattered mess, with only those who had been slaughtered and wiped out.

Under the powerful suppression of the thieves and thieves within their reach, the remnants of the anti-barbarian group were killed, some were caught, and some escaped.

Just at the end of last month, the government officially posted an announcement: The anti-barbarian group has completely become history! The anti-barbarian group has been completely eliminated! From now on, there will be no anti-barbarian group in Edo!

The destruction of the anti-barbarian group was a big blow to the remaining people and organizations in Edo who advocated "radical anti-barbarian" ideas.

Judging only from the apparent scale and activity of the organization, the anti-barbarian group is undoubtedly the "largest and strongest" among all radical anti-barbarian organizations in Edo.

Such a powerful anti-barbarian group was wiped out... This made the remaining radical anti-barbarian organizations in Edo feel sad and sad.

Therefore, with the destruction of the anti-barbarian group, the wave of anti-barbarian movement in Edo that intensified due to the assassination of Naoki Ii was finally suppressed effectively.

Edo finally regained some of its former tranquility.

"Elody, if you want to see the fireworks, you don't have to go to Ryogoku Bridge."

Qingden raised his head and looked at the surrounding windows.

"The residence is not too far from Ryogoku Bridge...so Elodie, you can see beautiful fireworks even when you stay at home."

After forming a master-disciple relationship with Elodie, at Elodie's request, Qingden changed the name of the child from "Miss Angoulême" to the current name.

"But it wouldn't be fun to watch the fireworks at home!" Elodie pouted her little mouth and stamped her foot hard, "For such a grand event, if you don't go to the scene to experience the lively atmosphere,

, then what’s the point?”

——This is true...

Qingdeng thought to himself and nodded gently.

Staying at home and watching the fireworks...it really lacks the atmosphere.

"I'll have a good talk with grandpa later..."

Elodie's pouted lips now flattened.

In the depths of the sky-blue eyes, which are as bright as gems, there is a hint of loneliness that cannot be detected unless you look closely.

"No matter what... I just want to go to the fireworks display..."
To be continued...