After saying that, Elodie took a deep breath.

When the air that was deeply inhaled was slowly exhaled, Elodie's expression returned to normal.

"Master, I'm sorry, I seem to have talked about too many things that have nothing to do with practice."

After giving Qingden an apologetic smile, Elodie smiled and held the bamboo sword in her hand steady in front of her again.

"Master, let us continue today's practice!"

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…

Except for the incident where Elodie stubbornly expressed her desire to go to this year's fireworks display, the teaching to Elodie today was smooth and smooth.

Qingden finished today's guidance to Elodie and left the residence at four o'clock in the afternoon.

The westward sunshine shone on the road and Qingdeng's shoulders. Qingdeng walked forward silently, sometimes walking into the shadows of people on the roadside, sometimes walking into the sun again.

The summer sun is really fierce, and the shadows of everything are illuminated like thick ink. The surrounding scenery is shrouded in lush green, the Kanda River in the distance reflects a golden brilliance, and the sky is filled with thick white clouds unique to summer.

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Qingdeng raised his head and right hand, covering the sun with his right hand, squinting his eyes and looking at the sky above his head, with a helpless smile on his face.

——It’s really hot...

Obviously there should be no such messy things as the greenhouse effect and the heat island effect in this era, but the weather this year is still surprisingly hot.

Qingdeng misses these convenient products of human civilization such as electric fans, air conditioners, and refrigerators.

Why not buy a cup of herbal tea... Just when Qingden was thinking about whether to stop by the tea house and buy a cup of herbal tea to relieve the heat——

"Hey...was this place used to be like this?"

"Oh, Aguang, are you sure you are going in this direction?"

Qingdeng heard a man and a woman talking behind him.

"Well...we haven't been to Edo for just a year, so why are there so many street scenes..."

"Aguang, if we keep walking like this, we feel like we're going to get lost. Why don't we go find someone and ask for directions."

"Hmm...that's fine. Ah, that samurai uncle in front!"

Qingden heard light footsteps approaching him quickly from behind.

Noticing that the phrase "Master Samurai" should be calling him, Qingto turned back.

"Master Samurai, can I ask you for directions?"

The speaker is a woman wearing a low-brimmed hat for sun protection, a green yukata, and a pair of green flat-soled wooden clogs on her beautiful feet without socks.

Most of the woman's face was obscured by the low-brimmed bamboo hat on her head, so Qingdeng couldn't see clearly what the woman looked like.

Judging from the voice, this woman must be very young.

Qingdeng doesn't have anything urgent to do now, so he is willing to help with such a small matter as giving directions.

"Yeah." Qingdeng nodded, "Where do you want to go?"

"Thank you very much." The woman folded her hands in front of her body, bowed to Qingden and bowed, then raised the bamboo hat on her head slightly, looked into Qingden's eyes very politely and spoke, "I want to ask: Koishikawa

What should Hinata Yanagi-machi do... hmm? Master samurai? Master samurai?"

The woman called "Uncle Samurai" several times in a confused and anxious tone, but she still failed to wake Qingden out of his "extreme shock" state.

After the woman pushed up the bamboo hat above her head and Qingdeng's eyes met, Qingdeng seemed to have seen some incredible sight, his eyes widened as if he wanted to tear the corners of his eyes apart, and his expression suddenly changed.

Shock, confusion, confusion...these emotions were beautifully mixed on Qingdeng's face.

Underneath the bamboo hat is a pretty face.

This woman is a beauty who is only in her early 20s at most.

Logically speaking, when seeing a beautiful woman with a very good appearance, Qingden would definitely not show any inappropriate expression.

Qingdeng was surrounded by beauties for the time being.

After continuously making friends with Elodie, Mai Kinoshita, and Sanako, three girls who all have the appearance of a fish out of the blue, Qingto now has a very high threshold for the attribute of "beauty."

The reason why Qingdeng showed this reaction and expression at this moment was purely because this woman's appearance... was too "unbelievable".

Slender eyelashes, big and bright eyes, delicate mouth and nose, red and small lips, any one of the facial features is impeccable when taken alone, and when combined together, it looks even more perfect.

The woman's extremely beautiful face... was almost exactly the same as a face that Qingdeng was very familiar with.

"Okita-kun...?"

Qingden couldn't help but whisper the name of the beautiful boy who was almost the same as this woman.

"Um?"

The woman who heard Qingdeng's murmur raised her eyebrows and frowned slightly. She took a few steps back while looking at Qingdeng with vigilant eyes.

"...Sir, do you...know me?"

"Aguang!"

At this time, a young man with ordinary facial features and figure ran over to Qingden and the woman.

"Aguang, what's wrong?"

The young man looked at the woman with a confused expression, and then looked at Qingdeng.

"Aguang..." Qingden gently chewed the young man's name for this woman.

A face almost identical to Okita's...

Aguang...

At this moment, Qingden suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, could it be that..." Qingto showed an expression of sudden realization and let out a low scream, "Are you Okita-kun's eldest sister: Hikaru Okita?"

This time it was a woman and the young man looked shocked.

"Are you... a friend of Souji?" the woman... or rather Okita Mitsuru asked Ayoto.

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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Imperial Guard Hall, Hall——

"first meet."

Okita Hikaru bent down, supported the tatami with three fingers, and continued to speak while politely saluting Aoshito and his group sitting opposite her.

"I am the eldest sister of the Souji, Hikaru Okita."

"This is my husband, Rintaro Okita."

"You, you, good afternoon... Ah, no, that's not right! First time meeting!" The young man sitting shoulder to shoulder with Okita Hikaru, Okita Rintaro, Okita Hikaru's husband, hurriedly imitated Okita Hikaru's movements and asked Qingteng.

The others bowed and saluted.

Compared with Okita Hikaru's relaxed and generous attitude, Okita Rintaro, his husband, is obviously much more reserved.

Ever since he entered the trial defense hall, Okita Rintaro looked quite nervous and embarrassed.

"My chief executive is under your care on weekdays."

After bowing and introducing himself, Okita Hikaru slowly straightened up and gave a very decent smile to everyone in front of him.

Harada, whose usual behavior was normal and seemed to have no idea what "etiquette" was, thrust his head forward and stared straight at Okita Hikari's face without blinking.

"Sister Okita, you and Okita really look alike! It feels like twins!"

Ever since Okita Hikaru appeared in the trial defense hall, Nagakura and others have been staring at Okita Hikaru's face with astonished eyes.

Even Saito, who had always kept his emotions secret and rarely showed any emotion outside his body, rarely looked at Okita Hikaru with a look of surprise in his eyes.

Souji and his sister look so much alike.

As Harada said just now, these two siblings who look very much alike are like twins.

The biggest difference in appearance between the siblings... is probably their different heights and hairstyles.

Okita Hikaru, who is nearly 1.6 meters tall, is slightly taller than Souji, who is only 1.55 meters tall.

Souji wore a high ponytail, while Okita Hikaru had her hair tied into a Shimada bun, a popular women's hairstyle.

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment." Hikaru Okita raised his hand, covered his lips and smiled softly, "Being praised for being like my...my brother makes me a little happy."

"elder sister……"

Souji is sitting behind his sister on the left side. The two siblings, who look like twins, sit side by side, which adds to the visual impact.

"Why did you and your brother-in-law come to Edo so early?"

"What? I'm not welcome?"

Okita Hikaru had a happy expression on her face. She turned her head and smiled evilly at Souji, as if she wanted to tease Souji.
To be continued...