When Sanchū Ming accepted Seiichi Yukimura's confession, she promised Yukimura:

"Sanchū Ming, no matter if she is happy or angry, happy or sad, like or hate, whether she is still with Seiichi Yukimura, she will not let Seiichi Yukimura feel the slightest pain from her."

Well, Sanchū Ming and Seiichi Yukimura admitted that later on, they both felt that this sentence was very shameful.

But the two of them had a tacit understanding: Sanchū · Miss Dragon · Great Demon King · Ming, from that day onwards, treated Seiichi Yukimura as a dragon's treasure and carefully protected her.

*

Mr. Dragon Knight and Miss Dragon met at Sanada Senichiro's house.

At that time, Sanchū Ming had just returned to Tokyo. Her former kendo teacher had returned to Kyushu to take care of her older brother because he was worried about her. At the same time, he opened a private school.

After Akashiji Seijuro inspected one round, he brought Sanchū Ming to Tokyo's Tezuka family.

As far as he knew, Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department's Inspector Tezuka Kunichi was not only a Judo instructor, but also a Kendo champion who won the Kendo Championship "Emperor's Cup".

Tezuka Kunichi tested the strength of this fierce-looking girl. After thinking for a while, he called Sanada Shiroemon in Kanagawa.

This little girl was more suitable for Sanada's style.

Thus, Seiichi Yukimura, who had just entered the sixth grade of elementary school, came to Sanada Senichiro to play basketball. He bumped into Sanada Senichiro, who was crazily running all over the dojo, and Sanchū Ming, who was waving a bamboo sword, chasing after him.

"Stop right there!" Sanchū Ming said fiercely.

"I'd be an idiot if I stopped!"

"Sanada Senichiro, if you have the guts to eat my pudding, then stop right there!"

"That's obviously the QAQ that Mom made for me!"

"Auntie Miyuki said she gave it to me!

That's mine! "

Then, Seiichi Yukimura saw his mature, steady, innocent, and cute Sanada Senichiro being beaten by a bald and dark-skinned girl. He threw himself into Miyuki Sanada's arms and cried loudly in front of everyone's eyes.

"Mom, Sanada, she bullied me!"

Seiichi Yukimura was stunned at the door.??? "

"What's wrong?" With a hostile expression, Mitsuru Yueming turned around and saw the beautiful boy standing at the door. He gripped the bamboo sword in his hand tightly. "You want to help him?"

Xing Cun shook his head in disbelief.

"You're not helping?

Then what are you looking at? "The girl was stunned. Her hand holding the bamboo sword loosened, and then she quickly clenched it and asked angrily.

Seiichi Yukimura felt like he saw a Baby Dragon vigilantly showing its claws to strangers. The Baby Dragon was also afraid of hurting people who shouldn't be hurt, so it hesitantly retracted its claws and showed them again, bluffing and threatening.

"I'm looking at you." Seiichi Yukimura decided to poke it to test its reaction.

At that time, Sanchū Ming, who had just returned to Tokyo from Yayuan, had not yet become a deep Ky and an evil dragon, and was still a soft bun in essence, blushed.

"What, what's there to look at!"

"It's very nice."

"Hey?

Is, is it? "

"Well, it's very energetic and cute."

"Thank, thank you for the compliment …"

… What.

Seeing Sanchū Ming stuttering with a red face and not knowing where to put his hands, Seiichi Yukimura thought in his heart:

It's obviously a very cute Baby Dragon.

Sanada Senichiro, who was buried in Miyuki Sanada's arms, peeking:???

Seiichi Yukimura, whose good friend are you!?

In the evening, Sanada Senichiro asked Seiichi Yukimura, who was staying at his house, "Why aren't you afraid of Sanchū?"

"I think she's very cute," Yukimura smiled. "Like a Baby Dragon."

Sanada: … Are you blind? This is obviously an evil dragon!

*

Seiichi Yukimura liked to tease Sanchū Ming.

This kind of teasing was not malicious, he just thought that the little girl was very funny.

"Why does Bright Paste care about baldies?"

"Because he wants to be a tough guy."

"Why does Bright Paste always try to put on a fierce look?"

"Because he wants to be a tough guy."

"Why does Bright Paste work so hard to learn Kendo?"

"… Because he wants to be a tough guy."

Is he an idiot … Sanada Senichiro listened to Yukimura teasing Sanchū while silently eating watermelon. He was speechless to see Yukimura's reaction.

"Hahahahaha, Bright Paste is so cute!" Seiichi Yukimura laughed until his stomach hurt. He used his hand to wipe away the tears that came out of his eyes.

"The word cute shouldn't be used to describe a tough guy …?

But I'm very happy. Thank you, Yukimura. "Sanchū Ming gave Yukimura half of his watermelon.

Sanada Senichiro: … I can't continue this conversation.

*

What an interesting little girl!

To a certain extent, Seiichi Yukimura was addicted to playing with girls. Every weekend, he would come to Sanada's house to look for Sanchū Ming, who had come from Tokyo to learn Kendo.

He brought Sanchū Ming to paint and laughed at the clumsy little girl who smeared paint all over her face. Then, the little girl made threatening gestures and scratched his face.

He taught Sanchū Ming pottery and brought the crooked pots that the little girl made home to grow flowers.

He sat in front of Sanada's house and chatted with her and made her sing songs until her brother, who came to pick her up, glared at him until he couldn't sit still.

At night, he secretly picked up Sanchū Ming, who was staying at Sanada's house, from the window and took her to see the Orion meteor shower. Then, he turned his head and looked at Sanchū Ming's sparkling green eyes under the meteor shower.

He liked to touch Sanchū Ming's head the most. The short stubble of hair in his hand was messy and soft.

It was exactly the same as this person.

Yukimura had been teasing Sanchū Ming with an attitude of teasing a pet but not letting Sanchū Ming notice. Even after being warned several times by Sanchū Ming, the red-haired cub, he still enjoyed it.

Until one day, he went to Tokyo with his father and looked for Sanchū Ming to play.

He searched Sanchū's house but couldn't find the little girl. He went to ask Sanchū Ming's father.

The handsome man just smiled and didn't say a word.

He walked out of the house in disappointment and accidentally found a small figure curled up in a tree in the courtyard. She was hidden by layers of leaves, and only Yukimura could see the corner of her clothes through the gaps.

Judging from her position and posture, this wasn't the first time.

"Why are you hiding up there?" Yukimura stood under the tree and stretched out his hand. "Be careful not to fall. Come, jump into my arms."

Sanchū Ming's muffled voice reached Yukimura's ears. "I've learned how to climb trees. I won't fall."

"… Why are you crying?" Yukimura frowned. "Who bullied you?

Let Shinichiro beat him up. "

"He can't beat me."

"But if Shinichiro is beaten up, Uncle Sanada and Grandpa Sanada will help him." Yukimura said matter-of-factly.

"Pfft." Sanchū Ming couldn't help but laugh, but it quickly subsided. "But my father won't.

My mother will, but she doesn't want me anymore. "

…

Seiichi Yukimura, who was still a child, suddenly felt a strange tug at his heart.

Sanchū Ming raised her head slightly, revealing a pair of red and green eyes. She asked the boy below in a muffled voice, "Yukimura, you're not my mother. Why are you so good to me?"

Seiichi Yukimura suddenly felt a great sense of regret and shame. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to run away.

He was just …

Not as good as she thought.

"No one will help you. I'll do it." He finally said.

"No one will help you. I'll do it." He repeated, then threw away the bag in his hand and climbed up the tree Sanchū Ming was on.

Seiichi Yukimura, who had lived in Kanagawa since he was a child, had never climbed a tree. After he finally climbed up with difficulty under Sanchū Ming's ridicule, he wiped the tears on Sanchū Ming's face with a handkerchief and put it in front of her nose.

"Blow your nose."

Sanchū Ming obediently blew her nose.

"Good girl." Yukimura stroked Sanchū Ming's little bald head with a loving expression. "No one wants you. My family wants you."

The Dragon Knight had completely tamed Miss Dragon.

*

From then on, it was Sanchū Ming's turn to look for Yukimura.

She leaned on the window of Yukimura's studio and watched Yukimura apply beautiful paint on white paper.

She followed Yukimura to buy seeds and learn how to grow flowers.

She sang to Yukimura under the window of Yukimura's house.

She took Yukimura to the beach of Kanagawa to watch the high tide roll up a few meters of waves.

Even when she went to Miyagi Prefecture, Sanchū Ming still went to Kanagawa every weekend and never got tired of it.

Akashiji Seijuro, who had always had a problem with Seiichi Yukimura, remained silent about the intimacy between the two.

Because he had to admit that Sanchū Ming became more and more cheerful when she was with Yukimura. She no longer nagged all day about soft and hard guys, no longer fussed about her father's neglect of her, no longer wrote a diary to her mother every day, and no longer weakly cried when she called him while writing.

The one-track minded stupid dragon finally began to be honest and brave, and learned to laugh carefreely again. This was a good sign.

And Yukimura also seemed to like Ming very much.

*

"Yukimura, Yukimura." One day in the first year of the national holiday, Sanchū Ming sent Seiichi Yukimura a Winter

Cup ticket to the Kendo finals. "I made it to the finals. Do you want to go?"

"Eh?

Okay. "

Yukimura touched Sanchū Ming's little bald head and sat in the audience seats of the competition a few days later with a simple and relaxed mood.

At Shinichiro's house, he didn't see Sanchū Ming fight many times. Most of the time, Sanchū Ming was sitting quietly, or practicing Kendo moves under the guidance of Sanada Shiroemon.

Ming should be very strong, right?

He thought uncertainly.

The following competition completely overturned Yukimura's impression of Sanchū Ming.

— — It turned out that the Ming in his own domain wasn't the Baby Dragon that he needed to take care of.

He suddenly realized that Sanchū Ming was actually an independent individual, on the other side of him that he didn't know, growing unexpectedly.

Standing on the Kendo field, Sanchū Ming was so confident that his every shout was clean and neat, and every swing of his sword carried a fierce murderous aura. He was like the Demon King in an RPG game, powerful, arrogant, indestructible, and full of charm.

Seiichi Yukimura couldn't take his eyes off him.

So Ming … … also had such a side.