When they woke up the next morning, Kendo Shiro once again refreshed everyone's worldview.

He used the existing ingredients early and made an exquisite breakfast for Kanai: steamed rice, boiled chicken with turnips, steamed tea bowl, boiled pumpkin with plum sauce, and steaming miso soup.

When the well-mannered Saka-chan Fuku placed a large tray of food in front of Kanna, who had just woken up and whose hair was still in a mess, the young girl was almost shocked by how many needles were placed on the tray.

Kendo Shiro even apologized to Kanai in embarrassment, "I'm very sorry, General.

Time is limited, so I can only ask you to make do with it. "

Ibaraki: … What a despicable person who only knows how to flatter!

Kagome glanced at Inuyasha, Coral, and Maitreya, who were still eating the instant noodles with relish. She suddenly felt sad that her cooking skills lost to the Fu Mourning God.

Kanai's face turned red, and she quickly waved her hand, "I'm not particular, really, I'll just eat the instant noodles. Um … Kendo -kun, have you eaten?"

"Just call me Kendo, General." Kendo was a little confused, "Instant noodles … What's that?

Do you need me to get it for you immediately? "

"No, no, no, sit down, sit down!"

Kanna was truly embarrassed. She anxiously grabbed onto Yao Ran and forcefully forced him to sit down at the dining table. She then pushed the exquisite breakfast that Yao Ran had made to Yao Ran. "You should eat by yourself first. You stayed up all night, so you should go and rest during the day.

You don't have to stay up all night, really. "

After saying this, Kanna immediately regretted it. That was because the pharmacist, Toshiro Fujiwara, had an expression of loss that was filled with confusion and fear.

"Is, is that so?" Kendo pursed his lips and suppressed the subtle sense of grievance that emerged from the bottom of his heart. He said with a serious face, "But General's safety still needs to be guaranteed."

As a protective sword, and the previous owner, Oda Nobunaga, led Kendo Shiro on the battlefield, he had an unusual obsession with the safety of his current owner, Kanai.

Kanna Hyuga was also very clear in her heart that the Fu Mourning God in front of her was very concerned about his owner's safety and was also extremely afraid that he would be hated by his owner.

Looking at Kendo carefully looking at her, Kanna Hyuga's heart became a mess.

"Speaking of which …" Looking at the meal in front of her, Kagome felt that something was wrong and asked curiously, "Kendo -kun … Where did you learn these cooking techniques?"

It was not Kagome's fault for asking such a ridiculous question. It was because they were now in the early period of the Warring States Period. The country was divided, cities were everywhere, and demons were everywhere. Ordinary people were already very satisfied to be able to eat and drink to their heart's content. In terms of cooking, they basically only knew how to cook porridge and barbecue meat. This level of food was unheard of for ordinary people, let alone eat it.

This was also why Inuyasha and the others felt that instant noodles were the most delicious. Due to war and famine in this era, many cooking techniques and methods had been lost.

Kendo heard this and was a little embarrassed, "My previous owner was Oda Nobunaga. When I was with him, I heard a little bit about cooking."

？？？？

"Oda Nobunaga???"

Kanai and Kagome shouted in unison, giving Inuyasha, Qibao, and the others a shock.

"Oda Nobunaga?

Is it that Oda Nobunaga?! "

Kendo looked at Kanai's curious expression with a dumbfounded expression and asked hesitantly, "… Is there another Lord Nobunaga?"

Seeing his expression, Kanai also calmed down and answered hesitantly, "Should, should there be only one?"

The master and servant looked at each other blankly. Their confused expressions made Kagome laugh uncontrollably.

"Oda Nobunaga?

Who is that? "Inuyasha was confused," Is he some important person? "

"You don't even know who Oda Nobunaga is?"

Kagome wanted to tell her stupid husband about important people in history, but after seeing Maitreya and Coral's doubtful expressions, she suddenly reacted, "No, Oda Nobunaga doesn't exist now, right?"

"… It's 1498 AD now. Oda Nobunaga should be born in 1534, right?"

If that's the case … as Kendo Shiro's Fu Mourning God …

Everyone looked at Kendo with a trace of suspicion.

"Sure enough, there's a problem," Ibaraki, who had been silent in the corner, stood up and walked to them. He raised his chin to signal Kendo, "Boy, tell me honestly, who sent you here as a spy? What's your purpose in getting close to that girl?"

"… …"

Kendo was expressionless and slightly pursed his lips.

The atmosphere suddenly stiffened.

"Kanna Hyuga, come here."

Seeing Kanna Hyuga still sitting blankly beside the suspicious Fu Mourning God, Ibaraki was anxious and rushed forward to grab the girl's collar.

Sang-kami Fu abruptly pulled out the short sword at his waist and quickly stood in front of Kanna, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.

"Don't touch her!"

The shiny and sharp blade was pointed straight at Ibaraki. Pharmacist Teng Shiro's entire body was ready to go, like a ferocious leopard protecting his master.

"Hey hey —" Maitreya frowned, "Everyone calm down, especially you, Ibaraki."

"Kendo is a rare spirit sword that I obtained from Shamon. He shouldn't be disloyal, right?"

Although he said that, Maitreya's hand was intentionally placed on his scepter.

After experiencing the cunning and scheming Nairo, now that Kanai's safety was involved, it was no wonder that Maitreya was so cautious.

Even Inuyasha had noticed something strange from the conversation between Kagome and Kendo. He was looking at Kendo with his ears perked up.

Ibaraki ignored Kendo's feigned ferocious attack. He, who had lived for hundreds of years, could see that this Fu Mourning God was in extreme confusion and hesitation. The sudden attack just now was just a bluff.

Looking at his current chaotic state of spiritual energy, Ibaraki didn't even need to use his black flames to take him down. But — —

"Kanna Hyuga, I won't say it twice. Come here!"

Just like yesterday morning when he was angry with Inuyasha, Ibaraki was staring at Kanai stubbornly, forcing the little girl to make a choice.

… Then, he saw Kanna Hyuga shaking her head at him apologetically.

The young witch held Kendo Shiro's hand that was holding the sword, and the smile on her face was calm and gentle, "Put down the sword, Kendo. I believe in you."

"I know that you're my sword, but Ibaraki is also my natal shikigami. He won't hurt me," Kanai tilted her head and looked at Ibaraki Doji's cold face through Kendo's back.

In the silent harmony room, Kagome stopped Inuyasha who was about to say something. She wanted to see how her niece was going to resolve the situation between her shikigami and her sword. She also wanted to know if the current Kanai could really control those shikigami with strange personalities.

The pharmacist, Teng Shiro, slowly withdrew his blade under the gaze of this silent crowd. He turned his head to look at his master.

The black-haired, black-eyed witch looked at him with her calm eyes and promised sincerely, "No matter where you came from, no matter who your previous master was, since my spiritual energy awakened you and formed a contract with you, I will always, always be responsible for you."

"— I will never, ever leave you behind."

'I won't leave you behind.'

Since Kendo Shiro was forged, the short sword known as Kurita Kouchi Yoshimitsu's heart was given to General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

As a general, the sword was not valued. Later, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave it to the Kaisan Foundation Country as a sign of trust. Later, after it was passed to Kaisan Masayoshi, Kaisan Masayoshi used it to commit seppuku.

From then on, it was called Kendo Shiro.

Since the beginning of his consciousness, his master had been constantly changing. His previous master was killed in a war, then taken back by his former enemy, or given to others as a reward, a token, and so on.

Until the last master of his sword, Oda Nobunaga, died in Honnoji, and he was burned.

Kendo Shiro had spent his life in the bloody and cold battlefield, and he had protected his master with complex love and respect.

He had seen the battlefield filled with insects, sand, monkeys, and cranes. He had seen the homeless and hungry refugees, and he had also seen the rich and luxurious life of the shogunate.

In particular, he could not forget the self-blame and sadness when his master repeatedly used it to commit suicide.

His memories after transforming into a human were already hazy. He didn't even know why he had appeared in this era, why he had been awakened by Kanna's Spiritual Power, or why he had suddenly become Sakai Fu. He could only rely on his protective sword's instincts and Sakai Fu's instincts to protect his master.

From the sword to the Fu Mourning God, he appeared alone in this strange era. He was suspected by the master's family who had just contracted with him, and he was chased away by his shikigami. Because of his previous master, he was not accepted by others.

Even someone as firm as Kendo Shiro could not help but feel aggrieved.

Then, his current master, Kanai, a girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, firmly told him that she would never leave him behind.

Words were power, and promises were contracts.

Perhaps Kanna Hyuga would never understand how important her promise was to the lonely Kendo Shiro at this moment.

The black-haired, purple-eyed boy closed his eyes and suppressed his tears.

"… Then, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

*

After Kanai acknowledged Kendo, Kagome and the others, who always respected their niece's decisions, no longer objected.

Maitreya sent a letter to the abbot, asking about Kendo's origins.

Qibao volunteered to deliver the letter, and soon received a reply from the abbot.

The abbot replied to Maitreya in the letter that Kendo's spirit sword was given to him by a western demon who was indebted to him for self-defense.

He could tell that it was a strange spirit sword.

The abbot felt that he could not be its master, so he asked Maitreya to give the sword to someone who could use it.

The few of them looked at each other in confusion.

How could a western demon pick up a human's famous sword?

Inuyasha's brother, Seshengmaru, was the king of the western country. Due to the bad relationship between the two brothers, Inuyasha did not want to go to the western country to investigate at all.

From Kendo's memories, he was indeed brought by Oda Nobunaga to be burned at Honnoji. However, he did not know how he came to this era.

"If that's the case, is it possible that Kendo returned to the past in some way, just like how Kagome returned to the Warring States Period from 500 years in the future?" Maitreya analyzed.

After thinking about it, they felt that Maitreya's answer was probably the most reliable. Everyone was no longer confused. After all, who knew if there would be a second case like how Kagome passed through the Bone-Eating Well by accident?

But thinking about it this way, there was another problem.

Kagome and Kanai didn't care, but Kendo was different.

According to his memories, there should be a Kendo Shiro kept in the Ashikaga family at this time, right?

If two Kendo Shiro appeared at the same time, no one could guarantee that it would not have a bad impact on this time and space.

What's worse is that if the Ashikaga family's Kendo Shiro disappeared because of Fu Mourning God Kendo, then history would be changed. No one knew what serious consequences this would have.

"Kanai, bring Kendo back to modern times." After careful consideration, Kagome said to Kanai.

This was because in history, Toshiro, a pharmacist, had been burned down after Honnoji. Therefore, bringing the pharmacist to the modern era was a safe method.

In order to protect Kendo, Kanai hurriedly greeted her parents and prepared to go to modern times. While packing her luggage, she softly explained her identity to Kendo.

"So, Admiral, you're not from this time and space, right?"

After the initial shock, Kendo, who quickly calmed down, helped Kanai pack her luggage with some guilt. "I'm really sorry, if it wasn't for me …"

"No, I'm going back anyway. Tomorrow is Monday, and I have to go to school." Kanai, who was in the third grade of junior high school, comforted Kendo. Her academic burden was getting heavier and heavier.

"Go to school?" The medicine researcher repeated blankly.

"That's right, it means to go to a private school." Kanai explained, "You'll know when you get there."

"I see." Kendo immediately understood. He couldn't help but be curious about the world 500 years in the future that Kanai mentioned.

After all, in his era, not to mention the commoners, even noble women would be married off when they were 14 or 15 years old, let alone go to a private school to learn how to read.

On the other hand, after hearing Kagome announce that Kanai would bring Kendo back to modern times, Ibaraki was in a bad mood.

He questioned Kagome in disbelief, "You're just going to let that Fu Mourning God bewitch Kanna Hyuga?" You're Kanna Hyuga's aunt, are you related by blood?

Kagome was speechless.

Kanna held her forehead as she felt a headache coming on. For once, she patiently explained to Ibaraki that they had already verified the Spiritual Power Contract on Yao Ran. Just as Yao Ran said, Kanna had unknowingly signed a contract with Yao Ran of her own volition.

Since there was nothing wrong with Kendo, and Kanai acknowledged it, for the sake of Kendo's safety, he should be allowed to go to modern times.

Ibaraki: "You're just going to let that Fu Mourning God bewitch Kanna Hyuga?"

Once again, he put on this' I understand all the reasons, but why is the pigeon so big? 'attitude, which was unrelenting and unreasonable, so Ge Wei was too lazy to explain to him.

Speaking of which, although Ibaraki Dojo was known as the ghost of Rashomon, a guy with a great reputation among the monsters, he was actually a very bad tempered and arrogant guy. Usually, when he was unhappy, his attitude was even more annoying than a seven year old brat who went up to the roof and broke the tiles.

Of course, other than Kanai who spoiled him, everyone else was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Kagome really wanted to tell him that compared to him who was idle and causing trouble in the Warring States Period after being summoned by Kanai, Fu Mourning God Kendo Shiro was much more reliable than him.

But then she thought about it, in order for her to live a peaceful life, it was better to let Ibaraki play with the cats and dogs by himself.

Ibaraki walked to Kanai's room with an ashen face after being ignored for badmouthing others. He heard the little girl seriously telling Fu Mourning God that when they reached the modern world, she would help him adapt to life in the modern world.

Hearing this, the silver-haired, golden-eyed demon had a flash of inspiration.

After Kanai packed up, she led Kendo to bid farewell to Kagome and the others. Kendo gratefully bowed to Maitreya. When the master and servant were about to return through the Bone-Eating Well, Ibaraki very naturally followed behind them.

Seeing everyone's puzzled gazes, Ibaraki, the bitter female protagonist, naughty child, very naturally said, "It's almost dark, why aren't we going back?" As he said that, he prepared to jump into the Bone-Eating Well with Kanai.

Kanai:???

Kendo: Tsk.

Kagome and the others: … =