Sudden Enlightenment (Bonus Chapter 10)

Everyone aboard was eager to return home; no one intended to stop midway to put Ichijō Kenjin ashore.

Naturally, Ichijō Kenjin did not want to leave the ship either.

After traveling with them all this way, he had come to understand that Pan Yun was broad-minded and did not quibble over trifles.

Moreover, she did not treat him differently simply because he was Japanese.

He received the same treatment as the people she had brought with her. Aside from being barred from their meetings, she gave him every reward he deserved.

She had even agreed to let him take a batch of goods to the Ming Dynasty to sell.

The Ichijō family was nothing more than a tiny local magnate clan on Shikoku. In twenty years, Ichijō Kenjin had never had the chance to meet disciples of the Ouchi clan or the Yamana clan.

Yet in this journey of just over a month, he had not only met disciples of the Ouchi and Yamana clans, but had killed some of them, and even met the head of the Yamana clan...

Ichijō Kenjin realized that if he missed this opportunity with Pan Yun, he would surely regret it in the future.

So, to spare himself that regret, he decided that wherever Pan Yun went next, he would follow.

He would devote himself to becoming one of the people Pan Yun trusted most...

At the very least, one of the Japanese people she trusted most.

Watching him circle Pan Yun like a lapdog, Pan Little Black sneered inwardly: If he knew you were full of bad intentions...

Before it could finish, Xue Shao came over and said, "I think the Ichijō family can be put to use as well. Shikoku is also very close to the Ming Dynasty. If we arrange things