Senji Muramasa's thatched hut.
"You actually came back. I thought you were planning to stay down by the castle forever."
". . . Well, whether you're swordsmen or Masters, once you're here, you're guests. You've been walking for so long—you must be tired."
Senji Muramasa expressed a considerable degree of surprise at their return—but he did not let his manners lapse.
"O-Nui, bring out the tea. Make it hot."
"Coming~"
"Grandpa, do we have guests at the hut again? Are they people from the village?"
From her voice alone, O-Nui sounded a little flustered, but very happy.
"Ah! It's the big sisters and big brothers, and an uncle!"
Sakumura:.
Being called an uncle among a group of people being called big brothers and sisters—this, this sort of thing...
"I'm back, O-Nui, Tasuke! Did you miss me?"
Musashi picked Tasuke up from the ground and held him in her arms, asking with a beaming smile.
"O-Nui missed Big Sister a lot! Say, Big Sister, did anything fun happen in the castle?"
O-Nui was still a child, after all, and intensely curious about everything.
"It was incredibly spacious! And we even met Her Highness the Princess! She really was a princess! I was honestly so startled at the time!"
Musashi rocked Tasuke in her arms as she spoke, rubbing his head.
"Huh! Huh! She really was a noble princess? Amazing, amazing!"
O-Nui's eyes lit up.
So she really was a princess—no wonder that lady had been so graceful and beautiful!
"A-an infant?"
Looking at Tasuke in Musashi's arms, Danzō's expression seemed a little stiff.
Senji Muramasa glanced at this person who had not appeared before, sweeping his eyes over her from top to bottom.
That look made Danzō feel danger all over her body.
"Never seen you before. You look like a