Old Man

"What a quirky little ghost..." Robin reached out and rubbed the child's head. "But if you keep acting this rude, girls won't like you..."

"I don't want girls to like me!" The child shook her head vigorously and knocked Robin's hand away. Yet somehow, another hand had appeared on her head.

"A monster!" The child immediately noticed the arm that had inexplicably appeared on her head. She cried out, then fainted.

"Uh..." Cold sweat instantly broke out on Robin's forehead. "This..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Lady Robin, you know that the sorcerers in our country generally don't reveal their abilities in public, so she was merely frightened..." Kanjuro looked a little embarrassed. "She didn't mean any harm..."

"I know. It's just that this child seems to have something on her mind?" Robin asked curiously.

"Yes. Her father was Kondo Isami, the chief of the guards who once served our Lord Oden. He died in battle when the shogun rebelled. After that, this child wandered the streets until the Rebel Army found her. Unfortunately, she became like this..." Kanjuro looked rather pained. These children should never have been dragged into such a conflict, but there was nothing they could do now.

"I see..." Robin looked at the child with pity, seemingly reminded of her former self. "What's his name?"

"She's called Kondo Qiong..."

"Qiong..."

"Don't call me by my name!" Kondo Qiong shouted furiously, but Robin gently covered her mouth.

"Keep your voice down. If someone else notices us, we'll be in a lot of trouble..." Robin smiled at the girl in her arms. That's right, Kondo Qiong was a girl. Perhaps because she had lost both her parents, she usually dressed herself up like a boy.

"Mmph..." Kondo Qiong glared at Robin unhappily. However, she knew this wasn't the time