"It was nothing... Children shouldn't concern themselves with so much."
"I'm not a child. I'm already over fifty thousand years old..."
"Even fifty thousand years old is still a child to me."
"..."
After the group had breakfast, they continued their journey in the ox cart. However, they had not traveled far before reaching a town.
Moreover... after Mei and the others entered the town, they learned that a "great battle" had apparently taken place here not long ago. The battlefield was not far from here.
Although Japan had temporarily been unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had redefined the social classes of samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants, issued the Sword Hunt Edict to confiscate weapons from the common people, and separated soldiers from farmers—depriving ordinary people of the right to carry swords and concentrating samurai within cities—
At this point in time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was gradually becoming muddleheaded and suspicious. At the same time, because his invasion of the Korean Peninsula under the Yi dynasty had failed... others within Japan had begun to stir restlessly as well.
Coupled with some of the things Hagoromo Gitsune had done using his authority, the internal conflicts and friction within Japan had only grown greater.
Chapter 34: Give Me One Too
Inside the town.
After entering the town, Mei immediately sold the ox cart, then brought the four of them to an inn to rent rooms...
They would probably stay here for two days for now. After all, they had spent several days in the wilderness and needed time to recover.
Using the magic of Assimilation of Perception, she directly misled the people around them, causing them to see Mei, Hiyoumaru, and the others as no different from themselves, without anything unusual about them.
Even though they wore modern clothing, and even though