Kyuden Shika

"Let's just say that for Shiba Raizo to marry Shika... Whoever, Shiba Raizo needs to exist. A solution of sorts has been worked out- with the help of our mutual associate- and with this bit, friend- Kasuga Yoshi."

"Well. Cheer up. I'll probably give this miai a scandal to wipe your little indiscretions under the rug. 'Cause if they think I'm going along with this shit, they're as stupid as they are vicious."

I could burn this place to the ground without compunction and slaughter anything with a Deer mon that tried to escape the blaze. "Well. I already figured them for a pack of fuckers, but now it's clear. But, I, uh... I gather, since you're not visibly distraught, that Bo-san took it better than they...

He walked into the temple, looking neither left nor right.

He stood in front of the tree, his hands on his hips.

And said nothing for a good, long while.

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His blood was up, and something had evidently monkeywrenched part of his friend's life.

"Oh? What happened there? Going to become a Crane, then?"

"I'm a bushi, Unsei-sama. Getting beaten up is part of the job. And I might be serving as yojimbo, which only increases the amount of abuse you absorb on others' behalf..."

Ahhhhhhh fuck. He'd hoped to keep it light. Keep it, well... as fun as he could. And he was happy that she'd ended up with that Crane of hers. "Well. Happy for you, for what that's worth. He's a good man, and if he doesn't know how lucky he is, he's actually stupid- which, however slow he might be ...

"We'll just have to engage in torrid affairs behind your husband's back. Only natural."

I wish I could just keep it to this, this banter, it makes everything feel so normal, but...

"So. Who'd you get? I like to know who I need to be sneaky around."

Now there is the problem of "well how do you encourage commitment if someone isn't getting who they want", which I imagine is a common problem across miais, and one I don't know I can have a solution for yet. This is why I actually liked them (even if, in our case, some of the rich got richer), bec...