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I am slow in update and I apologize for that. I am currently having a give-away for Botan -peony- Volume 1 it is happening in my instagram @yariitan97 Unfortunately, it is only for Indonesia region only For those who are interested, you may proceed to find the post(as shown below with handsome hijikata) in my instagram Art by Feju Cook meals with the arranged partner of the day, clean the rooms, clean the bathrooms, sweep the field, laundry, deliver anything that is given to the gate guards, prepare papers and ink for Hijikata, serve tea for Hijikata and massage Hijikata when asked… what’s with the last three schedules? I may have been assigned as a servant but I am not his wife! I sighed as I wondered what kind of infernal position I had gotten myself into.
Ah- talking about marriage, don’t I have an engagement? Mother arranged it for me when I was fifteen but I kept running away. Reading a piece of paper written with neat beautiful words, I lost myself to the flow of my thoughts. “-llo?! Hello?! Sayo-chan, are you alright? Dead?” A voice called out for me. I knew who the voice belonged to; Okita Souji. He stood in front of me, waving his hand before my eyes. The Capital of Kyoto was buzzing with busy people especially near Mibu Temple. In Keio first year, people started to live in fear. It was all due to the barbarians—Shinsengumi[1]. It was known as a group of killers. They stayed within Maekawa, Yagi and Nanbu Residences all in Mibu area.
I hated them. My father was an ordinary merchant who sold tea leaves and he was accidentally killed because he happened to be in a tea house when Shinsengumi came for a raid. I knew it was an accident, but I just couldn’t forgive what Shinsengumi had done to my father. I was sixteen that time and it had been two years. People had been passing the residences to get a glimpse of how loathsome and supercilious Shinsengumi was. I was on an errand and I decided to stop by to peek into Yagi Residence among the crowd due to curiosity. |
AuthorBotan is my original historical fiction which is still on-going. It tells the adventure of Sayo who yearns for acknowledgement in Shinsengumi, truth about her father's death and meaning to her happiness. Archives |