It seemed that the woman had brought along plenty of money when she left her father’s prefecture five years previous. They took Shiuki’s three horses and left town that night after Chika, in the cook’s guise arranged with the mayor to close the inn down, but not do anything else with it until he received word of Shiuki’s death. The tears in Chika’s eyes remained after she transformed into the visage of a male youth after telling Shiro what she had told the mayor. “It is my sincerest desire to keep that letter from being written.” They used more money to dress as mercenaries, so they could openly carry their arms. The extra horse held food and camping equipment. They stopped in the morning to boil rice and brew tea. It took some getting used to seeing the cook in the guise of a youth, but then he really didn’t know what she really looked like. The youth looked rather fit. “I’ve been here before,”
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