Otaku Witch

The regional development of Japan is quite uneven. As the territorial center, Heian-kyo flourishes with bright lights, flowing wine, and bustling crowds, but once you leave the capital, the surroundings become much more desolate and primitive.

Even the villages not far from Heian-kyo are very backward and simple. Most of the villagers are farmers who live a life of sunrise tilling and sunset rest, as if the prosperous Heian-kyo nearby is a world away from them.

However, not all villagers are so compliant, especially those young people who have been to Heian-kyo and witnessed the splendor of the city that never sleeps.

I could have endured the darkness of night, if only I had never seen the light.

Once a person has experienced the excitement of the outside world, it becomes very difficult for her heart to stay content in the fields.

In a village hundreds of miles away from the city, deep in the night where all other households have long since turned off their lights and gone to sleep, there is a luxurious courtyard with a noise that does not match the serene village.

"Drink... all the sisters keep drinking."

"Come, come, fill the glasses, everyone can have them full...."

...

Through the half-open paper window, several warrior witches dressed as samurai can be vaguely seen feasting and drinking inside the house.

"Kawada sister, is it really okay for us to continue defying the demolition order like this?"

Among the banquet, one warrior witch suddenly asked worriedly.

Upon hearing this, the warrior sitting at the head of the table raised her head, revealing a plain-looking face.

"What's wrong with it? This is a task assigned to us by Lord Oyama, a rare opportunity for us, how can we let it slip away?"

Kawada actually felt somewhat worried in her heart too, but she gulped down a drink, using the alcohol to firm up her courage.

The city big shots rarely entrusted a task to ronin warriors like her, so she must strive to grasp this chance. If the task is completed beautifully, they might catch the eye of the big shot and even become retainers of the noble Chinese Clan. This is a sky-high opportunity; if missed, it might never come again.

But looking at the others at the banquet, Kawada saw retreat and regret on most faces; evidently, this bunch was already a bit scared and wanted to back down.

Kawada couldn't help but look down upon them.

Tsk, they're ultimately just a bunch of hill village women, cautious and indecisive, unable to achieve great things.

She thought so in her heart, though everyone was ronin warriors from nearby villages, growing up together, Kawada believed she wasn't in the same league as them. After all, she had formally studied swordsmanship in Heian-kyo, under the Shintō-ryū dojo founded by Lord Sword Saint.

This time, the reason why the task of obstructing demolition was secretly given by Lord Oyama of the Chinese Clan to them was because she and Lord Oyama were apprentices of the same batch at the Shintō-ryū dojo.

Hmm, she learned swordsmanship with the patriarchs of the Chinese Clan, far superior to these folks who barely left their villages.

But, although she looked down on them, she needed their support to complete Lord Oyama's task. Even if their skills weren't great, they could at least follow her to put on a show and boost morale; they mustn't really chicken out.

"Sisters, haven't you had enough of the boredom in this lousy village? If we complete this task nicely, we can drink in Heian-kyo, in the Yoshiwara Flower District in the future. Isn't this much more exhilarating than now?"

"Think of those babes on Flower Street, aren't they much more fun than these village girls?"

She said, raising the glass in her hand.

Upon hearing her words, the other warrior witches who had thoughts of retreat suddenly had eyes sparkling with desire. Some even got pumped up, as if they could already touch the beauties with skin whiter than tofu on the Flower Street, salivating from their mouths.

"Yeah, Kawada sister is absolutely right, just imagining those babes on Flower Street makes me drool...."

"Sigh, there's no fun in playing with the village girls from the village."

"Hehe, Kameda, didn't you just manage to snag the village belle of your village a few days ago? How could you be dissatisfied?"

"Come on, as beautiful as she might be, she's just a village belle, rough around the edges, can't compare to those city ladies. Besides, she looked down on me with pride. Though I forcibly got her body, she was like a block of wood while doing it, no fun."

"Hilarious, serves you right for chopping her mother down with a knife; she would never willingly comply."

"I only couldn't resist trying out my new treasured sword, Yamamoto, you're nowhere better off; didn't your newly taken concubine just turn her teens? You are decades older yet showing no shame."

"Haha, it's not like I had a choice; her family couldn't repay debts. Promised seven times return, they couldn't repay and so had to compensate with a person. Besides, youth is indeed smooth."

........

The atmosphere at the table became bustling again due to the desire and alcohol.

And Kawada, seeing this, nodded with satisfaction.