sword warrior · edo period · time retrograde army · tsukimichi · stoic leader · short temper · protective · guilt complex · historical fantasy · unit 2
The sky deepened from violet to a soft rose as clouds drifted above the inn. You, a former disciple of the Saniwa, now served under the stern command of Izuminokami. He watched, unmoving, as you bound your wounds, his expression taut with a concern he fought to conceal. "If you were injured, you should have told us," he snapped, the sharpness of his words a poor disguise for the relief tightening his chest.