KIKIYO
finish off

Kikiyo immediately set her eyes on Hima's neck.

"Wait, your majesty, didn't I get a second chance, but why did you want to kill me?" said Hima who wanted to remind kikiyo

"What's your use to me, 'Hem, no?, so it's useless if you give me a second chance."

"Your noble consort, it looks like he can still be relied on, ' said Tora

The words from Tora's mouth stopped the movement of the sword that had been eager to cut Hima's neck.

Kikiyo stared at Tora with a dark face.

"Oh yeah, what's the point of this woman, huh."

Tora knew that Kikiyo was angry with him for daring to stop the excitement that was being done by the empress.

"He can infiltrate and he's also a martial arts expert, your honor, we can take advantage of this woman in the future."

Kikiyo was still staring at Tora cynically.

"Do you feel sorry?."

Tora was stunned for a moment when she heard the words from kikiyo's mouth, so she didn't actually think that way but she just wanted to use the woman for her needs, in helping Hugo's work.

"Not at all, your majesty, the servant does not dare."

Kikiyo looked back at Hima.

"You, what can you do for me and this middle empire?."

Hima was stunned for a moment, she did not want to say the wrong thing, maybe her life would float.

"I can do whatever the lady tells me, Hima's life and death, now in the hands of her Majesty."

Kikiyo looked carefully at Hima, Hima was more honest than her brother Hira.

"Well, Tora now Hima is your responsibility and if she betrays you,." said kikiyo as she stared at Tora

Tora's body immediately felt cold as if to the bone, a bad premonition.

"You're gonna die with him, okay?."

"Yes, your majesty." said Tora in a slightly choked voice in the throat, how not will he now have a new burden, he felt a little regret for giving the initiative as before.

Kikiyo put her sword back in, then rushed away, kikiyo walked towards the horse she left not too far from the hut.

Then riding on his horse very quickly left Tora and Hima who were still in the hut.

Elsewhere, the woman who became a confidant of the western emperor, had now entered the territory of the central empire, the person who served in the border area could only allow him to pass through.

While Tora had ruled over the shadowy escorts in every border area, and of course they were more thorough, one of them sent a messenger eagle to Tora ,

If there was a suspicious woman already entering this middle empire.

Still in the hut, Tora had just received a letter from the messenger eagle, there was already a line of three black on her forehead.

"Hem, trouble again." said Tora

While Hima just stared at the handsome face of Tora who was turning dark, she was very curious and wanted to ask.

"What problem?" said Hima with her innocent face

Tora was stunned then looked towards Hima with her sharp eyes.

"You don't realize where you are now?."

Hima was stunned for a moment when she heard the words from Tora's mouth, she could only bow her head now looking like a little child who was being yelled at by her parents.

Tora rushes out of the hut to send Hugo a messenger eagle.

After the eagle flew up.

Tora looked at Hima,

"You ,hayo follow, your highness the middle imperial consort has given her instructions earlier, do you understand." Tora said with a domineering tone of voice.

Tora knew that this Hima, though innocent, was a murderer.

"I, am I just walking?, While the master is riding a horse, that is not fair" said Hima with her lips pressed forward.

Tora immediately rubbed her face weakly.

"Do you have no horses?, that's impossible" Tora said with a frustrated face,

I may be troubled by this woman now, Tora thought

Forcibly, Tora allowed Hima to be in front of him while riding, so they would be together, one horse riding together.

Elsewhere, in the palace while still accompanying Miciko in the room, from a room window, Hugo had received a letter from the eagle messenger from Tora, who was carrying the message,

Hugo read it with a dark face, making miciko wonder what was going on.

Looking at Hugo from the bed,

"Suami." said miciko in a soft voice

Hugo, who heard the call from Miciko, turned to his wife with a smiling face.

"What's wrong, my wife?."

"No, there, I thought something was bothering you, dear?" said miciko, who was still sitting on the bed

Hugo began to move his legs closer to his wife.

"I go first, so just rest first okay."

Hugo immediately kissed miciko's lips, only to get an answer from a nod of the head of the wife.

Then miciko continued her sleep, so pregnant she was more easily tired, while Hugo rushed to go towards the empress' private residence.

While in the place of the empress's residence now, kikiyo has stored plates in every shirt of hers and also the husband, Emperor Yamato.

Kikiyo also prepared the slab for each of her confidants.

"Emi, do you know what the emperor is doing?" said kikiyo as she stared at emi

After hearing the words from the mouth of kikiyo, he immediately thought, he was remembering, what was being done by the middle emperor of his visit.

"Hem, when the noble empress left, the noble Emperor was in his study, and went to the meeting hall to meet with his ministers, if this afternoon, he seemed to be still in his study, her majesty the empress." said emi with a plain face while smiling

Kikiyo was silent while thinking,

"Emi, then I'll go again,,,."

Before kikiyo continued her words, Hugo had arrived at her residence and paid his respects to kikiyo.

"Greetings madam."

Kikiyo was just a flat-faced one now.

"Say."

"There was a suspicious woman entering this middle empire this morning madam."

"Continue monitoring."

"Good mistress."

After hearing Hugo's intentions, Kikiyo stood up from her seat and wanted to step away, Hugo became very astonished.

"Mrs, where are you going?."

Kikiyo glanced at Hugo ,

"Go, of course."

"I'll accompany the madam."

"Yes, okay."

They rushed away, and Hugo could only watch as kikiyo returned to wearing her headgear, he wanted to ask but that never happened, he preferred to be quiet and follow kikiyo obediently.

The two of them went through the back door of the central imperial palace.

Riding each of Hugo's horses and kikiyo continued his journey.

"Hugo." said kikiyo

"Yes, madam."

"Show the way of the residence of the general imamura."

"Good, madam."

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