Don't pray!

——Final volume·Preface

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About a month after the 10,000 shogunate army was defeated——

Ezo Land, Red Moon Fortress, Kunoa's Clinic——

"A rare visitor came today."

Cunoya raised her eyebrows and looked up and down at Chanup, who was now sitting face to face with Ogata and Atachi's husband and wife, with a bit of surprise.

"It doesn't count as a rare visitor," Chanup said in a helpless tone, "Didn't I come to visit Ogata-kun a few days ago?"

"Really?" Cunoya shrugged, "Then it seems that I remembered it wrong. I don't have any objection to you coming to visit Ogata-kun, as long as you don't mess up my clinic or make it dirty.

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After saying that, Kunoa picked up her pipe and walked out of the clinic quickly, leaving enough space for Ogata, Amachi, and Chanupu.

After watching Kunoa leave, Chanup immediately turned his attention to Ogata and Atachi.

"Ogata-kun, Miss Atachi, how are your bodies recovering now?"

Ogata smiled, raised his right hand and patted his left shoulder: "Thanks to you, my wife and I have almost recovered as before. Mr. Chanup, what about you? How is your injury?"

"My injury was not particularly serious to begin with, but now I have recovered about half of it."

"I heard that you have been busy with the reconstruction work of the fortress recently." Ogata continued, "Don't delay the recovery of your injuries just to be busy with your affairs."

"Don't worry about this." Chanup smiled bitterly and shook his head. "My daughter has been supervising me. Once she finds out that I don't rest on time, she will make noises at me..."

When Chanup was about to say something more, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at the door of the clinic: "Ogata-kun, someone seems to be visiting you again."

Ogata and Chanup heard footsteps outside the clinic at almost the same time, so they looked towards the door together with Chanup.

As soon as their eyes turned to the door, they saw Kunoya, who had just walked out of the clinic, leading a tall man back.

"Ogata-kun." Kunoya smiled helplessly, "This red-haired man is here to see you again."

"Ogata-kun, I'm here to see you again, oh! There are a lot of people today! Even the boss of this fortress is here!"

The tall man brought in by Cunoya was none other than Skulucci.

If there is anyone who comes to visit Ogata most frequently, it is undoubtedly Scrooge.

Scrooge would come to Ogata to chat almost every day. After going back and forth, even Cunoya gradually became familiar with this red-haired young man.

After bringing Skulucci in, Kunoa quickly returned to the outside of the clinic. As for Skulucci, he sat down next to Chanup in a carefree manner.

"Mr. Scrooge," Chanup said, "you came just in time. I originally planned to see you and your subordinates after visiting Ogata-kun today."

"Oh? Really?" Skulucci grinned, "Thanks for your concern. My subordinates and I are recovering very well now. The doctor named Kunoa's medical skills are really great.

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Scrooge turned his head and looked at the door of the clinic. Unfortunately, due to the angle, he could not see Cunoya, who was smoking not far outside the clinic and not participating in the conversation between Ogata and the others.

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Kunoya is also mainly responsible for the treatment of Skulucci and his party.

Under the treatment of Cunoya's superb medical skills, Skulucci and his party recovered very well.

After praising Kunoa's medical treatment, Skulucci moved his eyes away from the door and moved to Chanup.

"Mr. Chanup, now think about it carefully - this is the first time that you and I have come to visit Ogata-kun at the same time."

"I come to visit Ogata-kun basically every day, but it seems that I miss you every time."

"Yes." Chanup looked helpless, "I didn't have time to come over and visit Ogata-kun today."

"But because I have something urgent to tell Ogata-kun, and I haven't seen Ogata-kun in some days, I just squeezed out the time."

"Emergency?" Ogata cast a confused look at Chanup.

"Ogata-kun." Chanupu looked at Ogata, "I came to see you today. In addition to visiting you, I actually have another purpose - to tell you some good news for Mr. Lin."

"Mr. Lin?" Ogata's eyes flashed with surprise, "I would like to hear the details."

The Mr. Lin in Chanup's mouth naturally refers to Lin Ziping.

Lin Ziping was undoubtedly one of the biggest contributors to the "Red Moon Fortress Attack and Defense" more than a month ago.

This great hero had also been in bed recuperating from his injuries during this period - on the last day of the offensive and defensive battle, while defending the inner city wall with Chanup and others, he was accidentally shot by two stray arrows.

One shot hit his side waist, and one shot hit his right thigh. Fortunately, neither of them hurt his vitals.

In the past month or so, Ogata has also visited the place where Lin Ziping lived several times due to a leg injury and was confined to bed.

It would definitely be impossible for Ogata not to be curious about what Chanupu just said, "He has a piece of good news for Mr. Lin."

"Mr. Lin has helped us Heye Zhe a lot. Without Mr. Lin's command, we may not be able to survive until the day when you bring Mr. Skulucci and others to help."

Chanup said slowly.

"So as early as when Mr. Lin helped us, we unanimously determined that Mr. Lin is our friend. Therefore, we will never detain Mr. Lin again."

"And Mr. Lin asked me to tell you: the reason why he can survive until the day he regains his freedom is all thanks to Ogata-kun."

"In order to repay your kindness, Mr. Lin said that he is willing to take you to the village that may have clues to the pair of doctors you are looking for after his body recovers."

"By the way - Mr. Lin can barely get out of bed today. In a few days, he should be able to return to his original state."

After hearing what Chanup said, Ogata was startled for a moment. After coming back to his senses, he asked with joy:

"Mr. Lin, did he really say that?"

Chanup smiled and nodded.

As if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart, Ogata took a deep breath, and then said in a slightly self-deprecating tone: "It was an extremely difficult journey to find those doctors..."

When they first met Lin Ziping, Lin Ziping told Ogata and others a piece of information that the couple was extremely concerned about - Lin Ziping once met an eccentric Kazuto doctor in a certain village.

In a place like Ezo, it is extremely rare for a Kazuto to live in an Ainu village, and this Kazuto happens to be a doctor - which makes it even more rare.

After learning this information from Lin Ziping, Ogata reached a deal with Lin Ziping: Ogata managed to restore Lin Ziping's freedom, and then Lin Ziping took them to the village he mentioned to find Kazuto.

doctor.

The process of allowing Lin Ziping to regain his freedom was not without ups and downs, but fortunately - despite the ups and downs, he succeeded in the end.

"Mr. Lin, will it take some time for him to recover..." Ogata muttered, "Then it seems that my wife and I will have to stay here for a while longer."

"It doesn't matter if you stay here longer." Chanup said with a smile, "You are the heroes who saved us. We welcome you to stay here for a while longer and let us entertain you well."

"Mr. Scrooge, so are you. You and your subordinates are more than welcome to stay with us for a longer period of time."

"Mr. Chanup, thank you for your kindness." Skulucci smiled politely at Chanup, "But unfortunately - my subordinates and I will not be able to stay with you for a long time. After a while, we will

We have to leave."

"Are you and your men leaving?" Chanup looked shocked.

Ogata and Atachi looked at Scrooge with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"If we stay out for too long, my superiors will worry about us."

When he said, "The superiors will be worried about us," Skulu used a strange and strange tone to emphasize his tone.

"In order to prevent my superiors from worrying too much about us, we can't stay with you for too long."

"Now my injuries and those of my subordinates are basically in good condition. The remaining people who have not recovered have recovered to the point where they can barely ride a horse, so I decided that it is almost time to leave."

"That's it..." Chanup's eyes flashed with visible regret, "What a pity... I thought I would entertain you more..."

After sighing softly, Chanup took a deep breath.

"Then - before you leave, if you have any requests, just ask us." Chanup said sternly to Skulucci, "We will do our best to do anything we can.

Done.”

"Hahahaha." Scrooge laughed heartily, "Thank you. But we don't have anything we want anymore."

"but--"

Skulucci's conversation suddenly changed.

"Although I don't have anything I want, I have always had a question. This question has been in my heart for a long time, but I have never found the opportunity to ask you. And now it is rare that only a few of us are here. It is time to ask this question.

It’s a good time to ask a question, Mr. Chanup, I wonder if you would be willing to answer my question.”

"Questions? Please ask. Whatever I can answer, I will tell you everything." Chanup put on a serious look on his face that he was all ears.

"You don't need to be so serious." Scrooge smiled helplessly, "It's just a small question."

Scrooge cleared his throat:

"Mr. Chanup, I have always been curious: Where did your muskets come from?"

Chanup's expression changed slightly.
To be continued...