"Uh... General, is this really okay?"
Zhi Feng, who was accompanying Tohsaka Rin on the highest floor of the Legion Command Post, watching the 'eighteen-touch' below, asked Tohsaka Rin with some embarrassment. After all, the jubilant crowd of soldiers below were gathering, preparing to collectively discuss going to the nearby small town with their newly issued military pay to visit pleasure houses... Is this really okay?!
"It's fine. After all, they are all hot-blooded youths. A month of intense daily training has probably stifled them."
Tohsaka Rin shrugged indifferently, saying casually:
"The Danger Beast meat they eat every day, combined with the medicated meals, already has the effect of strengthening qi and replenishing blood. Although their impulses can be vented during training, the other aspect also needs appropriate release. There's no need to be overly shy about matters between men and women, Zhi Feng. It's human nature, and there's nothing to be ashamed of."
"Uh... this."
Zhi Feng could only attribute it to the open and fierce customs of the Balutes Tribe. Her eldest sister always had different views from ordinary people on matters that most found sensitive and tried to avoid.
After watching for a while, Tohsaka Rin turned and walked towards the stairs leading down, while also instructing Zhi Feng:
"Today's vigilance will still be monitored by me, controlling the Wind God Winged Dragon. Zhi Feng, you just tell them that all drinking must be done within the camp. No drinking or causing trouble outside the camp. I also don't restrict those who want to visit brothels, but they must change out of their military uniforms and weapons, and not reveal their soldier identity. There must be at least twenty people led by a camp commander, and they must return before dark. This is a military order, go and convey it to them."
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing the serious and proper Zhi Feng, Tohsaka Rin couldn't help but smile slightly and say:
"Don't be so serious. It's a rare holiday, let's take one for ourselves too. I'm going back to my room first. Come find me after you've delivered the orders. I'll be waiting for you~"
She turned back with a charming smile, as if the entire world before her was enveloped in a beautiful scene of blooming flowers. Zhi Feng, who had never seen Tohsaka Rin in such a manner, instantly blushed, and couldn't help but be lost in thought. When she came back to her senses, Tohsaka Rin was already gone.
"Big Sister... wait for me!"
Thinking of Tohsaka Rin's last words, full of romantic implications, Zhi Feng couldn't help but immediately let her imagination run wild. The blush on her face spread all the way to her neck, and a faint wisp of green smoke rose from Zhi Feng's dark hair.
Fortunately, Zhi Feng didn't get so excited that she fainted. As soon as she thought that Tohsaka Rin was waiting for her, she didn't dare to delay, and rushed to convey the military order to the entire Seventh Legion. And then... Zhi Feng had entered and exited this door hundreds of times, but never had she been as nervous as she was now.
Tohsaka Rin's preference for girls was no secret at the Imperial Military Academy. Furthermore, because Tohsaka Rin was the strongest and most charming person in the academy, she even sparked a trend of yuri among the female students at the Imperial Military Academy. The sexual orientations of the female officers, who were already excluded by men, were all led astray by Tohsaka Rin!
In many ways, Tohsaka Rin was truly a great sinner.
Just as Zhi Feng stood at the door, hesitating about how to face it, the door suddenly opened with a "click." Tohsaka Rin opened the door and looked at Zhi Feng with a puzzled expression, saying:
"What's wrong? You've been standing at the door for so long and haven't come in. Did the order not go smoothly?"
Seeing Tohsaka Rin looking at her with confusion, Zhi Feng was momentarily stunned.
"Uh! Big Sister, what are you wearing?"
The Tohsaka Rin who appeared now was no longer in the military uniform Zhi Feng was accustomed to seeing. Speaking of which, Zhi Feng had seen Tohsaka Rin for the first time at the Imperial Military Academy, and from then on, Tohsaka Rin's attire had only been a military uniform. After being promoted to general, military rank badges were added to her unadorned uniform, but there was no other change. In her heart, Tohsaka Rin was synonymous with a military uniform.
But at this moment, Tohsaka Rin had changed into a fiery red tight-fitting top with black rose patterns, paired with form-fitting black trousers, and a pair of simple knee-high boots. Her iconic twin-tails remained unchanged. At this moment, she had shed the dignity and valor of a military general, instead resembling a wild rose blooming freely in the natural mountains.
Hearing Zhi Feng's question about her attire, Tohsaka Rin raised an eyebrow, fully opened the door, and turned around to fully display it to Zhi Feng before saying:
"What? Does it not suit me?"
"No! It suits you very well, it's beautiful! It's just that I've never seen Big Sister dressed like this before, so it's a bit of a surprise."
Zhi Feng said with some hesitation, somewhat shyly averting her gaze to the upper right corner, but still peeking with her peripheral vision, like a shy young man facing his dream lover.
Tohsaka Rin looked at Zhi Feng, understood, and smiled charmingly, saying:
"I had this custom-made in Wuxi City after I arrived here. Although I don't care much for dressing up like ordinary girls, I don't just have a few military uniforms to rotate through."
Then Tohsaka Rin took out another set of clothes of the same style and handed it to Zhi Feng.
"Let's go out and have some fun during this holiday."
"Fun? Where to?"
"Forest of Dangerous Species."
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Stepping on dead leaves that had fallen since autumn and were about to merge with the earth, two alluring and graceful figures darted through the dense, lush forest like spirits of nature.
The two figures, one tall and one short, one in front and one behind, looked like sprites playing in the woods. The shorter girl moved with nimble grace, leaping between tree branches with effortless ease. The taller girl lacked that same dexterity; after jumping onto a branch, she would make a mistake after a few steps and drop back to the ground, only to repeat the cycle again as she followed the girl in front.
The two girls were like nature's favorites, phantoms of the forest, bringing a vibrant vitality to the silent winter woods, their laughter scattering along their path as they weaved and danced through the trees.
"Hehehe, Zhi Feng, at times like this, having raw strength isn't enough. You have to control the force you use when stepping on the branches. Every branch has a different load-bearing capacity. Control your strength to gain enough thrust to leap to the next foothold without breaking the branch."
Tohsaka Rin smiled, hooking her feet onto a branch and hanging upside down as she watched Zhi Feng, who had just broken a branch and fallen to the ground again. Fortunately, Zhi Feng was skilled in martial arts and didn't suffer any mishaps. Following Tohsaka Rin as they darted freely through the woods, Zhi Feng was slightly exhausted with a light sheen of sweat on her forehead, but her mood felt exceptionally light and joyful, matching Tohsaka Rin's.
"Right! I'll keep trying. But I didn't expect Big Sister to have a side like this."
"Hehe, back when I was little and hadn't left the snowy mountains yet, what I loved most was running and weaving freely and recklessly through the dense forests inhabited by Danger Beasts. Leaping through the trees like a bird, free and thrilling—only at those times did I feel like the most unconstrained life in the world."
Tohsaka Rin answered with a smile. What Tohsaka Rin spoke of was the past of the Tohsaka Rin in this world. It wasn't a case of one devouring the other; rather, they were entities of the same origin that had completely merged. The sixteen years of this body's past were also truly Tohsaka Rin's life. She would inherit this life and continue to live in this world, living as the Tohsaka Rin of the Akame ga Kill World.
"That must have been back when you were with the Balutes Tribe. Even after stepping into imperial society, it is truly commendable that your heart remains so in tune with nature, Big Sister."
Zhi Feng sighed as she looked at Tohsaka Rin, who was as cheerful as a nature spirit. Tohsaka Rin closed her right eye and smiled innocently, saying:
"Keep up, Zhi Feng! I'll take you to a good place I discovered while I was hunting Danger Beasts here."
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